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[Duy Hùng Trần <nguyentieuhau@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks everybody! You've helped me alot! I will always notice your
instructions.

Regards,
Hung

2010/8/21 Phillip Whiteside <phillw@xxxxxxxxxx>

> To have a application considered for inclusion it must be stable, use no
> disk space to install and use no RAM or CPU time when running. If it meets
> all those of those, AND is in the official Ubuntu Repositories there will be
> a vote held. (yes, it really does seem like that when proposing a new
> included application).
>
> If you find a candidate that you feel meets most of the above, please do
> put it forward. Even if it does not get included on the release it would be
> possible to "give it a mention" in the same way that Deadbeef is as lean,
> mean and keen music player, liked by many but not in the official repos.
>
> I'm sure this is documented somewhere, but reboot your system up, let it
> settle  and issue *free* and *top* in the terminal window
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/DocumentationHelp/LXTerminal
> Make a note of of memory
>              total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
> Mem:       1534516    1072532     *461984*          0     113556
> 457816
>
> Free memory is in *bold*
>
> And CPU usage
>
> Tasks: 134 total,   1 running, 133 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
> Cpu(s):  *1.3%us,*
>
> Take a note of where the memory and CPU usage is (*bold*), then go to
> install the programme.
> If at this point it wants to bring in a lot additional parts, it is
> unlikely to pass the requirements.
>
> If it passes that step, then you can, if you wish install it [1]
> and reboot. then issue the *free* and *top* command again to ensure the
> new program is not 'eating up memory' or CPU usage
>
> Start using the application for a little while then issue the commands
> again and you can see what it is using, both in memory and CPU time.
>
> Regards,
> Phill.
> [1] when installing use apt-get, or a ppa in order to remove a package from
> your system if you wish it gone.
>
> P.S. I've seen many discussions on this, if lubuntu could get a standard
> way of testing of an application I think it is worth us having a
> 'bench-mark'.
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Le vendredi 20 août 2010 à 12:53 +0700, Duy Hùng Trần a écrit :
>> > When I introduce Lubuntu to people in my country, I'm sure the most
>> > asked questions are: "How to ... in Lubuntu?", "What software to ...
>> > in Lubuntu?". Most people in Vietnam still use Microsoft Windows, they
>> > don't know about Linux, about Ubuntu or Lubuntu, but they are ready to
>> > try something new, to try Linux and the most important thing they want
>> > to know is their jobs in Windows would be able to be done in
>> > Lubuntu/Linux or not.
>> > There are many applications in Ubuntu repository that I could suggest
>> > them to people but I really don't how to recognize those applications
>> > are lightweight and suitable for Lubuntu, for their computers or not.
>> > Do we have any tip to choose the right applications for Lubuntu?
>>
>> It's difficult to say before testing them :)
>>
>> In Lubuntu, we have some criteria for applications we want to include :
>> - Low memory usage
>> - Low system usage (CPU, hard-disk i/o ...)
>> - Low dependencies
>> - Still fast :)
>>
>> As you see, you can't define them, without testing the application :)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Julien Lavergne
>>
>>
>>
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