Re: [arch-general] New Thunderbird build 3.0-2 installs lightning by default

2009-12-18 Thread Javier Vasquez
On 12/18/09, Magnus Therning wrote: > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Javier Vasquez > wrote: >> On 12/15/09, Ionut Biru wrote: >>> On 12/15/2009 09:19 PM, Arvid Picciani wrote: On 12/15/2009 07:37 AM, Jürgen Hagemann wrote: >> >> ... >> >>> thunderbird-3.0-3 has no gnomeui, no lightning.

Re: [arch-general] Good press at distrowatch.com

2009-12-18 Thread Dieter Plaetinck
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:58:54 -0500 Denis Kobozev wrote: > Dieter, is it possible to resize existing partitions via PARTITIONS > variable in the config file? don't think so. it's meant to make new ones. > What kind of error do you get if you put > incorrect values there? You'll get an error th

Re: [arch-general] Good press at distrowatch.com

2009-12-18 Thread Loui Chang
On Fri 18 Dec 2009 17:54 +0100, Dieter Plaetinck wrote: > > I agree with Dieter, that the install should be measured by speed and > > automation -- but long ago I realized that there a whole lot of other > > people out there that just don't think like me :p > > Don't misunderstand me. An interact

Re: [arch-general] Good press at distrowatch.com

2009-12-18 Thread Denis Kobozev
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Dieter Plaetinck wrote: > The config files are so powerful you can just add whichever > repositories you need and add packages/groups to install > whatever you want. > http://github.com/Dieterbe/aif/blob/master/examples/generic-install-on-sda > This should also an

Re: [arch-general] A universal Operating System API - why don't we have it?

2009-12-18 Thread Xavier
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Chris Brannon wrote: > Pierre Chapuis writes: > >> There are things like that (think NDIS - it's Microsoft, but it's a >> step in the right direction), just not enough , but I think it's a >> question of time. > > And then there's the UDI (universal driver interfa

Re: [arch-general] Good press at distrowatch.com

2009-12-18 Thread Dieter Plaetinck
1) > This begs the question: does arch really want users who can't get > through the current installer? Isn't the user base Arch Linux is > catering to one that /should/ understand this? definitely. in fact, i think our current interactive installer is already too complicated/userfriendly. there

Re: [arch-general] A universal Operating System API - why don't we have it?

2009-12-18 Thread Chris Brannon
Pierre Chapuis writes: > There are things like that (think NDIS - it's Microsoft, but it's a > step in the right direction), just not enough , but I think it's a > question of time. And then there's the UDI (universal driver interface) (UDI), which Stallman doesn't like. I can certainly see arg

Re: [arch-general] A universal Operating System API - why don't we have it?

2009-12-18 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 3:26 AM, Damien Churchill wrote: > Isn't this what POSIX was, albeit quite old now, but still a standard? POSIX and the SUSv3 (Single Unix Specification)

[arch-general] Firefox Themes Will Not Install / Disabled - Unsecure Extenstion Updates

2009-12-18 Thread David C. Rankin
Guys, After the latest firefox updates, most of my themes were disabled and new themes would not install. After the automatic update check tried to install the Foxide Graphite theme, I found out why. During the install, I received a messages telling me that firefox would not install th

Re: [arch-general] Good press at distrowatch.com

2009-12-18 Thread Nicklas Widlund Bjurman
I liked the Arch installer except I would liked to have a different partitioner as I find the current one's interface to be quite cumbersome in comparison to say the partitioner that is in the Debian installer. Otherwise the Archlinux installer is very simple in my opinion. Best regards Nicklas W

Re: [arch-general] Good press at distrowatch.com

2009-12-18 Thread Daenyth Blank
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 06:17, Allan McRae wrote: > Good thing you signed that message...  it would be a shame if we did not > know that "+1" was definitely from you. > > Allan > +1

Re: [arch-general] A universal Operating System API - why don't we have it?

2009-12-18 Thread Arvid Picciani
On 12/18/2009 01:26 AM, Damien Churchill wrote: Isn't this what POSIX was, albeit quite old now, but still a standard? imagine that: some people out there still think posix is THE standard and people should read the spec BEFORE reimplementing basics in the name of making things "cross platfo

Re: [arch-general] A universal Operating System API - why don't we have it?

2009-12-18 Thread Pierre Chapuis
There are things like that (think NDIS - it's Microsoft, but it's a step in the right direction), just not enough , but I think it's a question of time. -- catwell

Re: [arch-general] Thunderbird bugging with Lightning + Enigmail

2009-12-18 Thread Thomas Jost
Le 18/12/2009 08:33, Magnus Therning a écrit : > Go to http://enigmail.mozdev.org/download/index.php you'll be able to > put in the combination "linux (x86_64)" and "Thunderbird 3.0" (thanks > to a fellow Arch user it seems :-) Hi there, I'm the maintainer of the enigmail package on AUR, and I've

Re: [arch-general] A universal Operating System API - why don't we have it?

2009-12-18 Thread sherryhowell50
I think it's because computers develop too quickly to have it. Some of the other things you mention such as building materials have been around for years, even centuries, and are the way they are going to be. I think if someone developed a bright new way of creating aluminum ingots for instance,

Re: [arch-general] Good press at distrowatch.com

2009-12-18 Thread Allan McRae
Myles Green wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:40:24 -0600 Jonathan Temple wrote: On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:50 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: Seriously, I like the Arch installer just fine, but I can tell you that the Ubuntu/SuSE install rating most lik

Re: [arch-general] Good press at distrowatch.com

2009-12-18 Thread Myles Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:40:24 -0600 Jonathan Temple wrote: > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:50 PM, David C. Rankin > wrote: > > > > Seriously, I like the Arch installer just fine, but I can tell you > > that the Ubuntu/SuSE install rating most likely com

Re: [arch-general] A universal Operating System API - why don't we have it?

2009-12-18 Thread Fabian Schölzel
> For example slabs of aluminium have standard sizes I would guess there are at least 50 different standards available for alu plates. But the difference to the computer world is, you can take any of that plates, drill a hole and mount stuff. > building materials have well defined specifications

Re: [arch-general] A universal Operating System API - why don't we have it?

2009-12-18 Thread Damien Churchill
2009/12/18 RedShift : > Hi all > > > It dawned on my that lots of industries have standards and companies > generally keep to them. For example slabs of aluminium have standard sizes, > building materials have well defined specifications, or take electrical > components: there's a huge list of stan

[arch-general] A universal Operating System API - why don't we have it?

2009-12-18 Thread RedShift
Hi all It dawned on my that lots of industries have standards and companies generally keep to them. For example slabs of aluminium have standard sizes, building materials have well defined specifications, or take electrical components: there's a huge list of standardized components. You can e