GEdit is miserably slow even on my new laptop. I would say GEdit -1. On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Chris <[email protected]> wrote:
> Aloha oukou, > > I've got one suggestion for replacement, which is to replace leafpad with > gedit. Note bloated in any way and handy syntax highlighting to boon. > > With metta, > > Chris Druif > > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 01:13, Phill Whiteside <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hiyas Boss, >> >> Me thinks now would be a good time to decide these items. Setting up a >> vote, followed by a meeting may be a good idea? >> >> We have >> >> - June 14th : End of proposal for applications by default >> >> Followed by >> >> >> - June 19th : Decision for the modifications of default applications >> >> @ ALL >> >> Yes, I know everyone who proposes their favourite application that is not >> installed by default feels sore, hopefully in Lubuntu we are not that petty >> as to leave because of it. >> >> Any application can be added from the repositories, some of the 'weird' >> stuff people do to Lubuntu is a testament to just how rock solid it is. >> >> The old, and so far, not replaced rule is that a proposed application may >> not... >> >> 1) Use any hard disk space up >> 2) Use any CPU time when running >> 3) Use any RAM when running. >> >> Whilst we may laugh at such rules, they are what make Lubuntu able to do >> what it does on our minimal spec. For those with lots of Hard Disk space and >> RAM and really high CPU's - Great. Lubuntu is lean, mean, keen and green. >> BUT we are going to remain within our "Pentium II or Celeron system with >> 128 MiB of RAM" >> >> Regards, >> >> Phill. >> >> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Lance <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> "I say stick with what we've got and lets get Lubuntu twiddled and >>> polished. >>> >>> "Remember when suggesting applications that the target is a couple of >>> hundred MHz CPU and 128 MiB of RAM." >>> >>> Indeed, let's remain focused on keeping Lubuntu light. We also need to >>> consider how many changes are already in the works ;^) >>> >>> I doubt the change to GTK+ 3 will be without numerous challenges, as will >>> be transition to becoming a full-fledged Ubuntu release. No easy time for >>> the limited number of devs. >>> >>> But, regarding software in particular this may come into play, from the >>> ToDo (more than bite size) list: >>> >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Developers/TODO >>> >>> "Software-center : Work on a new minimal interface to see if it's >>> possible to switch to SC: TODO " >>> >>> It may be possible that an appropriate version of SC could solve most of >>> these problems. Maybe we could install even less and then let people decide >>> what fits their needs and hardware best. >>> >>> But ATM we need to give the devs room to adjust to the changes at hand. >>> >>> >>> --- On *Tue, 6/7/11, Yorvyk <[email protected]>* wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: Yorvyk <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Proposed changes to lubuntu-desktop >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 2:19 PM >>> >>> >>> On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 13:06:28 -0400 >>> Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset >>> <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > >From a very-humble user point of view: >>> > >>> > I use Libre Office + Gnumeric (Abiword can't convince me). As i read >>> > recently, Libre Office is getting performance improvements, but the >>> problem >>> > is still the ram consumption vs the ram used by abiword (i use LO for >>> writer >>> > and slideshows, but gnumeric is a magnificient tool), LO is an option? >>> It >>> > could bring a slideshow editor to Lubuntu... Let individually decide >>> but my >>> > guess is that Lubuntu should remain with abiword & gnumeric for the >>> concept. >>> > Midori: in many ways it could be best than chromium, but as PCMAN said, >>> it's >>> > not stable at all . >>> Try running Libre/open Office on a 160 MIB, 300MHz machine and I think >>> you'll find it just becomes unpleasant. Abiword does everything I need of a >>> word processor, and I install it on Ubuntu as Libre/Open Office is just >>> cumbersome. >>> As somebody who has had to sit through endless 'slide show' presentations >>> I believe it may be one of the worst uses for a computer ever. >>> I have Midori on one machine and keep trying it. It seems to take two >>> steps forward then one back. It has a way to go before it is a real >>> alternative to FF or Chromium, sadly. >>> >>> > Games: ace of penguins is faster than anything, but they're not "cool" >>> at >>> > all. Everybody i've shown this says something like "looks ugly, how can >>> i >>> > configure it?". There's nothing better around? >>> Ace of Penquins is probably best described as functional ;) but, who >>> needs 'looks' in card games anyway? There is however a set of icons being >>> produced, slowly, for it. \o/ >>> >>> > PDF viewers: i'm with Rafael on this, Evince is the best choice there >>> is >>> > (besides, it can read a lot of formats, not only pdf ;) >>> Evince does appear to be the most functional of PDF reader on Linux. >>> >>> > >>> > xscreensaver makes my installations crash on every old computer i own, >>> i >>> > already said this on the mailing list: it's heavy and it consumes >>> energy >>> > displaying something fancy on the screen instead of just a black screen >>> or >>> > turn it off (clearly i don't like it...); but it locks the screen, so >>> it's >>> > necessary. >>> I have nothing nice to say about screen-savers so will say nothing. >>> >>> > >>> > xchat as i know is on discussion as i read recently... Pidgin would be >>> the >>> > option. >>> I hate Pidgin and will install XChat if it isn't installed by default. >>> >>> I say stick with what we've got and lets get Lubuntu twiddled and >>> polished. >>> >>> Remember when suggesting applications that the target is a couple of >>> hundred MHz CPU and 128 MiB of RAM. >>> >>> -- >>> Steve Cook (Yorvyk) >>> >>> http://lubuntu.net >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >>> Post to : >>> [email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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