RE: Introduction

2020-06-03 Thread cbcrenshaw
, June 03, 2020 12:15 AM To: Xubuntu Development Discussion Subject: Re: Introduction On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 02:05:33PM -0400, cbcrens...@posteo.net wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been lurking on the list for a little while and finally decided > this afternoon to send a quick note o

Re: Introduction

2020-06-02 Thread Stephen Kellat
On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 02:05:33PM -0400, cbcrens...@posteo.net wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been lurking on the list for a little while and finally decided this > afternoon to send a quick note of introduction. My name is Chris Crenshaw. I > am a PhD candidate in history at Flor

Re: Introduction

2020-06-02 Thread Yousuf Philips
Hi Chris, Thank you for the introduction and we look forward to collaborating with you. You can find details of the various ways you can contribute at the link below. https://xubuntu.org/contribute/ If you are bilingual, you can translate Xubuntu into another language. https://www.transifex.com

Introduction

2020-06-01 Thread cbcrenshaw
Hi all, I've been lurking on the list for a little while and finally decided this afternoon to send a quick note of introduction. My name is Chris Crenshaw. I am a PhD candidate in history at Florida State University in the US, but I also have an MS in Information Science. I've been us

Re: Introduction

2020-04-16 Thread Bernardo Oliveira
Totally agree. I am running Xubuntu on an old PC and it runs great. Yes it is great for developers but it can be used by anyone and because of it's small resource usage it's great for those with old PC's On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 8:48 PM George Miles ~ dicegeorge < dicegeo...@hotmail.com> wrote: >

Re: Introduction

2020-04-15 Thread George Miles ~ dicegeorge
Compromise: do both. It is very unecological to throw away computers just because windows 7 has bloated and is unsupported by Micro$oft george On 15/04/2020 20:44, Amit Bidkar wrote: Xubuntu is not for old machines only it's for developers who requires to utilize resources efficiently at hig

Re: Introduction

2020-04-15 Thread Amit Bidkar
Xubuntu is not for old machines only it's for developers who requires to utilize resources efficiently at highest level. Please don't discourage by saying "we are using it for old machines". Thanks. Amit On 16/04/20 12:55 am, George Miles ~ dicegeorge wrote: Yes, A lot of people have broken

Re: Introduction

2020-04-15 Thread George Miles ~ dicegeorge
Yes, A lot of people have broken windows 7 systems on old machines in cupboards which they could revitalise by putting Xubuntu onto rather than trashing it. george On 15/04/2020 19:42, Yousuf Philips wrote: Hi Samuele, Welcome. If you'd like to help with translations, you can work on the us

Re: Introduction

2020-04-15 Thread Yousuf Philips
Hi Samuele, Welcome. If you'd like to help with translations, you can work on the user-docs and the installer slides. I'd recommend starting with the installer slides as there are only 15 strings to translate. https://translations.launchpad.net/xubuntu-docs/master/+lang/it https://translations.la

Introduction

2020-04-13 Thread samuele . bertollo
Hello, I am Samuele, and would like to start contributing to this project. I am finishing a degree in Electronics and Informatics Engeneering. I would like to introduce myself telling some of my skills and interest and why I would like to contribute to this project at list for this 10 days befo

Re: Testing for Xubuntu Introduction Session

2018-03-21 Thread Emery Fletcher
Tested the 20 March ISO of Xubuntu Core Computer: 2009-era Compaq, AMD CPU, BIOS, 3GB RAM Nvidia GeForce 6400 graphics Opened to Try without installing page Checked that existing installation (Xubuntu Core from 09 March ISO) was mountable Chose Install from Icon Chose Download Updates while insta

Re: Testing for Xubuntu Introduction Session

2018-03-09 Thread Emery Fletcher
Unofficial test of Xubuntu Core 18.04 Beta 1 Tested the 09 March ISO written to USB Computer: 2009-era Compaq, AMD CPU, BIOS, 3GB RAM Nvidia GeForce 6400 graphics Used Try without installing, checked that existing install was mountable, then chose Install Partitioned as root and swap Installed

Testing for Xubuntu Introduction Session

2018-03-09 Thread flocculant
Hi all, following the recent blog post and social media posts we've seen an upswing in new people washing up on our shores :) Is there an appetite amongst the community for us to run a fairly informal session on how you could join in? We've got approximately 4 weeks between now and the star

Re: New to this list-introduction

2016-03-08 Thread Pasi Lallinaho
On 08/03/16 05:44, Pontus Falk wrote: > Good morning (or whatever depending on where you are), > > I'm new to this list a here is a short introduction of myself :-) > > My name is Pontus and I've been using Linux since Red Hat 7.2. When > Red Hat formed the Fedora pro

Re: New to this list-introduction

2016-03-08 Thread Dave Pearson
:44 Pontus Falk wrote: Good morning (or whatever depending on where you are), I'm new to this list a here is a short introduction of myself :-) My name is Pontus and I've been using Linux since Red Hat 7.2. When Red Hat formed the Fedora project I moved on to Slackware. I still run a serv

New to this list-introduction

2016-03-07 Thread Pontus Falk
Good morning (or whatever depending on where you are), I'm new to this list a here is a short introduction of myself :-) My name is Pontus and I've been using Linux since Red Hat 7.2. When Red Hat formed the Fedora project I moved on to Slackware. I still run a server at local amateur

Introduction

2015-04-17 Thread Jeff Bouley
Hey everyone, my name is Jeff. I just joined xubuntu-testers and I'm really excited to help contribute in any way I can. I am 25 years old and I have been teaching myself since I was about 19 everything there is to know about Linux/programming/development and pretty much anything else to do with O

Re: Introduction

2015-04-17 Thread Pasi Lallinaho
On 2015-04-17 22:38, Kamil Klimala wrote: Hi, I'm Kamil from Poland and I want to introduce myself. I'm a beginner software engineer with no professional experience, but I've done some projects on my own. I want to show my willingness to help the xubuntu team. I'm mainly interested in softwar

Introduction

2015-04-17 Thread Kamil Klimala
Hi, I'm Kamil from Poland and I want to introduce myself. I'm a beginner software engineer with no professional experience, but I've done some projects on my own. I want to show my willingness to help the xubuntu team. I'm mainly interested in software part of the project, so I think I could start

Re: Introduction

2013-06-26 Thread Elfy
On 26/06/13 23:23, Istimsak Abdulbasir wrote: Thanks :-) On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Jackson Doak > wrote: welcome aboard istimsak. If you need something to start on, both xubuntu and ubuntu need more testcases, both automatic and manual. On T

Re: Introduction

2013-06-26 Thread Istimsak Abdulbasir
Thanks :-) On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Jackson Doak wrote: > welcome aboard istimsak. > If you need something to start on, both xubuntu and ubuntu need more > testcases, both automatic and manual. > > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 4:23 AM, Pasi Lallinaho > wrote: > >> On 26/06/13 21:02, Isti

Re: Introduction

2013-06-26 Thread Elfy
On 26/06/13 21:18, Jackson Doak wrote: welcome aboard istimsak. If you need something to start on, both xubuntu and ubuntu need more testcases, both automatic and manual. Absolutely. Automatic testing is slowly gaining pace - any help there will be welcome. [1] Manual testcases - we're

Re: Introduction

2013-06-26 Thread Jackson Doak
welcome aboard istimsak. If you need something to start on, both xubuntu and ubuntu need more testcases, both automatic and manual. On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 4:23 AM, Pasi Lallinaho wrote: > On 26/06/13 21:02, Istimsak Abdulbasir wrote: > > Hello, my is Istimsak Abdulbasir. Thanks in advance more

Re: Introduction

2013-06-26 Thread Pasi Lallinaho
On 26/06/13 21:02, Istimsak Abdulbasir wrote: > > Hello, my is Istimsak Abdulbasir. Thanks in advance more making a > stable OS that is both lean and suited with lots of useful functions. > I have been using ubuntu for several years and to this point, very > satisfied. > > I am a member of the ubun

Introduction

2013-06-26 Thread Istimsak Abdulbasir
Hello, my is Istimsak Abdulbasir. Thanks in advance more making a stable OS that is both lean and suited with lots of useful functions. I have been using ubuntu for several years and to this point, very satisfied. I am a member of the ubuntu QATeam. Xubuntu has been the ubuntu flavor where the hig

Overdue Introduction and Involvement

2013-04-11 Thread Jose I. Diaz Bardales
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Everybody! My name is Jose and I heard about Ubuntu around early 2010. Later changed my mind and decided that Xubuntu was the right flavor of choice for my system. During those years I have been thinking on how to get involved and give somethin

Re: Wow, Introduction, and Wine

2013-03-26 Thread Elizabeth Krumbach
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:51 AM, Eero Tamminen wrote: > Hi, > > On tiistai 26 maaliskuu 2013, Jackson Doak wrote: >> wine is huge, and is updated to frequently to be a proper default >> program. i forget the rest of the reasons, but someone will know. > > What programs work with it can change quit

About: 1. Wow, Introduction, and Wine (Colorwheel OS)

2013-03-26 Thread Abderraouf Adjal
About: 1. Wow, Introduction, and Wine (Colorwheel OS) *Wine is not secure, where possible user is running a program that contains a virus.* *however, they will stay in the wine directory (~/.wine).* Abderraouf A. -- xubuntu-devel mailing list xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: Wow, Introduction, and Wine

2013-03-26 Thread Eero Tamminen
Hi, On tiistai 26 maaliskuu 2013, Jackson Doak wrote: > wine is huge, and is updated to frequently to be a proper default > program. i forget the rest of the reasons, but someone will know. What programs work with it can change quite radically with the Wine versions, as can readily be seen from t

Re: Wow, Introduction, and Wine

2013-03-25 Thread Jackson Doak
the only thing to do now is fix the login mansger, and lock screen On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Scott Moore wrote: > Agreed. Except for the greeter color scheme, 13.04 is looking great. It > looks like they have finally gotten Thunar to work correctly with browsing > network shares. Previo

Re: Wow, Introduction, and Wine

2013-03-25 Thread Scott Moore
Agreed. Except for the greeter color scheme, 13.04 is looking great. It looks like they have finally gotten Thunar to work correctly with browsing network shares. Previously, it was hit-and-miss, even with gvfs-backends installed. It works so well in fact that I have finally dumped Nautilus. An

Re: Wow, Introduction, and Wine

2013-03-25 Thread Jackson Doak
wine is huge, and is updated to frequently to be a proper default program. i forget the rest of the reasons, but someone will know. On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Colorwheel OS wrote: > Hello, > > I forked a few things to respin a distro off Xubuntu 12.04 back in > January, and a few days ago

Wow, Introduction, and Wine

2013-03-25 Thread Colorwheel OS
Hello, I forked a few things to respin a distro off Xubuntu 12.04 back in January, and a few days ago I signed on to help with testing Xubuntu 13.04 as a way of "giving back". However, now I am probably going to say goodbye to the respin and focus on testing 13.04 and getting it off the ground. It

Re: Introduction text on website (Was: A word or few about near future)

2011-10-30 Thread Pasi Lallinaho
ge, which is linked to from "Read more about Xubuntu" in the front page, just below the introduction text. Current About page seems to be telling what's *same* in all Ubuntu variants, i.e. what's Ubuntu in general, not what Xubuntu is about. While it's good to tell that

Re: Introduction text on website (Was: A word or few about near future)

2011-10-30 Thread Eero Tamminen
gt; Yes, this should be explained at the About -page, which is linked to > from "Read more about Xubuntu" in the front page, just below the > introduction text. Current About page seems to be telling what's *same* in all Ubuntu variants, i.e. what's Ubuntu in general, no

Re: Introduction text on website (Was: A word or few about near future)

2011-10-30 Thread Pasi Lallinaho
in its applications menu you have to click to view subcategories and click (or press ESC) to see the previous hiearchy level. The current drafted introduction can be seen at http://wp.xubuntu.org/. Let's not make this an issue too big. Once we've got our latest changes for the theme and

Re: Introduction text on website (Was: A word or few about near future)

2011-10-30 Thread Eero Tamminen
uot;. "A modern Linux desktop that hasn't thrown away what's good in the UI interactions people have gotten used to." I'm referring here to focus follows mouse, toolbars, menus[1] etc. [1] For example, although I currently happen to be using KDE4, I hate how in its applic

Re: Introduction text on website (Was: A word or few about near future)

2011-10-30 Thread Allan Button
"traditional" (or "conservative") to that matter, even if that might be correct. I think many people will think "old" if one uses these words. Any ideas on other wording? The current drafted introduction can be seen at http://wp.xubuntu.org/. Let's not

Introduction text on website (Was: A word or few about near future)

2011-10-30 Thread Pasi Lallinaho
; (or "conservative") to that matter, even if that might be correct. I think many people will think "old" if one uses these words. Any ideas on other wording? The current drafted introduction can be seen at http://wp.xubuntu.org/. Let's not make this an issue too bi