Re: [Evolution] stability/Reid

2009-10-09 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
> My understanding is that the RPM based distros like newer Fedoras have > also figured out how to get this kind of stability, for the most part; I > don't use them so I can't say. A long time ago. Package management on all current mainstream distributions is equivalent. You can practically use

Re: [Evolution] stability/Reid

2009-10-09 Thread Reid Thompson
On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 11:12 -0700, bg wrote: > Athlon 2.6 with 1Gb RAM, 160Gb RAID Level 1 array. > would work fine for ubuntu or gentoo depending on what effort you want to put into your distro ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org

Re: [Evolution] stability/Reid

2009-10-09 Thread Reid Thompson
On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 14:50 -0400, Paul Smith wrote: > Anyway, FYI nothing happens _automatically_; what happens is when > there > are packages available for upgrade you get an icon in your > notification > area[*] which you can select to open the update manager. You can then > choose whether to i

Re: [Evolution] stability/Reid

2009-10-09 Thread Paul Smith
On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 11:12 -0700, bg wrote: > > what specs does your box have? > > Athlon 2.6 with 1Gb RAM, 160Gb RAID Level 1 array. > > I've been experimenting with Ubuntu 8.10 on another machine. > One of the things that both looks attractive about Ubuntu, > and also generates a bit of appreh

Re: [Evolution] stability/Reid

2009-10-09 Thread bg
On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 09:22, Reid Thompson wrote: > On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 09:03:18AM -0700, bg wrote: > > > > Older than dirt - Core2. > > > > It's pretty stable, though. The only real problem that's beginning > > to get annoying is the Mozilla 1.7 browser, with the increasing > > number of we

Re: [Evolution] [OT] Re: stability/xavier

2009-10-09 Thread Paul Smith
On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 18:14 +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote: > > I'm probably going to be upgrading within the next 30 days. > > I've been considering Ubuntu 9.04. Any suggestions? > > Within the next 30 days ? Wait for Ubuntu 9.10, this one will come with > LTS (Long Term Support), and apparently that

Re: [Evolution] stability/xavier

2009-10-09 Thread Reid Thompson
On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 12:22:15PM -0400, Reid Thompson wrote: > And the make scripts provided by > Paul/others makes running from git ( if you have the desire ) fairly ^ evolution > straightforward. _

Re: [Evolution] stability/xavier

2009-10-09 Thread Reid Thompson
On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 09:03:18AM -0700, bg wrote: > > Older than dirt - Core2. > > It's pretty stable, though. The only real problem that's beginning > to get annoying is the Mozilla 1.7 browser, with the increasing > number of web pages it refuses to read, even with as late a > vintage plug-i

[Evolution] [OT] Re: stability/xavier

2009-10-09 Thread Xavier Bestel
On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 09:03 -0700, bg wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 18:09 -0700, bg wrote: > > > Maybe my version of Evo is > > > too ancient (a distinct possibility) > > Xavier Bestel wrote: > > > Wow .. you're using "Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2)" !! > > I didn't known it was possible to

Re: [Evolution] stability/xavier

2009-10-09 Thread bg
> On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 18:09 -0700, bg wrote: > > Maybe my version of Evo is > > too ancient (a distinct possibility) Xavier Bestel wrote: > Wow .. you're using "Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2)" !! > I didn't known it was possible to still use such an ancient beast. How > old is your linux dis

Re: [Evolution] stability

2009-10-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 09:48 -0700, David L wrote: > On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 9:08 AM, bg wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 08:12, Ben May wrote: > > > > Likewise. I can't believe there are so many people who think you > > have to "reconfigure" an email program in order to move the cursor > > anywhere

Re: [Evolution] stability/Jewett

2009-10-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 11:23 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > The way most emailers default in the reply edit mode is to position > > your cursor at the top of the original. The reason this is done > > is apparently, unaccountably, non-obvious to millions of the > > NetNewbies of the past sever

Re: [Evolution] Need help with Caldav or WebDav support for group calendars

2009-10-09 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 15:48 -0400, Steven Sprague wrote: > Hell List, > I have tried to setup a Webdav group calendar and use it with Apache - > fails. > I also tried to setup/create a Caldav calendar on the same server - not > using Apache - fails. > Does anyone have a setup for a group calendar

Re: [Evolution] Need help with Caldav or WebDav support for group calendars

2009-10-09 Thread Xavier Bestel
On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 01:34 -0400, John Affleck wrote: > On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 03:48:55PM -0400, Steven Sprague wrote: > > I have tried to setup a Webdav group calendar and use it with Apache - > > fails. > > I also tried to setup/create a Caldav calendar on the same server - not > > using Apache

Re: [Evolution] stability/DavidL

2009-10-09 Thread Xavier Bestel
On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 18:09 -0700, bg wrote: > Maybe my version of Evo is > too ancient (a distinct possibility) Wow .. you're using "Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2)" !! I didn't known it was possible to still use such an ancient beast. How old is your linux distro ? Xav _