It takes a while to dig into a project and although I have invested a few
time for 2 or 3 projects to fix a few bugs, I cannot dig into every project
where I find bugs. I have to rely on others fixing it
The point isn't that you should try to fix everything yourself, but that
always have much
Am 10.11.2011 17:36 schrieb houstonbofh 1...@bugs.launchpad.net:
Short version, while there are some changes, most things are standard.
There is a reason for this.
I do not consider the taskbar position so important as gas and break in a
car. Compare it to old-style gear and automatic - a big
I fully second that.
Build to make Ubuntu more robust before adding features.
Le 02/11/2010 05:01, Martin Wildam a écrit :
So please, please, focus more on bug fixing than on introducing new
user ui, which already is really good!
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Read in the news that there is planned to use unity in future Ubuntu
versions as main desktop.
I did not tried myself but heard and read of _many_ people that this
is still really buggy.
I do personally fully understand, that Ubuntu needs to keep up with
innovation and there is the desire to
I agree. I tried running the Unity on Maverick on the 2004 laptop with
P4 and Radeon 9600 video. That was a disaster! Even the ppa purge
could not make the system gui bootable again. Had to make a transition
to Arch Linux.
On 2 November 2010 00:01, Martin Wildam 1...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote:
I am getting most of my people to stick with 10.04 (LTS). I will be trying out
a few newer releases but only on a spare partition especially at first.
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On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 22:49, Tom 1...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote:
I am getting most of my people to stick with 10.04 (LTS). I will be trying
out
a few newer releases but only on a spare partition especially at first.
I am also on 10.04 - although 9.10 would have been the better LTS.
Please,
Because of the latest problems with network-manager I tried wicd - and
bum - next bug report. Currently I think I could spend the whole day
with bug reporting... - that is sad...
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On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 01:50, Faldegast 1...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote:
Nobody thinks of paying a yearly license for having tubes in the wall
- no - people pay the plumber when they need him/her for putting
additional tubes or doing repair work. I think, it should be the same
for software. The
It is not just that Ubuntu has developed a lot over the last 2 or 3
years.
Users expectations and hardware have developed into areas either already
covered
by linux kernels or easily implemented as Unix was developed to be a
multi-everything system. The introduction of dual/quad-core cpus
You're absolutely right, Tom.
And don't forget our beloved X window system.
Long before MS as released its poor and system resource eater Aero, the linux
community was ''playing'' with the great Compiz and its cube.
And there are some people who still think that Linux has not a graphical
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 01:50, Faldegast 1...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote:
Nobody thinks of paying a yearly license for having tubes in the wall
- no - people pay the plumber when they need him/her for putting
additional tubes or doing repair work. I think, it should be the same
for
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 23:21, Faldegast 1...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote:
In 2007 the market for a software store was very immature. Now everyone
got one. There is Appstore, Android Market, Chrome Web Store, and
Microsofts specs for Windows 8 suggests they are planning one.
I think it is
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 23:21, Faldegast 1...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote:
In 2007 the market for a software store was very immature. Now everyone
got one. There is Appstore, Android Market, Chrome Web Store, and
Microsofts specs for Windows 8 suggests they are planning one.
I think it is
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and
they warned me about your type
Maybe Windows is the best system...
I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and
they warned me about your type
Maybe Windows is the best system...
I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and
they warned me about your type
Maybe Windows is the best system...
I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and
they warned me about your type
Maybe Windows is the best system...
I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and
they warned me about your type
Maybe Windows is the best system...
I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and
they warned me about your type
Maybe Windows is the best system...
I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and
they warned me about your type
Maybe Windows is the best system...
I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and
they warned me about your type
Maybe Windows is the best system...
I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and
they warned me about your type
Maybe Windows is the best system...
I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and
they warned me about your type
Maybe Windows is the best system...
I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is
Please don't spam your comment multiple times to be heard (you won't
be). Also, it is quite rude to refer to us as 'your type'; if you don't
think Ubuntu is 'worthy of your attention' then please stop and leave.
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Get lost. We will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if you are worthy
of our attention.
On 23.10.2010, at 07:26, Setve Gentilly wrote:
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many
certifications, and
Get lost. We will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if you are worthy
of our attention.
On 23.10.2010, at 07:27, Setve Gentilly wrote:
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many
certifications, and
Get lost. We will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if you are worthy
of our attention.
On 23.10.2010, at 07:32, Setve Gentilly wrote:
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many
certifications, and
Get lost. We will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if you are worthy
of our attention.
On 23.10.2010, at 07:32, Setve Gentilly wrote:
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many
certifications, and
Get lost. We will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if you are worthy
of our attention.
On 23.10.2010, at 07:33, Setve Gentilly wrote:
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many
certifications, and
Get lost. We will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if you are worthy
of our attention.
On 23.10.2010, at 07:31, Setve Gentilly wrote:
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many
certifications, and
...they warned me about your type...???
One of the certifications is the brainwash one.
@Gentilli: Try to judge people by yourself and not by labels and what
other say.
zakzor
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows
Get lost. We will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if you are worthy
of our attention.
On 23.10.2010, at 07:30, Setve Gentilly wrote:
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many
certifications, and
No, not really. They did have a pro version yes, but they don't have a
distribution network.
What i am suggesting is the business model that Microsoft has. Copy that
and we will take market share from them.
@faldegast. You are suggesting an approach that led to mandriva 's
downfall.
On Oct
1) Linux (commonly pronounced /ˈlɪnəks/ LIN-əks in American English,[4][5]
also pronounced /ˈlɪnʊks/ LIN-ooks[6] in Europe and Canada) refers to the
family of Unix-like computer operating systems using the Linux kernel.
Thats the common use of the word Linux and its quite obvious that i did not
On 10/23/2010 07:00 AM, Faldegast wrote:
Take a look at Xandros and their success. CNR seam to work quite well,
just to bad that their OS is...
In 2006, there was an announcement of CNR for Ubuntu. It was actually
in Hardy. It never went anywhere. See
I think that the official name for CNR is something else now.
In 2007 the market for a software store was very immature. Now everyone
got one. There is Appstore, Android Market, Chrome Web Store, and
Microsofts specs for Windows 8 suggests they are planning one.
Yeah, there is people that is
@Faldegast
The Ubuntu Software Centre (USC) is the way software gets distributed to
Ubuntu users. It can accommodate FLOSS, proprietary, and more. New in
10.10 there is a section in USC for commercial apps (that cost money)
too. The one thing that all software in USC has in common though is that
Ok. Now I found it. :)
I don't think the USC need to be replaced. I will read more about it and
perhaps write a blueprint with whatever ideas i get.
@Faldegast
The Ubuntu Software Centre (USC) is the way software gets distributed to
Ubuntu users. It can accommodate FLOSS, proprietary, and
What i suggest for Ubuntu is the following:
1. A Ubuntu/Linux/Elf software store. It should be designed so that it
can ship applications for many OS:es, not just Ubuntu.
2. A Ubuntu Pro commercial offering. Including boxed Ubuntu, a manual,
and support. Also some commercial stuff like DVD
@faldegast. You are suggesting an approach that led to mandriva 's
downfall.
On Oct 22, 2010 10:26 AM, Faldegast 1...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote:
What i suggest for Ubuntu is the following:
1. A Ubuntu/Linux/Elf software store. It should be designed so that it
can ship applications for many
@mzc
I agree.
@faldegast:
1) Why would we market a kernel?
2) Running Ubuntu on scrap/old is not putting our best foot forward, and
creates support issues.
3) For the server side, we have Ubuntu Server.
4) Ubuntu Software Centre is just that: a store for Ubuntu-compatible
software. The extension
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and
they warned me about your type
Maybe Windows is the best system...
I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and
they warned me about your type
Maybe Windows is the best system...
I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and
they warned me about your type
Maybe Windows is the best system...
I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and
they warned me about your type
Maybe Windows is the best system...
I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and
they warned me about your type
Maybe Windows is the best system...
I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and
they warned me about your type
Maybe Windows is the best system...
I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is
You know Windows works on more systems than Ubuntu, did you know
that..
I am a senior technician for windows systems with many certifications, and
they warned me about your type
Maybe Windows is the best system...
I will wait another 2 or 3 years to see if Ubuntu is
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 20:37, Randall Ross (rrnwexec)
rand...@executiv.es wrote:
Did you bother to check which systems are certified first?
http://webapps.ubuntu.com/certification/
Think of your experiences in the Windows world. You likely have used
hardware that is stickered Windows Ready,
I find that after a decent install most people don't even notice that they are
using a different OS. Firefox is there and the menus easy to navigate.
Documents open with a double-click.
As G stated it is the install process that is the most difficult part. We try
to make that easy and many
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:04, Tom 1...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote:
I find that after a decent install most people don't even notice that they are
using a different OS. Firefox is there and the menus easy to navigate.
Documents open with a double-click.
I don't fully agree - e.g. Movie player
This bug report is not about how difficult or easy OSes are to install. It is
about how difficult it is to buy a machine with a decent OS pre-installed.
@ Martin
I think we are agreeing but have semantic differences. Imo an install is not
complete until the system is tweaked and made usable
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 14:07, Tom 1...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote:
This bug report is not about how difficult or easy OSes are to install. It is
about how difficult it is to buy a machine with a decent OS pre-installed.
Yes, thanks for reminding. But wouldn't it be more likely that more
systems
Martin,
True. Again i agree with that and i think we are in agreement again. So the
various points people have made are valid except where we talk about noobs
installing.
Surely a shop that installs to perhaps tens of machines has time to play
around
with even just 1 and has probably
Quite true.
If you've ever watched a new user work with Ubuntu, you'll likely have
noticed that they have a much easier time than experienced computer
users. No bad habits to unlearn, and they tend to involve themselves
less with tinkering on unsupported (and uncertified) hardware.
You want
This is not a Linux bug, but for some reason, Linux gets the blame,
and Windows and the hardware manufactures get a pass.
One more thing:
I'm incredibly sorry to say so, but I forgot to mention that that
reason is probably more and more people being stupid and getting more
and more stupid as the
The concept of a computer being a bicycle for the mind might be
helpful here, and might be worth revisiting.
If we (society) are training our students purely to be users
(consumers) of software then we will see the exact effect that you
describe (in the domain of OS'es and computing, at least).
http://pollycoke.org/pollycokers/paolo/socialbox/6121
Today I found this link in this nice Italian Website. It contains a link that
sort of fits this exchange nicely. Follow it, and the links within the article
at PC Pro.
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On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 10:50, lelamal 1...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote:
http://pollycoke.org/pollycokers/paolo/socialbox/6121
Today I found this link in this nice Italian Website. It contains a link that
sort of fits this exchange nicely. Follow it, and the links within the article
at PC Pro.
What seems very strange about Dell's website is the (US/EU) inconsistency of
their message.
From dell.co.ok/ubuntu. As you've discussed, it's very poor: Clicking on
shop for ubuntu laptops - doesn't link to any, the comparison webpage is
utter rubbish, and Ubuntu isn't even a selectable option
Lets not forget that although the information is bad and misleading it is at
least getting the name out there into the mainstream from the Dell website.
A journey of a thousand miles is not completed by the first step and who says
we
are in a hurry anyway?
Regards from
Tom :)
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We are in a hurry! Do we want our children or their children to have to
ship their money to the Monopoly forever?
I sure don't.
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more
relaxed about trying Linux.
Regards from
Tom :)
From: Martin Wildam mwil...@gmail.com
To: tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk
Sent: Tue, 6 July, 2010 18:36:18
Subject: Re: [Bug 1] Microsoft has a majority market share
On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 13:58, Tom
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Can we refrain from using the phrase Linux usage, and from using the
words Linux and Ubuntu interchangeably? Are people really expected to
use a kernel directly?
My experience is that dropping the L word opens up our favourite
operating system to a much wider audience. More thoughts here:
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 09:30, Tom 1...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote:
Dual-boots allow the person to change over to linux at their own pace so that
they resent the new system less.
It might be that people do need Windows later for particular tasks
although they already prefer Linux. In any case, a
@Randall: I agree that Ubuntu should be made distinct. Users should always
remember that linux is just the backbone to make Ubuntu or any gnu
distributions to work with hardware. It just like saying calling Apple
computers as running on darwin instead of running on macOS.
On Jul 7, 2010
Most Windows users i have stumbled across have no idea about (re)installing an
operating system, whether Windows or gnuLinux or something else. There are
complexities and choices they are very unlikely to be aware of but may be
dismayed that the right way was guessed by telepathy. Perhaps your
Can we refrain from using the phrase Linux usage, and from using the
words Linux and Ubuntu interchangeably? Are people really expected to
use a kernel directly?
My experience is that dropping the L word opens up our favourite
operating system to a much wider audience. More thoughts here:
Dual-boots allow the person to change over to linux at their own pace so
that
they resent the new system less.
It might be that people do need Windows later for particular tasks
although they already prefer Linux. In any case, a VirtualBox running
the Windows is quite always the
On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 18:39, »John« jns@gmail.com wrote:
I agree that having a standardised driver framework would probably not
be a bad thing, but there's another catch - DRIVERS FOR FREE OPERATING
SYSTEMS WOULD STILL NEED TO BE FREE!
Yes, indeed.
The optimal solution would be if
Please can we try to set-up Dual-boot's rather than slash burn. If
people need to return machines it is difficult sometimes but dual-boot
gets around the issues
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On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 13:58, Tom tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Please can we try to set-up Dual-boot's rather than slash burn.
Why should I waste so much disk space?
If people need to return machines it is difficult sometimes but dual-boot
gets around the issues
If a machine is returned
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 22:08:17 +
From: jns@gmail.com
To: faldeg...@hotmail.com
Subject: [Bug 1] Microsoft has a majority market share
Hi there.
I dont see how you get from portable binary drivers to binary blobs.
If you factor in my understanding of the word blob (which
On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 21:34, Faldegast faldeg...@hotmail.com wrote:
For the last few years my policy have been that i only support Linux,
i dont answer any Windows questions even if i know them. I simply
reply I dont use Windows. As a result the amount of time i have to spend
supporting
I'm sorry, but you fail to see the bigger picture.
One thing that is needed is open standard. Writing an operating system
should not be about writing drivers for hundreds of devices. Standards
should exists for drivers. Like OSKit or I/O Kit. Hince there should not
have to be
For Linux Native Development question I started a topic at the forums
- for everybody who is interested to follow that:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1482882
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Before this degrades to a developer litigation - regarding the development:
1. I think there are really enough options for developing under Linux.
I think the problem is that there are to many options.
2. I don't see Visual Studio being sooo good. I used Visual Studio for
more than 10 years
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 14:49, Faldegast faldeg...@hotmail.com wrote:
There are many good developers for Linux and its true that they don't always
need a nice RAD IDE
environment. However my point is that without new amateur developers the pool
of good developers will not grow.
Agree - you
So how do i use libmysql to connect to my postres database again? None of
those are database libraries. They are database-specific client
libraries. The only C database lib i know that is actively developed i
libzdb (http://www.tildeslash.com/libzdb/documentation.html).
You
Before this degrades to a developer litigation - regarding the development:
1. I think there are really enough options for developing under Linux.
2. I don't see Visual Studio being sooo good. I used Visual Studio for
more than 10 years and I felt way better after I switched to NetBeans
and Java
Good morning, sir.
What? Can you be more specific in how you come to this ramblings out of
what i wrote? How would having a standard rather then (at least) two
incompatible solutions create such a mess?
It wouldn't, but all sorts of idiots abusing it would. I guess we can
all
The key to solving this bug lies in the title of the bug.
Ubuntu needs marketing. Market it! The rest will follow ;)
Cheers,
Randall.
On 10-05-06 05:25 PM, Faldegast wrote:
In general i think that we really need task forces in plural.
Agreed, but some we already have some (like
Why don't do it the RHEL/CentOS way with LTS releases where user application
lake browsers etc gets updated but system stuff only get bug-fixes.
To be conservative with kernel updates is good but why be that conservative
with Firefox and OpenOffice? Im not saying we should throw the edgiest
Faldegast wrote:
Why don't do it the RHEL/CentOS way with LTS releases where user application
lake browsers etc gets updated but system stuff only get bug-fixes.
To be conservative with kernel updates is good but why be that conservative
with Firefox and OpenOffice? Im not saying we should
Please use the Ubuntu forums for general chat about Ubuntu. This is
supposed to be a bug report.
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Ghandi said An eye for an eye and the whole world goes blind
MicroSquish often gets taken to court for things like anti-competitive
trading practices. Even where it doesn't lose it is usually pretty
clearly sailing close to the wind and there are hints of it engaging
in dubious practices. Mostly
I totally agree with you... 3 years ago I was assigned with a project
to create a Linux distribution to be used as a migration effort by the
university I was studying to move to open source, promote open source
and to teach open source languages like PHP, Python and Ruby to
students. The plan as
The OSS community should create projects like that. It could be funded by
providing certification of PHP developers etc...
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:07:12 +
From: joelbryan.juli...@gmail.com
To: faldeg...@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [Bug 1] Microsoft has a majority market share
I
Hi :)
If the store has a website then perhaps you could list it here. I am
sure a few people would be interested in supporting it even if it's only
by a few page hits
BitTorrent is excellent and the default package in Ubuntu is pretty
good. I have seen others that give more detail about multiple
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 13:22, »John« jns@gmail.com wrote:
generally speaking, most people
aren't very cooperative if it feels like you're trying to force
something upon them
Indeed.
BTW: In some psychology related talk I heard a good while ago: You can
only pick up people frome where they
John,
What store is this and where is it? Sounds fantastic that they are
showing consumers the Third and Option.
On 15/04/10 12:58, »John« wrote:
Sorry for another post, but I completely forgot about the good news I've
got (you better brace yourself because it's quite big and it's probably
Manoj Nair wrote:
Lets face it, There are two major reasons for why microsoft dominates
the desktop PC market.
Should we be adding one more reason for this bug's existance? Namely,
Linux companies (Novell) willing to do business (that specifically
promotes the patent fud) with Microsoft?
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