Lubuntu

Reader supplied reviews for Lubuntu Average rating 7.8 from 54 review(s) Please select a rating in the range of 1-10. Please write at least a few sentences about the distribution while limiting your review to 4080 characters. What are your thoughts on Lubuntu? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- 24.1024.0423.1023.0422.1022.0421.1021.0420.1020.0419.1019.0418.1018.0417.1017.0416.1016.0415.1015.0414.1014.0413.1013.0412.1012.0411.1011.0410.1010.04 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Your review (minimum 250 words): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: 18.04 Rating: 3 Date: 2025-02-10 Votes: 1 Lubuntu was my introduction to linux, and it was very discouraging. Not knowing much of anything, I gravitated towards ubuntu, and I found out that there was a lightweight version, Lubuntu. I had a really weak laptop at the time, an acer aspire one from 2008, and I was distraught, Lubuntu was too heavy, and was unusable in my opinion. Eventually I learned you could remove packages, remove services that you didn't need, and eventually I learned that ubuntu 18.04 had a minimal iso, at which point I left lubuntu for good. If I had to start with the minimal iso from the beginning it would have been a much slower introduction to linux, but at least I would have been able to use my laptop. Honestly, my complaint is with Lubuntu's branding, and the parroting of opinions which reinforced the idea that Lubuntu should somehow be considered "lightweight". If we compare Lubuntu as if it were a regular ubuntu distribution, I would not have to give it so low a score. It should be said though, if I had a device strong enough to overcome Lubuntu's weight, I would have a system strong enough to not need a lightweight distribution in the first place. Therefore it is my opinion that Lubuntu is useless. I gave it 3/10 though, not 1/10, because ultimately at least it is a functional distribution. 3/10 Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 24.10 Rating: 9 Date: 2025-01-09 Votes: 1 Im not a Linux power user, but I know enough to get me in trouble. Thank God for Linux forums!. The reason I'm returning to Linux is because Microshit is killing Win10 and Win11 is a cluster fuck. No more Microcrap for me! Ive been using Lubuntu for many many years. While I have jumped ship a few time I always seem to come back to Lubuntu. Why? Because it just works... Right out of the box. No printer issues, regular security updates and its nice to my third party VPN. CON: Lubuntu is not the light weight distro that it once was.Now comes with a plethora of preloaded software. After install I spend a lot of time in Synaptic PM giving the repository an enema to flush out the constipation! Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 24.04 Rating: 10 Date: 2024-10-18 Votes: 5 Lubuntu 24.04 LTS is a Linux distribution light enough to be used on older computers (814 MB RAM consumed with no active applications). LXQt 1.4.0 is stable and easily usable: it still uses x11, but Wayland support is planned for April 2025. Almost all the essential software is already installed (including 'redshift'). The only application that disappointed me was ‘qps’, which I promptly replaced with ‘lxtask’. Lubuntu is a distribution based on the Qt libraries - but unlike other desktop environments - it is fairly light, it is stable, it is intuitive, it is ergonomic, and it is easy to install and configure. Rating 10/10. Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 54 reader reviews of Lubuntu...