Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2011-06-16 Thread Joseph Miller via LinkedIn
LinkedIn Joseph Miller requested to add you as a connection on LinkedIn: -- Abul, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Joseph Accept invitation from Joseph Miller http://www.linkedin.com/e/-31usie-goz

Re: Here lies the responsiblity

2009-12-01 Thread Joseph Miller
> Canonical now has the responsibility, yes let me say that again, > "Canonical has a responsibility", to the entire Linux world, to be very > careful with what they put out. Now I have no problem with releasing > Karmic but please, for all the rest of us, including other distributions > and compa

Re: Ubuntu Domain Server

2009-11-20 Thread Joseph Miller
> > In this case, the GUI isn't well thought. For one, a GUI can have > instructions in form of context sensitive messages. For two, with a GUI it's > much easier to fit checks in which prevents users from shooting into their > foot. > I disagree. A sysadmin who doesn't understand the concepts of

Re: Ubuntu Domain Server

2009-11-20 Thread Joseph Miller
> It's been said before, and I will say it again. Stupid people will do > stupid things, one way or another. I do know that often times, with > repeatable tasks and with things that can be done step-by-step, a GUI > can be useful in keeping the learning curve low. Can a low learning > curve make so

Re: Ubuntu Domain Server

2009-11-19 Thread Joseph Miller
OK, I've been using Linux for about 10 years. And at first, I did think it was hard. Now I've come a long way, but so has Linux. I do also work on Windows desktop systems (mostly XP) from time to time and manage a small Windows XP network. I am not what you would call an IT Professional, but I

Re: Save Icon modernization needed

2009-11-19 Thread Joseph Miller
> > > > Please also think about the use-cases where you *don't* want to save > your changes. Changes could always be saved. On exit, ask if the person wants to *keep* the changes. They could be discarded if necessary. > > At work some documents are only used like a form: they get opened, > fi

Re: Save Icon modernization needed

2009-11-15 Thread Joseph Miller
> > I have a slightly crazy idea. What if documents didn't have to be saved? > You could just start writing (or doing whatever you do in the particular > application), and the program magically remembers what you were doing in > case you closed the program, or it crashed. Of course, you want to giv

Re: Save Icon modernization needed

2009-11-14 Thread Joseph Miller
> > Also, I use Ubuntu 9.10 with the default theme ((Humanity icon theme) > and all save icons seem to show a harddisk (3.5") with an arrow > pointing downward. Not that this is any more intuitive (who, in the > grand scheme of things, has looked inside their computer to actually see > a HD? Lapto

Re: Save Icon modernization needed

2009-11-14 Thread Joseph Miller
> Also, I use Ubuntu 9.10 with the default theme ((Humanity icon theme) > and all save icons seem to show a harddisk (3.5") with an arrow > pointing downward. Not that this is any more intuitive (who, in the > grand scheme of things, has looked inside their computer to actually see > a HD? Laptops

Re: Ubuntu Domain Server

2009-10-21 Thread Joseph Miller
> What are your thoughts on having a server product that competes with > Windows Server? Something which has a GUI, is very easy to manage and works > best with Ubuntu workstations. > Have you taken a look at Gadmintools? Specifically gadmin-samba already does a lot of what you are asking about.

Re: tsclient printer redirection patch

2009-08-18 Thread Joseph Miller
> > I cd'd to the tsclient folder that I extracted and when I run " patch > -Np1 < ../tscient-printer-redirection.patch" I receive the following error > "no such file or director". Am I supposed to be running that command exactly > as it appears? Thank you. > > No, you should replace ../tsclien

Re: tsclient printer redirection patch

2009-08-14 Thread Joseph Miller
> >Thank you for the reply. I believe I may have done something wrong on > the install because I don't see a printer option under the "Local Resources" > tab. > It should appear below "Remotely map your disk drive" Did you install the patch? cd tsclient-x.xx patch -Np1 < ../tscient-printer-re

Re: tsclient printer redirection patch

2009-08-13 Thread Joseph Miller
t you checked the appropriate box under the "Local Resources" tab? If that's not it, try using something like ps to check what command line options were sent to rdesktop by tsclient when connecting. Send that to me along with a list of the printers on your system and the printing system th

tsclient printer redirection patch working

2009-07-11 Thread Joseph Miller
inked below. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tsclient/+bug/233784/comments/4 -Joseph Miller -- 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: Intuitive Scollbar Concept

2009-06-27 Thread Joseph Miller
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Danny Piccirillo < danny.picciri...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > I've mentioned this before, but i think this would be an incredible > addition to GNOME 3.0 > Demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PnXY4wjuH8 > LP: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/253546 > GTK feature reque

Re: Support data gathering tool

2009-05-31 Thread Joseph Miller
2009/5/31 Andrew SB > 2009/5/31 Przemysław Kulczycki : > > Ubuntu needs a data gathering tool for user support and bug reporting. > > Currently when filing bug reports users have to manually run lots of > > commands (dmesg, lspci, lsusb, lsmod, alsa-something...) for > > troubleshooting their iss

Re: Support data gathering tool

2009-05-31 Thread Joseph Miller
2009/5/31 Przemysław Kulczycki > Ubuntu needs a data gathering tool for user support and bug reporting. > Currently when filing bug reports users have to manually run lots of > commands (dmesg, lspci, lsusb, lsmod, alsa-something...) for > troubleshooting their issues. > > Ubuntu should have a to

tsclient patch for printer redirection

2009-05-28 Thread Joseph Miller
I have spent my entire afternoon writing a patch to add printer redirection for tsclient. I should have been doing paperwork instead, but this missing feature was really starting to get to me. I have posted a patch at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tsclient/+bug/233784 and your email i

tsclient printer redirection patch

2009-05-28 Thread Joseph Miller
I sent this message yesterday, but I am not on the list. I have made good effort to make the patch good enough for inclusion. Please copy me upon reply so that I may know the status of this. I want to do what is necessary to include this patch and provide tsclient with the functionality expected

tsclient printer redirection patch

2009-05-22 Thread Joseph Miller
I have posted a patch at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tsclient/+bug/233784 and your email is listed for the maintainers. Please add my patch as soon as it's convenient or tell me what I need to do to get this included. The drive redirection patch is included in the Ubuntu distro, bu