Comments on: Getting to know Ubuntu Lite

By: LinuxTrends

LinuxTrends — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:18:47 +0000

Try installing the package called Ubuntu Tweak (ubuntu-tweak), also called the “Ubuntu Configuration Tool.” From that, you can install Adobe’s flash player.

By: alberto

alberto — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:47:46 +0000

I ask, how I can install adobe flash player into ubuntu lite??
Thank and B.R.

By: Handyman

Handyman — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:25:38 +0000

thx, from lifelong windows user, thought it was about time I learn a bit more about software os.

By: n1p

n1p — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:16:08 +0000

hi, sorry, im beginner so i want to ask simple question, when I boot the CD and type “cli” will be there before installation any options to which disk I want to install base system? thank you very much.

By: Bill Goldberg

Bill Goldberg — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:29:58 +0000

Seems like a nice little distro.

But when I think lightweight I think fluxbox.

By: r3

r3 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:33:49 +0000

Hmmm… No good … sorry .. I like ubuntu .. but this is crap. I like the article .. cheers mait . .great job done … but this lite thing seems crap.. why ?

Lite – in the end .. 1.2 gb on a HDD (crap)
Running GDM = lite (? ) crap

Idea is nice but this release is too far to be described as lite. For all the people running old and slow computers this would not make much difference. There a distros that are 50MB, 120MB,150MB of a size and have things inside such as flash, skype, vlc , etc. Running as a live distro for slow computer, get a DSL ( Damn small linux – based on debian *by the way Ubuntu is based on debian too) which is 50MB and loads entirely into RAM and you do not have to care. Or even better, get a Puppy or DCL (dead cow linux ) and you get a full set appz for every day use, without hassle of installation (usually around 120MB). In adition, you can boot your system from an USB (if having one) and just save your files, settings or whatever onto the HDD, saving up some space.

Anyway … Thanks for the review.. despite i find this lite distro crap .. Great to get the news of Ya

By: GregE

GregE — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:18:44 +0000

What LXDE needs desperately is a way of browsing SAMBA shares, in the end I had to install nautilus and nautilus share which is not the philosophy of the desktop. It is very fast and light weight and drives my EeePC quickly. Other issues include power management. I have to stick to Gnome on my EeePC for networking and power management, but I have LXDE installed and am following it’s progress. I would love to be able to use it as the only desktop.

Xfce4 is much more mature but you can install LXDE as well and play, I seem to remember it is less than 30mb.

By: jhansonxi

jhansonxi — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:32:39 +0000

There isn’t any significant speed advantage of Ubuntu Lite over Xubuntu or any other desktop environment. It’s the same software internally (Linux kernel, X.org). The primary advantage is memory usage. On my system Ubuntu Lite with LXDE uses about 30MB less than Xubuntu with XFCE. How many panel applets you have active in each will obviously affect the difference.

By: Neo

Neo — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:01:48 +0000

i have a 400Mhz Pentium II with 364MB of ram that might fit this one well. it runs Ubuntu 7.10 slow but usable for the basics. haven’t tried Xubuntu or this one….yet. (:

By: rogue

rogue — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:56:57 +0000

that’s my question as well, what is this doing that Xubuntu or even the Ubuntu Remix isn’t doing? seems like Ubuntu has too many branches these days…