Re: SRWare Iron: Chromium without the data-mining

2010-05-18 Thread Joe Terranova
Don't hold back, John. Tell us how you really feel. On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 1:30 PM, John Moser wrote: > Shut up.  You're whining like a raving politicized lune and nobody is > listening to your monologue. > > Apply some critical thinking skills.  It's a bug in a special mode of a > browser, a mo

Re: Stable 64-bit flash

2009-06-17 Thread Joe Terranova
nst file for the package. It downloads the stable 32 bit version from archive.canonical, and then wraps it with nspluginwapper. Are you sure you didn't already install 64 alpha before doing that comparison? Joe Terranova -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.

Re: devel-dicuss: the list itself, and mono

2009-06-09 Thread Joe Terranova
someone starts emailing people's bosses about them, things have gone a bit too far. I emailed the person who first posted to tell them they were making a mountain out of a mole hill, but it didn't seem to stick. Joe Terranova -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@li

Re: Metacity as a compositing manager

2009-02-09 Thread Joe Terranova
ing them compiz. On the other hand, I'd be for letting people choose whether to enable compiz on install, instead of waiting until they startup the machine and go to appearance. Novice users might never know there's a way to turn off the fancy effects. Joe Terranova [1] http://linux.sla

Moving Asterisk into main

2009-01-12 Thread Joe Terranova
needs to get done, regularly. I am, of course, happy to help in any way I can. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisk_(PBX) Sincerely, Joe Terranova -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Go-OOO.org?

2008-12-29 Thread Joe Terranova
e giving Go-Ooo.org a try. Their site claims that their spreadsheet formulas are more compatible with Excel, which was my mother's biggest complaint about Open Office. I'm intrigued, but I think it should be put up for consideration for Jaunty+1, or at the most packaged beside Open Office fo

Re: Packages in Main/Universe I'm not allowed to modify ...

2008-09-15 Thread Joe Terranova
th the LiveCD and main install (possibly alongside Firefox). I understand if developers need to wait for Jaunty to make this move; however, I believe this should be the policy, both for Firefox (tm) and any other packages that become non-free software. Joe Terranova -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: usplash and alternate resolutions

2008-07-22 Thread Joe Terranova
>> Why would it be an oval? > it wouldnt if usplash would act like you describe below (which it doesnt) > to achieve what you describe usplash needs code changes and someon who > actually does them :) We were already at that point. You were responding to Alexander's post, which already recognized

Re: usplash and alternate resolutions

2008-07-22 Thread Joe Terranova
> you miss the point a bit here, even in that case the logo would be oval > instead of being a cycle, it's about the stretching that happens Why would it be an oval? a 300x200 logo on a 800x600 monitor, an 800x600 black background is generated, and the 300x200 logo overlaid on it (placed ac

us.archive.ubuntu.com

2008-05-08 Thread Joe Terranova
Are there problems with us.archive.ubuntu.com , or does it seriously need an upgrade? Every new version, it's unusable for weeks -- as of today, it's still unusable. I'm tired of having to change my sources.list to a different country every time there's a new version. C

Re: How to include a part of Wine ... why include wine at all?

2008-02-14 Thread Joe Terranova
ot be possible, but hopefully there's something similar that can be done without much MOTU effort, if they thought this was worth it. Joe Terranova PS: I use the Wine repo too. But after the latest update, running wine turns my screen black, and I don't know what to do about it. --