[PLUG] Lubuntu

[John Jason Jordan]

A recent post alerted me to the existence of Lubuntu, of which I was
heretofore unaware.

I am happy with my Fedora 11 laptop the way it is, but seeing a new
distro makes me curious. I went to the Lubuntu site, but nowhere could
I find how big the ISO is (unless I download it), how much RAM it takes
to run Lubuntu, or why it is a better choice than Xubuntu.

While I am not personally interested, at the Clinic we quite often are
faced with a newbie wanting to install Linux on a computer with limited
resources, e.g., < 256 MB RAM, hard disk with only 4 GB, and so on.
When faced with such a scenario we usually whip out a live CD for
Xubuntu, although occasionally Puppy and DSL have their day. If Lubuntu
is a viable alternative, I'd like to know.

I am hoping some Lubuntu devotees will shine some light in my
direction.