Lubuntu? LXDE Meet up with Mark Shuttleworth in Berlin (forward)

[kaldor]

Wow nice

I have recently wondered if more Ubuntu editions were going to be released..

Lubuntu sounds great

[snowpine]

Great news! Especially now that Debian Lenny comes with LXDE, it's time for an LXDE Ubuntu, too.

[Simian Man]

Can't you just start with the minimal Ubuntu install and install LXDE over top of that? That's what I do for Xfce (Xubuntu sucks).

[snowpine]

Can't you just start with the minimal Ubuntu install and install LXDE over top of that? That's what I do for Xfce (Xubuntu sucks).

Yes you can, but I assume if it ever becomes an "official" Canonical project, it will have the human theme and other Ubuntu branding instead of the blue default LXDE appearance. And there should be a lubuntu-desktop package with LXDE, the themes, and a lightweight application suite. In other words, it will be heavier and browner than minimal install+LXDE.

[cmay]

just as i use the debian lenny LXDE + openbox image i would of course also start using a ubuntu LXDE installer cd if there was one. so this is indeed very good news.

[hellion0]

I'd love it if something like this came to be - it'd certainly help out LXDE development, and maybe it'd even spur development on "smaller" apps to go with it.

[manilaph]

Are there any LXDE default distros out there that are up-to-date.

I think the latest Knoppix is on LXDE by default. I wonder how Knoppix is doing though.