But Exaile (http://www.exaile.org/) is written in Python and is a bit slow (though I still use it). On the other hand, it's probably faster than AmaroK...
On 12/16/06, Joshua Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It's not that bad. No Gnome depends. Do sudo dpkg -i /path/to/exaile.deb then sudo aptitude fix exaile and you are good to go. -Josh On 12/16/06, Ronnie Whisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Exaile! looks nice but holy dependencies...... > > > > On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:46:06 -0500 > Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey folks, > > > > On Sat, 2006-16-12 at 10:37 -0700, Joshua Gardner wrote: > > > There's also Exaile!, which isn't in the repositories but there are > > > Ubuntu .deb packages available on there website. (I don't have a > > > link right now. If I did I would give it to you. A couple seconds on > > > > google.com/linux found it for me.) Exaile! is a GTK application > > > similar to AmaroK. It's lightweight in RAM and required libraries. > > > Try it out. > > > > > > -Josh > > > > > > On 12/16/06, Ronnie Whisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Use gmusicbrowser for you audio library playback program... > > > its very > > > like and handles large libraries easily and very fast.. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:58:29 -0400 > > > "Cody Somerville" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > A few tips/ideas for improving performance: > > > > > > > > 1. You might want to look for an alternative to Amarok > > > > as > > > it is > > > > very heavy and requires kde libs. > > > > this is definitely the main concern for my plan -- I agree it's very > > heavy. however I haven't found anything else that's as user-friendly. > > > two concerns here: > > > > 1 -- I need to make this absolutely foolproof or my family will just > > get annoyed with me for futzing with a coputer. myhtv has worked > > great here; edubuntu on the other hand just languishes. I want to be > > sure spouse & kids can use this in a very intuitive way. > > 2 -- I am also buying an ipod (hence option 5 below doesn't work so > > well for me!). It's important to me that the ipod also works > > unproblematically. anyway I haven't got the ipod yet so I will > > experiment with exaile as soon as it gets here. will also check out > > gmusicbrowser-- that's one I hadn't heard of > > > > > > > > 2. If you aren't going to be using the desktop (ie. > > > > icons > > > on the > > > > desktop), you could disable xfdesktop. > > > > 3. Try changing your theme to a more light-load theme > > > > (if applicable). 4. If you have kde and gnome services > > > > enabled > > > at boot > > > > time, it will add a lot of wait time. > > > > 5. Get a faster computer? > > > > 6. I found 6.06 (Dapper) a bit faster then 6.10 (Edgy) > > > but I can't > > > > say for sure. > > > > just went through a fair amount of hassle installing edgy, think I'll > > stay with that for now. > > > > 7. Ensure the xfce4 compositor is disabled (most likely > > > is if you > > > > didn't enable it) > > > > 8. Remove any unnecessary panels or panel > > > > plugins/launchers/objects/etc. > > > > > > > > will do > > > > Hope that helps, > > > > > > > > thanks! > > matt > > > > > > > -- > BidTurf Auctions > > http://www.BidTurf.com > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
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