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Lubuntu is a fast, light, less resource hungry and more energy-efficient operating system based on Ubuntu but using the LXDE desktop environment that works great less-powerful machines such as netbooks, mobile devices and older PCs.
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Pro Lightweight
By utilizing minimal software Lubuntu is able to use less resources and power.
Pro Part of the Ubuntu family
Being based on Ubuntu (which itself is based on Debian), there's a good amount of information and support to be found when searching for it, both on Lubuntu specifically and Ubuntu that also applies to Lubuntu. It also means that there are certain security and usability standards enforced and you can use Ubuntu .deb packages.
Pro Uses Openbox as the default window manager
Lubuntu (LXDE) uses the lightweight Openbox window manager to manage its windows. By using Openbox by default LXDE is able to remain lightweight as there is no built in composite manager in Openbox to take up resources.
Pro Offers a long term support release
Lubuntu offers a long term support release with their 14.04 Trusty Tahr based version.
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