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[Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset <jpxsat@xxxxxxxxx>]

Got this a few hours ago... any thoughts about it??

NOTE: LUBUNTU 10.10 !!

-------- Mensaje original --------
Asunto: 	[lubuntu newsletter] lubuntu 10.10 released
Fecha: 	Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:12:57 +0000
De: 	lubuntu <lubuntu@xxxxxxxx>

	



-------- LUBUNTU 10.10 RELEASED
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Taipei/Berlin/Paris, Oct. 10, 2010: Following intensive development Julien
Lavergne, developement lead of lubuntu, announced version 10.10 of the
lightweight desktop on October 10, 2010. lubuntu is a faster, more
lightweight and energy saving Ubuntu variant using LXDE, the Lightweight X11
Desktop Environment. It includes a special selection of light applications
combining easy usability and performance.
lubuntu is targeted at "normal" PC users running on low-spec hardware.
Improvements of the latest lubuntu version include autologin support in
ubiquity, support of install only mode in ubiquity, support for
lubuntu-restricted package in ubiquity. lubuntu 10.10 comes with a completely
new theme by Rafael Laguna. Lxpanel now supports Ubuntu indicators applets.
Added applications and tools are Update-notifier, to get notification for
available updates, Xpad, to create quick notes and Ace-of-penguins, to
provide some games. Parcellite, which is not maintained upstream, was removed
and Pyneighborhood was replaced by gvfs support of pcmanfm. LXtask replaces
Xfce4-taskmanager for tasks monitoring. Evince is now used for reading PDF.
During new installations a slideshow now describes features of the system.
Minimum requirements for lubuntu are comparable to Pentium II or Celeron
systems with a 128 Mb RAM configuration, which may yield a slow yet usable
system with lubuntu.
lubuntu features lightweight design work, faster boot speed and a smart
choice of applications aimed at keeping resource usage low. The standard web
browser is Chromium, the open-source version of Google Chrome. Besides speed
the lubuntu team aims to offer the best possible compromise for new users
offering easy to use application.
While lubuntu is developed with the end user in mind, its lightweight
approach also makes it attractive to corporate users focusing on faster
completion of tasks. Applications included are Sylpheed as e-mail client,
Openbox as window manager, the file manager PCManFM, GPicView Image Viewer,
Transmission for Bittorrent, Gnumeric for spreadsheets and Abiword for word
processing. A new meta-package (lubuntu-core) is available to install only
core packages of Lubuntu.  A new meta-package (lubuntu-restricted-extras) is
available to install restricted packages for Lubuntu (such as flash, java and
extra codecs for chromium). Additional applications are available through the
packaging installation system Synaptic from Ubuntu repositories.
Features of lubuntu 10.10:
    * Faster boot speed through integration of lxdm, LXDE display manager
    * Low usage of system resources through Lightweight X11 Desktop
Environment
    * Lower energy-consumption
    * Access to software repository through Synaptic software manager
Images for press use are available on
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Marketing
Availability
lubuntu 10.10 is entirely free of charge available for download from
http://lubuntu.net.
Useful links:
* How to install lubuntu:https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu#Install%20Lubuntu
* How to upgrade from Ubuntu to lubuntu:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/DocumentationHelp
About LXDE
LXDE, the "Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment" is an extremely
fast-performing and energy-saving desktop environment. Started by Hong Yen
Jee known under his nick name PCMan, in Taiwan in 2005, LXDE is today
maintained by an international community of developers. It comes with a
beautiful interface, multi-language support, standard keyboard short cuts and
additional features like tabbed file browsing. LXDE uses less CPU and less
RAM than other environments. It is especially designed for cloud computers
with low hardware specifications, such as, netbooks, mobile devices (e.g.
MIDs) or older computers. LXDE can be installed with many Linux
distributions. It is the standard for Knoppix and lubuntu and it also runs
with  BSD. LXDE provides a fast desktop experience; connecting easily with
applications in the cloud and supporting a wealth of programs that can be
installed locally with Linux systems. The source code of LXDE is licensed
partly under the terms of the the General Public License and partly under the
LGPL. The website can be accessed under http://lxde.org.
About lubuntu
lubuntu was founded after a meeting with Mark Shuttleworth in Berlin during
the Ubuntu Developer Sprint in February 2009 (Source:
http://blog.lxde.org/?p=208). The desktop is currently among the top
distributions on the page rank hit on distrowatch
(http://distrowatch.com/index.php?dataspan=1).
Important Contributors
Julien Lavergne (Head of development lubuntu, France)
Hong Yen Jee aka PCMan (Head of LXDE project, Taiwan)
Mario Behling (lubuntu Project Founder, Germany)
Andrew Lee (Debian Package Maintainer, Taiwan)
Rafael Laguna (Interface designer lubuntu, Spain)
Leszek Lesner (lubuntu Video Documentation, Germany)
Phillip Whiteside (lubuntu Help and Support)
More about lubuntu
Website: http://lubuntu.net
Wiki: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu
Screencasts: http://lubuntu.net/taxonomy/term/66
Twitter: http://twitter.com/lubuntudesktop
Identi.ca: http://identi.ca/lubuntu
Facebook Fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/lubuntu/105956559439428
Launchpad page: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
LXDE: http://lxde.org
Contact
Mario Behling mailto:mb@xxxxxxxx
International +49 30 88764502
Vietnam +84 1286380690
Fax +4932121218971



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