[xubuntu-users] What does IBus do for me? Can I get rid of it?

[Elfy]

On 03/06/14 12:45, Chris Green wrote:
> Since I upgraded to xubuntu 14.04 a new icon has appeared in
> notifications, called IBus.
>
> When I click on it all it offers me is "English - English (US)" which
> is wrong anyway as this is a UK English installation and always has
> been.  I have always selected UK English when installing and upgrading.
>
> What does it actually *do* anyway, I tried looking it up and its home
> page says "It is a next generation input framework" so I'm none the
> wiser really!  :-)
>
> Can I just delete IBus?  I don't want icons appearing in my panel that
> don't do anything useful.
>
Safe to remove. You'd not have seen it on a clean install.

Elfy

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