Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-24 Thread Stephanvaningen
ok! Thank you for your reaction! (I'm not good in monologues :-)) I agree with you both with the arguments you give - absolutely, and here's my point now: - Microsoft never had to convince its audience with so many care and tactics: you see a nice example of this if you look at the difference betw

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-24 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
On 23/07/07, Stephanvaningen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - The only > files on their windows system are probably just some .doc, .xls, .ppt, > .jpg-pictures from holidays and some mp3's -- all easilly usable on Ubuntu. Not quite. Maybe in English-speaking countries, but not here in Israel. MS-O

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-23 Thread Daniel Kelly
Very well put Nick. Ubuntu users must adhere to a growth strategy in order for this to work... Many people are not willing to give up windows yet and that's all well and fine. Ubuntu is not ready to provide everything that certain market segments need, and thats just where we're at right now. Ho

[Bug 1] Forcing users to upgrade to Ubuntu

2007-07-23 Thread Nick_Hill
My experience, which may differ from others, especially Stephan Vanigan, is that compelling people to upgrade from Windows to Ubuntu causes a lot of damage. I have tried strong encouragement and inducement, and found that users will fall back on me to push them every inch of the way. It is just no

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-23 Thread Daniel Kelly
I disagree with you, here's why... The Ubuntu UI is great, but they aren't familiar with it. I don't know enough about linux to fix some of the issues they may have -and- what about when they want to use a new windows program that comes out and doesn't work on emu's... Gamers will stick with win

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-23 Thread Stephanvaningen
- Whenever you are asked by a friend, an Uncle, your mother, whoever, ... to help them with their computer, install Ubuntu - no discussion. The only files on their windows system are probably just some .doc, .xls, .ppt, .jpg-pictures from holidays and some mp3's -- all easilly usable on Ubuntu. -

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-23 Thread Daniel Kelly
Strictly from a business standpoint what we need to do is get computer- sharp people to use Ubuntu to get the snowball going - people who are willing to switch over... Your average home or office user is not going to do it just yet for obvious reasons. When the demand for this os is high enough,

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-23 Thread DanTrevino
On 7/23/07, Amir E. Aharoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 23/07/07, DanTrevino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 7/23/07, Amir E. Aharoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Writing documents and university papers can't get much better than > > > MS-Office, OpenOffice, TeX and DocBook. Each of them

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-23 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
On 23/07/07, DanTrevino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/23/07, Amir E. Aharoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Writing documents and university papers can't get much better than > > MS-Office, OpenOffice, TeX and DocBook. Each of them caters rather > > well to their respective markets (except some

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-23 Thread DanTrevino
On 7/23/07, Amir E. Aharoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > Writing documents and university papers can't get much better than > MS-Office, OpenOffice, TeX and DocBook. Each of them caters rather > well to their respective markets (except some interoperability issues, > which are really rather m

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-23 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
On 22/07/07, Fonss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I get tired of reading soo many blogs, but I wish I could read all of > this quickly. Can we put some effort in the text to speech engines? > F-Microshift, eat my short Bill. There is a point here. I just thought about it today: Where does the comp

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-22 Thread Fonss
I get tired of reading soo many blogs, but I wish I could read all of this quickly. Can we put some effort in the text to speech engines? F-Microshift, eat my short Bill. -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-22 Thread DanTrevino
I'm finding this bug is still unfixed. Is there a way to upgrade users? Can I "sudo dpkg --purge clueless-users" and then install better ones? Or do I have to build from source? -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-19 Thread Mertiki
Tony Ruottu said : Ubuntu is not fragmented in that way. I see no reason why you should expect Ubuntu to be compatible with some other operating system, say Fedora. Yeah I think that Ubuntu made a big step into gathering people and functionnalities were Debian had already made big works. Here I do

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-14 Thread rabspd
I want to share the condition of Nepal, where more than 90 percentage of computers are based on pirated softwares, OS is pirated windows. Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya is translating linux in Nepali language. Here are very few number of Ubuntu users, I am newbie to Ubuntu, just installed in my mach

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-14 Thread Kilz
Forgot to add a link last time. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=476924 -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-14 Thread Allen Graham
Right on !! Kilz !!!good going. 64bit Ubuntu works great, no other O/S can cut it. And for "mission critical" stuff it's the only way. Looking forward to seeing your "nsplugin wrapper', although , thanks to Ubuntu, no strong need here (yet). Tell people the truth ! There are way too many choi

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-14 Thread Kilz
With the availability of nspluginwrapper (I wrote a install script that dose it in 30 seconds) Flash is a non issue. Giving me a link to the 64bit section is like giving someone a map to their home. :) I also know that a large amount of Fud, that gets repeated by quite a few people outside of th

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-11 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
On 11/07/07, Kilz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One has to wonder why, with the first step towards fixing this bug (Dell > coming pre installed). Why those 64bit computers come with the 32bit > version of Ubuntu installed. I also wondered about it for a long time, and a friend of mine solved the my

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-11 Thread Kilz
One has to wonder why, with the first step towards fixing this bug (Dell coming pre installed). Why those 64bit computers come with the 32bit version of Ubuntu installed. Perhaps if the 64bit version was good enough to pre installed it would give buyers another reason to choose Ubuntu over the 32bi

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-11 Thread Toni Ruottu
> Linux is fragmented. That is why you don't consider Linux an operating system, and that is also why you use Ubuntu in first place. Ubuntu is not fragmented in that way. I see no reason why you should expect Ubuntu to be compatible with some other operating system, say Fedora. It happens to be f

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-10 Thread Mertiki
This bug is really critical in Canada too. Here's my opinion about major problems that causes this bug to exist ( this is a bit long ). There's 2 aspects to fix around this bug 1. The technical aspects ( making Ubuntu a better system which will be far more than just usable) 2. Th

Re: [Bug 1] suggested patch - search engine for "free hardware" systems

2007-07-09 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
> > My primary concern now is the wireless drivers. > > http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/net/wireless/cards.html I am familiar with this page. Good luck trying to find an actual laptop that comes with one of those cards. -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1

Re: [Bug 1] suggested patch - search engine for "free hardware" systems

2007-07-09 Thread Toni Ruottu
> My primary concern now is the wireless drivers. http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/net/wireless/cards.html -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-06 Thread Nick_Hill
Ricket Said: This makes me laugh. Until Ubuntu is as easy to set up, use, and as stable as Windows, as well as universally-supported, Ubuntu will never replace Windows. Chances of that happening in the near future? Slim. Hello Ricket I have set up several windows machines recently, not out of c

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-06 Thread Ricket
This makes me laugh. Until Ubuntu is as easy to set up, use, and as stable as Windows, as well as universally-supported, Ubuntu will never replace Windows. Chances of that happening in the near future? Slim. -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-06 Thread Alec Wright
I have attached a patch for Dell. It will hopefully fix this bug. ** Attachment added: "Patch for Dell" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/8327462/dell-linux.patch -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member

Re: [Bug 1] suggested patch - search engine for "free hardware" systems

2007-07-06 Thread Allen Graham
Thanks OK Amir ! Lots of us are equally curious. With the latest forays into cross-licensing and other such ilk it would seem apparent that "proprietary drivers" will be ground into dust. There are many "free" operating systems, most will just "hack' the drivers, or come up with a workaround. The

Re: [Bug 1] suggested patch - search engine for "free hardware" systems

2007-07-06 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Amir E. Aharoni wrote: > On 05/07/07, Mark Shuttleworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Even a really good vendor like Intel still has the odd propietary blob >> (on the way out, but still there). >> > > Sorry to wander further off-topic, but this really intrigued me: > > What do you mean b

Re: [Bug 1] suggested patch - search engine for "free hardware" systems

2007-07-06 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
On 05/07/07, Mark Shuttleworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Even a really good vendor like Intel still has the odd propietary blob > (on the way out, but still there). Sorry to wander further off-topic, but this really intrigued me: What do you mean by "on the way out"? My primary concern now is

Re: [Bug 1] suggested patch - search engine for "free hardware" systems

2007-07-05 Thread Paul Flint
On Thu, 5 Jul 2007, Paul Flint wrote: Note the removal of extra "certify" in first line of message... > > Dear Mark, > > How about having a division of Canonical that certifies hardware > and supporting driver software as "Ubuntu Compliant"? This could be a > supportable enterprise. Fees paid

Re: [Bug 1] suggested patch - search engine for "free hardware" systems

2007-07-05 Thread Paul Flint
Dear Mark, How about having a division of Canonical certify that certifies hardware and supporting driver software as "Ubuntu Compliant"? This could be a supportable enterprise. Fees paid by manufacturers to allow them to display the "Certified Ubuntu" product logo on their equipment might pa

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-05 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
I found two wishlist bugs that proposed something similar to what i am proposing: Bug #77311 and Bug #63192 . Both were marked as invalid. I guess that this time i'll give up and buy a restricted laptop, but i'd really like to be able to use the radically-free Gutsy without installing additional f

Re: [Bug 1] suggested patch - search engine for "free hardware" systems

2007-07-04 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Amir E. Aharoni wrote: > What i would be happy to see is a website with a directory of laptops, > such as the www.dpreview.com directory of digital cameras, where i can > find a laptop according to its parts and EASILY filter out the non-free > ones. It's really weird that in 2007 i couldn't find s

Re: [Bug 1] suggested patch - search engine for "free hardware" systems

2007-07-04 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
Mark - thanks for the reply! Your suggestion may work, and i may try it, but even i am embarrassed by it; note - i want to know that the system is free *before* i buy it. Theoretically i can pop a live CD in the store, but it is embarrassing and time-consuming. Being able to prepare for this befor

Re: [Bug 1] suggested patch - search engine for "free hardware" systems

2007-07-04 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
It's definitely important to be able to know if a device will work with free software drivers only. I think the radically-free Live CD would be one way to do it. Another might be if we build this information into the hardware device manager... perhaps just booting normal Ubuntu and running the res

[Bug 1] suggested patch - search engine for "free hardware" systems

2007-07-04 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
n. Who will bother to try to install it, if it's too damn hard to find a properly free computer which can run it? I know that this sounds very pretentious and i am not even close to being a notable member of the Ubuntu community, but i think that this is a bit of a meta-bug in itself and that

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-03 Thread Adrien Cunin
** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: Fix Committed => In Progress ** Changed in: djplay (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug c

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-03 Thread zolookas
** Changed in: Baltix Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubu

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-02 Thread Joe Holloway
Just upgraded a PC for my 77-year old father to browse the web, e-mail, view pics of the grandkids, etc. I was faced with moving him from Win98->Vista.Seemed a bit like taking a dumptruck to the grocery store to me. Long story short, he's running Ubuntu and couldn't care less. I think the le

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-07-01 Thread Nick_Hill
People don't usually buy computes to run Microsoft Windows on, or to run GNU/Linux on. They buy computers to do their word processing, spreadsheets, web browsing, email, ebay selling, playing DVDs, playing MP3s, accessing the media files they 'own' etc. So long as a user isn't addicted to specific

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-06-29 Thread polopolo
** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@l

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-06-27 Thread Tscheesy
As i understand dell and hp are with us now ? HW related part of this bug seems to become healty. -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubunt

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-06-25 Thread Tyler Jensen
I disagree with the premise of this bug. I've never bought a computer with a pre-installed OS. Systems without pre-installed software have been available since before 1987 when I bought my first x86 machine. Yeah, yeah, I know the Great and Powerful and Evil MS dominates the market and free softwar

[Bug 109944] Re: adept based feisty upgrade and bug #1

2007-06-23 Thread Richard Birnie
** Changed in: adept (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- adept based feisty upgrade and bug #1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubu

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-06-22 Thread Andrew Jorgensen
This article on Groklaw may indicate a relevant shift in the market: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2007062209235346 -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug co

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-06-19 Thread Bitou
I found one company in France which sell desktop and laptop and let the choice for the user. But you only choice between Fedora Core 6, Windows or nothing. No Ubuntu yet. The website is also in English. It's for everyone. Contact me if you want to know the name of the company. -- Microsoft has

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-06-19 Thread MARSAUD Jonathan
NdR : It's not Ubuntu for the national assembly of france, but it's Kubuntu. -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ub

[Bug 1] tiny step to bug fix in france

2007-06-19 Thread waldschrat
In march 2007 there was a tiny step to bug fix in france. The national assembly of france (Assemblée nationale) decided to use ubuntu on all of their 1154 workstations - to save money and to be able to configure each system to the users individual needs. They decided to use firefox 2.0 and openoffi

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-06-15 Thread Harshith Aranya
** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: In Progress => Confirmed ** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug cont

[Bug 1] Bugfix in pre-alpha stage in Poland

2007-06-11 Thread rysiek
Just letting you know that we have a bugfix (albeit in pre-alpha stage right now) here in Poland. Here's the deal: quite a lot of users in Poland usually buys their boxen in computer shops, where they are able to pick every single component to their liking; or they have their machines assembled

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-06-09 Thread Stephanvaningen
Don´t worry: M$ itself is dued by the world´s biggest patent holder for the same reason: every victory M$ wins against Linux world is a presendent(https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. --

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-06-04 Thread freerick
** Changed in: Ubuntu Breezy Status: Rejected => In Progress ** Changed in: Ubuntu Breezy Status: In Progress => Rejected -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-05-31 Thread Conrad Knauer
rvv by polopolo ** Changed in: Ubuntu Assignee: king => Mark Shuttleworth Status: Rejected => In Progress -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact fo

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-05-31 Thread polopolo
** Changed in: Ubuntu Assignee: Mark Shuttleworth => king Status: In Progress => Rejected -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ub

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-05-31 Thread Ajit
The bug is very significant and easily seen in India. Melinda Gates foundation is ensuring that bug shouldn't get solved easily. Under the name of charity, Micro$oft is sowing seeds to produce more and more Micro$oft users and professionals in future. Micro$oft is doing Business in disguise of

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-05-16 Thread Allen Graham
Hold it ! Right there ! we're going to be sued en masse. Microsoft has flatly stated that we Linux users violate 235 patents. OK ! Let's co-operate, and each one of us should send all of our source AND binary code, from every computer that we own to Microsoft, yes, let's 'fess up. Let Microso

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-05-16 Thread Allen Graham
Hold it ! Right there ! we're going to be sued en masse. Microsoft has flatly stated that we Linux users violate 235 patents. OK ! Let's co-operate, and each one of us should send all of our source AND binary code, from every computer that we own to Microsoft, yes, let's 'fess up. Let Mi

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-05-15 Thread Conrad Knauer
mommedia.com: if you must translate your posts into multiple languages, please post them as a single post rather than as multiple ones. To answer your question though, its primarily FUD. It probably doesn't affect FOSS outside of the US and in the US its a bit tenuous; this has all the hallmarks

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-05-15 Thread mommedia.com
Hallo, tut jedes wissen, wie die spätesten Nachrichten von Mitgliedstaat; beeinflußt die OpenSource Gemeinschaft und die Zukunft von Ubuntu? „, indem die Herstellung eines Paktes mit Novell, Microsoft, andeutete auch h, daß jedermann, das Linux von einem anderen Verkäufer herunterlud oder kaufte,

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-05-15 Thread mommedia.com
Olá! todos, faz qualquer um sabem, como a notícia a mais atrasada do MS; afetará a comunidade de OpenSource e o futuro de Ubuntu? “Fazendo um pacto com Novell, Microsoft igualmente implicou que qualquer um que transferiu ou comprou o linux de um outro vendedor estava fazendo tão ilegal” Pode ess

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-05-15 Thread mommedia.com
Bonjour, fait quiconque connaissent, comment les dernières nouvelles de la milliseconde; affectera la Communauté d'OpenSource et le futur d'Ubuntu ? « En faisant un pacte avec Novell, Microsoft a également impliqué que n'importe qui qui a téléchargé ou a acheté le Linux d'un autre fournisseur fai

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-05-15 Thread mommedia.com
Hola a todos, Ultimas en noticias del MS; ¿afectará a la comunidad de OpenSource y al futuro de Ubuntu? “Haciendo un pacto con Novell, Microsoft también implicó que cualquier persona que transfirió o compró linux de otro vendedor hacía tan ilegal” Mi pregunta=¿Puede esa entidad corrupta inte

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-05-15 Thread mommedia.com
Hello everyone, does anybody know, how the latest news from MS; will affect the OpenSource Community and the future of Ubuntu? “By making a pact with Novell, Microsoft also implied that anyone who downloaded or bought Linux from another vendor was doing so illegally” Can that corrupt entity actu

[Bug 1] Situation in Ecuador

2007-05-15 Thread Rudd-O
I can confirm the pervasiveness of this bug in Ecuador. No computer store sells computers with Linux preloaded -- almost everyone chooses to install unlicensed Microsoft Windows copies, which increases Windows market share. Computer manufacturers are under the delusion that Microsoft Windows is s

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-05-14 Thread David Vasta
@ DarkMageZ I would agree with you 100%. I think if we look at my history of Blog post and comments buisness adoption is the key to global adoption. The Active Directory is a wonderful tool. I present that even with it's pretty GUI and integration is still falls short of what Novell offers, but

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-05-13 Thread DarkMageZ
part of the problem is a lack of an active directory replacement. sure it's possible to hack parts of what active directory does to happen, but without a proper replacement with all the important features... ubuntu stands no chance in big organizations on the desktops. -- Microsoft has a majority

[Bug 1] Re: Ads in Major Newspapers

2007-05-12 Thread Conrad Knauer
David A. Benitez wrote: "It has probably been said before, but how about this? Take some money and get two ads in two newspapers [...] I'm sure you've heard of the Firefox ad campaign, how about you do something like that?" Mark Shuttleworth replied to a very similar qestion on April 25th: "all

[Bug 1] The "Golden Chain"

2007-05-11 Thread Paul Flint
nomy:^) of this form of advertisement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWIrxuF5NSo I would value your thoughts on this. Kindest Regards, Paul On Fri, 11 May 2007, David A. Benitez wrote: > Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 17:07:47 - > From: David A. Benitez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-05-11 Thread David Vasta
"Hi, to me Linux is so superior to Microsoft Windows or Mac that I put up with the problems," The battle rages on the figure out this problem. While I make it known I am a Mac user I am also a big fan of Linux and evangelis on Ubuntu to anyone who will listen. We all can agree that Windows is lar

[Bug 1] Ads in Major Newspapers

2007-05-11 Thread David A. Benitez
It has probably been said before, but how about this? Take some money and get two ads in two newspapers in the US, Canada, Africa, Europe, South America, etc. I know in the USA, the two major newspapers are "The New York Times" and "The Wall Street Journal". I figure if some company bigwig can g

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-05-11 Thread Porfirio
Hi i am from Portugal! I use Windows daily, and you want to know why i dont use Linux ( i say linux not Ubuntu because this bug applyes to the Linux community not only Ubuntu ) ? Well first because my modem is very hard to get it to work ( the so know SpeedTouch 330 gray, worse my isp uses PPPoE

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-05-11 Thread Allen Graham
Hi, to me Linux is so superior to Microsoft Windows or Mac that I put up with the problems, BUT , you're right. And I keep a MS Windows laptop handy. Allen On 5/11/07, dsula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The difference between windows and linux is, that windows simply works, > whereas for linux

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-05-11 Thread dsula
The difference between windows and linux is, that windows simply works, whereas for linux you need a degree in software enginnering to get it to run right. I'm using Linux for 10 years now, and things haven't improved much. I installed the kubuntu 7.04 and guess what, blank screen on boot. Easy fix

Re: [Bug 1] Spanish target

2007-05-11 Thread Allen Graham
Buenas Dias ! y hola Jesus ! You have raised some excellent ideas, (muy poco Espanol) It would be very easy to start a business such as this one: http://system76.com/index.php/cPath/1 And with "Vista" coming from Microsoft it will be very difficult for students to buy new computers, it is very ex

[Bug 1] Spanish target

2007-05-11 Thread macuto
Here in Venezuela the last week in the mailing list of Ubuntu Venezuela Team https://launchpad.net/~nejode talked about his first Ubuntu Customization to Spanish language by default without using Internet get Spanish packages. This idea was welcome he's work was just the start and It was converte

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-05-05 Thread Conrad Knauer
A small update to my previous comment: though it is still on the pages for computers with Windows, I note that "Dell recommends Windows Vista™ Home Premium." has been stricken from the 'Coming Soon' page (which I also note redirects from http://www.dell.com/ubuntu :) Also of note regarding the Del

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-05-02 Thread Conrad Knauer
to say that) and specifically mentions Dell, Lenovo, HP and Acer. The next indicator of progress towards resolving Bug #1 will be to watch for the "Mark" to drop off the websites of various OEMs... -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-05-02 Thread Emir Beganović
Dell's decision to sell hardware with Ubuntu Feisty Fawn preinstalled will surely make Microsoft's market share lower and promote Ubuntu more than ever. -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-04-27 Thread suntin
@ Conrad Knauer I know about the WINE port but what I was thinking was literally "openX" The calls direct x developers use to the engine are widely documented. If you replicated function names and even objects but wrote the code from scratch to do much the same thing using openGL libraries I doub

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-04-26 Thread Chris
Funny first bug post ! In 10 years M$ developers will say the same thing about Ubuntu ! ;) -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-04-26 Thread Operatester
Comment -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/

[Bug 109944] Re: adept based feisty upgrade and bug #1

2007-04-25 Thread Michael Broadbent
** Changed in: adept (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None => adept -- adept based feisty upgrade and bug #1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109944 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Team, which is a bug contact for adept in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing l

[Bug 109944] adept based feisty upgrade and bug #1

2007-04-25 Thread janl
Status: Unconfirmed -- adept based feisty upgrade and bug #1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109944 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs

[Bug 109944] adept based feisty upgrade and bug #1

2007-04-25 Thread janl
1 to 8 hours depending on your Internet speed and how fast your computer is." It would be cool if there was a "Start downloading now, and bug be about completing the upgrade later." option. Nicolai ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Uncon

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-04-23 Thread mommedia.com
Wow! the speed and the look of the new Ubuntu 7.04 is nice. But there is something wrong with the Wireless Network Adapter Drivers, it does not authenticate the connection. I get an error about Atheros being/using an incomparable driver. However, after long hours of configuration and figuring ou

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-04-22 Thread mchan
- Original Message - From: Allen Graham To: mchan Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 11:34 AM Subject: Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share Hi "M C Chan " You are correct At this point few Ubuntu members, paid and unpaid, seem willing to persue this simple

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-04-22 Thread mchan
It is sad most of us thinking that this is a bug, it is only a marketing method that MS flex its muscle, the way that we can beat MS is to make Ubuntu OS simple with user friendly and best of all put the onus onto the users to maintain its effeciency by allow them to do update with clear instruc

[Bug 1] Educate users

2007-04-20 Thread Julian Coccia
That's the way to fix this. Most users don't even know what is free software. Most people think a computer comes with a monitor, a keyboard, and windows! We must educate users. A good start is http://www.getgnulinux.org, which is written in such an easy language "that any windows users would be ab

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-04-12 Thread Alex Lowe
@Wayne (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1/comments/338) I disagree. It depends on multiple things. The bug does not show up on certain hardware. For example, I cannot reproduce this bug on PowerPC or 68k desktops/laptops at all. However, the bug is extremely common on prebuilt x86

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-04-12 Thread Julian Andres Klode
** Also affects: jl (upstream) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed ** Changed in: jl (upstream) Importance: Undecided => Critical Assignee: (unassigned) => Julian Andres Klode Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.la

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-04-12 Thread Wayne Schuller
This has not been a bug in my household since 1999. We have several pc's and cannot reproduce this bug at all. Please close. -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug co

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-04-10 Thread Alex Lowe
@Kristopher: >From what I've seen, OpenGL is both more powerful and faster than DirectX (in >fact, DirectX is still basically a copy of the OpenGL libraries). In addition, >any developers who compile their games for both Mac and Windows (provided they >do that by actually making just one core an

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-04-10 Thread franganghi
Yes, i have a dream: i dream of a world where every king of game is both a game and a live linux distro so that you can put the cd in your reader, reboot and play the game virtually without the need for an OS. I dream of a world where any game is sold with a .deb an a .rpm installation file include

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-04-09 Thread Conrad Knauer
> would it be possible to create "openX" or similar, > essentially as a translation library for DirectX->OpenGL As per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Direct3D_and_OpenGL "Several partially functional ports of the Direct3D API have been made by Wine, a project to port common Windows AP

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-04-09 Thread suntin
I second that. But would it be possible to create "openX" or similar, essentially as a translation library for DirectX->OpenGL -I have absolutely no idea but the only thing keeping Windows on my home system is my addiction to I have heard rumours of people running under WINE but so far I've onl

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-04-09 Thread Kristpoher Craw
I completely agree with the idea of games being a major bar to mainstream Linux. However, I've often wondered, how OpenGL compares to directX10. There exists a chicken and egg scenario for Linux games, but if OpenGL, in addition to being cross-platform, actually allowed developers to take games fur

Re: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-04-09 Thread posingaspopular
that's the best patch I've seen for the bug to date. Good work. On 4/9/07, suntin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had exactly this problem with a new DELL that I ordered, only the bug > seems to be getting worse. > > The purchase options gave a choice of 4 versions of something called "Windows > V

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-04-09 Thread suntin
I had exactly this problem with a new DELL that I ordered, only the bug seems to be getting worse. The purchase options gave a choice of 4 versions of something called "Windows Vista", I had been unfortunate enough to have been exposed to this before when it was in BETA and despite searching for

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2007-04-07 Thread Eric Wick
Lets have a view to the future, millions of computers need much more power in graphics and cpu to drive only the MS Vista. So the MS bug cause us million of tons more CO2 for faster Earth demolition. Offering smaller operating systems like xubuntu or fluxbuntu on energysaving hardware will save ele

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