Florian Hubold wrote:
> Hate to do that, but could we please focus on the topic of the thread
> and not dream about the next best thing in operating systems?
> We should focus on getting our base cleaned up, and to get a stable
> and good quality release out the door, This should be our top priori
Tux99 wrote:
> I guess the old rule of polls applies:
> depending on how you formulate the poll question and the description of
> the options you can hugely influence the results...
This is so true.
I follow the politics blog FiveThirtyEight (warning! statistics nerd alert
activated!) and again
Tux99 wrote:
> Quote: Ahmad Samir wrote on Thu, 14 October 2010 16:00
>> Enabling them by default defies the purpose of having backports at
>> all; it's not for new users, it's more for slightly experienced users
>> or power users who want the latest versions of apps.
> That's exactly the crucia
Frank Griffin wrote:
>> Now that's getting very hackish.
>> I'd rather not have many programs wrapped in scripts that would do some
>> magic on my home dir under the hood. Because with such a "solution" the
>> programs would be always wrapped, even if you never do a rollback.
>> How would such scr
Marc Paré wrote:
> Thanks for posting the site Tux99. There was talk of more user groups
> doing the poll/survey. Does anyone know if this is being done? Great
> data for the devs to consider.
>
> Marc
This in the Spanish-speaking Mandriva community BlogDrake:
http://blogdrake.net/encuesta/que
Michael Scherer wrote:
> So I assume that you volunteer to find another Tier 1 mirror to replace
> ibiblio.org ?
I'm pretty sure ibiblio.org will host Mageia mirror.
Salut,
Sinner
Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> It's easy to communicate, it's easy to implement fitting even those
> "dumb" users some people are talking about. Yesterday I installed the
> new Ubuntu 10.10, a window opened near the end of the installation
> process telling me that my hardware may need/use a non-free d
Marc Paré wrote:
> I think pre-selected Country installs would just be too hard to
> coordinate, laws change. Free and non-free is pretty simple.
>
> Marc
+1
My thoughts exactly.
Salut,
Sinner
Fernando Parra wrote:
> (Finally, it would not be as strict versions of certain components. If,
> for example morning out mageia 2010 (for instance) and the day after
> Firefox 4.0 comes out, you do not run the 3.6.x version with all the
> time,)
>
> That's very clear, these users are trying to s
Marc Paré wrote:
> I have to say though, that after having browsed through the Mdv2010.1
> backports by hand, there is a lot, from a user point of view, that would
> interest users. All of the sexy upgrades to software are there.
That's my point exactly.
IMHO , with backports there is no need fo
Raphaël Jadot wrote:
> 2010/10/6 Maarten Vanraes
> :
>>
>> This is non-sensical; i will never choose Centos for a server, if i was
>> to have a bug, where would i go with it???
>
> http://www.centos.org/ click on support :)
>
> If you need commercial support, there are small companies that ca
Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> 2010/10/2 Michael Scherer :
>>
>> So I say no to this idea. Asking useless questions just add burden to
>> the user. People that have a preferred browser know how to install it,
>> those that don't do not care enough.
>
> Reasonable. Can also be applied to other such thi
Juan Luis Baptiste wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Fernando Parra
> wrote:
>> A different approach could be a "light rolling distro", let me explain. A
>> distro with a selected number of programs updated regular as their new
>> versions are available.
> That's what backports are for,
atilla ontas wrote:
> I'm just wondering if we follow Mandriva's release cycle model.
(...)
> One more thing. Do we follow Mandriva's release naming scheme? I.e. do
> we call our first release 2011.x ? I don't like this naming scheme and
> suggesting using number of release as naming like Mageia
Oliver Burger wrote:
> André Machado schrieb am 2010-09-30
>> I'm asking if is possible "force"
>> or "make" URPMI create this "groups", elect the smaller one and download
>> it, from the smaller to bigger package, install it and download the
>> second smaller package group in this same order.
>
Fabrice Facorat wrote:
> 2010/10/1 Romain d'Alverny
> :
(...)
>> Both (substance, appearance) are crucial. If you only consider one
>> without balancing, making it consistent with the other, you're not
>> going down the right path. The interface, the whole experience with it
>> is the product.
>
Liam R E Quin wrote:
> Better to make AdBlock scripts easy to install (e.g. via
> MageiaControlCentre?), and maybe include them (so no download needed)
> but not enabled.
I'd rather have FFox add-ons to be installed as in every other platform:
through official FFox way.
Salut,
Sinenr
Michael Scherer wrote:
> Chromium is a pain to properly package, imho.
But then, it is extremely fast on my system, compared to FireFox.
Salut,
Sinner
Kira wrote:
> Yes, Mageia or Mandrake/Mandriva is for all purpose, but every distro
> can be all-purpose. The point is: There's no distinctive difference
> toward other distribution. The failure of Mandriva SA business can be
> connected to many factor, which I believe part of the problem is that
Jorge Félez wrote:
> Hello I would like to help with spanish translation, testing the 64 or
> 32 bits desktop edition and maybe making some packages.
>
> Please let me know how can I help this new community :)
Hi Jorge!
Please join the wiki at http://www.mageia.org/wiki/ and the translating
t
Erwien Samantha Y wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> My Name Erwien Samantha, I'm Mandrake --> Mandriva users. Previously
I
> did Indonesian translations.
> With Mageia i'd like to continue my contribution in translation,
> testing or even sysadmin.
>
> Let's the magic continue!
>
> regards,
> Erwien.
Hi E
To: Sascha Schneider , Samuel Verschelde, Bersuit Vera
Why don't you guys take initiative and start a "server area" on Mageia's Wiki?
Maybe with the help of ennael (Anne)
Salut,
Sinner
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r a review made before 64bits compilers that uncovered that:
i586 was noticeable faster than i386
i686 made no real difference to i586
Gentoo laser-precission target made no real difference to i586
Salut,
Sinner
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patrice.brune...@free.fr wrote:
> Wikipedia says that X86_64 include SSE/SSE2. All the new processors are 64
> bits. So I don't think it is necessary to change i586 to i686. 32 bits
> platform will die soon. Also it is more important to keep more
> compatibility for 32 bits.
Well said.
No need t
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