Nexenta as a subproject of Ubuntu?

2008-05-24 Thread John Richard Moser
Nexenta seems based on Dapper right now, and I have to ask myself why. I would think it more apt for Ubuntu to give the developers a build server environment, and leave the kernel as another arch (gnu-solaris-x86, gnu-solaris-x86_64 ...). Ubuntu's current devs focus on GNU/dpkg/Xorg/Gnome/Linux in

Nexuiz etc LiveCD -- how far can hardware detection go?

2008-02-01 Thread John Richard Moser
How far can Ubuntu's hardware autoconfiguration go? How far does 3D support work in Linux now? Joysticks/mice/etc? One fascinating idea I've had for a while was to turn a PC into a gaming console. I hear a lot of "Windows runs my games" and "I have a high-end gaming PC" these days. Why not bur

Re: Encrypted volume interaction with Windows...

2007-12-19 Thread John Richard Moser
Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > On Dec 19, 2007 9:33 AM, John Richard Moser <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > Maybe automatically ask the user if he wants to encrypt the volume or > > parts of it as soon as he attaches a new **an

GNOME not mounting encrypted drives

2007-12-19 Thread John Richard Moser
GNOME asks me for a password when I put in an encrypted LUKS USB stick, but then doesn't mount it. It does map it properly in /dev/mapper/ ... HAL bug? -- Bring back the Firefox plushy! http://digg.com/linux_unix/Is_the_Firefox_plush_gone_for_good https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32

Re: Encrypted volume interaction with Windows...

2007-12-19 Thread John Richard Moser
Thorsten Sick wrote: > Hello List > > Am Montag, den 17.12.2007, 11:49 -0500 schrieb John Richard Moser: >> In Gutsy, the alternate installer can now create encrypted LVM layouts >> (but with no fancy manipulation tools...). I am now curious about >> intero

Re: Encrypted volume interaction with Windows...

2007-12-17 Thread John Richard Moser
Fabian Rodriguez wrote: > > > John Richard Moser wrote: >> >> External hard disks and flash drives using NTFS or FAT32 work in Linux >> or Windows now. The FreeOTFE program allows Windows to access a LUKS >> partition (NOT LVM) as well. Logically, it wou

Encrypted volume interaction with Windows...

2007-12-17 Thread John Richard Moser
In Gutsy, the alternate installer can now create encrypted LVM layouts (but with no fancy manipulation tools...). I am now curious about interoperability with Windows for encrypted external drives. External hard disks and flash drives using NTFS or FAT32 work in Linux or Windows now. The Free

Re: vmware wireless

2007-12-08 Thread John Richard Moser
Thomas Novin wrote: > On Sat, 2007-12-08 at 16:05 -0500, John Richard Moser wrote: >> VMware doesn't work with bridged networking if you have wireless. >> >> Is it possible to create a virtual ethernet device which aliases to the >> wireless device and make that

vmware wireless

2007-12-08 Thread John Richard Moser
VMware doesn't work with bridged networking if you have wireless. Is it possible to create a virtual ethernet device which aliases to the wireless device and make that bridge? And can this get rolled into the start-up script for vmware-server . -- Bring back the Firefox plushy! http://digg

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-06 Thread John Richard Moser
Caroline Ford wrote: > On Tue, 2007-11-06 at 17:14 -0500, Phillip Susi wrote: >> Caroline Ford wrote: >>> Some ISPs block bittorrent of course. Vodafone UK is one of them. I had >>> great problems downloading openoffice.org for windows as they *only* use >>> bittorrent as a distribution mechanism

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-06 Thread John Richard Moser
Nicolas Alvarez wrote: > John Richard Moser escribió: >> >> Anthony Bryan wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Have you thought about using Metalinks for your ISO downloads? It's an >>> XML format used by download apps, and contains the ways to get a fi

Re: Easier and more reliable ISO downloads, with error correction

2007-11-04 Thread John Richard Moser
Anthony Bryan wrote: > Hi, > > Have you thought about using Metalinks for your ISO downloads? It's an > XML format used by download apps, and contains the ways to get a file > (mirrors/P2P) along with info for automatic error detection/recovery > (checksums) and other stuff. Bittorrent. > > I

Re: mod_security stuff

2007-11-03 Thread John Richard Moser
Scott Kitterman wrote: > Isn't GPL v3 APL compatible? Are we talking GPL v2, GPL v3, or GPL v2 and > later? GPLv2 only. > > Scott K > -- Bring back the Firefox plushy! http://digg.com/linux_unix/Is_the_Firefox_plush_gone_for_good https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322367 -- Ub

Re: Missing an up-to-date application stream

2007-11-02 Thread John Richard Moser
raeez wrote: > Hi > > I was recommended by a few people to bring the following bug to the > attention of this list: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/148976 > > I have ideas on how we could go about implementing this, but I would > also love to receive feedback on whether what I've pr

mod_security stuff

2007-11-02 Thread John Richard Moser
Hello. I blogged this one so you can pick up the gist of it below. Otherwise skip the link, read the e-mail. http://blackfiber.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/cant-redistribute-mod_security-binaries/ The long and short of this is that mod_security has a license conflict with Apache in that the source

Software spoilage

2007-10-19 Thread John Richard Moser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I found a very interesting read on the Internet today and think that developers and end users alike could benefit from reading through it. It's not that long, it's not even formal; but it hits a core point about software. http://www.codinghorror.com/b

[RFC] ShipIt CD-RW

2007-04-17 Thread John Richard Moser
I've been thinking on ShipIt CDs and the problems with getting them out taking so long. I could give a long-winded essay; but I'm dealing with people here, so I'll give brief points and you can comment. Summary of the problem: o ShipIt CDs take too long to get out to users, often times weeks o

Re: Ubuntu and ext4 file system

2007-04-03 Thread John Richard Moser
Chris Jones wrote: > When is Ubuntu going to support ext4 file system? > > Will it make it into Feisty Fawn final build? > > Chris Jones > > A better question: What features of ext4 make it so much better than ext3? * Allocate on Flush (faster, less fragmentation) * Extents (faster, less