I guess the next image viewer is gonna be Viewnior: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1608748
2013/6/27 Andre Rodovalho <[email protected]> > I will give my opinion about some: > > > 3. In a fresh install, when you put a DVD in, nothing happens - no media > player. When you open GNOME Mplayer, and ask it to play a DVD, it moans > about finding nothing at /dev/dvd/ (probably because the system has mounted > the DVD under /media). > > I then installed VLC media player, now when I put in a DVD, it offers me > VLC which then plays the DVD without complaining about mount points. So not > now a problem for me since I prefer VLC anyway but you might need to look > at the configuration a bit. If it can all work with VLC then surely it can > with GNOME Mplayer? > > > You can also give a try on SMplayer... > > 4. When you lock the screen or suspend, you get XScreenSaver, which does > not fit with the look and feel of Lubuntu at all. Can this be skinned in > the same theme as Lubuntu? > > > XScreenSaver is gonna be replaced by an "LX app" on next releases... > > 5. The monitor settings tool lxrandr is rather limited, there is no way > through the GUI to configure more than one monitor or an external > projector. I installed arandr which solved that problem - perhaps arandr > should be part of the default install? > > > I use external projector frequently, the option of activating and > deactivating the VGA output on notebooks is released when you have the > equipment linked to it. It's quite simple options, resolution and > frequency. There's no config. but clone the view, but works! > > ... about the imagem programs, they might also be changed in a near > future. For editing, I guess you might also want to give a try on fotoxx > 13.06 (there is an onlder version on repos) and pinta. > > Comparing to MS softwares, Abiword is compared to MSWord, and leafpad > compared to notepad. > > > 2013/6/27 Zeth <[email protected]> > >> Hello, >> >> I installed Lubuntu on some old computers and liked it so much I am using >> now on all my family’s computers, including brand new ones. >> >> Even on a new computer, I want my computer’s resources (and electricity) >> to be used on the programs I am actually using, rather than the GUI Shell >> which I only see 5% of the time or less. >> >> I do not want to be another clichéd Unity hater and understand that >> Canonical needs to compete with Mac OS X and Windows 8 to reach the mass >> market, but personally I prefer the lightweight feel of Lubuntu and prefer >> the LXPanel menu over the Unity Launcher which always seems to be in my way. >> >> I am also a parent and Lubuntu is easier to lock down for child use >> (there is less to remove to start with), and children seem to get quite >> confused by the Unity Dash overlaying the screen (and the automatic >> shopping results are not appropriate for children). >> >> So I am a big fan of Lubuntu, and thought I should share some small >> criticisms in case it is helpful for the developers to get feedback. >> >> 1. When you first install Lubuntu, you are presented with just blue >> background. You might want to consider some kind of welcome app? Or open >> the browser at a welcome HTML page? Indeed there is not a lot of inline >> help in general. >> >> 2. When you right click on the empty desktop, you get a second >> interpretation of the main menu which is a bit redundant and confusing. I >> was expecting a menu with options such as "change wallpaper" and "open >> desktop in file manager" etc. >> >> 3. In a fresh install, when you put a DVD in, nothing happens - no media >> player. When you open GNOME Mplayer, and ask it to play a DVD, it moans >> about finding nothing at /dev/dvd/ (probably because the system has mounted >> the DVD under /media). >> >> I then installed VLC media player, now when I put in a DVD, it offers me >> VLC which then plays the DVD without complaining about mount points. So not >> now a problem for me since I prefer VLC anyway but you might need to look >> at the configuration a bit. If it can all work with VLC then surely it can >> with GNOME Mplayer? >> >> 4. When you lock the screen or suspend, you get XScreenSaver, which does >> not fit with the look and feel of Lubuntu at all. Can this be skinned in >> the same theme as Lubuntu? >> >> 5. The monitor settings tool lxrandr is rather limited, there is no way >> through the GUI to configure more than one monitor or an external >> projector. I installed arandr which solved that problem - perhaps arandr >> should be part of the default install? >> >> 6. The settings in general are quite a mess, and the default install of >> Lubuntu gives you duplicate menu entries for “Online Accounts” whatever >> that is (I have installed 13.04 on several machines and you always get two). >> >> 7. ”System Tools” then “System Profiler and Benchmark” (hardinfo) doesn’t >> fully work. I have tried it on several computers and always the same >> results, you get a succession of three frozen pop up windows, which if you >> close the main window then eventually renders, some choices in the GUI will >> result in more of these frozen windows. Are you missing some dependencies? >> >> 8. I am not sure about the choice of Times New Roman as the default font >> but in general Abiword is fantastic. However, I do not like how the Lubuntu >> file manager is configured to interact with Abiword. >> >> I opened Abiword, then I typed a document, then I clicked on File then >> Save, then I typed in a filename, then I pressed the Save button. Instead >> of saving the file I get a big red exclamation mark telling me to “Please >> select a folder below”. >> >> Having a 'Recently Used' tab is useful, having it as the default is the >> most annoying thing ever, especially when I have just installed the system >> and have not recently used anything. What is the point of the Windows-style >> default 'Documents' folder if it is not the default location for saving >> Documents? >> >> 9. Gnumeric is also a nice program, and when you press Save without >> specifying a directory, it fortunately does not default to ‘Recently Used’ >> but just saves in the user’s top level home directory, slightly less >> annoying but why doesn’t it default to Documents? >> >> 10. The Image viewer is not under Graphics which confused one of my >> family who was looking for a way to open an image. Also this program allows >> you to rotate or flip an image and then save that change, but does not >> allow you to crop the image. >> >> It seems to be that the only way to crop an image on the Lubuntu default >> install is to use mtpaint. This is a slightly weird program and I am not >> sure who it is really aimed at. mtpaint is friendly for casual users who >> want to crop their photos but conversely it is not going to be used by any >> graphic artist. I would suggest something like Shotwell would be more >> useful in the default install. >> >> 11. I am not really sure who Leafpad is aimed at. Non-technical users >> will use Abiword to type text while technical users will just install their >> favourite editor to get syntax highlighting etc. >> >> 12. Again I am not sure who Audacious is aimed at here, causal users will >> just open media files with the video player (GNOME Mplayer by default), >> people really into their digital music collection will probably have strong >> views and will install their own choice of music player. >> >> 13. I mainly just used Firefox before I started using Lubuntu, one thing >> that is nice about Chromium is that on old hardware, when a site causes the >> browser to go slow, you can kill that one tab and things go back to normal, >> whereas on Firefox you need to kill the whole browser. Maybe my experience >> is atypical since I see from the other mailing list posts that Lubuntu has >> decided to move to Firefox. Not a big issue for me as I will install both >> anyway. >> >> 14. Transmission is nice but is only associated with traditional torrent >> files, if you go to a magnet link, e.g. this one: >> http://magnet-uri.sourceforge.net/magnet-uri-example-no-js.html ) it >> does not open transmission until you configure it: >> http://askubuntu.com/a/133693 this could have been done by default. >> >> 15. I have not really used Sylpheed in anger yet but so far it seems >> nice. Pidgin is good, I actually prefer it over Empathy. >> >> 16. Bundled games are not important, but if you are going to bundle >> games, they seem a bit over-focused on card games, what about, say, one of >> the chess games in the repositories or something? >> >> 17. Sadly there is no presentation program by default. Does Lubuntu/LXDE >> already have plans in that direction? >> >> [I have had a bit of a play at hacking on GNOME Ease, which is a nice >> simple presentation program (it is a small wrapper around Clutter which >> does all the work). GNOME Ease looks very pretty but requires older >> versions of the dependencies than are currently in Lubuntu/Ubuntu. I >> started to play with getting Ease to work with the current available >> dependencies but I’m wondering if it would be better to start from scratch >> in QT if that is the way the LXDE wind is blowing?] >> >> 18. Perhaps not the usual target machine for Lubuntu, but on a Retina >> display Macbook Pro in its full resolution, Lubuntu/LXDE looks a bit >> insane. You can increase the font sizes to readable size (e.g. 20px) but a >> lot of other things such as the taskbar and program menubars cannot be >> appropriately re-sized and just look very small indeed. >> >> Anyway, thanks to the Lubuntu and LXDE developers for such a nice >> operating system, keep up the good work! >> >> Best Wishes, >> Zeth >> >> >> -- >> Lubuntu-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users >> >> >
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