Okay, I’ve been hearing bunches about Lubuntu from various sources and wanted to try it out…without having to download an install disc and deal with all that. They finally released what was supposedly an RC (Release Candidate), so I thought I’d check and see what was in the repos. Yep! Definitely there!

you can install it alongside Ubuntu just like Kubuntu and Xubuntu (as I had hoped you would be able to):

sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop

That’s all ya gotta do to install it! I tried it out and it ran freaky fast. Not much on the eye candy – but holy crap, FAST! My system load wasn’t as light as I was hoping it would be, but I still had a bunch of programs open when I checked.

The only thing about installing it is you get this thing called OpenBox with it, some sort of window manager which can replace Metacity, so you could feasibly use it within Gnome, so on your login screen (where you choose your session type) you will now have choises for a “Gnome/OpenBox” as well as an “OpenBox” session. Haven’t tried those yet, though I will eventually, never fear…

I’ve been keeping my eyes on Lubuntu, the newest version of Ubuntu built ground up to run on older, less able machines (supposedly has a much, much smaller RAM footprint than Ubuntu, Kubuntu, or even Xubuntu). OMG Ubuntu noted that they decided to change to a new music player for their 10.10 release in the fall. They chose DeaDBeeF.

Weird name if you ask me.

If you want to check it out, use these commands to add the repo and then install (for 9.10 and 10.04):

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:alexy-smirnov/deadbeef

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install deadbeef

yep, check it out and lemme know what you think! I think I’ll stick with Guayadeque as my player of choice, but this isn’t too shabby…