Xubuntu Graphics

[daniele favara]

On 2/9/06, Jani Monoses <jani.monoses at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If xubuntu supports automatic actions for cameras .... maybe the image
> > viewer should be the same as the app used to "import" photos, if
> > xubuntu doesn't .... the image viewer can be whatever, and the user
> > can install an app from the cd and hack the ivman config file if he
> > wants such feature.
>
> did not think much about cameras, but for image viewer we have gqview.
> There's gtkcam
> but I haven't used it. Of course gthumb will be installable from the repos
> for those who
> have cameras and need it. But 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.
> The cost for lowend machines which will use xubuntu for basic tasks only,
> which do not
> really include cameras and playing video should be minimal. By basic tasks I
> mean web,chat
> and office things most frequently done in internet cafes, school classes,
> offices.
>
> > Two Question ... will gimp be on the default install ? and ... is
> > there a new xubuntu-desktop package somewhere ?
>
> apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
> or you mean something else?
>

i've seen these two pkges:

xfce4-xkb-plugin [*] <--- does this work ?
xfmedia [*] <--- is this already in main ?

but this si offtopic here :) ... i'll post a new message when i'll
collect the infos i need about graph. stuff

what i still don't see (and maybe because it's early) is an app for
viewing images and maybe gimp ...

i asked then to the gthumb devel if it was possible to remove the gnome deps:

"purtroppo libgnomeui fornisce funzionalità a cui non si può rinunciare.
Tuttavia c'è chi sta lavorando per portare queste funzionalità
direttamente in gtk+, a quel punto sarà mio piacere eliminare la
dipendenza da libgnomeui."

that is (more or less):

"unfortunatly lignomeui provides fetures it's impossible to renounce.
Anyway someone is working on porting those features direclty to gtk+,
in that case i'll be happy to remove the libgnomeui dependencies"

So my idea is now to collect infos about graph section, something like
XubuntuProposedPackages, make  a list possible packages on that wiki
page, and divide them in "default install [x]" and "installable[+]"
sections.

At the moment candidates seem to be:

- gimp [x|+]   [main]
- imagemagick [x|+] [main]
- gqview [x|+] [not in main]
- gtkam [x|+] [not in main]
- gthumb [+] [main]
- inkscape [+] [main]

there is then even gimageview.

here is the list of pkges on xubuntu-desktop (apt-get source xubuntu-desktop)

abiword
acpi
acpi-support
acpid
anacron
apmd
bc
cdparanoia
cdrecord
cupsys
cupsys-bsd
cupsys-client
cupsys-driver-gutenprint
dbus-1-utils
dc
doc-debian
dvd+rw-tools
firefox
foo2zjs
foomatic-db
foomatic-db-engine
foomatic-db-gutenprint
foomatic-db-hpijs
foomatic-filters
foomatic-filters-ppds
gaim
gs-esp
hal
hotkey-setup
hplip
hplip-ppds
irssi-text
ivman
lftp
libesd-alsa0
libgl1-mesa
libglib2.0-data
libglut3
libsasl2-modules
libxp6
min12xxw
mkisofs
mousepad
orage
pnm2ppa
powermanagement-interface
powernowd
readahead
screen
scrollkeeper
slocate
smbclient
synaptic
thunar
ttf-arabeyes
ttf-arphic-bkai00mp
ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp
ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp
ttf-arphic-gkai00mp
ttf-baekmuk
ttf-bitstream-vera
ttf-dejavu
ttf-freefont
ttf-indic-fonts
ttf-kochi-gothic
ttf-kochi-mincho
ttf-malayalam-fonts
ttf-mgopen
unzip
usplash
wvdial
x-ttcidfont-conf
x-window-system-core
xchat
xfce4
xfce4-appfinder
xfce4-battery-plugin
xfce4-iconbox
xfce4-mixer
xfce4-systray
xfce4-taskmanager
xfce4-terminal
xfce4-weather-plugin
xfce4-xkb-plugin [*]
xfmedia [*]
xfprint4
xkeyboard-config
xscreensaver
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
xterm
xubuntu-artwork-usplash
xubuntu-default-settings
xubuntu-docs
zip