feedback on latest release

2006-05-30 Thread mark . a . brand
hi:i have installed the latest nightly, the main thing i noticed was the, boot menu had changed so i had to think about what option to choose oem version or normal version - it was not clear which was appropriate. one of the cardinal rules of ui's should be dont make me think. the other thing was

xubuntu-users-admin

2006-05-23 Thread mark . a . brand
hi:i am confused about something.what i did:* added a user and group called lighttpd through xubuntu-users-admin (hereafter called xua)* added a user mrelectron to the lighttpd group thru xua expectation:* mrelectron as a member of the lighttpd group will have the same access to directories and

Re: call for testing Flight 7 candidates

2006-05-09 Thread mark . a . brand
hi:downloaded, burned and installed - no problems, am now running it. cheersmarkOn 08/05/06, Jani Monoses [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep, the url is no longer Nworking. Seems that the new one is: Now that's released, http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/dapper/flight-7/ as this won't go away

what sort of help do you guys need

2006-05-09 Thread mark . a . brand
hi:i may have some time up my sleeve, what help do you guys need?cheersmark -- xubuntu-devel mailing list xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel

how to change brown ubuntu screen on startup

2006-05-07 Thread mark . a . brand
hi:when x starts, i get the brown ubuntu startup screen, but when i shutdown or restart i get the blue xubuntu shutdown / restart screen. what do i need to change to get the blue xubuntu screen on startup. i am using dapper 6.06. which brings me to another question, how do tell which version of

Re: Text Editor with highlight sintax

2006-05-07 Thread mark . a . brand
hi:i like scite (in standard distribution and at http://www.scintilla.org/), but on ubuntu/xubuntu i have been having a lot of trouble with segfaults though. jedit is great too not in standard distribution but can find it at http:// www, jedit.org, it has plugins for php/python and just needs a

Re: Applications-menu

2006-05-01 Thread mark . a . brand
hi:it must have been sorted, because my new default dapper install does not have an applications menu. cheersmarkOn 01/05/06, Jonathan Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Hi Pekka On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 03:05 +0300, Pekka Kujansuu wrote: I think it's pretty confusing that the main menu in Xubuntu is

xubuntu - the best flavour of all.

2006-04-30 Thread mark . a . brand
hi:i have been running ubuntu for a couple of months (dapper) and have been trying various desktop flavours over that time (kde,gnome,openbox and other custom mixtures). i downloaded xubunutu last night and it really is a terrific release, it looks great, has a nice mixture of applications and is