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[iJohnE]

http://www.lxde.org/lxde

Is that a separate distribution of Linux, or just a desktop environment that can be configured on your current one?

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[Don_HH2K]

LXDE is a desktop environment that runs on top of an existing Linux install. I've been using it on top of very minimal Debian netinstalls ever since Edward showed it to me.

According to this page, there are a few distros with LXDE preloaded that would save you the trouble of installing it.

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[iJohnE]

That was fast.

Okay, so say I had Ubuntu installed, I could install it over top of that?


(I'd prefer not to use U-Lite.)

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[Don_HH2K]

They have instructions on the top of that page for how to install LXDE on top of Ubuntu.

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[iJohnE]

Thanks Don, I need to read more.

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[Edward]

With a Mandriva Linux installation, LXDE can be installed by launching the Mandriva Control Center, select "Install & Remove Software" on the "Software Management" tab and once the screen appears, select the package task-lxde to install, it will then auto-select all of the required LXDE-related packages and install them.

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xubuntu 9.10

[Edward]

I have some news.

When Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring is released (currently scheduled for April), the Mandriva Free distribution will also include a Mini image that can be downloaded and burned to a CD or DVD.

This Mini image contains both i586 and x86_64 files, that will install a basic Mandriva Linux system using LXDE as the default desktop environment.

2009 Spring is presently still in Cooker (considered beta), but Alpha 2 has been released for testing. This particular Mini image is also available for downloading, if anyone is interested in installing it.

Here is the article at the Mandriva Wiki regarding Alpha 2. Further down on the page, there are download links. The Mini image has a filename of mandriva-linux-free-2009.1-dual-arch.iso and MD5's are also available, to verify the integrity of the download afterwards.

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SillyDog701 Moderator
xubuntu 9.10

[iJohnE]

[Edward]

Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring was released yesterday. See my announcement in this message area. It now has a dual-architecture image that has the LXDE desktop by default. This is something that I and others advocated for (an image with LXDE as the default) and I'm very happy to see Mandriva create it.

There is also a link to screenshots in my post.

It installed perfectly on my laptop, using the GNOME image, then I installed LXDE separately. I'll be using it through the weekend before installing it on my desktop systems.

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SillyDog701 Moderator
xubuntu 9.10

[Edward]

They're working on lubuntu, a variant of ubuntu - but with the LXDE desktop. Hopefully, it will become an official ubuntu project.

http://blog.lxde.org/?p=514

I downloaded a test LiveCD image of this and I'm very impressed.

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