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new version every six months (supported for nine months), with every two years having a long term support release
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(supported for three years).
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Choosing between Alternate and Desktop images
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Alternate images are mainly intended for older, lower spec hardware and uses a non-graphical installer. The Desktop
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version offers a live session to try out Lubuntu and make sure all of your hardware works before you install it on
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your computer. The installer on the desktop is a graphical installer where you can use a mouse and keyboard and it is
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more user friendly, but this takes more resources than what is usually required to run Lubuntu itself, due to the
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fact that the desktop image runs from your RAM while Lubuntu normally runs from your hard drive. If your computer has
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less than 512 MB of RAM it is recommended to use the alternate installer as it will perform better with your system.
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The alternate installer does not provide a live session so therefore it uses less RAM.
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Lubuntu offers images for two different architectures:
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Architectures
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- amd64 (commonly referred to as 64-bit)
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- i386 (commonly referred to as 32-bit)
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Architectures
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amd64
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