Re: New Programs for Hardy?

2007-11-20 Thread Conrad Knauer
On Nov 14, 2007 3:19 AM, Conrad Knauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since we're at the formative stages of Hardy I thought I'd start a > thread about apps which might be good for inclusion in the default > Ubuntu setup. I was looking over my notes from the last month and I should have also sugges

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2007-11-20 Thread Patrick
My "our best foot forward" thread appears to have bombed. Perhaps I can help in another way... Would it be helpful to Canonical/Ubuntu if I could help to locate liquidated servers at low cost? I assume you are selling Ubuntu preloaded on servers? I work with a site called dovebid.com a lot. Th

Re: Our best foot forward

2007-11-20 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
Am Montag, den 19.11.2007, 22:47 -0500 schrieb Patrick: > > The post installation scripts should be divided up between > programmers > and tutorial writers. Post-installation scripts should not contain any things that are not related to installing the package, since they have to robust. Further

Re: New Programs for Hardy?

2007-11-20 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
Am Dienstag, den 20.11.2007, 04:11 -0600 schrieb Conrad Knauer: > On Nov 14, 2007 3:19 AM, Conrad Knauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Since we're at the formative stages of Hardy I thought I'd start a > > thread about apps which might be good for inclusion in the default > > Ubuntu setup. > >

Re: Our best foot forward

2007-11-20 Thread Patrick
Hi Sebastian That sounds like a good idea! I would like to help. Do you have a rough estimate as to when the web based Synaptic will be ready? Sebastian Heinlein wrote: > Am Montag, den 19.11.2007, 22:47 -0500 schrieb Patrick: > >> The post installation scripts should be divided up between >

Re: New Programs for Hardy?

2007-11-20 Thread Conrad Knauer
On Nov 20, 2007 5:30 PM, Sebastian Heinlein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P.S. you wrote a private mail. A! Reply-to strikes again :/ Thanks for letting me know; I will report to the list with your reply. CK Am Dienstag, den 20.11.2007, 16:20 -0600 schrieb Conrad Knauer: > > F

Re: Our best foot forward

2007-11-20 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
Am Dienstag, den 20.11.2007, 08:51 -0500 schrieb Patrick: > Hi Sebastian > > That sounds like a good idea! > > I would like to help. Do you have a rough estimate as to when the web > based Synaptic will be ready? No, at first it needs some skilled web developers :) signature.asc Description:

Re: Our best foot forward

2007-11-20 Thread Jan Claeys
Op maandag 19-11-2007 om 19:50 uur [tijdzone -0500], schreef Patrick: > The problem is it's not obvious to the first time user. I could carry > out usability studies with friends and family but really I don't think > anyone is ready to set up an nfs, ftp or samba server in the first > 10-20 hours.

Re: Our best foot forward

2007-11-20 Thread Neal McBurnett
Patrick I've pulled some ideas of yours I like from two separate posts: On Mon, Nov 15, 2007 at 20:30:20PM, Patrick wrote: > I think these are "configuration centric": > > 3)Question=I want to configure my NFS server > Answer= manually edit configuration file or use dpkg-reconfigure -plow > to lau

Re: Our best foot forward

2007-11-20 Thread Martin Owens
> It uses the web because we shouldn't require servers to have the huge > set of (potentially dangerous) packages that are needed for X11 and > Gnome or KDE. Those web configuration tools though, they're a bit podgy and the designers tend not to have the widgets they need to do a good enough job.