LXDE Setup Guide

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A Beginners Guide To Setting Up Linux Mint LXDE, The Lightweight Champion

1. Linux File System	12. Updating and Upgrading
2. Browsers	13. Purging and Cleaning
3. Desktop	14. Password and Name Changes
4. Taskbar	15. Hidden GUI's and Run
5. Terminal	16. Dual Monitors and Autostart
6. Wallpaper	17. Sound
7. Installing & Removing Repository Applications	18. Network Sharing
8. Installing Nonrepository Applications & Handbrake	19. Renaming Hard Drives
9. Tarballs, The LXDE Main Menu & Lxmed	20. Flash Player in Firefox & Mint 64-bit
10. Microsoft Programs & Wine	21. Simple Bash Command Examples
11. Main Menu and Internet Links to the Desktop - .Desktop Files	22. Some Important Places

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Use LXSession Edit to turn on important services
Unfortunately some useful desktop services are turned off in LXDE by default. So you might need to turn them on manually in LXDE. Please execute 'lxsession-edit' or find 'Desktop Session Settings' in the application menu. Please complain to the developers of the distro you use and asked them to enable those services, such as network manager, in LXDE.

As you can see, network manager, pulse audio, and others can all be turned on here. 

Network

After login, the first issue you'll encounter is 'how to connect to the internet'?

• Network manager: Actually, network manager works pretty well under LXDE. You just need to turn it on since it's deliberately disabled in LXDE by some distros. Use LXSession Edit to turn it on.
• wicd: Many users prefer this over network manager. However it's less user-friendly and it's written in Python. So you'll need python runtime to use it.
• connman: The network management tool from Intel. I have tested it but it doesn't work on my laptop.
• lxnm: It's currently broken. Don't use it until Fred fixes it.
• Other distro-specific ways: Read the 'fine' manuals for your distros.

NOTE: unlike XFCE, Gnome, KDE and almost every other Desktop environment there is no way to "remember" wireless settings in Lubuntu or LXDE Mint, which is a huge snafu. I do not know if ubuntu plans on fixing this and can find no solution in the forums.