Aw: Re: Default settings for 4.4

[Stephan]

On 4/9/06, Aaron <aaronf0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> well, this is what i would suggest for a default configuration. as
> most people use gaim, that might want a place in there, i forgot to
> take it out, but i had it in when some version of gaim was crashing
> frequently.
>
> you can replace irssi with a irc client, i have no clue whats popular now
> days.


If not that as the developers of XFCE there is no way to guess what other
apps users have installed... whats the use of a launcher to an application
that does not exist?

erm, if you dont use abiword, put in OOo writer? are small switches
> that big of a deal?


same here...

and as YOU have no way to easily launch a root terminal, maybe YOU
> could make a small script to find out which terminal they should use,
> and how it should be started as root? because not everyone runs on
> ubuntu...


people who think they need root-privileges can easilly su themselves to root
from a normal terminal emulator.

and im sorry if the monitors are packed as goodies, maybe that should
> be changed? you know alot of people use things like that... (stupid
> noconformist userbase wanting standard features...)


Applications are inside the core because they are required to use XFCE as a
DE. not because some user thinks it is cool. Thats where the goodies are
good for.

- Stephan

> On 4/7/06, Jannis Pohlmann <info at sten-net.de > wrote:
> > On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 15:31:59 -0400
> > Aaron <aaronf0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > the default from 4.2 was pretty nice, how about keeping that?
> > >
> > > what i have is
> > >
> > > terminal
> > > > su -
> > > > home folder
> > > firefox
> > > > irssi
> > > > gaim
> > > abiword
> > > ---
> > > virtual desktop switcher
> > > ---
> > > sysmon bars
> > > netmon bars
> > > ---
> > > systray (no border)
> > > ---
> > > clock
> >
> > Well, I thought this thread was created for collecting suggestions for a
>
> > nice default configuration. Who cares about irssi, gaim, abiword and "su
> > -"?! And system and network monitors are goodies, they are not part of
> > the core Xfce packages.
> >
> > Please don't post your already customized stuff here. This is
> > nothing but counterproductive.
> >
> > BTW, "su -" would even raise errors on sudo-only machines, so putting
> > it into the default panel is a no-go.
> >
> > - Jannis
> >
> >
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