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[Goh Lip <g.lip@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:37:12 +0100
Andrew Woodhead <andrew.woodhead666@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Otherwise Lubuntu is no different to Ubuntu, it just has a different
> set of default apps and a different default desktop (LXDE instead of
> Gnome) so any guide you can find on Ubuntu will work. This is the
> same for KUbuntu which uses KDE instead of Gnome and XUbuntu which
> uses XFCE instead of Gnome. They are all Ubuntu under the hood.

Are there any applications (not on the default install) for Lubuntu on
the repositories that is specific to Lubuntu *without* pulling in gnome
or kde dependencies which might otherwise bloat the nicely balanced
Lubuntu setup? I don't want to get to the Xubuntu situation where
additional applications tend to make it as unwieldy as the heavyweights.

For example, (I think) I could install Opera, Firefox,
Thunderbird, OpenOffice, Konqueror or Knode which I use in Kubuntu and I
am familiar with, but (I think) that will make Lubuntu heavier and
slower to run, which I don't want to do.

Regards - Goh Lip
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