Xubuntu
This is not the official Xubuntu wiki page
Xubuntu
Packages
- xubuntu-desktop - Xubuntu desktop system
- xubuntu-live - Xubuntu live system
- xubuntu-artwork - Xubuntu themes and artwork
- xubuntu-default-settings - default settings for Xubuntu
- xubuntu-docs - xubuntu documentation
Description
Although the constant increment of the performances of the hardware in commerce and in spite of the lower prices of the RAMs, it is still important to have the possibility to install a minimal but usable system on old machines. The Ubuntu distribution adopts Gnome, Kubuntu the heaviest KDE, while the Xubuntu choice is Xfce, a modern and light desktop manager. The default Xubuntu will emphasize small footprint over friendliness when there's a choice, since the latter is the primary focus of gnome and kde. By basic tasks It's meant web,chat and office, most frequently done in internet cafes, school classes, offices, which do not really include photo editing and playing video, anyway many applications for more specific tasks will be installable from the CD.
Links
- Xubuntu
- MOTUXfce
Xubuntu Desktop
Packages
[+] : in main [-] : not in main
installed
- gdm [+]
- xfce4
- xfwm4
- xfce-mcs-manager
- xfce4-panel
- xfce4-session
- xfdesktop4
- gtk2-engines-xfce
- orage
- thunar
- xfce4-appfinder
- xfce4-mcs-plugins
- xfce4-mixer-alsa
- xfce4-taskmanager [?]
- xfce4-terminal
- xfce4-utils
- xfprint4
- gimp
- gqview
- gaim
- firefox
- xchat
- abiword
- evince-gtk
- graveman
- sylpheed-claws-gtk2
- xine-ui [to check]
- xarchive(r)
installable
- imagemagick [+]
- dia [+]
- gthumb [-]
- inkscape [+]
- xfmedia [-]
- ivman [+]
Description
Xubuntu packages need to be in main so the CD build infrastructure works with them and so they can be supported in ubuntu-updates and ubuntu-security.
Xfce version of xubuntu cames from svn, and it's a "beta" release of 4.4
The default file manager will be Thunar, it has the Linux/HAL implementation of the ThunarVfsVolume and ThunarVfsVolumeManager interfaces, anyway it will improved and if not it's possible a volume manager as ivman will still be needed.
The packages selection will be divided in:
- installed pkges - installable pkges [not installed but on cdrom]
Implementation
Pkges with gnome dependencies are NOT installed.
gdm and evince should just be packaged, the "media player" is still an open discussion.
update-manager, update-notifier should be integrated too, MichaelVogt (co-maintainer of update manager) is working on this, he added xbuntu-desktop upgrading support, they will be ready for dapper.
The one worth looking at is hwdb-client. Jani filed a bug on gnome-python2 to have gnomecanvas splitted out to a separate package.
gnumeric-gtk requires deb packaging skills. The debian maintainer of gnumeric said he's willing to take pacthes to build a gtk-only version from the same source package. Since gnumeric depends on libgoffice that package has to be modified too. Both these have --disable-gnome switches from upstream so it is just a matter of packaging, but not trivial as the rules files are a bit complicated and the relation of the gtk-only vs gnome enabled version of these packages needs to be figured out. Whether they can be installed along eachoter or not, and if the former how to name the libraries.
Frontends to configure network and cups need coders.
Following a preview of the Xubuntu menu, where each package is placed on the menu section
- menu sections: /usr/share/desktop-directories/
- menu apps: /usr/share/applications
<include type="system" />
development |
xfce4-development.directory |
editors |
xfce4-editors.directory |
edutainment |
xfce4-edutainment.directory |
games |
xfce4-games.directory |
graphics |
xfce4-graphics.directory |
office |
kde-office.directory |
internet |
xfce4-internet.directory |
multimedia |
xfce4-multimedia.directory |
utilities |
xfce4-utilities.directory |
Links
Xubuntu Editors
Packages
Description
Implementation
Xubuntu Graphics
Packages
Description
Xubuntu will provide tools for:
- advanced image editing (gimp,inkscape)
- image viewing (gqview)
- diagram creation (dia)
For advanced users is available imagemagick, a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in a large variety of formats. Most of the functionality of ImageMagick can be used interactively from the command line.
Tools for vector graphics and to Import images from a digital camera will be installable from the cdrom.
Implementation
gqview seems the only suitable imageviwer but it's not in main.
Unfortunatly Xubuntu lacks of a tool that can interact with the volume manager to import photos when a camera has been attached. As gnome dependent packages are not "allowed" gthumb can't be used, talking with the developer it seems it's not even possible to remove those deps. Anyway someone is working on porting features provided by libgomeui direclty to gtk+, in that case the developer will be happy to remove the libgnomeui dependencies.
- alternatives:
- gtkam[graphical]
- gphoto2[console]
Links
Xubuntu Multimedia
Packages
package
default install
installable
main
approved
yes
yes
no
yes
Description
Xfmedia itself relies on one piece of software for all its audio/video work:xine-lib, which has various dependencies and requirements depending on which media formats you wish to be able to play; see the xine website for details.
It would be perfect if xfmedia can be used, but a different (media)player should be considered too:
alternatives:
- xmms
- bmp
- gxine
- grip
- xine-ui
xine-ui: to check libxine
Implementation
Jukebox Centralization is good, right now there are many programs to do similar tasks, for example, there's a ripper, a cd player, a music jukebox, there should be a centralized jukebox with support for playing cd's & ripping, xfmedia has support for:
- audio cd
- dvd
- vcd
- ogg,mp3,avi ...
Anyway that player has issues while playing audio cd, grip seems a better choice.
All this has to discussed with developers
Links
Xubuntu Network
Packages
package
default install
installable
main
approved
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
pending
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
pending
Description
firefox,gaim and xchat are just fine, all in main and stable.
Implementation
There isn't still a mail client on xubuntu, a possible client is:
Firefox may be slow on a 64Mb machine, a console+graph browser as links2 could be included.
Links
Xubuntu Office
Packages
package
default install
installable
main
approved
yes
yes
yes
yes
Description
The office suite will not be for sure OOo, even if it could be on the install cd (installable)
Implementation
Right now only abiword is included, and possibly gnumeric will.
No presentation app
Links
Xubuntu Artwork
Packages
- gfxboot-theme-xubuntu
- xubuntu-artwork
- xubuntu-artwork-usplash
Description
logo ... palets ... wallpapers ...
Implementation
Artists will care about image and pkgers about image file name.
(Edubuntu has a nice artwork package that could be used as sample even for Xubuntu.)
an example:
# apt-get source ubuntu-artwork
# cd ubuntu-artwork-0.2.27/art
# ls
gdm gnome gtk icons metacity splash wallpapers
logo : icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/distributor-logo.png
gmd : gdm/Xubuntu/
- background.png
- icon-language-active.png
- icon-language.png
- icon-language-prelight.png
- icon-reboot-active.png
- icon-reboot.png
- icon-reboot-prelight.png
- icon-session-active.png
- icon-session.png
- icon-session-prelight.png
- icon-shutdown-active.png
- icon-shutdown.png
- icon-shutdown-prelight.png
- screenshot.png
- ubuntu.png
wallpaper: wallpaper/
- dapper-final-wallpaper.png
at the moment xubuntu-artwork icludes just the xubuntu-artwork-usplash, and it could be reorginized as ubuntu-artwork packages.
Links
Xubuntu Utopia
Packages
Description
There are the pkges that affect the whole Xubuntu usability ....
To discuss during the meeting
Implementation
It needs actions for:
- audiocd : xubuntu player
- audiodvd: xubuntu player
- camera: xubuntu images viewer
- blank cdrom: xubuntu burner
- printers: just notification (?)
- battery: just notification (?)
- scanners: just notification (?)
There is a critical issue with ivman, it's not killed on_user_logout , if user A logout and user B login the ivman session of user A is still running
a possible solution: http://www.dsslive.org/ivman-xubuntu.tar.gz
- issue: this setting solves the issue (--exit-with-session), but those scripts are not included in ivman
- the --exit-with-session script i sent to the ivman developer is now included.
Links
Xubuntu.org
Important Pkges
The following pkges should be installed but they have still issues (most of them are not yet in main)
- evince (pdf viewer)
- gqview (image viewer)
- xfmedia (player)
- gnumeric
Allowed Gnome Dependencies
- libgnomeprint2.2-0
- libgnomeprintui2.2-0
- libgnomecanvas2-0
Ubuntu Dapper Specs Table
DanieleFavara/Xubuntu (last edited 2008-08-06 16:15:04 by localhost)