lubuntu blog

DEFT Linux 7

2012-02-04T20:24:00.000+01:00

Another Linux distro updated now with Lubuntu in its core: DEFT Linux 7. This is a great recovery and forensic distro with lots of tools to aid for repairing partitions, damaged clusters, recover lost data, make network tests and configurations, etc. I can't write the whole list of apps included in this release, not enough space :) Mmm, thatartwork sounds familiar to me... :D

LxScreenshot

2012-02-03T22:14:00.000+01:00

A new great tool ready for using with our beloved Lubuntu: LxScreenshot! This is another brilliant creation from the Stefano, the same author of LxFind. You can imagine what's its purpose, creating screen captures with ease and a simple interface, with timing capture (in seconds) and the option to choose the folder to save it on. You can install this tool just by looking for it with

Ozone 3

2012-01-29T14:49:00.001+01:00

Almost there. The default theme for Lubuntu, Ozone, is near to its final version. Lubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin is getting more and more polished. But if you can't wait, or you have another version (or a distro with the LXDE environment) feel free to test it. Download here.

LxFind

2012-01-21T19:48:00.000+01:00

Haven't tried LxFind yet? For those who doesn't know it, it will be the default file and document search tool or Lubuntu. For trying it (remember, it's not an ultimate comilation) put this on a terminal: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lubuntu-desktop/ppa && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install lxfind If you already added our PPA just install the package "lxfind".

Review: Peppermint Two & Leenux

2012-01-17T19:19:00.000+01:00

While we're waiting for the next release of Lubuntu 12.04, the Precise Pangolin, other distros are posting about their goals. One of those is Peppermint OS Two, a Lubuntu based distro oriented to the cloud. So many applications has been removed from the installation process, and gives more Google-ized tasks, like GMail, Google Reader, Docs, etc. making it absolutely necessary to have a good

Happy New Year!

2012-01-02T13:50:00.002+01:00

Yesterday Lubuntu had a funny way to wish users a Happy New Year 2012: changing the default wallpaper to a sweet message from the Team. If you haven't updated yet do it and your wallpaper will change (calm down, it's not forever) and if you're using a custom one, you can download it here. Also, try to find the easter egg.

Cairo Composite Manager

2011-12-06T20:28:00.001+01:00

Beautify your Lubuntu with this handy tool. Thanks to Sergey Davidoff, who shared his PPA. I've already recommended xcompmgr, but it's difficult to config because it's CLI (command line) only. This great app has a nice config gui among other things, like plugins, wide settings, and much more. Now it's available for Lubuntu 11.10 (or any other Ubuntu flavour).You can install this by typing this in

Lubuntu Software Center icon

2011-11-12T22:44:00.001+01:00

Not too much to say. Just a new icon for the Lubuntu Software Center. Not using the Ubuntu standard anymore (not appropriate, we think). And so on, a possibly redesign for the wholñe application is coming. I hope you like it!

Happy Halloween!

2011-10-27T20:53:00.000+02:00

I'd like to thank to the people who downloaded the distro, because now Lubuntu hits the list with an incredible 7th score position! (see that on DistroWatch). And of course, I'd like to thank the Lubuntu crew for their wonderful job done with this release, and that's why Canonical decided to "adopt us" in the Ubuntu family, for those well-done things and a never-ending illusion. You're the best!

Lubuntu CD wallets

2011-10-23T13:54:00.000+02:00

As Lubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot has been released, and new bunch of marketing pieces should appear along the release. So here they are: a brand new CD cover wallet, a disc imprint and a Lightscribe one. You can download them all at the marketing wiki page (search for the 11.10 version).

ZevenOS Neptune 2.0 (LXDE)

2011-10-23T13:49:00.001+02:00

Another release of ZevenOS, the Minimal Edition, that ships LXDE environment. Codenamed "Next Generation", this version comes with LXDE (obviously), PCManFM (along with LXDE), Viewnior, Iceweasel, Icedove, Gnome-Mplayer and Deadbeef. More information and downloads here.

Lubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) released

2011-10-13T23:26:00.002+02:00

Finally, the long awaited release is here. Notes from Julien Lavergne, the Lubuntu team leader: ISOs are now build with Ubuntu official build system alternate ISOs are available many updates from LXDE (most components had official releases) build with recommended packages by default use recommends instead of depends for most of components of lubuntu-desktop meta-package register correctly

Lubuntu 11.10 beta 2

2011-09-24T01:42:00.002+02:00

Sure you already know that our "big brother" Ubuntu released the second beta for the Oneiric Ocelot version. So here goes the "little one" Lubuntu 11.10 beta 2. I just wanted to mention this like an echo of Julien Lavergne's announcement. And as he said, this is a beta, so remember: okay, a lot of bugs were fixed you may find theme (gtk3/lxpanel) improvements but you could find new interface

Lubuntu Software Center

2011-09-10T19:08:00.000+02:00

Lubuntu right now lacks a Software Center, as his big brother Ubuntu, so Stephen Smally is developing a great app for this. Lubuntu Software Center. You can install and test it executing this on a terminal (the whole line): sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lubuntu-desktop/ppa && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install lubuntu-software-center Remember its pre-alpha stage. But I highly recommend

Beta 1

2011-09-02T09:32:00.000+02:00

Announced by Julien Lavergne today: Following the announce for Ubuntu, Lubuntu Beta 1 is also available for testing. You can find it on http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/oneiric/beta-1/ A quick summary of important changes since Alpha 3 : * Alternate ISO are now available. * Keeping LXDM for login manager. * New theme made by Raphael. Know issues : * Include apt-xapian-index :

Fedora 16 "Verne"

2011-08-16T15:07:00.001+02:00

The new artwork for the Fedora release 16, called Verne, has been presented. Unlike version 15 artwork, Lovelock, that was fully rejected by the community (how does their voting system work?) this one seems to be more lucky.

WattOS R4

2011-08-14T13:52:00.003+02:00

Another clone of Lubuntu has been presented on the Internet. It's called WattOS, remastered from an Ubuntu base and, according to its website, with all these features: New music player changed to audacious with plugin for music stream searching - lightweight - codecs included. Changed to VLC for video player Changed to lightweight mail client sylpheed by default Updated version of fotoxx photo

Ultimate Edition Lite 3

2011-08-03T13:07:00.000+02:00

It has been released Ultimate Edition Lite, a known distro (already mentioned) based on Lubuntu (LXDE environment). As explained TheeMann: What is Ultimate Edition Lite? Ultimate Edition Lite was built off Lubuntu, it is intended to be ran on low resource computers such as netbooks. Ultimate Edition Lite contains only the bare minimum, a browser, a music player and a few other tools. The

Caixa Mágica 16 LXDE

2011-08-01T22:33:00.001+02:00

Another derivate from Lubuntu was found, called Caixa Mágica. Developed in Portugal, this Linux distribution was initially based on Mandriva, and now uses an Ubuntu base with DEB packages. It's a DVD download with a lot of extras: Adobe Reader, gScriptor, The GIMP, LibreOffice, Skype, Java, Audio Tag Tool, Sound Juicer, Gnome-Recorder, Wine and Compiz-Fusion. Also includes Cartão de Cidadão, a

Lubuntu official ISOs!

2011-07-27T19:38:00.002+02:00

After a few years working, three releases with a hard work within, and a really great effort it arrives the support from Canonical (making it official). Mark Shuttleworth said our work would become a reality and being part of the Ubuntu familyt would arrive. Words from Julien Lavergne, leader of the project: After 2 years of work, and 3 "unofficial" releases (10.04, 10.10 and 11.04), we had

Zorin OS 5 Lite

2011-07-26T20:20:00.002+02:00

The Zorin group has recently released the Zorin OS 5 Lite, a renewed Ubuntu based operating system with similar features and look from Microsoft Windows, making users easily migrate to Linux. The system is using the LXDE desktop and includes GNU Paint and Simple Scan, Google and Pidgin, Abiword and Gnumeric, and Audacious, Xfburn, etc (similar choices in Lubuntu), a browser chooser and a look

LightDM on Lubuntu

2011-07-17T14:12:00.003+02:00

Due to Ubuntu major changes in Oneiric release, we need to adapt our distro too. This will make it easier to develop and debug cross-distro code. So, another change will come to Lubuntu: the greater. Lubuntu will use LightDM, as Ubuntu will do. Obviously I need to polish and make it look good, but I'm sure we'll be on time to make our Lubuntu prettier and faster.

Getting close...

2011-07-03T15:20:00.000+02:00

We're getting close to august, the month the Lubuntu artwork will be released (if finished, of course). Just an sketch bu, doesn't it look sharpy? You can always check periodically the changes at the wiki. And, of course, you can submit your own creations to the Wallpaper Flickr group. The "contest" winners artwork will be included in the Lubuntu Artwork official package and, if not, everybody

Refreshing desktop (mockup)

2011-06-22T14:59:00.001+02:00

Ozone gets revamped. Doing some experiments with the concept of "fresh air" and "soft light" in a clean and gentle atmosphere. Please, feedback about these concept wallpapers (saturated and unsaturated variations):

Lubuntu blog is smart!

2011-06-20T19:19:00.002+02:00

We're changing and getting better everyday, with your suggestions, of course. The last change I've made is a template for the blog available for smartphones. Now you can read the Lubuntu blog everywhere!screenshot). On the left Samsung Galaxy S II with Miren Browser and iPhone on the right. Thanks to Kelo for the screenshot ;)

A few things

2011-06-19T13:58:00.000+02:00

Long time since last update. Ok, I'm back and have a few news for you. First of all is mentioning a new version of the distro Trisquel mini, using LXDE desktop (and, let me say it, an artwork that reminds me Lubuntu :D ). The goal of this distro is being absolutely "free", without any proprietary apps or drivers. Because of this it's one of the free GNU distribution list. Another great thing is

Here we go...

2011-05-23T13:21:00.001+02:00

...let's rock'n'roll. Once a distro is released, the "artwork makers" begin their mockups. And so on, Lubuntu is, for me, the best for testing its own potential and capabilities. Every release is a challenge, and migrating to GTK3 is a hard work. Let's mockup the world and make it better!

CD wallet

2011-05-04T22:13:00.000+02:00

With the release of Lubuntu 11.04 there's a familiar artwork / marketing piece that is a must have: that's the cd wallet, cd and lightscribe disc prints. After popular acceptation, the model (similar and continuous with the Lubuntu "wavy" style) is now available for download at the marketing wiki page. Happy printing!

Fedora 15 artwork

2011-05-04T21:52:00.001+02:00

Nightingale is the final design for the concept art by Emily Dirsh. This will be the artwork included in the next release of Fedora. Congratulations to Emily for her great job. Stop saying there aren't female artworkers out there.

Lubuntu Natty 11.04

2011-04-29T12:45:00.002+02:00

The Lubuntu team is proud to announce the release of the Natty version, with the following features: * Based on the lightweight LXDE desktop environment. * Pcmanfm 0.9.8, a fast and lightweight files manager using gio/gvfs. * Lxdm, a lightweight GTK display manager. * Chromium, the open-source version of Google Chrome. * ... and, of course, based on Ubuntu 11.04 Download it while it's hot! [

Winds of change

2011-04-28T23:05:00.000+02:00

Today has been released (with all the fireworks via thousands of blogs) the Ubuntu 11.04 distro, aka Natty Narwhal. Somebody told me about this post that I was right about the incredible resemblance btween Unity and older environments. So, my intention wasn't insult or criticize the new Canonical's development. Unlike this, I'd like to see how history repeats (as singed by Shirley Bassey)

Lubuntu Natty beta 2

2011-04-22T21:49:00.002+02:00

Ok, here it is. We have no summary for this beta (Julien is working on it) but you can download and start testing it (I recommend working under emulation). You can download the beta at the usual place :) New mirror: The Lubuntu Blog (but please, download the torrent first, if you can).

Lubuntu Natty beta 1

2011-04-02T14:33:00.000+02:00

The first beta of Lubuntu has been released. There're minor changes in look'n'feel, but a lot of improvements here and there. So, what's new? New theme made (by me) Update installer, with new layout and screenshots A lot of bug fixes Please note that Lubuntu Natty is based on Ubuntu Natty, same warning apply : "Pre-releases of Natty are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or

Lubuntu Natty alpha 3

2011-03-04T21:23:00.001+01:00

New alpha release (just for testing, you know) available. The (huge) list of changes: New automatic way to build the ISO (thanks to Jonathan Marsden) Replacing Audacious for Aqualung, File-Roller for XArchiver, and GucView for Cheese New applications: Java support, GuCharMap, LXKeyMap, and some docs Lubuntu is now HAL free (thanks to Xubuntu dev) Lxrandr (Monitor settings) is able to save the

Lubuntu Natty alpha 2

2011-02-09T11:50:00.001+01:00

You already know, just for testing. A few changes within: new kernel (2.6.38 rc) audacious replaces aqualung file-roller replaces xarchiver removed cheese Go to downloads and grab it while it's hot!

Xubuntu and Debian new artwork

2011-01-24T20:59:00.002+01:00

Both distros updated their respective artwork. Xubuntu went to gray with the theme Greybird (blue was supposedly too distracting) by the Shimmer Project boys, and Debian into a cartoonish theme called SpaceFun by Valessio Brito.

Lubuntu Ad

2011-01-22T20:19:00.001+01:00

Original here.

Tools updated

2011-01-17T22:20:00.001+01:00

After a revieweing and tuning process (by the one who never sleeps, Julien Lavergne) the additional tools for Lubuntu has been updated. There are changes in version numbers (lubuntu-control-center 0.3 and lxkeymap 0.3) and wheight (recompiled and reduced unneeded size). Now the tools are from the official Lubuntu Desktop PPA (ensuring compatibility). Jump to the tools section and download while

DEFT 6 Linux

2011-01-15T21:39:00.000+01:00

Lubuntu must be doing it well, so there're lots and lots of new derivatives growing up everywhere. This one, DEFT Linux version 6, is a forensic purpose distro, and comes in both Linux and Windows versions (aka DEFT 3 Extra), with specific tools for helping police and investigators to deal with "criminal" computers :) .

WattOS R3

2011-01-11T20:07:00.000+01:00

Another flavour of Ubuntu (Maverick based) using our beloved LXDE desktop: WattOS R3. It comes with a lot of improvements, a wide range of applications and ease of use. The distro includes Foobnix as media player, the photo editor Fotoxx, PCManFM with network support, KeePassX password manager, the standard planner Osmo, RedNotebook for creating personal diaries, and Firefox as the default web

Zorin OS 4 Lite

2011-01-05T20:41:00.003+01:00

I must talk about another "derivative" distribution born upon Lubuntu, this called Zorin OS. Using an LXDE desktop, it has unique desktop configuration features, like Background Plus (plays animations in the background), Splash Screen Manager (self explanatory), and Look Changer (switches look to a Windows, MacOSX or Gnome like). This distro can look familiar to everyone and maintains the speed

卯年!

2010-12-31T18:22:00.000+01:00

2010 is over! Expect the best for 2011 and do your own for getting this world a better place! Here comes the Year of the Rabbit... Good luck for everybody!

Artwork section added

2010-12-15T20:32:00.000+01:00

Do you have a Lubuntu version installed and preffer another (oldie) artwork? Or have the old release and want to use the newer one? Easy, just pick up the theme package in the new brand artwork section and, voilà, you'll have any released theme. You'd be careful about replacing an existing folder with these ones. Do this only if you're sure about what you're doing.

Ultimate Lite 2.8

2010-12-11T23:26:00.003+01:00

Another derivative from Lubuntu (mmm, we're inspiration for others, good). Ultimate Lite edition, with a different applications pack, like VLC, Firefox, gEdit (?), Ultamatix (a 3rd party tool for installing codecs and other stuff) and LXDE or Lubuntu original themes replaced by the Blue Deck theme pack. An image is worth a thousand words:

Newtoos 2011

2010-12-06T13:36:00.003+01:00

Another operating system based on Lubuntu has been released, Newtoos 2011, including familiar applications, such as OpenOFfice, VLC, Skype, etc. You can check it out here (slovak web).

Lubuntu Natty Narwhal alpha 1

2010-12-05T21:08:00.001+01:00

Julien said: "the Alpha 1 is a snapshot of the actual development, with minimum tests. Expect others breakages until Alpha 2. However, you can easily test it under virtualbox or qemu". Buggy (as known black background, the panel appears in the middle of the screen, checking the CD fail, start menu not correctly translated, splash screen may fall-back to Ubuntu text one, istaller doesn't install

Unity looks familiar

2010-11-30T00:33:00.000+01:00

Mm, am I the only one? Did you get an eye on this "revolutionary interface" for Ubuntu called Unity? Doesn't it remember a lot on WindowMaker? Ok, it's not enough talking about "little squares" that launch things, but they could improve the dock to be a bit different than tne old-school MacOS or GNUStep one. Have a look and compare (btw, windowmaker is the one at the right :D):

Tuquito Control Center

2010-11-24T19:50:00.003+01:00

Ups, I forgot to mention this. There's a new control center in the town, from the distro called Tuquito maintained by Mario Colque, from Argentina. You can install this if your system is Ubuntu-based (maverick). Just execute this command line in a terminal: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:paquetes-tuquito/universal && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install tuquito-control-center And that's all.

Ubuntu Mono

2010-11-18T22:56:00.000+01:00

No, not talking about Mono Runtime right now (you already know it's a bit controversial). The boys from Canonical Design are attempting to replace the Monospace font (Sans or DejaVu packages) with Ubuntu Mono. A great work (those who are not designers or type evolved doesn't know how big this effort is). So, go ahead, you're doing a great job. I can't wait for replacing my Terminal font!

Natty Narwhall mockup!

2010-11-17T00:10:00.001+01:00

Well, it's not really a mockup, it's already an applied theme to my Lubuntu desktop, fully functional and installable. The mockups are a tricky question, because of their complexity and inability of some visual improvements (due to coding limitations), like this: Now let's return to the real world. I don't know if this theme will be the next one for the 11.04 release of Lubuntu, but anyway it

ZevenOS 3.0

2010-11-14T12:16:00.001+01:00

Another great OS has been released. Ok, it's not Lubuntu, but it's based on Maverick, so it could be considered as a "brother" kind to our distro, and maintained by our collaborator Leszek Lesner. Have a look and you'll find a nice BeOS-ish desktop and a bunch of applications that accomplish every possible daily need. More info about this release here.

Hosting the ISO

2010-10-31T22:31:00.000+01:00

Due to space problems in other servers, we offer now the possibility to host the image disc. Now you can download directly from The Lubuntu Blog you ISO. Check the downloads section, now rearranged for better understanding.

Happy Halloween!

2010-10-26T19:43:00.003+02:00

...and happy 11th position at Distrowatch this month!

Alternate install

2010-10-22T12:13:00.001+02:00

For those who want to rescue a very old machine maybe Ubiquity installer is too heavy and full featured. So we're testing a new text based installing system, based on Ubuntu alternate installer (wizard, anyway). If you want to test it download it and burn. But remember, it's only a test (thanks to Phill Whiteside).

10.10.10 !

2010-10-10T21:12:00.001+02:00

The day has arrived. The final stable release of Lubuntu is here. Not too much to say, except you can download it while it's hot! Go to downloads section and get it! Julien Lavergne said: == What is Lubuntu ? == Lubuntu is an Ubuntu derivated using the LXDE desktop. It's designed to be a lightweight and easy-to-use desktop environment. Lubuntu is actually not part of the Ubuntu family, and

CD cover

2010-10-08T22:21:00.003+02:00

Recognized by an overwhelming majority, the designs for the wallet, disc and lightscribe images for the 10.10 version are ready to download. They're available at the usual marketing place so, feel free to download and print them while they're hot! I hope you like it. BTW, have you noticed that there's only two days left for the upcoming (and long awaited) final version of Lubuntu (and possibly

Beta 2

2010-10-01T15:00:00.007+02:00

As you can see, we're still developing (and working!). Julien Lavergne (a.k.a. The Boss :D ) is proud to present the second (and last) testing release. This one includes some bug fixes and has the usual Ubuntu updates (that are plenty). Here are the download links (please, using torrent is better for everybody). Also, I've updated the downloads section. There you can still download the last

Ubuntu font

2010-09-28T13:07:00.001+02:00

Ok, it's not really a Lubuntu related post, but it's an amazing event. The Ubuntu font is almost complete, and now you can download and install it for testing on your system. The font has been updated so french, catalan, german or portuguese speakers can use the whole alphabet! It "only" lacks hebrew, asian and arabic codes for completing the Unicode table. Specific characters will be added Try

Eyecandy (again and enhanced)

2010-09-12T22:35:00.005+02:00

I've updated the Openbox configuration for the default Lubuntu session (3Ddesk zooms much faster now, and screen grabbing capability works again): Changing virtual desktops rotate left: ctrl + alt + left / mouse wheel up on desktop rotate right: ctrl + alt + right / mouse wheel down on desktop showing cube: ctrl + alt + up / select a face: left / right and space Taking screenshots grab entire

Set your keymap

2010-09-10T10:51:00.002+02:00

A new tool arrives: LXKeymap.It allows to choose the keymap code graphically, selecting the country in a list while it's representing the keyboard design on the right, where you can compare with yours to ensure that it's the right model. Download here.

Control Center

2010-09-06T13:54:00.001+02:00

A great tool created by Leszek Lesner, Lubuntu Control Center, is available for download as a separate tool. It will add more funcionality the way we customize our system. This program is being updated and translated, but you can download now here version 0.2 (you may need LXProxy).

Eyecandy (easy and updated)

2010-09-04T23:21:00.013+02:00

For those who think that low-resources systems are not able to have a bit of candyness, I must say they're wrong. How to do this on Lubuntu? After reading the great Urukrama's blog about Openbox configuration we can now do some tricks to do that job. install xcompmgr, kompose (32bit / 64bit) and 3ddesk (32bit / 64bit) add these commands to "/etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart" @kompose @

Beta 1 released

2010-09-04T13:53:00.001+02:00

Here comes the new Beta release of Lubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat). Julien Lavergne informs about changes and updates:new lxappareance from LXDE git update-notifier and Xpad was added parcellite and Pyneighborhood removed lxtask was added, to replace xfce4-taskmanager evince is now used for reading pdf we can now play games! (powered by ace-of-penguins) new theme and installation slideshow by me

Best ranking of the month

2010-08-31T17:56:00.001+02:00

See the image, or see it by yourself at Distrowatch. Lubuntu is the 8th linux distribution according download ratios. We have overcome one of the first ones, over other famous distros like Mandriva, Gentoo, Slackware, etc. So we have to continue the effort and going ahead. Congratulations to all the people who made this possible!

Marketing news

2010-08-31T00:43:00.002+02:00

First an alpha, then one or two betas... and finally a final version will arrive. Waiting for that moment we're updating some marketing and promo things. Now is turn for the CD wallet and disc printings. Check it out at the marketing place!

Salix vs. Lubuntu

2010-08-23T15:26:00.003+02:00

I'm really glad about this (compare the artwork) Panel and menu button from Lubuntu Lucid Lynx (last year dated): Panel and menu button from SalixOS 13.1 (presented today at DistroWatch):

LxAppearance

2010-08-16T20:24:00.007+02:00

It was necessary, unifying visual configuration of the environment in one application. So, here it is. LxAppearance can now change, at once, details such as icons, controls, colours, mouse cursors and window decoration. It only lacks the ability to change the desktop wallpaper. Better for novices and those who don't like complicated things. It will be available in the repo soon.

Starting

2010-08-14T22:13:00.004+02:00

A new blog dedicated to Lubuntu is started, an Ubuntu-based operating system, but enhanced for speed and focused on simplicity. So we celebrate it providing the disc image download, wich is in alpha 3 state (development, for testing purposes only).