[clue] musings about pclinuxos lxde

[Dan]

I was under the impression from the last time i installed libreoffice at least under archlinux that if you did libreoffice in pieces that java was no longer a dependency as long as you didn't use the meta package. Did that change under pclinuxos or libreoffice, or did you just grab the meta package? Just curious :-)
Sent from my ASUS Eee Pad

Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:

>I had put away my System 76 netbook for a couple of months, because of
>problems with the Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E wireless card. It wouldn't
>work more than 10 feet distance from the wireless source.
>
>(Full disclosure: System 76 had a driver solution for this from day
>one IF YOU RUN UBUNTU.)
>
>Since my preferred PCLinuxOS LXDE had aged too much for updates, i
>reinstalled LXDE 2012.01, and, lo and behold, the wireless driver has
>been updated. Now I get 100% link level anywhere in the house!
>
>The latest LXDE is just great, with a few plusses and caveats caveats
>
>1. The latest firefox 10.0.2 with the latest shockwave flash plugin
>
>2. LibreOffice installation procedure (too big to be on the DVD). This
>installs java and the java plugin for firefox as well.
>
>3. cups is not installed. You need cups and foomatic-db iff you expect
>to configure a printer.
>
>4. The terminal (LXTerminal) is setup asd transparent by default. It
>takes a little digging to find the option to turn this off.
>
>5. There is no battery monitor, but the gnome battery monitor is easy
>to install ans works great.
>
>6. As noted in an earlier discussion (pclos kde), the update checker
>runs at login, notifies you of updates and new packages, and remains
>minimized on the panel with that same information. You can review and
>apply the updates with synaptic, or as I do with command line: apt-get
>update, apt-get dist-upgrade (on pclos NEVER EVER EVER use apt-get
>upgrade!!! or things will break).
>
>Sent from my now usefule System 76 netbook.
>
>Enjoy,
>
>
>
>-- 
>Collins Richey
>     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
>     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.
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