issue81:critique
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issue81:critique [2014/02/23 16:42] – créée andre_domenech | issue81:critique [2014/05/18 14:28] (Version actuelle) – auntiee | ||
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Within a few months, Windows XP will reach its end of support. Lots of PCs are still running this operating system, and some of them are old or have low resources; a newer Microsoft OS cannot be installed; maybe the owner cannot afford or simply does not want to change the rig. | Within a few months, Windows XP will reach its end of support. Lots of PCs are still running this operating system, and some of them are old or have low resources; a newer Microsoft OS cannot be installed; maybe the owner cannot afford or simply does not want to change the rig. | ||
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+ | **Dans quelques mois, le support de Windows XP arrivera à son terme. Beaucoup de PC utilisent encore ce système d' | ||
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There' | There' | ||
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+ | **Il y a un beau projet, nommé StartUbuntu, | ||
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I remember myself as an XP user one year ago, when I jumped to Xubuntu LTS from XP; the installations of codecs, plugins, packages, ppa - where I wanted more up-to-date stuff - were all some kind of magic when I did it the first time, and I was wondering if there' | I remember myself as an XP user one year ago, when I jumped to Xubuntu LTS from XP; the installations of codecs, plugins, packages, ppa - where I wanted more up-to-date stuff - were all some kind of magic when I did it the first time, and I was wondering if there' | ||
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+ | **Moi-même, | ||
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Looking for such a distro, I found LXLE, and decided to test it in a real installation, | Looking for such a distro, I found LXLE, and decided to test it in a real installation, | ||
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+ | **En recherchant une telle distrib., j'ai trouvé LXLE et j'ai décidé de le tester dans une installation réelle, pour mes tâches à domicile.** | ||
LXLE’s website says that it is a distribution that’s very light on resources, based on Ubuntu LTS, presents an LXDE desktop, maintains updated software, and works out of the box after installation. | LXLE’s website says that it is a distribution that’s very light on resources, based on Ubuntu LTS, presents an LXDE desktop, maintains updated software, and works out of the box after installation. | ||
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+ | **Le site Web de LXLE indique que c'est une distribution qui est très peu gourmande en ressources. Elle est basée sur Ubuntu LTS, affiche un bureau LXDE, maintient ses logiciels à jour et est prête à l' | ||
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I downloaded the RC 32-bit live image, something more than 1.2 GB in size, and using UNetbootin, like an XP user can do, I prepared an usb stick for my driving test. | I downloaded the RC 32-bit live image, something more than 1.2 GB in size, and using UNetbootin, like an XP user can do, I prepared an usb stick for my driving test. | ||
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+ | **J'ai téléchargé l' | ||
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The default option of the bootloader brings up an LXDE environment with a beautiful background wallpaper, and an icon in the lower left side of the desktop enable us to replace it with random wallpapers from a very nice collection. Moving the mouse pointer to the left side of the desktop reveals an application bar, presenting the supposedly more used applications launchers; this bar is auto-hiding. On the top left corner is the install icon; on the right side of the desktop a simple Conky widget shows us some system information. On the bottom side of the desktop there' | The default option of the bootloader brings up an LXDE environment with a beautiful background wallpaper, and an icon in the lower left side of the desktop enable us to replace it with random wallpapers from a very nice collection. Moving the mouse pointer to the left side of the desktop reveals an application bar, presenting the supposedly more used applications launchers; this bar is auto-hiding. On the top left corner is the install icon; on the right side of the desktop a simple Conky widget shows us some system information. On the bottom side of the desktop there' | ||
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+ | **L' | ||
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I've set up an internet connection and launched the installer. The installer is the Ubuntu one, a very friendly and fast installer: I chose language, keyboard, time zone, user/ | I've set up an internet connection and launched the installer. The installer is the Ubuntu one, a very friendly and fast installer: I chose language, keyboard, time zone, user/ | ||
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+ | **Ma connexion Internet paramétrée, | ||
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The boot is quite fast and we are presented with a login mask, on which we find language options and 5 desktop set-up options: Windows XP, OSX, G2, Unity and Netbook. The first four are very similar in content, but the positions of the various bars and menu vary, and they mimic respectively the desktops in Windows XP, Mac OS X, Gnome 2, and Unity, giving a feeling of a comfortable, | The boot is quite fast and we are presented with a login mask, on which we find language options and 5 desktop set-up options: Windows XP, OSX, G2, Unity and Netbook. The first four are very similar in content, but the positions of the various bars and menu vary, and they mimic respectively the desktops in Windows XP, Mac OS X, Gnome 2, and Unity, giving a feeling of a comfortable, | ||
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+ | **Le démarrage est très rapide et nous sommes accueillis par un écran de connexion sur lequel on trouve des options de langue et 5 thèmes de bureau au choix : Windows XP, OSX, G2, Unity et Netbook. Le contenu des quatre premiers est très similaire, mais les positions des différentes barres et menus varient et ils imitent respectivement les postes de travail sous Windows XP, Mac OS X, Gnome 2 et Unity, ce qui met l' | ||
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I spent the most part of my testing time on the Windows XP paradigm, the layout we are presented with when starting the live media. | I spent the most part of my testing time on the Windows XP paradigm, the layout we are presented with when starting the live media. | ||
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+ | **Pour ce test, j'ai passé la plupart de mon temps sur le bureau style « Windows XP », c'est le bureau qui est chargé par défaut quand on lance le live CD. | ||
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The system load is small even for my Pentium M, 2.13GHz and 2GB ram – less than 5% cpu usage, around 140MB of Ram. Conky takes about 2.5% of the cpu load; by editing the ~/.conkyrc file, I raised the update interval of Conky from 1 to 10 seconds and the cpu usage dropped to under 2%. | The system load is small even for my Pentium M, 2.13GHz and 2GB ram – less than 5% cpu usage, around 140MB of Ram. Conky takes about 2.5% of the cpu load; by editing the ~/.conkyrc file, I raised the update interval of Conky from 1 to 10 seconds and the cpu usage dropped to under 2%. | ||
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+ | **La charge du système est faible, même pour mon Pentium M à 2,13 GHz avec 2 Go de RAM - moins de 5 % d' | ||
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Actually no post installation task is required; LXLE comes with a full featured set of tools; we have out of the box codecs, flash plugin and java; the microcode package is part of the installation. We have Firefox, Claws Mail as email client, Filezilla for ftp management, Flush as torrent client, and Pidgin for messaging. There is the movie player Totem and a music player Guayadeque; there' | Actually no post installation task is required; LXLE comes with a full featured set of tools; we have out of the box codecs, flash plugin and java; the microcode package is part of the installation. We have Firefox, Claws Mail as email client, Filezilla for ftp management, Flush as torrent client, and Pidgin for messaging. There is the movie player Totem and a music player Guayadeque; there' | ||
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+ | **En fait, il n'y a rien à ajouter après installation ; LXLE est livré avec un ensemble très complet d' | ||
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A good collection of system tools is included in the installation, | A good collection of system tools is included in the installation, | ||
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+ | **Une bonne collection d' | ||
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To complete my set-up, I installed only VLC media player, not strictly required, but because I like it, and I found it updated at the last version. And VirtualBox, by enabling the official repository from Oracle; Skype is another application that I'm still not able to replace with Linphone in the LXLE standard software collection. | To complete my set-up, I installed only VLC media player, not strictly required, but because I like it, and I found it updated at the last version. And VirtualBox, by enabling the official repository from Oracle; Skype is another application that I'm still not able to replace with Linphone in the LXLE standard software collection. | ||
+ | **Pour compléter l' | ||
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Another smart feature of LXLE is a bunch of PPAs enabled – we will always have the last stable version of some packages; some examples are: Libreoffice, | Another smart feature of LXLE is a bunch of PPAs enabled – we will always have the last stable version of some packages; some examples are: Libreoffice, | ||
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+ | **Une autre fonction futée de LXLE réside en l' | ||
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I had a very good time on LXLE: nice and responsive, with most of the tools I need ready for me just after the installation was over; the only small glitch was the locale setting – it did not work perfectly on all menus and packages. | I had a very good time on LXLE: nice and responsive, with most of the tools I need ready for me just after the installation was over; the only small glitch was the locale setting – it did not work perfectly on all menus and packages. | ||
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+ | **J'ai passé un très bon moment avec LXLE, c'est joli et réactif et tous les outils dont j' | ||
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Official site: http:// | Official site: http:// | ||
Download: http:// | Download: http:// | ||
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+ | **Site officiel : http:// | ||
+ | **Téléchargement : http:// | ||
Summary | Summary | ||
I give 4.5 / 5, because localization is not functioning, | I give 4.5 / 5, because localization is not functioning, | ||
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+ | **Résumé** | ||
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+ | **Je donne 4,5/5, car la configuration de la langue ne fonctionne pas toujours, ce qui pourrait être gênant. Toutefois, l' | ||
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The good: | The good: | ||
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• rich: most of the software packages I use were ready out-of-the-box; | • rich: most of the software packages I use were ready out-of-the-box; | ||
• stable: I did not run into any problem even if I was running a RC version | • stable: I did not run into any problem even if I was running a RC version | ||
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+ | **Les plus : | ||
+ | • léger et rapide : LXDE est un système très réactif ; | ||
+ | • agréable : le bureau est très joli ; | ||
+ | • riche : la plupart des logiciels que j' | ||
+ | • stable : je n'ai connu aucun problème, même en faisant tourner une version RC (Release Candidate = entre la version Bêta et la version stable). | ||
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The bad: | The bad: | ||
• localization is not perfect: some menu entries and some packages did not change to locale settings; it's a minor issue but could be annoying for newcomers. | • localization is not perfect: some menu entries and some packages did not change to locale settings; it's a minor issue but could be annoying for newcomers. | ||
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+ | **Les moins : | ||
+ | • La prise en compte de la langue n'est pas parfaite : certaines entrées de menu et certains paquets logiciels n'ont pas changé de paramètres régionaux (de langue); c'est un problème mineur, mais qui pourrait être gênant pour les nouveaux venus. | ||
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