Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] forum creation

2015-01-25 Thread Private
On 25/01/2015 14:04, Reginald Beardsley via openindiana-discuss wrote: It would certainly help non development traffic and open the community. It would be an advantage if opensource software could be used such as https://www.phpbb.com/downloads Robert Jones On 25/01/2015 14:04, Reginald

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Firefox 31.3.0 (and v 31.5.0 and 24.* and 17.* ) file downloads fail mostly, "Refresh Firefox" isn't working on Solaris/Illumos

2015-04-13 Thread Private
I am currently using FF 31.5 ESR. I note the security warnings on freakattack,CVE-2015-0291 and wonder if they pose a threat to OiOS? Reference cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0291 mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox/ Robert On 11/04/2015 03:36, Fred Kimba

[OpenIndiana-discuss] OiOS Hipster 2015.03.30 live DVD

2015-04-30 Thread Private
I recently tried out the live DVD on two intel duo based machines with Nividia and ATi graphics.Has anyone else experienced these issues? A) On start up the tool bar graphics don't load it's set as default as system graphics. B) The top navigation buttons don't appear on the windows. A re adjustm

[OpenIndiana-discuss] OiOS Hipster 2015.03.30 live DVD

2015-04-30 Thread Private
I recently tried out the live DVD on two intel duo based machines with Nividia and ATi graphics.Has anyone else experienced these issues? A) On start up the tool bar graphics don't load it's set as 'default' as system graphics on tool bar. B) The top navigation buttons don't appear on the windows

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] forum creation

2015-01-30 Thread private Mail
On 30/01/2015 18:43, David Brodbeck : There is nothing to stop you from setting up an independent project ? Robert Jones On 30/01/2015 18:43, David Brodbeck wrote: Oh, I went into the discussion knowing there would never be a forum. It doesn't fit with the character and target audience of th

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] : open ssl security update

2015-07-09 Thread Private openbabel
Open SSL have released a security fix today. Is this something that is relevant to OiOS ? https://www.openssl.org/ Robert ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-disc

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Support for USB3?

2015-10-31 Thread Private openbabel
On 28/10/2015 21:45, Rich Teer wrote: On Wed, 28 Oct 2015, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: USB-3 is not supported yet. I have not heard of anyone working on it. Ah, that is what I feared, but thanks for confirming it. Consider ZFS on Linux or FreeBSD if you need USB-3 and ZFS within the next year.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Updated website

2015-11-21 Thread Private openbabel
This is a welcome contribution however the failure to progress further with new branding and logo slows the distros progression. I do hope we can see further steps forward for OiOS in 2016. Robert Jones On 18/11/2015 20:39, Dmitry Kozhinov wrote: Congratulations on the redesigned website! ___

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI roadmap (for production)

2015-12-06 Thread Private openbabel
On 05/12/2015 21:16, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: On Fri, 4 Dec 2015, Predrag Zečević - Unix Systems Administrator wrote: Also, number of people involved in OS maintenance made me suggest SmartOS or OmniIT... OmniOS succeeds due to its quite limited scope rather than a large number of maintaine

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Posting inline

2015-12-13 Thread Private openbabel
Dear All, I am concerned that accessibility for the blind and visually impaired should be maintained at all times. Robert Jones On 13/12/2015 07:42, Nikola M wrote: On 12/13/15 05:44 AM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: On 12/12/15 07:03 PM, Ian Collins wrote: Both of these appear to be due to in

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Posting inline awareness

2015-12-13 Thread Private openbabel
I think that original Gnome developers saw awareness in terms of font sizes, colours and simplified processess. I cant see any problem in going forward as long as you are aware that over complex processes may be be excluding users or developers with failing eyesight. I am interested in expandin

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Christmas message 2015

2015-12-24 Thread Private openbabel
A big thank you for all the contributors,developers, and sponsors for you hard work in 2015.We look forward to you help in 2016. Robert Jones ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listin

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI Hipster 2016.04 snapshot

2016-05-02 Thread Private openbabel
I have tried this snap shot and have two questions. Why have we now got yet another mail client on the snapshot? Do you have plans to include the IPS packages or have I missed something ? Robert On 23/04/2016 18:50, Lou Picciano wrote: Nice work, guys! Lou Picciano - Original Message -

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ASUS Z170-WS

2016-05-20 Thread Private openbabel
Hardware compatibility questions -It maybe worth reevaluationing the relationship between HCL database and the Device Driver Utility submission mechanisum. A self serve HCL is a very useful tool OiOS. Robert On 20/05/2016 00:36, Joe Reid wrote: On 5/19/2016 6:30 PM, Tim Mooney wrote: I'll b

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [off-topic] Samsung acquires Joyant

2016-07-12 Thread Private openbabel
It maybe to early to tell but does this mean SmartOS will continue as an opensource distro ? On 11/07/2016 04:20, Nikola M wrote: On 07/10/16 08:53 PM, Jerry Kemp wrote: I'm also subscribed to the Joyant SmartOS list, although I don't keep up with it as well as I do the OpenIndiana one. Catc

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] MATE feedback

2016-08-11 Thread Private openbabel
I was wondering if you could use cairo dock or similar with mate ? Robert Jones On 11/08/2016 17:48, Alexander Pyhalov wrote: On 08/11/16 07:44 PM, Andreas Wacknitz wrote: Am 11.08.16 um 17:37 schrieb Aurélien Larcher: On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 8:29 AM, Alexander Pyhalov wrote: [ stuff dele

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Nobody for whom OI/Hipster Mate on i915/KMS is working fine wants to report?

2016-09-06 Thread Private openbabel
I was testing the DVD mates again and decided to install it but could not get the partition manager to work. this is in addition to add to panel omission of the volume appelet. look forward to using this in the future. Robert On 06/09/2016 16:23, Мартин Бохниг via openindiana-discuss wrote:

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Hipster distro contents confusion

2016-09-28 Thread Private openbabel
I have suspected sometime that a rolling release would confuse potential users. Perhaps we should consider a named beta release soon under the appropriate celestrial name? Robert On 27/09/2016 20:05, Hans J Albertsson wrote: Ok, so I install the iso, check what is missing and get the rest as

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] cost of putting Solaris 10 open source?

2025-03-02 Thread Private Mail
If the cost is quantified it would only be an estimate...the strategy for sun was market penetration and development of a work bench from which to sell evolutionary products including support... The longer term policy was interrupted by the different priorities set by oracle. On Sat, 1 Mar 202

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Video cards (or not)

2025-03-09 Thread Private Mail
Nvidia geforce gtx 1060 is always a fall back option for me On Sun, 9 Mar 2025, 12:02 Andreas Wacknitz via openindiana-discuss, < openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> wrote: > > Am 3/9/25 um 12:25 schrieb theophile.dudreuilh--- via openindiana-discuss: > > Thank you Andreas, > > > > I’m also wr

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] "strange" behavior

2020-10-17 Thread private mail openbabel
Hello, I had an incident on Friday which attempted to change the screen resolution, did not occurred again after saturday update. Rob On 17/10/2020 18:55, Apostolos Syropoulos via openindiana-discuss wrote: > Hello, > > Last week I installed OI/hipster on four identical machines using the > la

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] New system planning comments

2021-04-17 Thread private mail openbabel
Dear all, Planning ahead. It would be nice to compile Anaconda for science sometime in the future. Regards, Robert https://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/computing/software/anaconda-scientific-python-distribution On 17/04/2021 18:24, Reginald Beardsley via openindiana-discuss wrote: > I'm about to set up

[OpenIndiana-discuss] ARM chips V9 oi

2021-05-06 Thread private mail openbabel
Dear All, This is a general question.The announcement of ARM v9 architecture has questioned the direction of chip technologies. Will Oi be able (as far as we can tell) to run on the next generation ARM architecture for server and workstations ? Regards Robert Jones

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Ekiga

2021-07-20 Thread private mail openbabel
I have had no luck with login onto the media account.I was under the impression that since firefox has been updated you may be able to use browser web conferencing apps such as netcloud and jitsi. I noticed this version may now be fully integrated with AV1 which supports live streams.Has anyone tes

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Time-slider

2022-06-10 Thread private mail openbabel
Dear All, Time slider fequency adjustment It would be interesting to add a menu item with this code on Time slider? Regards, Robert Jones On 09/06/2022 12:15, hput via openindiana-discuss wrote: Oscar del Rio writes: On 2022-06-07 1:36 p.m., I wrote: On 2022-06-06 3:59 p.m., hput via ope

[OpenIndiana-discuss] AV1 Codex on firerfox 102.1

2022-08-15 Thread private mail openbabel
Dear All, Can anyone clarify the situation about AV1 on the newest FF build? My understanding is that AV1 is now enabled in FF but needs a AV1 codex to work.Does anyone have an idea where I can find a suitable codex build or source code? Regards Robert Jones openindiana-discuss@openindian

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Login Manager SDDM

2022-12-12 Thread private mail openbabel
DearAll, Has anyone successfuly installed the sddm login manager ? Could anyone ecommend any source code links. It is my understanding it requires very few dependencies and might be compatable with any distribution and mate desktops ? Regards Robert Jones _

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Install Seamonkey 2.53.15?

2023-02-17 Thread private mail openbabel
Hi All, Thunderbird has announced this year the redesign of the project. I do wonder if Thunderbird will become the one to stick with ? Regards Robert Jones On 17/02/2023 14:29, Predrag Zečević via openindiana-discuss wrote: On 2/16/23 23:46, Elima wrote: Hi, is it possible to install Sea

[OpenIndiana-discuss] ZFS disk is full at boot

2023-11-05 Thread private mail openbabel
Dear All, I havr had aseveral notices my disk is becomming full. Having liberated space of th rpool with destroy beadm // instructions. I have arrived at the point when at boot up the system refuses to boot due to disk full instruction. I have tried to follow other people who have also encoun

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ASUS Z170-WS

2016-05-23 Thread bscuk Private mail
I dont understand your question OiOS has always stood for Open Indinana Operating System ? Robert On 23/05/2016 09:47, Nikola M wrote: On 05/20/16 12:55 PM, Private openbabel wrote: tool OiOS. HI, Wonder why you mention "Oios" and what is it? Openindiana is usually shortened a