The lead developer of Lubuntu, an Ubuntu variant featuring LXDE, Julien Lavergne just announced the availability of Lubuntu 10.04 Beta 2. Here is his release note on the mailing list:
Hi,
The Lubuntu Lucid Beta 2 is now available. Don’t forget that it’s build
with Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) which is still in Beta state of development,
so same warnings [...]
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Lubuntu 10.04 Beta 2 is Released
lubuntu – how to get involved
Julian Lavergne from France posted ways to get involved into lubuntu on the mailing list of the project and I am reposting his suggestions here.
This is a quick summarize for people wanted to help on Lubuntu. In general, all tasks will be documented on the Subteams pages:
Packages and Code: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/CodingAndPackagingSubTeam
Artwork : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/ArtworkSubTeam
Doc [...]
first lubuntu test iso available
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 [...]
Lubuntu? LXDE Meet up with Mark Shuttleworth in Berlin
When will you release Lubuntu? Many people ask us this question recently. Actually, we do not have a distribution named Lubuntu… yet. So time to get in touch with the Ubuntu community and Mark Shuttleworth about an official cooperation. I finally met up with Mark today for breakfast here in Berlin and talked with him [...]
