tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post1585336801389179925..comments2024-03-05T10:47:39.661-06:00Comments on Thoughts on Technology: Lubuntu 10.04 - Distro ReviewAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954467314386661328noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-30387714213453823402011-03-19T02:28:26.688-05:002011-03-19T02:28:26.688-05:00Having a not to old system (Core2, 6GB RAM) I coul...Having a not to old system (Core2, 6GB RAM) I could run every Ubuntu flavour without problems. But I personally prefer a very lightweight OS and like very much a snappy, fast system. Already the lengthy login procedure of KDE or gnome annoys me.<br /><br />In the past I used no desktop, just WindowMaker. No I'm switched over to LXDE/Lubuntu. The performance is very good, and I like the slim system very much. It's definitly worth a try, especially on fast hardware -- if you like to keep it fast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-91724974082328209492011-01-03T12:32:24.939-06:002011-01-03T12:32:24.939-06:00I started using Lubuntu on an old 256mb RAM laptop...I started using Lubuntu on an old 256mb RAM laptop & it gave the machine a new lease of life. I've since upgraded the RAM to 2Gb and still use Lubuntu - I've developed a real soft spot for the distro (& the IRC community is VERY helpful).<br /><br />I've just installed it on the 1Gb RAM box at my parents house as the internet security for their XP is about to run out & Lubuntu will cover all the basics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-91367727990972875742010-10-27T07:32:12.321-05:002010-10-27T07:32:12.321-05:00LXDE doesn't have terribly many GUI tools for ...LXDE doesn't have terribly many GUI tools for getting on the network. Try pyNeighborhood or just install and use nautilus.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954467314386661328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-74678054965291275272010-10-26T23:18:11.214-05:002010-10-26T23:18:11.214-05:00I just started using Lubuntu and I can seem to acc...I just started using Lubuntu and I can seem to access my network drives. I tired File Manager and under GO --> Network Drives I get an error message "The Specified location is not supported". Help!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-67378246006173666482010-10-12T10:15:36.188-05:002010-10-12T10:15:36.188-05:00I'm new to Linux and tried a few like Mint, Pu...I'm new to Linux and tried a few like Mint, Puppy, with bad results. Now on Lubuntu and it's great so far. Mulitple tabs in Chromium did lock it up though. For entry level Linux with similar GUI to Windows, it's the best I've found, apart from DSL which is just too stripped down.<br /><br />Finally ditched Bill. Well done Lubuntu.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-62472335538775038382010-10-07T21:45:22.298-05:002010-10-07T21:45:22.298-05:00I am quite new in this and I would like to change ...I am quite new in this and I would like to change Xandros to an other distro, Lubuntu seems to me quite convenient for my eeepc 1000HD. However you unfortunately didn't mention the comparaison of battery autonomy when using Lubuntu to other distros such as UNE, Leeenux !!! With Xandros its autonomy goes to 7h00 but with UNE it's 1h45.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-59520568845551904662010-09-25T00:31:53.049-05:002010-09-25T00:31:53.049-05:00Until recently, I was using Peppermint One Respin ...Until recently, I was using Peppermint One Respin and thought it was the perfect distro for my netbook. But it got broken after what seemed like a routine kernel upgrade. I am now using Lubuntu and I must say it is a lot better - lean and mean yet stable as a rock. Thanks to the folks who gave this distro to the Linux world.Barista Unohttp://www.marine-cafe.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-45269987805285490632010-09-23T09:55:52.344-05:002010-09-23T09:55:52.344-05:00Lean and lovely. Finally, a distro that will stay ...Lean and lovely. Finally, a distro that will stay on my netbook.Barista Unohttp://www.marine-cafe.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-40262754030155576072010-09-13T18:30:48.110-05:002010-09-13T18:30:48.110-05:00How does Lubuntu compare with PCLinuxOS Lxde?
PCL...How does Lubuntu compare with PCLinuxOS Lxde?<br /><br />PCLinuxOS<br />Excellent hardware support in PCLinuxOS.<br />Crappy network setup in PCinuxOS.<br />Very full package manager, but its hair pulling slow.<br />Great forums, and community.<br /><br />Lubuntu<br />Pretty good hardware support<br />Excellent network setup (networkmanager)<br />Have to do a little tweaking for MobileBroadband though, but mobile broadband is near impossible in PCLinuxOS.<br />Pretty good amount of software in the package manager, and its fast.<br />Alot faster boot time in Lubuntu.<br />Looks damn good!<br />Very little community so far, but it will grow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-80653564800233190832010-09-07T14:34:55.635-05:002010-09-07T14:34:55.635-05:00Not too sure anonymous. Never used PCLinuxOS perso...Not too sure anonymous. Never used PCLinuxOS personally.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954467314386661328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-22838555579547703442010-09-07T11:47:06.178-05:002010-09-07T11:47:06.178-05:00How does Lubuntu compare with PCLinuxOS Lxde?How does Lubuntu compare with PCLinuxOS Lxde?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-17590242164989078422010-09-02T07:45:38.258-05:002010-09-02T07:45:38.258-05:00Ever since 6.10 I've tried to use Ubuntu, it j...Ever since 6.10 I've tried to use Ubuntu, it just seem to all ways fall apart/crash whatever. Now with 10.04 I really like, but running on a HP 7845 with Celeron 800MHz 256MBs and i810 chipset it's very heavy; but it runs. So I tried Lubuntu hoping it would be worth wild. For me Lubuntu turned hateful when I visit Lubuntu.net. My guess would be adobe flashplayer. When I visit justintv Lubuntu appears to work with most of the channels. I think the best distro out there is Debian Etch/Lenny they never failed me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-59561527933820731442010-08-02T23:21:31.314-05:002010-08-02T23:21:31.314-05:00I dont care what distro its being used in but that...I dont care what distro its being used in but that damn firefox/iceweasel locks up, and pisses me off more than anything. First thing I always do is install chromium and purge any, and all other browsers. I absolutley HATE Lxde, but Lubuntu has done a nice job making it look nice. I broke down, and installed Lubuntu on an old lappy, and been on it ever since. Nice review BTW.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-4140450271647068402010-07-19T23:21:03.394-05:002010-07-19T23:21:03.394-05:00If anyone is interested the newest version of Linu...If anyone is interested the newest version of Linux Mint LXDE came out today! you should check it out if you liked lubuntu since linux mint editions are usually a more complete experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-16598384545858430352010-07-07T12:50:36.888-05:002010-07-07T12:50:36.888-05:00I have tried numerous so called light weight distr...I have tried numerous so called light weight distributions for old systems, including the light weight desktop versions of Mint, PCLinuxOS.<br /><br />Lubuntu beats all of them.<br /><br />I highly recommend this. And if you don't like Chromium, just get seamonkey.Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-47184690047774891992010-06-21T15:04:23.812-05:002010-06-21T15:04:23.812-05:00I have Lubuntu running on a few machines. 2 of my ...I have Lubuntu running on a few machines. 2 of my laptops, one is a Celeron 4 dell Inspiron with 512 of ram. The other is a OLD Compaq Evo P3 800mhz with a whopping 128 of ram. OK it ROCKS. all the speed of Vector Lite, with the ease of operating of Ubuntu/Debian. The old Compaq didn't run this well with Windblows 98. My youngest son is running it on a Emachine with a Athalon 2100 processor 1 gig of ram, Nvidia fx 5100 card. This POS E Machine is fast!!! Whats better it is stable. My older son removed Ubuntu 10.04 and loaded Lubuntu up on his Dell Optiplex with Intel HT 2.4 processor 2 gigs of ram and the same Nvidia card. OK now we are talking FAST! So my the Linux geek, decided not to be left behind made a new partition and loaded it up.. My machine is a HP Pavalon dual core Athalon 5800 X2 64. OK no 64 bit......But who needs it!!! 3 gigs of ram, nVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 vid card yada yada yada. Ok ever had a PC open a program by just THINKING about it? Well neither have I but this is close!. This may replace Kubuntu as my main system. Give it a spin and see. Oh the Mint LXDE is a lot slower. Much more over head and it wont install on my low end P3's<br /><br />ChuckUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17145872467173008354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-38473667207009431932010-06-21T03:04:53.196-05:002010-06-21T03:04:53.196-05:00I installed Lubuntu on my ASUS EeePC 4g Surf. One ...I installed Lubuntu on my ASUS EeePC 4g Surf. One problem I have is setting the proxy settngs for chromium. How do I go about doing this and please note I am a noob to linux systems... a very very green noobMark Struwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04404982945798944578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-729487454026168772010-06-19T11:01:43.956-05:002010-06-19T11:01:43.956-05:00to the anon from june 9, 20:10, at 6:20pm
That mo...to the anon from june 9, 20:10, at 6:20pm<br /><br />That mostly applies to midgrade systems.<br /><br />On my phenom II 720 x3 2.8ghz with 8gb of ram, and a geforce 260 oc'd to 655mhz, with 896mb of gddr3 dedicated videoram, there is no purpose for me to use a fast, or light weight OS.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07967276963607619061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-81344786552789012122010-06-19T10:59:40.929-05:002010-06-19T10:59:40.929-05:00Chrom(ium) uses more ram for the initial first bro...Chrom(ium) uses more ram for the initial first browser, but each subsequent tab uses less ram than firefox.<br /><br />Chrom(ium) is very smooth, has very well made extensions, and has lots of screen space. <br /><br />Its also incredibly fast. I like how it partially renders pages as the rest of the page continues rendering. <br /><br />Realistically, if you're using a top name (opera 10.6+, firefox 3.6+, or chrome5+) browser, the speed differences are fairly irrelelvant<br /><br />L-mint is a good way to make a low ram system run a lot of browser tabs... this is very trueAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07967276963607619061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-43392041005225103312010-06-09T22:25:14.842-05:002010-06-09T22:25:14.842-05:00The review is a very nice review but I have one qu...The review is a very nice review but I have one quibble. And I do NOT want this to come off as a criticism it is not. I VERY WELL REALIZE that the distro is built for "old and slow", but I've run LXDE lite for a year or so on a three year old lappy, old and slow, and it runs fine...but on a nice machine it is VERY fast. I would REALLY like to recommend that people who have very NICE machines consider giving this distro a spin and add what other stuff you need. I have added some other "large" programs which i need for how i make my living and they did not slow the distro perceptibly....again, i'm not criticizing, i'm just suggesting that people with high end machines give this thing a whirl and see what the machine will do with a light weight distro.<br />linux devAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-76218459994054750852010-06-09T18:20:05.114-05:002010-06-09T18:20:05.114-05:00To all those complaining about Chromium: If you do...To all those complaining about Chromium: If you don't like, please just paste this command into terminal - sudo apt-get purge chromium-browser && sudo apt-get install firefox<br /><br />It really is that simple if you don't like it... Why all the complaining? That is still much easier than having to install LXDE on Ubuntu.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954467314386661328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-89015990052951668982010-06-05T18:14:25.660-05:002010-06-05T18:14:25.660-05:00I have to agree about the chrome = crap crowd. I h...I have to agree about the chrome = crap crowd. I have installed and run it on all the major distro's now and my system is quite powerful, but chrome always craps out and chokes on pretty much any page with special scripts on it, ie. pretty much all of them. It will sit and sit and finally pop a weak "sorry, cant load" page. Never had this many issues with a browser since IE6!<br /><br />No thanks, Lubuntu = fail in that decision. Firefox is the only cross platform browser in existence today second in world wide usage only to IE for a damn good reason.davemcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-12918561096319946702010-06-01T19:45:58.350-05:002010-06-01T19:45:58.350-05:00Hi, im new on this world of Linux but im trying to...Hi, im new on this world of Linux but im trying to spread all my knowledge to other ones and, after i installing this distro i wrote on terminal: "sudo apt-get updade" and after "sudo apt-get upgrade" and, after restart, my taskbar vanish. Someone known something about it? I try it on my desktop and same thing happen. Ty for your help. Ty for the review.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12116562796428634366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-65142963251563850552010-06-01T18:34:47.437-05:002010-06-01T18:34:47.437-05:00I've been using Lubuntu for several weeks
now....I've been using Lubuntu for several weeks<br />now. Its faster then Ubuntu and I like it<br />better then Xubuntu. I've tried Puppy,<br />DSL, Slax, Macpuppy and Jodicloud on this<br />netbook and like Lubuntu the best.<br /><br />I didn't need Open office and Chrome is<br />installed by default. Asus netbook with<br />1gb of Ram. I've used various Linux distros<br />including PC OS, Mandriva and others. The <br />'butu family has 'em all beat in my view.ConfusedbyLinuxhttp://www.modelmayhem.com/model4us2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1402984000559601283.post-81120033149400929892010-06-01T12:05:36.449-05:002010-06-01T12:05:36.449-05:00Thanks for the link! If you poke around here you w...Thanks for the link! If you poke around here you will see I am quite the fan on Linux Mint, however their LXDE based on 10.04 was not up for download when I was distro searching for my netbook a few days ago.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954467314386661328noreply@blogger.com