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自动选题: 20200428 Lubuntu 20.04 Review: Lightweight, Minimalistic, Polished
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+[#]: subject: (Lubuntu 20.04 Review: Lightweight, Minimalistic, Polished)
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+[#]: author: (Dimitrios Savvopoulos https://itsfoss.com/author/dimitrios/)
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+Lubuntu 20.04 Review: Lightweight, Minimalistic, Polished
+======
+
+_**Lubuntu 20.04 LTS is significantly different than its previous LTS version. It is aiming to give you a more polished experience rather than just focusing on older computer. Read more about it as I review Lubuntu 20.04.**_
+
+### Lubuntu 20.04 Review: First LTS release with LXQt
+
+I have been using Lubuntu 20.04 from a few days before the release. I usually dwell in Arch world with Manjaro and Cinnamon desktop so using Lubuntu was a pleasant change for me.
+
+Here’s what I have noticed and felt about Lubuntu 20.04.
+
+#### Bye bye LXDE, Hello LXQt!
+
+For a long time, [Lubuntu][1] relied on [LXDE][2] to provide a lightweight Linux experience. It now uses LXQt desktop environment.
+
+[LXDE][3] is based on GTK (the libraries used by GNOME) and more specifically on GTK+ 2 which is dated in 2020. Dissatisfied with GTK+ 3, LXDE developer Hong Jen Yee decided to port the entire desktop to Qt (the libraries used by KDE). LXDE, the Qt port of it, and the [Razor-qt][4] project were combined to form [LXQt][5]. Although today, LXDE and LXQt coexist as separate projects.
+
+Since LXDE developer itself is focusing on LXQt, it makes no sense for Lubuntu to stick with a desktop environment that had its last stable release more than three years ago.
+
+Lubuntu 18.04 is the last version of with [LXDE][3]. Fortunately it’s a long term support edition. It will be supported officially by Lubuntu team till 2021.
+
+![][6]
+
+#### Not exclusively for older machines
+
+As the definition of “older machine” has changed in 2020 Lubuntu 18.04 is the last 32bit version. Nowadays even a 10 year old machine comes with at least 2 gigabytes of ram and a dual-core 64bit processor.
+
+As per that, [Lubuntu Team will no longer provide minimum system requirements and will no longer primarily focus on older hardware][7]. Although LXQt is still a lightweight, classic yet polished and feature rich desktop environment.
+
+The First Lubuntu release with LXQt was 18.10, giving the developers three standard releases to perfect the LXQt desktop before the Lubuntu 20.04 LTS release, which is a good development strategy.
+
+#### Not the regular Ubiquity, Lubuntu 20.04 uses Calamares installer
+
+![Lubuntu 20.04 Calamares Installer][8]
+
+A fresh installation begins with the new [Calamares][9] installer, in place of the Ubiquity installer that other [official Ubuntu flavors][10] use.
+
+The whole process is done in approximately 10 minutes, slightly faster than the previous Lubuntu releases.
+
+As the .iso comes with the essential applications pre-installed you can get your system fully configured pretty fast too.
+
+#### No upgrade from Lubuntu 18.04 to Lubuntu 20.04
+
+Normally, you can [upgrade Ubuntu from one LTS to another LTS release][11]. But Lubuntu team advises not to upgrade from Lubuntu 18.04 to 20.04. They recommend a fresh install and rightly so.
+
+Lubuntu 18.04 used LXDE desktop while 20.04 uses LXQt. Due to the extensive changes in the desktop environments, upgrading to 20.04 from 18.04 will result in a broken system.
+
+#### **More KDE and Qt applications**
+
+![][12]
+
+Here are some of the applications that are available by default in this new release and as I can see, not all of them are lightweight and most of them are Qt-based.
+
+Even the software center used is KDE’s Discover instead of Ubuntu’s GNOME software center.
+
+  * Ark – archive manager
+  * Bluedevil – bluetooth connector
+  * Discover Software Center – package management system
+  * FeatherPad – text editor
+  * FireFox – web browser
+  * K3b – CD/DVD burner
+  * Kcalc – calculator
+  * KDE partition manager – partition manager
+  * LibreOffice – Office suite (Qt interface version)
+  * LXimage-Qt – image viewer and screenshot tool
+  * Muon – package manager
+
+
+  * Noblenote – note taker
+  * PCManFM-Qt – File manager
+  * Qlipper – clipboard manager
+  * qPDFview – PDF viewer
+  * PulseAudio – audio controller
+  * Qtransmission – bittorrent client (Qt interface version)
+  * Quassel – IRC client
+  * ScreenGrab – Screenshot creator
+  * Skanlite – scanning
+  * Startup Disk Creator – USB boot disk maker
+  * Trojita – email client
+  * VLC – media player
+  * [MPV video player][13]
+
+
+
+#### Testing Lubuntu 20.04 LTS
+
+Boot times on the LXQt version of Lubuntu are under a minute, booting from an SSD though.
+
+LXQt currently requires slightly more memory than the Gtk+ v2-based LXDE, but the alternative Gtk+ v3 toolkit would also have required more memory.
+
+After a reboot the system runs approximately at a very low of 340 MB for the modern standards, 100 MB more than LXDE.
+
+![htop running on Lubuntu 20.04][14]
+
+LXQt is not only for users with an older hardware but also for those who are seeking a simple and classic experience at their new machine.
+
+The desktop layout looks similar to KDE’s Plasma desktop, don’t you think?
+
+![Lubuntu 20.04 Desktop][15]
+
+There’s an application menu in the lower-left corner, a taskbar for pinned and active applications, and a system tray in the lower-right corner.
+
+Lubuntu in its LXQt version can be easily customized and everything is in the menu under preferences, with most key items under LXQt Settings.
+
+It is worth-mentioning that LXQt uses the popular [Openbox window manager][16] by default.
+
+Like the last three releases, 20.04 LTS comes with a default dark theme Lubuntu Arc, but it is quick and easy to change it if it doesn’t suit your taste.
+
+In daily use, Lubuntu 20.04 has proven to me completely trouble-free as every Ubuntu flavour in fact.
+
+#### Conclusion
+
+Lubuntu team has successfully made the transition to a modern, still lightweight and minimal desktop environment. LXDE looks like abandoned and it is a good thing to move away to an active project.
+
+I hope that Lubuntu 20.04 makes you as much enthusiastic as I am, and if so don’t hesitate to let me know at the comments below. Stay tuned!
+
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+
+via: https://itsfoss.com/lubuntu-20-04-review/
+
+作者：[Dimitrios Savvopoulos][a]
+选题：[lujun9972][b]
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+[a]: https://itsfoss.com/author/dimitrios/
+[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972
+[1]: https://lubuntu.me/
+[2]: https://github.com/lxde
+[3]: https://lxde.org/
+[4]: https://web.archive.org/web/20160220061334/http://razor-qt.org/
+[5]: https://lxqt.org/
+[6]: https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Lubuntu-20-04-review.jpg?ssl=1
+[7]: https://itsfoss.com/lubuntu-no-more-old-distro/
+[8]: https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/lubuntu-20-04-installer.jpg?ssl=1
+[9]: https://calamares.io/
+[10]: https://itsfoss.com/which-ubuntu-install/
+[11]: https://itsfoss.com/upgrade-ubuntu-version/
+[12]: https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Lubuntu-20.04.gif?ssl=1
+[13]: https://itsfoss.com/mpv-video-player/
+[14]: https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/htop.jpg?fit=800%2C629&ssl=1
+[15]: https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Lubuntu-20.04-desktop.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1
+[16]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openbox