Lubuntu-A Real Linux Desktop Option

Posted by JD 03/02/2011 at 17:00

A nice article on Lubuntu_ … Lubuntu is my current desktop and has been for a few years.

Not Just for Old Hardware

The article implies that Lubntu is only for old hardware. It isn’t, though it does work well on P4 systems with 1GB of RAM (my Mom’s). It is worth checking out, even on current, modern hardware like mine, a Core i5 with either 6GB or 8GB of RAM. My daily laptop runs Lubuntu in a virtual machine with 1.5GB of RAM and 10GB of disk. It runs nicely on all these systems.

Other Options Besides Lubuntu

If you really want a small, light weight Linux, check out TinyCore. Sure Puppy and DSL are options too, but with TinyCore, you get to load the apps that you want and completely control the amount of excess storage and RAM required.

Lubuntu – Ubuntu Repositories

Still, Lubuntu is my desktop for good reason. It is just enough GUI to be very usable AND fast. Mom can use it, easily. I has those panels that many people like and you can customize them pretty easily. With Ubuntu repos underneath, we have access to the entire suite of tools. That is very powerful. When you need a little bloat, it is available. If you don’t want it or just want to try it for a little while, go for it. You can purge those packages later if you like.

Clean Up Some Bloat

As an example, I loaded OpenOffice last June, but never got around to removing AbiWord and the other Gnome-Office tools until this morning.

sudo apt-get purge abiword
sudo apt-get purge goffice*
sudo apt-get autoremove

cleaned all those packages up.

I like APT.

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