Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] IRC and Help

2010-06-04 Thread Andrew Woodhead
I'm in #ubuntu quite a lot (remember to say yo yo yo to your friendly parsnip :D) and I do enforce the rules but am not an op. If people tell others to obey the rules / use !ops if they are not compliant then it helps keep things smoother. On Friday, June 4, 2010, Goh Lip g@gmx.com wrote: On

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] 64-bit install?

2010-06-04 Thread M. Daub
Hi Andrew, hello *, I know, that the packge manager pull down the 64-bit version, if they exist. But I assume, that the package manager will get the 32-bit version if this is the only one of the package. So to be more precisely: 1.) Does all the maintainers of the various packages needed for

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] 64-bit install?

2010-06-04 Thread Andrew Woodhead
The packages in the metapackage will be available in both 32bit and 64bit. On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:37 AM, M. Daub m.d...@web.de wrote: Hi Andrew, hello *, I know, that the packge manager pull down the 64-bit version, if they exist. But I assume, that the package manager will get the

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] modem-manager

2010-06-04 Thread Julien Lavergne
Le vendredi 04 juin 2010 à 19:15 +0200, Max a écrit : please add modem-manager to lubuntu-desktop meta-package in future relases. for netbooks is a necessary software. It's already added for 10.10. Regards, Julien Lavergne ___ Mailing list:

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] ..will remove lubuntu-desktop

2010-06-04 Thread Julien Lavergne
Le vendredi 04 juin 2010 à 23:11 +0100, Phillip Whiteside a écrit : -- If you wish to remove a programme from lubuntu, you may be told that by doing so it will remove lubuntu-desktop. Lubuntu-desktop is only used for upgrade (when you change the Lubuntu version) or initial installation of

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] 64-bit install?

2010-06-04 Thread Phillip Whiteside
Hi, we seem to have lost where lubuntu 10.04 actually got up to. Stable == Not crashing every 5 minutes. Beta == Not a finished product. As it was not even launched as 'RC' (Release Candidate) The reason you say it behaves as a 'beta' is because that is exactly what it is. IMHO, considering

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] 64-bit install?

2010-06-04 Thread CAD Outsourcing
I feel humbled by your eloquent way of defusing a situation that threatens to get out of hand. A bright mind you are. BTW, we can use the term windoze on the forums and anywhere else we please, because the trademarks that Microsoft has the rights to are MS, XP, Microsoft, Windows and the like,

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] marketing

2010-06-04 Thread Phillip Whiteside
Hi, long story cut short. I've moved host for my baby forum. I used to use the 468X60 banner at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Marketing#Web banners as a click link to download lubuntu, it was discussed that it should be a little more obvious that it is a download link.

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] 64-bit install?

2010-06-04 Thread PCMan
Here are my two cents: 1. Compiling for 64-bit will make executable binaries bigger and takes more disk space 2. because of #1, 64-bit apps uses more memory, but the difference is minimal 3. the performance of most apps are bound to I/O and mainly affected by speed of hard drives and internet

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] 64-bit install?

2010-06-04 Thread Bob Trevithick
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:51 PM, PCMan pcman...@gmail.com wrote: snip 3. If a program runs well in 32-bit OS, but fail to run in 64-bit one, this is not an architecture problem. It's a bug. Please report it instead of complain of 64-bit. One example I found when playing with the Mini CD