Lubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus quick review

Lubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus quick review

Okay, in this article i will do a quick review of the new lubuntu 16.04 xenial xerus, this is the first LTS version of lubuntu/ubuntu since ... tháng 6 18, 2016

Okay, in this article i will do a quick review of the new lubuntu 16.04 xenial xerus, this is the first LTS version of lubuntu/ubuntu since 14.04, LTS stand for 'Long Term Support'.

If you read my previous post, you see that my first impression was not good, i got an error on the first time i boot lubuntu 16.04, which never happened before on any of the previous version since lubuntu 13.04.

What's the different between lubuntu 16.04 from the previous version lubuntu 15.10?

• The font on the command line and some part of the program are different, they look nicer
• The wallpaper looks very similar with the one on 15.10, but actually it's different
• On lubuntu 16.04 when you mount a hard drive or usb stick, it will appear on the desktop as a shortcut
• The kernel version have been upgraded, lubuntu 16.04 runs on linux kernel 4.4, just like the rest of 16.04 flavors (ubuntu, xubuntu, kubuntu, etc)
• lubuntu 16.04 no longer support php5, it uses php7 instead

Some program also have been upgraded (compared with lubuntu 15.10), here's list of the program on lubuntu 16.04:

1. Archive manager version 3.16.4 [same version]
2. GNOME character map version 3.18.2 [upgraded] 
3. Disks (gnome-disk-utility) version 3.18.3.1 [upgraded]
4. PCManFM (file manager) version 1.2.4 [upgraded]
5. Galculator version 2.1.4 [same version]
6. GPicView (image viewer) version 0.2.5 [upgraded]
7. Leafpad (text editor) version 0.8.18.1 [same version]
8. Xpad version 4.5 [same version]
9. Document viewer version 3.18.2 [upgraded]
10. mtPaint version 3.40 [same version]
11. Simple Scan version 3.20.0 [upgraded]
12. FireFox web browser version 45.0.2 [upgraded]
13. Pidgin version 2.10.12 [upgraded]
14. Sylpheed version 3.5.0 [upgraded]
15. Transmission version 2.84 [same version]
16. Abiword version 3.0.1 [same version]
17. Gnumeric version 1.12.28 [upgraded]
18. Audacious version 3.6.2 [upgraded]
19. GNOME MPlayer version 1.0.9 [same version]
20. Guvcview version 2.0.2 [same version]
21. Xfburn version 0.5.4 [same version]
22. LXPanel version 0.8.2 [upgraded]

Final words, i'm not very impress with this new lubuntu 16.04, despite the fact that this is a LTS version, there are so many things that could be better and we all wait for that LXQT desktop.