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[Bastien Traverse <bastien.traverse@xxxxxxxxx>]

   - From what I understood in Jeremy's message, the switch to Firefox and
   LibreOffice is already enacted, so I won't really discuss it; however just
   to say that, as a newcomer to Ubuntu (I made the switch from W7 just after
   UGR 12.10 was released and it was my first GNU/Linux distro :-}), I was
   glad to discover Epiphany, a really straightforward implementation of
   Webkit; same goes for Abiword that I actually use to quickly view files (it
   opens nearly every kind of formats!) and Gnumeric, which opens .xls without
   a glitch (I don't actually *work* on spreadsheets, just read them).

All that to say that I would have probably never heard of (nor installed)
those programs, if it wasn't for their being default in UGR 12.10.
Nevertheless, I do think GNOME should quit developping their own web
browser to focus on less overcrowded and more strategic sectors, plus I had
plans to install LibreOffice in my next install anyway :-)


   - So about the email client, I don't use one either (webmail it is),
   however it seems to me a proper distro *should* ship with one; hence I
   recommend Evolution over TB, especially because it has a built-in agenda
   feature that works almost seamlessly with Gmail and integrates nicely with
   GNOME calendar.


   - About games, yeah I don't use them either: I would have uninstalled
   them all if it wasn't for being lazy; so keep it small, and that will be
   for the best ^^

I'd like to seize the opportunity to thank J. Bicha, for putting together
this unofficial Ubuntu flavor. I had much pleasure discovering the
GNU/Linux world through what is in my opinion the most promising (modern)
desktop environment out there, whilst retaining all the great Ubuntu has to
offer to newcomers like me.

Thanks a lot, and keep the good work!


Bastien

2013/2/21 chris hermansen <clhermansen@xxxxxxxxx>

> This is great news! Since my initial forays with UGR I had found it more
> straightforward to install gnome shell on vanilla Ubuntu though that is
> only because I had worked with UGR first.
>
> let me offer you our family of five's demographics:
>
> firefox 100%
> libreoffice 80% (20% ms office / windoze)
> solitaire 40%
> sudoku 20%
> other games 0%
> web e-mail 90% (10% ms outlook / windows)
>
> other
>
> gimp 100%
> shotwell 100%
> rhythmbox 60% guayadeque 20% gmpc / mpd 20%
>
> the ms stuff above comes from my spouse who is compelled to use windows
> through her work. however in our family you can see we have fixed Ubuntu
> bug #1...
>
> Not to be a Google cheerleader here but for those of us who have fallen
> under the spell, it would be cool to have a "google control center" that
> enables things we all use from Google that could be integrated into say the
> Gnome shell as say "favourites" at the top of the screen...
>
> * translation (I think there is an app for this currently)
> * use Drive as a cloud drive
> * open a browser window as GMail
> * empathy as Gtalk (I bet there is one of these already)
>
> Chris Hermansen
>
> C'est ma façon de parler.
> On Feb 21, 2013 10:46 AM, "Alfredo Hernández" <aldomann.designs@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I'm glad to hear these great news. A few comments:
>>
>>    - I don't find logical to ship both Firefox and GNOME Web, if you are
>>    going to use Web, you are eventually going to uninstall/purge Firefox.
>>    If that was the case, it's not a problem to install Web whilst you are
>>    removing Firefox.
>>
>>
>>    - Yay for LibreOffice!
>>
>>
>>    - I wouldn't ship an e-mail client. The most of users use a webmail.
>>    However, if we really need to ship one, I'd go for Evolution, it works and
>>    it's fully integrated with the desktop.
>>
>>
>>    - About games, I think that the most used are: Aisleriot, Mahjongg,
>>    Mines, Quadrapassel (and probably Sudoku and Swell Foop, which is a
>>    very nice game). I don't find Tetravex enjoyable in any way, I
>>    wouldn't ship it. About Iagno, it's interestingly fun, but I don't
>>    know how many people are going to use it; I wouldn't say 'no' to shipping
>>    this one.
>>    I think that we shouldn't ship more that 5-7 games.
>>
>> Regards, Alfredo.
>>
>>
>> On 21 February 2013 09:31, Samuel Monsarrat <smonsarr.junk@xxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> On 21/02/2013 04:52, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
>>> > I am interested in your thoughts about not installing an email client
>>> > by default because many people just use webmail while others prefer
>>> > Evolution and others prefer Thunderbird.
>>> I personally use Thunderbird and would vote for it being the default
>>> because we are going for Firefox so it would seem elegant to stay with the
>>> same framework, it is a client that more new users are
>>> likely to be familiar with and enables people to easily import an
>>> existing profile form a prefious system regardless of the OS.
>>> But I would prefer no default client to Evolution as it can be a bit
>>> daunting to remove.
>>> The main problem with Thunderbird is the lack on integration of
>>> lightning with the date widget.
>>>
>>> > Also I think we should limit the number of games. An email thread [1]
>>> > a few months ago suggested aisleriot, iagno, mahjongg, sudoku, and
>>> > tetravex as a reasonable selection.
>>> I would personally not put any games at all but if you must, as little
>>> as possible.
>>>
>>> Samuel.
>>>
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