Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-11-01 Thread Ben Goodger
On 31/10/2007, Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 31-Oct-07, 12:39 (CDT), Ben Goodger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > libvncserver has dropped out of use and been replaced by vlc. > > Huh? VNC != VLC. Oh yes, misread the N. Whoops. -- Benjamin F.

Re: Orphaned packages with quite some users

2007-10-31 Thread Ben Goodger
On 31/10/2007, Luk Claes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://packages.qa.debian.org/libg/libglade.html > http://packages.qa.debian.org/libv/libvncserver.html AFAIK these are unofficially or officially deprecated: libglade is now replaced by something nearly identical or perhaps merely renamed a

Re: Menu categories

2007-10-21 Thread Ben Goodger
On 21/10/2007, Sune Vuorela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have tried to make a script that converts desktop files into reasonable > menu files. I have trouble understanding the difference. Please elaborate. -- Benjamin F. Goodger ~ design and ideas lab ~

Re: Debian's Linux kernel continues to regress on freedom

2007-09-13 Thread Ben Goodger
On 13/09/2007, Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes. It is appears to be an excellent way to decide to ship broken > software: > > > http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2007/09/12/ubuntu-technical-board-votes-on-compiz-for-ubuntu-7-10 > http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?s

Re: Debian on the Desktop - plans for Lenny?

2007-08-09 Thread Ben Goodger
On 09/08/07, Luis Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > having a console tasksel is not enough ... someone was developing a gtk+ > front end ... right? running "tasksel --new-install" gets you a debconf window, which is either curses, gtk, qt etc depending on your debco

Re: Simplify installation of non-free? (was: Debian on the Desktop - plans for Lenny?)

2007-08-09 Thread Ben Goodger
isely what needs to be done to make nvidia-glx, for example, bearable[1] (and it does not involve a specialised GUI, god forbid) but am in no position at all to do so :( -- Ben Goodger B.F. Goodger, Age 16½ [1] metapackage "nvidia-graphics-nonfree" or similar to not conflict with the si

Re: Simplify installation of non-free? (was: Debian on the Desktop - plans for Lenny?)

2007-08-08 Thread Ben Goodger
On 08/08/2007, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Ben Goodger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Simplifying the installation of non-free graphics card drivers > > should also be a priority, though not to the extent Canonical are > >

Re: Debian on the Desktop - plans for Lenny?

2007-08-08 Thread Ben Goodger
mplify installation of out-of-tree kernel modules, possibly by adapting > Ubuntu's Restricted Manager to work with m-a. Non-free drivers would *only* > be displayed if non-free is in the sources.list. > This is a good idea. Simplifying the installation of non-free graphics card drivers should also be a priority, though not to the extent Canonical are currently planning. -- Ben Goodger B.F. Goodger, Age 16½

Re: Posting to debian-bugs-dist is not allowed

2007-06-29 Thread Ben Goodger
new condition copy of the "jp >airline-fleets international edition 96/97". This is the most >comprehensive guide to the airline fleets of all countries. Includes >info on complete fleets, types of aircraft, numbers, registration >numbers, etc. A very impressive book. > What the hell is this? -- Ben Goodger B.F. Goodger, Age 16½