Super T is trash in Unity and Terminal in Xubuntu,
Super F is lens in Unity and the file manager in Xubuntu,
and so on..

That's quite confusing when you work either in Ubuntu or Xubuntu (depend of the choices made by the user you install the OS for) !

WHY? : in xubuntu should use lighter tool for programs management and 2 simple tools/features are totally missing in xubuntu >>
>Sorry for my english im RO... i think that my ideas are very important to make xubuntu faster and add some very important features.
>I think my ideas are very important to make xubuntu more usable and are simply to be applied (especially 2 and 3 by simply installing that 2 programs by default (gdebi,gnomedisk utility) thanks!

THATS MY IDEAS http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/4342/capturdeecran2704201218.png

Add the option "Skip all" in addition to the available "Replace all" while copying files.

I was washing some clothes in my washing machine and I went to my living room to watch some TV. Suddenly, there was an almighty "KERPOW!!!!" I run into the kitchen, and to my horror, my washing machine is in ruins with smouldering wires around it. Whats worse is that the clothes in the washing machine were my best and most expensive clothes!

I have had this washing machine ever since 1982, and it has never caused a single problem up until now!

Current default behavior on Xubuntu:
right click USB key icon, click EJECT,
The LED on the USB key is still lighted, sometimes even blinking, but the icon is gone from desktop.




Installing and using Disk Utility in Xubuntu to safely remove USBs can be tried, but Xubuntu automounts it again immediately.

Even if automount is disabled, no default right click menu for safely remove functionality in Xubuntu.


Thanks for reading.
New to Xubuntu.
Open to explanations and tweaks.

I like Thunar and Xfce. I've often worked with Nautilus and I like (need) the function f3 (two-column file manager) for fast work.

Packagekit provides a standard API for use in any Distro. Its already used by Kubuntu as well as quite a few other Distros and projects and work is also under way to integrate debconf and conf file handling into Packagekit which could lead to it being the backend for Ubuntu Software Center in Ubuntu. I think it therefore only makes sense to introduce it to Xubuntu and Lubuntu too.

This will standardize the various Ubuntu derivatives more making things easier for testers, developers as well as the end user.

[ OK - I get the idea, please STOP voting for this, I take it all back!]

Xubuntu is the obvious choice for resurrecting old low spec computers but it has comparatively little mindshare with the public at large.

Given how good it could be in terms of keeping hardware out of landfill and reducing the demand for new power hungry hardware I propose we change the name to Ecobuntu, in the same way as we call the educational version Edubuntu.

I mean no disrespect to the Xubuntu or xfce team in this, quite the opposite infact, I want their work to get more credit and use. I just think this little bit of semantics could make a fair bit of difference in the public's consciousness of Linux and Ubuntu and it could get some great PR/Press if canonical were to implement it and issue an even half decent press release :-)

This might also throw a bit more focus on getting linux acpi right eventually leading to more linux distros shipping with eco friendly power management defaults :-)

Motivated to post this by this post: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/13109/ - although for some reason when I try and include this as an 'Ubuntuforums.org thread URL' I just get 'The URL you submitted as an ubuntuforums.org thread does not seem valid.' - admins!

Roger Heathcote - http://movingtoubuntu.technicalbloke.co.uk

Ubuntu Software Center is not a good fit for a desktop environment that aims to be lightweight and to run well on old computers.

On my quad core system with 8 GB of RAM, I've noticed that Ubuntu Software Center often takes 4-5 times longer to start up than Gdebi or Synaptic, and although not a huge concern for me, it also ends up taking around 170-200 MB of RAM. Private, not shared.

I've noticed that in Xubuntu 11.10, local packages install with this and Gdebi-GTK has been removed, even though Gdebi uses far less resources, starts up much faster, and usually doesn't crash (Ubuntu Software Center can be unstable).

Ubuntu Software Center in 11.10 is additionally another thing that uses GTK+ 3 (XFCE and applications use GTK+2), and so it looks and feels non-native should the user change their theme from the default "greybird" which has a port to GTK+ 3.

Lubuntu, on the other hand, is getting its own software center, which is not bloated, and which uses GTK+ 2, I feel this would be a much better fit into XFCE since XFCE's goal is to be light and fast, and Ubuntu Software Center is undermining this.

I think Xubuntu, despite being the lite version of ubuntu is too heavy, I think it could do still more light, for example, could use a theme that does not consume so many resources, not to use default background image, a special version of firefox, openoffice, gimp .... just for this distribution, it would be a tough job but I think that with the help of the entire community and eager to do them and get Xubuntu is the best choice for pc little ones.