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Maybe I’ve been hiding under a rock or something but I don’t think I’ve heard of Lubuntu before. I took a quick look at the home page but still: when this and not some other distribution?

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Because you want an out of the box LXDE flavored Ubuntu.

Same reasons one would use Kubuntu or Xubuntu.

it used to be aimed at 10 years old hardware. Now its less clear, they just changed their positionning a few months ago

Not very smart of them. In mu LUG we usually suggest Lubuntu for those PCs that are a bit older. Now I don't see what the point is. Most would rather run MATE than LXDE if there's no difference.

Yeah, when a project loses a clear message, it's more likely to die a slow death than anything else. However, they did point out why they made that change: even recent distros could actually run very decently on older hardware, which made them lose their former "edge" on that matter. Personally, I think LXDE/Lubuntu is obsolete. Xfce/Mate can be very good replacements with low footprint these days.

> Personally, I think LXDE/Lubuntu is obsolete.

I suppose this is precisely why the project is changing direction. LXDE/LXQT are pretty cool desktop environments and I'd hate to see their development come to a halt even if I'm personally not a user.

It should still run on old hardware, just not the most ancient tired iron.

Sure, but that's because 10 year old hardware can just run Ubuntu now, no? The lack of YOY extreme gains is real.

Same here - This is first time I heard of Lubuntu.

Maybe Lubuntu folks can put up one page on comparing the disk space requirements for standard default setup between Ubuntu/KDE/Xbuntu/Lubuntu - for typical VM.

Or any other advantages for using Lubuntu.

sorry IDK how to do a linker.

You can't format it, just paste the link

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