Hi!
Would it be possible to remove the vast majority of users from /etc/passwd
and instead rely on the application being installed to create the specific
user if needed? Most of the users appear to be historical remnants that
have been carried over from release to release.
In addition, for users
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 04:33:00PM -0700, Matt Alexander wrote:
> > Would it be possible to remove the vast majority of users from
> /etc/passwd
> > and instead rely on the application being installed to create the
>
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> P.S., if you want to have fun with package installation failing try
> mounting /tmp as noexec. It's easy to fix - if you know how to do it. If not
> you'll bang your head against the wall for hours while you're trying to
> figure out why installations are failin
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:28 AM, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 03:05:58PM -0700, Matt Alexander wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Colin Watson
> wrote:
> > > For almost everything, and certainly for the overwhelming majority of
> > > new
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 06:12:24AM -0700, Matt Alexander wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:28 AM, Colin Watson
> wrote:
> > > I'm afraid this is backwards. If you want to go and hunt down packages
> > &g
Interesting proposed change for the location of binaries in Fedora:
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-considers-moving-all-binaries-to-usr-bin-1369642.html
Would Ubuntu consider doing the same?
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On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Shane Fagan wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Ronan Lucio wrote:
> > Hi Carlos,
> >
> > I'm not sure about it.
> > I know there are so many users prefering the old gnome style.
> >
> > I think the best option would be a simple way to config which interface
>
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> Le 01/12/2011 17:11, Matt Alexander a écrit :
>
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>> I don't like it because I can't find the most common apps anymore. I
>> used to be able to navigate through the Applications menu using general
>
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
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,
> > but that's not really the point. Why not simplify things and put all
>
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