lightening xubuntu
Matt Price
matt.price at utoronto.ca
Tue Dec 19 15:51:02 UTC 2006
On Tue, 2006-19-12 at 16:06 +0100, Vincent wrote:
> -s, --stop Stop playback
>
> For a list, see exaile --help
>
gaah. that was easy! thanks,
matt
> On 12/19/06, Matt Price <matt.price at utoronto.ca> wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-18-12 at 15:48 +0100, Vincent wrote:
> > But Exaile ( http://www.exaile.org/) is written in Python
> and is a bit
> > slow (though I still use it). On the other hand, it's
> probably faster
> > than AmaroK...
> >
>
> does anyone know whether exaile can be automated, whetheri n
> python or
> bash? I need to call a "exaile --stop-playing" somehow so I
> can rmmod
> my sound module before suspending the machine I''m using (the
> module is
> buggy). I can do this with amarok using dcop, but exaile
> doesn't have
> any documented interfacesthat I've yet been able to
> find. thanks much!
> matt
>
>
> > On 12/16/06, Joshua Gardner <mellowcellofellow at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > It's not that bad. No Gnome depends. Do sudo dpkg
> > -i /path/to/exaile.deb then sudo aptitude fix exaile
> and you
> > are good to go.
> >
> >
> > -Josh
> >
> > On 12/16/06, Ronnie Whisler <mrwislr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Exaile! looks nice but holy
> dependencies......
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:46:06 -0500
> > Matt Price <matt.price at utoronto.ca> wrote:
> >
> > > Hey folks,
> > >
> > > On Sat, 2006-16-12 at 10:37 -0700, Joshua
> Gardner
> > wrote:
> > > > There's also Exaile!, which isn't in the
> > repositories but there are
> > > > Ubuntu .deb packages available on there
> website.
> > (I don't have a
> > > > link right now. If I did I would give it
> to you. A
> > couple seconds on
> > > > google.com/linux found it for me.)
> Exaile! is a
> > GTK application
> > > > similar to AmaroK. It's lightweight in
> RAM and
> > required libraries.
> > > > Try it out.
> > > >
> > > > -Josh
> > > >
> > > > On 12/16/06, Ronnie Whisler
> <mrwislr at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > Use gmusicbrowser for you audio
> library
> > playback program...
> > > > its very
> > > > like and handles large libraries
> easily
> > and very fast..
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:58:29
> -0400
> > > > "Cody Somerville" <
> > cody.somerville at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > A few tips/ideas for improving
> > performance:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. You might want to look
> for an
> > alternative to Amarok
> > > > > as
> > > > it is
> > > > > very heavy and requires kde
> libs.
> > >
> > > this is definitely the main concern for my
> plan -- I
> > agree it's very
> > > heavy. however I haven't found anything
> else that's
> > as user-friendly.
> > > two concerns here:
> > >
> > > 1 -- I need to make this absolutely
> foolproof or my
> > family will just
> > > get annoyed with me for futzing with a
> > coputer. myhtv has worked
> > > great here; edubuntu on the other hand
> just
> > languishes. I want to be
> > > sure spouse & kids can use this in a very
> intuitive
> > way.
> > > 2 -- I am also buying an ipod (hence
> option 5 below
> > doesn't work so
> > > well for me!). It's important to me that
> the ipod
> > also works
> > > unproblematically. anyway I haven't got
> the ipod
> > yet so I will
> > > experiment with exaile as soon as it gets
> > here. will also check out
> > > gmusicbrowser-- that's one I hadn't heard
> of
> > >
> > >
> > > > > 2. If you aren't going to
> be using
> > the desktop (ie.
> > > > > icons
> > > > on the
> > > > > desktop), you could disable
> > xfdesktop.
> > > > > 3. Try changing your theme
> to a more
> > light-load theme
> > > > > (if applicable). 4. If you
> have kde and
> > gnome services
> > > > > enabled
> > > > at boot
> > > > > time, it will add a lot of
> wait time.
> > > > > 5. Get a faster computer?
> > > > > 6. I found 6.06 (Dapper) a
> bit faster
> > then 6.10 (Edgy)
> > > > but I can't
> > > > > say for sure.
> > >
> > > just went through a fair amount of hassle
> installing
> > edgy, think I'll
> > > stay with that for now.
> > > > > 7. Ensure the xfce4
> compositor is
> > disabled (most likely
> > > > is if you
> > > > > didn't enable it)
> > > > > 8. Remove any
> unnecessary panels or
> > panel
> > > >
> > plugins/launchers/objects/etc.
> > > > >
> > >
> > > will do
> > > > > Hope that helps,
> > > > >
> > >
> > > thanks!
> > > matt
> > >
> > >
> >
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