Re: Drop Ubuntu Software Centre and Adopt GNOME Software
On Thursday, July 30, 2015 08:13:39 PM Amr Ibrahim wrote: > Dear developers, > > USC is getting old. It is in Python 2, and probably will never be ported to > Python 3. > > I suggest dropping USC in future Ubuntu releases and adopt GNOME Software. > > GNOME Software is build on newer GNOME technologies. It, of course, needs > some modifications to support the same features which are supported by USC, > like purchasing applications. That'd require GNOME to be willing to have an extensibility factor to allow for USC features to be incorporated into it. > I suggest putting a roadmap for this to see if it's possible or not. > > Thanks a lot! > > Amr -- Jacky Alciné - https://jacky.wtf Work: https://jacky.wtf/work --- They can READ + SEE everything in this email. In your texts. The NSA's been spying on US citizens for too long. Read more: https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: [Oneiric-Topic] Default Browser
Sounds like Chromium meets the standards for that one. I'm assuming that there'd be Ubuntu-ifed branding for it, similar to that of Firefox (ubu-fox)? That's if it were to become standard. On 2011-04-09, Dylan McCall wrote: > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Micah Gersten wrote: >> Since now both Firefox and Chromium have committed to rapid release >> schedules, I think it's time to reevaluate the default browser in >> Ubuntu. I am concerned that some of these upgrades might break system >> integration at some point. > > One nice thing with Chromium and Epiphany is they store passwords > using the native keyring daemon. (Epiphany always has, Chromium > recently has and it should be enabled by default at this point). That > is, passwords are properly encrypted at no cost to the user. As we > move towards enabling third party apps through Software Centre, it is > worth exploring ways we can improve personal security with features > such as that. This, of course, demands considerable integration work > in the default web browser ;) > > Dylan > > -- > ubuntu-desktop mailing list > ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop > -- Jacky Alcine Blog <http://jackyalcine.co.cc/> | Launchpad<https://launchpad.net/~jackyalcine> -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: GNOME session saving dropped in natty
On 01/24/2011 12:58 AM, Christopher James Halse Rogers wrote: > On Sat, 2011-01-22 at 03:09 -0500, Jacky Alcine wrote: >> On 01/21/2011 01:14 PM, Bryce Harrington wrote: >>> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 07:36:55AM -0800, Rick Spencer wrote: >>>> On Fri, 2011-01-21 at 16:16 +0100, Martin Pitt wrote: >>>>> Vishnoo [2011-01-21 20:41 +0530]: >>>>>> Is there a bug filed for this, which we could follow? >>>>> I don't think we should bother. Session saving can't ever be perfect. >>>>> You won't ever get back things like your unsaved current documents, >>>>> undo buffers, network connections (chat), etc, and those are much more >>>>> interesting than the position of your windows (not that GNOME would or >>>>> could ever get that right even). I think this has always been a >>>>> half-baked misfeature. >>>>> >>>>> For proper session saving/restoring there is suspend and hibernate. >>>> Well, there is suspend. Hibernate does not exactly work perfectly for >>>> many peole. >>> Nor does suspend... ;-) >>> >> Is there a way of flashing the loaded applications in memory and all of >> those handles to disk and just loading it back? >> > You've pretty much just described “hibernate”. When it works, that is > ☺. It tends to work for me, but what's the problem? I mean, it's a bit slow, and I wish that there was some kind of progress shown but that's about it. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: GNOME session saving dropped in natty
On 01/22/2011 06:08 AM, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote: > Le samedi 22 janvier 2011 à 03:09 -0500, Jacky Alcine a écrit : >> Is there a way of flashing the loaded applications in memory and all of >> those handles to disk and just loading it back? > There is CryoPID, but it doesn't work (yet?) with X applications, and > doesn't seem to have gotten much support. Could be a nice solution, in > an ideal world... > > http://cryopid.berlios.de/ > > It's probably X's fault to begin with. Maybe the idea of GNOME session saving dropping in 11.04 is to support session saving under Wayland? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: GNOME session saving dropped in natty
On 01/21/2011 01:14 PM, Bryce Harrington wrote: > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 07:36:55AM -0800, Rick Spencer wrote: >> On Fri, 2011-01-21 at 16:16 +0100, Martin Pitt wrote: >>> Vishnoo [2011-01-21 20:41 +0530]: Is there a bug filed for this, which we could follow? >>> I don't think we should bother. Session saving can't ever be perfect. >>> You won't ever get back things like your unsaved current documents, >>> undo buffers, network connections (chat), etc, and those are much more >>> interesting than the position of your windows (not that GNOME would or >>> could ever get that right even). I think this has always been a >>> half-baked misfeature. >>> >>> For proper session saving/restoring there is suspend and hibernate. >> Well, there is suspend. Hibernate does not exactly work perfectly for >> many peole. > Nor does suspend... ;-) > Is there a way of flashing the loaded applications in memory and all of those handles to disk and just loading it back? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
