Wow, in just a few short months LXLE (Lubuntu eXtra Life Extension) has really caught on fire! I am a group member of LXLE on FaceBook and I encourage you to join. Being that I am a QA tester for Lubuntu , I am really impressed with this re-spin. Lubuntu really saved my old equipment from the recycle bin! Literally, I was getting ready to start recycling this old abandon equipment when my house was broken into and my production laptops were stolen. That really became a blessing is disguise, besides having some really good friends donate some older equipment, I had to evaluate some abandon machines that was going to recyclers. Well, needless to say I have made the best out of them because I found and became involved with Lubuntu . Thank you buglers!!!

LXLE is based on LTS (long term support) distribution model of L Ubuntu ). Therefore, it will be supported until the year 2017. That will give that old hardware a very long production life until you can find an affordable replacement. I truly believe that once you go open source and experience LXLE you just might not go back to closed proprietary software !!! Now, I do understand the systematic dependency on proprietary software but, the quality of OSS is greatly improved and the communities that support OSS are growing.