Category Archives: Press

openSUSE-LXDE development status

Ok people… openSUSE 11.3 Milestone2 has been released and quite soon we will have the Milestone3.
So now, after lot’s of promises, what is the status now?
IT’S DONE!
yes… it’s done… openSUSE 11.3 allow now to install LXDE directly from installation DVD or Net install. I’m sure all of you reading this post wants to try it, [...]

Next generation PCManFM is now under development!

Everybody loves screenshots!
This is the little demo program included in libfm demonstrating the functionality of libfm – the core of next generation PCManFM.

Due to some limitations and various hard-to-fix problems in the original PCManFM, a new project is started to work on a fresh rewrite of PCManFM. Now I’ve created a project named libfm. It’s [...]

LXDE featured in prestigious magazine 新新聞 The Journalist

Shen Wanyu from the prestigious magazine ¨新新聞 The Journalist¨ in Taiwan interviewed us some time ago. Result was a six page article ( PDF-Download, 5,9 MB ) about business opportunities for companies with free and open source software.
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More information on the amazing global media coverage of LXDE in the Media Section of [...]

LXDE at the 25C3 Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin

Members of the LXDE community are currently meeting at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin. The 25C3 is one of the biggest hacker and developer events in the world with more than 3000 hackers gathering for 4 days just after Christmas.

Mario Behling, Maces, alx
It is exciting to be here and see that many people already [...]

LXDE with Ubuntu on Desktoplinux.com and Deviceguru.com

Deviceguru and Desktoplinux.com reviewed the new Ubuntulite Edition which is build with LXDE.
The community-run Ubuntulite project aims to extend the useful life of aging, under-resourced hardware, as might be found in schools or nonprofit organizations. Accordingly, instead of using a high end, video-hungry desktop environment, such as GNOME or KDE, this parsimonious OS incorporates the [...]