[ubuntu-uk] Non-technical events?

[Liam Proven]

On 20 July 2010 11:54, pmgazz <pmgazz at gmx.co.uk> wrote:
> Also takes a lot of fiddling about to set up a custom Debian desktop and I
> don't have time to make a habit of it. It's a while since I reviewed all the
> packaged lightweight desktops and there's been a lot of development since
> then, I'll have a look at Peppermint. There was an Ubuntu-lite version which
> seems to have died - I also rather liked the Fluxbuntu effort - but that
> also seems to have died.
>
> It is a bit of a gap with Ubuntu - it'd be great if there was a version as
> lightweight as Fluxbuntu was and yet useable for web, Abiword etc for
> non-techies.

That is what Ubuntu Lite tried to be - later rebadged U-Lite. We never
got the critical mass together, though. :¬(
http://u-lite.org/

Now the mantle seems to be passing on to Lubuntu.

Me, I'm watching Crunchbang with interest, but it's not a beginners' distro.



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