Re: Thoughts about software-properties

2010-08-04 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Mohammed Mohammed Amine IL Idrissi wrote on 03/08/10 10:51: ... Software-properties is one of the few applications that still relies on gksu. I was about to convert it to aptdaemon/policykit, Excellent!

cups print dialog defaulting to Postscript...

2010-08-04 Thread Daniel J Blueman
When selecting 'Print to File' in the CUPS printer dialog box, Postscript is selected per default. Many users may not realise that this is disadvantageous until too late - with all the fonts converted to paths and less easy to open on other operating systems. PDF seems a rational default - what

Re: Thoughts about software-properties

2010-08-04 Thread Mohammed Amine IL Idrissi
Sorry for the tiny images. Here they are: * update-manager Repositories tab: http://imgur.com/zXZyH.png * update-manager Automatic updates tab: http://imgur.com/d59C4.png * software-center Provided by Ubuntu pane: http://imgur.com/c3EZr.png * software-center PPA/authenticated source pane:

Re: cups print dialog defaulting to Postscript...

2010-08-04 Thread Onkar Shinde
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Daniel J Blueman daniel.blue...@gmail.com wrote: When selecting 'Print to File' in the CUPS printer dialog box, Postscript is selected per default. Many users may not realise that this is disadvantageous until too late - with all the fonts converted to paths