On 2012-08-07, Kris Douglas wrote:
> On 7 August 2012 17:26, Paul Sladen wrote:
>> Yes, "too many variations [of Linux]" has historically been an issue
>> and barrier in gaining Free software the mindshare/traction it
>> deserves.
>>
>> Ubuntu is part of the answer to this;
>>
>> Focus people's
I have managed to upgrade to 12.04 from the command line, which I found
online, using this command:
sudo do-release-upgrade
but I still have the Python problem I had before, which means I cannot
run Ubuntu Software Centre or the Update Manager.
David K
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On Thu, Aug 9, 2012, at 03:51 PM, David King wrote:
> I have managed to upgrade to 12.04 from the command line, which I found
> online, using this command:
>
> sudo do-release-upgrade
>
> but I still have the Python problem I had before, which means I cannot
> run Ubuntu Software Centre or the
Here are the files listed there (using ls -lpR):
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/:
total 228
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10184 May 17 08:06 _gi_cairo.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 143512 May 17 08:06 _gi.so
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 9 14:47 _glib/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 9 14:47 _
I still cannot run Update Manager or Software Center.
Every now and then a crash report is generated and an icon appears, with
an option to report the crash, but I cannot see the contents of the
crash. I expect it is in a file somewhere, does anyone know where?
I have also installed the MATE
Am I the only one who finds it perturbing that Software Centre or
[afaik] U1 does not mention payment methods before accepting the t&c's.
I was looking out of curiosity - to see how many, if any, methods are
actually open source built. I'm guessing PayPal, credit card etc. all
accepted... but ar
On 9 August 2012 20:22, Bill B. wrote:
> Am I the only one who finds it perturbing that Software Centre or
> [afaik] U1 does not mention payment methods before accepting the t&c's.
>
>
> I was looking out of curiosity - to see how many, if any, methods are
> actually open source built. I'm guess
On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 21:03 +0100, Simon Greenwood wrote:
> and financial systems are, for legal reasons as well as for security,
> inevitably closed.
Simon - a good and concise answer. Thanks.
though the comment "and financial systems are, for legal reasons as well
as for security, inevitably c
On 09/08/12 21:22, Bill Baker wrote:
I refer the honourable
gentleman to the current double dip recession ;D
Nice one.
In case people have not yet seen it, or have a spare hour or two
coming up soon:
F2C2012: Eben Moglen keynote - "Innovation under Austerity"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G
