[lubuntu-users] Ubuntu/Lubuntu 23.10 is End of Life (11 July 2024)

2024-07-16 Thread Chris Guiver
If you’re using Lubuntu 23.10 (or any other Ubuntu 23.10 or 23.10 flavor), please be warned that release is now End of Life --- Ubuntu announced its 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) release almost 9 months ago, on October 12, 2023 and its support period is now nearing its end. Ubuntu 23.10 will reach end

[lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 23.10 (mantic) is approaching its End of Life (11 July 2024)

2024-06-04 Thread Chris Guiver
If you’re using Lubuntu 23.10 (or any other Ubuntu 23.10 or 23.10 flavor), please be warned that EOL warnings are now out; meaning you’re in the last six weeks of supported life. --- Ubuntu announced its 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) release almost 9 months ago, on October 12, 2023 and its support

[lubuntu-users] Lubuntu 23.04 (Lunar Lobster) reaches End of Life on January 25, 2024

2023-12-14 Thread Chris Guiver
If you’re using Lubuntu 23.04 (or any other Ubuntu 23.04 or 23.04 flavor), please be warned that EOL warnings are now out (1); meaning you’re in the last six weeks of supported life. --- Ubuntu announced its 23.04 (Lunar Lobster) release almost 9 months ago, on April 20, 2023 and its support

Re: [lubuntu-users] 23.10's file manager will be...?

2023-07-10 Thread Chris Guiver
Some of the LXQt desktop you see (eg. wallpaper on your display) is handled by pcmanfm-qt, thus pcmanfm-qt is required for LXQt to operate as intended. (Pcmanfm was the same with LXDE) Adding another file-manager to the system seems counter-intuitive to me, as Lubuntu aims being 'light'. Why

Re: [lubuntu-users] problem accessing the forum in lubuntu.me

2021-05-17 Thread Chris Guiver
I would try again. I just tested both links you provided, and they worked for me. Your issue may be local network related (on a campus or corporate network which restricts traffic to specific domains etc) and not site related, or you were just unlucky. Chris On 5/18/21, Juan Manuel Carrillo

Re: [lubuntu-users] Asking how long Lubuntu 18.04 supported as Ubuntu 18.04 is supported untill 2028

2021-04-04 Thread Chris Guiver
On 4/5/21, Aere Greenway wrote: > I think a more pertinent question here, relates to Lubuntu being the > only 'flavor' of Ubuntu that supports 32-bit (i386) machines. > > Will the Ubuntu repository continue to included kernel fixes relating to > 32-bit (i386) machines, or will all 32-bit support

Re: [lubuntu-users] Asking how long Lubuntu 18.04 supported as Ubuntu 18.04 is supported untill 2028

2021-04-04 Thread Chris Guiver
Lubuntu 14.04 LTS was released in 2014-April with 3 years of support. Refer https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes/Lubuntu where you'll note it states "LTS support (3 years)" Ubuntu's main LTS releases comes with 5 years of standard support, which can be extended via the use of ESM

Re: [lubuntu-users] 18.04 LTS support length?

2020-05-20 Thread Chris Guiver
> They announced that *Ubuntu* 18.04 would be supported for 10 years. Here's > one article regarding this: > https://betanews.com/2018/11/18/ten-year-support-ubuntu-18-04-lts/ If you want to know the support life, I'd recommend reading official announcements or release notes from

Re: [lubuntu-users] Find Lubuntu Images Missing from Lubuntu/Support

2020-03-03 Thread Chris Guiver
Thanks Eric I've made very minor edits to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Support Chris g. -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users

Re: [lubuntu-users] Installed with focal-fassa ISO but comes up 19.10

2019-12-10 Thread Chris Guiver
The 20.04 wallpaper competition has only just started (https://discourse.lubuntu.me/t/focal-fossa-20-04-lts-wallpaper-competition/566) and we're accepting entries, so we don't have a Lubuntu 20.04 wallpaper yet. The wallpaper is usually changed very late in the cycle. Chris On 12/11/19, Harry

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubumtu 19.10

2019-11-26 Thread Chris Guiver
The base of any Ubuntu flavor is ubuntu, so some commands reflect this, for example if I run `lsb_release -a` on my Lubuntu box, I get guiverc@d960-ubu2:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu Focal Fossa (development branch) Release:

Re: [lubuntu-users] Lubumtu 19.10

2019-11-25 Thread Chris Guiver
I'll point you to the Lubuntu manual chapter 5.1 for how to use the Quick Launch feature on the LXQt panel (task bar). https://manual.lubuntu.me/stable/5/5.1/lxqt-panel.html?highlight=quick%20launch (the ?highlight.. bit isn't needed, it's what I searched for and I decided not to remove it).

Re: [lubuntu-users] Where have all the Bash Shells gone???

2019-09-13 Thread Chris Guiver
I did some QA-testing using the 2019-09-12 daily image of 19.10 and didn't notice any issues with virtual terminals (http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/404/builds/199233/testcases/1303/results/). I used in testing - dell [optiplex] 780 (c2q-q9400, 8gb, amd/ati cedar radeon hd

Re: [lubuntu-users] Current State of Spectre and Meltdown

2019-05-29 Thread Chris Guiver
> My intention was to start a conversation, and gather opinions, about how > Spectre and Meltdown have affected the support for End Of Life hardware:- My primary desktop runs c2q-q9400 which is on the list of dropped by intel with regards microcode. Likewise my old servers have xeons also on

Re: [lubuntu-users] number of desktops in 18.10

2018-11-08 Thread Chris Guiver
Changing number of desktops: configuration center - openbox settings (OR preferences - openbox configuration manager) it'll open "Window Manager Preferences" (OR "Openbox Configuration Manager") using "Desktops" tab, change "Number of desktops:" to whatever you want.. On 10/31/18, James