Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-05-18 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 05/18/2017 10:45 AM, Shawn Sörbom wrote: On Saturday, April 22, 2017 1:07:09 PM PDT fradev wrote: Hi everyone On 25/03/17 18:50:08 CEST, fradev wrote: Here are the dependencies of task-kde-desktop, on the right my suggestions. task-kde-desktop Depends: tasksel Depends: task-desktop

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-05-18 Thread Shawn Sörbom
On Saturday, April 22, 2017 1:07:09 PM PDT fradev wrote: > Hi everyone > > On 25/03/17 18:50:08 CEST, fradev wrote: > > Here are the dependencies of task-kde-desktop, on the right my > > suggestions. > > > > task-kde-desktop > > > > Depends: tasksel > > Depends: task-desktop > > Depends:

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-05-15 Thread Sandro Knauß
Hey, > Thank you. I rapidly checked the values in popcons also for > - kdeaccessibility (not enough info) if you talk with accessibitiy people they told you, that it is very important that all accessibitiy software is installed by default. See the talk at debconf15: "Thanks for maintaining a de

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-05-14 Thread fradev
Hi Martin On 14/05/17 11:10:53 CEST, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > Given that, I would consider the percentage of people who use the package > > as a more reliable data. So, because it is evident that the percentage > > of people who use gnome-orca is under the threshold of the 25%, and > > becau

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-05-14 Thread Martin Steigerwald
fradev - 07.05.17, 18:27: > Popcon results: > | distro | package|inst | vote | old | recent | no-files | > | > |++-+--+-++--| > | > | Debian | gnome-orca | 80219 | 3611 | 61008 | 15536 | 64 | > | Ubuntu | gnome-orca | 22

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-05-07 Thread fradev
Hi everyone I tried to gather the opinions expressed previously in this discussion and now I would like to integrate them with data from the Debian and Ubuntu Popularity Contests [1][2] in order to avoid biased proposals. My first proposal was for the task-kde-desktop and I thought it was usefu

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-04-23 Thread Shawn Sörbom
On Sunday, April 23, 2017 3:42:40 PM PDT Nick wrote: > On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:39:35 -0700 > > Shawn Sörbom wrote: > > On Saturday, April 15, 2017 11:19:22 PM PDT Nick wrote: > > > JFTR, one alternative to Kmail might be 'Trojita' [1] > > > - I haven't (yet) tried it, and it's not a KDE program, >

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-04-23 Thread Nick
On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:39:35 -0700 Shawn Sörbom wrote: > On Saturday, April 15, 2017 11:19:22 PM PDT Nick wrote: > > > JFTR, one alternative to Kmail might be 'Trojita' [1] > > - I haven't (yet) tried it, and it's not a KDE program, > > but it _is_ part of the KDE family, professionally > > de

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-04-22 Thread fradev
On 22/04/17 13:31:51 CEST, Luigi Toscano wrote: > > - plasma-discover is too bugged to be used as a replacement > > Do you have a specific set of bugs? Think also in the long term, this is > going to happen for Buster, and Discover is definitely developed. This [1] as a starting point, and this s

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-04-22 Thread Luigi Toscano
fradev ha scritto: > I didn't received many feedbacks about this and I'm thinking to send a bug > report (wishlist) proposing the changes highlighted above. > > What concerns me the most here is apper. Summarising: > [...] > - plasma-discover is too bugged to be used as a replacement Do you have

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-04-22 Thread fradev
Hi everyone On 25/03/17 18:50:08 CEST, fradev wrote: > Here are the dependencies of task-kde-desktop, on the right my suggestions. > > task-kde-desktop > Depends: tasksel > Depends: task-desktop > Depends: kde-standard > Depends: sddm > Recommends: kdeaccessibility--> change to

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-04-18 Thread Shawn Sörbom
On Saturday, April 15, 2017 11:19:22 PM PDT Nick wrote: > On Sun, 2 Apr 2017 00:11:40 -0700 > Shawn Sörbom wrote: > > I'm a bit late to this discussion, but FWIW: > > [snip] > > > for a good "out of the box" experience, many people expect a mail > > client. Look at Kubuntu. Personally kmail wou

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-04-15 Thread Nick
On Sun, 2 Apr 2017 00:11:40 -0700 Shawn Sörbom wrote: I'm a bit late to this discussion, but FWIW: [snip] > for a good "out of the box" experience, many people expect a mail > client. Look at Kubuntu. Personally kmail would be of the first > packages I would install on any KDE system that I woul

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-04-05 Thread inkbottle
On Wednesday, April 5, 2017 11:56:43 PM CEST fradev wrote: > On 05/04/17 11:43:55 CEST, Shawn Sörbom wrote: > > > Sorry, there is a typo. The output that I posted was generated by > > > "$ sudo apt remove kmail", not "autoremove". > > > > I agree, but the original topic was about which packages sh

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-04-05 Thread fradev
On 05/04/17 11:43:55 CEST, Shawn Sörbom wrote: > > Sorry, there is a typo. The output that I posted was generated by > > "$ sudo apt remove kmail", not "autoremove". > > I agree, but the original topic was about which packages shouldn't be > included by default. Couldn't this be solved by changing

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-04-05 Thread Shawn Sörbom
On Wednesday, April 5, 2017 3:10:55 PM PDT fradev wrote: > On 03/04/17 13:07:31 CEST, fradev wrote: > > >$ sudo apt autoremove kmail > > Sorry, there is a typo. The output that I posted was generated by > "$ sudo apt remove kmail", not "autoremove". I agree, but the original topic was about whic

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-04-05 Thread fradev
On 03/04/17 13:07:31 CEST, fradev wrote: > >$ sudo apt autoremove kmail Sorry, there is a typo. The output that I posted was generated by "$ sudo apt remove kmail", not "autoremove".

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-04-05 Thread inkbottle
On Monday, April 3, 2017 1:07:31 PM CEST fradev wrote: > These are the effects of having non essential packages listed as > dependencies in general-desktop-environment-oriented-meta-packages. IMHO > it is not good for the users and it is not good for the sysadmins. I, of course, agree with the ab

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-04-04 Thread fradev
On 02/04/17 00:11:40 CEST, Shawn Sörbom wrote: > But for a good "out of the box" experience, many people expect a mail > client. Look at Kubuntu. Personally kmail would be of the first packages I > would install on any KDE system that I would set up for an "average" user. > A default email solution

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-04-04 Thread fradev
On 02/04/17 00:11:40 CEST, Shawn Sörbom wrote: > But for a good "out of the box" experience, many people expect a mail > client. Look at Kubuntu. Personally kmail would be of the first packages I > would install on any KDE system that I would set up for an "average" user. > A default email solution

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-04-04 Thread fradev
On 02/04/17 00:11:40 CEST, Shawn Sörbom wrote: > But for a good "out of the box" experience, many people expect a mail > client. Look at Kubuntu. Personally kmail would be of the first packages I > would install on any KDE system that I would set up for an "average" user. > A default email solution

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-04-02 Thread rhkramer
On Sunday, April 02, 2017 03:11:40 AM Shawn Sörbom wrote: > But for a good "out of the box" experience, many people expect a mail > client. Look at Kubuntu. Personally kmail would be of the first packages I > would install on any KDE system that I would set up for an "average" user. > A default ema

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-04-02 Thread Shawn Sörbom
On Saturday, April 1, 2017 12:20:17 PM PDT fradev wrote: > On 31/03/17 13:27:14 CEST, Maximiliano Curia wrote: > > >>> Depends: kmail--> change to: Suggests > > >> > > >> It has its glitches... But I use it > > > > > > I use it too and I propose to suggest it, and not re

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-04-01 Thread fradev
On 31/03/17 13:27:14 CEST, Maximiliano Curia wrote: > >>> Depends: kmail--> change to: Suggests > >> > >> It has its glitches... But I use it > > > > I use it too and I propose to suggest it, and not recommend it, exactly > > because it has it glitches and many people pr

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-31 Thread Diederik de Haas
Hi Maxy! On vrijdag 31 maart 2017 18:45:36 CEST Maximiliano Curia wrote: > > ping https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840844 ? > > (it's about adding kdeconnect to kde-standard) > > I thought I had replied to that/this request. I also use kdeconnect, but > it's only useful if the

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-31 Thread Maximiliano Curia
¡Hola Diederik! El 2017-03-31 a las 17:27 +0200, Diederik de Haas escribió: On vrijdag 31 maart 2017 13:27:14 CEST Maximiliano Curia wrote: if you prepare a diff of the changes with a rationale for each change we'll consider them. But please take into account that statements like "I don't use

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-31 Thread inkbottle
> Many of the maintainers, including myself, also read this list, so if you > prepare a diff of the changes with a rationale for each change we'll > consider them. But please take into account that statements like "I don't > use it" are no reason enough to drop a dependency as the specific tool > s

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-31 Thread Diederik de Haas
On vrijdag 31 maart 2017 13:27:14 CEST Maximiliano Curia wrote: > if you prepare a diff of the changes with a rationale for each change we'll > consider them. But please take into account that statements like "I don't > use it" are no reason enough to drop a dependency as the specific tool > surel

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-31 Thread Maximiliano Curia
¡Hola fradev! El 2017-03-31 a las 12:19 +0200, fradev escribió: On 30/03/17 10:22:20 CEST, Jimmy Johnson wrote: I won't use dolphin unless I'm forced to use it and konq-plugins is a needed package for konqueror. But if we focus on a setup suitable for the general public, I think dolphin is g

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-31 Thread fradev
On 30/03/17 10:22:20 CEST, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > I won't use dolphin unless I'm forced to use it and konq-plugins is a > needed package for konqueror. But if we focus on a setup suitable for the general public, I think dolphin is good as file manager and well integrated. Instead konqueror (and t

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-30 Thread inkbottle
The bells, the whistles... but at the end of the maypole dance, everyone get naked. So let's start with (in) the most simple apparel and add (non mandatory) veils on demand, instead of the contrary. And try and help the user to fathom what's necessary from what is convenient and what is fashiona

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-30 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 03/30/2017 08:37 AM, fradev wrote: If someone is still interested in the topic, here it is the list of dependencies required by the meta-package *kde-standard* (a dependency of *task-kde-desktop*) with my suggestions on the right. kde-standard Depends: akregator--> chang

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-30 Thread fradev
If someone is still interested in the topic, here it is the list of dependencies required by the meta-package *kde-standard* (a dependency of *task-kde-desktop*) with my suggestions on the right. kde-standard Depends: akregator--> change to: Suggests Depends: ark Depend

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-25 Thread fradev
On 19/03/17 22:26:28 CET, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > Hello, Francesco, I was thinking as Users we could discuss the options > here first and then make a proposal of the "debian-plasma-desktop" to > the KDE team. > > Utilities= ark, kcalc, kwrite, spectacle. > > System= bleachbit, kinfo, partition-man

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-20 Thread fradev
On 20/03/17 17:02:55 CET, Thom Castermans wrote: > 2017-03-20 16:11 GMT+01:00 Jimmy Johnson : > > Maybe you don't know it, but the average user does not know how to use a > > keyboard, like putting your index fingers on the f and j keys, basic > > typing. > I think that you are grossly underestimat

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-20 Thread Thom Castermans
2017-03-20 16:11 GMT+01:00 Jimmy Johnson : > Maybe you don't know it, but the average user does not know how to use a > keyboard, like putting your index fingers on the f and j keys, basic typing. > I think that you are grossly underestimating the average computer user *who is installing KDE on D

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-20 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 03/20/2017 06:41 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, March 20, 2017 01:26:28 AM Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 03/17/2017 02:44 AM, fradev wrote: On 15/03/17 13:34:38 CET, Jimmy Johnson wrote: As for the rest of your post I agree and what we need is a "debian-plasma-desktop meta package" wher

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-20 Thread rhkramer
On Monday, March 20, 2017 01:26:28 AM Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 03/17/2017 02:44 AM, fradev wrote: > > On 15/03/17 13:34:38 CET, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > >> As for the rest of your post I agree and what we need is a > >> "debian-plasma-desktop meta package" where it's tested and working > >> includin

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-20 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 03/17/2017 02:48 AM, Martin Steigerwald wrote: Am Mittwoch, 15. März 2017, 19:01:16 CET schrieb fradev: The default KDE/Plasma 5 installation in Stretch, via task-kde-desktop, in my opinion doesn't provide the best user experience because of the many applications installed by default. While

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-19 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 03/17/2017 02:44 AM, fradev wrote: On 15/03/17 13:34:38 CET, Jimmy Johnson wrote: As for the rest of your post I agree and what we need is a "debian-plasma-desktop meta package" where it's tested and working including kconnect, wireless, bluetooth, vlc, pulse, etc. and keep pim to the minimal

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-17 Thread Luigi Toscano
On Friday, 17 March 2017 15:57:40 CET inkbottle wrote: > I too vote it out of (almost) compulsory installation: > > Konqueror "was" a really great idea, especially, to my mind, through the > kpart things: One could open several Okular document simultaneously, have > efficient tab organization, the

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-17 Thread inkbottle
I too vote it out of (almost) compulsory installation: Konqueror "was" a really great idea, especially, to my mind, through the kpart things: One could open several Okular document simultaneously, have efficient tab organization, the possibility to bookmark them simultaneously... Unfortunately i

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-17 Thread fradev
To be clear, I'm talking about Stretch, Jessie is out of discussion of course. On 17/03/17 10:48:41 CET, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Konqueror is still quite a central part in Plasma. It is used by default for > web shortcuts and for URLS like "man:/ls" oder "info:/". If I read correctly the depe

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-17 Thread fradev
On 15/03/17 13:34:38 CET, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > As for the rest of your post I agree and what we need is a > "debian-plasma-desktop meta package" where it's tested and working > including kconnect, wireless, bluetooth, vlc, pulse, etc. and keep pim > to the minimal so the kitchen sink is not added

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-17 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Mittwoch, 15. März 2017, 19:01:16 CET schrieb fradev: > The default KDE/Plasma 5 installation in Stretch, via task-kde-desktop, in > my opinion doesn't provide the best user experience because of the many > applications installed by default. > > While the experience with the Plasma desktop is p

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-15 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 03/15/2017 11:20 AM, fradev wrote: Hi everyone The default KDE/Plasma 5 installation in Stretch, via task-kde-desktop, in my opinion doesn't provide the best user experience because of the many applications installed by default. While the experience with the Plasma desktop is pretty good, th

Re: improving the UX with the default KDE installation

2017-03-15 Thread Shawn Sörbom
I agree with you about konqueror, but in the case of kwrite vs kate, I think the reason is that kate depends on some kwrite components. Technically kate is also targeted at programmers, whereas kwrite is similar to MS Notepad. On Wednesday, March 15, 2017 7:01:16 PM PDT fradev wrote: > Hi everyon