Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] precise artwork

2012-01-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Rafael, So, we install the new one and then choose a theme we like? (Shhs, don't tell anyone - horror forbid we have a choice :P ) As ever Rafael, thanks for the hard work you and your small team put in. It is such an important element of the system. @ Julien - How soon to the staging PPA?

[Lubuntu-desktop] [Bug 911905] Re: hitting enter on install screen 1 forces language to top selection

2012-01-20 Thread Phill Whiteside
This has solved the problem in lubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Lubuntu, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/911905 Title: hitting enter on install screen 1 forces language to top selection Status in GTK+ GUI

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Marketing Team?

2012-01-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Ali, comms will be looking after that. The Art-team do the fantastic banners and CD folder graphics along with their work on icons, themes etc. (Keeps them out of mischief :P ). Regards, Phill. On 18 January 2012 09:52, amjjawad HOOHAA amjja...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, As far as I

[Lubuntu-desktop] comms and Lubuntu Support Team.

2012-01-13 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi gang! *Comms: * They have an immediate focus on things like getting the blog up and running (my task). Jens has asked that he may interview someone from each team so as to better advertise who we are and our structure. I know that you will take the time out for that. The human face of the

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] New mailing list, PLEASE READ

2012-01-05 Thread Phill Whiteside
I am still awaiting a deffinitive answer from the devs Too busy coding to answer us mere mortals :P Regards, Phill. On 5 January 2012 22:09, Michael Rawson michaelrawso...@gmail.com wrote: On 05/01/12 19:21, Julien Lavergne wrote: Hi, It's official, we have a new mailing list :)

[Lubuntu-desktop] [Bug 911905] Re: hitting enter on install screen 1 forces language to top selection

2012-01-04 Thread Phill Whiteside
I can confirm it also affect lubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Lubuntu, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/911905 Title: hitting enter on install screen 1 forces language to top selection Status in “ubiquity” package

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Teams

2012-01-03 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi wxl, I'll go create a wiki / Doc team on lp. You'll know when it's done as I will add you! Regards, Phill. On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 4:21 PM, ∅ maps.backw...@gmail.com wrote: One question: would love to add myself but can't. I have no problem editing the Lubuntu wiki, however. What am I

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Teams

2012-01-03 Thread Phill Whiteside
The Wiki / Docs team is now created [1] please feel free to ping me if you wish to join! Regards, Phill. [1] https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-wiki-docs On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Phill Whiteside phi...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi wxl, I'll go create a wiki / Doc team on lp. You'll know when

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Happy New Year 2012

2012-01-01 Thread Phill Whiteside
And a happy new year to our graphics department (hey, at last rafeal has a team) Here's to 2012! Regards, Phill. On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 1:03 PM, David Reimer djrei...@gmail.com wrote: Very cool wallpaper* - and a big thankyou to the Lubuntu team via Canonical who breathed new life into my

[Lubuntu-desktop] Possible bug in Ubiquity.

2011-12-31 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Boss, (14:39:13) MrChrisDruif: Make a link to http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=lubuntu in the screenshots with the installer, just like it links to the wiki and launchpad page (14:39:41) MrChrisDruif: And the bug is that the quick search is enabled again after installation (14:40:17)

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] My Story in 2011

2011-12-31 Thread Phill Whiteside
My look back on 2011? We not only survived an event that would have despatched other teams to oblivion, we, under the incredible and tenacious attitude of Julien got through it. I am not going to fall into the trap of try mentioning all those people who made 11.10 happen, every person within the

[Lubuntu-desktop] Fwd: My Story in 2011

2011-12-31 Thread Phill Whiteside
My look back on 2011? We not only survived an event that would have despatched other teams to oblivion, we, under the incredible and tenacious attitude of Julien got through it. I am not going to fall into the trap of try mentioning all those people who made 11.10 happen, every person within the

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Possible bug in Ubiquity.

2011-12-31 Thread Phill Whiteside
and edited it and reposted it, it then worked fine... I think we just need to be aware of the editing of webchat links! Regards, Phill. On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Phill Whiteside phi...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi Boss, (14:39:13) MrChrisDruif: Make a link to http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Minimal Install issue in Wiki

2011-12-29 Thread Phill Whiteside
:) Regards, Julien Lavergne Le 12/28/2011 07:28 AM, Phill Whiteside a écrit : Hi Hùng, an apology from me. We will get it updated to the alternate ISO. As we got full adoption, the builds and releases of Lubuntu having both the approved system and our older not fully approved builds. I

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Integrate obkey (or the like)?

2011-12-28 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Boss, what are the chances of getting this into the repos? Do you have time to chat with the author to get it through testing? I'll help if you tell me what I need to do. Thanks, Phill. On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Tim Bernhard ohiom...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 2:02

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Integrate obkey (or the like)?

2011-12-28 Thread Phill Whiteside
:15 PM, Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fmwrote: On Wed, Dec 28, 2011, at 09:00 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: what are the chances of getting this into the repos? It needs packaging first, before that is possible :) Obkey seems to use pyGTK 2.x, so I think we'd have a GTK2 vs GTK3 issue

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [Doc/Support Request] Removal of Bluetooth

2011-12-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Bhaskar, many thanks for that on disabling Bluetooth. It has been added to the Workarounds area https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/FAQ/Workarounds @ A J - it will need adding to your mega thread on the forum. Regards, Phill. On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Bhaskar

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Just came from the hospital ...

2011-12-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi AJ, I'm sure I speak on behalf of all in the Lubuntu family in wishing you a speedy recovery. Anti-biotics take a while to get into the system, be patient my young friend. Hope to see you up and about soon. In the meantime, take good care. Regards, Phill. On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 1:44 PM,

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] IRC person

2011-12-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Jared, it is for that incorporation that such a team now should leave being just an entry on lp and become active :) Regards, Phill. On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 5:18 AM, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote: On 26 December 2011 05:31, Phill Whiteside phi...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi gang

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] 3G icon.

2011-12-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
Thanks boss, Dutifully reported at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/elementary-icon-theme/+bug/909156 Oh, I hope you and your family have a good Christmas and look forward to a great new year! Regards, Phill. On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Julien Lavergne gi...@ubuntu.com

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] My story, and a big Thank-you

2011-12-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Daniel, thank you so much for taking the time to tell your story. It is from people like you that make the entire team drive froward. You may see it as one person who's story will not make a difference... Can I assure you that people like yourself who wish to reply make all the difference in

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Minimal Install issue in Wiki

2011-12-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Hùng, an apology from me. We will get it updated to the alternate ISO. As we got full adoption, the builds and releases of Lubuntu having both the approved system and our older not fully approved builds. I do thank you for bringing this to our attention, we are a small team can miss things.

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Minimal Install issue in Wiki

2011-12-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
As you know, before we were adopted, we only had 'home spun' disks... The Full On Ubiquity was always to be the official one, but not a great deal of help for lower spec computers. The argument did go up as to why they botched a bug by requiring 2 X Ram instead of simply putting your patch in.

[Lubuntu-desktop] 3G icon.

2011-12-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, just a quick 'paper-cut'. The good news is that the new kernel finally recognises my 3G usb-dongle. The paper cut is that when it is running, the network icon is blank. It is still there on the bar, as in I can right click on the 'space', but unlike Ethernet or Wireless there is no icon. Not

[Lubuntu-desktop] IRC person

2011-12-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi gang, As noted at the last meeting, it is the desire of Julien to have the teams back working as teams. This is ever more important as we grow. A while back, at the behest of unit193 [1] an area was created [2]. Those of you who are ops will recall my nagging you to join! Well, as they said

[Lubuntu-desktop] QA / Testing.

2011-12-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hiyas gang, Unlike the the IRC [1] area, I have not created a QA/Testing area as of yet. I am up for being our POC ... and to please explain what a POC is again.. They are our liasion between other teams and our selves. I will create a QA area if that what you wish for. I am your humble admin

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] IRC person

2011-12-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
On Dec 25, 2011, at 14:31, Phill Whiteside phi...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi gang, As noted at the last meeting, it is the desire of Julien to have the teams back working as teams. This is ever more important as we grow. A while back, at the behest of unit193 [1] an area was created [2]. Those

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] About Xscreensaver

2011-12-23 Thread Phill Whiteside
Thanks Julien, I always forget to disable it and then wonder why my CPU usage on my latest VM install is driving my CPU so high after about 10 minutes when I am on my 'main' system. Less is more :) Regards, Phill. On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Julien Lavergne gi...@ubuntu.com wrote: Le

[Lubuntu-desktop] Merry Christmas

2011-12-23 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, as we are all on different Time Zones... As I'm out for pre-Christmas drink tomorrow, may I wish all of you an excellent Christmas to you, your families and your loved ones. My warmest wishes to you all. Regards, Phill. -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw

[Lubuntu-desktop] removing Chromium.

2011-12-22 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi guys, one for the those who like the subtle differences between apt-get and aptitude. Removing Chromium using the two different commands provides massively different results. This was 1st reported on IRC and the pastebin [1] of the output is now available. If one of the 'guru's could take a

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Unresolved overheat issue blocks development

2011-12-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
Already mentioned, but the cooling mats for laptops are very inexpensive. My laptop was struggling during our unusually hot summer and the usb powered mat solved the problem. Regards, Phill. On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Yorvyk yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.comwrote: On Wed, 21 Dec 2011

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Wubi on 12.04

2011-12-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Jean, it was my understanding that Lubuntu would be added to Wubi following its full adoption in 11.10. I'll go and do a bit of digging Regards, Phill. On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset jpx...@gmail.com wrote: One thing I would like to see in Lubuntu, is the

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] LSC problems and where to report

2011-12-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Steve, I used https://launchpad.net/lubuntu-software-center to report the issue I had. Regards, Phill. On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Yorvyk yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.comwrote: Where should one report LSC bugs. I can't find any reported on Launchpad. The problems. There is a surfeit

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Wubi on 12.04

2011-12-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
hi Jean-Pierre, I have had a dig around and raised a bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/wubi/+bug/907524 If someone could pop on there and click on the affects me button, that will auto confirm it. Regards, Phill. On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset jpx...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Wubi on 12.04

2011-12-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Jeremy, whilst not the biggest fan of Wubi either, it is a useful tool for a certain group of people. It certainly gives a better taste of Lubuntu than trying to run it of a LiveCD. As such, Wubi is an important option for people to try the ubuntu flavours out on a windows machine. The Wubi

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Software Center 0.0.2

2011-12-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Stephen, as usual, I'm no doubt doing something wrong! 1) 1st attempt at ./configure complained I had an out dated intltool, so I grabbed the current one from Synaptics. This then worked. 2) 1st attemp at make install failed, no permissions (sudo !! sorted that one out). The icon is in the

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Software Center 0.0.2

2011-12-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
...@gmail.comwrote: On 18/12/11 13:00, Phill Whiteside wrote: Hi Stephen, as usual, I'm no doubt doing something wrong! 1) 1st attempt at ./configure complained I had an out dated intltool, so I grabbed the current one from Synaptics. This then worked. 2) 1st attemp at make install failed

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Software Center 0.0.2

2011-12-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
, 18 Dec 2011 14:13:31 + Phill Whiteside phi...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi Micheal, phillw@piglet:~$ lubuntu-software-center Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/local/bin/lubuntu-software-center, line 31, in module import src.main ImportError: No module named src.main

[Lubuntu-desktop] Docs team

2011-12-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Lubunteers, as always, an area that people just expect 'to happen', I noted that on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/SystemDocumentation/Tasks#Current_Tasks_For_Anyone Lubuntu is not even mentioned. I know that we have had input into various areas in the past... Is there any one

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Me again :)

2011-12-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi A. J. I've had a quick chat with a couple of people regarding advertising, the advice is to make yourself known via https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuAdvertsStart there and see how things progress. Regards, Phill. On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Yorvyk yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.comwrote: On

[Lubuntu-desktop] Network Manager

2011-12-14 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, now you can all have a good laugh :) I've finally upggraded from 9.10 Ubuntu to 11.10 Lubuntu, the problem is that my network monitor icon has vanished from my bar whilst I was re-organising things and I do not see it any where on the the list of things that should be there? As I use a 3G

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Reminder : IRC meeting tomorrow 20h UTC + Agenda

2011-12-13 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Julien, as always, the QA meeting is just before the Lubuntu one. Is there anything for the QA team pertaining to Lubuntu that you wish me to raise? On the plus side, I finally updated my 9.10 system to 11.04 (Lubuntu, of course) and have now got access to the Virtual Machines again for

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu 12.04 Alpha 1 Testing

2011-12-13 Thread Phill Whiteside
Indeed, the 1st time you zsync on an already installed ISO it goes and grabs the entire darn thing again! Better, as advised, to use zsync to grab it in the first instance. Regards, Phill. On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 10:04 PM, amjjawad HOOHAA amjja...@gmail.comwrote: Sorry if my previous Email

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Fwd: [lubuntu newsletter] lubuntu 10.10 released

2011-11-30 Thread Phill Whiteside
Mario, well if the cron job has been unblocked, it looks good for the future :) Regards, Phill. On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Mario Behling m...@mariobehling.de wrote: Seems like there was a cron job blocked or so, which got executed after I updated the website. That's bad. Well, I guess

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] web mockup #1

2011-11-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
As always Rafael, your artwork is brilliant... Fantastic clean look :) Regards, Phill. 2011/11/25 Lalatendu Mohanty then4...@yahoo.co.in On Friday 25 November 2011 06:24 PM, 神癒礁湖 (Rafael Laguna) wrote: Here it os, the first mockup, using the Ubuntu drupal theme, but blue tuned. Of course,

[Lubuntu-desktop] archived iso images

2011-11-24 Thread Phill Whiteside
Sorry for the group email, iWeb, where I used to host our ISO images got sold, the new people decided they did not want the iso's on there and deleted them all. They have 5 days to restore them, and then we have 2 days after that to retrieve any that we want to keep (such as spares of the

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Fw: Dropping i386 non-PAE as a supported kernel flavour in Precise Pangolin

2011-11-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
And while we examine the fluff in our belly buttons. Can I ask once again that instead of grieving over non-pae chipsets that we instead allow our meager resources to keep 10.04 alive? This removes the issue of non-pae completely and just needs a simple edit to the wiki about the dropping of

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Fw: Dropping i386 non-PAE as a supported kernel flavour in Precise Pangolin

2011-11-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
I think this harks back to how long we will support 10.04 for, we barely have enough people to backport to that - asking for a 2nd set of backporting may well be beyond the small number of devs we have. For me, with dropping of chipsets after 10.04, maybe we could concentrate on keeping 10.04

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Weekly meetings - Finding the right time

2011-11-15 Thread Phill Whiteside
8 PM GMT is fine for me also. Regards, Phill. On 15 November 2011 20:03, amjjawad HOOHAA amjja...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Chris, 12AM is great for me as I'm a Batman and don't really sleep at that time unless I'm forced to :) Thanks! On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Chris

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] PLEASE READ IT

2011-11-12 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi amjjawad, As you will be aware, hosting for lubuntu,net has only just been gotten again. The site was exceeding the bandwidth allowance. As has been mentioned previously, please make some mock ups so that the site controller can look into how they could be implemented. Regards, Phill. On 12

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] PLEASE READ IT

2011-11-12 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Amjjawad, for major stuff on lubuntu.net you need to speak to Mario. I have seen chats, you need to assure our team that you are in for lubuntu for the long term and not just some college / university project. Whilst this may seem harsh, so many have done it over the years teams / threads /

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu - One Stop Thread

2011-11-03 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi lubunteers, The most important thing is that each part is up to date. The more we diverge into different areas, the more impossible this becomes. I put up to people that our official wiki area should be 1st source and all other areas should point to it. We have already had this discussion

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] PPC

2011-11-02 Thread Phill Whiteside
time in it, what say you, Julien? On 11/1/11 8:18 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote: I have no problems mentioning it as a community build, but Julien ıs better placed to check if it would cause problems on our 'Get Lubuntu' page. Regards, Phillw On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 8:44 PM, maps.backw

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] PPC

2011-11-01 Thread Phill Whiteside
I have no problems mentioning it as a community build, but Julien ıs better placed to check if it would cause problems on our 'Get Lubuntu' page. Regards, Phillw On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 8:44 PM, maps.backw...@gmail.com wrote: i know we've talked briefly about deferring any ppc builds but i

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] DNS troubleshooting basics (was: www.lxde.org is down!)

2011-10-30 Thread Phill Whiteside
Or, of course, we could always choose to use a decent DNS provider! I do not mind paying the 15 bucks per year to pop it onto the provider I use. Regards, Phill. On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fmwrote: On 10/25/2011 03:36 PM, Ali Linx wrote: Network

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] New member, Michael Rawson

2011-10-30 Thread Phill Whiteside
Welcome to the little part of the world we call madness, enjoy yourself and get to know us all at the two IRC areas. Regards, Phillw On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 2:33 AM, Michael Rawson michaelrawso...@gmail.comwrote: Hi guys! I'm a new member, recruited by amjjawad (you probably know him!).

[Lubuntu-desktop] Fwd: End of support for Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Netbook and ARM - 2011/10/29

2011-10-30 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi guys, does this affect our backporting of stuff to the 10.04 release? Thanks, Phill. -- Forwarded message -- From: Kate Stewart kate.stew...@ubuntu.com Date: Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 12:31 AM Subject: End of support for Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Netbook and ARM - 2011/10/29 To:

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu.net and screencasts

2011-10-21 Thread Phill Whiteside
I have queried about why this suddenly happened, but am still awaiting a reply. I proposed 2 courses of action, either they correct the bug (my preferred one), or we have to manually rename the pages (a royal pain in the neck!). Regards, Phill. On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Tim Bernhard

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu.net and screencasts

2011-10-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Leszek, would you be so kind as to update https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation#Screencasts Thanks, Phill. On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:27 PM, Leszek Lesner leszek.les...@web.dewrote: Am 17.10.2011 23:37, schrieb Gabriel Salles: There are some people in Brazil asking me

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu.net and screencasts

2011-10-17 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Mario, Were you hosting these directly on lubuntu.net or were they just pointers to a different area (I think it was the latter), if it is the former then I can pop them on my server whilst the new hosting system is brought on-line and update the help area of our wiki. If the latter then I can

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Rename LSC?

2011-10-17 Thread Phill Whiteside
As ever, Julien, you give wise council. Again, as ever, you are minded the same as myself so your proposal gets a +1 from me. Regards, Phill. On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Julien Lavergne gi...@ubuntu.com wrote: Le 10/17/2011 06:52 PM, Glenn de Groot a écrit : I think that if we rename

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu 11.10 Autostart bug

2011-10-15 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Rob, this seems to be the behaviour being shown at https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/873756 It may be worth adding your comments and marking it as 'affects me' so you can track its progress. Regards, Phill. On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Rob maki...@gmail.com wrote: If one updates the

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] cd wallet

2011-10-14 Thread Phill Whiteside
do check any designs out with Canonical Copyright department ... yeah, sad,, but they do have one. Not for us, but to stop people stealing stuff. http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicyAs you ask, tell them to get the page updated to include

[Lubuntu-desktop] Personal stuff.

2011-10-13 Thread Phill Whiteside
hi, I've been off for a few days, hopefully after the weekend I will be better in my self. I'll let you all know what decisions I've made about monday. sorry for not being to hand at release date, but things escalated beyond by own control. Thank-you to those who took up the scary bit of moving

[Lubuntu-desktop] The new direction for lubuntu

2011-10-10 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Jono, your favourite pain in the neck. you wrote a brilliant article on meeting crossroads on your views at http://www.jonobacon.org/2008/12/19/the-ubuntu-ethos/ For anyone who has not read it and understood it, the remainder of this will be meaningless. For ubuntu in general, we are loosing

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Last information before the release

2011-10-10 Thread Phill Whiteside
I'll do my best for isos, I'm limited as it takes hours to download, any priorities yeah,, i386 . i686 variants only, we have a guy begging for ppc... Not default, but I do not think it is impossible. @all please do try click off the tests, we REALLY need them. Regards, Phill. On Tue,

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Last tests before 11.10 release

2011-10-08 Thread Phill Whiteside
Ali, we need testing on completely new install - not an upgrade. New people will not be using zsync... they will be using the iso. At this time of year (release time) the servers get hammered. Too many people, too few servers. It is for this reason we beg people to use the torrents and be

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Last tests before 11.10 release

2011-10-08 Thread Phill Whiteside
system working, else we're going to be giving lessons on the alternate CD ;) ) Sorry, I did not get that? On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Phill Whiteside phi...@ubuntu.com wrote: Ali, we need testing on completely new install - not an upgrade. New people will not be using zsync

[Lubuntu-desktop] Fwd: Installer issues with PPC Ocelot

2011-10-07 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi QA, for my limited knowledge, this seems like a problem in the build engine as it is affecting both lubuntu ubuntu. I had previously pointed the OP to the bug affecting the 'mirror' problem. Should this be filed against Ubiquity or the build system, or something else? I'm certain that he

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Extend desktop across dual monitors -- a feature I would like to see in Lubuntu 12.xx

2011-10-06 Thread Phill Whiteside
It was mooted is on the 'wish list'... However, as stated on http://forum.phillw.net/viewtopic.php?f=18t=84 it does not work for everyone, so advising caution telling people that they are 'on thier own' is the best for now. Regards, Phill. On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Gabriel Salles

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Website and Facebook Page

2011-10-05 Thread Phill Whiteside
Okies, without starting a war... I am also an admin for lubuntu,net, as are a couple of others. I am sure that if you provide a mock-up, or even just information we will look at it. what you may not be aware of is once lubuntu becomes assimilated by the ubuntu community, we do want to actually

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] lubuntu-desktop installed in Ubuntu

2011-09-27 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Ali, I've replied to both threads pointing them to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/UpgradeToLubuntu We know it works :) As to what Synaptic may do, my guess is a an issue with the no install-recommends, as that would bring in a load of stuff not needed. The build system

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Light mockup 2

2011-09-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
looks nice and clean to me :) Regards, Phill. On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Stefano eco.st...@fastwebnet.it wrote: excusme, this is the right mockup ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to :

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Oneiric Beta 2 released

2011-09-25 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Ali, to get LSC, you need to add the lubuntu-desktop ppa. * http://ppa.launchpad.net/lubuntu-desktop/ppa/ubuntu oneiric *to your repositry. Now, if like me, the gpg key fails manually add it using the instructions at

[Lubuntu-desktop] Fwd: [Question #172161]: mailing list archive for Lubuntu stopped at 20th Sept

2011-09-24 Thread Phill Whiteside
I've marked it as answered, we just be patient :) Regards, Phill. -- Forwarded message -- From: William Grant question172...@answers.launchpad.net Date: Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 1:40 AM Subject: Re: [Question #172161]: mailing list archive for Lubuntu stopped at 20th Sept To:

[Lubuntu-desktop] LSC

2011-09-24 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Stephen, I popped 11.10 on to a VM with 256MB RAM and ran the following rather unscientific tests At rest, with just LXTerminal and top running: Mem Used = 214 MB, Swap Used = 0 MB With Synaptics Package Manager running: Mem Used = 244 MB, Swap Used = 10 MB With LSC Running: Mem Used

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Oneiric Beta 2 released

2011-09-23 Thread Phill Whiteside
hi Julien, the lp mail archiving system appears to be 'down'. I've manually copied the below information to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing But I have no idea who to ask about the problem with the mail archiving. Regards, Phill. On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Julien Lavergne

[Lubuntu-desktop] Mailing List Archive

2011-09-23 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, well, to cut a long story short... it stopped working 20th Sept. It has now been reported... reporting a bug about launch pad via launch pad is something I have now 'sort of' learned how to do. Thanks to the kind micahg on the bug-squad who got it converted into the correct format for the LP

[Lubuntu-desktop] Beta 2

2011-09-22 Thread Phill Whiteside
Crikey, you guys are mad keen... Yes, the beta 2 has left the QA section and onto http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/oneiric/beta-2/ however, before you all go posting duplicates of bugs, would you please allow Julien to make the official announcement with the release notes? Julien has

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Fw: Lubuntu beta 2 iso-test images not showing up

2011-09-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
I can confirm... I'm sure they'll get it sorted :) On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Lance lbsol...@yahoo.com wrote: Thought I should share what I'm doing ;^) --- On *Mon, 9/19/11, Lance lbsol...@yahoo.com* wrote: From: Lance lbsol...@yahoo.com Subject: Lubuntu beta 2 iso-test images not

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Fw: Lubuntu beta 2 iso-test images not showing up

2011-09-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
:24 PM, Phill Whiteside phi...@ubuntu.com wrote: I can confirm... I'm sure they'll get it sorted :) On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Lance lbsol...@yahoo.com wrote: Thought I should share what I'm doing ;^) --- On *Mon, 9/19/11, Lance lbsol...@yahoo.com* wrote: From: Lance lbsol

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Fw: Re: Lubuntu beta 2 iso-test images not showing up

2011-09-19 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Lance, The test for alternate is certainly there. I'm grabbing the i386 alternate as it is the alternates we have had some teething problems with. So, for all of you who have a bit of hard drive available, please head over to

[Lubuntu-desktop] Up coming adoption

2011-09-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, as ever, we approach full adoption with the mass off a run-away train. Nothing can stop us now :) But, as ever, there are finer points and sub clauses to be met. One being IRC. The majority of you will be blissfully unaware that the ubuntuIRCouncil have had access to #lubuntu as OP's. They

[Lubuntu-desktop] A request for a spare laptop

2011-09-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, I know i'm stretching the mailing list, but I ask that those in USA please have a search through their attics, cellars etc. A young and gifted programmer had his laptop die. He is head of dev on an upstream project that involves AI. As he is a student from not one of the most affluent areas

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] R: Asking: How to read 'chm' and 'pdb'

2011-09-11 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, chm are 'Microsoft' formatted help files. The program I use to read them is at http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-view-chm-microsoft-compiled-html-help-files-in-ubuntu.html (I use the gnome one). Alterantively you can convert them to pdf (I've never tried this) using

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] R: Asking: How to read 'chm' and 'pdb'

2011-09-11 Thread Phill Whiteside
pdb seems to be the file extension used by PDA's.. http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/man1/plucker.1.html has details on plucker which can read these. Again, I have not tried it but it is the official man pages so, hopefully, will work :) Regards, Phill. On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 5:34 PM,

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [Poll] Community Wallpapers

2011-09-11 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Ali, as with all things how do I get involved, please head over to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/GettingInvolved that has information on getting in touch with the various teams within Lubuntu. glad to see you are still keen to get involved :) Regards, Phill. On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 5:12

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Testing, and md5sums that vary???

2011-09-11 Thread Phill Whiteside
you do. That extends to every member of the team. Lance --- On *Sat, 9/3/11, Phill Whiteside phi...@ubuntu.com* wrote: From: Phill Whiteside phi...@ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Testing, and md5sums that vary??? To: Jonathan Marsden jmars...@fastmail.fm Cc: lubuntu-desktop

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Testing, and md5sums that vary???

2011-09-10 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hiyas Josh, things get a little more complicated when you take into account that some people prefer SHA's. The download page that people are directed to does also have the SHA1's and SHA256's for those who prefer to use them. the column for md5's is historical, and back to when we used to spin

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Release meeting status

2011-09-09 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Julien, I've added a link at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing#News so everyone can grab it when we forget :) Regards, Phill. On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Julien Lavergne gi...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi, I do a summary of the Lubuntu developpement each week for the release meeting.

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Release meeting status

2011-09-09 Thread Phill Whiteside
hi Lance, I'll have a play with it over the w/end and see if I can get similar behaviour in VM. If not, I'll start slicing disks up :) Regards, Phill. On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Lance lbsol...@yahoo.com wrote: I plan on doing that but I don't have time to test the current daily ATM.

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] PPA for lubuntu-software-center

2011-09-09 Thread Phill Whiteside
Ah well, there goes my last few brain cells. I thought it was for 11.10 and was not aware it was being back-ported in a complete test version that has bugs back to 11.04. Still, you learn something new every day :) If some one could please clarify this for me, I'd really appreciate it! Regards,

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Testing, and md5sums that vary???

2011-09-09 Thread Phill Whiteside
: 10.04.4, they also pop up on the iso-tracker, sometimes several days prior to the actual release. As always thanks for all you do. That extends to every member of the team. Lance --- On *Sat, 9/3/11, Phill Whiteside phi...@ubuntu.com* wrote: From: Phill Whiteside phi...@ubuntu.com Subject

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Facebook and LXDE Forum

2011-09-07 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Ali, sorry for the tardy reply this time. Please use the the two 'lists' email addresses when replying, there are times I'm tied up and replying to the teams will help you better get to know them. I've added Mario on the cc list (even though he does get them) as he is our co-ordinator. Again,

[Lubuntu-desktop] Dentist visit

2011-09-07 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hiyas, I'm am planning to see my dentist (and be told off for the length of time since last visit). I *was* planning 1st week in October, but then remembered that a 'little something' happens in the 1st couple of weeks of October. Why do I need to book time off? Well, I live in UK and my dentist

[Lubuntu-desktop] Rafael

2011-09-07 Thread Phill Whiteside
To All, Well, next time you get a squiggle from Rafael, https://launchpad.net/~ubuntumembers It has been added also at https://launchpad.net/~rafaellaguna now he needs to is choose his @ubuntu.com email address. Rafael, Congratulations, I did hear that that it went through pretty quickly on

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] membership

2011-09-04 Thread Phill Whiteside
Rafael, I am confident that all those involved with Lubuntu will support your application. Whilst some of us have not had direct access to you know of your work, I am sure that 'as a team' we do really appreciate your work. I run around doing wiki stuff and got approved. You do far more

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Testing, and md5sums that vary???

2011-09-03 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Jonathan, as there are various incarnations of lubuntu (i386, amd64, alt.) each comes with its own unique md5. That is what I allude to when I state that the md5 varies. Maybe a note explaining that there are different build flavours each with their own md5 needs doing? I put it simply as

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [Bug 775124] Re: Ubiquity should have a command line option to override the free space check

2011-09-03 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, I'll do this not via bug report as it is a 'work around' rather than a fix. In the past we have had the instructions for minimal iso at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/GetLubuntu specfically https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/MinimalInstall My suggestion is that

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Is Lubuntu Beta 1 ISO usable??

2011-09-02 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi, I've found it stable since pre-alpha. However, please do note the warning at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing Regards, Phill. On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Michał Ćwikliński mic...@cwiklinski.itwrote: I mean is it stable enough?

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