Dear All,
On 2/26/19 10:05 PM, Vinzenz Vietzke wrote:
Am Dienstag, 26. Februar 2019, 14:49:57 CET schrieb Liam Proven:
Any IRC client offers a subset of the functionality of Pidgin, which is
a perfectly good IRC client and has been my go-to one since I stopped
using Win 9x. So if the base insta
On 2/26/19 9:49 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
On 2/25/19 5:10 PM, Vinzenz Vietzke wrote:
I see. As throwing Pidgin out b/c of Matrix, Telegram etc. would also apply to
Hexchat and as we (currently) have no disk space shortage to keep an eye on so
I'd vote for keeping them both.
IMHO duplication is a b
Am Dienstag, 26. Februar 2019, 14:49:57 CET schrieb Liam Proven:
> Any IRC client offers a subset of the functionality of Pidgin, which is
> a perfectly good IRC client and has been my go-to one since I stopped
> using Win 9x. So if the base install should include a chat client, which
> I would say
On 2/25/19 5:10 PM, Vinzenz Vietzke wrote:
> I see. As throwing Pidgin out b/c of Matrix, Telegram etc. would also apply
> to
> Hexchat and as we (currently) have no disk space shortage to keep an eye on
> so
> I'd vote for keeping them both.
IMHO duplication is a bad thing. There's no reason
On 25/02/2019 11:28, Maurizio Galli wrote:
> It's not a great IRC client imo missing many of the features of
> hexchat or weechat.
weechat may be politically unacceptable to some uses/ countries.
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On 25/02/2019 13:01, Maurizio Galli wrote:
> just remember that "zypper
> in pidgin" will bring it back.
Not much use , if user does not already know pidgin and its uses.
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On 25/02/2019 16:10, Vinzenz Vietzke wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> The standard Xfce pattern should be B). For a minimal Xfce desktop
>> users can use the xfce_basis pattern package.
>
> I see. As throwing Pidgin out b/c of Matrix, Telegram etc. would also apply
> to
> Hexchat and as we (currently) have
Hi,
> The standard Xfce pattern should be B). For a minimal Xfce desktop
> users can use the xfce_basis pattern package.
I see. As throwing Pidgin out b/c of Matrix, Telegram etc. would also apply to
Hexchat and as we (currently) have no disk space shortage to keep an eye on so
I'd vote for kee
Hi Vinz,
> I think there's some kind of basic decision to be made. The Xfce pattern is
> for:
> A) Installing Xfce with some closely related tools like Thunar, Catfish etc.
> B) Bringing a somewhat "full flavored" Xfce distribution.
>
> For going with A) please leave out Hexchat (an propably other
Am Montag, 25. Februar 2019, 14:01:04 CET schrieb Maurizio Galli:
> Ok noted and like I said I will leave this open for others to chip in.
> Unless the decision affected multiple users, I still prefer not to
> install it by default. In that scenario, just remember that "zypper
> in pidgin" will b
Ok noted and like I said I will leave this open for others to chip in.
Unless the decision affected multiple users, I still prefer not to
install it by default. In that scenario, just remember that "zypper
in pidgin" will bring it back.
Cheers,
Maurizio Galli (MauG)
Xfce Team
https://en.opensuse
On 2/25/19 12:28 PM, Maurizio Galli wrote:
> PS: sorry for the spam. My first email had its format all messed up.
Ah, then I am sorry for criticizing its formatting. I hope my
instructions on how to bottom-post were useful, though.
(Hint hint! ;-) )
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Your quoting seems to be badly broken. I suggest you look into that, too.
It is not Gmail's fault; I use Gmail at home and it bottom-posts just
fine. Here is how:
1. Select "plain text" (bottom right, 3 vertical dots next to trashcan).
2. Enter the edit window, hit Ctrl-A to select all, then trim
Hi Liam,
I don't consider Pidgin to be obsolete. Rather not
particularly good with the more modern technologies.
> Telegram works fine in Pidgin and I
> use it daily
I personally had bad experience with the plugin, particularly with
"groups" and it doesn't really compare
to the official native Te
Hi Liam,I don't consider Pidgin to be obsolete. Rather not
particularly good with the more modern technologies.> Telegram works
fine in Pidgin and I> use it dailyI personally had bad experience with
the plugin, particularly with "groups" and it doesn't really compare
to the official native Telegram
On Mon, 2019-02-25 at 11:33 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 2/25/19 8:30 AM, Maurizio Galli wrote:
> > - remove pidgin (except for IRC, the protocols supported are no
> > longer
> > very popular. Users today mostly use Matrix, Telegram,
> > Discord which
> > are not properly supported by Pidgin).
>
On 2/25/19 8:30 AM, Maurizio Galli wrote:
> - remove pidgin (except for IRC, the protocols supported are no longer
> very popular. Users today mostly use Matrix, Telegram, Discord which
> are not properly supported by Pidgin).
You specifically mention Telegram. Telegram works fine in Pidgin and I
Dear All,
I would like to announce a cleanup / changes in the Xfce Pattern for
Tumbleweed and the upcoming Leap 15.1 release. Leap 15.1 release is
an important one for openSUSE-Xfce because it will have a new look
(already set in Tumbleweed), will have updated software such as Thunar
1.8, and man
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