Default Applications for Ubuntu 11.04, Banshee and LibreOffice major contenders

Saturday, December 18, 2010 , , , , 0 Comments

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Ubuntu 11.04 promises to bring many changes to Ubuntu Distro. Default applications have undergone a lot of changes recently and this trend continues. Banshee is the next major application that is set to replace the current default music player Rhythmbox. Rhythmbox replacement is subjected to the size of Banshee so that it can fit in the CD along side other applications.

Other major changes to default applications are:

  • Shotwell, Evolution, Totem will remain as default applications
  • Thunderbird was considered to be a potential alternative to evolution as default mail client but dropped from this cycle because of issues regarding calendar, contact, integration with appmenu and messaging menu
  • Firefox 4 instead of Chromium as default web browser as Chromium needs better integration with    desktop and some security issues. 
  • Oneconf integration
  • Gnome Dictionary has been dropped.
  • LibreOffice if it is ready for Ubuntu 11.04

Iqrash Awan

Some say he’s half man half fish, others say he’s more of a seventy/thirty split. Either way he’s a fishy bastard.

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