Lubuntu
| Distribution of Linux | |
 | |
| Architecture | i686, x86_64, PPC (until 14.04) |
|---|---|
| Latest version | Lubuntu 24.10 |
| Initial release | 2 May 2010 |
| User interface | LXQt, LXDE (formerly) |
Lubuntu is a variant of Ubuntu that uses the LXQt desktop environment instead of Ubuntu's GNOME. It is considered to use fewer resources and be more lightweight than other Linux distributions. Therefore, it is popular to run on older PCs and netbooks which may not have as much power.
Lubuntu originally used the LXDE desktop environment, however it was replaced by LXQt in version 18.10.
Version history[edit | edit source]
| Name | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lubuntu 10.04 | 2 May 2010 | |
| Lubuntu 10.10 | 10 October 2010 | |
| Lubuntu 11.04 | 28 April 2011 | |
| Lubuntu 11.10 | 13 October 2011 | |
| Lubuntu 12.04 | 26 April 2012 | |
| Lubuntu 12.10 | 18 October 2012 | |
| Lubuntu 13.04 | 25 April 2013 | |
| Lubuntu 13.10 | 17 October 2013 | |
| Lubuntu 14.04 LTS | 17 April 2014 | Last version to support certain PowerPC Macs. |
| Lubuntu 14.10 | 23 October 2014 | |
| Lubuntu 15.04 | 23 April 2015 | |
| Lubuntu 15.10 | 22 October 2015 | |
| Lubuntu 16.04 LTS | 21 April 2016 | |
| Lubuntu 16.10 | 20 October 2016 | |
| Lubuntu 17.04 | 13 April 2017 | |
| Lubuntu 17.10 | 19 October 2017 | First version to offer an alternate version using LXQt |
| Lubuntu 18.04 LTS | 26 April 2018 | |
| Lubuntu 18.10 | 18 October 2018 | Fully transitioned from LXDE to LXQt for the official release |
| Lubuntu 19.04 | 18 April 2019 | First version to drop 32-bit CPU support |
| Lubuntu 19.10 | 17 October 2019 | |
| Lubuntu 20.04 LTS | 23 April 2020 | |
| Lubuntu 20.10 | 22 October 2020 | Moved from using the X display server to the Wayland protocol via Mir |
| Lubuntu 21.04 | 22 April 2021 | |
| Lubuntu 21.10 | 14 October 2021 | |
| Lubuntu 22.04 LTS | 21 April 2022 | |
| Lubuntu 22.10 | 20 October 2022 | |
| Lubuntu 23.04 | 20 April 2023 | |
| Lubuntu 23.10 | 12 October 2023 | |
| Lubuntu 24.04 LTS | 25 April 2024 | |
| Lubuntu 24.10 | 10 October 2024 |