[sf-lug] Fwd: "Future Lubuntu Releases Won't Focus on Old PCs"

[aaronco36 at sdf.org]

Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com>
forwarded the below message at [01]:

~~~~~~~~~~ quoting ~~~~~~~~~~~
Lubuntu will remain the operating system to bring
back to life old computers, but computers from 10
years ago which use a dual-core 64-bit processor
with at least 2GB of RAM, not 32-bit machines from
20 years ago that no longer exist.
Article: -- reference [02] --
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IIRC, I brought up the same notion of Lubuntu
discarding "older" 32-bit machines with less
than 2GB of RAM in my post of less than 3 mos
ago entitled 'SF-LUG meeting notes + abt some
lightweight distros' [03], as per the
conversation with Lubuntu developer Simon
Quigley:
~~~~~~~~~~ quoting ~~~~~~~~~~~

Simon Quigley	- April 28, 2018 at 1:48 am
> Minimum memory requirements jumped up twice in compare of 16.04. Why?

Computers have evolved.

> Can we install snaps in Lubuntu via GUI now?

Probably using the Ubuntu Software Center.
~
~
BornRetarded	- April 29, 2018 at 2:33 pm
>> Imagine if your car used twice the gasoline because cars have evolved.
~
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Simon Quigley	- April 29, 2018 at 6:05 pm
>>> It's not the same thing.
>>> Please stop complaining about a number that we just bumped in the
release announcement.
>>>The goal is to make sure people know that things like Firefox will need
a couple of GB of RAM.

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Note from [04] that the above conversation has
been effectively *scrubbed* out of Quigley's
Lubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) release
announcement.


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Right, so what to do going forward with those
32-bit PCs still around that have less than
2GB RAM?

Well, going right back to my previous post
of [03], one could still use:
- BunsenLabs Helium with Openbox WM [05]
- Bodhi Linux 4.5.x [06] with its Moksha
desktop and using extra optimizations
such as those within the Easy Linux tips
project[07].
(Actually referred to the EL tips project
in item 3 within a previous post at [08])
- AntiX Linux 17.1 "Heather Heyer" with its
lightweight WMs [09]
- Void Live 20171007 with its lightweight
desktops [10]
- Devuan ASCII with its lightweight
desktop(s) [11]

Within my previous post of [12], I
mentioned Puppy Linux [13]

There is still Debian (GNU/) Linux for
i686 using its lightest weight desktop(s)
along with further optimizations [14]

There are several other as yet unmentioned
and definitely less popular lightweight
Debian/Ubuntu variants such as LXLE
16.04.x [15] and WattOS R10 [16] with each
of their respective lightweight desktops.

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Comments, additional suggestions, advice,
... etcetera most certainly welcome from
Bobbie S, Michael P, Rick M, Daniel G, and
others reading this :-)

-A

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References
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[01]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2018q3/013308.html

[02]https://news.softpedia.com/news/future-lubuntu-releases-won-t-focus-on-old-pcs-will-offer-a-modular-linux-os-522141.shtml

[03]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2018q2/013231.html

[04]https://lubuntu.me/bionic-released/#more-3008

[05]https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=bunsenlabs

[06]https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=bodhi

[07]https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/

[08]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2018q2/013284.html

[09]https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=antix

[10]https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=void

[11]https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=devuan

[12]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2018q2/013234.html

[13]https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=puppy

[14]https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=debian

[15]https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=lxle

[16]https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=wattos

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