Lubuntu 12.04 released!
Lubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin is finaly here. Download it while hot. Features:
- Based on the lightweight LXDE desktop environment
- Pcmanfm 0.9.10, a fast and lightweight files manager using gio/gvfs
- Openbox, the fast and extensible, default windows-manager of LXDE
- Lightdm, using the simple GTK greeter
- Chromium, the open-source version of Google Chrome
- …and, of course, based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Improvements since Lubuntu 11.10
- A new software-center, optimized to be lightweight, for easy installation and removal of applications from your system
- New theme is used, and each previous themes are available in the repositories
- Lightdm is used as the display manager with the default gtk greeter
- Blueman is now used instead of gnome-bluetooth for managing bluetooth devices
- A lot of bug fixes, especially on the panel and the file manager
Some links:
- Full application list
- The release notes with known problems
- Information and bug report on wiki page
- Lubuntu main website
- Online documentation
- LXDE environment website
- An d here’s the official announcement