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[Tim Bernhard <ohiomoto@xxxxxxxxx>]

Here are the answers to Steve's questions:

On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 6:12 AM, Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:22:47 -0500
> Tim Bernhard <ohiomoto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > 4. Having to learn how to add menu items to lxde.
> Can you give some examples, as this is probably programs not complying with
> the freedesktop.org standard.
>

http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Main_Menu  I realize that this is a lxde limitation
at the present time, but it's still a pain.


>
> > 5. Not being able to find my NAS from PCmanFM.
> A bit more information on this would be useful
>

I just found this in the latest release notes:

> Network File Browsing with PCManFM
>
> There has been reports of PCManFM having problems displaying networked
> drives and folders correctly. This is not actually a bug but a feature where
> it allows the user to decide if this package is required for them. If you
> would like to use PCManFM to browse networked drives and folders this is
> easily accomplished by simply installing the package gvfs-backends:
>
> sudo apt-get install gvfs-backends
>
>

It worked like a charm!  It wasn't in the notes when I installed Lubuntu.
 Also, I think it would be better to include this package by default. I
think most users would assume this functionality would be standard.



> > 6. Loosing some of my changes when Lubuntu updates. (Am I doing something
> > wrong here???)
> Again, some more information would be useful.
>

I lost the changes I made to xdg-open after one of the updates.  Not sure
why.

I also lost a hacked wireless module I compiled that would allow me to use a
wireless hotspot on my phone.  (Which is too bad because it worked fine up
to Ubuntu 9.10, but not with any of the 10.xx distros.)  Maybe it's
something I did wrong or it has to do with kernel updates? Like I said, I am
not an expert.



>
> --
> Steve Cook (Yorvyk)
>
>

I think that covers it for now.  Most of the stuff if more or less fixed on
this system, but I'm in the process of setting up Lubuntu on my new laptop
so I'll have to dig through a few of these issues again.  None of them are
deal beakers for me, but should I really need to dig around wikis and search
the net for this stuff?

I bet "Average Joe" won't bother and simply give up.

Tim