My experiences in Karmic match Max's.
On Jul 3, 2009 8:36 PM, "Max Bowsher" wrote:
Alexander Sack wrote: > On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 03:35:10PM -0700, Dean Loros
wrote: >> Greetings.
Alexander,
I experienced what you describe above when upgrading from old gdm to new
gdm, *but* when I later up
Alexander Sack wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 03:35:10PM -0700, Dean Loros wrote:
>> Greetings...
>>
>> There has been several problems with the new GDM upload to Karmic--most
>> problematic is that during the update the xsession will close, causing
>> problems ranging from mild to very sever
On 07/03/2009 03:56 PM, Alexander Sack wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 03:35:10PM -0700, Dean Loros wrote:
>>Greetings...
>>
>> There has been several problems with the new GDM upload to Karmic--most
>> problematic is that during the update the xsession will close, causing
>> problems rangin
On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 03:35:10PM -0700, Dean Loros wrote:
> Greetings...
>
> There has been several problems with the new GDM upload to Karmic--most
> problematic is that during the update the xsession will close, causing
> problems ranging from mild to very severe...Bug report:
> https://b
Greetings...
There has been several problems with the new GDM upload to Karmic--most
problematic is that during the update the xsession will close, causing
problems ranging from mild to very severe...Bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/395313 & forum
discussion: ht
On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 19:47 +0100, Andrew Sayers wrote:
> I'm coming to a similar conclusion from the opposite direction. A quick
> chat in #ubuntu-signpost lead me to start writing this:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Signpost
The only problem I see is that you redirect people wh
On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:23:19 -0400
Evan wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Evan R. Murphy
> wrote:
>
> > 2009/7/3 Evan :
> > > I've been subscribed to this list and filing bugs for over a year
> > > now,
> > and I
> > > hadn't even heard of Launchpad Answers before now. Maybe I live
> > > u
Evan wrote:
> Launchpad is for bug reporting and tracking, beyond that I have no idea
> where the actual division of responsibilities lies. Perhaps clarifying
> that (ex: Wiki is for Howtos only, forums are only for ...) and then
> providing a meta-support page for each topic would help. So some
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Evan R. Murphy wrote:
> 2009/7/3 Evan :
> > I've been subscribed to this list and filing bugs for over a year now,
> and I
> > hadn't even heard of Launchpad Answers before now. Maybe I live under a
> > rock, but I think promotion / awareness would go a long way.
>
> For the latter, we should have a review group to:
> * look at the questions/answers, and
> * verify correctness,
> * edit if needed (clarifying the question and answer), and
> * classify the question following a (given) taxonomy.
>
> Following from here:
>
> * once a question/answer has been
2009/7/3 Evan :
> I've been subscribed to this list and filing bugs for over a year now, and I
> hadn't even heard of Launchpad Answers before now. Maybe I live under a
> rock, but I think promotion / awareness would go a long way.
I dream about a much tighter integration of all the community
disc
On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 12:36 -0400, Andrew SB wrote:
> >
> > I like this. So maybe a rating system more along the lines of, "Did
> > this answer fix your problem?", instead of, "Digg it".
>
> Some thoughts:
>
> This sounds just like Launchpad Answers to me. How would the idea
> you're talking abo
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Evan wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Andrew SB wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Evan R. Murphy
>> wrote:
>> >> I would propose that we have a better metric for selecting the best
>> >> answer, in that the person posing the question could sele
> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:03:44 -0400
> From: Evan
> Subject: Re: Standing in the street trying to hear yourself think
>
> Again, someone in the Audio
> metaforum (who presumably knows something about audio) tells them it's a
> driver issue, and moves their post a level deeper into the Drivers s
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Andrew SB wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Evan R. Murphy
> wrote:
> >> I would propose that we have a better metric for selecting the best
> >> answer, in that the person posing the question could select the
> >> answer that fixed the problem for them,
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Evan R. Murphy wrote:
>> I would propose that we have a better metric for selecting the best
>> answer, in that the person posing the question could select the
>> answer that fixed the problem for them, again this ties in with the
>> task orientated nature of this
Hi all,
2009/7/2 Tim Hawkins :
> I would agree that The yahoo Answers model represents a "wisdom of the
> crowds" approach, and you are correct
> in your assessment that this can lead to distortions. [...]
> On yahoo answers many of the responses that are chosen as top answers,
> are subjective in
Hi,
I'm the developer of gpxviewer, an application that allows users to
import GPS traces and view details about them and the trace plotted on a
map.
I'm now packaging this for Ubuntu. I set the category for the desktop
file to Education. I did this because JOSM, the openstreetmap editing
applica
David [2009-07-02 14:43 -0700]:
> I propose that the Gnome Menu be modified so that right-clicking on
> an item allows one to view and edit its name and the command it
> issues.
Indeed this should be discussed with the GNOME panel maintainers
upstream. But I wouldn't hold my breath for it, since (
On ven, 2009-07-03 at 10:10 +0200, Vincenzo Ciancia wrote:
> On gio, 2009-07-02 at 21:03 -0400, Evan wrote:
> > Coincidentally, Bryce recently posted a couple of blog posts dealing
> > with "Me too" storms on launchpad [1]+[2] which are related.
> >
> >
>
> They want their problem fixed, they ca
In general I have found Gnome to operate exactly in the manner that I
would expect it too. For instance, unlike Windows, a dialog in one
program does not prevent the use of other programs. However, there are
nevertheless some shortcomings. One of the biggest is the Gnome Menu.
There is no built-in
I would agree that The yahoo Answers model represents a "wisdom of the
crowds" approach, and you are correct
in your assessment that this can lead to distortions. However I was
only suggesting this as an example model, and that
there could be mechanisms built into the points system that would
Would the production of a system similar to the "Yahoo Answers"
approach help with some of this, Yahoo Answers
awards points to answers that are chosen as top answers for various
questions, and in essence becomes a "living FAQ". Its more
task orientated than the wiki, as its based on a question
On gio, 2009-07-02 at 21:03 -0400, Evan wrote:
> Coincidentally, Bryce recently posted a couple of blog posts dealing
> with "Me too" storms on launchpad [1]+[2] which are related.
>
>
They want their problem fixed, they can do nothing, they feel
frustrated, plus, they are used to small groups o
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