Re: Compile farm for MIPS64/Loongson

2009-07-25 Thread Siggy Brentrup
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 22:11 +1200, Kai-Cheung Leung wrote: > Debian is still supporting MIPS64, which the Chinese Loongson chips > are compartible with. And Ubuntu codes are lifted from Debian. > I would like to have an unofficial repository for MIPS64/Loongson, at > least in main, and if this

Re: Migrating OCaml to 3.11.1 in Karmic?

2009-07-25 Thread David MENTRE
Hello, David MENTRE writes: > Do following operations in 6 rounds. Start round /n/ once round /n+1/ > is finished. In the following: > * synchronize: synchronize source package from Debian unstable to > Ubuntu karmic; > * recompile: recompile the source package in Karmic; > * manual_check: so

Re: The google custom search - perhaps it went there by itself?

2009-07-25 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
The fact that there is nobody willing to reply (I posted a similar message one year ago, so this is certainly not a matter of time) can mean only two things: 1) on this list, nobody knows the answer. I think this is likely. Then, the custom search should be removed from firefox. Nobody knows wh

Re: Compile farm for MIPS64/Loongson

2009-07-25 Thread Henrique Almeida
2009/7/18 Kai-Cheung Leung : > Debian is still supporting MIPS64, which the Chinese Loongson chips > are compartible with.  And Ubuntu codes are lifted from Debian. > > I would like to have an unofficial repository for MIPS64/Loongson, at > least in main, and if this works, I really would like to s

Re: The google custom search - perhaps it went there by itself?

2009-07-25 Thread dan
The custom search is quite annoying and intrusive. I've resorted to using the binary download. dan --- Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Open Standards! On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Vincenzo Ciancia wrote: > The fact that there is nobody willing to reply (I posted a similar > message one

Re: The google custom search

2009-07-25 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 07:34 +0200, Vincenzo Ciancia wrote: > Dear all, > > today I noticed that the consistency problem between the default > ubuntu start page, which is a custom google search, and the search box > at the top-right of firefox, has finally been solved. Now also the > search box is

Re: The google custom search

2009-07-25 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il 25/07/2009 17:55, Mario Vukelic ha scritto: > Not sure if this is what you are writing about, but you will probably > want to read it: > http://www.asoftsite.org/s9y/archives/162-What-is-this-Multisearch-thing-in-my-Firefox-about.html > Dear Mario, unfortunately this is not what I am talking a

Re: The google custom search - perhaps it went there by itself?

2009-07-25 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il 25/07/2009 17:36, dan ha scritto: > The custom search is quite annoying and intrusive. I've resorted to > using the binary download. Me too, but my concern is: is it worth to continue pushing ubuntu among my friends and colleagues, if they pass over such an issue without commenting? I do not

Call for Testers: Karmic kernel with sound controller powerdown fixes

2009-07-25 Thread Daniel Chen
Hi all, Some time ago, I asked[0] for bugs to be reported against Karmic's sound drivers as we move toward improved power savings. Those of you running Karmic on HDA hardware should notice improvements in a test kernel[1]. If you have already filed a bug using the instructions in [0], please follo

We need your help to port Ubuntu to Loongson (was Re: Compile farm for MIPS64/Loongson)

2009-07-25 Thread Kai-Cheung Leung
Dear Loongson development team, Ubuntu is the most widely-adopted and user-friendly Debian-based Linux desktop distribution and it has very good Chinese localization support. By porting Ubuntu to Loongson, we can significantly increase Linux adoption in China and the Loongson adoption in the worl

Re: Compile farm for MIPS64/Loongson

2009-07-25 Thread Jan Claeys
Op zaterdag 25-07-2009 om 13:22 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Siggy Brentrup: > I don't know these Chinese Loongson chips, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loongson I guess they are more or less comparable to the similar recent chips used in the ARM netbooks that Ubuntu supports... -- Jan Claeys

Re: The google custom search - perhaps it went there by itself?

2009-07-25 Thread Jan Claeys
Op zaterdag 25-07-2009 om 11:36 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef dan: > The custom search is quite annoying and intrusive. I've resorted to > using the binary download. Eh, you know that you can add/remove whatever search engine you want, don't you? -- Jan Claeys -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailin

Re: The google custom search - perhaps it went there by itself?

2009-07-25 Thread Oli Warner
Yes, the search is poorly done. It looks bad. It's a simple tool on Google available to anybody to make a branded search engine and make money from it. What is trying to be done though, isn't unprecedented. The simplest and most relevant example to pull off the top of my head is Mozilla having a l

Re: The google custom search - perhaps it went there by itself?

2009-07-25 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
> [1]: > http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/28/mozilla-extends-lucrative-deal-with-google-for-3-years/ Oli, thanks for this link. So next time I'll see some crappy microsoft search engine by default in internet explorer I will not laugh at their users anymore. V. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss maili

Re: The google custom search - perhaps it went there by itself?

2009-07-25 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il 26/07/2009 03:34, Jan Claeys ha scritto: >> The custom search is quite annoying and intrusive. I've resorted to >> > using the binary download. > > Eh, you know that you can add/remove whatever search engine you want, > don't you? > Jan, did you read my e-mails? It is clear to everybody that