Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Baruch Even
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 7:43 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote: > On Tuesday 11 May 2010 16:04:29 Amos Shapira wrote: > > On 11 May 2010 22:01, geoffrey mendelson > wrote: > > > On May 11, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > >> Ubuntu packages three Javas, but only the Sun Java has any worth. The > > >

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On May 12, 2010, at 8:22 AM, Gilboa Davara wrote: Though, I doubt that the OP will care if he's installing Linux from a single LiveCD or from an installation DVD. (I would assume that if he's talking about multiple machines, the DVD version will be far less bandwidth hog) Actually it doe

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Gilboa Davara
On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 20:16 +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 08:53:46PM +0300, Gilboa Davara wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 19:54 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > > > I'd probably give bonus points to a distro that allows you to check a > > > > "Development" box at install time.

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Ori Idan
2010/5/12 Elazar Leibovich > I think you have to make a distinction between older MS software (such as > XP) and newer ones (such as 7). For example you defenitely don't run as > administrator in Windows 7, and you've got a built-in sudo like system. > I, like some people who replied, had bad exp

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Elazar Leibovich
This is a very disturbing problem, and actually it sounds as a dealbreaker. I assume you did not find a workaround, but did you find some other documentation to the problem on Launchpad/Xorg issue tracker/blogs? Thanks for the valuable input! On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:42 AM, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Elazar Leibovich
I think you have to make a distinction between older MS software (such as XP) and newer ones (such as 7). For example you defenitely don't run as administrator in Windows 7, and you've got a built-in sudo like system. I, like some people who replied, had bad experience managing Windows machines, an

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Steve G.
I left windows on my last remaining because I got tired of having to wait hours for the virus scans every time I turned on the machine. True that was with XP, but a company that thrives on market domination, corruption to accomplish said domination, and is known to have bugs around for years, is no

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, 11 May 2010 23:50:49 +0300 Elazar Leibovich wrote: > I guess we'll stay divided, but still, for the sake of the completion I want > to clarify my argument. > My point is, that some security decisions (for example, the "Tuesday patch" > you mentioned), even if they are very wrong (and obvi

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, 11 May 2010 04:08:39 -0700 Elazar Leibovich wrote: > Not at all! > Google for "Microsoft SDL", it was not always the case, but nowadays they > have excellent security awareness. > For example, see evidence for the change here: > http://blogs.msdn.com/david_leblanc/archive/2010/04/16/don-t

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Elazar Leibovich
I guess we'll stay divided, but still, for the sake of the completion I want to clarify my argument. My point is, that some security decisions (for example, the "Tuesday patch" you mentioned), even if they are very wrong (and obviously, MS security guys would beg to differ) doesn't play a very big

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 08:53:46PM +0300, Gilboa Davara wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 19:54 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > > I'd probably give bonus points to a distro that allows you to check a > > > "Development" box at install time. > > > > > > > Fedora had that back when it was called Fedora C

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Dotan Cohen
>> Yes, every word of it. You don't want to see my list of problems with my >> N-95! > > (Or KDE :)) > > - Gilboa "subscribed to a number of your BZ reports" Davara. > That list is 1300 bugs long, and I've got about another 400 left to file! -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.c

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Shlomi Fish writes: > Later on, when I worked on Fedora, I was able to install Postfix as > well as sendmail (the Fedora default) because I could play with the > symlinks in /etc/alternatives and other places. Today you don't need to play with anything: $ cat /etc/redhat-release Fedora release

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Gilboa Davara
On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 10:42 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 11 May 2010 07:53, mivzakim.net wrote: > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > >> > >> Sure, here's my list from my Ford. It's a Focus, though, not a Fiesta: > >> > > Dude, that's [sadly?[ one of the most hilarious texts

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Gilboa Davara
On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 19:54 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > I'd probably give bonus points to a distro that allows you to check a > > "Development" box at install time. > > > > Fedora had that back when it was called Fedora Core, but I haven't > used it since then. > Fedora still has it. (Developm

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Gilboa Davara
On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 20:23 +0300, Elazar Leibovich wrote: > Why do you think that MS believe in security by obscurity? I believe > that security problems in MS products are generally speaking being > released to the wild. > Why I think MS products has better chance to be secure than your local > J

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Elazar Leibovich
Why do you think that MS believe in security by obscurity? I believe that security problems in MS products are generally speaking being released to the wild. Why I think MS products has better chance to be secure than your local Joe Software shop, because they're having strict policies which are su

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Shlomi Fish
On Tuesday 11 May 2010 16:04:29 Amos Shapira wrote: > On 11 May 2010 22:01, geoffrey mendelson wrote: > > On May 11, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > >> Ubuntu packages three Javas, but only the Sun Java has any worth. The > >> other two only serve to mess up Sun Java installs. Stay away fr

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Dotan Cohen
> I'd probably give bonus points to a distro that allows you to check a > "Development" box at install time. > Fedora had that back when it was called Fedora Core, but I haven't used it since then. -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com _

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Elazar Leibovich wrote: > Keep in mind that a programmer can also be your average non-techie Joe who > learned how to program with Visual Studio/Eclipse. This is the case for some > people in my team. They rarely know what's going behind the curtains of > Visual St

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Gilboa Davara
On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 04:08 -0700, Elazar Leibovich wrote: > Not at all! > Google for "Microsoft SDL", it was not always the case, but nowadays > they have excellent security awareness. > For example, see evidence for the change here: > http://blogs.msdn.com/david_leblanc/archive/2010/04/16/don-t-u

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:01 PM, geoffrey mendelson wrote: > Ouch, that brings back another UBUNTU problem. It does not install Java (are > most programs) in /usr/bin. It installs them in /usr/bin under another name, > or eleswhere. Then it links /etc/alternatives/ to them. Then it links > /usr/b

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Amos Shapira
On 11 May 2010 22:01, geoffrey mendelson wrote: > > On May 11, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: >>> >> >> Ubuntu packages three Javas, but only the Sun Java has any worth. The >> other two only serve to mess up Sun Java installs. Stay away from >> them. >> > > > Ouch, that brings back another

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On May 11, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Ubuntu packages three Javas, but only the Sun Java has any worth. The other two only serve to mess up Sun Java installs. Stay away from them. Ouch, that brings back another UBUNTU problem. It does not install Java (are most programs) in /u

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Dotan Cohen
2010/5/11 Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda : > Hi Oleg > When trying to use my Ubuntu for development, I ran into dependency > troubles. I needed Eclipse, I had to manually install several java-related > packages, the java compilers clashed (something by IBM came with eclipse, it > was unable to compile the l

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 11 May 2010 13:46, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > I am not an Ubuntu user, but this thread seems to me a good > opportunity to find out on the cheap whether certain preconceptions > have a reason. > > Somehow I got an idea in my head (marketing must work, probably in > mysterious ways) that Ubuntu is

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On May 11, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda wrote: Another problem I have been experiencing for the past 3 major Ubuntu distributions (8.*, 9.*, 10.04, 64 bit OS on a 64 bit dual core) is that the X becomes extremely slow after a major operation (such as running heavy-memory Matla

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Amos Shapira
2010/5/11 Elazar Leibovich > > Actually I once have had an Ubuntu at home and it did not give me any > trouble. I'm looking for a distribution for my workplace to 4 developers > seats with minimal maintainance needs. After we'll install a distribution > we're unlikely to change it, so I prefer

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
Hi Oleg When trying to use my Ubuntu for development, I ran into dependency troubles. I needed Eclipse, I had to manually install several java-related packages, the java compilers clashed (something by IBM came with eclipse, it was unable to compile the library I needed to hack (lucene) with it, b

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Elazar Leibovich
Not at all! Google for "Microsoft SDL", it was not always the case, but nowadays they have excellent security awareness. For example, see evidence for the change here: http://blogs.msdn.com/david_leblanc/archive/2010/04/16/don-t-use-office-rc4-encryption-really-just-don-t-do-it.aspx On Mon, May 10

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Elazar Leibovich
Keep in mind that a programmer can also be your average non-techie Joe who learned how to program with Visual Studio/Eclipse. This is the case for some people in my team. They rarely know what's going behind the curtains of Visual Studio. On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:46 AM, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: >

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
I am not an Ubuntu user, but this thread seems to me a good opportunity to find out on the cheap whether certain preconceptions have a reason. Somehow I got an idea in my head (marketing must work, probably in mysterious ways) that Ubuntu is a distro explicitly designed for every non-techie Tom, D

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
Hi Elazar, Another problem I have been experiencing for the past 3 major Ubuntu distributions (8.*, 9.*, 10.04, 64 bit OS on a 64 bit dual core) is that the X becomes extremely slow after a major operation (such as running heavy-memory Matlab scripts, or even an ad with sound on walla's weather pa

Re: Common problems with Ubuntu

2010-05-11 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 11 May 2010 07:53, mivzakim.net wrote: > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> >> Sure, here's my list from my Ford. It's a Focus, though, not a Fiesta: >> > Dude, that's [sadly?[ one of the most hilarious texts I've read in my life! > :) > > God is in the small details... > >