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[Zoltan Matlak <matlakzoli@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tim & all,

I asked the same questions to myself several times :)

I tried to fully switch to Lubuntu several times but till now I always
went back to regular Ubuntu. I love Lubuntu's (LXDE's) simplicity and
leanness, but for various reasons there is always some small bug or
misbehavior that makes me go back to Ubuntu. I would love to have a
100% perfect Lubuntu (as most probably everybody here does), and make
a complete switch to this distribution, but it did not happen so far.
It is very clear to everybody who uses it that it becomes better and
better with each release. 11.04 is (or will be) better that 10.10 and
much better that 10.04. Congrats and big thank to everybody who puts
long hours and energy creating this new distribution polished.

The goal is clear, it is for old computers and/or low resource
computers (sometimes it's the same thing) and average people who just
installs it and uses it (no tweaking should be required).

However there is a user group (including myself in here) who uses it
on more powerful computers and likes this distro for it's leanness (or
looks?).

Of course it's frustrating if something does not work, but people here
on this mailing list are very friendly and helpful, help is almost
immediate. Thanks for this also!

Thank you Lubuntu/LXDE Team and I'm looking forward for the second beta image :)
Zoltan


On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 5:22 AM, Tim Bernhard <ohiomoto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I was thinking about this the past couple of days and figured I would throw
> it out there.  Does Lubuntu handle basic tasks well enough that anyone can
> use it?
> I've been using Ubuntu since 6.04 and by 8.04 I pretty much gave up Windows
> all together.  (I keep a copy on my machine "just in case", but never really
> need to use it.)  I've also played around with Fedora and more recently
> Peppermint and Lubuntu.  In addition, I took two Red Hat Enterprise
> Linux Administrator course while finishing up my Enterprise Computer
> Programming degree at a local community college.
> Despite all of that I am NOT a expert Linux user.  I prefer GUI over command
> line for most tasks.  And I usually have to do a little research when trying
> to solve issues with my OS.  I can do the basics in Linux, but really not
> much more without Google.  So I would say I'm armed with a lot more
> Linux knowledge than your typical newbie, but not really skilled at it using
> it.
> So here's the deal.  I've run across several issues while using Lubuntu that
> have consume a little more of my time that I would have liked.  Mostly just
> little things, but they have all been things that I would expect my OS to
> handle out of the box.
> Here is my short list:
> 1. Installing from USB didn't work until I made the USB without storage.
> 2. Grub not updating after install.
> 3. Chrome not opening downloads properly until I changed xdg-open.
> 4. Having to learn how to add menu items to lxde.
> 5. Not being able to find my NAS from PCmanFM.
> 6. Loosing some of my changes when Lubuntu updates. (Am I doing something
> wrong here???)
> I'll admit that the list isn't too bad, but keep in mind that I had to spend
> a good bit of time researching and implementing the solutions.
> So the question is what is the ultimate goal for Lubuntu.  I know you guys
> want it to be resource friendly.  But who is it aimed at?  The Linux geek
> who can tweak it or the "average Joe" who just want to be able to use it?
>  Can it be resource friendly and not need tweaking? Is it just a matter of
> time to sort it out or a matter philosophy?
> Personally, I would like to see it stay lightweight AND handle all of the
> basics at the same time.  I realize Lubuntu is young and the devs are
> busting their asses on it.  I really do appreciate it, but I really believe
> that details matter and I hoping the Lubuntu team agrees because I want
> Lubuntu to succeed.
> Thanks for listening,
> Tim
>
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