lightening xubuntu

[Vincent]

But Exaile (http://www.exaile.org/) is written in Python and is a bit slow
(though I still use it). On the other hand, it's probably faster than
AmaroK...

On 12/16/06, Joshua Gardner <mellowcellofellow at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It's not that bad. No Gnome depends. Do sudo dpkg -i /path/to/exaile.deb
> then sudo aptitude fix exaile and you are good to go.
>
> -Josh
>
> On 12/16/06, Ronnie Whisler <mrwislr at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Exaile! looks nice but holy dependencies......
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:46:06 -0500
> > Matt Price <matt.price at utoronto.ca> wrote:
> >
> > > Hey folks,
> > >
> > > On Sat, 2006-16-12 at 10:37 -0700, Joshua Gardner wrote:
> > > > There's also Exaile!, which isn't in the repositories but there are
> > > > Ubuntu .deb packages available on there website. (I don't have a
> > > > link right now. If I did I would give it to you. A couple seconds on
> >
> > > > google.com/linux found it for me.) Exaile! is a GTK application
> > > > similar to AmaroK. It's lightweight in RAM and required libraries.
> > > > Try it out.
> > > >
> > > > -Josh
> > > >
> > > > On 12/16/06, Ronnie Whisler <mrwislr at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >         Use gmusicbrowser for you audio library playback program...
> > > >         its very
> > > >         like and handles large libraries easily and very fast..
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >         On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:58:29 -0400
> > > >         "Cody Somerville" < cody.somerville at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >         > A few tips/ideas for improving performance:
> > > >         >
> > > >         >    1. You might want to look for an alternative to Amarok
> > > >         > as
> > > >         it is
> > > >         > very heavy and requires kde libs.
> > >
> > > this is definitely the main concern for my plan -- I agree it's very
> > > heavy.  however I haven't found anything else that's as user-friendly.
> >
> > > two concerns here:
> > >
> > > 1 -- I need to make this absolutely foolproof or my family will just
> > > get annoyed with me for futzing with a coputer.  myhtv has worked
> > > great here; edubuntu on the other hand just languishes.  I want to be
> > > sure spouse & kids can use this in a very intuitive way.
> > > 2 -- I am also buying an ipod (hence option 5 below doesn't work so
> > > well for me!).  It's important to me that the ipod also works
> > > unproblematically.  anyway I haven't got the ipod yet so I will
> > > experiment with exaile as soon as it gets here.  will also check out
> > > gmusicbrowser-- that's one I hadn't heard of
> > >
> > >
> > > >         >    2. If you aren't going to be using the desktop (ie.
> > > >         > icons
> > > >         on the
> > > >         >    desktop), you could disable xfdesktop.
> > > >         >    3. Try changing your theme to a more light-load theme
> > > >         > (if applicable). 4. If you have kde and gnome services
> > > >         > enabled
> > > >         at boot
> > > >         > time, it will add a lot of wait time.
> > > >         >    5. Get a faster computer?
> > > >         >    6. I found 6.06 (Dapper) a bit faster then 6.10 (Edgy)
> > > >         but I can't
> > > >         > say for sure.
> > >
> > > just went through a fair amount of hassle installing edgy, think I'll
> > > stay with that for now.
> > > >         >    7. Ensure the xfce4 compositor is disabled (most likely
> > > >         is if you
> > > >         >    didn't enable it)
> > > >         >    8. Remove any unnecessary  panels or panel
> > > >         >    plugins/launchers/objects/etc.
> > > >         >
> > >
> > > will do
> > > >         > Hope that helps,
> > > >         >
> > >
> > > thanks!
> > > matt
> > >
> > >
> >
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