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Re: Target audience

 

I agree with Walter:

Lubuntu is low resource while still being somewhat user friendly.

Lubuntu - ultra light foot-print
Xubuntu - medium light foot-print

Best regards
Nio

Den 2015-03-05 19:05, Walter Lapchynski skrev:
> I only somewhat agree. We're not targeting non-Linux users, but that may
> be part of it.  Either way,  the focus is on being low resource while
> still being somewhat user friendly. 
> 
> Xubuntu is light compared to Ubuntu, but not Lubuntu. We are the light
> option that still includes a GUI and a suite of useful apps. 
> 
> @wxl
> Lubuntu Release Manager, Head of QA
> Ubuntu PPC Point of Contact
> Ubuntu Oregon Team Leader
> 
> On Mar 5, 2015 9:51 AM, "Istimsak Abdulbasir" <saqman2060@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:saqman2060@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     On Mar 5, 2015 11:39 AM, "Walter Lapchynski" <wxl@xxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:wxl@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>     >
>     > Lubuntu has always been for low resource machines.  Many of these
>     will be converts of old traditional operating systems, so it's
>     important to make them feel at home.
>     >
>     So you agree with Nio's explanation of target audience? 
> 
>     >Secondarily,  it's for those that want a complete but low resource OS.
>     >
>     I am not quite clear what complete means. Could xfce be considered
>     low resource?



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