Jim, Concerning the crash of squeeze, it's a bug in glib >= 2.15 which is being worked on, for example it works perfectly under gutsy which has a <2.15 version of glib.
Jérôme On Feb 1, 2008 9:15 PM, Stefan Schwarzburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I'm not an Xubuntu developer, just an interested user (since the first > Xubuntu release). > > > > > > I would be glad if as many people as possible on this list could give > > their opinion about the seeds[*], this way we could really call this an > > open development process... > > I would have said nothing, because I haven't contributed to Xubuntu yet, but > when I'm ask: > > I like to have most apps optional. In all Xubuntu releases I've removed > xubuntu-desktop after the upgrade or install and changed lot's of software > to more capable ones. I do need OpenOffice, Firefox, mplayer, gqview and so > on, and I have no use for the gnome office apps, epiphany, xfmedia, > ristretto and so on. > I did not feel any slow down in the last release. > What keeps me away from Gnome is mostly Nautilus and all these Mono apps > (f-spot, beagle, ...). They are really slow and I love to have thunar and > most core xfce stuff. > For example squeeze/file-roller: I only use a graphical tool for this if > there is a plugin to use it from within thunar. If this is possible, then I > don't care. > For example screensaver. If it works and also works with Compiz which I use > from time to time in Xubuntu: then I don't care. If not, guess what I will > do: remove xubuntu-desktop and replace the screensaver with another one. > > > If I could wish for something in Xubuntu, then it would be that you, the > developers, would like to work *together* and continue to produce a great > distribution (which it was in the last years, from my point of view). This > would be much more worth than the actual decision on some apps, really. > > > Cheers, > Stefan > > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > > -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
