Lubuntu 10.04 Review

19Jun10

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been trying out the new LXDE-based Ubuntu derivative, Lubuntu.  LXDE (which stands for Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment) offers a fast and stable desktop environment without taking up too much hard disk space.  The “lubuntu-desktop” package has been available in the Ubuntu repos since version 8.10, but is now available as a complete ISO image.

Lubuntu uses less hard disk space and RAM then Xubuntu, another lightweight Ubuntu derivative. I tested Lubuntu in a virtual machine with 768 MB of RAM and it booted to the desktop in about 20 seconds.

Google Chrome is included as the default web browser. Pidgin is the default instant messenger.  AbiWord, Gnumeric, and Sylpheed handle the word processing, spreadsheet creating, and email managing tasks.

If you would like to see some screenshots of Lubuntu, please click here.  The ISO image for Lubuntu 10.04 is available here:

http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/lubuntu-10.04.iso

And the BitTorrent download for Lubuntu is available here:

http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/lubuntu-10.04.iso.torrent

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