Re: QtWebEngine vs. Ubuntu 16.04

2020-01-03 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 03.01.20 14:25, Wols Lists wrote: On 29/12/19 04:30, Simon Albrecht wrote: thanks for the reply. I have learned from painful experience that it seems better to just reinstall the OS completely, avoiding any issues with the upgrade, and restore user data from backup. I have made all

Re: QtWebEngine vs. Ubuntu 16.04

2020-01-03 Thread Wols Lists
On 29/12/19 04:30, Simon Albrecht wrote: > thanks for the reply. I have learned from painful experience that it > seems better to just reinstall the OS completely, avoiding any issues > with the upgrade, and restore user data from backup. I have made all > preparations for that and am trying to do

Re: QtWebEngine vs. Ubuntu 16.04

2019-12-28 Thread mason
On 12/29, Simon Albrecht wrote: > In case you have an immediate idea why the machine might fail to boot > into a live USB stick, please let me know—I’m going to try enabling USB > legacy support in BIOS right now… Was the USB not detected in the boot menu at all, or was it detected but failed at

Re: QtWebEngine vs. Ubuntu 16.04

2019-12-28 Thread Simon Albrecht
On 28.12.19 20:00, ma...@masonhock.com wrote: On 12/28, Simon Albrecht wrote: I want to spend as little time as possible on maintaining/upgrading the OS. So I’m reluctant to ditch 16.04 just yet. Should I bite the bullet and take the time to install 18.04? 18.04 has been out long enough that

Re: QtWebEngine vs. Ubuntu 16.04

2019-12-28 Thread mason
On 12/28, Simon Albrecht wrote: > I want to spend as little time as possible on maintaining/upgrading > the OS. So I’m reluctant to ditch 16.04 just yet. Should I bite the > bullet and take the time to install 18.04? 18.04 has been out long enough that major bugs should have been worked out by

Re: QtWebEngine vs. Ubuntu 16.04

2019-12-28 Thread Urs Liska
I'd expect it's not possible to update just QtWebEngine but the complete Qt framework. I imagine that would involve two installations (Qt and PyQt) and then make Frescobaldi use it. Probably one wouldn't want *every* app to use that "alien" package, though. Urs Am 28. Dezember 2019 11:44:36

Re: QtWebEngine vs. Ubuntu 16.04

2019-12-28 Thread Simon Albrecht
Hi everybody, On 28.12.19 09:46, Urs Liska wrote: Before upgrading to a newer OS it might be an option to use a current Qt/PyQt downloaded or compiled from somewhere. @Simon you could do us a huge favor by exploring that possibility and providing information about it for the Wiki. This is