Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Wubi on 12.04

2011-12-21 Thread Jeremy Bicha
On 21 December 2011 15:13, amjjawad HOOHAA wrote: > Hello Jean-Pierre, > > I'm one of those who actually avoid Wubi. It could be helpful but the > headache afterward is a lot sometimes :) > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1650699 > > IMHO, one can always try another alternative but that

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [12.04] Firefox instead of Chromium?

2011-11-09 Thread Jeremy Bicha
On 9 November 2011 06:03, Leszek Lesner wrote: > In my view Chromium offers still better features than firefox. Just look > at the HTML5 capabilities it just beats firefox here with in my view > important things just like HTML5 videoplayback (H264 is supported) Google is dropping H264 support: h

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [12.04] Firefox instead of Chromium?

2011-11-06 Thread Jeremy Bicha
On 6 November 2011 14:45, Chris wrote: > Chromium-browser automatically checks for the latest version AFAIK. And the > script should be able to retrieve the latest version from the respective > vendor sites. If the installed version (also callable from the system) > doesn't match the latest versio

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [12.04] Firefox instead of Chromium?

2011-11-06 Thread Jeremy Bicha
Make sure you are doing your tests with a clean browser profile. An easy, safe way to do that is to create a new user and login to the new account. Jeremy ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launc

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [12.04] Firefox instead of Chromium?

2011-11-05 Thread Jeremy Bicha
2011/11/5 "神癒礁湖 (Rafael Laguna)" > > Well, it's ont sure that Ubuntu istelf will remove all GTK2 packages and > libraries completely. Shuttleworth was clear on it at UDS, because we're not > going to be "cool and modern" but removing things that are really useful just > because they're GTK2. >

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [Lubuntu 12.04] No LTS

2011-10-24 Thread Jeremy Bicha
the software on the LTS CDs. For instance, Firefox will be supported; Chromium won't be. Unity is, GNOME Shell isn't. GNOME Fallback probably will be supported since it's on the Edubuntu DVD. The community can fix bugs in other apps; they just don't have

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Rename LSC?

2011-10-17 Thread Jeremy Bicha
yle but perhaps I'm wrong > :) No, Lubuntu is not suddenly run by Canonical just because it's now an official variant. I don't believe Kubuntu has ever used the Ubuntu Software Center; they current use Muon. Kubuntu never switched the window but

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Power-manager application problem

2011-07-24 Thread Jeremy Bicha
m goals. It's deprecated in Gnome but it will take a while for all apps to port to gsettings/dconf. Jeremy Bicha ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://la

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Hmm, does any of this affect us?

2011-06-23 Thread Jeremy Bicha
ople still use it. Removing Synaptic has been discussed/planned ever since USC was called software-store, especially since Synaptic has a lot of confusing buttons. And at the recent UDS, it was decided to include Deja Dup by default for backups. Apparently, it now has Ubuntu One support but I haven&#x

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Pidgin - possible problem with 11-10 a1

2011-06-20 Thread Jeremy Bicha
On 20 June 2011 17:04, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > NetworkManager 0.9 changed its API and the version of Pidgin in the > Ubuntu repositories hasn't been updated for this change yet. Pidgin > checks for network connectivity and does not get the expected response > from NetworkManager

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Pidgin - possible problem with 11-10 a1

2011-06-20 Thread Jeremy Bicha
On 20 June 2011 15:05, Phill Whiteside wrote: > After a clean install of lubuntu 11-10 a1, pidgin is quite happy. However, > after a reboot it fails to connect. > 1) browsing still works (Chromium and FFox) > 2) x-chat still works NetworkManager 0.9 changed its API and the version of Pidgin in th

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] system requirements (workaround created!)

2011-05-02 Thread Jeremy Bicha
ttle cleaning This file tells apt not to attempt to autoremove old kernels: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove I have never tried changing it. I believe it is there as a safety net in case a newer kernel doesn't work, you can go back to an older kernel while those that care can remove the older ker

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] system requirements (workaround created!)

2011-05-02 Thread Jeremy Bicha
how low you set the number. It can make it difficult to install any additional software and likely more worrying, it can be impossible to upgrade if there is not space to download and unpack the updates. Jeremy Bicha ___ Mailing list: http

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Some news about the "official" status of Lubuntu

2011-04-28 Thread Jeremy Bicha
t http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct Ubuntu developers are obviously interested in providing the best experience for users. Personal attacks at the Ubuntu developers, designers and community don't do anybody any good. Jeremy Bicha ___

[Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu apt: links

2011-04-21 Thread Jeremy Bicha
logize for any inconvenience. Jeremy Bicha ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp