Re: www.shockwave.com http://unity3d.com/unity/ - i smell trouble...

2012-02-09 Thread Remco
more traction than something that we could come up with for Ubuntu. -- Remco On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:21, HSO a...@biznes.linux.pl wrote: Shockwave Player not flash player - on page you link - no shocwave player for Linux... ona page you link. I am  proposing some like  API/backend  (colect

Re: Chromium vs Firefox?

2011-05-01 Thread Remco
. In-person discussions work very well for these kinds of things. -- Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Default Desktop Experience for 11.04

2011-04-08 Thread Remco
switches to Terminal. Additional refinement: the menu switches immediately if you interact with the terminal window. -- Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: The Oracle debate. Possibly an over-reaction?

2010-12-26 Thread Remco
On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 10:05, pec...@gmail.com pec...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/12/26 Chris Jones chrisjo...@comcen.com.au: I know somewhere along the line Ubuntu is probably going to switch to LibreOffice by default. But does that mean that with the future inclusion of LO, it also means to

Re: The Oracle debate. Possibly an over-reaction?

2010-12-26 Thread Remco
[and now also to the list:] On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 22:29, Chris Jones chrisjo...@comcen.com.au wrote: On Sun, 2010-12-26 at 15:46 +0100, Remco wrote: I don't think OpenOffice will be in the repos at all. The current version, while called OOo, is actually more like LibreOffice. I don't think

Re: Updating from LGPL 2 to LGPL 3

2010-08-07 Thread Remco
, simple as that. -- Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Is Ubuntu commited to free software?

2010-06-10 Thread Remco
, and are able to fix bugs. The kernel generates the firmware on the fly and then sends it to the GPU. This should be the case for all microcode, before Linux can be considered entirely free and dependable. -- Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify

Re: Is Ubuntu commited to free software?

2010-06-10 Thread Remco
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 16:51, Scott Kitterman ubu...@kitterman.com wrote: Remco remc...@gmail.com wrote: Is that loaded microcode generated by the kernel, or is it an unknown magic blob of bytes? I know that the kernel developers hate such blobs for practical reasons, and I also don't believe

Re: Is Ubuntu commited to free software?

2010-06-10 Thread Remco
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 17:46, Scott Kitterman ubu...@kitterman.com wrote: Remco remc...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 16:51, Scott Kitterman ubu...@kitterman.com wrote: Remco remc...@gmail.com wrote: Is that loaded microcode generated by the kernel, or is it an unknown magic blob

Re: Is Ubuntu commited to free software?

2010-06-10 Thread Remco
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 18:32, David Schlesinger le...@access-company.com wrote: On 6/10/10 9:13 AM, Remco remc...@gmail.com wrote: Meh, you can still use the original kernel if you want to. It's (mostly) free software after all. ;) By the same token, you (and the handful of others who

Re: Is Ubuntu commited to free software?

2010-06-10 Thread Remco
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 18:32, David Schlesinger le...@access-company.com wrote: On 6/10/10 9:13 AM, Remco remc...@gmail.com wrote: Meh, you can still use the original kernel if you want to. It's (mostly) free software after all. ;) By the same token, you (and the handful of others who

Re: Is Ubuntu commited to free software?

2010-06-10 Thread Remco
when the free-only option was selected. -- Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Is Ubuntu commited to free software?

2010-06-10 Thread Remco
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 19:10, Remco remc...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 18:53, Scott Kitterman ubu...@kitterman.com wrote: Once again:  those are bugs.  Let's just focus on solving the problem in the existing kernel instead of adding another one. It's more difficult

Re: Why and why.

2010-04-30 Thread Remco
*and* to reintroduce the removed features in the window list, application indicator, or any other place where it is actually appropriate. -- Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: Making notifications close-able

2010-03-26 Thread Remco
the notification if you closed the chat window or the application, or changed your status to busy/invisible/offline. -- Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel

Re: Making notifications close-able

2010-03-26 Thread Remco
your feature by quickly changing your status to Busy and then back to Available. -- Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: White-on-black terminal should be default

2010-03-03 Thread Remco
to change it. I agree. I would rather not have my terminals look like a tty! Would it be possible to have black text on a white background for the virtual terminals, too? The current low-resolution white-on-black is not very comfortable. -- Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu

Re: alt-tab; need shift-alt-tab too.

2010-01-29 Thread Remco
with Metacity, not sure about Compiz as I haven't used that for ages). I don't think it does by default in Compiz. That's the default window manager for Ubuntu if the hardware is capable, so it's pretty important. In Compiz you can also not use Ctrl-Alt-Tab to switch to panels. -- Remco -- Ubuntu-devel

Re: Question about this list

2010-01-28 Thread Remco
there is not a default shortcut-key to open the terminal. Please find another example, because this is very easy to do: Ctrl-Alt-Tab until you reach the bottom panel, then use the arrows to go to the right panel item. -- Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: Ubuntu Domain Server

2009-11-22 Thread Remco
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 20:18, Markus Hitter m...@jump-ing.de wrote: Am 21.11.2009 um 22:38 schrieb Remco: On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 19:58, Michael Bienia mich...@bienia.de wrote: On 2009-11-21 17:37:46 +0100, Markus Hitter wrote: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/screens/gparted_1_big.jpg Oh

Re: Ubuntu Domain Server

2009-11-21 Thread Remco
unproductive. Should Gparted not exist? Should Synaptic? Or the PolicyKit editor? Rapache? The LVM manager? All can be used to destroy data or create security leaks. But all are used to save time for those that understand how they work. -- Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Save Icon modernization needed

2009-11-15 Thread Remco
the saving documents concept, so maybe this will all be a moot point by then. -- Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: upgrade from 9.04 - 9.10: the most broken Ubuntu / Debian upgrade I have ever experienced

2009-11-03 Thread Remco
. Ouch, that's bad. Whether it's true or not doesn't even matter. This could turn into a major publicity disaster. Windows 7 has just been released, so this is a key time for Ubuntu to be in the news with positive stories. In this specific case, bad publicity is not good publicity. -- Remco

Re: Ubuntu Domain Server

2009-10-25 Thread Remco
, the present tools demand a minimum understanding of networks, including security. No they don't. They require a howto. -- Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu

Re: Ubuntu Domain Server

2009-10-25 Thread Remco
of problem areas that can't be checked for sanity like that. And then find solutions for that, obviously. -- Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Ubuntu Domain Server

2009-10-24 Thread Remco
they are doing. They just follow a howto from the-perfect-server-setup.tk. Of course, that howto also recommends setting up a mail server, but inadvertently doesn't set a password for the SMTP server. -- Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings

Re: Proposal: reduce base font size from 10pt to 9pt for Karmic Koala release

2009-10-10 Thread Remco
screenshots that the text of the CPU monitor on the top panel doesn't fit inside the applet anymore. -- Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Pulse audio

2009-10-10 Thread Remco
API is a bad idea according to the PA developers, people like me who like the open/close/read/write simplicity of OSS can instead just use the PulseAudio Simple API, which is essentially the OSS API. ;) http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/pulseaudio/doxygen/simple.html -- Remco -- Ubuntu-devel

Re: Pulse audio

2009-10-08 Thread Remco
? -- Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Pulse audio

2009-10-08 Thread Remco
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 22:55, Daniel Chen seven.st...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Remco remc...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 14:40, Daniel Chen seven.st...@gmail.com wrote: The sad thing is that we could have shipped a two-line change to /etc/pulse/default.pa

Re: The google custom search - perhaps it went there by itself?

2009-07-27 Thread Remco
package (albeit an important one). It's probably best to get in touch with the Mozilla team directly: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam#Communication Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: Replace Tomboy with Gnote?

2009-06-17 Thread Remco
port' bit against it. It's an interesting way to fork. And how many forks are we shipping in Ubuntu? I can name at least Xorg, GCC, and our version of OOo. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: Ubuntu Desktop Unit Consistency (LP: #369525)

2009-06-10 Thread Remco
in the fold, like Canonical, Novell and Red Hat. If there is a group effort to bring this issue to IEEE, the chances of success will increase. And indeed, Microsoft could very well be interested too, in solving this mess. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: shameful censoring of mono opposition

2009-06-08 Thread Remco
that the Windows platform nowadays *is* .NET. Win32 is deprecated. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: shameful censoring of mono opposition

2009-06-08 Thread Remco
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Derek Broughtonde...@pointerstop.ca wrote: Remco wrote: On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Mackenzie Morganmaco...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps I misunderstand why the term application framework is any better than a pile of libraries and languages that work together

Re: shameful censoring of mono opposition

2009-06-08 Thread Remco
the Gnome-Java bindings and get them in Ubuntu * make a Java equivalent of F-Spot and Tomboy * push for replacement of these apps and the framework I'm all for replacing Mono with Java, but the problems need to be fixed. Complaining is not going to do that. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: shameful censoring of mono opposition

2009-06-08 Thread Remco
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 3:29 AM, Derek Broughtonde...@pointerstop.ca wrote: Remco wrote: On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 1:50 AM, Derek Broughtonde...@pointerstop.ca wrote: Remco wrote: On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 11:52 PM, David Schlesingerdavid.schlesin...@access-company.com wrote: As Derek pointed

Re: On apturls and repositories

2009-06-07 Thread Remco
but not a requirement, like ssh or ftp. For the record: http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/ works in the browser. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: shameful censoring of mono opposition

2009-06-07 Thread Remco
for replacement of these apps and the framework I'm all for replacing Mono with Java, but the problems need to be fixed. Complaining is not going to do that. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https

Re: Ubuntu Desktop Unit Consistency (LP: #369525)

2009-06-02 Thread Remco
also not unreasonable to have two size columns in Nautilus. We already have two permissions columns and two type columns. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel

Re: Ubuntu Desktop Unit Consistency (LP: #369525)

2009-05-31 Thread Remco
give you fewer Gibibytes and pretend it's just as many. While that may be true, the most useful thing about base 10 is that normal humans can actually understand it. We cannot calculate using a binary number system. Base 2 is not useful for anything, except sometimes in programming. Remco

Re: Ubuntu Desktop Unit Consistency (LP: #369525)

2009-05-31 Thread Remco
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:03 AM, Christopher Chan christopher.c...@bradbury.edu.hk wrote: Stop changing age old conventions. Nice. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: Netbook Operating System

2009-05-28 Thread Remco
some stuff with encrypted DVD support, and they may consider upgrading some packages of their 8.04 system. The best thing to do, is to contact Canonical about all these issues. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe

Re: Current situation of amarok, and of latex tools

2009-05-25 Thread Remco
for downgrading. Just like the new notifications, it will suck a little until it gets better. A copy of the original settings in case of incompatible changes is a relatively simple solution. Downgrade conversion is probably not feasible for any but the most popular packages. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Looking at Package Management for Karmic or Karmic+1

2009-04-05 Thread Remco
benefit from any interaction with the update manager? The way Microsoft does it, is that it asks (enabled by default) to install updates on shutdown. I don't know how that would be better than completely automatic updates. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Looking at Package Management for Karmic or Karmic+1

2009-04-03 Thread Remco
2009/4/3 (``-_-´´) -- BUGabundo ubu...@bugabundo.net: Olá Remco e a todos. On Thursday 02 April 2009 14:12:00 Remco wrote: One wishlist idea I have is that updates can be installed without having to provide a password. There's a public wishbug to allow Security Updates to be auto-installed

Re: Looking at Package Management for Karmic or Karmic+1

2009-04-02 Thread Remco
One wishlist idea I have is that updates can be installed without having to provide a password. Installing updates must be as easy as possible, because I often see that icon in other people's notification area, with hundreds of updates available. They just don't really care. Remco -- Ubuntu

Re: Fake login screens

2009-02-15 Thread Remco
. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Fwd: Is disabling ctrl-alt-backspace really such a good idea? - no.

2009-02-14 Thread Remco
actually a pretty nasty way to steal passwords. Shouldn't the login screen instruct you to press C-A-B before trying to log in? Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel

Re: Fwd: Is disabling ctrl-alt-backspace really such a good idea? - no.

2009-02-14 Thread Remco
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12:47 AM, Remco remc...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Vincenzo Ciancia cian...@di.unipi.it wrote: Can someone tell me how will I protect myself from fake login screens in multi-user ubuntu setups? Even my office machine is multi-user! It took me

Re: GPL and forking

2009-02-13 Thread Remco
a fork, and it would be the most positive possible form of forking. Basically what it was invented for! This would be a case where the GPL has saved a project from extinction. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe

Re: Fwd: Is disabling ctrl-alt-backspace really such a good idea?

2009-02-13 Thread Remco
be sensible if Would all be really cool, but that's not the current situation. First solve those. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Is disabling ctrl-alt-backspace really such a good idea?

2009-02-12 Thread Remco
to teach everybody about this. C-A-B was common knowledge. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Fwd: Is disabling ctrl-alt-backspace really such a good idea? - no.

2009-02-12 Thread Remco
. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Is disabling ctrl-alt-backspace really such a good idea?

2009-02-12 Thread Remco
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Mackenzie Morgan maco...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 22:41 +0100, Remco wrote: On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:31 PM, Mike Jones eternal...@gmail.com wrote:     In light of that new info, I would say all of my objections are handled quite nicely by Alt

Re: Fwd: Is disabling ctrl-alt-backspace really such a good idea? - no.

2009-02-12 Thread Remco
the roof, and your CPU is constantly 100%. There are so many ways to bring down the performance of your computer that you just can't prevent it. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: Is disabling ctrl-alt-backspace really such a good idea? - no.

2009-02-12 Thread Remco
And please don't talk about people making noise. That gets us nowhere. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Is disabling ctrl-alt-backspace really such a good idea? - no.

2009-02-12 Thread Remco
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 3:56 AM, Remco remc...@gmail.com wrote: And please don't talk about people making noise. That gets us nowhere. Remco That was not supposed to be the only contents of my mail. The people who are against the removal of C-A-B or equivalents think that Ubuntu would

Re: Fwd: Is disabling ctrl-alt-backspace really such a good idea?

2009-02-11 Thread Remco
. * Xorg/drivers can have a bug that locks the screen. All of these things will happen in the future, no matter what you do. C-A-B will fix it in many cases. Hitting C-A-B twice is preferred over a dialog, because you can't reasonably react to a dialog if the system is too slow to be usable. Remco

Re: Metacity as a compositing manager

2009-02-09 Thread Remco
going on with Metacity's compositing mode (or the appropriate Gnome app)? Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Open With dialog not user-friendly

2009-02-06 Thread Remco
calling it Firefox. If we change things, we have to call it something else. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Thoughts for assisting those with limited bandwidth

2009-02-01 Thread Remco
are personalized. So if you need a jump between 7 versions, it will be generated for you and then cached for other people. The cache could be limited for budget reasons of course, which would limit the amount of 'behind the times' people that would still receive an inremental update. Remco

Re: Band in a Box

2009-01-21 Thread Remco
reports here [2]. Remco [1] http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=applicationiId=1094 [2] http://bugs.winehq.org/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Re: Feedback on an install of Intrepid

2009-01-12 Thread Remco
together. Here [2] you see a minimal view of Rhythmbox, achieved by hitting Ctrl+D. You can also minimize it to the notification area by clicking on its icon there. Remco PS: you don't see a menu bar in my screenshots because I use the Global Menu [3], screenshot [4]. [1] http://tinypic.com/view.php

Re: too complicated

2009-01-07 Thread Remco
in you can choose the English language. After giving advise, you can switch back again. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: too complicated

2009-01-07 Thread Remco
login through xnest. I see no reason why that would be a pita. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: You lost a new Ubuntu user

2008-12-26 Thread Remco
The only things that Ubiquity gets from the internet, are certain language packs. So let's make it really easy: if such a language is chosen, a message will appear (not a popup, but a message at the bottom of the screen) that reads You need an internet connection to install this language.. Remco

Re: You lost a new Ubuntu user

2008-12-26 Thread Remco
On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Remco remc...@gmail.com wrote: The only things that Ubiquity gets from the internet, are certain language packs. So let's make it really easy: if such a language is chosen, a message will appear (not a popup, but a message at the bottom of the screen

Re: Bringing Wine into Main

2008-12-16 Thread Remco
dialog which i have to cancel and which i would never have used since im using crossover linux or cedega anyway. Alex Is it not Crossover's or Cedega's job to disable it, or reroute it to their app? Ubuntu can't support propriëtary software. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu

Re: Are file permissions in files on external devices silly?

2008-11-21 Thread Remco
. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: [strawman] partual support of apps for policykit for Jaunty

2008-11-18 Thread Remco
this is to make gvfs support PolicyKit. That requires changes only in one program. But as a temporary fix, Gedit could implement PolicyKit. That solves most problems. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: Version Control

2008-11-03 Thread Remco
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 12:22 PM, (``-_-´´) -- Fernando [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I meant flyback. http://flyback-project.org/ There's also TimeVault: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TimeVault Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings

Re: Firefox newly insists on showing an EULA

2008-09-15 Thread Remco
incompatible with free-software, since their sole purpose is to give the owners the power to restrict use of their trademark. That one purpose becomes void if you slap a free-software compatible license on it. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify

Re: Firefox newly insists on showing an EULA

2008-09-15 Thread Remco
a great browser. Firefox is not the reason people switch to Ubuntu. It's the reason people can continue using Windows. And just like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Chrome, Epiphany can be a brand, too. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify

Re: feedback on new wiki theme

2008-09-07 Thread Remco
on that recommended by the IE team for including IE-specific CSS: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/10/12/480242.aspx Why would the Ubuntu wiki have to be readable by IE, let alone by IE6? Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings

Re: Intuitive Popup Scrollbars

2008-08-15 Thread Remco
direction. Sort of like the middle-click scroll behaviour in Windows, only without the clicking, and using the scroll wheel instead. Middle-click can then continue to be used like it is used now. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings

Re: Tahoma (or, Does anyone have a copy of Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition?)

2008-08-07 Thread Remco
That's quite ingenious! ;-) However, does the Wine project not already provide a Tahoma replacement? Maybe efforts could be spent on improving quality of that font instead, if necessary. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings

Re: Disappointed with Ubuntu Server, could be used by such a wider audience

2008-08-01 Thread Remco
up the router and buying a domain name in order to make it accessible to the world. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: making deals with M$

2008-06-09 Thread Remco
videos in those codecs. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: making deals with M$

2008-06-09 Thread Remco
, but it's also all you can, or want to do. The people who are potentially attracted to the free software philosophy will learn about it anyway. That's probably enough. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https

Re: making deals with M$

2008-06-07 Thread Remco
And just for kicks they annoy their primary user base by providing the video in MP4 format. Real classy, Canonical. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Does metacity compositor use acceleration?

2008-03-29 Thread Remco
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Andreas Schildbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: chombee wrote: Does the compositor that you can enable in metacity in hardy use 3D acceleration? Yes, it does. I like it better than compiz (the alt-tab isn't broken for one thing) but it seems slow.

Re: Bug and discussion about ubuntu menu

2008-03-14 Thread Remco
(yes, 30!) just has to go. Even MS Vista, with its many Centers has a less daunting configuration system. No flame intended for the one that originally introduced these menus. It has grown a lot with all those new graphical configuration applets. Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu

Re: Bug and discussion about ubuntu menu

2008-03-14 Thread Remco
these changes feasible. What it could éffect is a very easy to use configuration system, and more importantly: happy users! ;-) Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel

Transmission as default bittorrent client

2008-02-05 Thread Remco
to that the fact that you can run it on Windows, so you can also include it in the Windows autostart-menu of the cd. What are your thoughts? I hope I didn't jump into this mailing-list too loudly... :) Cheers, Remco -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings