On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 04:44:25PM -0700, Clint Byrum wrote:
> On 2013-04-10 01:29, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> >On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 01:25:22PM -0700, Clint Byrum wrote:
> >>
> >>For computer enthusiasts and power users, the CLI is great. But
> >>for the
> &
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:39:30AM -0700, Robert Bruce Park wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:22:28AM -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 07:33:23PM +, Alan Jhonn Aguiar Schwyn wrote:
> > > >Thereby removing one more user choice. Choice is o
On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 04:17:11PM -0400, Brett Cornwall wrote:
..snip.
>
> This has been blown way out of proportion - please ignore the
> trollish comment of discouraging CLI usage. This was only ever about
> replacing a default program with another one. And that has been
>
On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 07:33:23PM +, Alan Jhonn Aguiar Schwyn wrote:
> >Thereby removing one more user choice. Choice is one of the bedrocks of
> >linux. Thanks guys. That's one of the main reasons I dumped ubuntu and
> >went to debian.
>
> Have aptitude is a plus, you don't remove any choice
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:49:27AM +0200, Vincent Ladeuil wrote:
> >>>>> Robert Holtzman writes:
>
> > On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 01:25:22PM -0700, Clint Byrum wrote:
> >>
> >> For computer enthusiasts and power users, the CLI is grea
On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 01:25:22PM -0700, Clint Byrum wrote:
>
> For computer enthusiasts and power users, the CLI is great. But for the
> person who sees their computing device as a window to other activities,
> it is a huge distraction.
It's not a distraction if they choose not to use it.
--
.snip
> On Ubuntu Desktop we want to discourage usage of command line =) as
> there is no need for that for non-developers.
That's one of the more elitist, swinishly arrogant statements I've heard
lately. Are you actually discouraging new users from learning linux?
Why? T
On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 06:45:25PM +0200, Oliver Grawert wrote:
snip...
>
> just shipping it alongside would go against ubuntus policy of avoiding
> duplication in default installs.
Thereby removing one more user choice. Choice is one of the bedrocks of
linux. Thanks guys. T
On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 10:25:24PM +0400, DimanNe wrote:
> I have installed alacarte by this command
>
> $ sudo aptitude install alacarte
>
> which shows me this:
> $ sudo aptitude install alacarte
> [sudo] password for dimanne:
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
..massi
On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 10:26:50PM -0700, Dane Mutters wrote:
> >
> >
> > Oh it goes well and truely far beyond that. Some pinhead decided to move
> > /var/run to /run without leaving a symlink or informing and updating
> > packages.
> > I had an unfortunate 10.04 LTS system go unbootable until I g
On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 09:08:44AM -0800, Matt Alexander wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 09:15:11AM -0800, Matt Alexander wrote:
> > > Sure, using find or which, etc., can be used to locate a particular app,
On Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 09:15:11AM -0800, Matt Alexander wrote:
> Sure, using find or which, etc., can be used to locate a particular app,
> but that's not really the point. Why not simplify things and put all
> binaries under /usr/bin? Then you don't have to teach users about silly
> distinction
On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 04:19:54PM -0600, Charlie Kravetz wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 14:45:48 -0700
> Robert Holtzman wrote:
.snip.
>
> > As you would if you chose to do a fresh install or to install a different
> > distro.
> >
>
On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 01:39:09PM -0700, George Farris wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 16:24 +, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> > Hash: SHA1
> >
> > Daniel Gross wrote on 28/10/10 01:01:
> > >...
> > > It would be great if a tool existed that supports moving
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 06:45:57PM -0600, Conrad Knauer wrote:
>
> Please see
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/world/europe/12raids.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
> from today which describes a well-known evil corporation
> (you-know-who) and makes mention of Google in China:
>
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 10:16:08AM -0600, Michael Loftis wrote:
>
>
> --On Saturday, September 11, 2010 10:05 PM -0700 Robert Holtzman
> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 05:34:25PM -0600, Michael Loftis wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> --On Saturday,
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 05:32:31PM -0600, Michael Loftis wrote:
>
>
> --On Saturday, September 11, 2010 3:51 PM -0700 Robert Holtzman
> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 04:17:06PM -0600, Michael Loftis wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> --On Saturday, S
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 05:34:25PM -0600, Michael Loftis wrote:
>
>
> --On Saturday, September 11, 2010 3:33 PM -0700 Robert Holtzman
> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 03:21:51PM -0400, Simon Ponder wrote:
> >> What other engine do you use
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 04:17:06PM -0600, Michael Loftis wrote:
>
>
> --On Saturday, September 11, 2010 12:06 PM -0700 Robert Holtzman
> wrote:
..snip..
> >
> > Google's archiving all searches isn't the only reason to dump it. If y
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 12:23:51PM -0700, Brian Vaughan wrote:
> On 09/11/2010 12:06 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> > Google's archiving all searches isn't the only reason to dump it. If you
> > are willing to use a search engine that censors web sites at China's
> &
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 03:21:51PM -0400, Simon Ponder wrote:
> What other engine do you use, if you do not mind me asking?
..snip..
Icerocket, although it's been getting flaky on me as of late.
--
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On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 05:50:05AM +, Harry Strongburg wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 07:58:29PM -0700, Jordan wrote:
> > Why not drop Google and go for a more private search engine?
>
> Yes, let's suggest for Ubuntu users use an obscure search engine,
> because they are worried someone at
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 11:13:55PM -0700, Jim Kielman wrote:
..snip...
>
> If you are using Firestarter to watch the firewall logs, you're
> doing it wrong. Firestarter needs to be run as root which is a
> security risk, it is only meant /var/log/auth.logto be run to se
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 05:09:55PM -0700, Jim Kielman wrote:
>
> are more then adequate for the average user that is running any
> services. To answer your questions as to why they have to use a
> firewall, they don't, it's just something they did when they ran
> Windows, and they can't believe
On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 09:22:40PM -0400, Greg Bair wrote:
> On 08/28/2010 08:35 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> >
> > I was under the impression that Firestarter was no longer being
> > maintained/developed. Wrong?
> >
> >
> Lastest stable, 1.0.3, was release
On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 09:36:16PM +0200, Davyd McColl wrote:
> I actually want to thank the OP for mentioning this project. It's an
> easy-to-use, intuitive firewall manager for the masses that I didn't know
> about. Personally, I hack together my own scripts using iptables directly --
> but not e
Tried this on the users list with no good answers so I'll try it here.
Upgraded from 8.04 where hibernate worked perfectly to 10.04 where
hibernate is hit or miss. Sometimes the power light goes out and other
times not. Today I started with a fully charged battery on a Dell D600
and put the syst
Tried thison the users list with no good answers so I'll try it here.
Upgraded from 8.04 where hibernate worked perfectly to 10.04 where
hibernate is hit or miss. Sometimes the power light goes out and other
times not. Today I started with a fully charged battery on a Dell D600
and put the syste
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 04:55:37PM +0200, Francesco Fumanti wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't know what devs your have in mind, but sunbird seems to have been
> abandoned by mozilla:
> http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=1101355
I didn't know the situation with the devs. Makes me wish I ha
On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 02:36:14PM +0200, Francesco Fumanti wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I also prefer sunbird to lightning: indeed, I am still using the sunbird
> version that shipped with karmic on the development version of Maverick.
>
> If I remember correctly, it is possible to install Sunbird on Lucid
What is the reason for stopping development on sunbird?
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"If you think you're getting free lunch,
check the price of the beer"
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