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[Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le Friday 08 July 2011 à 21:48 -0700, Jonathan Marsden a écrit :
>  1. What is Lubuntu? (two sentence definition)
>  2. Why do we need abother *ubuntu flavour? (reason for our existence)
>  3. Who is it useful to? (intended audience)
>  4. How to get started (where to download, where to get help)
>  5. What do do when you have issues with it (where/how to report bugs)
>  6. Minimal hardware needed:
>     6.1 for GUI install
>     6.2 for manual install on very low RAM machines
>  7. Current known issues (point to FAQ)
>  8. What changes will Lubuntu Oneiric bring?
>  9. How you can help (testing/developing/translating/etc.)
> 10. Any questions?
Sound good. If they have special questions :
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/ContactUs


> That should fill a UDW slot, I'd think?  It's not super
> "developer-focused", but that is probably OK?  Depends on who the
> intended audience is, which I am not totally clear about.
As I understood, the Lubuntu session will not be too much developers
oriented, more a first description for the Ubuntu world :)

> BTW we should check what we officially are... a Ubuntu "variant", or
> "flavour" or ... whatever it is... and then use that term
> consistently.
I think "flavour" is the official term, but I'm not sure the term is
used consistently, even for the others (Xubuntu, Kubuntu etc ...)


> I'd tend to skip the history -- users and potential developers are
> likely to care more about what Lubuntu can do for them *now* and what
> it
> *will* do in the future, than about the past. 
+1

Regards,
Julien Lavergne