Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Proposed changes to lubuntu-desktop

[Markus Brummer]

Hi,

I'd like to clarify my point, why dropping depencies to recommends is a 
DRAW/WIN/WIN. There are three groups of people:

1) "I like lubuntu / lubuntu-desktop the way it is, please don't tinker around"
2) "I want another program for my needs than what lubuntu-desktop is proposing"
3) "I'm low on resources, so please keep lubuntu as light as possible"

For 1), dropping depencies to recommends doesn't change the normal 
installation: all packages marked as recommends are installed unless specified 
otherwise.

For 2), you can now remove "useless" programs and install alternatives, and 
still keep lubuntu-desktop installed (I currently use lubuntu-core and install 
what I need on top of that).

For 3), you can use command line installation and "--without-recommends" when 
installing lubuntu-desktop.

I will gladly bury the hatchet of midori and other proposed changes to default 
applications.

-Markus

On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 16:45:26 +0200
Leszek Lesner  wrote:

> Am Mittwoch 08 Juni 2011, 15:23:56 schrieb 神癒礁湖 "(Rafael Laguna)":
> > It's slow for me too. Even in Gnome, when using two or three plugins
> > it's annoying. Another option could be Scribes. It's a bit strange, but
> > it has syntax highlighting and doesn't have too much dependencies. But I
> > don't know if its development status.
> 
> 
> I have good experience with geany. Its has good syntax hightlighting and many 
> options more, like integrated terminal support and showing functions, 
> procedures and classes in a source tree.
> 
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[Lubuntu-desktop] Proposed changes to lubuntu-desktop

[Markus Brummer]

Hi,

I'd like to propose some changes to the lubuntu-desktop package. This is 
primarily meant to the developers, but other users may be interested.


The point of Lubuntu & LXDE is to make a very lightweight desktop to end 
users. This proposal would 1) make many of the dependencies as 
recommends and 2) add lighter / better alternatives. This would in the 
end make the installation more flexible. Inspiration for this came from 
the xubuntu-desktop package.


The following recommendations are packages that aren't necessary for the 
overall usability of Lubuntu: on a normal installation, all packages 
marked as recommended are installed.


Package list (dep > rec):

abiword / libreoffice-writer
ace-of-penguins
audacious
chromium-browser / midori
evince / mupdf / xpdf
file-roller / xarchiver
gnome-disk-utility
gnumeric / libreoffice-calc
lxtask
mobile-broadband-provider-info
modemmanager
mtpaint
sylpheed
transmission
xchat
xscreensaver

-Markus

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