On 31/01/2008, Jérôme Guelfucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, the changes I remind: > > - gnome-screensaver -> xscreensaver: doesn't make much difference > - file-roller -> squeeze: squeeze is fast, light, seems to have most > features needed for an archive manager. It's stable, upstream answers > quickly to bug reports and features requests. There is a crasher In > Hardy (doesn't happen in Gutsy with the same version) but work is in > progress to fix it.
If Squeeze is stable that's really cool. - gthumb/or whatever was before -> ristretto: ristretto is fast, light > and stable, same maintainer as squeeze and same postive feedback. Sounds cool enough. - gnome-mount -> exo-mount: we just loose one feature, encrypted > partitions, but it's not really a key feature. This change makes it > relally easy to follow debian and upstream changes. Sounds fine too. - totem -> * : this hasn't been decided yet, maybe mplayer-gtk or keep > gnome. Note that mplayer cannot be shipped due to licensing issues. I'd at least change totem-xine to totem-gstreamer as xubuntu-desktop now conflicts with ubuntu-desktop (as was discussed on this list before). I've a P2 450MHz and I can tell you I really feel the difference on > disk usage, memory and cpu usage ! The last annoying application is > Firefox 2 but Firefox 3 should be released on time and should be > really better. Yeah, I'm also eagerly awaiting 3. It's good that they're working on a mobile version, so that they finally take on those performance issues. Of course, Epiphany is also an option, but I suppose that wouldn't be appreciated by many (right?). Best, -- Vincent
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