Ubuntu Desktop Favorite Apps

2017-07-21 Thread Dustin Kirkland
ator.com/item?id=14819508 Reddit: - https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/6on93z/ubuntu_1804_lts_desktop_default_application_survey/ Slashdot: - https://slashdot.org/submission/7250965/ubuntu-1804-lts-desktop-default-application-survey Cheers, Dustin Kirkland Ubuntu Core Developer Ub

Re: Updater can't update kernel due to disk space

2015-01-15 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Adam Conrad wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 08:37:00AM -0600, Dustin Kirkland wrote: > > > > Around that time a few years ago, I wrote the "purge-old-kernels" command ( > > http://manpg.es/purge-old-kernels), which does a

Re: Updater can't update kernel due to disk space

2015-01-15 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Alan Pope wrote: > On 14 January 2015 at 16:49, Chris Knutson > wrote: > > This is not a support request. I have no problem cleaning up my system. > > > > My mother should never have to do this if she wants to run Ubuntu. > > > > +1 > > The default installation o

Re: Ubuntu One needs cloud encryption like LastPass does it

2012-03-22 Thread Dustin Kirkland
lly long time since I tried U1 (sadly, it didn't sync/preserve symlinks last time I played with it and I think my bug on it was marked won't-fix). -- :-Dustin Dustin Kirkland Ubuntu Core Developer -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Proposal to delay release of Precise Pangolin

2011-10-19 Thread Dustin Kirkland
't upgrade until that first "dot" release. For those interested in stabilization and quality assurance of Ubuntu 12.04, we'd very much invite you to get involved with your friendly Ubuntu QA, SRU, and LTS dot release teams! Cheers, -- :-Dustin Dustin Kirkland Ubuntu Core Deve

Re: Brainstorming for UDS-P

2011-09-28 Thread Dustin Kirkland
his should work even better than in lucid. > > I agree. Another +1 (from the Server side). -- :-Dustin Dustin Kirkland Ubuntu Core Developer -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Oneiric Feature Freeze - reset to 2100 UTC

2011-08-11 Thread Dustin Kirkland
ay of development on freeze days.... -- :-Dustin Dustin Kirkland Ubuntu Core Developer -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: SOC like program for ubuntu

2011-06-09 Thread Dustin Kirkland
om/ServerTeam/GettingInvolved * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/GettingInvolved * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/GettingStarted * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing#How%20do%20I%20get%20involved? There are *so* many avenues to getting involved with Ubuntu it's perhaps o

Re: Run From Pocket Drive Installer Option?

2010-11-18 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Jono Bacon wrote: > On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 17:50 -0600, Dustin Kirkland wrote: >> We could probably just detect if you have a persistence file on the >> media, and if there's anything of value in it, and if so, then change >> the ver

Re: SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-18 Thread Dustin Kirkland
010 at 03:38:53PM -0600, Dustin Kirkland wrote: >> I am asking for ubuntu-devel's consensus, and an eventual Ubuntu >> Technical Board approval of a new prompt in the Ubuntu Server ISO's >> text-based installer, which

Re: SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-18 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Serge Hallyn wrote: > Quoting Clint Byrum (cl...@ubuntu.com): >> On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 15:38 -0600, Dustin Kirkland wrote: >> >> > >> > This proposal requests that: >> >  1) a new prompt be added to the Ubuntu Server inst

Re: SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-18 Thread Dustin Kirkland
I inadvertently left ubuntu-server@ off of the original distribution. Sorry about that. CC'ing now. There are a few responses already in the thread: * https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2010-November/thread.html Thanks, Dustin On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Dustin Kir

SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-17 Thread Dustin Kirkland
d user; please preseed your installation, or add SSH after the initial install (as you would do now). Q: Do we have to add another question to the Server installer to accomplish this? A: Actually, we don't. We could possibly simplify or remove a couple of other questions. That discussion belongs

Re: Split all documentation into their own packages

2010-09-27 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Gonsolo wrote: > I own a web server with tight space (1GB). Over 300MB are in /usr, > over 25MB in /usr/share/doc. I'd like to remove all files in > /usr/share/doc but unfortunately it is not as easy as removing all > -doc packages. > > Is it possible to set up a p

Re: Suggestion: Leaky temp directory with encrypted home directories

2010-07-02 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Sindhudweep Sarkar wrote: > Possibly, but for those really interested in preventing leaks, using ram is > no help either. > > A fair number of attacks using liquid nitrogen or other cryogenics have been > done recently. If that's what you're concerned about, then

Re: Suggestion: Leaky temp directory with encrypted home directories

2010-07-02 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > Hi, > > Dustin Kirkland writes: > >> However, it's worth mentioning that /tmp is wiped on every boot in >> Ubuntu.  For this reason, I usually put my /tmp in a tmpfs in memory >> (on systems where I

Re: Suggestion: Leaky temp directory with encrypted home directories

2010-07-02 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Rob King wrote: > Hello everyone, >    Ubuntu's encrypted home directory feature is quite useful, and a good way > of increasing the security and privacy of information. >    However, the scheme is a little "leaky". Applications still use the > default system-wide t

Re: Booting and login - why are users not logged in automatically?

2010-03-24 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Derek Broughton wrote: > Phillip Susi wrote: > >> On 3/24/2010 10:13 AM, Alan Pope wrote: >>> That still wont guarantee access to user files. If you use ecryptfs >>> (the default encryption system for /home on Ubuntu live CDs) then even >>> having physical access

Re: Booting and login - why are users not logged in automatically?

2010-03-24 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Didier Roche wrote: > Le mercredi 24 mars 2010 à 10:20 -0400, Phillip Susi a écrit : >> On 3/24/2010 10:13 AM, Alan Pope wrote: >> > That still wont guarantee access to user files. If you use ecryptfs >> > (the default encryption system for /home on Ubuntu live CD

Re: Upstart

2010-03-07 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Tom H wrote: > Patrick's two Upstart posts reminded me of 2.5 queries of my own. > > 1. Why does /lib/init/upstart-job direct us to use service rather than > initctl? Because /usr/sbin/service can handle the start/stop/restart/status actions of both traditional Sy

Re: Google Earth Package

2010-03-05 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Michael Forrest wrote: > I'm trying to track down the maintainer of googleearth-package as it seems > like something kinda fun for people to know about. You can find the full changelog in Launchpad here, complete with times and dates of who change it last, and when

Re: Patch for qemu

2010-02-11 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Benjamin Drung wrote: > Am Sonntag, den 07.02.2010, 21:15 +0200 schrieb Shahar Havivi: >> Hi, >> I have a patch to Qemu regarding bug >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/427612?redirection_url=https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/%2Bbug/427612 >> >> Where do I send

Re: Dual Core CPU not seen after an upgrade to Karmic

2010-01-27 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 4:28 PM, David MENTRE wrote: > After an upgrade of my dual core AMD 4050e machine to Karmic, the > second core is no longer seen (/proc/cpuinfo shows only one CPU).  I > have never seen this issue  with Jaunty. > > Is this a known issue? Should I report it? To which package

Re: How to report a feature request and receive mentoring

2010-01-27 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 5:16 PM, MPR wrote: > I'd like to have a new feature added to Ubuntu when the Calibre ebook > manager software is installed, but I do not know the proper procedure > for making the feature request or getting help adding it myself. I > looked at the details for the package w

Re: Security vulnerabilities in default Ubuntu install boot process

2010-01-04 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 6:06 AM, Patrick Freundt wrote: > On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Martin Pitt wrote: > >> > This is clearly insecure. > >> Not really: > > Yes. > > And I would hope for a wiki article that explains how encrypted > filesystems protect you from these risks, instead of attemp

Re: Introduction to Ubuntu Distributed Development

2009-12-17 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Scott James Remnant wrote: > On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 10:55 -0500, Adrian Perez wrote: > >> I think Git is better suited than Bzr for the job, and I don't make to >> make it personal. >> > If you think Git is better suited, please demonstrate it by building up > an e

Re: CLI friendliness

2009-11-23 Thread Dustin Kirkland
on Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Shentino wrote: > Most of my important work is done on command line, and personally, I like > nothing better than a snappy full-screen VT. > > Typical uses: > > * MUDs > * SSH > * Kernel development > > Generally, how friendly is ubuntu planning to be with users li

Re: artwork

2009-10-25 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 6:18 PM, coz DS wrote: > Hey guys, >   I had been on the art team for a number of years. > I am really surprised that some of the artwork,  ie,,,boot splash  and > splash screen with progress bar  , were able to be considered let alone > actually used. >    I have to tell y

Re: Apache Maven to be removed from Karmic?

2009-10-15 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:53 AM, John Moser wrote: > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Alvin Thompson > wrote: >> First, as a Java developer I hope this doesn't happen as Maven is pretty >> much required for Java development (at least in the U.S.). > > I laughed. > > Your pet project is NOT "pre

Re: This new "report bugs using ubuntu-bug" requirement is a mess!

2009-10-04 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Chris Coulson wrote: > It isn't completely enforced though. There is a link on the wiki page > that you are redirected to, which you can use to avoid the redirection > and submit a bug normally through the web interface. Append this to the report-bug URL: ?no-red