Re: The latest nightly cdimages / ISO's are above 710 megs
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 08:29:10AM +0100, Tim Kersten wrote: > For people wanted to test actual hardware I think > it may be a problem if the cd images remain so big as they won't be > able to burn them. As a temporary measure, they work fine if you burn them to a DVD RW (which is what I do) Also, there's a technique called overburning, as described here: http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews/Specific.aspx?ArticleId=6093 -- 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: Transmission for default torrent client in Gutsy!
On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 09:19 +0200, David Nielsen wrote: > ons, 30 05 2007 kl. 07:36 +0200, skrev Ernst Persson: > > Hi, > > > > I saw that the great and userfriendly BitTorrent client Transmission > > finally found it's way into Gutsy. > > > > This is exactly what Ubuntu needs in the default desktop. Install > > Transmission 0.72 and see if you agree with me... > > Sadly lacks options to stop sharing when reaching preset level (such as > 1:1) and selective downloading of content (say I only want one file in > the torrent - Transmission requires me to download all of them). > > - David Nielsen Deluge has these features, and its written in pyGTK, but it's not stable yet. Its only available in edgy backports and gutsy, does anyone know why? http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?searchon=names&version=all&exact=1&keywords=deluge-torrent If you're using gutsy or edgy, thats quite simple then. If you're using feisty and want to try it, here are the debs: i386: http://download.deluge-torrent.org/ubuntu/feisty/deluge-torrent_0.5.0-2zachtib1_i386.deb AMD64: http://download.deluge-torrent.org/ubuntu/feisty/deluge-torrent_0.5.0-2zachtib1_amd64.deb You can also get the dsc for building with prevu here: http://download.deluge-torrent.org/ubuntu/src/deluge-torrent_0.5.0-2zachtib1.dsc I think that when it becomes stable, it could be a candidate for ubuntu's default bittorrent client. -- Alec Wright -- 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: Broken Packages & Dependencies
On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 12:58 +0200, Thilo Six wrote: > Tell me the bug number then i will set to confirmed. Bug 115,754: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cyrus-sasl2/+bug/115754 -- Alec Wright -- 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: Broken Packages & Dependencies
On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 12:39 +0200, Thilo Six wrote: > Since developers only can work serial on packages these things get usually > (from my experience) sorted out in a short days. I've been getting these messages for weeks now, so I'll file a bug report. Thanks. --- Alec Wright -- 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
Broken Packages & Dependencies
Is anyone else having these problems in gutsy: http://pastebin.ca/496576 Should I file a bug report? -- Alec Wright -- 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
NaDa in repositories
I've found a useful piece of software which I use on my computer, called NaDa, which I think should be included in the ubuntu repositories. Here is the website: http://www.bernardbelanger.com/computing/NaDa/ This is the description of it: NaDa™ is a new concept. A thought, really. It is very light : 1 byte. It doesn't take long to fetch. It doesn't take long to understand. It doesn't disturb your habits nor does it makes you feel insecure. It is a reassuring piece of software that does nothing, and does it very well. That's a lot ! Most products we see on the market want to increase our productivity, organize our screen joyfully or make wonders with our sound card, but NaDa™ does nothing. This is a revolutionary whole new approach, a concept far beyond what you usually expect from the software industry. Download it and forget it. Does anyone agree? I could make a deb for it if there's enough demand. -- Alec Wright -- 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: kqemu
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 19:01 +0100, Mikael Eriksson wrote: > On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 03:54:35PM +0000, Alec Wright wrote: > > http://www.digg.com/linux_unix/The_QEMU_Accelerator_KQEMU_Module_is_Open_Source > > Should kqemu be in fesity+1 when it's released? > > kqemu is already in feasty. But it's still at the non GPL version, so > it's in multiverse. Look for the kqemu-source package. But that's the source code, not an actual kqemu binary. -- Alec Wright -- 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
kqemu
http://www.digg.com/linux_unix/The_QEMU_Accelerator_KQEMU_Module_is_Open_Source Should kqemu be in fesity+1 when it's released? -- Alec Wright -- 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: More Ubuntu Wallpapers
Is Creative Commons an acceptable lisence? Or is it incompatible with the GPL because you have to give credit to the original authour? On 09/03/07, Conrad Knauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just to add a note to this thread, I just realized that most (if not all) of the Wikipedia featured images would have acceptable licenses and there are specific categories for those that would make good background images: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_featured_pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_featured_desktop_backgrounds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_featured_widescreen_desktop_backgrounds CK -- 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
gnome-cups-add - rename?
If you got to system>>administration>>printing and click on add printer, a window which looks like this pops up: http://img240.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotgnomecupsaddjg3.jpg gnome-cups-add not a particularly user friendly window name is it? I was thinking it could be renamed to something like "Adding Printer" or "Preparing to Add Printer" or something Ideas? --- Alec Wright -- 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: More Ubuntu Wallpapers
On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 15:40 -0700, Andrew Jorgensen wrote: > I always install gnome-backgrounds. There are actually quite a few > GPL (not sure how that applies to photos, but whatever) packages of > excellent backgrounds. Not many are included in the Ubuntu > repositories though. > > OpenSuSE has a few I like that can be had from this source rpm > (file-roller should be able to extract it for you), for instance: > http://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source/suse/src/desktop-data-SuSE-10.3-13.src.rpm > > According to the spec file in that source rpm the license is GPL. > > - Andrew Uploaded to art.ubuntu.com: http://art.ubuntu.com/main.php?g2_itemId=5823 --- Alec Wright -- 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: More Ubuntu Wallpapers
On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 18:13 -0500, t u wrote: > I mentioned this before regarding bug # 77289 [1] but wikipedia and > commons featured pics are nice places to look for background pics... > > [1] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-calendar/+bug/77289 > Revive ubuntu-calendar > > thanks :) That's not quite the same thing. I mean the wallpapers as in desktop backgrounds which you change in this dialogue: http://img119.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotdesktopbackgrfy6.jpg But if ubuntu-calendar is revived, some of the photos from there could be made into desktop backgrounds. -- 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: More Ubuntu Wallpapers
Wow, thanks for the RPM. That's a great find! I love Silence.jpg and Soaring.jpg. I'll upload those pictures to art.ubuntu.com to make them more accessible to other users. Still, it would be nice to see more of these sorts of backgrounds included with Ubuntu, seeing as they're GPL. On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 15:40 -0700, Andrew Jorgensen wrote: > I always install gnome-backgrounds. There are actually quite a few > GPL (not sure how that applies to photos, but whatever) packages of > excellent backgrounds. Not many are included in the Ubuntu > repositories though. > > OpenSuSE has a few I like that can be had from this source rpm > (file-roller should be able to extract it for you), for instance: > http://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source/suse/src/desktop-data-SuSE-10.3-13.src.rpm > > According to the spec file in that source rpm the license is GPL. > > - Andrew -- 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
More Ubuntu Wallpapers
Hi All, I've been wandering recently, why doesn't Ubuntu come with more wallpapers? It currently only comes with three wallpapers, all of which are made on the computer; whereas Windows XP comes with lots of very nice wallpapers, including actual photos. For those who don't know what I'm talking about, here are a few examples (I home Microsoft don't hunt me down for this): http://img400.imageshack.us/my.php?image=autumnbi1.jpg http://img460.imageshack.us/my.php?image=azuldd6.jpg http://img507.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stonehengegj9.jpg http://img460.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tulipsvy3.jpg http://img460.imageshack.us/my.php?image=blissai9.jpg I am aware that because Ubuntu is free and open source, it would not be possible to hire professional photographers, but I expect that there would be some people in the Ubuntu community willing to "donate" photos which they have taken to Ubuntu. For example, if you went on holiday and took a picture of an important landmark, and the photo looked professional, the photo could be considered for inclusion in Ubuntu as a desktop background, if the photographer was willing to publish it under an appropriate license. An obvious way of getting pictures form photographer to developer is via art.ubuntu.com. The higher rated user uploaded photos should be considered by the developers for inclusion in Ubuntu. --- Alec Wright -- 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
Idea: Restricted Formats in Examples?
In the examples folder (which there is a symlink to in ~/Examples), there are some useful example files for trying stuff out, demonstrating Ubuntu capabilities in several ways such as videos, music, images etc. However, the multimedia files are all in free formats. I think that it would be a good idea to have examples in a variety of non-free formats too, such as MP3, AAC, WMA etc, so that you can test Ubuntu's ability to play these non-free formats (once you have installed the appropriate gstreamer on xine plugins). But this would be useless on the LiveCD, as no-one would install gstreamer plugins on the LiveCD, so it would only be useful in the installed system. There would also need to be a readme file saying something like "These files are in non-free formats, which cannot be played in a default Ubuntu install for legal reasons. To install the appropriate plugins, add the universe and multiverse repositories and do the command sudo aptitude install blah blah blah" What do you guys think of this idea? Are there any legal issues related with shipping MP3 files with Ubuntu? --- Alec Wright -- 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
Software Sources - remove CD
Hi. Just a quick feature request for the "Software Sources" thing. Would it be possible to make an option to remove a CD repository completely, rather than just disabling it. Right now, I have the Ubuntu CD listed eight times there Thanks, Alec Wright -- 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: "Software Sources" design (Re: An update repository for a custom distro?)
On Sat, 2007-01-06 at 12:44 -0800, John Bartlett wrote: > On Sat, 2007-06-01 at 20:25 +0000, Alec Wright wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-01-06 at 19:02 +0100, Sebastian Heinlein wrote: > > > Oh, and since everybody loves screenshots: > > > > > > http://files.glatzor.de/updates.jpg > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Sebastian > > > > > > Nice, but I can see a spelling mistake: protocoll should be protocool. > > > > Try again Alex: "protocol". Lol. Doent it have a double o??? -- 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: "Software Sources" design (Re: An update repository for a custom distro?)
On Sat, 2007-01-06 at 14:22 +0100, Sebastian Heinlein wrote: > > In the "Internet Updates" tab: > > > > 12. There is no explanation of the difference between "Important" and > > "Recommended" updates. Why is it possible, for example, to have the > > former turned off and the latter turned on? > > This is a problem with the structure of the Ubuntu archive: > > edgy-security (important) > edgy-updates (recommended) > edgy-proposed > edgy-backports > > Any idea how describe them differently? Maybe you could have a question mark beside it, like the icon for yelp, and when you press it, it gives you a more elaborate description of what they do (eg. "The security updates are vital to keep your system secure and protected against hackers; they are strongly recommended, even if you don't want new features and bug fixes in your system. The regular updates include bug fixes and other fixes for broken software; although it is okay to run a system without these, they are still reccomedned for a stable system. (Insert something about proposed updates, I've never heard of them; insert something about the importance of proposed updates.) The backports will often contain newer versions of packages, containing new features, or even packages which don't exist in the normal software sources; however, they can be unstable and are not supported, and are therefore not recommended.") -- 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: "Software Sources" design (Re: An update repository for a custom distro?)
On Sat, 2007-01-06 at 19:02 +0100, Sebastian Heinlein wrote: > Oh, and since everybody loves screenshots: > > http://files.glatzor.de/updates.jpg > > Cheers, > > Sebastian Nice, but I can see a spelling mistake: protocoll should be protocool. -- 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: Which third party repository do you use?
On Sat, 2007-01-06 at 19:14 +0100, Sebastian Heinlein wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am thinking about providing nice descriptions for some widely used
> third party repositories:
>
> So if you add the apt line e.g. of Skype ("deb
> http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free") we
could
> show a nice description in the software sources dialog instead of the
> very technical apt line.
>
> But since I only use the Ubuntu repositories I would need your help to
> collect some repositories. Please reply to this mail which
repositories
> you use.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sebastian
>
>
Wow! This is a pretty good idea.
In the software sources program, the Third Party tab can be renamed to
Custom Software Sources or something, and there could be a tab added
where you can check some checkboxes for third party repositories. It
could be called "Extra Repositories" or something. But the only problem
I can think of is that we're always being told, "don't use 3rd party
repositories". I suppose that what we could do is add a not saying
something like, "These repositories are not supported or reccomended by
Cannonical, and are only added here for your conveinience, as they are
commonly used."
My list of repositories, with captions are:
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free #Skype
deb http://nvidia.limitless.lupine.me.uk/ubuntu edgy stable #nVidia Beta
Drivers (There are various mirrors of this, but I haven't a clue what
they are)
deb http://seveas.theplayboymansion.net/seveas edgy-seveas extras
#Seveas' Extras (There are other mirrors and components of this
repository, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SeveasPackages)
deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org edgy main #Beryl (There are mirrors
of this, too)
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Re: Notifying end-users when support is no more
On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 18:48 +0100, Gaele Strootman wrote: > Now suppose person X has only 64 MB or RAM on this particular machine > (the minimum requirement for Warty). > > He: * Keeps Warty * Upgrades to the latest of Ubuntu which works on his hardware * Strips down his installation, removing any rubbish which he doesn't need, then upgrades * Does a combination of 2 and 3 But the most likely option is that he gets a new computer! :) Isn't that what you'd do in that situation? -- 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: Notifying end-users when support is no more
On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 16:32 +, Alex Jones wrote: > > Something else that we need to remember... > > If we have a system with Warty on, and it's nagging its owner to > upgrade, the only system it can upgrade to is Breezy, which itself might > be out of support. If such a case arises, there's no way to get that > Warty machine upgraded. > -- > Alex Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Even when a version is not supported, the repositories are still there, but not updated. Let's go forward a year. The current release is Feisty+1 LTS (Something Iguana?). Microsoft has been taken over by Steve Ballmer, and is therefore dying. He plans to release a "Windows Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers Edition". Person X is using Warty, having ignored the bubbles for a year (Breezy is now Unsupported, and Warty and Hoary have been unsupported for a year and 6 months respectively). He can upgrade to Hoary, because the Repositories will still be open, but it will be very insecure, having not received security updates, or updates of any sort, for 6 months. Then he can upgrade to Breezy, then Dapper. The "Your system is unsupported" thing should go, and an "A newer version of Ubuntu is available." and so he can choose to upgrade again. There should also be a popup saying "Your system will only be supported for 6 more months.", with a link to a web page explaining why using an unsupported release is bad (eg security problems, older packages etc). He should then be urged to upgrade. Throughout the process, the user should be notified of his 3 options: * Upgrade form the web * Upgrade from a CD * Do a complete Reinstall (Easier than upgrading through 8 releases!) --- Alec Wright -- 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: ubuntu-desktop metapackage - options?
On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 16:44 +0100, John Nilsson wrote: > On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 11:25 +0200, Sami Haahtinen wrote: > > Best option you have is to create a patched alternative ubuntu-desktop > > package with your own packages. > > Why not just "depend" on virtual packages like "supported-mua" > "supported-browser" and so on, and have packages like firefox provide > supported-browser? > > Regards, > John > I like that idea. What does everyone else think about this? -- 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: Notifying end-users when support is no more
On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 13:04 -0600, Conrad Knauer wrote: > On 1/1/07, t u <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Today, I booted to Windows after 4-5 months. Because of my switch to > > Linux, I have been behaving like an average Windows user, not going out > > of my way to protect the OS. > > > > A pop up appeared and told me that my AVG free anti-virus 7.1 will not > > be updated ever again after Jan 15th, and that I should update to 7.5. > > Without this pop up, however annoying, I would not have known that I > > will not be getting any security updates. That would leave me vulnerable > > to everything out there... > > > > I think our end-users who do not like to go out of their way to learn > > about what's going on in the community could really use such a feature. > > > > This idea was discussed before, but nothing happened. So I wanted to > > attract your attention to this issue again. > > > > At the least, if it is do-able, for desktop users, you could change the > > background picture to something that says "upgrade because your current > > version will not get security updates within 1 month."... or maybe a pop > > up by update-manager? I suspect that server users are more > > security-savvy and don't need such intervention. > > I don't think that a large-window pop-up or changing the background > image is the way to go though; why not just a notification area icon > like when it informs us that updates are available, with a balloon > similar to how it informs us that a restart is required? > > CK > +1 to that. When you click on the bubble, it should send you to a page telling you about how to upgrade and which version to upgade to (eg stable or LTS). -- 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
ubuntu-desktop metapackage - options?
Ok. Here's the situation. When you install Ubuntu, you might (like me) not want Firefox, and prefer Epiphany instead. You might prefer mozilla thunderbird over evolution, or BMPX over Rhythmbox. If you are one of these people, you probably get rather annoyed that you have to keep Firefox, Evolution and/or Rhythmbox, or remove ubuntu-desktop, hence not receiving any updates to the desktop metapackage. Here's the idea. The ubuntu-desktop metapacakge should allow different options for the dependencies such as mozilla-firefox OR epiphany-browser OR iceweasel, evolution OR mozill-thunderbird, rhythmbox OR bmpx etc etc. So what does everyone think? could this be acheived in fesity, or will we have to wait until feisty+1? -- 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
