Hi Guys, I've been following lubuntu for a while now, and i'm thinking of switching to it for my netbook's distro. I'm also interested in using it on low-end systems that i will donate to people.
There's one thing bugging me though. On ubuntu-desktop, i can remove firefox, the openjdk (replace with Sun JDK), brasero etc, and the ubuntu-desktop package stays installed, as these are only Recommends not Dependencies. The idea here (correct me if i'm wrong?) seems to be that core desktop functionality is separate from the bundled applications - and users are free to swap these for alternatives. The thing is, lubuntu-desktop seems to have ALL of it's dependencies listed as 'Dependencies', not 'Recommends'. I want to remove xfburn (useless on a netbook), swap openjdk / icedtea for 'sun' jdk, possibly junk the card games, remove Chromium if i swap to Firefox (or proprietary Chrome), and get rid of Gnome office if i go for Libre Office (which my Netbook can handle ok). But attempting to do any of this removes the lubuntu-desktop package. The system still works, but this 'feels' wrong - i honestly don't know whether the removal of the package would affect a distro upgrade. Forcing the user to keep all these default applications also would seem to go against the idea of lubuntu as 'lightweight', at least in terms of disk space. I'm not complaining about the package selections themselves, they do seem sensible for low end machines, just about being forced to keep them if my machine can handle alternatives that suit me better, or if i wanted to remove them on a machine with a very small disk. Could whoever builds lubuntu-desktop please list only the packages required for the Desktop (X / lxde / gvfs etc?) as dependencies and set the rest to recommends please? I'm sorry if i'm reporting this in an inappropriate way - i'm not sure whether it's a bug or feature request - or even how to report such a thing on Launchpad. I do have a few more suggestions to make - based on how i've been using lubuntu so far, but i'm not sure where to submit these either - guessing Brainstorm isn't appropriate for lubuntu at this time? Anyway guys thanks for putting together a good distro - i just tried Natty Alpha 3 and it's looking good :) Richard Foulkes -- This message was sent from Launchpad by Richard Foulkes (https://launchpad.net/~rbsfou) using the "Contact this team" link on the Lubuntu team page (https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop). For more information see https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/ContactingPeople _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
