RE: Should GNOME apps support a --geometry option?

2008-06-18 Thread Virden, Larry W.
> [...] I can't see how users (and sysadmins for default > and mandatory values) can have any interest to set window geometry. One thing I know for certain - the users I support are adamant about requiring the ability to set the window size, screen location, background and foreground colors, wo

RE: Weird and wonderful visual styling of applications

2007-03-05 Thread Virden, Larry W.
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Horkan > > As much as I applaud any effort to depart from uninspired default > > styling, if we want visual wow, we should try to make it happen in a > > consistent fashion, and then maybe we can make

RE: Software installation using gnome

2007-01-08 Thread Virden, Larry W.
-Original Message- From: Matthew Paul Thomas > [...] there are other reasons for applications to use the same copy of a library (such as lower memory consumption and easier security updates). Another reason is that while disk space is cheap from a "buying off the shelf" point of view

GNOME user question

2006-08-08 Thread Virden, Larry W.
I'm working in an sparc solaris environment. We store all of our login directory files on a distributed networked file server, and have our "home" directory automounting in a way that we can use any sparc to login and we will see all our files. The problem is this - users at times have need to loc