A young developer, Marco Usai, presents his project ubucompilator in his blog.
Ubucompilator is a simply compiler (relased under gpl v3 )to make, configure, install and make .deb package from sources! With ubucompilator you can save a lot of time to compile a software or create .deb files!
He releases the “first usable release” of his software. [...]
Archive for the ‘lxde’ Category
Ubucompilator – the gui fame of compilation
Posted in lxde, tagged lxde, make, make install on 03/01/2010 | 3 Comments »
Lubuntu Lucid Alpha1 preview release
Posted in lxde, tagged alpha, lubuntu, lxde, pcman on 01/01/2010 | Leave a Comment »
A first alpha version preview of Lubuntu Lucid has been released. It also includes artwork for lubuntu, the next generation of the PCMAN file manager along with pcmanfm 0.5.2, you can invoke it in the terminal with “pcmanfm2″.
Download of test images:
http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/lubuntu-lucid-alpha1.iso
scrot (SCReen shOT)
Posted in lxde, terminal on 01/01/2010 | Leave a Comment »
scrot ist ein Terminalprogramm um Screenshots (“Bildschirmschnappschüsse”) zu machen. Unter Ubuntu z.B. einfach mit
sudo aptitude install scrot
zu installieren. Screenshots werden im Nutzerverzeichnis abgelegt, standardmässig im png-Format.
-d sec Zeit bis zum Schnappschuss
LXDE distribution progress – Lubuntu and Masonux
Posted in lxde, tagged c-base, lubuntu, lxde, lynxis, masonux, ubuntu on 13/09/2009 | 2 Comments »
It is so amazing to discover small distributions which use LXDE. The latest one I became aware of is Masonux:
Masonux is derivative of Ubuntu Linux using the LXDE desktop environment created using remastersys. Masonux contains the following: Ubuntu base install (from the 10 megabyte mini.iso, found here), LXDE, Firefox, Pidgin, Synaptic Package Manager, ubiquity graphical [...]
LXPanel 0.5.2
Posted in Desktop Experience, lxde on 14/08/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nice screencast, presents amazing new features of the LXDE program launch panel LXPanel:
PCMan and the Desktop standard process
Posted in Desktop Experience, lxde on 05/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
The LXDE wizard Hong Jen Yee (“PCMan”) makes some bitter remarks concerning the Desktop standard process:
Why should we always be forced to follow all those things we don’t like or don’t even need? If we don’t follow them, we lost compatibility with many existing Gnome/GTK+ and KDE programs. In addition, they modify the specs frequently, [...]
MoonOS and LXDE
Posted in Desktop Experience, lxde, tagged lxde, moonos, slim on 11/05/2009 | Leave a Comment »
What is MoonOS? You can compare it with Linux Mint, it is a flavour of Ubuntu with a focus on theming and user appearance from Cambodia:
moonOS is a complete and fully functional operative system based on the LXDE, Enlightenment DR17 and powered by the popular Linux Distribution Ubuntu. moonOS, a project started and designed by [...]
EU: ICT for energy-efficient, low carbon economy
Posted in Organic Computing, lxde, tagged low carbon on 15/03/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on mobilising Information and Communication Technologies to facilitate the transition to an energy-efficient, low-carbon economy
COM(2009) 111 final, 13-03-2009
This Communication presents a set of ambitious measures that focus on what can be achieved [...]
LXDE vs XFCE
Posted in lxde, tagged lightweight, lxde, xfce on 12/03/2009 | 2 Comments »
A memory footprint comparison:
LXDE wins the lightweight contest hands down. Now, it is time for the Xfce community to get back in the game.
