It rocks! Check the newest LXDE distro from PCLinuxOS! It's flawless, elegant, light, and speedy. The best implementation of LXDE I have seen yet.
-Robin
PCLXDE Released!
Re: PCLXDE Released!
Since LXDE will run on slower systems, perhaps they should have included a kernel that would boot up with a 586, then the user could install a more streamlined kernel afterwards.
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edward wrote:Since LXDE will run on slower systems, perhaps they should have included a kernel that would boot up with a 586, then the user could install a more streamlined kernel afterwards.
I tested it on an i586 before its release. It worked fine.
Re: PCLXDE Released!
It would not boot up on a K6-2 CPU. The LXDE Blog post on this, also referenced this fact.Neal wrote:
I tested it on an i586 before its release. It worked fine.
I'm hoping Lubuntu will be officially recognized by Canonical in time for Ubuntu 10.04's release next year.
Debian Sid - LXDE
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I see. Your point was not so much what we at PCLinuxOS did, but rather a knock and a plug for lubuntu.
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I'm not knocking any one distro. I feel that most of the distros should include a default kernel with the image, that will install on the widest available range of systems (at least a 586-based CPU), then if the user wants to install a kernel more optimized for their specific CPU, they can certainly do that.Neal wrote:I see. Your point was not so much what we at PCLinuxOS did, but rather a knock and a plug for lubuntu.
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Re: PCLXDE Released!
Not every Linux user is a Kernel compiling user. And not everyone wants to be. I certainly dont want to.edward wrote: I'm not knocking any one distro. I feel that most of the distros should include a default kernel with the image, that will install on the widest available range of systems (at least a 586-based CPU), then if the user wants to install a kernel more optimized for their specific CPU, they can certainly do that.
How many new Ubuntu users you expect to run Lubuntu (picked since its your distro of choice), decide its too slow and compile a new kernel? Nope, I expect they will go 'Linux is too slow' or 'Lubuntu is too slow' or 'LXDE is too slow' and move to a different distro. Hey Maybe they will try PCLXDE and say 'Wow. Look at how zippy it is'
If people want to run a distro on older hardware, there are already distros for that. Puppy anyone?