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Black Lab Linux
Black Lab Linux (formerly OS4 OpenLinux) was a user-friendly, commercial desktop and server Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. Some of its most interesting features include support for popular browser plugins, addition of packages for multimedia production, content creation and software development, and an innovative desktop layout based on GNOME Shell. Separate editions with KDE and Xfce desktops are also available. The company behind the distribution also sells a desktop mini-system with Black Lab Linux pre-installed.
Status: Discontinued
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| 2012-10-19 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Lubuntu 12.10 |
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Lubuntu 12.10, a new version of the lightweight Ubuntu variant featuring the LXDE desktop environment, is out: "Lubuntu 12.10 is now available. Features: based on the lightweight LXDE desktop environment; PCManFM, a fast and lightweight files manager; Openbox, the fast and extensible, default window manager of LXDE; LightDM, using the simple GTK+ greeter; Chromium, the open-source version of Google Chrome. Improvements since Lubuntu 12.04: update of the visual identity of Lubuntu, including a completely new icon theme, a new wallpaper and improvements to the current theme, a selection of community wallpapers, and Improved integration of many applications with the new artwork. A new version of the session manager is available, including more customizations and integration options." For more information please see the release announcement and the release notes. Download (SHA256): lubuntu-12.10-desktop-i386.iso (692MB, torrent), lubuntu-12.10-desktop-amd64.iso (699MB, torrent). |
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| Lubuntu is a variant of Ubuntu that uses the LXQt desktop environment. (Versions prior to 18.10 shipped with the LXDE desktop.) It includes essential applications and services for daily use, including office suite, PDF reader, image editor and multimedia players. A distribution available for both 32-bit and 64-bit computers, Lubuntu is intended to be user-friendly, lightweight and energy efficient. |
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| 2024-10-10 |
Distribution Release: Lubuntu 24.10 |
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The Lubuntu team has published a release announcement for Lubuntu 24.10, an interim release which will receive nine months of support. "Lubuntu 24.10 is the first release of Lubuntu to ship with a primarily Qt 6-based environment. Previous LXQt releases used Qt 5. Due to this upgrade, modern Qt 6-based apps such as the latest versions of VirtualBox, qBitTorrent, and more will now be themed similar to the rest of the desktop. Qt 5 app theming also still works, allowing you to continue to use apps that haven't caught up with Qt 6 yet. Lubuntu-specific applications (namely Lubuntu Update and the Lubuntu Installer Prompt) have also been updated to use Qt 6. The Calamares installer continues to use Qt 5 however. We expect to switch Calamares to using Qt 6 for Lubuntu 25.04. For a while now, Lubuntu has been using the Breeze theme from KDE Plasma. While this has worked well enough for a while, it has had some incompatibilities with LXQt crop up before, and this cycle it happened again. Rather than continuing to make a KDE component work where it wasn't really designed to, Lubuntu 24.10 now ships with Kvantum theming." Though there were plans to enable Wayland by default in this release, the project experienced too many issues with the Wayland session and have decided to used X11 by default until Lubuntu 25.04. Download: lubuntu-24.10-desktop-amd64.iso (3,350MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2024-04-25 |
Distribution Release: Lubuntu 24.04 |
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Lubuntu is an Ubuntu-based distribution which features the LXQt desktop environment. The project's latest release re-introduces an OEM install option, features a new installer prompt, and provides three install modes: Full, Normal, and Minimal. Minimal provides just a desktop environment with bare essentials, no web browser, and no Snap software. "Traditionally, installing Lubuntu only provides a regular installation mode (a single option for installs). This changes with Lubuntu 24.04, where you can now pick between Normal, Full, and Minimal. A Normal installation gives you a traditional Lubuntu experience. The Minimal mode ships with just the desktop environment and essential components (no web browser or snapd). A Full installation is the same as Normal, but comes with several recommended third-party apps: Virtual Machine Manager, Element, Thunderbird, Krita. In addition, you can choose to download and install updates during the installation procedure rather than having to install them afterwards. This can help speed up the installation process and get you up-and-running quicker." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: lubuntu-24.04-desktop-amd64.iso (3,143MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2023-10-13 |
Distribution Release: Lubuntu 23.10 |
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Lubuntu is a community edition of Ubuntu which features the LXQt desktop environment. The project's latest release, Lubuntu 23.10, uses the Calamares system installer while other branches of the Ubuntu family typically use Ubiquity. "We are once again utilizing Calamares 3.3 Alpha 2 in Lubuntu 23.10, as it has proven to be highly reliable since its initial use in Lubuntu 22.10. During testing, we did note that if you attempt to create an encrypted installation without a passphrase, Lubuntu will be installed unencrypted. This is unlikely to be a problem for most users as disk encryption requires a passphrase for it to be effective. More information can be found here. We have a new wallpaper (which is also used as at the login screen), created one of our Lubuntu Members; Walter Lapchynski, with a bit of assistance from Ubuntu Studio's Erich Eickmeyer. Thanks to both Walter and Erich. Please also check the Ubuntu Release Notes for more common issues and bugs affecting all Ubuntu flavors." The release announcement offers additional details. Download: lubuntu-23.10-desktop-amd64.iso (2,905MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2023-04-21 |
Distribution Release: Lubuntu 23.04 |
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The Lubuntu team have announced the launch of Lubuntu 23.04, an interm release which will receive nine months of updates. Several of the changes in version 23.04 include the visual look and effects offered by the LXQt desktop: "Lubuntu previously used the PulseAudio audio system to provide rich audio functionality to our users. However, recently Ubuntu and its flavors have been gradually shifting to using the PipeWire audio server in place of PulseAudio. PipeWire offers several advantages over PulseAudio, including improved Bluetooth support, and more powerful management features for complex audio-related workloads. In order to offer these improved features to our users, Lubuntu has replaced the PulseAudio audio system with PipeWire in Lubuntu 23.04. Since Lubuntu 20.04, the default screensaver has been 'Flurry'. Due to reports of screensaver glitches on certain hardware, we have switched the default screensaver in Lubuntu to GL Matrix. This screensaver features a 3D “digital rain” effect that we have found to be aesthetically pleasing." Additional information is provided in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download: lubuntu-23.04-desktop-amd64.iso (2,956MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2023-03-31 |
Development Release: Lubuntu 23.04 Beta |
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Development Release: Lubuntu 23.04 Beta^Simon Quigley has announced the availability of the beta build of Lubuntu 23.04, code-named "Lunar Lobster": "Thanks to all the hard work from our contributors, Lubuntu 23.04 Beta has been released. With the codename Lunar Lobster, Lubuntu 23.04 will be the 24th release of Lubuntu, the tenth release of Lubuntu with LXQt as the default desktop environment. LXQt 1.2 is now shipped by default. Lubuntu uses the Calamares system installer in place of the Ubiquity installer that most other flavors use." Here is the full release announcement. Lubuntu is a member of the ever-growing Ubuntu family of distributions which now also includes the brand-new Ubuntu Cinnamon. Edubuntu, a specialist flavour focusing on education, reappears after a long 9-year absence. Here are all the download links: edubuntu-23.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso (5,323MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), kubuntu-23.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso (4,762MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), lubuntu-23.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso (2,998MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntu-23.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso (4,623MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntu-budgie-23.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso (3,236MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntucinnamon-23.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso (4,400MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist),
ubuntukylin-23.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso (6,220MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntu-mate-23.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso (3,382MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntustudio-23.04-beta-dvd-amd64.iso (5,429MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntu-unity-23.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso (3,229MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), xubuntu-23.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso (3,112MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2022-10-21 |
Distribution Release: Lubuntu 22.10 |
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Simon Quigley has announced the release of Lubuntu 22.10, the latest version of the project's official Ubuntu flavour with LXQt as the preferred desktop environment: "Thanks to all the hard work from our contributors, Lubuntu 22.10 has been released. With the code name 'Kinetic Kudu', Lubuntu 22.10 is the 23rd release of Lubuntu and the ninth release of Lubuntu with LXQt as the default desktop environment. Known issues and notable changes: a bug in LXQt results in duplicate menu entries for the Calamares installer; Lubuntu uses the Calamares system installer in place of the Ubiquity installer that most other flavors use; while we are ensuring 22.04 LTS' Calamares follows the upstream LTS cycle, we decided to get ahead of the curve by shipping Calamares 3.3 Alpha 2 in 22.10; an ongoing concern within the Ubuntu and Lubuntu communities has been the increased startup times for the Firefox web browser due to using the Snap package format instead of the traditional Debian-based package format used for the rest of the system...." Continue to the release announcement for further information. Download: lubuntu-22.10-desktop-amd64.iso (2,737MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2022-04-22 |
Distribution Release: Lubuntu 22.04 |
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Lubuntu is a community flavour of Ubuntu which features the LXQt desktop environment. The project's latest release, Lubuntu 22.04, is supported for three years and ships with LXQt 0.17.0. "You can find the following major applications and toolkits installed by default in this release: LXQt 0.17.0 – more information here.Qt 5.15.3. Mozilla Firefox will be shipped as a Snap package with version 98.0.2 and will receive updates throughout the support cycle of the release. The LibreOffice 7.3.2 suite. VLC 3.0.16, for viewing media and listening to music. Featherpad 1.0.1, for notes and code editing. Discover Software Center 5.24.4, for an easy, graphical way to install and update software. You can find a variety of other applications installed which aim to enhance your experience while staying out of the way of your normal workflow. Please note: The change of firefox to snap package, results in the browser being slower to start. It does not impact execution or subsequent runs during that session. The reason for this is the setting up of the confined environment in which snaps run, and decompress Squashfs, with privacy and security benefits. This is very noticeable on first run especially with live media." Additional information is provided in the project's release announcement. Download: lubuntu-22.04-desktop-amd64.iso (2,485MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2021-10-15 |
Distribution Release: Lubuntu 21.10 |
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Dan Simmons has announced the release of Lubuntu 21.10, the new stable version of the project's Linux distribution featuring the LXQt desktop: "Lubuntu 21.10 has been released. With the code name 'Impish Indri', Lubuntu 21.10 is the 21st release of Lubuntu and the seventh release of Lubuntu with LXQt as the default desktop environment. Lubuntu 21.10 will be supported for 9 months until July 2022. You can find the following major applications and toolkits installed by default in this release: LXQt 0.17.0 with many improvements over 0.16; LXQt Archiver 0.4.0, which is based on Engrampa, is now included; Qt 5.15.2; Mozilla Firefox will be shipped as a Debian package with version 93.0 and will receive updates from the Ubuntu Security team throughout the support cycle of the release; the LibreOffice 7.2.1 suite; VLC 3.0.16 for viewing media and listening to music; Featherpad 0.17.1 for notes and code editing; Discover Software Center 5.22.5 for an easy, graphical way to install and update software. You can find a variety of other applications which aim to enhance your experience while staying out of the way of your normal workflow." Read the resto of the release announcement for more details and screenshots. Download: lubuntu-21.10-desktop-amd64.iso (1,984MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2021-04-23 |
Distribution Release: Lubuntu 21.04 |
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Dan Simmons has announced the release of Lubuntu 21.04, an updated version of the project's lightweight distribution with LXQt as its preferred desktop: "Thanks to all the hard work from our contributors, Lubuntu 21.04 has been released. With the code name 'Hirsute Hippo', Lubuntu 21.04 is the 20th release of Lubuntu, the sixth release of Lubuntu with LXQt as the default desktop environment. Lubuntu is an official Ubuntu flavor which uses the Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment (LXQt). The project’s goal is to provide a lightweight yet functional Linux distribution based on a rock-solid Ubuntu base. Lubuntu provides a simple but modern and powerful graphical user interface, and comes with a wide variety of applications so you can browse, email, chat, play and be productive. You can find the following major applications and toolkits installed by default in this release: LXQt 0.16.0 – with many improvements over 0.15; LXQt Archiver 0.3.0 which is based on Engrampa, is now included; Qt 5.15.2; Mozilla Firefox 87.0...." Here is the full release announcement. Download: lubuntu-21.04-desktop-amd64.iso (1,915MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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