Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

2015-06-29 Thread Bill Kenworthy
On 29/06/15 21:03, behrouz khosravi wrote: I believe there was an effort to get Gentoo Prefix running on Android as part of GSoC. I've yet to try it myself but you might find that useful. I doubt it runs x11, but your typical x11 application isn't really going to work well on

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

2015-06-29 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 9:03 AM, behrouz khosravi bz.khosr...@gmail.com wrote: I love to get ride of android altogether! I would love to see a platform open enough that I am able to install my bootloader on it easily and boot what I prefer using a usb flash memory. This is what I consider as

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

2015-06-29 Thread behrouz khosravi
I believe there was an effort to get Gentoo Prefix running on Android as part of GSoC. I've yet to try it myself but you might find that useful. I doubt it runs x11, but your typical x11 application isn't really going to work well on a smartphone anyway unless you get a bluetooth

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

2015-06-29 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 7:54 AM, behrouz khosravi bz.khosr...@gmail.com wrote: I am eagerly waiting for seeing the traditional linux ecosystem on phones and tablet. I hate Android and I think it is not what we deserve to have on our hardware. I believe there was an effort to get Gentoo Prefix

[gentoo-user] Re: is purchasing a usb blu ray a good idea?

2015-06-29 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-06-26, gottl...@nyu.edu gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: My new (dell E7450) laptop will be a slimline with no internal optical drive. So I want to purchase an external optical drive. My first thought was to get a drive that is both a blue ray READER and a dvd writer AFAIK, none of my

[gentoo-user] Adwaita cursors

2015-06-29 Thread Philip Webb
There was a problem with Adwaita-icon-theme creating an unwanted symlink : see Bugs 543488 + 543902 (March-April 2015). That has been stopped, but these icons + cursors are now being enforced in all Gtk+ apps, eg Firefox Gvim. I don't mind the icons, but don't like the cursors. The solution is

Re: [gentoo-user] resizing multiple images with adding a frame as needed

2015-06-29 Thread hw
Am 24.06.2015 um 07:35 schrieb Mick: On Wednesday 24 Jun 2015 01:02:35 waben...@gmail.com wrote: hw h...@gartencenter-vaehning.de wrote: Hi, suppose I have a number of images that need to be displayed side by side in a nice layout. The images are of different sizes and have different

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

2015-06-29 Thread behrouz khosravi
It sounds like your problem isn't with Android (which is mostly FOSS - or at least the parts you're dealing with here are), but with the bootloader on your phone (which is proprietary). No, actually my problem is that why an operating system can have decision on what types of apps can I have

Re: [gentoo-user] resizing multiple images with adding a frame as needed

2015-06-29 Thread hw
Am 24.06.2015 um 02:02 schrieb waben...@gmail.com: hw h...@gartencenter-vaehning.de wrote: Hi, suppose I have a number of images that need to be displayed side by side in a nice layout. The images are of different sizes and have different aspect ratios. To fit the images into the layout,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: eix

2015-06-29 Thread wireless
On 06/29/2015 03:50 AM, Martin Vaeth wrote: use to match the arg string against all three: (1) gentoo tree /usr/portage (2) the /var/lib/layman/ overlays I had installed and manage with layman (3) my /usr/local/portage local ebuild placed in /usr/local/portage/ Now, only option (1) shows the

[gentoo-user] Re: Adwaita cursors

2015-06-29 Thread »Q«
On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:06:26 -0400 Philip Webb purs...@ca.inter.net wrote: Why Adwaita is a requirement for Gtk+ is beyond me It was to fix https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=533848. See also the first couple of comments in https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536648. I don't really

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

2015-06-29 Thread Todd Goodman
* behrouz khosravi bz.khosr...@gmail.com [150629 11:45]: It sounds like your problem isn't with Android (which is mostly FOSS - or at least the parts you're dealing with here are), but with the bootloader on your phone (which is proprietary). No, actually my problem is that why an

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: is purchasing a usb blu ray a good idea?

2015-06-29 Thread gottlieb
On Mon, Jun 29 2015, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2015-06-26, gottl...@nyu.edu gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: My new (dell E7450) laptop will be a slimline with no internal optical drive. So I want to purchase an external optical drive. My first thought was to get a drive that is both a blue ray

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

2015-06-29 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 11:44 AM, behrouz khosravi bz.khosr...@gmail.com wrote: It sounds like your problem isn't with Android (which is mostly FOSS - or at least the parts you're dealing with here are), but with the bootloader on your phone (which is proprietary). No, actually my problem is

[gentoo-user] official gentoo wallpaper font

2015-06-29 Thread Michael Mair-Keimberger
Hi all, Quick question: Can someone tell which font is being used in the official 10 years compiling wallpaper [1] (top right)? I haven't found any information about it, but i like it and want to use it for a conky configuration :) Thx [1]

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: is purchasing a usb blu ray a good idea?

2015-06-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 14:37:18 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: [1] Despite all steps explained in the blog posts on how to build a bootable flash drive based on an ISO image, I've found that for everything except systemrescuecd, all I have ever had do is: dd if=whatever.iso

[gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

2015-06-29 Thread behrouz khosravi
Hello everyone. I am eagerly waiting for seeing the traditional linux ecosystem on phones and tablet. I hate Android and I think it is not what we deserve to have on our hardware. So is anyone using ubuntu on phones? (I am not a fan of ubuntu but I thinks at this moment it is closest thing to what

Re: [gentoo-user] resizing multiple images with adding a frame as needed

2015-06-29 Thread Mick
On Monday 29 Jun 2015 16:34:16 hw wrote: Am 24.06.2015 um 07:35 schrieb Mick: On Wednesday 24 Jun 2015 01:02:35 waben...@gmail.com wrote: hw h...@gartencenter-vaehning.de wrote: Hi, suppose I have a number of images that need to be displayed side by side in a nice layout. The images

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: PPPoE ADSL modem choice

2015-06-29 Thread Mick
On Monday 29 Jun 2015 10:01:50 Hans wrote: On 29/06/15 03:40, Mick wrote: On Sunday 28 Jun 2015 16:07:30 Hans wrote: Bought last year a $300.-- FritzBox 7490. Returned the first one because it did not sync with my ISP. Returned the replacement because GRC Shieldsup

[gentoo-user] emerge libtdi w/ USE=python requires swig

2015-06-29 Thread Grant Edwards
After futzing around for a while installing and re-installing different versions of libftdi trying to get python support installed, I finally noticed that building libftdi python support requires swig. I didn't have swig installed and the ebuild apparently doesn't have it as a dependency. Is the

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge libtdi w/ USE=python requires swig

2015-06-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 29/06/2015 22:00, Grant Edwards wrote: After futzing around for a while installing and re-installing different versions of libftdi trying to get python support installed, I finally noticed that building libftdi python support requires swig. I didn't have swig installed and the ebuild

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

2015-06-29 Thread behrouz khosravi
If you build/install Android on a device, then it only contains what you put there, and you can just as easily remove it. If you let somebody else build/install android on a device and not give you root access, then it is painful. If you build/install Gentoo on a device, then it only

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

2015-06-29 Thread john
On Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:44:23 +0430 behrouz khosravi bz.khosr...@gmail.com wrote: If you build/install Android on a device, then it only contains what you put there, and you can just as easily remove it. If you let somebody else build/install android on a device and not give you root

[gentoo-user] Re: eix

2015-06-29 Thread Martin Vaeth
James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: use to match the arg string against all three: (1) gentoo tree /usr/portage (2) the /var/lib/layman/ overlays I had installed and manage with layman (3) my /usr/local/portage local ebuild placed in /usr/local/portage/ Now, only option (1) shows the

[gentoo-user] Re: PPPoE ADSL modem choice

2015-06-29 Thread Hans
On 29/06/15 03:40, Mick wrote: On Sunday 28 Jun 2015 16:07:30 Hans wrote: On 22/06/15 20:41, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: fritzbox There are all other modems/router and then there are fritzbox versions. With very good security. Updates. And lots of niceuseful features. 2015-06-22 12:08

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: is purchasing a usb blu ray a good idea?

2015-06-29 Thread Walter Dnes
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 01:07:48AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 14:37:18 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: [1] Despite all steps explained in the blog posts on how to build a bootable flash drive based on an ISO image, I've found that for everything except

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

2015-06-29 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 05:33:08PM +0430, behrouz khosravi wrote I love to get ride of android altogether! I would love to see a platform open enough that I am able to install my bootloader on it easily and boot what I prefer using a usb flash memory. This is what I consider as the linux or

Re: [gentoo-user] any one using ubuntu phones?

2015-06-29 Thread Dale
Walter Dnes wrote: On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 05:33:08PM +0430, behrouz khosravi wrote I love to get ride of android altogether! I would love to see a platform open enough that I am able to install my bootloader on it easily and boot what I prefer using a usb flash memory. This is what I