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The Lubuntu 17.04 Desktop/Live CD(ISO) is missing the package: net-tools[1]
It's troubling to find a LiveCD today that does not have something as simple as netstat and other important tools available.
It's also quite pathetic to discover the recent Debian LiveCDs are missing UFW[2].
[1] "This package includes the important tools for controlling the network subsystem of the Linux kernel. This includes arp, ifconfig, netstat, rarp, nameif and route."
[2] "The Uncomplicated FireWall is a front-end for iptables, to make managing a Netfilter firewall easier. It provides a command line interface with syntax similar to OpenBSD's Packet Filter. It is particularly well-suited as a host-based firewall."
[Ed note: Assuming one has an internet connection, can't one just do something along the lines of apt-get $package_name to fill in what is missing? Is this just whining on the part of the submitter or an actual shortcoming? What are your thoughts on this?]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 13 2017, @01:13AM
Someone who is scared off by an interesting name is probably not the ideal user for Linux.
Folks who think that Lubuntu is weird would also think that Ubuntu was weird.
Some folks are curious enough to Google that. [google.com]
Lubuntu could be thought of as "Light Ubuntu", suitable for older, less powerful machines.
It uses LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment) and there is work on using the LXQt desktop when that is sufficiently developed.
Tacking an L onto the front of Ubuntu makes perfect sense.
...and, frankly, I'd rather not have incurious people using Linux.
It's a bad match and makes for e.g. repeats of the same dumb, easily-searched-out questions in help forums.
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