Yuan Meng: new member of the Ubuntu family, Lubuntu

Linux release Lubuntu Based on the Ubuntu platform and lightweight desktop environment (LXDE) has existed for several years, but it was not officially accepted as a new member of the Ubuntu family until May 11 this year. Strictly speaking, Lubuntu is an official "Variant" of Ubuntu, which has a very high "status" (ranking as "second child") in the family of Ubuntu "). We should have this basic understanding, not getting lost. In the mobile Internet era, mobile devices require "energy-saving" to maintain

Linux release Lubuntu Based on the Ubuntu platform and lightweight desktop environment (LXDE) has existed for several years, but it was not officially accepted as a new member of the Ubuntu family until May 11 this year. Strictly speaking, Lubuntu is an official "Variant" of Ubuntu, which has a very high "status" (ranking as "second child") in the family of Ubuntu "). We should have this basic understanding, not getting lost.

In the mobile Internet era, mobile devices require "energy-saving" to maintain a long running time. Therefore, the hardware parameters of devices cannot be too high. This leads to a "shortage" of hardware resources. For example, the critical problem for tablet computers, smart phones, and other mobile devices is the "shortage of hardware". Google Android4.0 has good performance, that is, it has too high hardware requirements. What should we do?

In today's objective circumstances, Lubuntu highlights its importance. Recently (three months), in the world rankings of Linux releases, Lubuntu has suddenly increased from 11th to the seventh place. In particular, Lubuntu has risen to the third place in the last month, is a rising star ". We can see that Lubuntu has great potential and bright prospects.

Why is Lubuntu so "amazing "? The key lies in two points: first, it is built on the Lightweight Desktop Environment LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment. In fact, LXDE is a brand new desktop environment, and almost all the code of X11 is rewritten, which significantly improves the efficiency. Secondly, all the components of Lubuntu are carefully selected. For example, the browser uses Google's Chrome browser, and the image reader uses GPicView; the File Manager uses PCManFM; the text editor uses Leafpad; the music player uses Audacious; the workbook uses Gnumeric; and the Text Processing uses Abiword. At the same time, the rapid rise of Lubuntu has also promoted the rapid update and further improvement of these new "components.

Note that LXDE is applicable to "cloud computers with low hardware specifications", that is, LXDE is applicable to "cloud computers" with low hardware requirements, for example: for tablet computers and other mobile devices, we start the "read-only" cloud USB flash drive. (Note: The international retail price of the latest version of Lubuntu11.10 self-starting USB flash drive (capacity 4 GB) is USD 14.95 ). The biggest feature of Lubuntu (mobile) computing devices is its high efficiency, low power consumption, and low cost. This "High and Low" is not simple.

As Lubuntu has now become a formal member of the Ubuntu family (ranking as the second child), its Community technical support is no longer a problem. Therefore, "cloud USB flash drive" customized based on Lubuntu is the preferred technical solution, the size of the USB flash disk is 1 GB. Tested by international authorities, Lubuntu occupies a very small amount of memory and has MB of memory.

The Linux World (not a small world) is growing fast, and it is about to fall behind. During the journey of developing China's "Linux Industry", "building a car with closed doors" is extremely harmful. If we do not accept Ubuntu, we will not accept Lubuntu. We can only run behind Google's Android operating system. Unfortunately, it cannot even be reached by People's ass.

Note: At present, Lubuntu is still growing rapidly, and its component quality needs to be further improved. We should take a follow-up, observation, exploration, trial use and participation strategy to look forward to it eagerly.