>
> Third, open criticism of the appearance of the Ubuntu development
>
branch is most certainly welcome. However, please consider that these
> splash screens have been in the present form for several months now.
> To provide this sort of feedback in an inflammatory manner days before
> the releas
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 6:18 PM, coz DS wrote:
> Hey guys,
> I had been on the art team for a number of years.
> I am really surprised that some of the artwork, ie,,,boot splash and
> splash screen with progress bar , were able to be considered let alone
> actually used.
> I have to tell y
I'm assuming you meant this to go to the list
On Sun, 25 Oct 2009, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote:
> 2009/10/25 Jordan Mantha :
> > On Sun, 25 Oct 2009, Peteris Krisjanis wrote:
> >
>
> >> I partly agree that it could be a usability issue (I was seriously
> >> confused first time I hit this accidenta
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 23:42, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> As a computer science student, I know about Internet security.
>
> As a mechanical engineering student, I don't know anything about
> internet security. You don't want to give me powerful tools and let me
> loose on the wild wild web.
Actually,
> As a computer science student, I know about Internet security.
As a mechanical engineering student, I don't know anything about
internet security. You don't want to give me powerful tools and let me
loose on the wild wild web.
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Once upon a time, Linux was very hard to use on the desktop. If you
wanted to do anything, you had to read manuals and get flamed on
mailinglists. In recent years this has all been turned around. There
were some detractors that would argue that Linux would become as
insecure as Windows because any
> That tool is generally called a server. That Mac OS X tool is called Samba,
> with a nice interface to configure it. I see no reason why they should be
> forced to run Mac OS X to do this.
>
I think that Chan was giving an example.
> People should have the choice to do what they want, even if
> Mom and pop small businesses do not need a server. They just need a
> file/print sharing tool like what you have on Mac OS X, an account with a
> local isp and a router from that isp.
These shops think that with a server they can access their work from
home or on the road, run a website, and oth
On Sun, 25 Oct 2009, Peteris Krisjanis wrote:
> Interesting is that you hit this only in Karmic, it was enabled
> already in Jaunty.
>
> I partly agree that it could be a usability issue (I was seriously
> confused first time I hit this accidentally). Maybe some tip while
> zooming (like 'use Win
Interesting is that you hit this only in Karmic, it was enabled
already in Jaunty.
I partly agree that it could be a usability issue (I was seriously
confused first time I hit this accidentally). Maybe some tip while
zooming (like 'use Windows key and and mouse scroll to zoom out' or
whatever) cou
You are free to create such a GUI tool, or hire someone to create it,
and (if it has sufficient quality and is secure) get it into Ubuntu.
2009/10/25 Steven Susbauer :
> Should they be forced to hire a full time IT staff to run oldtownrootbeer.com
Why would someone get a server just to host a web
On Oct 25, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>> For your information, Linux savvy companies tend to...
>>>
>>
>> Linux-savvy companies are not the issue here. GUI server tools will
>> attract mom 'n pop small businesses as well.
>>
>>
>
>
> Mom and pop sm
Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> For your information, Linux savvy companies tend to...
>>
>
> Linux-savvy companies are not the issue here. GUI server tools will
> attract mom 'n pop small businesses as well.
>
>
Mom and pop small businesses do not need a server. They just need a
file/print sharin
> For your information, Linux savvy companies tend to...
Linux-savvy companies are not the issue here. GUI server tools will
attract mom 'n pop small businesses as well.
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Caroline Ford wrote:
>
> On 25 Oct 2009, at 15:09, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>
>>> Or puts them out of a job?
>>>
>>
>> Likely we are talking about a small business here, so the decision
>> maker might be the top of the organization's food chain. But it might
>> get him sued, and thus out of a business.
>> Someone may feed himself by selling used books. He has no interest in
>> learning sister admiration whatever that may be. He just wants that
>> new Unbuto thing that will let his customers see what books he has.
>> And of course he will make sure that he can access the customer's data
>> (name,
On Oct 25, 2009, at 10:25 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> If you feed yourself through Linux system administration you have an
>> interest in it being inaccessible.
>>
>
> Someone may feed himself by selling used books. He has no interest in
> learning sister admiration whatever that may be. He just wa
>> Likely we are talking about a small business here, so the decision
>> maker might be the top of the organization's food chain. But it might
>> get him sued, and thus out of a business. If it is a sole
>> proprietorship, it might put him out of a house too.
>>
> I meant the sysadmins complaining
On 25 Oct 2009, at 15:09, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> Or puts them out of a job?
>>
>
> Likely we are talking about a small business here, so the decision
> maker might be the top of the organization's food chain. But it might
> get him sued, and thus out of a business. If it is a sole
> proprietorshi
> Or puts them out of a job?
>
Likely we are talking about a small business here, so the decision
maker might be the top of the organization's food chain. But it might
get him sued, and thus out of a business. If it is a sole
proprietorship, it might put him out of a house too.
--
Dotan Cohen
h
> Which comes back to the 'blame Ubuntu' part again. If they mess up
> following a howto, it is the howtos fault. If for any reason the 'make
> it easy to do' tool messes up, it is that tool's fault. If you come up
> with a piece of rubbish for a GUI, it is YOU who put that rootable,
> botable box
On 25 Oct 2009, at 13:03, Chan Chung Hang Christopher
wrote:
> Remco wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:22, Dotan Cohen
>> wrote:
>>
The lack of tools will not prevent untrained users from doing
things they
don't know how to do, but having them can make them at least do
>
Remco wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:22, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>
>>> The lack of tools will not prevent untrained users from doing things they
>>> don't know how to do, but having them can make them at least do it a little
>>> better.
>>>
>>>
>> There is no lack of tools for administra
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:22, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> The lack of tools will not prevent untrained users from doing things they
>> don't know how to do, but having them can make them at least do it a little
>> better.
>>
>
> There is no lack of tools for administrating a server. However, the
> pres
On Sat, 2009-10-24 at 19:33 -0400, Martin Owens wrote:
> Lets not call for people to be fired just yet, I'm sure things can be
> improved with some community involvement and a little unmooding of the
> style.
There was a call for concepts from the designers at Canonical to the
artwork team.
http
> The lack of tools will not prevent untrained users from doing things they
> don't know how to do, but having them can make them at least do it a little
> better.
>
There is no lack of tools for administrating a server. However, the
present tools demand a minimum understanding of networks, includ
On Oct 25, 2009, at 2:12 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
And you thing that simple file sharing server based on SMB are
comparable to Mustang GT?
>>>
>>> No. But I think that running a public HTTP server is.
>>
>> Any user can run a public HTTP server without knowing what the hell
>> they are do
>>> And you thing that simple file sharing server based on SMB are
>>> comparable to Mustang GT?
>>
>> No. But I think that running a public HTTP server is.
>
> Any user can run a public HTTP server without knowing what the hell
> they are doing. They just follow a howto from
> the-perfect-server-s
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