Linux Lite 2.6 Suggestion Thread

[Coastie]

... This distros is for newbies to linux ...

Several times, I have had to be reminded of this too. But Jerry, I think you are being too modest about how great this distro and forum are. I suggest adding something to the effect: Linux Lite is for newbies to Linux and beyond. It is great distro to build on and tweak to make it your own for all levels of users with the help from you and this forum! 

[morti]

this may be getting 'pickie' as I can set this up myself...but wondered bout a different office suite thats more graphics oriented rather than with words...
calligra - is an office suit. has krita for graphics..and is in some ways more capible than gimp.

though it may not have the MSword compatibiliy that most word smiths desire.
..and Gimp is sort of like a linux standard..so I guess is expected by most.

[kintpuash]

calligra - is an office suit. has krita for graphics..and is in some ways more capible than gimp.

Calligra require KDE dependencies?

[Valtam]

Calligra require KDE dependencies?

And as such, would not be included in LL that uses the XFCE environment. Calligra is considered a user preference in this context.

[morti]

Ok - fair enough. 

Have been using it in LinuxLite.....and still trying it out.(though I should be using a more grunty PC than a netbook.)  Just wondered if it had been considered as an alternative as the graphics abilities seem rather good....though gimp probably meets most requirements any way.

yep - guess it is more of a 'user preference'.

[cirimax]

Hi Jerry !


a quick feedback on 2.6 x64bit : super, been thrashing at it, rock solid as usual.


I would like to suggest the following additional tools as default on new release, if these are not considered as a customisation or personl choices of course :


Image viewers
replace default with either


a. gThumb or
b. Shotwell.


Don't know which is less invasive on chosen "architecture". However I'm am using both and they both seem super fast and very stable.


Multimedia
c. Replace GIMP with PINTA. IMHO, much better for most people, not the Graphic Designers of course.
d. Audacious as default audio player. ( I suspect this has been already discussed in other threads )
e. Include Selene Media Encoder for full encorder management. Great diagnostic tool to check the codecs are all there and which are missing.
f. Include Imagination for building photo slideshows. I don't seem to have seen anything of the kind onboard.


I also decided to jump to xfce 4.12, so I upgraded from 4.10 ... seems even better with kernel 3.13.0.61 onboard !
I dont have a super computer ( a pentium dual core with 8gb ram ) and its purring like a cat.


Looking forwards to your feedback and insights.


Ad majora, Cirimax

[Valtam]

Image viewer - I am considering this, but any major changes to Series software is likely to occur in the following Series. Something with a few more options never hurts.

Gimp vs Pinta - this comes up more and more. I like and use Pinta myself however it lacks the other features we need in a more detailed image editor.

Auducious - the community voted on this a while ago, it's been decided to provide Clementine. Search the forums to see the thread.

Codecs - Restricted Extras takes care of this.

Imagination - more of a niche request, not something we consider a widely used, daily tool.

XFCE 4.12 - been covered many times, we would never include a major upgrade within a series of the DE, with so many different set ups out there, it's just to risky and theres to many variables at play.

Thank you Cirimax

[newtusmaximus]

Is there a way to include word search into Thunar  by default, as an addition to catfish? Thanks.

[Valtam]

https://www.freecinema2022.gq/forums/tutor...in-thunar/

[newtusmaximus]

Sorry  Jerry , does not the above procedure only find  files with the  file name including the word in question?  What I was trying to explain was, I am looking for a word or phrase that is in a document or pdf etc. that is filed in my system somewhere - where  it is I have forgotten or misfiled that document/pdf ; I am trying to find it.  When using windows I could search the whole of the "drive" for that word or phrase  and all relevant documents containing that word or phrase would appear, which I could then trawl through etc. to find the exact document I needed..

As I understand it, catfish  will only locate a filename containing a specific word in the filename??  Am I correct?  I understand that Terminal can be used to locate a specific word , but I was hoping for an "easier"  non terminal use route??