One of the developers of Lubuntu, Rafael Laguna, has announced that it is now available to download the operating system version Lubuntu 16.04 LTS for Raspberry Pi 2 systems. As you know, last week the distribution of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) was released as part of a massive deployment that will take place throughout 2016. The different distributions based on the famous Ubuntu will be followed by as the months go by.
The 16.04 edition of Lubuntu presents new improvements in terms of graphics, Which highlights especially the quantities of designs included as desktop themes, les icon galleries and the updated LXDE components, Now with support for PowerPC computers such as Mac computers.
But graphic art is not everything in an operating system and that is why Lubuntu 16.04 includes the improvements introduced by the source distribution, such as the kernel of Linux 4.4 LTS, Python 3.5, Glibc 2.23, Apt 1.2, OpenSSH 7.2p2, GCC 5.3 and many more, all optimized now to work with the single-board Raspberry Pi 2.
This distribution, created from the Ubuntu Pi Flavor Maker tool, will have a three-year support, So we can rest assured when it comes to important security updates and application patches. For installation it is recommended that you use a Class 6 or 10 microSDHC card which ensures a good transfer rate.
This adds another large distribution for this small pocket mini-computer, which increasingly demonstrates its possibilities as its big brothers. Getting this distribution is now easy through your website, So get on with it while it’s still hot. Instructions for installing them can be found on this same page.
