Sounds good for me! If I can help with something, let me know :D Sergio Meneses Linux User: #478743 Ubuntu User: #24056
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjja...@gmail.com>wrote: > Julien and everyone, > > Congratulation and WELL DONE :D > Yet another successful release and we should really be proud of that. > Above all, without our loyal users, we won't achieve or reach this point. > What a fantastic and amazing family :D > > I'm not a developer so don't set your sensors high :D easy on me. > > First thing first, this is GREAT NEWS, WOW :D > MHO, regardless of any details, if dropping 13.10 will buy us more time > and definitely it will, so that we focus on THE RELEASE of Lubuntu (14.04) > which we are planning to make it an LTS release, yet our best release, then > +1 from me for dropping 13.10 and again, regardless of any other details - > just stating my personal opinion :) > > And could we have more details about: > > *Well, you probably know that Canonical is pushing for a Qt switch over > GTK, but also by changing it's display manager (MIR). You may know > also that LXDE is thinking about switching to Qt too, by joining > forces with Razor-qt desktop environment. All those changes may be an > opportunity to start another adventure, using Razor-qt as a base. It's > also a reason to release 14.04 as a LTS, because it could be the final > release with LXDE and GTK. We will also be free to make very big > changes for 14.10, because we know we have a LTS behind to recommend, > for a long time. > > To prepare this, I'll also work on a specific session (call QLubuntu, > pronounce it “Cute Lubuntu” ;-)), to test during 13.10 and 14.04, if > the option to go with Qt is possible.* > > It seems very early to go in deep details but since you mentioned that, I > guess we should discuss that on different separate email - *"What is > after 14.04"* because, looks like we are about to make a huge different > jump or as you stated, a new adventure. > > > I remained silent for the last 21hours :D > Wanted to take some rest (had lots of stuff going on in my real life) but > I guess I can't wait. For now, I'm just stating my opinion about 14.04 and > how glad I'm for learning that finally, we are going LTS :D > > I'd also like to share my upcoming huge projects and important plans. > Long story short: > > 1- My Huge Plan: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu#The_Huge_Project_-_Start_Lubuntu > > 2- LOST [1] version 2.0 :D > Don't freak out guys, I'm not talking about new thread here, just wait and > see ;) > LOST is on the Wiki Area now and it will remain but I'm actually talking > about the next version/generation of LOST! > > *I must save some time to write more details and once I'm done, I will > send an email with new subject.* > > These are my major two plans for now. I was holding that until 13.04 is > being released. Someone advised me to wait and I had to listen to his > request ;) now, I won't listen :P I want to have fun and do something > serious. > > WOW Lubuntu will be a huge team work project. Again, details on that link > and more coming soon. > > LOST version 2 is Doc and Wiki Team project. I will however do the > sample/draft of what I'm planning to do and then discuss that with the Wiki > Team. > > @Julien > Whatever direction you are planning to go, you do have my FULL support ;) > > > Thank you everyone for this great achievement and great news - we will > have so much fun :D can't wait ;) > > Ali > > [1] - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1844755 > > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 3:52 AM, Julien Lavergne <gi...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> First and following Phill, I want to thank you all for this 13.04 >> release. Releases after releases, it seems to go smoother than the >> last one :-) >> >> However, it's time to think about the future. During the last cycle, >> there were a lot of news from Canonical about the future of Ubuntu. >> Lubuntu is part of the family, so every big changes in Ubuntu affect >> Lubuntu. However, and I want to make it clear for anyone : Lubuntu is >> a community project, with its own release schedules, its own choices … >> >> That's said, let's go with some ideas :-) What I'm going to say, it's >> a very long proposal, open for discussions. But discussions mean >> arguments if you have another opinion ;-) >> >> Next steps are 13.10, and 14.04 which should be a LTS version for >> Ubuntu. Last LTS (12.04), I considered that we were not ready for such >> commitment. I was also unsure of the work needed to make a good LTS. >> With more experience, I have now a better vision of this goal. >> >> So, let's make it simple, I would like Lubuntu 14.04 to be a LTS version. >> >> But claiming we want a LTS its' not enough. First, we need to make it >> stable enough, so we can safely claim it's a LTS, because people who >> install a LTS want a stable system. But, I also would like to make it >> sexy enough to be proud of it, to make people happy to recommend it. I >> would like to make it THE release of Lubuntu, the reference of all >> Lubuntu releases. To achieve it, I have several goals in mind, items >> that I consider we need to finish for the LTS, and I think we can >> finish them : >> >> - Finish lxsession, to make the system fully customizable and able to >> run minimal set of applications by default (I'll talk about it later, >> when you will be able to test it properly). >> - Fully translatable : it's vital to make it available in a maximum of >> languages >> - Artwork : finish the icon theme for a GTK environment, finish the >> other pieces of the artwork and its integration, to make Lubuntu even >> more beautiful >> >> Another item I would like to add, but I'm not sure we will be able to >> make it, it's an off-line documentation, or a nice manual. >> >> Of course, we need also the usual bug fixes and small improvements >> everywhere, but the main focus should be on those topics. >> >> Also, soon we will need to decide which applications we want in this >> LTS. We should do it in an other discussion, but it's the right time >> to do big changes if we consider they are good. >> >> Considering all the big changes which may happen for 13.10, I'm also >> thinking of the possibility to not do a proper 13.10 release, >> depending of the state of 13.10 after all the big structural changes, >> and near feature freeze. Again, it can be reconsidered in due time, >> but we may keep this in mind. I'm prepared to drop 1 release if we can >> do a very good 14.04 LTS. >> >> And after 14.04 ? >> >> Well, you probably know that Canonical is pushing for a Qt switch over >> GTK, but also by changing it's display manager (MIR). You may know >> also that LXDE is thinking about switching to Qt too, by joining >> forces with Razor-qt desktop environment. All those changes may be an >> opportunity to start another adventure, using Razor-qt as a base. It's >> also a reason to release 14.04 as a LTS, because it could be the final >> release with LXDE and GTK. We will also be free to make very big >> changes for 14.10, because we know we have a LTS behind to recommend, >> for a long time. >> >> To prepare this, I'll also work on a specific session (call QLubuntu, >> pronounce it “Cute Lubuntu” ;-)), to test during 13.10 and 14.04, if >> the option to go with Qt is possible. >> >> So, what do you think about it ? :-) >> >> Regards, >> Julien Lavergne >> >> -- >> Lubuntu-users mailing list >> Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users >> > > > > -- > *Best Regards, > amjjawad* > *https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/* > Lubuntu One Stop Thread <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1844755>| > My Launchpad <https://launchpad.net/%7Eamjjawad> | My Ubuntu Forum > Profile<http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=941822> > ** > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > >
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