LXLE extends life of ageing computers

Posted by tracyanne on Mar 16, 2013 12:53 AM
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LXLE, the Lubuntu Extra Life Extension, is a respin of LXDE-based Lubuntu, aimed at ageing computers. Based on the last LTS release (12.04) of the official Ubuntu derivative Lubuntu, it retains drivers and utilities for older graphics and audio hardware that have been dropped from newer releases. The developers say that with the normal Lubuntu releases, "support is sometimes lost too quickly with a 6 month core release cycle" and that LXLE is designed to bridge the gap between LTS releases.

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