Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] The need to improve Lubuntu bug filing

2011-06-06 Thread Leszek Lesner
Le Sunday 05 June 2011 à 13:14 -0700, Lance a écrit : Regarding the lacking restart or shutdown buttons I posted a screenshot here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/792850 I think it's because you use startx. LXDM do some black magic to enable features that

[Lubuntu-desktop] LXDE shutown dependency/permissions?

2011-06-06 Thread Eric
Greetings folks, Although I am running a minimal install of Ubuntu 11.04 with LXDE, I hope someone may help. Normally running Debian I add user to powerdev group for shutdown and restart options to appear in the shutdown menu. This group however does not exist. I'm not sure if I am missing a

[Lubuntu-desktop] Fwd: LXDE shutown dependency/permissions?

2011-06-06 Thread Jared Norris
Sorry, meant to include the mailing list in my reply as well - forwarded on for continuity. -- Forwarded message -- From: Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com Date: 6 June 2011 20:21 Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] LXDE shutown dependency/permissions? To: Eric rvw...@gmail.com On 6

[Lubuntu-desktop] The procedure for transforming Ubuntu into Lubuntu

2011-06-06 Thread Jason Hsu
I'm the founder and lead developer of a new lightweight distro based on antiX Linux called Swift Linux. I'm trying to familiarize myself with the procedures of other distros so that I can improve the development process and infrastructure of my own, as Swift Linux is my first experience working

[Lubuntu-desktop] Proposed changes to lubuntu-desktop

2011-06-06 Thread 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

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

2011-06-06 Thread James Gifford
Just my two cents here - libreoffice is Java based, so (in my experience anyway) it probably isn't lighter-weight. You mentioned Midori. In my experience, Midori isn't good for the average user, and some sites (namely, gmail) refuse to work with it at all. Just my two cents, take it for what

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

2011-06-06 Thread PCMan
1. Lubuntu is lightweght + good usability. Sometimes usability should outweigh memory usage if the lighter alternatives are not as usable, xpdf for example. Midori is not stable enough. In addition, browser is the most critical part of a desktop system and is one of the largest security hole. A

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Fwd: LXDE shutown dependency/permissions?

2011-06-06 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/06/2011 03:22 AM, Jared Norris wrote: I take no credit for the answer but just wanted to pass on the information apparently the issue with the missing shutdown and reboot buttons has been traced to starting X using the startx command rather than the correct startlubuntu command.