OpenOffice 3 and Firefox 3.1 in Intrepid?

2008-08-31 Thread Vishal Rao
What is the latest status of the possibility of including OOo 3 and FF 3.1 by default in Intrepid? Without these 2 Intrepid will be a boring release IMO and no incentive for me to switch from Hardy. The devs took an intrepid decision to move to kernel .27 which I was hoping for, for smoother

Re: OpenOffice 3 and Firefox 3.1 in Intrepid?

2008-08-31 Thread Alexander Sack
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 11:30:23AM +0530, Vishal Rao wrote: What is the latest status of the possibility of including OOo 3 and FF 3.1 by default in Intrepid? (cant tell anything about ooo) I didnt know that FF 3.1 by default was actually perceived as an option by anyone until this mail

Re: OpenOffice 3 and Firefox 3.1 in Intrepid?

2008-08-31 Thread Alexander Jones
A lot of people seem to misunderstand why Fx 3.0 was included in 8.04 when it wasn't final. The reason was that we had to support it for 3 years, so Fx 2 was not an option. As Intrepid is not LTS, we only need to keep supporting 3.0 for 18 months, which is fine. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing

Re: OpenOffice 3 and Firefox 3.1 in Intrepid?

2008-08-31 Thread Vishal Rao
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Alexander Sack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (cant tell anything about ooo) I didnt know that FF 3.1 by default was actually perceived as an option by anyone until this mail reached my inbox. FF 3.1 won't be final in time for intrepid (not even close), and in

Re: OpenOffice 3 and Firefox 3.1 in Intrepid?

2008-08-31 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/8/31 Alexander Sack [EMAIL PROTECTED]: FF 3.1 won't be final in time for intrepid (not even close) Just like Firefox 3.0 was not final in time for Hardy? Not a troll, but an honest question regarding the 'not ready' status of upstream software. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com

Re: OpenOffice 3 and Firefox 3.1 in Intrepid?

2008-08-31 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/8/31 Alexander Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]: A lot of people seem to misunderstand why Fx 3.0 was included in 8.04 when it wasn't final. The reason was that we had to support it for 3 years, so Fx 2 was not an option. As Intrepid is not LTS, we only need to keep supporting 3.0 for 18 months,

Re: New system sounds.

2008-08-31 Thread Luke L
Doesn't concern me much, since I disable those sounds first thing! Remember that people use their laptops and take them to public places. I think the sound Cory attached is more 'mellow' for a logon sound than the current attention grabber. In short, I like it. On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 3:28 PM,

Re: OpenOffice 3 and Firefox 3.1 in Intrepid?

2008-08-31 Thread Luke L
Vishal, you can see all packages for intrepid by searching them in packages.ubuntu.com. Eclipse is at 3.2, and Wine is at 1.0. As for OOo 3, I would like to see it ready for Intrepid, but I can understand if it isn't. the beta 1 didn't give me any trouble in Windows several months ago, which is

Re: Intrepid compatibility with C3 CPUs #5212

2008-08-31 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 01:49:27AM -0400, M G wrote: Subject: Intrepid compatibility with C3 CPUs #5212 Are you referring to a particular bug here? https://launchpad.net/bugs/5212 is something quite different. The C3 is still listed as a current product on the Via web site. However, if

Future of IA32 (Was: Intrepid compatibility with C3 CPUs #5212)

2008-08-31 Thread Emmet Hikory
M G wrote: There are basically two types of x86 Ubuntu offered at present - 32 bit and 64 bit. Most new CPUs sold today are 64 bit, so that is where the future of Ubuntu ought to be. 32 bit is for older (legacy) hardware or for specialised uses such as low power or embedded applications. In