Re: Boot from USB in Linux
Georgeta Nistor wrote: It is possible to install and run Ubuntu on an external drive? I have in mind 4GB memory stick or flash memory. I do not have USB boot option in BIOS. Thanks Mihai Nistor http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-install-ubuntu-linux-on-usb-bar HTH John -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Google SOC, Project Proposal
Please could you write down the project idea in a wiki page at wiki.ubuntu.com? Use the SpecTemplate for the page. If you didn't already apply (see [1]), then please do so before Mar 26. Evaluation and ranking of the submitted projects will start next week. Matthias [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GoogleSoC2007/Students Dan Harvey schrieb: Hi Just though I should introduce myself to the Ubuntu developers mailing list and let you rip my idea proposal apart! I'm Dan Harvey a Natural Science student at Durham Uni (UK) doing computer science and am very keen to help out improving the usability of the Ubuntu desktop. The idea I propose links in with two other ideas proposed on the Ubuntu GSOC wiki for Integrated web sharing and Easy file sharing and synchronization (minus the sync which is a whole different problem in itself...). Basically it involves creating a DBus interface for file transfer/sharing allowing a unified desktop GUI to access different file transfer services to either publish files to share or download. This hides the user from any protocol or service differences and just lets then do what they want with there data. I'll add a bit more detail with a few use cases. Say Fred wants to share a file with a few friends but its too large to e-mail. So the GUI picks behind the scenes that the web server is best so asks the http service (could be new daemon or modified Apache or lighter) to host a file and make sure ports are opened for it, then returns a url for Fred to give to his friends. All the app has to do (be it nautilus, f-spot, banshee) is ask for the file to be hosted and the http service does the rest. Freds friend then comes along and finds the link to download, as he's using Ubuntu the transfer service for him decided to pick the http service to download it and he's happy. Next is Chris who has recorded a new song with his band (we need a gnome based garage band replacement!) and wants to spread it to all his friends, and their friends as its an amazing song. So he goes though the common GUI which picks (based on its size and who he's sending it to) that bit torrent would be the best solution. So this App asks the bit torrent service to publish his song, which in turn asks the http service to host the torrent file and song to seed it which he can in turn send to a friend for them to download. Chris's friend also happens to be using Ubuntu (or other gnome based OS) and find this link to download, the transfer service now works in reverse again and picks the bit torrent service to download it with. He gets the song and is happy as well! The reason to have a single DBus interface for the different services means the user never know which protocol is used for either sharing or receiving so are provided with a consistent user interface. This can extend to many different protocols in many different applications and many different user cases making it quite simple but very powerful. Sorry for such a long first message but I want to post the idea here so I can get some feed back on it. Will this be useful for people? is this a good way to solve this problem? do you see any large flaws in it? Thanks for your time, Dan -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Tablet PC and Summer of Code
Charlotte Curtis schrieb: I have used onboard, and it seems to work quite well. In addition to the features you have mentioned (popping up as necessary and word prediction) I can think of a few other additions, such as a number pad, additional language/keyboard configurations, and maybe shortcut keys for commonly used text such as passwords. Aside from the keyboard, what about the calibration issue and general pen behaviour? I have the screen rotation working fairly well with a simple script, but the pen is not perfectly calibrated when change between portrait and landscape. Also, the buttons on the pen (right click and eraser) do not behave as they should. It would be great to have some sort of configuration tool to take care of these things. Thanks for all your comments, it's a big help. Charlotte Please could you write down the project idea in a wiki page at wiki.ubuntu.com? Use the SpecTemplate for the page. If you didn't already apply (see [1]), then please do so before Mar 26. Evaluation and ranking of the submitted projects will start next week. Matthias [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GoogleSoC2007/Students -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Looking for mentor for Google SoC idea - application start prefetching
Krzysztof Lichota schrieb: I am looking for mentor in Ubuntu team for my Google Summer of Code idea - Automatic boot and application start file prefetching. Abstract: I would like to concentrate on delivering prefetching solution for everyday use by casual users, leveraging prior solutions where appropriate and providing missing parts of complete and automatic prefetching: - Hook into application startup for analysis and prefetching. - Add lightweight tracing solution for booting and application startup. - Add offline tool to change layout of files on disk for faster prefetching. - Add prefetching of filesystem metadata. Implementation will be concentrated on most important parts (subject to analysis of benefit and implementation complexity) with the main goal to deliver working automatic solution at the end of project, leaving less obvious benefits as secondary goals. Filesystem specific parts will be done for ext3 as default file system in Ubuntu and most often used for desktops. Full text of application: http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~lichota/soc2007-prefetch/application.html Please could you write down the project idea in a wiki page at wiki.ubuntu.com? Use the SpecTemplate for the page. If you didn't already apply (see [1]), then please do so before Mar 26. Evaluation and ranking of the submitted projects will start next week. Matthias [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GoogleSoC2007/Students -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Tablet PC and Summer of Code
I've actually got a real job now for the summer, so I am no longer considering this for a Summer of Code project. That said, I'd like to work on it on my own time, so maybe I will write up a spec. Do you guys think someone else might be interested in it for SoC? Thanks, Charlotte -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Google SOC, Project Proposal
On 3/23/07, Matthias Klose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please could you write down the project idea in a wiki page at wiki.ubuntu.com? Use the SpecTemplate for the page. If you didn't already apply (see [1]), then please do so before Mar 26. Evaluation and ranking of the submitted projects will start next week. Matthias [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GoogleSoC2007/Students Matthias, I have already passed some proposals, is it a requirements for students to put them on the wiki page? I'm new, this is my first time to be a GSoC student. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Tablet PC and Summer of Code in Ubuntu
Hi, I just wanted to call to the Ubuntu list's attention that there is also a discussion of getting tablet PC support into Wine. Developer Dan Kegel even suggested it as a Summer of Code project. I encourage Charlotte (or anyone else interested in tablet PC support) to also give the winehq list a try - they might even help mentor you. Also, if your summer of code project seems to help multiple Google-sponsored projects (eg Ubuntu and Wine), it's more likely to be approved :) Thanks, Scott Ritchie From the wine-devel mailing list: Re: SoC idea: Tablet PC support (was: pressure sensitive tablet support) On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 18:57 -0700, Dan Kegel wrote: On 3/21/07, Dan Kegel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While looking around for a project idea, I noticed that people are starting to ask for pressure sensitive tablet support in Photoshop on Wine. Seems like it could be a fun project for some Summer of Code student. Update: wintab32 is already implemented in Wine, but there's a new API being pushed by Microsoft for Tablet PC applications. So the idea is instead Get Tablet PC applications working on Wine, focusing on Tablet PC apps that offer pressure sensitivity, say. (I thought that FIrefox's GeckoTip extension used the new tablet PC APIs, but after looking at the source, I'm not so sure... I'm sure there are lots of good demo apps somewhere.) This assumes that Tablet PC apps don't yet work on Wine. I haven't tried... the place to start is probably to get the Tablet PC SDK (a free download if you have Windows) and start playing with it. - Dan -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
