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Upstream site: http://www.lxde.org/

* What is LXDE?

• LXDE is a very light desktop environment widely used in Asia with a large user community, runs fast and currently fits in 64MB memory.
• It's themable, adjustable, has a light filemanager (although horrible usability, maybe something worth investigating)

Could possibly leverage the usability team in order to ready lxde for ubuntu

* current gnome infrastructure (network manager, gnome-keyring, etc): are there any light replacements ?

• xfce just uses the existing gnome tools, runs gnome-settings-daemon and gconf
• there is a Soc project for writing a lightweight NM frontend in its early stages
• there is also a gconf like system in the works for lxde
• .xsession or similar file may be required to launch network manager, update manager, etc since LXDE doesn't load xdg startup apps

* What would it take to integrate it into Ubuntu?

• Connman was mentioned for Network management potentially
  • wicd as well
• Ubuntu'ish theming
• Update Manager
• See if the configuration menu has everything the user expects
• Launchpad Integration (ie, translate this application/desktop environment)
• About Lxdebuntu(whatever) menu entry
• The filemanager (pcmanfm) needs usability review and likely having to be cut down on options in the UI
• Gnome Power manager will be massively cut down in the next release
• test lxde in context with the 2D UNR launcher

• we will not build an image but a metapackage (i.e. ubuntu-lxde or ubuntu-light) should be created, so users can for example use https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RootfsFromScratch to roll an arm rootfs

• lxrandr is the display management tool used in lxde
• examine the already existing ubuntu based lxde images out there
• check if lxde tools work properly on 1024x576

ACTION items

• lxde testing: ogra, Dan Martin (ARM)
• missing packages: NCommander
• highvoltage will give an ubuntu'ish theme a bash (just switching to the Human GTK and icon theme already makes a *massive* difference)

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