Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] removing Chromium.

2011-12-22 Thread Matthew Byers
Aptitude will remove the package and ALL dependencies that are not being used as well which is where i think all the extra stuff is coming from. Now im limited in my verse with aptitude so i cannot specify why its grabbing at vlc as such but this is what i see it doing which is why it pulls so many

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

2011-12-13 Thread Matthew Byers
I have had issue with downloading a iso without using zsync and then trying to zsync updates. I would suggest using zsync to download then continue to use zsync to update. On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Yorvyk wrote: > On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:29:34 +0400 > amjjawad HOOHAA wrote: > > > Hi Julien

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

2011-11-18 Thread Matthew Byers
Yes it will affect Pentium II. Do we have options of compiling the kernel within lubuntu to continue support. 2011/11/18 神癒礁湖 (Rafael Laguna) > But there're Lubuntu users on Pentium II and similar machines. In fact > they're happy an OS can handle those "trashy" computers and make them > useable

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

2011-11-15 Thread Matthew Byers
my vote would be for wednesday On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 4:33 AM, Julien Lavergne wrote: > yes, I forgot to check with the fridge. According to this, we will > probably need to push it to 8 PM, or on Tuesday 6 PM. > > Regards, > Julien Lavergne > > On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:45:15 +0100 > Chris wrote

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lsc pause

2011-09-26 Thread Matthew Byers
JFYI from a developer's viewpoint, 14 days of in-activity is quite some time! I would suggest actually installing say Lubuntu 11.04 and continue on progress. Especially to get a effective working release of LSC for in time of Lubuntu release. Just my two cents. On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:19 PM, St

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Up coming adoption

2011-09-18 Thread Matthew Byers
You know i gotcha Phil :D I will be proud to retain OP's for lubuntu and will gladly idle in ubuntu-ops. I am currently on vacation and will return to action this Wed. On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 2:33 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hi, > > as ever, we approach full adoption with the mass off a run-awa

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

2011-09-09 Thread Matthew Byers
504, in _read raise MissingSectionHeaderError(fpname, lineno, line) ConfigParser.MissingSectionHeaderError: File contains no section headers. file: /home/stlsaint/.config/lsc/LSC.ini, line: 2 '[General]\n' stlsaint@stlsaint-lubuntu:~$ On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Matthew Byers wrote: &

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

2011-09-08 Thread Matthew Byers
inal, but I removed > it and added it back in synaptic. > with "add" in software sources and typed " *ppa:lubuntu-desktop/ppa*" in > the popup that appears, simply reloaded and and searched for "lubuntu." > > Cheers > > Gareth > > On 08/09/11 16:0

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

2011-09-08 Thread Matthew Byers
> > On 08/09/11 10:59, James Gifford wrote: >> Hey Matthew - to install it, run "sudo apt-get update" to update your >> repository list and then try to install it. >> >> >> Cheers, >> James Gifford >> http://jamesrgifford.com >> >> O

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

2011-09-07 Thread Matthew Byers
I am unable to install, i added ppa then updated then tried installing and it was unable to find it. stlsaint@stlsaint-lubuntu:~$ sudo apt-add-repositoriy ppa:lubuntu-desktop/ppa sudo: apt-add-repositoriy: command not found stlsaint@stlsaint-lubuntu:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lubuntu-desktop/p

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Light-Weight software center

2011-07-27 Thread Matthew Byers
PCMan has expressed a very valid point. On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:50 AM, PCMan wrote: > A key question is, what makes your project lighter than software center? > What's the bottle neck of software center? What makes it so heavy? > Practically what will you do to make yours light? > Usually just

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] New ISO images available : Lubuntu

2011-07-27 Thread Matthew Byers
The image size will become smaller. On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:18 PM, gs wrote: > ** > On 07/27/2011 12:08 AM, Lance wrote: > > This is excellent news. Hopefully Ubuntu QA will be able to add the > Lubuntu images to iso-testing by either Alpha3 or Beta1. Once Lubuntu is > included in iso-testi

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Light-Weight software center

2011-07-27 Thread Matthew Byers
Awesome project idea. For starters i will suggest python coding standards, http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Stephen Smally wrote: > Hi everybody, i'mt trying to do a user-friendly and light package > manager ( a kind of Lubuntu software center) in python

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Ubuntu Developer Week - Preparation

2011-07-09 Thread Matthew Byers
> Well, team - Any other ideas? (I'm allowed screen shots in the presentation as well). Maybe some screenshots of resource usage doing various activites, IE: idle, watching a movie, web browsing, music, etc. On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Julien Lavergne wrote: > Le Friday 08 July 2011 à 21:48

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Some new apps

2011-07-03 Thread matthew byers
> I'm not really satisfied with the applications which comes with lubuntu, Good thing there is a repository with hundreds of apps to choose from to get a system to your liking. Lubuntu is meant to be light on resources so having heavy applications installed on default defeats that purpose. As far a

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] The need to improve Lubuntu bug filing

2011-06-04 Thread matthew byers
Per the post on the foums that i just read is all this questioning the need of a official forum for lubuntu? On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Lance wrote: > I may have done a bit of a bad job explaining myself. I'm not too > concerned ATM about the bugs I encountered, I'm just testing the water

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Possible bug?

2011-06-02 Thread matthew byers
What release are you running? I am on 10.10 and i didnt get that behavior. On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:56 AM, Jared Norris wrote: > Good morning all, > > I've come across something very weird this morning that I've never seen > before. Trying to open any program via the gui menu or taskbar icons re

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Directory tree is now available in PCManFM!

2011-05-29 Thread matthew byers
Very nice. I will be testing shortly!! On May 29, 2011 3:36 AM, "PCMan" wrote: > Everybody loves screenshot! > > http://blog.lxde.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/pcmanfm-dir-tree-480x383.png > > Directory tree in side pane was a feature in PCManFM 0.5 series, but > it’s not yet implemented in the l

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu base/minimal desktop

2011-05-27 Thread matthew byers
Sounds interesting. I would think that if you are leaving all other apps up to the user you minus well leave the browser up to them as well. On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 8:51 PM, Yorvyk wrote: > Just been talking with someone about a spin of Lubuntu he made himself. > It's basically the live CD with

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Fwd: busy box

2011-05-19 Thread matthew byers
Possible corrupt iso download On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 1:24 AM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > hiyas, > > anyone use VM machines and know what this error is? > > Thanks, > > Phill. > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Jens Leineweber > Date: Thu, May 19, 2011 at 9:40 PM > Subject: bus

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] packaging hooks

2011-05-18 Thread matthew byers
rsden" wrote: > On 05/17/2011 02:39 PM, matthew byers wrote: > >> Hey folks, what is the supported method of getting apport hooks >> packaged? Is the process to do as brian murray suggest and: "In the >> event that you write a hook for a package that you can not *up

[Lubuntu-desktop] packaging hooks

2011-05-17 Thread matthew byers
Hey folks, what is the supported method of getting apport hooks packaged? Is the process to do as brian murray suggest and: "In the event that you write a hook for a package that you can not *upload* or need help getting sponsored, please report a bug about the package missing a hook. Then add the

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] apport hooks

2011-05-17 Thread matthew byers
esides in the official repo so you no longer need the > add-apt-repository magic... ;) > > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:05 AM, matthew byers > wrote: > >> Well the mini iso idea as great a idea as it is, it proves to be a bit >> much for a user to simply want to install lu

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] apport hooks

2011-05-17 Thread matthew byers
Hi, > > you can try making a bootable USB with Ubuntu mini-ISO, install a > commandline system then apt-get install lubuntu-desktop. > > You can also try upgrading your existing 10.10 install. > > Regards! > Mikhail > > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 3:11 PM, matthew byers &

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] apport hooks

2011-05-17 Thread matthew byers
I used the startup tool in Ubuntu that gave the same results of the bug. On May 17, 2011 2:32 AM, "Julien Lavergne" wrote: > > Le 17 mai 2011 à 03:20, matthew byers a écrit : > >> Sounds like fun!! I assume any written now will be for next cycle? With that being sai

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] apport hooks

2011-05-16 Thread matthew byers
stick to 10.10 until this is resolved. On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 2:01 AM, Julien Lavergne wrote: > Le Tuesday 17 May 2011 à 00:36 +0300, matthew byers a écrit : > > Per this page does this mean the listed packages require apport hooks? > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Developers

[Lubuntu-desktop] apport hooks

2011-05-16 Thread matthew byers
Per this page does this mean the listed packages require apport hooks? https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Developers/TODO#Packaging Ubuntu / Debian tasks Also i thought packages in the ubuntu repository had hooks per this page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Apport/DeveloperHowTo#Package Hooks Or am i miss

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Image files

2011-05-14 Thread matthew byers
IMO, the more the better. I will be updating the wiki to reflect my download location so the wiki will have three "Direct" download links on it. But i feel we need to also update this to reflect on the website to show all the available downloads. As of now if you go to lubuntu.net and hit "get lubu

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] more updating...expired domain

2011-05-13 Thread matthew byers
> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:49 PM, matthew byers > wrote: > > Hey i dont know if Mario Behling is still part of the team but they are > > listed as the owner of the lubuntu launchpad page and on there are some > lxde > > links but since the lxde.org domain expired (2 May 2

[Lubuntu-desktop] updated site

2011-05-13 Thread matthew byers
Hey folks i dont know who maintains the lubuntu.net site but i suggest it get updated to more recent information and download links cause as of now gilir's direct download is taking the brute force of downloads it seems. -- God Bless ___ Mailing list: h

[Lubuntu-desktop] more updating...expired domain

2011-05-13 Thread matthew byers
Hey i dont know if Mario Behling is still part of the team but they are listed as the owner of the lubuntu launchpad page and on there are some lxde links but since the lxde.org domain expired (2 May 2011) then all the other sub-domains went down as well to inlcude: http://lxde.org/

[Lubuntu-desktop] Fwd: New mirror available : http://lubuntu.lafibre.info/

2011-05-13 Thread matthew byers
Sorry, sent to chris only on that one.see below -- Forwarded message -- From: matthew byers Date: Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:29 AM Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] New mirror available : http://lubuntu.lafibre.info/ To: Chris wiki has been updated to show new download location

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] New mirror available : http://lubuntu.lafibre.info/

2011-05-13 Thread matthew byers
W00T!! Very nice!! On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Julien Lavergne wrote: > Hi, > > A French company offer us a mirror for all Lubuntu ISO (10.04 to 11.04) : > http://lubuntu.lafibre.info/ > I encourage you to download there, as we have some statistics on downloads > :) > > Regards, > Julien La

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Benefits of Lubuntu being official (was: Re: Ask Mark session )

2011-05-05 Thread matthew byers
HA! I never knew peppermint was for off lubuntu!!! nice ;) On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Kendall Weaver wrote: > For the time being, I can go ahead and whip up a 64 bit .iso if there is > any interest in me doing so. It shouldn't take but a couple of hours. I have > most of one put together alr

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Well done!

2011-05-03 Thread matthew byers
Very Nice!! On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hi, > > It is with immense pleasure that I can tell the team that we are now at #4 > on DistroWatch (http://distrowatch.com/index.php?dataspan=1) for the last > seven days. > This is an outstanding achievement. Each and everyon

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] New header

2011-05-03 Thread matthew byers
I do like the blue scheme but i suggest maxing how many topics are shown in each box to only 4. The orange lettering when looked at long enough for reading will start to blur together. The BT scheme only uses 4 topics as you can see compared the the suggested 5 topics. On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 1:15

[Lubuntu-desktop] Translations

2011-05-01 Thread matthew byers
Hey folks. Just curious as to what is the process to start the translation process for lubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu and updates (wiki standards)

2011-04-29 Thread matthew byers
These two are great start pages: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/Wiki this second page is more focused on guidelines and syntax: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WikiGuide On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > On 04/29/2011 06:10 AM, matthew byers wrote: >

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu 11.04 released

2011-04-29 Thread matthew byers
Also folks please update the wiki page if you are offering a location to download lubuntu iso from. My direct link on wiki will be updated as soon as i get the chance to download new release and upload. Lets keep these torrents rolling as well!!! Lubuntu FTW!!! On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Sh

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu and updates

2011-04-29 Thread matthew byers
I give a big +1 to ensuring wiki syntax standards are kept the same across the board. As a member of the wiki team (BT) i can let everyone know that there is a bt wiki channel available for questions along with #lubuntu channel. wiki channel: #ubuntu-beginners-wiki On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:34 PM

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Upgrading Synaptic

2011-04-20 Thread matthew byers
+1 on that notion On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Chris Druif wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I know it's too late for "new" features for natty, so my request is for > oneiric. Currently the "Quick search" feature is disabled by default > with a fresh install, however to make it functional only on

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Any major "must fix before Beta" issues left in Lubuntu?

2011-03-28 Thread matthew byers
Though I have not had time to properly test this out if it now takes more ram to install I think we need to address that soon. Lets not lose sight of what lubuntu is just because we are trying to please others. Lubuntus small footprint is a high quality of it so I would hate to see that go. On Mar

[Lubuntu-desktop] command makewhatis

2011-03-20 Thread matthew byers
I am trying to create a manpage. I have made the gzip file but everytime i run makewhatis i get the "command not found" output. Nor am i able to install it. I have no experience in this area aside from google so all help will be appreciated. I need to know what package is managing the man pages in

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Audio players - some thoughts & RFC

2011-03-11 Thread matthew byers
@Andres, he is not trying to be a jerk or anything but as with any type of development there is a process. Once a application has been determined for a OS than work begins to ensure full compatibility and bug fixes. If you try and change up apps in the middle of development than you must start this

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Natty Alpha 3 released

2011-03-11 Thread matthew byers
n Lavergne wrote: > Le vendredi 11 mars 2011 à 17:11 +0300, matthew byers a écrit : > > Does that space issue only pertain to your account? Im asking because > > i have nothing in my allocated space for my ubuntu.com space so i > > would be more than happy to host iso from there i

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu Natty Alpha 3 released

2011-03-11 Thread matthew byers
Does that space issue only pertain to your account? Im asking because i have nothing in my allocated space for my ubuntu.com space so i would be more than happy to host iso from there if possible! On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Julien Lavergne wrote: > Le vendredi 04 mars 2011 à 18:39 +0100, J

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Ask yourself...

2011-03-08 Thread matthew byers
Also Tim, out of your list of what you expect, "lightweight" is not one of them which is what most of lubuntu is about. Being able to effectively run on low resource systemsnot be able to video edit while streaming movies and video chatting and editing your homework all at once (although it can

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] ENCRYPTION PROBLEM AFTER PERFORMING "Install Lubuntu from Ubuntu or any other Ubuntu flavors"

2011-02-09 Thread matthew byers
I am not adequate enough in encryption to offer any help but i would point in the direction of ibuclaw of our UBT. He has done encryption tutorials on the UF and he is the primary person i would turn to if i were in the situation in this area. I would join the irc to catch him or contact him direct

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Dumb question...

2010-12-30 Thread matthew byers
In my understanding, no the iso is not updated. Once the OS is released than it only gets updated once you install and update it yourself. On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Tim Bernhard wrote: > Does the download image on Lubuntu.net get updated? > > I downloaded the 10.10 ISO I have back in Octo

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Panel bug

2010-12-29 Thread matthew byers
ubuntu (i > believe kubuntu too) > > > On Wednesday, December 29, 2010, matthew byers > wrote: > > WARNING: If i am correct in the discovery of this bug it will make your > panel disappear and force you to hard kill your system (unless you have Hot > Keys setup to get to a termi

[Lubuntu-desktop] Panel bug

2010-12-28 Thread matthew byers
WARNING: If i am correct in the discovery of this bug it will make your panel disappear and force you to hard kill your system (unless you have Hot Keys setup to get to a terminal without panel!) So i think i have found a bug and here are the steps to reproduce: 1. Right click on panel and select,

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu v. LXDE

2010-12-02 Thread matthew byers
1. The primary difference between ANY distro is the package selection and desktop environment and yes that is where the primary difference between lubuntu and ubuntu resides. 2. Yes you can install any environment( *box) you like. 3. I have never looked at the contents of the metapackage/core packa

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Zentyal

2010-11-11 Thread matthew byers
Well when you ask if there are any "connections or communications" it makes it seem as if your wondering if the two are connected. Better wording should be used next time maybe! ;) And look here for distros with lxde: http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Category:Linux_Distributions

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Zentyal

2010-11-11 Thread matthew byers
Zentyal is nothing more then the old "all in one server" ebox! (i used it before) This is not related to the Lubuntu distro. There are many linux respins that use lxde. Lubuntu is not (unless hidden from the public) in any way tailored to or around zentyal nor interacts with its development! On We

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] People having trouble with dualboots?

2010-11-02 Thread matthew byers
If it will help the cause of getting os-prober installed by default that i will chime in with my two cents and say that i too had that issue and i have been an advid linux user for over a year and i have never had to install os-prober! (thanks bioterror!) I mean i could understand if we were talkin