The lubuntu project is advancing. lynxis just published a lubuntu test iso based on the seeds by David Sugar and additional patches. It is just 381 MB and a second one only 292 MB.
Please download the image and test it and give feedback:
http://lynxis.crew.c-base.org
UPDATE: The CD images from the link above are now unavailable due to bandwidth limit. However, there is a BitTorrent link of b14, and we put its CD image copy into our site:
http://download.lxde.org/lubuntu-9.10
Links
* https://bugs.launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
* https://code.launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
* https://bugs.launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
* https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch
Comments 32
Thanks! It looks nice.
Posted 31 Aug 2009 at 11:17 am ¶The link not found!!
Posted 31 Aug 2009 at 1:44 pm ¶can you guys make a torrent file?
Posted 31 Aug 2009 at 2:01 pm ¶Is one of those 32-bit and the other 64-bit? Why two of different sizes I wonder…
I’m very anxious to test this! Downloading it right now!
Posted 31 Aug 2009 at 6:02 pm ¶Difference sizes – because different builds. Still optimizing the image. It is all work in progress
Posted 31 Aug 2009 at 10:29 pm ¶The file is not longer available at lynxis.crew.c-base.org
Posted 01 Sep 2009 at 12:02 pm ¶Yes, traffic was too much for this server. We are moving to another server and will provide a torrent there as well. People will be forwarded. Please wait a bit.
Posted 01 Sep 2009 at 12:19 pm ¶Very Nice!
Really looking promising.
Will it be possible to upgrade from this ‘test’ to ‘final’?
Keep rocking!
Posted 01 Sep 2009 at 2:22 pm ¶Torrent:
http://linuxtracker.org/index.php?page=torrent-details&id=b717b05b85972b172ceb2b2a70135546208f2517
Posted 01 Sep 2009 at 5:00 pm ¶I have the .iso, but it’s a live cd with no way to install it. How do you install it to your hd?
Posted 01 Sep 2009 at 8:18 pm ¶Burned the b04 iso (381 MB). No installation option, every application froze up the computer and forced shutdown using the power switch was the only option. I was able to explore the menus and find Slypheed, Epiphany, etc., but clicking on one to run it locked up the computer and disabled the cursor.
Posted 01 Sep 2009 at 9:39 pm ¶Why aren’t all these debian forks just add-on configurations or apt sources? Why is it necessary to fork an entire distro because you disagree with which version of a windomanager is included by default, etc?
Posted 01 Sep 2009 at 11:36 pm ¶I see alot of distros claiming to use less RAM but none of them ever benchmarking those claims.
Any proof?
Posted 02 Sep 2009 at 3:39 am ¶Tried 9.10b14 as Live CD via external CD drive on an Aspire One L110 (512M ram, 8G SSD) and it works like a charm. No wireless at this point, but I haven’t really looked into it yet.
Congrats on creating a small distro on top of Ubuntu’s giant shoulders. I’m really looking forward to installing this on the AAO – I’ll do it right now if someone can confirm that installation works on this hardware, else I’ll check Lubuntu out again when Ubuntu 9.10 is released next month.
Thank you making this such a nice option for little netbooks.
Posted 02 Sep 2009 at 1:18 pm ¶-jcw
aptitude search lubuntu
Crap is not found.
aptitude search xubuntu
Some options available.
I’ll wait until (if) this weird combination of software will become official on x86_64.
Posted 02 Sep 2009 at 2:33 pm ¶Well, the lack of an install script is a show stopper for me.
If you want an intallable version you can
a) install lxde into ubauntu from synaptic
b) install the u-lite.org mini.iso, then distribution upgrade from hardy to intrepid, then intrepid to jaunty.
Bug reporting for lubuntu at launchpad.net is disabled, there appears to be no way to contact anyone without an elaborate ‘join our team’ process.
I’m rooting for y’all, but this blog seems to be the only way to contact Mario and he’s nowhere to be found.
Posted 02 Sep 2009 at 2:50 pm ¶Some Screenshots please!
Posted 03 Sep 2009 at 3:04 am ¶lxde is really good !
gnome is fat
Posted 03 Sep 2009 at 8:45 am ¶kde is faulty
Very Nice, good work. I consider to change to Lubuntu from Xubuntu.
Posted 03 Sep 2009 at 8:00 pm ¶This is Great!, I have been building my own LXDE build on a base Ubuntu installs. The problem that I have with all these other builds, namely Xubuntu, is that they still have unnecessary services still running. I have been watching WattOS, because they are actually trimming down the CPU load. Is this also the goal with Lubuntu? or just LXDE on a stock Ubuntu install?
Couple tips, and problems I’ve had:
1) make sure everything is fully integrated.
a) pdf auto open in firefox
b) .zip/.rar open x-archive
2) firefox updates kill the icons on the taskbar. (because of .png renames compared to .desktop files)
3) DO NOT INCLUDE A BUNCH OF APPS.
a) let uses install apps as needed. (Not everyone wants openoffice!)
4) update manager for LXDE?
5) Use SLIM for login.
6) Use Wicid for networkmanager
7) Theme Manager Needed. (Why use lxde theme manager and openbox theme manager) just confusing…
just my 2cents. I will down load and check out with feedback.
thanks in advance!
Posted 04 Sep 2009 at 5:05 pm ¶Well i downloaded the livecd, it boots but i get nothing after kernel starts loading.Can i pass any kernel options on boot like noacpi for example?
Posted 04 Sep 2009 at 11:36 pm ¶Anyway i have been running LXDE from a cli install on my Tatung / RM – RTABB12D using both a genkernel and a custom built one.
I suggest that you try to minimize any use of gnome libs as possible, use slim instead of gdm, use Wicd for network as lxnw is too limited right now,aumix-gtk for mixer and a program to add menu entries. I am currently testing ubuntuone on my setup and can asure you its working very well with pcman and lxpanel.
NTFS doesn’t seem to be working though. I’ve got this error:
Error org.freedesktop.HAL.Device.Volume.UnknowFailure
And the files don’t show at all.
NTFS-3g and HAL are installed I assume.
Posted 05 Sep 2009 at 2:40 am ¶The iso looks good but you need to have the Ubuntu installer in the iso so anyone can install it on their hard disk and be able to do updates from the Internet—-like what Ubuntu does with its distros.
Posted 05 Sep 2009 at 7:57 pm ¶Is there a BitTorrent-link for:
Posted 08 Sep 2009 at 4:55 am ¶lubuntu-9.10_lynxis_b23.iso
07-Sep-2009 6:20 360M
?
Yesterday I downloaded the ISO version and it all went great till it asked me for my logins. I tried several time after reboot but still with logins issue.
Posted 08 Sep 2009 at 9:03 am ¶I know that my logins are correct and easily could login on my own laptop. I am using currently the beta version 9.10 Ubuntu and my logins are working correct. Anything wrong so far ?
LXDE is great !
I’m currently using xubuntu on two toshibas 4600 sat pro and on a coppermine desktop, and will switch all to lubuntu as soon as it gets released end of this oct.
I hope an automatic SW update and a package handling is provided as with other distros.
In fact I only need FF5.5.x and Open Office (which can be installed afterwords) + a digikam download.
Good luck & wished for the best success for this distro !
Posted 11 Sep 2009 at 9:05 pm ¶on the newer one, 23b I guess, the “install” button doesn’t work. LUbuntu cannot be installed still.
Posted 12 Sep 2009 at 11:41 am ¶Same problem here, it is not possible to install the beta23 using the desktop link. But I found out that it is possible to run the installer by using ’sudo’ in front of the command used by the desktop link. With this purpose, open a console and type:
sudo ubiquity –desktop %k gtk_ui
Then the installer screen is shown.
Another suggestion, this is just a personal feeling: I’m using lxde in my ubuntu desktop since several months, and I imitated the look’n feel of the standard panels from gnome into lxde. I mean, one bar on the top and one on the bottom, start menu on top left, taskbar on top right, etc. Is it planned to do some similar adaptation with lubuntu? or will it look like the standard lxde?
Thanks for the great work
Posted 15 Sep 2009 at 9:28 pm ¶Quite a nice distro.
Uses 54 MB of RAM after booting (on VirtualBox)
Has all the elementary programs, however, I think the number of media players may be decreased by adding in an all-in-one media player.
Thanks for developing this thing. I might be using it as a preferred OS on my low-end PC after I have the final release version with the installer.
Posted 16 Sep 2009 at 1:58 pm ¶Hi,
Just tested the second – bigest iso, looks nice and light weight, see @PASSIVUS tweetpics or my page for small 20 min. test
Posted 17 Sep 2009 at 7:21 am ¶@Antonio, re: top and bottom bars: I read they were not going to be keeping with the convention of the top/bottom bars of the other *buntu’s. This being due to the fact that the target consumer would likely be on smaller resolution screens.
@pFrugal, re: wattos: What about lpia builds of Ubuntu? These are shown to save 10%+ battery life as per Phoronix.
Posted 19 Sep 2009 at 1:35 am ¶Thanks for the answer, I’m really interested in the next steps of this distro.
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