Simon, I am highly inclined to believe Lubuntu does indeed install recommends packages, otherwise we would'nt be having all these problems, I will do another clean installation on qemu to confirm that for you as soon as possible.
Simon, I am highly inclined to believe Lubuntu does indeed install recommends packages, otherwise we would'nt be having all these problems, I will do another clean installation on qemu to confirm that for you as soon as possible.