getting rid of iBus?

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it seems iBus (installed by default) is very broken:

https://launchpad.net/bugs/1284635
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1307648

it is so broken, in fact, that Xubuntu has stopped seeding it.

not having the need to use different keyboard layouts, i don't trust
myself to have an adequate perspective to pass judgement on it, but at
this point, i'm really feeling like we need to follow suit.

so to you users of different keyboard layouts, can you live without
iBus? if you uninstalled it, does it still work?

if we can live without it, it sure would be nice to get this done in
time for 14.10's release, so your prompt attention is most
appreciated.

wxl