[xubuntu-users] Useful Desktop Applications to Add to Xubuntu

[B.J. McClure]

On Sun, 2008-06-01 at 02:51 -0700, David Collins wrote:
> Thanks, Vincent for the suggestion to install -
> xubuntu-restricted-extras
> I have added this to my script.
> 
> For a USB Bluetooth device, I have also added the installation of -
> gnome-bluetooth
> bluez-gnome
> 
> We never got this working in Gutsy, but Hardy is nicely set up to
> recognise the hardware.  A 'Bluetooth File Sharing' option is added
> under the 'Accessories' part of the menu.  I created a Desktop icon
> that runs 'bluetooth-properties --singleton' to set transfer options.
> 
> Currently, I need to start 'Bluetooth File Sharing' manually after
> inserting the USB device.  Is there a way to start this process
> automatically when the USB Bluetooth device is inserted ?
> 
> (I can't see a way to do it in the Thunar Volume Management options.)
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>              Hi, and thanks a lot for the valuable suggestions!
>         
>              I wanted to add that for whatever reason Brasero did not work
>          on
>         my install, so I removed it and am using k3b instead- I think it is a
>         superior program anyway.
>         
>         Xubuntu users,
>         
>         I have been using Xubuntu in my home for a bit
>         more than a year.  I now have Xubuntu on all  our PCs
>         - my own and my 2 teenage daughter's PCs.  I chose the XFCE
>         interface over GNOME and KDE for the usual reasons - it is simple and
>         fast and will run nicely on any old PC or mini-laptop (eg. the Eee PC)
>         when I eventually get to buy one.  
> 
> Thanks for this informative post!  My only xubuntu use is on a Eee I'm
> playing with for a couple grandchildren that are coming of computer
> age.  The only gotcha on the Eee that I have found is the wireless.
> Did not work oob with 7.10 or 8.04.  Had some issues getting madwifi
> to work.  Unfortunately, I don't recall exactly what they were at this
> point.  Installed the eeexubuntu version which solved that problem
> nicely.  Download links can be found on wiki here:
> 
> http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu:eeexubuntu:home 
> 
> This installs a 7.10 version and upgrade to 8.04 broke the wireless.
> To my knowledge there is no 8.04 version of eeexubuntu.  Thanks again
> for this post. Sorry this doesn't seem to be formatting properly. :-\
> 
> B.J.
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> 
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