My Friends Lilian Marcus and Maylin joined me and we liberated another laptop from Vista7 that was Blue Screening. This one w/ Lucid/10.04. My Fav. ;-) On Apr 2, 2011 5:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Send Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Ubuntu-us-ca digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. TONIGHT, 7PM Ubuntu Hour: Palo Alto; Tandoori Oven, > California Ave (nuboon2age) > 2. Re: Tablets! (Grant Bowman) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 16:07:40 -0700 > From: nuboon2age <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Ubuntu-US-CA] TONIGHT, 7PM Ubuntu Hour: Palo Alto; Tandoori > Oven, California Ave > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Title says it all. See ya there! > > Have an Ubuntu Day! > > Drew > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-us-ca/attachments/20110401/b25c64bd/attachment-0001.html > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 16:11:45 -0700 > From: Grant Bowman <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Tablets! > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Ronald McCollam > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, Grant! > > > > On Fri, 2011-03-25 at 13:13 -0700, Grant Bowman wrote: > > > >> >> Wiki pages or some similar system that accepts submitted contributions > >> >> might be a great way to harness the efforts people are making on their > >> >> own as they start to use some of the new tablets coming to market now. > >> >> I also find key compatibility information tied to specific hardware > >> >> models invaluable when trying to make purchase recommendations or > >> >> decisions. With an organized effort I bet our community could be seen > >> >> to significantly contribute to the quickly expanding tablet community. > >> >> As hardware changes so quickly one of the only reasonable way to > >> >> provide this is with some kind of crowd sourced system. One hurdle > >> >> will be to verify submitted information but if there is a critical > >> >> mass of contributors and some kind of rating system this shouldn't be > >> >> too difficult in theory. > > > >> I don't think that system has the capabilities or value to end users > >> that I tried to describe. What I am hoping is that end users would be > >> enabled to help each other, providing validation of what works and > >> what doesn't for their particular combination of hardware, kernel > >> modules and software. Reporting bugs or harnessing testing was not my > >> intended user base. In thinking about this a bit more it might make > >> more sense to work with the launchpad team to see if features could be > >> added, extending their work to provide a delightful result for less > >> experienced end users. > > > > It sounds a lot like a page in the Ubuntu wiki might be the right place > > for what you're thinking of. ?Why don't you create one and add what you > > can and advertise it here? ?That way people can start collaborating! :) > > > > An example that might be a good thing to copy as a start might be this: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Laptop > > > > What do you think? > > > > ?- rm > > Hi Ronald, > > Greetings from one of the Global Jams in California! > > Purchase recommendations are a key goal unlike the > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Laptop which has a mission of "We're > on a mission to get Ubuntu to work great on as many different makes > and models of laptops as possible." I think this is targeting the > collective wisdom captured in user reports and bugs of actual results > and satisfaction of the combined solutions. > > I will update https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Tablet to outline this > idea as it evolves. The devil will be in the details of implementing > the UI and database storage. > > For the front end a suggestion from Jono is to create a Unity Lens. > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity/Lenses This would be a fantastic > addition for people already running Ubuntu. An additional website > front end to the database will be required for those not running > Ubuntu yet, one of the key use cases for this to be useful to end > users. For older systems a link from the > System...Administration...System Monitor of the gnome-control-panel > might be useful. > > A good example lens is the packaged askubuntu lens [1] though I think > it is an insufficient data source for implementing all that I have in > mind. Extending launchpad would allow relevant bug reports with > valuable fixes and work arounds to be easily found and implemented by > those most in need of them. > > For the database back end something with structured submissions like > those coming from checkbox going into http://hwdb.ubuntu.com/ each day > but with a better UI might be a good data set for technical details. > For any community member trying to do an install or considering > whether to buy a piece of hardware the matrix of several factors are > required to pinpoint successes or failures that are repeatable: > > a) hardware - hopefully data pulled directly from the hardware > b) kernel & drivers loaded > c) software used, sometimes with configuration data > > If all the ways that someone can run Ubuntu and Unity could be kept > updated from various sources, perhaps initially captured in manual > wiki pages, I think that users and developers would be well served and > can easily find hardware to run this fantastic new touch software. > > Grant Bowman > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grantbow > > > [1] http://askubuntu.com/questions/31712/how-do-i-install-the-ask-ubuntu-unity-lens-and-how-do-i-use-it > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > > > End of Ubuntu-us-ca Digest, Vol 47, Issue 2 > *******************************************
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