Replacements for ThunderBird and FireFox

[Stefan Schwarzburg]

Hi,
maybe Firefox is a bit on the large side compaired to some  others, but I
guess most  Xubuntu users (like me) will install it. And its always a bit
stupid to have a lot of unused software Xubuntu.deb depends on ...

Cheers,
Stefan

2006/12/6, Wesley Hearn <gr33nn1nj4 at gmail.com>:
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> I think FireFox and ThunderBird are too heavy of programs for Xubuntu so I
> propose  that we switch to kazehakase and sylpheed-claws-gtk2
> hereis there apt-cache show info
>
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> Package: kazehakase
> Priority: optional
> Section: universe/web
> Installed-Size: 2148
> Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <ubuntu-motu at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Original-Maintainer: Hidetaka Iwai <tyuyu at debian.or.jp>
> Architecture: i386
> Version: 0.4.2-1
> Provides: www-browser
> Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.1), libc6 (>= 2.5-0ubuntu1), libcairo2 (>=
> 1.2.4), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.3.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2), libgcc1 (>= 1:
> 4.1.1-17ubuntu1),
> libgcrypt11 (>= 1.2.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgnutls13 (>= 1.4.0-0),
> libgpg-error0 (>= 1.4), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.10.3), libnspr4-0d,
> libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.5), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.8rel), libruby1.8 (>= 1.8.4),
> libtasn1-3 (>= 0.3.4), libx11-6, libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxext6,
> libxfixes3, libxi6, libxinerama1, libxrandr2, libxrender1, libxul0d, zlib1g
> (>= 1:1.2.1), ruby (>= 1.8.0), ruby (<< 1.9.0), libgtk2-ruby,
> libgettext-ruby1.8                                                Recommends:
> hyperestraier
> Suggests: migemo
> Conflicts: kazehakase-migemo
> Filename: pool/universe/k/kazehakase/kazehakase_0.4.2-1_i386.deb
> Size: 775700
> MD5sum: a2cc767af24abeae46a84e5f953fd1da
> SHA1: 738121ab391a593accd2fc89c6c3969811474a67
> SHA256: 4f1a3c660908782f93c20067985a0c22034dfa923ca2211ffab993934e07772a
> Description: gecko based web browser using GTK
> Kazehakase is a web browser using Gecko as HTML rendering engine.
> .
> Kazehakase has toolbar with rss/rdf menus, rss/rdf viewer, normal
> bookmarks,
> search window for google.  These are to be available as plugins.
> Bugs: mailto:ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Origin: Ubuntu
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> Package: sylpheed-claws-gtk2
> Priority: optional
> Section: universe/mail
> Installed-Size: 2820
> Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <ubuntu-motu at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Original-Maintainer: Ricardo Mones <mones at debian.org>
> Architecture: i386
> Version: 2.6.0-1
> Replaces: sylpheed-claws-gtk2-image-viewer (<= 1.9.6cvs1)
> Provides: mail-reader, news-reader
> Depends: libaspell15 (>= 0.60), libc6 (>= 2.5-0ubuntu1), libcompfaceg1,
> libetpan10 (>= 0.48-1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgnomeprint2.2-0 (>=
> 2.12.1), libgnomeprintui2.2-0 (>= 2.12.1), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.10.3),
> libice6, libldap2 (>= 2.1.17-1), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.5), libpisock9,
> libsm6, libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8b-1)
> Recommends: sylpheed-claws-gtk2-i18n, metamail, xfonts-100dpi |
> xfonts-75dpi | xfonts-100dpi-transcoded | xfonts-75dpi-transcoded, aspell-en
> | aspell-dictionary, sylpheed-claws-scripts
> Suggests: sylpheed-claws-gtk2-doc (= 2.6.0-1)
> Conflicts: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.9)
> Filename:
> pool/universe/s/sylpheed-claws-gtk2/sylpheed-claws-gtk2_2.6.0-1_i386.deb
> Size: 1314016
> MD5sum: b32d14d5dc61614d2813e466b9bffdc5
> SHA1: 83fc70f17589a475ebe7c2a28e1c41a2c3d7f69d
> SHA256: 495bbfa8e4853876ce5d55ed53f194fc0956941c64e0b4ed70bbcb37afc0315d
> Description: Fast, lightweight and user-friendly GTK2 based email client
> Sylpheed-Claws GTK2 is the GTK2 version of the Sylpheed-Claws
> mail client, which is itself the extended version of the
> Sylpheed mail client. It aims to have the features that
> Sylpheed-Claws has and more, with a GTK2 interface.
> It is also extensible using loadable plugins, which can provide
> support for additional features, like other storage formats,
> feeds reader, calendar management, mail filtering, etc.
> Bugs: mailto:ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Origin: Ubuntu
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> any ideas or other programs that would be good alternatives?
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