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Re: Lubuntu application discussion for maverick

 

The problem is, we could discuss which applications to include for years and
never reach a consensus.

Chrome is good, developed regularly and efficient. The only browser I'd
include over Chrome is the newest Midori which is extremely good. Its
improved lots since it was tested for the Lucid build.

I'd like to suggest ayttm as a messaging client. Its tiny, supports all the
major protocols including Jabber, (allowing facebook chat support) and has
very few dependencies.

I'd also like to second parole for media client

On 13 May 2010 08:59, Glenn <glenn_de_groot@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello guys,
>
> I noticed LXmusic is in the Ubuntu lucid repo´s, I installed it on my
> Ubuntu lucid desktop and after choosing an output plugin (default is
> none for some reason) in the settings menu it nicely played my mp3´s and
> possibly also other files.
> Will the next Lubuntu (Maverick) use LXmusic instead of Aqualung (which
> uses a lot more dependencies) and possibly other applications like
> LXtask instead of Xfce-taskmanager as default?
> Also we should take a look at Parole, a XFCE media player, since it has
> 25 dependencies and Mplayer has 49.
> The PPA is here:
>
> https://launchpad.net/~stemp/+archive/xfce
>
> It plays ogv, wmv and probably many other files without a problem.
> Most of the dependencies of Parole will already be used in Xfburn I think.
>
> Also what about replacing Chromium by Epiphany?
> Epiphany has only about 7 dependencies more but it is much more
> lightweight and I read on the Dutch Ubuntu forums it uses about 30 to 40
> mb less on an old pc with Lubuntu installed.
> This really can make the difference between slow and fast on an old
> computer. It probably will be a big project but what about the
> LXDE/Lubuntu team forking Epiphany and creating something like LXbrowser
> to avoid any gnome dependencies?
>
>
> Don´t think I am some weird guy bashing things in the mailing list, I
> have been following the LXDE, XFCE, Lubuntu, Xubuntu and Ubuntu projects
> for a long time and I know what I am talking about.
> I am also a member of the Lubuntu team as a translator, since the
> translation for Lubuntu to my language is sometimes poor and incomplete. :)
>
> From,
>
> Glenn de Groot
> :D
>
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