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Lubuntu is a lightweight Linux operating system based on Ubuntu but using the LXDE desktop environment in place of Ubuntu's Unity shell and GNOME desktop.
LXDE is touted as being "lighter, less resource hungry and more energy-efficient".
Lubuntu received official recognition as a formal member of the Ubuntu family on 11 May 2011, commencing with Lubuntu 11.10, to be released 13 October 2011.
The LXDE desktop uses the Openbox window manager and is intended to be a low-system-requirement, low-RAM environment for netbooks, mobile devices and older PCs. In this role it competes with Xubuntu.
One initial test indicates that it uses half as much RAM as Xubuntu or Ubuntu on a normal installation or in typical use.
Lubuntu has found a particular use as an operating system for computers being refurbished for charitable distribution to needy families due to its ease-of-use and ability to run fast on the older hardware typically donated.
The name Lubuntu is a portmanteau of LXDE and Ubuntu.
LXDE stands for Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment, while the word Ubuntu means "humanity towards others" in the Zulu and Xhosa languages.
Lubuntu also has access to the Ubuntu software repositories through the Synaptic package manager allowing the installation of any applications available to Ubuntu.
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