Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] How to know applications are lightweight or not?

2010-08-20 Thread Leszek Lesner
This is an interesting topic. I really don't know how to recognize them before testing them. But looking to other so called lightweight distributions and there default applications would be one way to do this. Another one would be looking at the homepages of the different applications and trying

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Replacing Sylpheed email client with Claws Mail?

2010-08-20 Thread Julien Lavergne
Le jeudi 19 août 2010 à 22:49 +, Benny Hult a écrit : I don't know about you, but somehow that Sylpheed feels weird and just doesn't work for me. I've used Claws Mail with slower machines instead of Thunderbird and it's fast and smooth to use. Claws Mail was proposed sometimes ago. You

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] How to know applications are lightweight or not?

2010-08-20 Thread Julien Lavergne
Le vendredi 20 août 2010 à 12:53 +0700, Duy Hùng Trần a écrit : When I introduce Lubuntu to people in my country, I'm sure the most asked questions are: How to ... in Lubuntu?, What software to ... in Lubuntu?. Most people in Vietnam still use Microsoft Windows, they don't know about Linux,

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] How to know applications are lightweight or not?

2010-08-20 Thread Phillip Whiteside
To have a application considered for inclusion it must be stable, use no disk space to install and use no RAM or CPU time when running. If it meets all those of those, AND is in the official Ubuntu Repositories there will be a vote held. (yes, it really does seem like that when proposing a new

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] How to know applications are lightweight or not?

2010-08-20 Thread Duy Hùng Trần
Thanks everybody! You've helped me alot! I will always notice your instructions. Regards, Hung 2010/8/21 Phillip Whiteside phi...@phillw.net To have a application considered for inclusion it must be stable, use no disk space to install and use no RAM or CPU time when running. If it meets all