lubuntu-desktop team mailing list archive

[Mario Behling <mb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

great work!

... and by the way the server is not down, there are just tons of
hits. I think the lubuntu.net site should be moved to a cloud service
so we can cope with the demand every time a new version gets released.

Thanks so much!

Ciao Mario


On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Lubuntu 11.10 is now available :
>
>  * http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/11.10/release/
>
> == What is Lubuntu ? ==
>
> Lubuntu 11.10 is a brand new flavor of Ubuntu based on the Lightweight
> X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE), as its default GUI.  The goal is to
> provide a very lightweight distribution, with all the advantages of the
> Ubuntu world (repositories, support, etc.). Lubuntu is targeted at
> "normal" PC and laptop users running on low-spec hardware. Such users
> may not know how to use command line tools, and in most cases they just
> don't have enough resources for all the bells and whistles of the
> "full-featured" mainstream distributions.
>
> With many LXDE components, Lubuntu also uses well-known applications,
> such as Chromium, Openbox, Pidgin, to name a few. The Lubuntu project
> wiki contains more information on the project and the applications used
> available.
>
> == Features ==
>
>  * Based on the lightweight LXDE desktop environment.
>  * Pcmanfm 0.9.9, a fast and lightweight files manager using gio/gvfs.
>  * Lxdm, a lightweight GTK display manager.
>  * Chromium, the open-source version of Google Chrome.
>  * ... and, of course, based on Ubuntu 11.10.
>
> See the complete list of applications on
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Applications
>
>
> == Improvements since Lubuntu 11.04 ==
>  * ISOs are now build with Ubuntu official build system.
>  * Alternate ISOs are available.
>  * Many updates from LXDE (most components had official releases).
>  * Build with recommended packages by default.
>  * Use recommends instead of depends for most of components of
> lubuntu-desktop meta-package.
>  * Register correctly LXDE as a desktop environment by xdg tools.
>  * Switch to xfce4-power-manager for power management.
>  * Add a microblog client : pidgin-microblog.
>  * New theme made by Rafael Laguna.
>
>
> == Releases notes and known issues ==
> The release notes, with a list of known problems are available on
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/ReleaseNotes/OneiricOcelot
>
>
> == Reporting bugs ==
> You can find information on how to report bug on this wiki page :
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/ReportingBugs
>
> == Thanks ==
>
> I would like to thanks all people involved in the development of Lubuntu
> during this past 6 months : LXDE developers, people helping on IRC,
> testing ISOs, reporting bugs, making documentation and artwork ...
> It was a pleasure to work with all of you.
>
> == Links ==
>
>  * Website : http://lubuntu.net/
>  * Documentation : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu
>  * LXDE website : http://lxde.org/
>  * Announcement: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Announcement/11.10
>