I don't know if the original poster has since learned this, but I think
it's worth noting several things, in case the person coming over from
Windows hasn't figured it out. (If this is a non-issue, please disregard
this email.)
1) Linux/Unix executables don't have a .exe extension. Typically, th
Hi!
On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 12:14:47AM +0530, joy chalissery wrote:
> here is the link where is gave something in writing
> http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28923/
> please do read the comments following the idea
> admin talked about getting involved with development team.
Thanks for your intere
Thanks for the prompt reply.
lol on me for thinking those lists aren't that active :-) proven
otherwise now ;)
still i did visit the site mentioned in your reply.Will take a second look
at it again.
it would have helped a lot if launchpad featured a category where extras or
miscellaneous people
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
distinctions like "Oh, see, if it's an app that's meant to be used by a
System Admi
My 2 cents.
Let other distros do this first. Wait 5 years to allow problems to be sorted
out. Then discuss again.
--
A bug magnet
El Dec 5, 2011, a las 12:15, Matt Alexander
escribió:
> Sure, using find or which, etc., can be used to locate a particular app, but
> that's not really the poin
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:02 AM, nick rundy wrote:
> There are several situations where I need to find an executable. One that
> comes immediately to mind is when I need to specify what program to use to
> open an online stream and the program I want is not appearing in an offered
I find it quite
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 05, 2011 at 02:40:31AM +0800, John McCabe-Dansted wrote:
>> We could even enhance which to look in obvious places off the path (perhaps
>> locatedb?) and print the output on stderr if we really wanted to.
>
> Please don't - 'which'
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
