Xubuntu "papercuts" and push for getting translations?
Charlie Kravetz
cjk at teamcharliesangels.com
Tue Nov 29 23:15:49 UTC 2011
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On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:33:39 +0200
Eero Tamminen <oak at helsinkinet.fi> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't have currently a working Xubuntu installation (disk broke), and
> don't have time to test Alpha/Beta ISOs, but I would have some suggestions
> on what to check from the test ISOs, based on looking at few different
> distros recent live-CDs with following requirements in mind:
>
> 1. Well localized (in my case, to Finnish)
> 2. Robust, doesn't crash etc
> 3. Easy to use; automatic security updates, codec & locale installation,
> geek stuff is behind andvanced settings, UI is consistent etc
> 4. Stable, doesn't change UI or apps in every release
> 5. Mature, has the basic features one expects from moderm desktop
> 6. Needs to work on older HW (0.75GB RAM, 1.4Ghz single core CPU,
> not much 3D accel to speak of)
>
> (The distro I'm looking for would be something I set up for older
> relatives.)
>
> So far I've tested within last week:
> * Windows 7 (on newer machine)
> * Ubuntu Unity 10.10 -> web demo looked fine, live-CD froze at bootup
> * OpenSUSE Gnome 12.1 -> went to ugly/slow Gnome3 fallback mode
> * OpenSUSE LXDE 11.4 -> lacking in localization and app features
> * Debian Stable -> lacking on automation
>
> Xubuntu 11.10 seemed more suitable than above ones.
>
>
> However, there were several trivial issues in Xubuntu 11.10 that
> it would be nice if somebody could check in the test releases
> and see if they could get fixed for the next LTS release:
>
> * Calendar applet (Orage). Unlike in all other distros/desktops
> and unlike all other Xubuntu panel applets, right clicking on
> the applet doesn't open the calendar below the applet. You
> need to double-click and Calendar opens inconveniently to
> the middle of the screen.
>
> (Seems like easy to fix "papercut".)
>
> * Many of the items in the applications menu have just "some wierd"
> app name which doesn't describe what it is for. For example:
> Catfish, Leafpad, Onboard, Xfburn, gThumb, Transmission, Gigolo,
> GParted, IBus, Abiword, Gnumeric, Parole (, gmusicbrowser).
>
> It would be good to have a proper name for each of the applications
> on the default install (Parole was even lacking a mouse-over
> description telling what it was for).
>
> Updating these needs localization changes too...
>
> * While Xubuntu has fairly OK localization for a Linux distro, it's
> clearly inferior to Windows or OSX. Is there any effort before
> releases to get localization coverage statistics for the default apps
> and to get things which aren't fully translated, fixed by poking
> translators and requesting translation help on the devel/user
> list/blogs?
>
> (I could do some Finnish translations this and next week if somebody
> handles pushing the translated message catalogs forward.)
>
> * High contract mode makes some icons to lose nearly all contrast
> they had because of the colors used in them.
>
> -> High contrast mode may need its own icons...
>
> * Of all these distros, Xubuntu website provides by far least
> info on itself, even the screenshots are just tiny/useless
> thumbnails (Ubuntu "live" demo within browser was best...).
>
> The roadmap blueprints listed an item for the website, but not much
> details and there were no mentions on roadmap about other points
> I mentioned above.
>
>
> - Eero
>
> PS. This is what I skipped in my tests:
> - KDE4 stuff, I assumed it to have same issues as Gnome3 stuff
> - MiNT Linux, it lives on sponsoring and seems a bit on geeky side,
> so its stability / long term prospects seem less guaranteed
> - Fedora, as it's not really intended for LTS like usage
>
Please do NOT expect Alpha1 to be fully usable. This is the first
images of a new release cycle. They are expected to be installable, not
ready for users.
- --
Charlie Kravetz
Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://counter.li.org/]
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