Fwd: Switched to Kubuntu 15.04 - Amazing - Never going back

2015-09-21 Thread Jonathan Riddell
This made me happy this morning - Forwarded message from Bhavin Prajapati - Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2015 21:52:11 -0400 From: Bhavin Prajapati To: jridd...@ubuntu.com Subject: Switched to Kubuntu 15.04 - Amazing - Never going back to Mac or Windows Hi there, I just wanted to personally

Kubuntu 15.04 is out

2015-04-23 Thread Jonathan Riddell
Our first release (actually any major distro's) with Plasma 5, try the most beautiful desktop around. http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-15.04 Jonathan -- kubuntu-devel mailing list kubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/lis

Re: Problems in Kubuntu 15.04 beta 1

2015-03-09 Thread Xen
Quoting Xen : There is some sense to that, but I think that should or would be mostly about the visible applications that are accessible through an application menu. It is also weird that there is no default text-mode browser installed. $ links The program 'links' is currently not installed.

Re: Problems in Kubuntu 15.04 beta 1

2015-03-09 Thread Xen
Quoting Olivier van der Toorn : Nano is installed by default. For (Kubuntu) desktop applications I thought it was the policy to not have more than one thing do the same thing. (For example have two Web browsers) There is some sense to that, but I think that should or would be mostly about th

Re: Problems in Kubuntu 15.04 beta 1

2015-03-09 Thread Mustafa Muhammad
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Monday, March 09, 2015 02:12:51 PM Mustafa Muhammad wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Olivier van der Toorn >> >> wrote: >> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> > Hash: SHA1 >> > >> > On 03/07/2015 10:38 PM, Mustafa Muhammad w

Re: Problems in Kubuntu 15.04 beta 1

2015-03-09 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Monday, March 09, 2015 02:12:51 PM Mustafa Muhammad wrote: > On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Olivier van der Toorn > > wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 03/07/2015 10:38 PM, Mustafa Muhammad wrote: > >> Hi, I am testing beta 1, and wanted to report some p

Re: Problems in Kubuntu 15.04 beta 1

2015-03-09 Thread Mustafa Muhammad
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Olivier van der Toorn wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 03/07/2015 10:38 PM, Mustafa Muhammad wrote: >> Hi, I am testing beta 1, and wanted to report some problems: 1) >> NetworkManager now requires pppoe binary (which is not installed

Re: Problems in Kubuntu 15.04 beta 1

2015-03-09 Thread Olivier van der Toorn
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/07/2015 10:38 PM, Mustafa Muhammad wrote: > Hi, I am testing beta 1, and wanted to report some problems: 1) > NetworkManager now requires pppoe binary (which is not installed > by default), previously connection could be made using ppp, but now >

Re: Problems in Kubuntu 15.04 beta 1

2015-03-07 Thread Mustafa Muhammad
On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 3:52 AM, Valorie Zimmerman wrote: > On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Mustafa Muhammad > wrote: >> Hi, >> I am testing beta 1, and wanted to report some problems: >> 1) NetworkManager now requires pppoe binary (which is not installed by >> default), previously connection coul

Re: Problems in Kubuntu 15.04 beta 1

2015-03-07 Thread Mustafa Muhammad
On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 1:07 AM, Xen wrote: > Hey, > > for info on the baloo_file issue: > > http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?67357-The-Saga-of-Installing-15-04-on-a-USB-Flash-Drive&p=366489&viewfull=1#post366489 > > as per the excellent Steve Riley ;-). > > It is about baloo_file depend

Re: Problems in Kubuntu 15.04 beta 1

2015-03-07 Thread Valorie Zimmerman
On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Mustafa Muhammad wrote: > Hi, > I am testing beta 1, and wanted to report some problems: > 1) NetworkManager now requires pppoe binary (which is not installed by > default), previously connection could be made using ppp, but now pppoe > is required, so I think it sh

Re: Problems in Kubuntu 15.04 beta 1

2015-03-07 Thread Xen
Hey, for info on the baloo_file issue: http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?67357-The-Saga-of-Installing-15-04-on-a-USB-Flash-Drive&p=366489&viewfull=1#post366489 as per the excellent Steve Riley ;-). It is about baloo_file depending on a feature of the task scheluler (I/O scheduler) t

Problems in Kubuntu 15.04 beta 1

2015-03-07 Thread Mustafa Muhammad
Hi, I am testing beta 1, and wanted to report some problems: 1) NetworkManager now requires pppoe binary (which is not installed by default), previously connection could be made using ppp, but now pppoe is required, so I think it should be included in the default installation. 2) vim (full, not mi

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-12-01 Thread Rick.Timmis
mMark Fraser wrote:Currently doing a clean install of Kubuntu 15.04 on an unused Netbook and here are my first thoughts: 1) I don't like the new hourglass cursor as it is static 2) Part way through the install, the screen locker kicked in and you're shown a screen with a box in whic

Kubuntu 15.04

2014-12-01 Thread Mark Fraser
Currently doing a clean install of Kubuntu 15.04 on an unused Netbook and here are my first thoughts: 1) I don't like the new hourglass cursor as it is static 2) Part way through the install, the screen locker kicked in and you're shown a screen with a box in which to enter a passw

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-31 Thread Harald Sitter
ody upstream has >> >> >> >>said >> >> >> >>anything against it they're just disappointed that we'd be >> >> >> >>shipping >> >> >> >>Plasma 5.2 and not 5.3 (out the week

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-30 Thread Scott Kitterman
; > >> >> >>dude > > > >> >> >>who's > > > >> >> >>sitting next to him is also all for it. Nobody upstream has > > > >> >> >>said > > > >> >> >

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-30 Thread Paulo Dias
> > >> >> >>The Plasma 5 release dude is all for it and the Plasma 5 dude > > >> >> >>who's > > >> >> >>sitting next to him is also all for it. Nobody upstream has > > >> >> >>said &

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-30 Thread Scott Kitterman
Plasma 5 release dude is all for it and the Plasma 5 dude > >> >> >>who's > >> >> >>sitting next to him is also all for it. Nobody upstream has > >> >> >>said > >> >> >>anything against it th

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-30 Thread Harald Sitter
for it. Nobody upstream has said >> >> >>anything against it they're just disappointed that we'd be shipping >> >> >>Plasma 5.2 and not 5.3 (out the week after Kubuntu 15.04). >> >> > >> >> > Nobody seems to object

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-30 Thread Scott Kitterman
re just disappointed that we'd be shipping > >> >>Plasma 5.2 and not 5.3 (out the week after Kubuntu 15.04). > >> > > >> > Nobody seems to object, so I'm going to say we'll have Plasma 5 by > >> > default > >> > in Kub

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-30 Thread Harald Sitter
a 5 release dude is all for it and the Plasma 5 dude who's >> >>sitting next to him is also all for it. Nobody upstream has said >> >>anything against it they're just disappointed that we'd be shipping >> >>Plasma 5.2 and not 5.3 (out the

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-30 Thread Scott Kitterman
;sitting next to him is also all for it. Nobody upstream has said > >>anything against it they're just disappointed that we'd be shipping > >>Plasma 5.2 and not 5.3 (out the week after Kubuntu 15.04). > > > > Nobody seems to object, so I

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-30 Thread Harald Sitter
gt;anything against it they're just disappointed that we'd be shipping >>Plasma 5.2 and not 5.3 (out the week after Kubuntu 15.04). > > Nobody seems to object, so I'm going to say we'll have Plasma 5 by default in > Kubuntu 15.04. Needs papers to be filed wi

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-30 Thread Valorie Zimmerman
gt;anything against it they're just disappointed that we'd be shipping >>Plasma 5.2 and not 5.3 (out the week after Kubuntu 15.04). > > Nobody seems to object, so I'm going to say we'll have Plasma 5 by default in > Kubuntu 15.04. > > Jonathan This seems

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-29 Thread Jonathan Riddell
ping >Plasma 5.2 and not 5.3 (out the week after Kubuntu 15.04). Nobody seems to object, so I'm going to say we'll have Plasma 5 by default in Kubuntu 15.04. Jonathan -- kubuntu-devel mailing list kubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://list

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-28 Thread Rick.Timmis
missing features > > in.  What do others think? > > What does upstream think? The Plasma 5 release dude is all for it and the Plasma 5 dude who's sitting next to him is also all for it.  Nobody upstream has said anything against it they're just disappointed that w

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-28 Thread Jonathan Riddell
> in. What do others think? > > What does upstream think? The Plasma 5 release dude is all for it and the Plasma 5 dude who's sitting next to him is also all for it. Nobody upstream has said anything against it they're just disappointed that we'd be shipping Plasma 5.2

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-27 Thread Valorie Zimmerman
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 7:18 AM, Rohan Garg wrote: >> If SDDM gets sorted, YES. Otherwise a big NO. > > What needs sorting? > > Cheers > Rohan Garg For me, SDDM works fine. However, first I had to manually remove LightDM, and with this laptop, KDM! We need to ensure that LightDM and KDM are both

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-27 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Monday, October 27, 2014 12:50:11 Jonathan Riddell wrote: > Well done on a great job on Kubuntu 14.10 everyone, doing two flavours > of Kubuntu is quite a feat and I think we pulled it off well. > > Time to look at 15.04, Vivid. > > The big decision is whether to switch to Plasma 5. My opinio

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-27 Thread David Edmundson
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Jonathan Riddell wrote: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 03:29:08PM +0100, Jörn Schönyan wrote: > > Am Montag, 27. Oktober 2014 15:23:31 CEST schrieb Jonathan Riddell: > > >On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 03:13:52PM +0100, Jörn Schönyan wrote: > > >>Am Montag, 27. Oktober 2014 1

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-27 Thread Jonathan Riddell
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 03:29:08PM +0100, Jörn Schönyan wrote: > Am Montag, 27. Oktober 2014 15:23:31 CEST schrieb Jonathan Riddell: > >On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 03:13:52PM +0100, Jörn Schönyan wrote: > >>Am Montag, 27. Oktober 2014 14:56:27 CEST schrieb Scarlett Clark: > > ... > > > >Upstream KDE de

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-27 Thread Harald Sitter
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Jonathan Riddell wrote: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 03:29:08PM +0100, Jörn Schönyan wrote: >> Am Montag, 27. Oktober 2014 15:23:31 CEST schrieb Jonathan Riddell: >> >On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 03:13:52PM +0100, Jörn Schönyan wrote: >> >>Am Montag, 27. Oktober 2014 14:56

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-27 Thread Jörn Schönyan
Am Montag, 27. Oktober 2014 15:23:31 CEST schrieb Jonathan Riddell: On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 03:13:52PM +0100, Jörn Schönyan wrote: Am Montag, 27. Oktober 2014 14:56:27 CEST schrieb Scarlett Clark: ... Upstream KDE default is SDDM so we'd like to go with what KDE suggest. KDE went with SDDM be

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-27 Thread Jonathan Riddell
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 03:13:52PM +0100, Jörn Schönyan wrote: > Am Montag, 27. Oktober 2014 14:56:27 CEST schrieb Scarlett Clark: > >On Monday, October 27, 2014 12:50:11 PM Jonathan Riddell wrote: > >>Well done on a great job on Kubuntu 14.10 everyone, doing two flavours > >>of Kubuntu is quite a

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-27 Thread Jonathan Riddell
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 03:18:03PM +0100, Rohan Garg wrote: > > If SDDM gets sorted, YES. Otherwise a big NO. > > What needs sorting? Items I put on https://trello.com/c/cfvI6Rkp/5-ensure-sddm-works are.. ✓ ubiquity-dm to sddm transition ✓ tripple check lightdm to sddm upgrade working ✓ settings

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-27 Thread Scarlett Clark
On Monday, October 27, 2014 03:13:52 PM Jörn Schönyan wrote: > Am Montag, 27. Oktober 2014 14:56:27 CEST schrieb Scarlett Clark: > > On Monday, October 27, 2014 12:50:11 PM Jonathan Riddell wrote: > >> Well done on a great job on Kubuntu 14.10 everyone, doing two flavours > >> of Kubuntu is quite a

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-27 Thread Rohan Garg
> If SDDM gets sorted, YES. Otherwise a big NO. What needs sorting? Cheers Rohan Garg -- kubuntu-devel mailing list kubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-27 Thread Rohan Garg
> What does upstream think? > Not speaking for anyone, but casual conversation with upstream indicates that they want Plasma 5 shipped as default ASAP. -- kubuntu-devel mailing list kubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubun

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-27 Thread Jörn Schönyan
Am Montag, 27. Oktober 2014 14:56:27 CEST schrieb Scarlett Clark: On Monday, October 27, 2014 12:50:11 PM Jonathan Riddell wrote: Well done on a great job on Kubuntu 14.10 everyone, doing two flavours of Kubuntu is quite a feat and I think we pulled it off well. Time to look at 15.04, Vivid. T

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-27 Thread Scarlett Clark
On Monday, October 27, 2014 12:50:11 PM Jonathan Riddell wrote: > Well done on a great job on Kubuntu 14.10 everyone, doing two flavours > of Kubuntu is quite a feat and I think we pulled it off well. > > Time to look at 15.04, Vivid. > > The big decision is whether to switch to Plasma 5. My opi

Re: Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-27 Thread Harald Sitter
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Jonathan Riddell wrote: > > Well done on a great job on Kubuntu 14.10 everyone, doing two flavours > of Kubuntu is quite a feat and I think we pulled it off well. > > Time to look at 15.04, Vivid. > > The big decision is whether to switch to Plasma 5. My opinion i

Kubuntu 15.04

2014-10-27 Thread Jonathan Riddell
Well done on a great job on Kubuntu 14.10 everyone, doing two flavours of Kubuntu is quite a feat and I think we pulled it off well. Time to look at 15.04, Vivid. The big decision is whether to switch to Plasma 5. My opinion is that the stability is pleasingly good and there's only a few miss