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Le jeudi 27 août 2009 à 12:16 -0400, Jonathan Taylor a écrit :
> Trolling? [...] Now, are there any other names or labels you care to
> apply to me?
>
I'm sorry if I have o
> Hey guys,
> Are you all idiots?
Yes, I am. Why?
> Or perhaps microsoft/apple employees?
No, just an idiot.
> Ubuntu is more than ready for everyday users...I know ...I continually
> switch people to Ubuntu and have started a movement to get rid of windows
> and osx from homes and businesse
> You mean non-descriptive program names like outlook, access, excel,
> power point? The problem isn't unique to Linux.
>
Certainly not unique to Linux, but an area in which there is much need
and room for improvement.
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> After the application is installed, a bubble notification guides you
> to the newly installed program by highlighting the path in the start
> menu. This part would be nice to see in our DE's.
>
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205388
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197604
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Dotan C
Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Here you mention my pet peeve of FOSS: the program names. Internet
> Explorer is clear, what on earth does Firefox do? Windows Media
> Player is clear, what does Amarok do? If I need a replacement for
> Notepad, should I open VLC, Kate, Empathy, Pidgin, Kopete, or what
> else?!
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 18:59, Paul Smith wrote:
>> After the application is installed, a bubble notification guides you
>> to the newly installed program by highlighting the path in the start
>> menu. This part would be nice to see in our DE's.
>
> This enhancement would be nice, but I'm sure you'
On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 18:48 +0200, Vincent Arnoux wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 18:23, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> >> I guess Jonathan Taylor is joking or trolling here, one of the main
> >> advantage of using Linux distributions for desktops is that every
> >> application is automatically categorized
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 18:23, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> I guess Jonathan Taylor is joking or trolling here, one of the main
>> advantage of using Linux distributions for desktops is that every
>> application is automatically categorized where, on Windows, every
>> application is NOT categorized...
>>
> Exactly. That's an example of how Windows organizes its menus (in case
> you didn't notice the "Start" menu reference), and it's obviously bogus.
>
> The other example (that you clipped) is how Ubuntu does it, which is
> much simpler to understand.
>
> Yet the OP raised menu organization as a th
On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 19:23 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > I guess Jonathan Taylor is joking or trolling here, one of the main
> > advantage of using Linux distributions for desktops is that every
> > application is automatically categorized where, on Windows, every
> > application is NOT categorize
> I guess Jonathan Taylor is joking or trolling here, one of the main
> advantage of using Linux distributions for desktops is that every
> application is automatically categorized where, on Windows, every
> application is NOT categorized...
>
> Start->Programs->Adobe->Photoshop v.x->Photoshop
>
H
> You are the second person to tell me about these .debs, but where would a
> newb find them? What's the secret?
> I have spent weeks reading all manner of "heplful" information and
> documentation, but where are these mysterious .deb files?
> If that is the simple solution, why isn't it put out f
> I guess it might be prudent at this point to point Jonathan at some
> documentation which may help him
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/Flash
>
> Jonathan: I would recommend installing the package
> "ubuntu-restricted-extras" which you can do in Applications ->
> Add/Remove
Hello,
Le jeudi 27 août 2009 à 18:06 +0300, Dotan Cohen a écrit :
> 2009/8/27 Jonathan Taylor :
[...]
> > terminal in emergencies. But Linix? If I go to one of the libraries of
> > programs, how can I tell one from the other? They are not categorized.
I guess Jonathan Taylor is joking or trolli
2009/8/27 Dotan Cohen :
> 2009/8/27 Jonathan Taylor :
>> I have tried Ubuntu several time over the past 5 years. I usually get so
>> frustrated that I go back to Windows XP. This week, I installed Ubuntu 9.04
>> on my Laptop. I spent yesterday trying to install Flash and Real Player 11.
>> I fa
2009/8/27 Jonathan Taylor :
> Hello Dotan,
>
> I have tried Ubuntu several time over the past 5 years. I usually get so
> frustrated that I go back to Windows XP. This week, I installed Ubuntu 9.04
> on my Laptop. I spent yesterday trying to install Flash and Real Player 11.
> I failed at both.
> Ubuntu may be a very nice OS, but until the average person can use it,
> it will not amount to much. Using Ubuntu is like buying a half built
> car. Then you have to guess at how to build the other half. All
> documentation is useless to beginners and you can't even install most
> things withou
Hi,
I am trying to use the HFS plus package for mounting an HFS plus partition.
But it is giving me errors or my partition getting corrupted when I am
mounting in write mode. I know that ubuntu has hfs plus driver now. I see a
similar issue mentioned in the bug area but nobody has replied.
Nathan Dorfman wrote:
>
>
>
> You're right, I wouldn't expect my mom to be able to RTFM and figure
> out how to, say, recover a corrupt grub installation or set up LVM.
> Similarly, I wouldn't expect her to be able to recover a corrupted
> registry on a Windows box without a lot of help.
I agre
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