Re: Compiz and workspace switcher

2007-10-07 Thread Matthew Larsen
I used to get this strange problem where each of the workspaces would be a seperate compiz cube (ie if I had 4 workspaces I had 12 'screens'). I moved to beryl and the problem went away. Who knows??? Regards, On 07/10/2007, Marius Gedminas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at

Re: ReadyBoost Technology for Ubuntu and Linux

2007-05-19 Thread Matthew Larsen
Readyboost is a good idea in theory, but in practice I believe there could be a few problems. The hot-pluggable nature means you would have to keep a copy of the key's contents synched with the HD / RAM anyway. The contents would also need to be encrypted in case of theft. From the reviews I have

Re: we should set a grub password by default

2007-05-17 Thread Matthew Larsen
Hi all I think putting a password by default on the grub booter just adds another level of unnecessary complexity for users. Enabling it by default you force people to learn another password which they then have to type in every time you boot etc etc. I think a better option would be to allow