Thanks for the replies. Steve,
I'll try to sort out the details of a few of my issues and post them in another thread. I think they are known issues though. Not sure if any are also in the latest versions of Ubuntu as I have not really used it since 9.10. (I did install 10.04 from a USB without issues though.) I prefer the speed and long battery life I get with Lubuntu and don't plan on going back to Ubuntu at this point. Also the first thing I do with Lubuntu is move the panel to the top and set it up to use icons. It makes the most sense to me. :) Tim On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 6:12 AM, Yorvyk <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:22:47 -0500 > Tim Bernhard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Here is my short list: > > 1. Installing from USB didn't work until I made the USB without storage. > Isn't this a general Ubuntu problem. > > > 2. Grub not updating after install. > A cock-up with the installer where os-prober didn't get installed. > > > 3. Chrome not opening downloads properly until I changed xdg-open. > xdg-open does seem to be a mess in lubuntu and does need sorting > > > 4. Having to learn how to add menu items to lxde. > Can you give some examples, as this is probably programs not complying with > the freedesktop.org standard. > > > 5. Not being able to find my NAS from PCmanFM. > A bit more information on this would be useful > > > 6. Loosing some of my changes when Lubuntu updates. (Am I doing something > > wrong here???) > Again, some more information would be useful. > > > > > I'll admit that the list isn't too bad, but keep in mind that I had to > spend > > a good bit of time researching and implementing the solutions. > > > > So the question is what is the ultimate goal for Lubuntu. I know you > guys > > want it to be resource friendly. But who is it aimed at? The Linux geek > > who can tweak it or the "average Joe" who just want to be able to use it? > > Can it be resource friendly and not need tweaking? Is it just a matter > of > > time to sort it out or a matter philosophy? > > > The problem is, people, no matter how Lubuntu is set up out of the box not > everybody will be happy. As an example, I can't do with the panel on the > bottom of the screen so move it to the top before adjusting anything else. > Really Lubuntu has to cope with both your average Joe and your average > geek. The real problem, with all software, are those people that fall > between the two groups. In this area there are again two groups. Those > that would like to tweak but don't know how, so don't. The other is those > that would like to tweak and don't know how, but do. These two groups are > the ones we need to listen to in order to make things easier (more user > friendly?). > The main thing that comes from your missive is that Lubuntu needs to state > it's goals louder and more clearly. Some distros hide their weaknesses > behind 'shiny', a lot of distros derived from Lubuntu do this. Lubuntu > isn't about 'shiny', it should be about functionality and this is what we > shoul try and get across. > > Sorry if this has been a bit rambling and thanks to Tim for bringing this > up. > > -- > Steve Cook (Yorvyk) > > http://lubuntu.net > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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