Eff > On Nov 15, 2016, at 11:56, Kim Briggs <patiodra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear List, > > I am a little confused at the status of the file manager Thunar in > Xubuntu 16.04. This release has a description of "Long Term Support", > but as far as I can tell, the file manager has been crashing when > renaming files for about a year now!? > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunar/+bug/1512120 > > The place where I went to find out the current status was xubuntu.org, > which led me to the second link. > https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-16-04-1-release/ > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/FinalRelease/Xubuntu > > I'm kind of dumbfounded how this Long Term Support version was > released with a file manager that cannot reliably rename a file? I > experienced this behavior in April of this year myself and it is what > made me go back to 14.04. > > Before you reply that I can always use another distribution, please > know that is what I intend to do. I do WANT to stick with xubuntu > because, now that they have included a proper office suite, it is the > easiest and snappiest-performing distribution for my somewhat-older > hardware. Am I that much of a freak that I'm the only person who > can't work with a broken file browser on my desktop? There seems to > be no other discussions about what a pain this is. > > MY QUESTION: Instead of many people telling many people to try > different solution, couldn't a working solution be including in the > LONG TERM SUPPORT version that works? > > FYI. If you are experiencing a similar frustration it seems that the > distro Linux Mint is almost as efficient with resources and has a > working file browser. > > > -- > http://kimbriggs.com > >
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