Re: Ubuntu should move all binaries to /usr/bin/

On 1 November 2011 19:01, nick rundy wrote: > I came to ubuntu from Windows. And one thing Windows does well is make it > easy to find an executable file (i.e., it's in C:\Program Files\). Finding > an executable file in Ubuntu is frustrating & lacks organization that makes > sense to users. Fedor

Re: EFF & Privacy; hopefully Ubuntu will listen to users

On 5 November 2012 15:08, Jordon Bedwell wrote: -- snip -- > > I think what Canonical and Ubuntu are doing is alienating old Linux > users who are used to telling their computers what to do, not having > their computer tell them what they are going to do and then them > having to step up and almos

Re: EFF & Privacy; hopefully Ubuntu will listen to users

On 5 November 2012 15:35, Martin Albisetti wrote: > On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 12:28 PM, J Fernyhough wrote: >> (As an aside, it appears that being only enthusiastic >> about Ubuntu and all decisions, or at least getting in line, is a >> requisite for employment there.)

Re: EFF & Privacy; hopefully Ubuntu will listen to users

On 7 November 2012 15:23, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 03:28:44PM +0000, J Fernyhough wrote: >> I'm currently looking into how Ubuntu meets the provisions of the Data >> Protection Act 1998, and more crucially what would need to be done to >> meet the re

Re: The cloud directory name "Ubuntu One" has a space in it....

On 26 December 2012 17:29, Marc Deslauriers wrote: > On 12-12-26 09:52 AM, Fredrik Öhrström wrote: >> this causes problems when I try to use the directory for my source code >> projects that use make or when I put configuration files for dosemu in there, >> or a thousand other situations, when spa

Re: Aptitude installed by default on 13.10?

On 9 April 2013 17:27, Brett Cornwall wrote: > On 04/09/2013 12:19 PM, Andrew Starr-Bochicchio wrote: > >> >> This is actually being debated over on debian-devel as we type. So >> some piece of text from the Debian FAQ that simply hasn't been updated >> in a long time doesn't trump anything. >> >

Re: Aptitude installed by default on 13.10?

On 9 April 2013 19:25, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > On 9 April 2013 13:13, J Fernyhough wrote: > > Just from my own humble experience, there have been numerous times when > > aptitude has been able to resolve a package situation that apt-get would > > simply refuse to entertain; a

Re: Source packages appropriate by default?

On 20 May 2013 16:09, Daniel J Blueman wrote: > When installing Ubuntu, I always see the source packages enabled by default. > > For all the general users I install Ubuntu for (including servers), > it's an utter waste of bandwidth for everyone, particularly when > automatically checking once a da

Re: Source packages appropriate by default?

On 20 May 2013 17:16, Benjamin Drung wrote: > What happens when you run "apt-get source" with disabled apt-src > entries? > A reasonable error message: "E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list" J -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify

Re: Source packages appropriate by default?

On 21 May 2013 13:55, Robie Basak wrote: > What if we provided a reasonable message if no deb-src lines are > defined, with a single simple command to add them and run "apt-get > update" for you? I don't think it would even need that - software-properties (Software & Updates) already has the nece

Re: Privacy features in Touch (cyanogenmod)?

On 18 June 2013 14:34, Alexandre Strube wrote: > A first approach could be a one-click TOR connection on networkmanager > applet. Should be an interesting project. > This is something different to the original point Matt was making. While the ability to route through Tor is a nice-to-have, if app

Re: Privacy features in Touch (cyanogenmod)?

On 22 June 2013 15:12, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > On Ubuntu, an app will request a privilege during runtime. For > example, a game might have a "find my friends who already play this > game" function, that accesses your contacts. The game would work just > fine if you don't use this function. Bu

Re: Privacy features in Touch (cyanogenmod)?

Martin Albisetti wrote: >Right, and while people who care about privacy over features is a >market, it is a small one and not one we are targeting as a project, >or ever have. >There are plenty of other folks addressing it, so measuring our >decisions against other people's goals can only lead to

Re: Privacy features in Touch (cyanogenmod)?

On 24 June 2013 13:13, Marc Deslauriers wrote: > On 13-06-24 08:07 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: >> J Fernyhough wrote on 22/06/13 16:06: >> >>> On 22 June 2013 15:12, Matthew Paul Thomas >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Ubuntu, an app will req

Re: Proposal to change default search engine

On 24 June 2013 21:17, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > Ubuntu does not have a default search engine although the browsers it ships > do. If your interested in getting the default search engine changed in one > of the browsers available in Ubuntu that kind of a push would have to occur > upstream. The G

Re: Privacy features in Touch (cyanogenmod)?

On 3 July 2013 15:14, Robie Basak wrote: > It's not much good to know that an app is misbehaving. I'd like to stop > it. > > Having an all-or-nothing choice, like Android, often means that apps get > feature creep, and before you know it your apps have far more > permissions than you'd prefer. In

Re: Including VirtualBox guest drivers in trusty iso.

On 20 December 2013 09:25, staticd wrote: > > I posted this a while back but got crickets. > https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/232004 > I also have suggested the same thing - other distros include pre-built kernel modules for their live media which means virtual machine testing is mu

Re: Response to Erich Schubert (systemd fanboi / male feminist) and his lies.

On 11 November 2014 23:18, Chateau DuBlanc wrote: > I expect this post to be censored, it is par for the course for people like > you. > I read it, which means it wasn't. However, it's really got nothing to do with this list. > Sincerely; > --MikeeUSA-- Sincerely, Please stop. -- Ubuntu-dev

Re: Response to Erich Schubert (systemd fanboi / male feminist) and his lies.

On 11 November 2014 23:25, Brad Townshend wrote: > That guy says the other guy didnt do anything contribs for opensource, then > on the next > line says the first guy's music and games are crap. Well doesn't he admit > that the guy > contributed? He just doesn't like the games and such. > Please

Re: Green hard disk drives

On 13/08/15 11:09, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Hi, > > Something still wakes up green drives. > > > Any hints to catch the culprit are welcome. > I believe this is a "known" issue with WD Green drives. There are a few workarounds for this, for example: https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=1789

Re: Getting ubuntu iso securely

And how would you know the Ubuntu-branded downloader is secure? I think you're over-complicating things here. Anyone interested in verifying a download is correct can verify the posted SHAsum, and anyone really concerned could install from a netboot (mini.iso), check its seed file, and download al

Re: Getting ubuntu iso securely

a open script with probably less > then 10 lines of code. > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 12:23 PM, J Fernyhough > wrote: > >> And how would you know the Ubuntu-branded downloader is secure? >> >> I think you're over-complicating things here. Anyone interested in >>

Re: Getting ubuntu iso securely

7;re trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist. On 15 September 2015 at 20:40, Ryein Goddard wrote: > We are talking about a more secure method with a built in way to checksum > that is easy for users not the Pentagon. > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 12:30 PM, J Fernyhough &

Re: Getting ubuntu iso securely

so not worried that it has > been modified in transit, or my DNS requests have been spoofed. I am more > worried it hasn't been downloaded correctly. > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 12:48 PM, J Fernyhough > wrote: > >> It's no more secure than running: &g

Re: Getting ubuntu iso securely

ost, but that is two attack > vectors as opposed to one. So slightly more secure having an automated > downloader and checksum checker in my humble opinion, but you are right it > isn't perfect and currently that way is fine for me. I was just trying to > offer suggestions. > > O

Re: about Live CD Customization in boot step

On 25 September 2015 at 16:24, Redhands wrote: > How to customize the boot step when to choose try or install? > > It still has many languages in the language list and some ubuntu trace on > Ubuntu 14.04. > > Two things. 1) Your first message was received, you don't need to repost to 'bump' - i

Re: about Live CD Customization in boot step

On 26 September 2015 at 02:46, Redhands wrote: > Sorry for my thoughtless. > > The way I customized is unsquashfs the filesystem.squash came from the > ubuntu-14.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso. > Then modifying files in it and mksquashfs the custom squashfs that make > the custom iso. > When it boot to t

Re: Cacti Update

On 17/12/15 18:49, FoxNET Support wrote: >> Le 17 déc. 2015 à 19:47, Alberto Salvia Novella a >> écrit : >> Jacob Rodriguez: >>> When will Cacti be updated from 0.8.8b to the current 0.8.8f in your >>> packages? >> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebianImportFreeze: >> Syncs happen from Debian unstabl

Re: Usb tethering

On 19/12/15 13:39, Anca Emanuel wrote: > Please make usb tethering work 'out of the box' > Tutorial here: https://youtu.be/K2QQHsC2jiA > On Ubuntu Xenial: > (from dmesg) rndis_host 1-5:1.0 enxfe28313119dc: renamed from usb0 > IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enxfe28313119dc: link is not ready > > dhcpd

Re: Is this list appropriate for technical support?

On 20 December 2015 at 19:26, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote: > In the short time I have been in this list I have seen plenty of request > asking for things that looked like technical support. > > Is this list intended for that? > > Not really. This is one of the reasons developers don't post to i

Re: Systemd on Ubuntu

On 21 December 2015 at 15:15, Michael Parchet wrote: > Hello, > > Is it possible to install systemd on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64 bit or should I > upgrade Ubuntu ? > > Assuming you're running LTS for a reason, your best bet is to wait until 16.04 LTS is released, then upgrade to that. J -- Ubuntu-dev

Re: Re: about upstart

Just to check, have you performed a web search for this information? While I don't know exactly what you're looking for, the very first result I get for "UPSTART_SESSION" is https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam/Specs/RaringUpstartUserSessions . A little down the page is the following: "D-Bus

Re: Red5 Installation Error

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/02/16 03:16, HHS Administrator wrote: > I am having issue with properly installing Red5 on my AWS instance > of Ubuntu 14.4. It returns the following error. > > # aptitude install kaltura-red5 The following partially installed > packages will

Re: gpg 2

On 26 February 2016 at 12:40, Roberto Sánchez wrote: > Hi. I've been using Enigmail for email encryption but, after the last > update, it requires a newer version of the gpg package than the one > included in wily (and, as far as I know, xenial). I don't know of any > other encryption plugin for t

Re: sgt-puzzles

On 05/04/16 14:13, Greg Chapman wrote: > I'm running Version 9872-1 of sgt-puzzles. > > I made this report to the author and he responded: > > === > 2. Empty Help Windows Proliferate but help appears in one's browser. > > I find that when I click o

Re: ERROR installing G19 Logitech keybourd on linux mint

On 23 April 2016 at 14:27, Warwick Lake wrote: > > dpkg: error processing package g15macro (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Errors were encountered while processing: > g15daemon > g15macro > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > This would proba

Changes missing from yakkety-changes list?

Hi all, I didn't want to post this to the changes list itself as this doesn't seem like a change... It seems that there are changes to packages in Yakkety that are not included in the changes mailing list. For example, VLC is at 2.2.4 [1] but the mailing list [2] only has 2.2.2: > $ ag "vlc \("

Re: Changes missing from yakkety-changes list?

On 16 June 2016 at 12:09, Colin Watson wrote: > Auto-syncs from Debian aren't mailed to -changes lists, only changes > that are explicitly uploaded to Ubuntu. That makes sense. I'll see what upstream has for me to watch. :) J -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubun

Re: qmysql3 plugin

On 30/07/16 02:24, Joe Mackey wrote: > I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04 and QT5. > > When I install Krecipes it complains that qmysql3 plug-in is missing. > > Any suggestions? > * Search the web for "qmysql3" * Find a thread describing an issue with Krecipes: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug

Re: How to build systemd

On 04/08/16 15:45, Alex Lyakas wrote: > Greetings, > > I have downloaded the systemd package for trusty > (http://packages.ubuntu.com/source/trusty/systemd) with “apt-get source > systemd”. > > Which commands should I issue to build it? Specifically I need to build > udev and its accompanying t

Re: libmariadbclient-dev On Ubuntu 16.04 lts

On 7 September 2016 at 09:11, ibrahim mohho wrote: > dear team > > kindly if you can help me How To Install libmariadbclient-dev On Ubuntu 16.04 lts While this is not a support list, two possible options. Option 1: sudo apt-get install libmariadb-client-lgpl-dev Option 2: Go here: https://downl

Re: Bug on Grafana package on ubuntu 16.04

On 13/09/16 20:13, Thomas Fragstein wrote: > Hello, > > > there is a bug on the grafana package on ubuntu 16.04. > > the simple bugfix are that icons are missing on the webpage of grafana. > > a longer description can be found > there https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/4712 > > > so my

Re: Adding a kernel removal script to linux-base or elsewhere

On 13 October 2016 at 23:18, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote: > Hi Jarno, > > On 2016-10-13 21:17, Jarno Suni wrote: > >> Okay, I have created the project in Launchpad. I am using git. >> If I get enough support, I will publish the script. Here is where you >> can support: >> https://www.bountysource.co

Re: 4.8 kernel for Xenial

On 21/11/16 21:01, JMZ wrote: > Try the canonical-kernel-team ppa to get 4.8.x and onwards. Never had a > problem with it even when running xenial. > > https://launchpad.net/~canonical-kernel-team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa > While it will probably work fine for most people, it's not necessarily a sol

Re: NCL installation

On 14 December 2016 at 06:17, elif beyza çatalbaş wrote: > > Dear Mrs/Mr > > I want to install NCL to my computer , I am using Ubuntu and I try this > commands. This isn't really the correct list for this question - this list is supposed to concern discussions about the Ubuntu development proc

Re: When will the lighttpd be updated on xenial

On 14/01/17 06:06, Cadence wrote: > Hi, > > The latest version of lighttpd available for xenial is 1.4.35 from April > 2016. There were lots of new lighttpd versions since then. Most notably > for me, 1.4.42 introduced mod_authn_mysql authentication. When will this > version be available for ubunt

Re: PHP7 - Connect to sybase database

Not sure of the relevance, but https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=803202 says: I have to replace all sybase references for mssql. > > Instead of using sybase_connect, i have to use mssql_connect, and all > other functions the same. > Otherwise it looks like recompiling PHP to include suppo

Re: TCPDump Version

On 04/02/17 10:16, Robie Basak wrote: > Therefore you > cannot use the upstream version number as an indicator of whether > security vulnerabilities exist or not in any distribution package. > To expand again for this particular instance, the package can be checked at (e.g.): http://packages.ubun

Re: Updating package on universe

It should be fairly straightforward to backport to a PPA (look at the `backportpackage` script). If you're running it in an enterprise environment I'd assume you (or some other employee) already do packaging. J On 2 March 2017 at 02:08, CHANG, HENRY wrote: > Can I get it updated on trusty? >

Re: Set environment variable globally

On 24/03/17 21:19, Andrew Martin wrote: > Hello, > > I recently saw this blog post regarding performance when the TZ environment > variable is not set: > https://blog.packagecloud.io/eng/2017/02/21/set-environment-variable-save-thousands-of-system-calls/ > There's also a good deal of discussion

Re: Set environment variable globally

On 06/04/17 16:36, Andrew Martin wrote: > > It seems like that would have some performance impact. Setting TZ in the > /etc/environment file doesn't appear to be used by upstart or systemd, and > therefore apache2 doesn't use it either. How can I make it be used for > services > started by either

Re: [14.04] nVidia GeForce 1080TI

On 01/06/17 07:45, Sebastian Busse wrote: > We are thinking of upgrading to current nVidia graphics cards. As far as > I can see, the GeForce 1080 is supported since 367.27 while the GeForce > 1080 TI is supported since 381.09. > > In Trusty Tahr, we seem to have access to 375 in the repositories.

Re: [14.04] nVidia GeForce 1080TI

On 01/06/17 14:22, Colin Law wrote: > On 1 June 2017 at 14:05, J Fernyhough wrote: >> Trusty is EOL in about 10 months (April 2018); if you're upgrading >> hardware you should probably be installing 16.04 on it. > > April 19 I think > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Rele

Re: [14.04] nVidia GeForce 1080TI

On 01/06/17 14:39, Jamie Strandboge wrote: > On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 14:05 +0100, J Fernyhough wrote: >> >> Trusty is EOL in about 10 months (April 2018); if you're upgrading >> hardware you should probably be installing 16.04 on it. >> > > April 2019, not 201

Target kernel for bionic?

Has there been any discussion or decision made on the target kernel for bionic? If not, can I request that consideration is given to the 4.14 LTS kernel, matching the use of 4.4 in xenial, rather than the non-LTS 3.13 in trusty? While it will likely be several point-releases old/mature by the tim

Re: Target kernel for bionic?

On 30 October 2017 at 22:25, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 6:09 PM, J Fernyhough wrote: >> 4.14 will (I believe) be supported for six years (so >> should last the full life of bionic). > > Do you have any evidence for that claim? > https://t

Re: Detecting the init system in use

On 13/12/17 17:57, Robie Basak wrote: > 2) Come up with and agree on some other universal way for testing for > systemd and make that work everywhere. Then we can SRU that test to MAAS > in Trusty, and fix any other packages in Trusty affected by the > behaviour change of the original test. Possib

Re: On Lists and Iterables

On 16/12/17 15:13, Xen wrote: > Python is a high-productivity language. > > It's not C. > > I think I have to stop posting here for a while... > I've only been vaguely following this thread as it doesn't appear to be related to Ubuntu Development, but it seems to me you're annoyed that you star

Re: Target kernel for bionic?

On 31/10/17 10:37, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > I'd love it if there was a first-hand public statement from Greg or > someone similar that said their intent is for every new LTS kernel to > be supported for 6 years. Or that 4.14 will definitely be an Extended > LTS. > Just to finish this off (and only h

Re: ubuntu-dock-gnome

On 5 February 2018 at 03:07, Technical Clarity wrote: > I'm looking for the code to participate and improve. The package page (https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock) links to the home page (https://github.com/micheleg/dash-to-dock/tree/ubuntu-dock). J -- Ubuntu-d

Re: ubuntu-dock-gnome

On 5 February 2018 at 13:53, Ralf ranfyy wrote: > It's better to do it the "Debian way": > $ apt source gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock > > sudo not required. This way you get the original source + patches applied > (if any). Cool, plenty of ways to get the source depending on what you want to

Re: Ubuntu-dock

On 10/02/18 03:12, Technical Clarity wrote: > I debugged code and I have no bugs > how do I test it, so I can add the feature throughout the appicons.js > file. I just testing with minimize first to rearrange. > You might want to direct questions about a specific project to the project itself: ht

Re: More diagnostics data from desktop

(Re-sending to devel-discuss as devel is moderated) On 15/02/18 10:05, Will Cooke wrote: > On 14 February 2018 at 18:37, Alistair Buxton > wrote: > > > * Information from the installation would be sent over HTTPS to a > service > > run by Canonical’s IS team

Re: More diagnostics data from desktop

(cross-posting because ubuntu-devel is moderated and this may not reach that list) On 07/03/18 11:46, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > What proposed collected data do you think should be considered > personal data for GPDR purposes? > "What constitutes personal data? "Any information related to a natural

Re: More diagnostics data from desktop

On 07/03/18 20:43, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > Notably, in the very first email in this thread, Will Cooke > specifically said IP addresses will never be stored with this data. That doesn't mean it's not collected and so can be ignored. The "collected" data must be "processed" to remove the IP address