Re: Google Chromium In Lucid

2009-12-12 Thread Aaron Whitehouse
Hello all, Danny Piccirillo wrote: > I'm an 100% in support of this. It's really time to be using webkit over > Mozilla's gecko and Chromium lets us do so without almost no draw backs > from Firefox. > On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 18:31, John Baer IMO Ubuntu should adopt Chrome as the default bro

Re: Live-CD hardware check java applet

2007-10-06 Thread Aaron Whitehouse
> Lately, I've been thinking it would be very cool to have an applet on > the download page that could examine the users hardware, compare it to > values in a database and offer advise based on that. An interesting idea! > Will I be able to > just reboot into the live-session? Well, if the user

Re: Single-User Mode

2006-09-27 Thread Aaron Whitehouse
Thanks for your comments, Duncan. > Doesn't look like many people have much to say. I tend to agree that the > naming is confusing in the situation you describe. I suggest you file a > bug at launchpad, you might have to file it against grub - I can't find > a suitable package to suggest. Done -

Single-User Mode

2006-09-24 Thread Aaron Whitehouse
Hello all, I have been using Ubuntu since Hoary, so I am used to the general way that Ubuntu works. I was quite confused, however, when I installed Edgy (Knot 3) and reached the Grub menu. For those that haven't yet upgraded, the entries in the Grub menu are: Ubuntu-blah-Generic Ubuntu-blah-Gener

Moving logout icon

2006-05-24 Thread Aaron Whitehouse
Hello all, I don't like to send too many emails to this list but the logout icon keeps switching from before the date to after it. Nearly every time that I restart the machine, it has switched places. Is this a continuous change in policy or a bug that only is occurring on my machine? Aaron --

Re: Logout icon

2006-05-18 Thread Aaron Whitehouse
Hi, Manu Cornet wrote: > Actually, I would suggest to replace this icon with the current > "logout" icon from the logout dialog (the green circle from which an > arrow exits). A few reasons for this suggestion : Having thought about it, I would agree with you for a different reason. I agree about

Logout icon

2006-05-18 Thread Aaron Whitehouse
Hello all, I hate to be yet another person writing to the list to comment on icons, but I am going to in order to make one quick comment. I like that Ubuntu has left the ambiguous door icon in favour of the universal power icon on a switch. Unfortunately, I think that the picture of a switch is u

Re: Logout dialog : 2 sections

2006-03-11 Thread Aaron Whitehouse
Manu Cornet wrote: > * How do you like the approach ? :) I really like the look of it :). > * Should the two titles be centered instead of left-aligned ? > * Should I write "Pause session" instead of "Pause", and "Exit session" > instead of "Exit" ? Personally I don't see the need for the sectio

Re: Windows FOSS on the Live CD -- the OOo2 question

2006-03-08 Thread Aaron Whitehouse
Christian Bjälevik wrote: > Sure, but it's not Ubuntus default piece of software. Therefore I don't > think we should ship it on the WinFOSS part of the CD either. The space > is better used for other things... Like, for example, Ubuntu! :-) I have thought about this since the thread began and I

Re: G-p-m hding while on AC

2006-03-08 Thread Aaron Whitehouse
Lakin Wecker wrote: > Users are accustomed to many types of portable devices which run on > batteries: cell-phones, PDAs, music players, and laptops. Knowing the > state of the battery is an important part of using the device. > I agree with Corey. It's important information, and the current def

Re: Fwd: Issue : wireless networking "on-the-fly"

2006-02-15 Thread Aaron Whitehouse
Hello Lionel, First of all I'll add a disclaimer here that I am not an experienced Linux hacker, but I have set up NM a few times and really like it. Lionel Dricot (aka Ploum) wrote: > If I understand, the goal seems to switch to NetworkManager, sooner or > later. Interesting, I was not aware of