Re: new items not showing up on desktop

2008-09-12 Thread Travis Arnold
Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 22:59 -0500, charles zeitler wrote: when i add items to desktop, with konqueror or konsole, they are not displayed on the screen. is this a quirk with kde-4.1 or something else? I have termed the desktop in KDE-4.x the dead zone. With the

Re: When the floodgates open ...

2008-09-06 Thread Travis Arnold
When updates resume, would anything show up in package kit and how would your sort of non geeky/technical user fix the problem- would this involve updating mirrors by hand in a file? *Travis Arnold* Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list

Re: Ello, I'm sort of new to the lists...is it best to install from livecd?

2008-09-03 Thread Travis Arnold
Ah ok, does anyone know of any plans for for the partitioner to be overhauled at some point? Travis *Travis Arnold* Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

Re: Ello, I'm sort of new to the lists...is it best to install from livecd?

2008-09-03 Thread Travis Arnold
Sorry, I guess I meant from an intuitiveness stand point, anyone know of plans to make it more user friendly? Or have clear directions on the side- something of that nature. Travis *Travis Arnold* Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list

Re: Ello, I'm sort of new to the lists...is it best to install from livecd?

2008-09-03 Thread Travis Arnold
Chris Tyler wrote: On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 01:01 +0930, Tim wrote: I'm curious as to why installing from a live disc should be any better. Surely it'd use the same basic routines. The install from live disc basically consists of copying the ext3 filesystem to disk and then resizing it after

Re: Ello, I'm sort of new to the lists...is it best to install from livecd?

2008-09-02 Thread Travis Arnold
Thomas Cameron wrote: Travis Arnold wrote: Erm I've been using ubuntu recently but would like to use fedora, but am not sure how to install, is it best to use live cd, or the dvd install medium? Either one should work, the DVD route is nice because all of the packages are right

Re: Ello, I'm sort of new to the lists...is it best to install from livecd?

2008-09-02 Thread Travis Arnold
Tim wrote: On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 09:56 -0400, Travis Arnold wrote: if I take the dvd, then I can choose what I can install? Yes, you can customise the install, adding packages, removing default ones. Though be aware that if you remove something that something else depends on, what you

Re: Secrecy and user trust

2008-09-02 Thread Travis Arnold
John Aldrich wrote: Quoting Bill Davidsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: As noted, the detail I would have liked was to know if this was a failure of system security or a failure of misplaced trust. If there is a hole in their server system security it's likely to be in ours as well. And if someone