Some of the 100 papercuts are scheduled after UI freeze...

So, I fixed bug 397324: https://bugs.launchpad.net/update-notifier/+bug/397324 Afterwards I realized that a good chunk of the 100 papercuts like this one were scheduled after UI freeze. This essentially makes them impossible to fix when they require UI changes. A good chunk of papercuts don't re

Call for action: Update PAM policy to allow password-less logins set up via users-admin

Hi all! More than two months ago, I reported bug 393854 about supporting in Karmic a new feature that we recently added to the gnome-system-tools and gdm. It allows users to be granted (by admins) the right to log in through GDM without typing their password. This works by making them members of a

Re: Ubuntu Software Store: What it does, and how you can help

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dylan McCall wrote on 01/09/09 18:15: >... > I'm a bit concerned about using price to distinguish things here. The > "price: free" thing is flawed, because it furthers the misconception > that free software is only free in price, when in fact being fre

Re: Ubuntu Software Store: What it does, and how you can help

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If anyone's interested in the original subject of this thread: The Ubuntu Software Store 0.3.0 is now in Karmic. Please try it out and report bugs. ajmctaggart wrote on 01/09/09 16:42: > > O

the 2nd panel is wasting place in height

Hello, The default 2nd panel is wasting place in height especially on small screens. The new 13" notebooks have a DVD writer as well as a powerfull processor and thus need a Ubuntu desktop version instead of the netbook version. Moreover, the new displays are mostly with a 16/10 or 16/9 aspect