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GreenDance
May 8th, 2011, 05:47 PM
Hi, does anyone know what's happened to the LXDE website, it's disappeared :(.

Thanks
benc1213
May 8th, 2011, 05:55 PM
Thats odd its not even on google anymore...
satanselbow
May 8th, 2011, 06:03 PM
Yeah? Bit weird... maybe someone forgot to pay the webhosting bill - stranger things have happened ;)
kostageas
May 8th, 2011, 06:16 PM
Apparently, it only hates ubuntu users. I can't get it either.


However, http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://lxde.org/
NormanFLinux
May 8th, 2011, 06:24 PM
Don't panic... Lubuntu is still around! ;-)
Version Dependency
May 8th, 2011, 06:26 PM
Apparently, it only hates ubuntu users. I can't get it either.


However, http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://lxde.org/

That link says the page loads. And it does load when you visit lxde.org...it loads a white screen. LOL.
Majorix
May 8th, 2011, 06:28 PM
Apparently, it only hates ubuntu users. I can't get it either.


However, http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://lxde.org/

Not related. http://lxde.org just loads a blank page and it is enough for downforeveryoneorjustme to call it working.

EDIT: Lol, Version Dependency beat me to it :)
GreenDance
May 8th, 2011, 06:31 PM
What is strange is, the domain name is still valid until next year (whois @ 123-reg.co.uk), so that hasn't expired, if the webhosting has expired, usually a message from the webhost would takeover the website saying for the owner to contact the webhost,

Maybe the webhost account username/password got hacked and the hacker has deleted all the files, but if that happened usually the hacker would leave his mark, which hasn't happened, so it's very strange as to what has happened.

Did LXDE.org use a CMS?, if so, maybe a vulnerability was found in the CMS, then a script-kiddie tried the vulnerability and wiped out LXDE.org?
Thewhistlingwind
May 8th, 2011, 06:31 PM
Page source SEEMED empty. Don't know why there was a javascript script in there, but it looked innocuous enough.
kevin11951
May 8th, 2011, 07:21 PM
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<script type="text/javascript">
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{
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{
cHeight = 0;
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dimensionUpdated = 1;
} else if( document.documentElement && ( document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.documentElement.clientHeight ) ) {
//IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode'
cHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight;
dimensionUpdated = 1;
} else if( document.body && ( document.body.clientWidth || document.body.clientHeight ) ) {
//IE 4 compatible
cHeight = document.body.clientHeight;
dimensionUpdated = 1;
}
if( cHeight <= 250 && dimensionUpdated == 1)
{
window.top.location = "http://lxde.org/?fp=KcZqg2h8w4%2FBU6kHI7D3TLYptx3T6w%2FcNBNhtyD5Gh jkCmlJbL8GGieJrlgXhEY0Nq70FiygKg2hWKm59tp9Sw%3D%3D&prvtof=aFL4iZc3ITjJ%2BrJ%2F7kDseVPpVmoHoE75nThx5Cw AWlgQSDjXPSmTPaY2kl3yKFTIiqb53GyL1F%2Fi557NbjNkrXe Ax62ko91mpCEJ9%2B10%2B4M%3D&poru=eJXTyresjEvdDlccxVLe3dnaY7MJlQ9NJWXjCStNYlt8u daKnpQklRUKohhRTSf8&cifr=1&";
}
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applyFrameKiller();
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</script><frameset rows="100%,*" frameborder="no" border="0" framespacing="0">
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</frameset>
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<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
<a href="http://lxde.org/?fp=KcZqg2h8w4%2FBU6kHI7D3TLYptx3T6w%2FcNBNhtyD5Gh jkCmlJbL8GGieJrlgXhEY0Nq70FiygKg2hWKm59tp9Sw%3D%3D&prvtof=lAVXvPpi479I2asyNmwkbsLr%2FsQxLQ9jvHCoiw1te ChWpe9au17TeXvbi6fpaUxP0GxCHquUB6Suwq%2FkdT7wO%2BS OOvViS2bvZ6tEDALzH5k%3D&poru=aedhabEUugGVHOltFNPG1rjbYM%2FxpGkH%2F97y3qVE% 2BBPwonzCbu1Gu%2F128qDv6AaK&">Click here to proceed</a>.
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*/
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Hm...?
satanselbow
May 8th, 2011, 07:25 PM
JS posted above is a pretty stock frame killer - so referers don't load your site with their banner across the top... might be as simple as a CMS / website update gone bad :(
lykwydchykyn
May 8th, 2011, 07:30 PM
I noticed this last week, and when I checked the google cache it looked like the hosting or domain registry had expired. The cached page was the usual link-farm type page.

I've been googling for a tweet or blog post about it, but haven't found any word from anyone about it.

There's still activity on the sourceforge page, so at least the project is alive.
CraigPaleo
May 8th, 2011, 07:31 PM
Google cache (http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:8vlsRU710yYJ:lxde.org/+lxde&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=ubuntu&source=www.google.com) says the domain name has expired. They're probably getting it back up if it's been renewed. ... unless someone stole it.

Edit: lykwydchykyn beat me to it.
Thewhistlingwind
May 8th, 2011, 07:32 PM
Google cache (http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:8vlsRU710yYJ:lxde.org/+lxde&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=ubuntu&source=www.google.com) says the domain name has expired. They're probably getting it back up if it's been renewed. ... unless someone stole it.

Do they have an IRC?/Mailing list?
Elfy
May 8th, 2011, 07:38 PM
#lxde irc.oftc.net
Rubi1200
May 8th, 2011, 07:42 PM
forget what i posted here please; having another "moment"; second one today.
GreenDance
May 11th, 2011, 04:03 PM
Some strange redirection happens now on the LXDE domain :frown:
sydbat
May 11th, 2011, 04:12 PM
Some strange redirection happens now on the LXDE domain :frown:Yup. And then I get a WOT warning that the site has a poor rating. It redirects to, what I imagine is, a fake googlesyndication.com page.
Swagman
May 11th, 2011, 04:12 PM
Not related. http://lxde.org just loads a blank page and it is enough for downforeveryoneorjustme to call it working.

EDIT: Lol, Version Dependency beat me to it :)

I get redirected to a search results page

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/6748/ubuntu185.th.jpg (http://img135.imageshack.us/i/ubuntu185.jpg/)
jeffathehutt
May 11th, 2011, 04:31 PM
I find it odd that the lxde team has made no announcement about this, or at least I cannot find one :(
lykwydchykyn
May 11th, 2011, 05:28 PM
I find it odd that the lxde team has made no announcement about this, or at least I cannot find one :(

Same here -- you'd think somebody would be shouting "hey, it's ok, we're still around!!"
Version Dependency
May 11th, 2011, 05:35 PM
Wow...did the LXDE guys just close shop? My go to installation for older computers is Lubuntu, which is fantastic on old machines. That would suck if LXDE just died.

EDIT: And just recently, it looked like Lubuntu was going to gain "official Ubuntu derivative" status: here (http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Lubuntu-to-become-official-Ubuntu-derivative-1241561.html).
hhh
May 11th, 2011, 06:56 PM
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=932533#p932533
NormanFLinux
May 11th, 2011, 09:30 PM
Lubuntu 11.10 will become the official LXDE spin in the Ubuntu family.

The 11.04 is the last "unofficial" version to be released.
angryfirelord
May 15th, 2011, 08:43 PM
It looks like LXDE is up and running again.
Bart_D
May 15th, 2011, 08:46 PM
Phew! Relief! I was just about to burn the Lubuntu ISO and beginning to get antsy when I read that LXDE was down.