[gentoo-user] Re: eix

James wrote: > > use to match the string against all three: > (1) gentoo tree /usr/portage > (2) the /var/lib/layman/ overlays I had installed and manage with layman > (3) my /usr/local/portage local ebuild placed in /usr/local/portage/ > > Now, only option (1) shows the embuilds Very likely yo

[gentoo-user] Re: PPPoE ADSL modem choice

On 29/06/15 03:40, Mick wrote: On Sunday 28 Jun 2015 16:07:30 Hans wrote: On 22/06/15 20:41, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: fritzbox There are all other modems/router and then there are fritzbox versions. With very good security. Updates. And lots of nice&useful features. 2015-06-22 12:08 GMT+02

[gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

Hello everyone. I am eagerly waiting for seeing the traditional linux ecosystem on phones and tablet. I hate Android and I think it is not what we deserve to have on our hardware. So is anyone using ubuntu on phones? (I am not a fan of ubuntu but I thinks at this moment it is closest thing to what

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 7:54 AM, behrouz khosravi wrote: > I am eagerly waiting for seeing the traditional linux ecosystem on phones > and tablet. > I hate Android and I think it is not what we deserve to have on our > hardware. I believe there was an effort to get Gentoo Prefix running on Androi

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

> > I believe there was an effort to get Gentoo Prefix running on Android > as part of GSoC. I've yet to try it myself but you might find that > useful. I doubt it runs x11, but your typical x11 application isn't > really going to work well on a smartphone anyway unless you get a > bluetooth mous

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

On 29/06/15 21:03, behrouz khosravi wrote: > I believe there was an effort to get Gentoo Prefix running on Android > as part of GSoC. I've yet to try it myself but you might find that > useful. I doubt it runs x11, but your typical x11 application isn't > really going to work well

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 9:03 AM, behrouz khosravi wrote: > > I love to get ride of android altogether! > I would love to see a platform open enough that I am able to install my > bootloader on it easily and boot what I prefer using a usb flash memory. > This is what I consider as the linux or more

[gentoo-user] Re: is purchasing a usb blu ray a good idea?

On 2015-06-26, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > My new (dell E7450) laptop will be a slimline with no internal optical > drive. So I want to purchase an external optical drive. My first > thought was to get a drive that is both >a blue ray READER and >a dvd writer AFAIK, none of my current com

[gentoo-user] Adwaita cursors

There was a problem with Adwaita-icon-theme creating an unwanted symlink : see Bugs 543488 + 543902 (March-April 2015). That has been stopped, but these icons + cursors are now being enforced in all Gtk+ apps, eg Firefox Gvim. I don't mind the icons, but don't like the cursors. The solution is si

Re: [gentoo-user] resizing multiple images with adding a frame as needed

Am 24.06.2015 um 07:35 schrieb Mick: On Wednesday 24 Jun 2015 01:02:35 waben...@gmail.com wrote: hw wrote: Hi, suppose I have a number of images that need to be displayed side by side in a nice layout. The images are of different sizes and have different aspect ratios. To fit the images i

Re: [gentoo-user] resizing multiple images with adding a frame as needed

Am 24.06.2015 um 02:02 schrieb waben...@gmail.com: hw wrote: Hi, suppose I have a number of images that need to be displayed side by side in a nice layout. The images are of different sizes and have different aspect ratios. To fit the images into the layout, I can scale the images either

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

> > It sounds like your problem isn't with Android (which is mostly FOSS - > or at least the parts you're dealing with here are), but with the > bootloader on your phone (which is proprietary). > No, actually my problem is that why an operating system can have decision on what types of apps can I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: eix

On 06/29/2015 03:50 AM, Martin Vaeth wrote: use to match the string against all three: (1) gentoo tree /usr/portage (2) the /var/lib/layman/ overlays I had installed and manage with layman (3) my /usr/local/portage local ebuild placed in /usr/local/portage/ Now, only option (1) shows the emb

[gentoo-user] Re: Adwaita cursors

On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:06:26 -0400 Philip Webb wrote: > Why Adwaita is a requirement for Gtk+ is beyond me It was to fix . See also the first couple of comments in . I don't really understand it eit

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

* behrouz khosravi [150629 11:45]: > > > > It sounds like your problem isn't with Android (which is mostly FOSS - > > or at least the parts you're dealing with here are), but with the > > bootloader on your phone (which is proprietary). > > > > No, actually my problem is that why an operating sys

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: is purchasing a usb blu ray a good idea?

On Mon, Jun 29 2015, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2015-06-26, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: >> My new (dell E7450) laptop will be a slimline with no internal optical >> drive. So I want to purchase an external optical drive. My first >> thought was to get a drive that is both >>a blue ray READER and

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 11:44 AM, behrouz khosravi wrote: >> It sounds like your problem isn't with Android (which is mostly FOSS - >> or at least the parts you're dealing with here are), but with the >> bootloader on your phone (which is proprietary). > > No, actually my problem is that why an op

[gentoo-user] official gentoo wallpaper font

Hi all, Quick question: Can someone tell which font is being used in the official 10 years compiling wallpaper [1] (top right)? I haven't found any information about it, but i like it and want to use it for a conky configuration :) Thx [1] https://www.gentoo.org/assets/img/wallpaper/gentoo-10/

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: PPPoE ADSL modem choice

On Monday 29 Jun 2015 10:01:50 Hans wrote: > On 29/06/15 03:40, Mick wrote: > > On Sunday 28 Jun 2015 16:07:30 Hans wrote: > >> Bought last year a $300.-- FritzBox 7490. Returned the first one because > >> it did not sync with my ISP. Returned the replacement because GRC > >> Shieldsup (https://ww

Re: [gentoo-user] resizing multiple images with adding a frame as needed

On Monday 29 Jun 2015 16:34:16 hw wrote: > Am 24.06.2015 um 07:35 schrieb Mick: > > On Wednesday 24 Jun 2015 01:02:35 waben...@gmail.com wrote: > >> hw wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> suppose I have a number of images that need to be displayed side by > >>> side in a nice layout. The images are of

[gentoo-user] emerge libtdi w/ USE=python requires swig

After futzing around for a while installing and re-installing different versions of libftdi trying to get python support installed, I finally noticed that building libftdi python support requires swig. I didn't have swig installed and the ebuild apparently doesn't have it as a dependency. Is the r

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

> > > If you build/install Android on a device, then it only contains what > you put there, and you can just as easily remove it. If you let > somebody else build/install android on a device and not give you root > access, then it is painful. > > If you build/install Gentoo on a device, then it on

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

On Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:44:23 +0430 behrouz khosravi wrote: > > > > > > If you build/install Android on a device, then it only contains what > > you put there, and you can just as easily remove it. If you let > > somebody else build/install android on a device and not give you > > root access, th

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge libtdi w/ USE=python requires swig

On 29/06/2015 22:00, Grant Edwards wrote: > After futzing around for a while installing and re-installing > different versions of libftdi trying to get python support installed, > I finally noticed that building libftdi python support requires swig. > I didn't have swig installed and the ebuild app

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: is purchasing a usb blu ray a good idea?

On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 14:37:18 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > [1] Despite all steps explained in the blog posts on how to build a > bootable flash drive based on an ISO image, I've found that for > everything except systemrescuecd, all I have ever had do is: > > dd if=whatever.is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: is purchasing a usb blu ray a good idea?

On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 01:07:48AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 14:37:18 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > > > [1] Despite all steps explained in the blog posts on how to build a > > bootable flash drive based on an ISO image, I've found that for > > everything except

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 05:33:08PM +0430, behrouz khosravi wrote > I love to get ride of android altogether! > I would love to see a platform open enough that I am able to install my > bootloader on it easily and boot what I prefer using a usb flash memory. > This is what I consider as the linux o

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

Walter Dnes wrote: > On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 05:33:08PM +0430, behrouz khosravi wrote > >> I love to get ride of android altogether! >> I would love to see a platform open enough that I am able to install my >> bootloader on it easily and boot what I prefer using a usb flash memory. >> This is what