On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 19:50 +0200, Jani Monoses wrote: > Another gnome package proposal. It consists of useful utilities which > are only run explicitly and for which we have no equivalents (except for > screenshot as a panel plugin) > > The utils are: > > - baobab, a disk usage analyser > - gfloppy, a tool for formatting floppy disks > - gnome-dictionary, a program which can look up the definition of words > over the internet (including a panel applet to do the same) > - gnome-search-tool, with which one can find files by name or content > - gnome-system-log, a log viewing application > - gnome-screenshot, a tool to take desktop screenshots and save them > into a file > > I know there were plans of adding search to thunar and also a disk usage > view but those have not materialized afaik. Same for floppy formatter. > > Since many users would find these helpful but would not know where to > find them if not installed I propose including them. > > Pros, cons? > > Jani
Out of those apps, I usually have to remove the gnome-search-tool and gfloppy, because I remove my floppy drives, and the search tools seem to cause issues with memory and hard drive slowdown and lockup. That might be perceived lockup, since I get tired of waiting after a few seconds if I am in the middle of something and the drive light is on steady. Anyway, trackerd, beagle, gnome-search, etc all get removed for the same reasons. I do add the gnome-dictionary tool to all my desktops. and use the gnome-system-log when in gnome. It never occurred to me to add gnome-system-log to the other desktops (braindead?), even though it makes log viewing so much easier. gnome-screenshot is a take-it or leave-it for me. One request - any chance of xscreensaver with gltext and editable text options? I think it was available in Xubuntu Dapper Drake 6.10, but has since had the editable text option removed. Thanks for asking. good luck, -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://counter.li.org/] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
