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

2011-06-07 Thread Jonathan Marsden
On 06/06/2011 11:49 AM, Jason Hsu wrote: Given the similarities in our distros (targeting the lower part of the Linux market and being based on existing distros), I figure that much of what works for Lubuntu will work for Swift Linux. I wouldn't be very confident of that; we use the Ubuntu

[Lubuntu-desktop] Fwd: Re: ISO Image Build Documentation Status?

2011-06-07 Thread Jonathan Marsden
Just so the whole Lubuntu team is kept in the picture, I recently emailed Michael Casadevall about the documentation for the Ubuntu ISO build system, and he responded with the email below. Jonathan Original Message Subject: Re: ISO Image Build Documentation Status? Date: Mon,

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

2011-06-07 Thread Eric
On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 22:00 -0700, Jonathan Marsden wrote: On 06/06/2011 03:22 AM, Jared Norris wrote: I am not running Lubuntu. I'll check out the size requirement of apt-get install lubuntu-default-settings (limited HD=512MB) I did see mention in an Arch linux forum about using startlxde

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

2011-06-07 Thread (Rafael Laguna)
I've tested every PDF reader and Evince is the only one that does not distort truetype edges. The respective developments for MuPDF and XPdf are a bit paused and, as PCMan said, usability increases due to the user popularity, so it's easy making changes. Evince isn't as resource hungry as we can

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

2011-06-07 Thread Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset
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

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

2011-06-07 Thread Julien Lavergne
Le Tuesday 07 June 2011 à 09:14 -0400, Tim Bernhard a écrit : I understand that it's a standard to have games, but the ones we have look worse than anything I've seen since DOS days! I think they sort of bring the overall feel of the distro down, but I'm guessing they are really lightweight.

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

2011-06-07 Thread James Gifford
2. Correct. My mistake. Cheers, James Gifford http://jamesrgifford.com On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:14 PM, PCMan pcman...@gmail.com wrote: 1. Lubuntu is lightweght + good usability. Sometimes usability should outweigh memory usage if the lighter alternatives are not as usable, xpdf for example.

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

2011-06-07 Thread Yorvyk
On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 13:06:28 -0400 Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset jpx...@gmail.com 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

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

2011-06-07 Thread Todd Carnes
On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 08:15:16 -0400 Tim Bernhard ohiom...@gmail.com wrote: The only thing I don't like is the games. (Is there an easy way for me to remove the games all at once?? I never really looked into it.) I wanted to remove them (as well as Abiword Gnumeric), but when I tell Synaptic

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

2011-06-07 Thread Phill Whiteside
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

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

2011-06-07 Thread Lance
Generally speaking, packages like lubuntu-desktop or ubuntu-desktop are meta-packages: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MetaPackages It's generally OK to remove a meta-package but you must know what you're doing to some degree. For instance I could remove 'lxterminal' but if I did so prior

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

2011-06-07 Thread Chris
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 phi...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hiyas Boss, Me thinks now would be a