[opensuse] Re: [opensuse-announce] First openSUSE-LXDE Meeting - Tuesday 2010-04-27 15:00 UTC
On 04/20/2010 04:15 AM, Andrea Florio wrote:
The next openSUSE LXDE meeting will be held Thursday 27th April, at 15:00 UTC.
The current list of scheduled topics is:
* Status of the openSUSE-LXDE, plans for future * Status of LXDE introduction video * Branding * status report * calls for testing * Q&A, misc
Further items are welcome; please add them http://en.opensuse.org/LXDE/Meetings/LXDE_Meeting_2010-04-27
Please use http://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx?y=2010&mo=04&d=27&h=15&mn=00 to get the time of the meeting in your time zone.
The meeting will happen in #opensuse-lxde IRC channel on irc.freenode.net
You are welcome to join and participate!
Andrea Florio
Good, I'm glad to see LXDE getting more discussion on the list. It has been looking great lately with the updates in: http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/X11:/lxde/ It would be positive if all the other good light-weight desktops (blackbox, fluxbox, openbox (collectively the 'boxtops'), enlightenment (E16 & E17), icewm, WindowMaker, xfce4, pekwm, sawfish, fvwm2, etc...) got more discussion on the list. There are some fantastic lightweight desktops and window manager out there that could benefit from more use and discussion. And..., new users might find out they like real Linux desktops that uses something other than the Win95 type start menu approach to accessing files and the control panel. Feeling adventurous, install LXDE. If you have used kde or gnome, you will be instantly up and running. Next, move to something like E16 or Fluxbox and get acquainted with using the mouse on the desktop to access your apps and system. Regardless of whether you stay with any one of the desktops, you will learn more about opensource and you will also add a few desktops to your toolbox that work extremely well with older hardware or low memory setups. ... and yes, all your kde and gnome apps work just fine in these desktops.. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:53:12 David C. Rankin wrote:
[...] ... and yes, all your kde and gnome apps work just fine in these desktops.. [...]
...provide you have the requisite gnome and/or kde support libraries installed... :-) -- =================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker@iinet.net.au =================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 21 April 2010 12:46:47 Rodney Baker wrote:
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:53:12 David C. Rankin wrote:
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... and yes, all your kde and gnome apps work just fine in these desktops..
[...]
...provide you have the requisite gnome and/or kde support libraries installed...
...which zypper takes care of installing for you when you install a useful app like krita. Anything that isn't installed but should is a packaging bug. Will -- Will Stephenson, KDE Developer, openSUSE Boosters Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:27:37 Will Stephenson wrote:
On Wednesday 21 April 2010 12:46:47 Rodney Baker wrote:
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:53:12 David C. Rankin wrote:
[...]
... and yes, all your kde and gnome apps work just fine in these desktops..
[...]
...provide you have the requisite gnome and/or kde support libraries installed...
...which zypper takes care of installing for you when you install a useful app like krita. Anything that isn't installed but should is a packaging bug.
Agreed. My point was that installing gnome or kde apps on an otherwise lightweight desktop pulls in other dependencies that add to the "bloat" and make it not quite so "light" any more, which may be a problem for users installing it on older/lower spec hardware for reasons of "light-ness". More a general observation than a complaint or criticism (coming from a KDE4 user since 4.0.4), but one that new users (esp. those new to linux) may not be aware of at first (but they'll soon learn). ;-). (I really should try to construct sentences with not so many parentheses...) -- =================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker@iinet.net.au =================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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