Op dinsdag 02-01-2007 om 22:25 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Francesco
Fumanti:
> >Fumanti:
> >> There should however be a way for the user to get definitively rid of
> >> the update notification, even if he does not update!
> >>
> >> Consider for example a person using Ubuntu on a machine that
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On Jan 2, 2007, at 1:14 PM, Conrad Knauer wrote:
> ...
>> I kinda think you need to be intrusive (hence the pop up window -or
>> changed desktop background- instead of a small bubble) but leave the
>> final decision to them.
>
> Pop-up windows just bri
>Fumanti:
>> There should however be a way for the user to get definitively rid of
>> the update notification, even if he does not update!
>>
>> Consider for example a person using Ubuntu on a machine that is
>> always offline and that offers to him a system that does all that he
>> wants. As
Op dinsdag 02-01-2007 om 14:40 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Francesco
Fumanti:
> There should however be a way for the user to get definitively rid of
> the update notification, even if he does not update!
>
> Consider for example a person using Ubuntu on a machine that is
> always offline and t
On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 18:48 +0100, Gaele Strootman wrote:
> Now suppose person X has only 64 MB or RAM on this particular machine
> (the minimum requirement for Warty).
>
>
He:
* Keeps Warty
* Upgrades to the latest of Ubuntu which works on his hardware
* Strips down his installation, removin
Alec Wright wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 16:32 +, Alex Jones wrote:
>
>> Something else that we need to remember...
>>
>> If we have a system with Warty on, and it's nagging its owner to
>> upgrade, the only system it can upgrade to is Breezy, which itself might
>> be out of support. If su
On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 16:32 +, Alex Jones wrote:
>
> Something else that we need to remember...
>
> If we have a system with Warty on, and it's nagging its owner to
> upgrade, the only system it can upgrade to is Breezy, which itself might
> be out of support. If such a case arises, there's n
On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 14:40 +0100, Francesco Fumanti wrote:
> Hello,
>
> >Pop-up windows just bring back bad memories from MS Windows ;-)
> >
> >The bubble:
> >
> >- would be familiar to Ubuntu users
> >- need not be tiny
> >- should produce a new bubble each reboot (or every certain time unit,
>
Hello,
>Pop-up windows just bring back bad memories from MS Windows ;-)
>
>The bubble:
>
>- would be familiar to Ubuntu users
>- need not be tiny
>- should produce a new bubble each reboot (or every certain time unit,
>say once per day) thus being annoying enough to eventually get the
>user to upg
On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 13:04 -0600, Conrad Knauer wrote:
> On 1/1/07, t u <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Today, I booted to Windows after 4-5 months. Because of my switch to
> > Linux, I have been behaving like an average Windows user, not going
out
> > of my way to protect the OS.
> >
> > A pop
On 1/1/07, t u <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think our end-users who do not like to go out of their way to
> learn about what's going on in the community could really use
> such a feature.
> [snip]
> At the least, if it is do-able, for desktop users, you could
> change th
Conrad Knauer wrote:
> On 1/1/07, Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip]
I think our end-users who do not like to go out of their way to
learn about what's going on in the community could really use
such a feature.
[snip]
At the least, if it is do-able, for desktop users,
On 1/1/07, Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Today, I booted to Windows after 4-5 months. Because of my switch to
> > > Linux, I have been behaving like an average Windows user, not going out
> > > of my way to protect the OS.
> > >
> > > A pop up appeared and told me that my AVG free a
On 1/1/07, t u <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Today, I booted to Windows after 4-5 months. Because of my switch to
> Linux, I have been behaving like an average Windows user, not going out
> of my way to protect the OS.
>
> A pop up appeared and told me that my AVG free anti-virus 7.1 will not
> be
Hi,
Today, I booted to Windows after 4-5 months. Because of my switch to
Linux, I have been behaving like an average Windows user, not going out
of my way to protect the OS.
A pop up appeared and told me that my AVG free anti-virus 7.1 will not
be updated ever again after Jan 15th, and that I sho
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