Re: [arch-general] A universal Operating System API - why don't we have it?
For example slabs of aluminium have standard sizes I would guess there are at least 50 different standards available for alu plates. But the difference to the computer world is, you can take any of that plates, drill a hole and mount stuff. building materials have well defined specifications With an emphasis on specification_s_. Sometimes it's troublesome to keep up with the changes (or complete overhauls). So why is that? Why hasn't someone stepped up and even try and create a universal operating system API? Is it because the computer business is still a child in some way, compared to other industries? Computers are still in it's childhood, i would say, too. I would say, if you create such unified API now, you would delimit the functionalty to the intersection of all hardware that is now availbale. If everybody would develop on this base, it would lead to restricted (and slow) software. (I'm no programmer, so i mighty be wrong here.) But i think we already have a big abstraction level in software nowadays. Think of Java or Python. Nobody has to write everything in assembler. I think things have to iron out themselves in the computer bussines. I read today about the computer simulation of the construction of the roof from the munich Olypmic stadium. The result of that calculations is on 600.000 punched cards. That was only 25 years ago. Now think of what long way metallurgy has gone in our history. So i think it is too early for hat. Most people even don't know, what they want from computers. Cheers, Fabian
Re: [arch-general] kde4/kmail slow - anybody else notice or is it just me?
2009/12/8 David C. Rankin drankina...@suddenlinkmail.com: Specifically I see a slowdown when I access a mail folder containing 2000 messages or so. Each time I leave and return to a folder (my arch folder for example) kmail reloads and re-sorts the entire folder taking some 20+ seconds each time. It is like all 'folder state' caching (for lack of better words) has been turned off. (if that is possible) Anybody else seeing a slow down in kmail? I filed a bug report some time ago, maybe this is what you are experiencing? It's about having more than 1000 unreaded mails in a folder. (Yes, exactly 1000. 999 are fine.) http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207628
Re: [arch-general] Why doesn't plasma-panel show open apps in 2 rows in arch?
2009/8/25 David C. Rankin drankina...@suddenlinkmail.com: Is there a hidden setting for this, or is it just in the next 4.3.00-xyz package to be released? I'm at work, but if i remember correctly, theres is a setting for allowing it to make rows, and theres a checkbox to force this. *searching* Yep, here you go. [1] Cheers, Fabian [1] http://docs.kde.org/stable/de/kdebase-workspace/plasma/panel.html
Re: [arch-general] Add phonon-xine to KDE deps?
I would say, that this should stay as it is, as long as its the default upstream. Adding all kind of gstreamer plugins as depends would be a workaround, but that isnt very KISS, too. Phonon should say something like I cant play that format for you. Please configure your backend for this file type.
Re: [arch-general] KDE4.3 upgrade
http://www.archlinux.org/news/455/
