Re: Concerns about Windows Vista implications for Linux/Ubuntu

2006-12-25 Thread Constantine Evans
Karoliina Salminen wrote: > Hi, > > You may have read this already and it might be old news, but what do > you think? This is being discussed on EFFI's (Electronic Frontier > Foundation Finland) list currently. I haven't double checked & > verified any of the references of the article and can not

Re: User Reviews In Synaptic?

2006-12-25 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
On Fr, 2006-12-22 at 15:13 +0100, Ernst Persson wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I started writing a little bit on this spec so I wouldn't forget it. > > What do you think? How do want to deal with users that are not always online? So I would vote against an integeration in the normal user interface.

Re: User Reviews In Synaptic?

2006-12-25 Thread Bjoern Ottervik
Original Message Subject:Re: User Reviews In Synaptic? Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 19:00:22 +0100 From: Bjoern Ottervik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sebastian Heinlein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: User Reviews In Synaptic?

2006-12-25 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
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An update repository for a custom distro?

2006-12-25 Thread Joel Bryan Juliano
Hi, I have a custom distro, that have alot of customize packages, I would like to use the Ubuntu repository for the updates, but I'm afraid that the customize packages would be replaced with the ubuntu packages upon update, I'm wondering how will I use the Ubuntu repository without the customize

Feisty breaking graphic card?

2006-12-25 Thread t u
Interesting, and scary: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=325209 (no, the OP there is not me) -- 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: User Reviews In Synaptic?

2006-12-25 Thread Ernst Persson
The popularity system is really broken. :-) Perhaps it could be fixed but I really don't know how... Right now, all Ubuntu default apps have 4, some apps have 3, most Kubuntu apps have 2, and then the rest have 1. Take Inkscape for example, 17:th best rated on GnomeFiles with a score of 9.05, has

Re: An update repository for a custom distro?

2006-12-25 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
On Di, 2006-12-26 at 03:06 +0800, Joel Bryan Juliano wrote: > Hi, > > I have a custom distro, that have alot of customize packages, I would > like to use the Ubuntu repository for the updates, but I'm afraid that > the customize packages would be replaced with the ubuntu packages upon > update, I'

Re: An update repository for a custom distro?

2006-12-25 Thread Joel Bryan Juliano
On 12/26/06, Sebastian Heinlein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Di, 2006-12-26 at 03:06 +0800, Joel Bryan Juliano wrote: > Hi, > > I have a custom distro, that have alot of customize packages, I would > like to use the Ubuntu repository for the updates, but I'm afraid that > the customize packages

Re: Feisty breaking graphic card?

2006-12-25 Thread Joel Bryan Juliano
On 12/26/06, t u <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Interesting, and scary: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=325209 (no, the OP there is not me) -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listin

Re: Feisty breaking graphic card?

2006-12-25 Thread Bjoern Ottervik
I too have noticed strange (seemingly random) display corruption, but it can be rectified by going into a screen terminal (alt+f2, fex) and then back. nVidia 7600GS class card, with nvidia-glx drivers. /Björn Ottervik Joel Bryan Juliano wrote: > On 12/26/06, *t u* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: An update repository for a custom distro?

2006-12-25 Thread Scott J. Henson
Joel Bryan Juliano wrote: > Hi, > > I have a custom distro, that have alot of customize packages, I would > like to use the Ubuntu repository for the updates, but I'm afraid that > the customize packages would be replaced with the ubuntu packages upon > update, I'm wondering how will I use the