Lubuntu ISO images are Available via Official Ubuntu Servers (Finally!)

Lubuntu is an excellent, Ubuntu Linux based GNU/Linux distribution that comes with the LXDE desktop which is at the moment is one of the fastest, light-weight desktops out there (even faster than XFCE). Although it was started as a derivative rather than an official part of Ubuntu but since Ubuntu did miss the LXDE desktop version in their long list of other options such as Kubuntu, Xubuntu... soon after the initial release of the Ubuntu 11.04 release Mark Shuttleworth said that now they'll consider treating Lubuntu as one of their "own", soon enough.

I think that pretty much became a reality for the Lubuntu developers since from now on we can download Lubuntu from the official Ubuntu servers!. Now before you're gonna go ahead and download please be aware of the fact that, according to the official announcement these images are not quite ready yet and are missing splash images, over sized (over 800MB in size thus won't fit in a CD!) and won't even load the default desktop session, etc. In simple terms, they are not stable.  

Anyhow you can still use them using a USB drive or DVD, etc... and these images currently have ...

*. Chromium web browser (well I guess it's better at low resources rather than Firefox, or maybe not).

*. Openbox as the window manager.

*. PC Man, the default file manager of the LXDE desktop, which is quite fast and resembles a "lighter" version of both Nautilus and Thunar.

*. Abiword and Gnumeric (excellent spreadsheet application which is not that famous thanks to both LibreOffice and OpenOffice :D).

*. Pidgin as the default IM client.

*. Gnome mplayer as the multimedia player (excellent front-end that uses the MPLayer "engine").

*. Audacious as the audio player.

And also not just the LXDE desktop but you'll also get some portions of the Gnome desktop such as file-roller (archive manager in Gnome) and Gnome-Keyring (a password keeper). Well, that's about it mates!. But as said these are the daily build ISO images and are certainly not stable at the moment. So use it at your own risk ;-)... (seriously!). Oh and congratulations to the Lubuntu Geeks as well, finally, you made it!.

Have You Watched the "Free Software Song"?

I saw this song (in video) for the first time few years ago while watching the Revolution OS, a movie which basically exposes the birth of GNU/Linux. Although it was first sang by Mr. Stallman himself, but a lot of different "versions" can also be found such as a Techno version (for the European Gnu geeks :P) + a death metal version by Jono Becon (of course :P).

Anyway the if you want the original lyrics then here it is...

    Join us now and share the software;
    You'll be free, hackers, you'll be free.
    x2

    Hoarders may get piles of money,
    That is true, hackers, that is true.
    But they cannot help their neighbors;
    That ain't good, hackers,that ain't good.

    When we have enough free software
    At our call, hackers, at our call,
    We'll kick out those dirty licenses
    Ever more, hackers, ever more.

    Join us now and share the software;
    You'll be free, hackers, you'll be free.
    x2

It's a pretty cool song and as mentioned before, originally sang by Stallman himself. Here it is in his own words/voice I might add.



Here is the song as in the Revolution OS which is performed by the "The GNU/Stallmans" (Gnu/Stallmans!... wow, that sounded almost like - "Bill-Gatesmens :) )...



And here's the other version sang by the scary Severed Fifth :P (band of Jono Bacon)



Are we deceiving ourselves here?. In a way I feel like, as general PC users (you and me...) we're at the middle of the battle between Hackers and their "enemies", in a way they both seek truth in their own perceptual levels, but at the end it's just pride... fear, is the right word actually, I think :).