MTP support by default

[Dridi Boukelmoune]

Hello Xfce friends,

I just installed the Xfce spin on a brand new laptop and ran into a
long-forgotten problem I think users should never face: nothing
happens when I plug my android device by default.

Installing the gvfs-mtp package is enough to help Thunar figure
everything out, and given the size of this package I think it should
be part of the default installation.

Recently I had to resort to using a 2011 laptop and I decided to use
the Mate spin to give a try to a DE I hear so many praises about. In
terms of polish, Mate is better IMHO and at least the Mate spin comes
with MTP support by default.

While I very much enjoy Mate, this short 2-month try was not enough to
convince me to switch. I just installed the Fedora 28 Xfce and the
only thing I have to complain about is MTP support because once again
I had to look it up and I think "regular" users would just come to the
conclusion that it doesn't work.

Thanks again for maintaining my favorite DE in my favorite OS!

Dridi

[Miro Hrončok]

On 27.8.2018 18:00, Dridi Boukelmoune wrote:
> Hello Xfce friends,
>
> I just installed the Xfce spin on a brand new laptop and ran into a
> long-forgotten problem I think users should never face: nothing
> happens when I plug my android device by default.
>
> Installing the gvfs-mtp package is enough to help Thunar figure
> everything out, and given the size of this package I think it should
> be part of the default installation.

+1

[Mukundan Ragavan]

On 08/27/2018 12:53 PM, Miro Hrončok wrote:
> On 27.8.2018 18:00, Dridi Boukelmoune wrote:
> > Hello Xfce friends,
> >
> > I just installed the Xfce spin on a brand new laptop and ran into a
> > long-forgotten problem I think users should never face: nothing
> > happens when I plug my android device by default.
> >
> > Installing the gvfs-mtp package is enough to help Thunar figure
> > everything out, and given the size of this package I think it should
> > be part of the default installation.
>
> +1

I have taken care of this in comps. Once merged[0], subsequent live CD
isos will carry this package.

[0] https://pagure.io/fedora-comps/pull-request/315

[Dridi Boukelmoune]

> I have taken care of this in comps. Once merged[0], subsequent live CD
> isos will carry this package.
>
> [0] https://pagure.io/fedora-comps/pull-request/315

Thanks!

It feels good to be back on Xfce, and I hope it will catch up with
Mate in terms of polish.

Dridi