I completely agree with you Samus Aran. Running old software on linux is
a pain. There is no binary compatibility, there is a theorical source
compatibility, but it never compile easily. Because a lot of linux geeks
forget about the fact that old software can be GOOD software ! Compare
it with wind
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gcalctool
Last gcalctool revision (with gnome 2.28) allowed to change the base (eg, from
hex to dec) on the fly with radio boxes. I was a good feature. Why do you
change something working well !!!
Now I find the UI very ugly, too wide, unresizable, and
yes I did. I customized my box because there are a lot of components
(installed by the metapackage ubuntu-desktop) I never use. Anyway I was
able to remove libgnomevfs2-extra with gnome-applets still installed.
However, this seems not to be good and libgnomevfs2-extra should be a
needed package for
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-applets
libgnomevfs2-extra is a needed package for gweather to works.
On my feisty box, I removed the package and then the weather applet did fail to
get the data. gnome-applet dependencies should be changed to make
libgnomevfs2-extra a needed pac
