Lubuntu 10.04 is Looking Good

Speaking of Ubuntu, the Ubuntu derivative with LXDE as a default desktop environment looks great. I just started looking at some of the screenshots of Lubuntu 10.04. There are screenshots from Alpha 3 and Alpha 4. Looks like I might consider upgrading to Lubuntu 10.04 instead of the Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Why? The screenshots I saw convinced me that LXDE in its netbook session mode is a good option. Although I’d have to see if it could be used permanently because it does look nifty.

Lubuntu 10.04 will have the following applications as deaults:

• Chromium
• gnome-mplayer
• network manager
• Pcmanfm2

The new login screen looks beautiful too.

In any case, I am once again looking for other options for my netbook. I like vanilla OpenBox but because my sister’s been borrowing my netbook often on weekends, I’d like her to have a better user experience. Lubuntu could help in making her think that the desktop doesn’t feel too crowded as GNOME is using two panels and sometimes they seem to occupy so much space. I’d also like her to feel that it’s not so clunky and slow. I’ve used LXDE before and it was ok. Kinda reminded me of XFCE way back. The plans for Lubuntu are on this wiki page.

Any netbook news from you folks?  I don’t mind if it’s not Lubuntu.  But it sure would be interesting to hear from you about your experience using it.  I am curious but I can’t always try everything I’d like to all the time.  Maybe I’d wait for the official release from the looks of things.