Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-09-06 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 07:44:59PM -0400, Daniel Dickinson wrote: Then lets look at how stable ubuntu stable is or is not. I know I've seen posts on these lists suggesting that ubuntu stable tends to pull in things from debian unstable[1] and is therefore less stable. Ubuntu does not pull

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-09-06 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 01:05:56AM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote: On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 04:02:04PM +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: - X ran with the wrong resolution (typical i915 problem) and with the wrong dpi setting Can't speak to that; my ATI Firegl video worked automatically out of the

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-09-04 Thread Mgr. Peter Tuharsky
Personally I think the DS team have enough work making sure security updates are a smooth process for packages *in the OS*: being expected to test random-external-package-x on top of that is asking too much. Well, might be. I dont really know if the Sarge's OOo 2.0 beta crashes too,

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-09-04 Thread Rene Engelhard
Am Montag, 4. September 2006 08:08 schrieb Mgr. Peter Tuharsky: Personally I think the DS team have enough work making sure security updates are a smooth process for packages *in the OS*: being expected to test random-external-package-x on top of that is asking too much.

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-09-01 Thread Jon Dowland
At 1156986534 past the epoch, Michelle Konzack wrote: to be fair with Mgr Tuharsky, I think that it is important to remind that the bug he is talking about in not affecting OpenOffice only, that it was introduced by a security update, and that for various reasons the fix takes months to

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-31 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-08-29 11:55:05, schrieb Charles Plessy: Dear Michelle, to be fair with Mgr Tuharsky, I think that it is important to remind that the bug he is talking about in not affecting OpenOffice only, that it was introduced by a security update, and that for various reasons the fix takes

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-31 Thread Tristan Seligmann
* Michelle Konzack [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-08-31 01:08:54 +0200]: Am 2006-08-29 11:55:05, schrieb Charles Plessy: Dear Michelle, to be fair with Mgr Tuharsky, I think that it is important to remind that the bug he is talking about in not affecting OpenOffice only, that it was

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas? Debian official update sub-release

2006-08-30 Thread Martin Schulze
John Goerzen wrote: On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 05:09:54PM +0200, Joey Schulze wrote: ciol wrote: The problem is that Debian doesn't speak a lot about nice features like volatile and backports, for instance in the official web site, where it's difficult to see the links. The... err...

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-30 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-08-24 17:51:55, schrieb Rudy Godoy: I do believe it's more a matter of relations with press and media than budget. We have no easy-way-to-get-it to tell people why they would want to use Debian. Ubuntu, on the other hand, has achieved to do so, and what they tell that we can't?

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-30 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-08-25 11:46:20, schrieb Mgr. Peter Tuharsky: 1b, If things don't work, it's sometimes hard to get them working either. Example: Bug 372719. The OOo 2.0 keeps crashing for 2 months thank to KNOWN bug in security upgrade. Now tell somebody, that Debian But OOo 2.0 is not in Stable!

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-30 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-08-26 02:56:25, schrieb Hendrik Sattler: Am Freitag 25 August 2006 12:54 schrieb Wouter Verhelst: Given that a kernel image these days takes up about 50M already I guess that those that care for the smallest possible base system (and those that hate initrd/initramfs) have their own

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-30 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-08-26 02:01:21, schrieb Benjamin Seidenberg: You can always use a Transnational Republic ID card. :-) Where can I get this? - Martin? Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- Linux-User

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-30 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-08-27 01:19:23, schrieb Adam Borowski: I am pretty sure Michelle has at least _some_ sort of ID, even as an illegal alien. And with the current anti-Arab scare she would be already deported were she lacking complete valid papers -- you can sit in peace if you don't travel anywhere,

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas? Debian official update sub-release

2006-08-29 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 10:26:22AM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: [volatile and backports] As it is, it is unclear to me who is building those packages, of what quality they are, and what kind of security support they are receiving. Volatile was set up by Andreas Barth, and is maintained by Andreas

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-28 Thread Bruce Sass
On Sun August 27 2006 18:55, you wrote: Deferring to Ubuntu for this work is the worst sort of defeatist nonsense and I will not to bow to it. I like collaborating with the Ubuntu people, but I refuse to compromise my own work or Debian as a project just so that they can excel. I think you

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-28 Thread Bruce Sass
[sorry for the duplicate, but I want to fix the threading] On Sun August 27 2006 18:55, David Nusinow wrote: Deferring to Ubuntu for this work is the worst sort of defeatist nonsense and I will not to bow to it. I like collaborating with the Ubuntu people, but I refuse to compromise my own

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-28 Thread Mgr. Peter Tuharsky
Bruce, Uhm, Debian's target audience is not Joe User, never has been AFAICT. Joe isn't usually capable of determining which MTA, web server, proxy server, etc., specific implementation is best for them, assuming they are even aware of the architecture underlying the UI they see... Debian

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-28 Thread Mgr. Peter Tuharsky
Rudy: There is so much to say about that, that I hardly can remember the very concrete cases, so please don't attack me on that basis. I wasn't attacking you, If you had that impression I'm sorry. No, I really hadn't. I mentioned that just preventively, not targeted at You -because I

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-28 Thread Mgr. Peter Tuharsky
Wouter: 1, Ubuntu places the care about the average-Joe-user at first place at worst. Debian dosen't. That's true, but this is improving. Hope I could see it soon. Really. I don't tell the ideology is not valid; I just tell that often this is in the state Users, wait until we solve this

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas? Debian official update sub-release

2006-08-28 Thread Mgr. Peter Tuharsky
To make the picture more complete, not only desktop needs current software. The Debian on server lacks sometimes too. Few examples: PHP5, bunch of Clamav-related packages for proxy and mail interaction, Squid3. They're in Etch, however if released as official update of Debian, should do.

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-28 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On 8/28/06, Mgr. Peter Tuharsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We're speaking about distributions that are intended for daily use, not for experiments. To make it clear, Debian 3.1 Sarge and Ubuntu 6.06. If the Etch has it, that's great. However that dosen't matter answering the Debian is at least as

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas? Debian official update sub-release

2006-08-28 Thread Martin Wuertele
* Mgr. Peter Tuharsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-08-28 12:05]: To make the picture more complete, not only desktop needs current software. The Debian on server lacks sometimes too. Few examples: PHP5, bunch of Clamav-related packages for proxy and mail interaction, Squid3. They're in Etch,

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas? Debian official update sub-release

2006-08-28 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Aug 28, Martin Wuertele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whoo no way! I don't want to updated my servers more than once 18-24 months. I don't need php5, specs says php4 and php5, squid does it's job very good and clamav from volatile rounds the package up. Then don't. The problem for people like

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas? Debian official update sub-release

2006-08-28 Thread ciol
Martin Wuertele wrote: Clamav is in volatile, php5 in backports, haven't checked squid3. The problem is that Debian doesn't speak a lot about nice features like volatile and backports, for instance in the official web site, where it's difficult to see the links. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas? Debian official update sub-release

2006-08-28 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Marco d'Itri wrote: On Aug 28, Martin Wuertele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] You don't run a lot of servers if you want to update them more frequently. You don't run a lot of servers either if you never need versions of many different packages

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas? Debian official update sub-release

2006-08-28 Thread Martin Wuertele
* Marco d'Itri [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-08-28 12:35]: You don't run a lot of servers either if you never need versions of many different packages more recent than a couple of years. That's when backports and chroots comes in. yours Martin -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux - The

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-28 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 11:33:00AM +0200, Mgr. Peter Tuharsky wrote: Wouter: I don't tell the ideology is not valid; I just tell that often this is in the state Users, wait until we solve this ideologically, it may take some years. Well, user dosen't have the years and need things working, so

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-28 Thread Mgr. Peter Tuharsky
At the beginning of my comments, there has been a statement from Rudy: We have no easy-way-to-get-it to tell people why they would want to use Debian. Ubuntu, on the other hand, has achieved to do so, and what they tell that we can't? nothing. and as his message continues (25.08.2006 00:51) I

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-28 Thread Sam Morris
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:33:00 +0200, Mgr. Peter Tuharsky wrote: Mplayer can be installed easily by adding the right line to your sources.list. It's all over the internet. Same goes for codecs. Yes, I'll try to replicate that sentence to my aunt or cousin. It will be of great help for sure.

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-28 Thread Mgr. Peter Tuharsky
Wouter, it seems You don't understand my point of view. I don't question development results in Debian. I, too, couldn't, because so far I haven't met any Etch installation. I read Weekly news and watch the progress. I see there's quite a development inside of Debian. As of release cycle being

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas? Debian official update sub-release

2006-08-28 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Aug 28, Martin Wuertele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You don't run a lot of servers either if you never need versions of many different packages more recent than a couple of years. That's when backports and chroots comes in. Backports have dubious quality and do not get real security support.

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-28 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-08-24 17:51:55, schrieb Rudy Godoy: I do believe it's more a matter of relations with press and media than budget. We have no easy-way-to-get-it to tell people why they would want to use Debian. Ubuntu, on the other hand, has achieved to do so, and what they tell that we can't?

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-28 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-08-25 11:46:20, schrieb Mgr. Peter Tuharsky: 1b, If things don't work, it's sometimes hard to get them working either. Example: Bug 372719. The OOo 2.0 keeps crashing for 2 months thank to KNOWN bug in security upgrade. Now tell somebody, that Debian But OOo 2.0 is not in Stable!

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas? Debian official update sub-release

2006-08-28 Thread Joey Schulze
ciol wrote: Clamav is in volatile, php5 in backports, haven't checked squid3. ... squid3 is in *gosh* testing. The problem is that Debian doesn't speak a lot about nice features like volatile and backports, for instance in the official web site, where it's difficult to see the links.

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas? Debian official update sub-release

2006-08-28 Thread John Goerzen
On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 05:09:54PM +0200, Joey Schulze wrote: ciol wrote: The problem is that Debian doesn't speak a lot about nice features like volatile and backports, for instance in the official web site, where it's difficult to see the links. The... err... issue is that these

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-28 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 01:17:42PM +0200, Mgr. Peter Tuharsky wrote: At the beginning of my comments, there has been a statement from Rudy: We have no easy-way-to-get-it to tell people why they would want to use Debian. Ubuntu, on the other hand, has achieved to do so, and what they tell

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-28 Thread Benjamin Seidenberg
Adam Borowski wrote: On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 02:01:21AM -0400, Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: Michelle Konzack wrote: Since I have no valid ID-Card (problens with France, since I am origin iranish/turkish witeh illegal german adoptivp arents) I can not enter the NM... nobody can sign

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-28 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 10:00:08PM +0200, Michelle Konzack a écrit : Am 2006-08-25 11:46:20, schrieb Mgr. Peter Tuharsky: 1b, If things don't work, it's sometimes hard to get them working either. Example: Bug 372719. The OOo 2.0 keeps crashing for 2 months thank to KNOWN bug in security

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-28 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Charles Plessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe the debian website would deserve a section in which Debian communicates on those issues. After all, I think that they are similar in concept (but not in gravity) to recalls seen in the industry: a broken material was released, so special

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-27 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 01:05:56AM -0400, Theodore Tso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree that it would be nice if ifplugd or laptop-net were installed by default, but last I checked Debian didn't install either by default, either. So what's your point? Aren't they part of the laptop task,

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-27 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Am Sonntag 27 August 2006 07:05 schrieb Theodore Tso: On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 04:02:04PM +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: - installer did not read in the CDs for package lists and the GUI does not even support this (or for any other means of modifying /etc/apt/sources.list) From the

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-27 Thread Sam Morris
So can we do this? Load kernel modules or even extra udebs from a CD/floppy/usb stick/URL that the user provides during the installation process? Now I think about it, I seem to remember doing this back with boot-floppies, to get an e1000 network controller to be recognised by the installer,

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-27 Thread Michael Banck
On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 12:03:25PM +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: Am Sonntag 27 August 2006 07:05 schrieb Theodore Tso: From the menubar. System -- Administration -- Synaptic Package Manager Funny, Synaptic was not installed but something called adept. Guess what you have to do to install

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-27 Thread Sander Marechal
Hendrik Sattler wrote: - something useful like ifplugd was not installed and the user was puzzled by the fact that plugging in the network cable did not result in network access I agree that it would be nice if ifplugd or laptop-net were installed by default, but last I checked Debian didn't

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-27 Thread Christian Pernegger
maybe backports should be considered a 1st class part of Debian; so in addition to old-stable, stable, testing, and unstable, we could add, stable-useful. The fact of the matter is that the stable distribution today is pretty much useless for desktop users, and useless for people who need to

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-27 Thread Christian Pernegger
This stuff did not even exist when Sarge was released. Half of userland would not fit this hardware, so who cares. Everyone who would like to install a stable Debian release on hardware currently available for purchase. And this non-free stuff is nothing to discuss about. Good for you -

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-27 Thread Knut Yrvin
Lørdag 26 august 2006 15:15, skrev Theodore Tso: No support for: (The * are critical) * SATA Hard Drives (*) * IPW3945 wireless (*) * Intel AD1981 HD Audio (*) * 3D Graphics support on the ATI FireGL V5200 card (propietary kernel module)  

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-27 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Am Sonntag 27 August 2006 23:30 schrieb Knut Yrvin: A list of version numbers on important software packages on the test version of Debian-edu/Skolelinux (The Kubuntu Dapper version number in parenthesis): - Kernel 2.16.2  (2.6.15) That cannot be correct. HS

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-27 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 8/28/06, Hendrik Sattler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am Sonntag 27 August 2006 23:30 schrieb Knut Yrvin: A list of version numbers on important software packages on the test version of Debian-edu/Skolelinux (The Kubuntu Dapper version number in parenthesis): - Kernel 2.16.2 (2.6.15) That

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-27 Thread Knut Yrvin
Søndag 27 august 2006 23:48, skrev Hendrik Sattler: - Kernel 2.16.2  (2.6.15) That cannot be correct. Correction. I forgot the digit #6 : Kernel 2.6.16-2 (2.6.15) - K

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-27 Thread Jim Crilly
On 08/26/06 03:26:12PM +, Sam Morris wrote: On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:02:04 +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: Am Samstag 26 August 2006 15:15 schrieb Theodore Tso: No support for: (The * are critical) * SATA Hard Drives (*) * Intel AD1981 HD Audio (*) This stuff did not even

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-27 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jim Crilly wrote: On 08/26/06 03:26:12PM +, Sam Morris wrote: On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:02:04 +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: Am Samstag 26 August 2006 15:15 schrieb Theodore Tso: No support for: (The * are critical) * SATA Hard Drives (*) *

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-27 Thread Bruce Sass
On Sun August 27 2006 06:47, Sander Marechal wrote: Hendrik Sattler wrote: It's all about expectations. Always keep in mind that the target group differs a lot between Ubuntu and Debian. I wouldn't say they differ. Ubuntu targets only a small subset of Debian users. Maybe Debian should

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-27 Thread David Nusinow
On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 10:37:58PM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: On Sun August 27 2006 06:47, Sander Marechal wrote: * Desktop - basic: Simple minimal GNOME installation pretty much as it is now, maybe with even less software preinstalled. (I was surprised by the ammount of software that came

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-27 Thread Sander Marechal
David Nusinow wrote: On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 10:37:58PM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: On Sun August 27 2006 06:47, Sander Marechal wrote: * Desktop - basic: Simple minimal GNOME installation pretty much as it is now, maybe with even less software preinstalled. (I was surprised by the ammount of

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-26 Thread Benjamin Seidenberg
Michelle Konzack wrote: Since I have no valid ID-Card (problens with France, since I am origin iranish/turkish witeh illegal german adoptivp arents) I can not enter the NM... nobody can sign legaly my GPG key and more bs. Maybe if I go back to Iran or Turkey it would be possible for me.

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-26 Thread Theodore Tso
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 11:56:21AM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: This sort of vague anecdotal evidence has been repeated over and over. It may be true, but as far as I know, nobody has yet to come forth with reporting specific problems in Debian, only x worked out of the box in ubuntu but not in

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-26 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 11:42:56PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote: On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 11:56:21AM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: This sort of vague anecdotal evidence has been repeated over and over. It may be true, but as far as I know, nobody has yet to come forth with reporting specific

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-26 Thread Theodore Tso
On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 02:16:53AM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: OK, I have a brand-spanking new IBM/Lenovo T60p laptop with nice, fast SATA Drives, Intel Dual Core CPU's; 1600x1200 display --- sexy machine. Debian stable doesn't run on it. Ubuntu 6.06 LTS installed Out of curiousity, why

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-26 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Am Samstag 26 August 2006 15:15 schrieb Theodore Tso: No support for: (The * are critical) * SATA Hard Drives (*) * Intel AD1981 HD Audio (*) This stuff did not even exist when Sarge was released. Half of userland would not fit this hardware, so who cares. * IPW3945

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-26 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hendrik Sattler wrote: Am Samstag 26 August 2006 15:15 schrieb Theodore Tso: No support for: (The * are critical) * SATA Hard Drives (*) * Intel AD1981 HD Audio (*) This stuff did not even exist when Sarge was released. Half of userland would

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-26 Thread Sam Morris
On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:02:04 +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: Am Samstag 26 August 2006 15:15 schrieb Theodore Tso: No support for: (The * are critical) * SATA Hard Drives (*) * Intel AD1981 HD Audio (*) This stuff did not even exist when Sarge was released. Half of userland would

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-26 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 11:46:20AM +0200, Mgr. Peter Tuharsky wrote: I cannot 100% agree with You, althought Your point is for sure partially valid. I really don't believe that Debian can equal itself with Ubuntu in terms of user friendliness. There is so much to say about that, that I

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-26 Thread Matthew R. Dempsky
On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 04:02:04PM +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: Additionally, Ubuntu is not more usable for wireless networks than Debian: the network configuration only support the useless WEP, no WPA. I recently bought a System76 laptop with Ubuntu 6.06 pre-installed, and Network Manager

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-26 Thread Hubert Chan
On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:26:12 + (UTC), Sam Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:02:04 +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: Am Samstag 26 August 2006 15:15 schrieb Theodore Tso: No support for: (The * are critical) * SATA Hard Drives (*) * Intel AD1981 HD Audio (*) This

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-26 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Am Samstag 26 August 2006 21:34 schrieb Matthew R. Dempsky: On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 04:02:04PM +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: Additionally, Ubuntu is not more usable for wireless networks than Debian: the network configuration only support the useless WEP, no WPA. I recently bought a

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-26 Thread David Nusinow
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 11:56:21AM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: Because, hardware support seems to be better in Ubutuntu than in Debian? I've not tested it by myself, but I've heard from many people claiming that their hardware (especially Laptop hardware) works perfectly out of the box with

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-26 Thread Yves-Alexis Perez
On Sat, 2006-08-26 at 22:00 +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: Not in my experience. I've handled all network details through Network Manager on this laptop. AFAIK, no released version of network manager supports WPA. AFAIK, network manager uses wpasupplicant -- Yves-Alexis -- To

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-26 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 02:01:21AM -0400, Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: Michelle Konzack wrote: Since I have no valid ID-Card (problens with France, since I am origin iranish/turkish witeh illegal german adoptivp arents) I can not enter the NM... nobody can sign legaly my GPG key and more bs.

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-26 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Am Samstag 26 August 2006 23:03 schrieb Yves-Alexis Perez: On Sat, 2006-08-26 at 22:00 +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: Not in my experience. I've handled all network details through Network Manager on this laptop. AFAIK, no released version of network manager supports WPA. AFAIK,

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-26 Thread John Goerzen
On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 01:19:47PM -0600, Hubert Chan wrote: On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:26:12 + (UTC), Sam Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:02:04 +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: Am Samstag 26 August 2006 15:15 schrieb Theodore Tso: No support for: (The * are critical)

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-26 Thread Matthew R. Dempsky
On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 10:00:01PM +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: WEP works with network manager but how did you manage WPA via wpa_supplicant with the GUI setup tools? It only offered WEP when I looked at it. I have to choose ``Connect to Other Wireless Network...'' (or whatever the option in

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-26 Thread Hubert Chan
On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:29:37 -0500, John Goerzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 01:19:47PM -0600, Hubert Chan wrote: On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:26:12 + (UTC), Sam Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: [...] How do other long-lived distributions handle this problem? How does one

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-26 Thread Theodore Tso
On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 04:02:04PM +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: Am Samstag 26 August 2006 15:15 schrieb Theodore Tso: No support for: (The * are critical) * SATA Hard Drives (*) * Intel AD1981 HD Audio (*) This stuff did not even exist when Sarge was released. Half of

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-26 Thread Theodore Tso
On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 03:26:12PM +, Sam Morris wrote: On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:02:04 +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: Am Samstag 26 August 2006 15:15 schrieb Theodore Tso: No support for: (The * are critical) * SATA Hard Drives (*) * Intel AD1981 HD Audio (*) This stuff did

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-25 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Russ Allbery wrote: We really need to put our heads together and come up with a good system for managing pre-built kernel modules for the kernels in Debian. It's a much more widespread problem than just a question of free vs. non-free. It's possible to do right now, but

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-25 Thread Mgr. Peter Tuharsky
I cannot 100% agree with You, althought Your point is for sure partially valid. I really don't believe that Debian can equal itself with Ubuntu in terms of user friendliness. There is so much to say about that, that I hardly can remember the very concrete cases, so please don't attack me on

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-25 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-08-24 11:12:04, schrieb John Goerzen: On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 12:05:53PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2006-07-28 12:43:55, schrieb John Goerzen: I like the fact that a base Debian install is only 100MB. Most of Debian's competitors are 10 times that. Ist now over 200

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-25 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-08-24 11:56:21, schrieb John Goerzen: On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 06:16:49PM +0200, Bastian Venthur wrote: Because, hardware support seems to be better in Ubutuntu than in Debian? I've not tested it by myself, but I've heard from many people claiming that their hardware (especially

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-25 Thread Russ Allbery
Raphael Hertzog [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Russ Allbery wrote: We really need to put our heads together and come up with a good system for managing pre-built kernel modules for the kernels in Debian. It's a much more widespread problem than just a question of free vs.

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-25 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 11:12:04AM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 12:05:53PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2006-07-28 12:43:55, schrieb John Goerzen: I like the fact that a base Debian install is only 100MB. Most of Debian's competitors are 10 times that.

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-25 Thread Bruce Sass
On Fri August 25 2006 03:46, Mgr. Peter Tuharsky wrote: I cannot 100% agree with You, althought Your point is for sure partially valid. Uhm, Debian's target audience is not Joe User, never has been AFAICT. Joe isn't usually capable of determining which MTA, web server, proxy server, etc.,

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-25 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Am Freitag 25 August 2006 12:54 schrieb Wouter Verhelst: Given that a kernel image these days takes up about 50M already I guess that those that care for the smallest possible base system (and those that hate initrd/initramfs) have their own kernel. My one (for a laptop) has an installed size

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-24 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-07-28 12:43:55, schrieb John Goerzen: I like the fact that a base Debian install is only 100MB. Most of Debian's competitors are 10 times that. Ist now over 200 MByte... It was Woody with 64 MByte but a custom Sarge can striped to 92 MByte which would be interesting for Servers,

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-24 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Katrina, Am 2006-07-28 12:42:01, schrieb Katrina Jackson: PS. Hardware, Hardware, Hardware, I have to confess, if there was better hardware support I think most people would be happy. Hardware supported by Ubuntu 6 months ago, should be supported by Debian by now. Why do you try to

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-24 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-07-28 13:35:30, schrieb Katrina Jackson: You say Ubuntu has better publicity, which it does. But why is this the case? I know Mark has more money, but since you have so many programmers, He is Miliardaire (TV interview and his own words). and seem so passionate about your OS, why

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-24 Thread John Goerzen
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 12:05:53PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2006-07-28 12:43:55, schrieb John Goerzen: I like the fact that a base Debian install is only 100MB. Most of Debian's competitors are 10 times that. Ist now over 200 MByte... No. I've been doing a ton of etch

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-24 Thread Bastian Venthur
Michelle Konzack wrote: Hello Katrina, Am 2006-07-28 12:42:01, schrieb Katrina Jackson: PS. Hardware, Hardware, Hardware, I have to confess, if there was better hardware support I think most people would be happy. Hardware supported by Ubuntu 6 months ago, should be supported by Debian

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-24 Thread John Goerzen
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 06:16:49PM +0200, Bastian Venthur wrote: which is definitifly a thing of the Kernel (Linux) which depend on the support of the hardware manufacturer. If you want to get better hardware support, please contact the manufacturer. Because, hardware support seems to be

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-24 Thread Bastian Venthur
John Goerzen wrote: On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 06:16:49PM +0200, Bastian Venthur wrote: which is definitifly a thing of the Kernel (Linux) which depend on the support of the hardware manufacturer. If you want to get better hardware support, please contact the manufacturer. Because, hardware

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-24 Thread Adam Borowski
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 07:29:22PM +0200, Bastian Venthur wrote: John Goerzen wrote: On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 06:16:49PM +0200, Bastian Venthur wrote: which is definitifly a thing of the Kernel (Linux) which depend on the support of the hardware manufacturer. If you want to get better

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-24 Thread Sander Marechal
Aaron M. Ucko wrote: Sander Marechal [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't think Debian should do that, but perhaps the process to install them after the fact could be easier for people who are not full blown Linux admins? Are you aware of module-assistant? Nope, but I was going off

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-24 Thread Bastian Venthur
Aaron M. Ucko wrote: Sander Marechal [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't think Debian should do that, but perhaps the process to install them after the fact could be easier for people who are not full blown Linux admins? Are you aware of module-assistant? module-assistant is cool, if you

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-24 Thread Aaron M. Ucko
Sander Marechal [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't think Debian should do that, but perhaps the process to install them after the fact could be easier for people who are not full blown Linux admins? Are you aware of module-assistant? -- Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-24 Thread Sander Marechal
Bastian Venthur wrote: Michelle Konzack wrote: Hello Katrina, Am 2006-07-28 12:42:01, schrieb Katrina Jackson: PS. Hardware, Hardware, Hardware, I have to confess, if there was better hardware support I think most people would be happy. Hardware supported by Ubuntu 6 months ago, should

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-24 Thread Russ Allbery
Sander Marechal [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Aaron M. Ucko wrote: Sander Marechal [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't think Debian should do that, but perhaps the process to install them after the fact could be easier for people who are not full blown Linux admins? Are you aware of

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-24 Thread Fabricio \aybabtu\ Cannini
Em Quinta 24 Agosto 2006 18:08, Bastian Venthur escreveu: Hi! Aaron M. Ucko wrote: Sander Marechal [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't think Debian should do that, but perhaps the process to install them after the fact could be easier for people who are not full blown Linux admins?

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-24 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 07:26:04PM -0300, Fabricio aybabtu Cannini wrote: I'm really a noob when it comes to the kernel guts, but i wonder, can't it be made like updating /boot/grub/menu.lst with a new kernel version ? Yes, you could in theory compile a kernel module package from another

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-24 Thread Rudy Godoy
El día 24/08/2006 a 11:25 Michelle Konzack escribió... Am 2006-07-28 13:35:30, schrieb Katrina Jackson: You say Ubuntu has better publicity, which it does. But why is this the case? I know Mark has more money, but since you have so many programmers, He is Miliardaire (TV interview and

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-08-24 Thread Fabricio \aybabtu\ Cannini
Em Quinta 24 Agosto 2006 19:37, Steinar H. Gunderson escreveu: On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 07:26:04PM -0300, Fabricio aybabtu Cannini wrote: I'm really a noob when it comes to the kernel guts, but i wonder, can't it be made like updating /boot/grub/menu.lst with a new kernel version ? Yes,

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