Hiyas boss, I did cc the comment about the link being out of synch on lubuntu.net to them, but there is nothing I can do until they get back in touch.
Hope you had a great New Year Eve's party, you certainly deserved one for all the work you have put into the project. Regards, Phill. On 1 January 2011 10:24, Julien Lavergne <[email protected]> wrote: > 2010/12/30 Tim Bernhard <[email protected]>: > > Hi everyone, > > I was thinking about this the past couple of days and figured I would > throw > > it out there. Does Lubuntu handle basic tasks well enough that anyone > can > > use it? > > I've been using Ubuntu since 6.04 and by 8.04 I pretty much gave up > Windows > > all together. (I keep a copy on my machine "just in case", but never > really > > need to use it.) I've also played around with Fedora and more recently > > Peppermint and Lubuntu. In addition, I took two Red Hat Enterprise > > Linux Administrator course while finishing up my Enterprise Computer > > Programming degree at a local community college. > > Despite all of that I am NOT a expert Linux user. I prefer GUI over > command > > line for most tasks. And I usually have to do a little research when > trying > > to solve issues with my OS. I can do the basics in Linux, but really not > > much more without Google. So I would say I'm armed with a lot more > > Linux knowledge than your typical newbie, but not really skilled at it > using > > it. > > So here's the deal. I've run across several issues while using Lubuntu > that > > have consume a little more of my time that I would have liked. Mostly > just > > little things, but they have all been things that I would expect my OS to > > handle out of the box. > > Here is my short list: > > 1. Installing from USB didn't work until I made the USB without storage. > > 2. Grub not updating after install. > > 3. Chrome not opening downloads properly until I changed xdg-open. > > 4. Having to learn how to add menu items to lxde. > > 5. Not being able to find my NAS from PCmanFM. > > 6. Loosing some of my changes when Lubuntu updates. (Am I doing something > > wrong here???) > > 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? > > Personally, I would like to see it stay lightweight AND handle all of the > > basics at the same time. I realize Lubuntu is young and the devs are > > busting their asses on it. I really do appreciate it, but I really > believe > > that details matter and I hoping the Lubuntu team agrees because I want > > Lubuntu to succeed. > > Thanks for listening, > > Tim > > > > To make a quick answer, i have already some of this bugs on the radar, > but we need time to fix them. It's not a will to have Lubuntu not > adpated for everyone, we just needs time and people to fix them :) > > Regards, > Julien Lavergne > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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