Re: Ubuntu 24.10 failing download [Re: fail message dirmanager]

2024-12-23 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, I wonder if koffie is not a subscriber to debian-user and so has not seen any of the replies here to their mail? Below is a direct copy of perhaps the most helpful one, but the bottom line is: you need to use an Ubuntu support forum for Ubuntu help, not a Debian one. Thanks, Andy On Sun, De

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-28 Thread riveravaldez
On 4/7/21, Dan Ritter wrote: >> riveravaldez wrote: >> >> Hi, I was under the impression that (besides being fully open) Flatpak >> had >> better confinement method that Canonical's Snap, anybody knows if this is >> correct? > > "Two years ago I wrote about then heavily-pushed Flatpak, > self-proc

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-10 Thread George Shuklin
On 4/9/21 9:26 PM, Brian wrote: In response to this well-argued post: which is less risky when not installing a package from the archives? * Install the vendor .deb. * Install from the snap store. Both are providing about the same level of isolation. One can make more bad things with you

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-10 Thread George Shuklin
On 4/6/21 2:49 PM, Brian wrote: On Tue 06 Apr 2021 at 11:20:58 +0200, Yoann LE BARS wrote: Hello everybody out there! On 2021/04/06 at 01:53 am, Paul Johnson wrote: There's nothing user-unfriendly about .debs.  They just don't want to maintain their software and are looking for a "fire and fo

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 09 Apr 2021 21:30:45 +0200 Linux-Fan wrote: > Celejar writes: > > > On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 20:48:01 +0300 > > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > On Vi, 09 apr 21, 08:02:46, Celejar wrote: > > > > What about cases where the software simply isn't in Debian at all? > > > > Recently, I've used Int

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Linux-Fan
Celejar writes: On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 20:48:01 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 09 apr 21, 08:02:46, Celejar wrote: > > What about cases where the software simply isn't in Debian at all? > > Recently, I've used IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio, and I'd like to > > set up an OwnCloud server wh

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 20:48:01 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 09 apr 21, 08:02:46, Celejar wrote: > > > > What about cases where the software simply isn't in Debian at all? > > Recently, I've used IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio, and I'd like to > > set up an OwnCloud server when I get a cha

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Brian
On Fri 09 Apr 2021 at 20:43:58 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 09 apr 21, 06:34:32, riveravaldez wrote: > > On 4/9/21, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > > > Is it really unavoidable? Or just a tad less convenient? > > > > Well, that's a pretty subjective issue, to be honest... ;) > > > > >

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 09 apr 21, 08:02:46, Celejar wrote: > > What about cases where the software simply isn't in Debian at all? > Recently, I've used IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio, and I'd like to > set up an OwnCloud server when I get a chance. These, and many other > complex / fast-changing applications ar

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 09 apr 21, 06:34:32, riveravaldez wrote: > On 4/9/21, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > Is it really unavoidable? Or just a tad less convenient? > > Well, that's a pretty subjective issue, to be honest... ;) > > > Can you pose one concrete use case where it is unavoidable? > > Not sure if

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread tomas
On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 08:23:59PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 09 apr 21, 13:39:27, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 01:09:31PM +0200, Yoann LE BARS wrote: > > > > > > Now, I have develop a few small applications who do not have much users > > > and are not in the po

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 09 apr 21, 13:39:27, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 01:09:31PM +0200, Yoann LE BARS wrote: > > > > Now, I have develop a few small applications who do not have much users > > and are not in the position to integrate the distribution. For the few > > users of these pro

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread tomas
On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 11:01:13AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > But I'll bitch and moan loudly to my interlocutor. > > Good. > > > Perhaps I'll lie and say that I've got just a telephone or something. > > Better not: better tell them clearly why you refuse to use that tool. I forgot the ton

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Yoann LE BARS
Hello everybody out there! On 2021/04/09 at 2:51 pm, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > I still love the classical distro model: a stable base which doesn't > move too quickly (and thus doesn't require much of my attention), > which is well-vetted by maintainers (*thank you so much*), and a > cou

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Yoann LE BARS
Hello everybody out there! On 2021/04/09 at 2:45 pm, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > But that only really works out when the customer is nearly all-Debian, > which this one is. Like I said: not all the users are on Debian. Best regards. -- Yoann LE BARS https://le-bars.net/yoann/ D

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Stefan Monnier
> But I'll bitch and moan loudly to my interlocutor. Good. > Perhaps I'll lie and say that I've got just a telephone or something. Better not: better tell them clearly why you refuse to use that tool. We have a duty to educate, I think. Stefan

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 08:12:35 -0600 Charles Curley wrote: > On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 15:39:23 +0200 > to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > Sorry, I meant NextCloud > > > > I see. I kept myself confusing those two for a while. > > > > AFAIK it's packaged in Debian? Too old? > > I use the zip package from

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread tomas
On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 09:43:47AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-04-09 at 09:39, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 09:28:15AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > [...] > > > >> Sorry, I meant NextCloud > > > > I see. I kept myself confusing those two for a while. > > > > A

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 15:39:23 +0200 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 09:28:15AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > [...] > > > Sorry, I meant NextCloud > > I see. I kept myself confusing those two for a while. > > AFAIK it's packaged in Debian? Too old? The client is, but the server isn

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 15:39:23 +0200 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > Sorry, I meant NextCloud > > I see. I kept myself confusing those two for a while. > > AFAIK it's packaged in Debian? Too old? I use the zip package from the NextCloud web site. Once you do the manual install, it will update itself

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-04-09 at 09:39, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 09:28:15AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > [...] > >> Sorry, I meant NextCloud > > I see. I kept myself confusing those two for a while. > > AFAIK it's packaged in Debian? Too old? What package are you thinking of? When I 'a

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread tomas
On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 09:28:15AM -0400, Celejar wrote: [...] > Sorry, I meant NextCloud I see. I kept myself confusing those two for a while. AFAIK it's packaged in Debian? Too old? > > I still love the classical distro model [...] > I fully agree, but the fact is that some really useful so

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread tomas
On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 02:07:33PM +0100, Joe wrote: [...] > There's a lot to be said for web applications [...] Not my cup of tea. As a user, I downright *hate* them. As a devel (I'm currently working on such a PHP/Javascript nightmare myself), I pity the users. But there must be cup-of-teas f

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 14:51:29 +0200 wrote: > On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 08:02:46AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 09:21:49 +0200 > > wrote: > > [...] > > > > Can you pose one concrete use case where it is unavoidable? > > > > What about cases where the software simply isn't in Debian

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread tomas
On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 01:55:21PM +0100, Joe wrote: > On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 12:51:14 +0200 > wrote: > > > > > > Capitalists are like that. > > > > Non-capitalists (i.e. governments) don't need to be [...] (responded in private, to avoid starting an OT flood :) > > Up to now, I've avoided the

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Joe
On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 14:45:31 +0200 wrote: > On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 01:48:44PM +0200, Yoann LE BARS wrote: > > [...] > > > Concerning my own applications (they use a free licence), > > really, it is better not to engage any integration into Debian: it > > is not worth the effort nor for me,

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Joe
On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 12:51:14 +0200 wrote: > > Capitalists are like that. > Non-capitalists (i.e. governments) don't need to be, they simply imprison you if you don't do things their way. I still have a choice whether to use Zoom, etc., or at least a choice whether to install it on a computer I

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread tomas
On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 08:02:46AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 09:21:49 +0200 > wrote: [...] > > Can you pose one concrete use case where it is unavoidable? > > What about cases where the software simply isn't in Debian at all? > Recently, I've used IntelliJ IDEA and Android Stud

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread tomas
On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 01:48:44PM +0200, Yoann LE BARS wrote: [...] > Concerning my own applications (they use a free licence), really, it is > better not to engage any integration into Debian: it is not worth the > effort nor for me, my users and the distribution. You cannot integrate > a

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 04:15:07 -0300 riveravaldez wrote: ... > I'm still with the doubt. Even considering all this: which has better > (or less-worse) confinement, Flatpak or Snap (or AppImage)? > > Trying to decide which is less-worse in a scenario of unavoidable > use of some of these. A third

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 09:21:49 +0200 wrote: > On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 04:15:07AM -0300, riveravaldez wrote: > > [...] > > > Trying to decide which is less-worse in a scenario of unavoidable > > use of some of these. > > Is it really unavoidable? Or just a tad less convenient? > > Can you pose on

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Yoann LE BARS
Hello everybody out there! On 2021/04/09 at 1:39 pm, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >> I have found some bugs in Musescore that are corrected on a higher >> version than the one available in stable. >> >> I need some functionalities available in Ardour 6, which is not >> available in stable.

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread tomas
On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 01:09:31PM +0200, Yoann LE BARS wrote: > > Hello everybody out there! > > On 2021/04/09 at 09:21 am, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > Can you pose one concrete use case where it is unavoidable? > > I have found some bugs in Musescore that are corrected on a higher > vers

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread Yoann LE BARS
Hello everybody out there! On 2021/04/09 at 09:21 am, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > Can you pose one concrete use case where it is unavoidable? I have found some bugs in Musescore that are corrected on a higher version than the one available in stable. I need some functionalities a

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread tomas
On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 06:34:32AM -0300, riveravaldez wrote: > On 4/9/21, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 04:15:07AM -0300, riveravaldez wrote: > > > > [...] > > > >> Trying to decide which is less-worse in a scenario of unavoidable > >> use of some of these. > > > > Is it rea

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread riveravaldez
On 4/9/21, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 04:15:07AM -0300, riveravaldez wrote: > > [...] > >> Trying to decide which is less-worse in a scenario of unavoidable >> use of some of these. > > Is it really unavoidable? Or just a tad less convenient? Well, that's a pretty subjectiv

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread tomas
On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 04:15:07AM -0300, riveravaldez wrote: [...] > Trying to decide which is less-worse in a scenario of unavoidable > use of some of these. Is it really unavoidable? Or just a tad less convenient? Can you pose one concrete use case where it is unavoidable? This may sound as

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-09 Thread riveravaldez
On 4/7/21, Dan Ritter wrote: > riveravaldez wrote: >> On Tuesday, April 6, 2021, Brian wrote: >> > On Tue 06 Apr 2021 at 11:20:58 +0200, Yoann LE BARS wrote: >> > >> > I had occasion to install Zoom a few weeks ago;'snap install >> > zoom-client'. >> > Everything went smoothly and I quite like ha

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-07 Thread Dan Ritter
riveravaldez wrote: > On Tuesday, April 6, 2021, Brian wrote: > > On Tue 06 Apr 2021 at 11:20:58 +0200, Yoann LE BARS wrote: > > > > I had occasion to install Zoom a few weeks ago;'snap install zoom-client'. > > Everything went smoothly and I quite like having this proprietary package > > strictl

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-06 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 12:49:14 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Tue 06 Apr 2021 at 11:20:58 +0200, Yoann LE BARS wrote: > > > > > Hello everybody out there! > > > > On 2021/04/06 at 01:53 am, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > There's nothing user-unfriendly about .debs.  They just don't want to > > > maintain the

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-06 Thread Brian
On Tue 06 Apr 2021 at 11:20:58 +0200, Yoann LE BARS wrote: > > Hello everybody out there! > > On 2021/04/06 at 01:53 am, Paul Johnson wrote: > > There's nothing user-unfriendly about .debs.  They just don't want to > > maintain their software and are looking for a "fire and forget" > > solution.

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-06 Thread Yoann LE BARS
Hello everybody out there! On 2021/04/06 at 01:53 am, Paul Johnson wrote: > There's nothing user-unfriendly about .debs.  They just don't want to > maintain their software and are looking for a "fire and forget" > solution.  I can't see this as anything but a bad thing, something the > world can

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-05 Thread Peter Ehlert
On 4/5/21 4:53 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 11:39 AM George Shuklin mailto:george.shuk...@gmail.com>> wrote: It looks to me like they desperately want to jump away from debs into 'vendor friendly packaging' There's nothing user-unfriendly about .debs.  They just don

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-05 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 11:39 AM George Shuklin wrote: > It looks to me like they desperately want to jump away from debs into > 'vendor friendly packaging' > There's nothing user-unfriendly about .debs. They just don't want to maintain their software and are looking for a "fire and forget" solu

Re: ubuntu/snap future

2021-04-03 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 07:38:53PM +0300, George Shuklin wrote: > I'd like to stir some debates. > > Ubuntu (which is 'enterprise friendly Debian with ambivalent feeling about > free software') started to push snaps onto servers for real. It looks to me > like they desperately want to jump away fr

Re: Ubuntu package in Debian

2016-05-31 Thread Brian
On Tue 31 May 2016 at 09:07:18 +, Marcin Solski wrote: > I'm starting to use Debian. Chosen testing for now to support my latest > hardware. I also need to install home wireless printer/scanner. I've found > drivers and application on manufacturer website ( > http://www.canon.pl/support/consum

Re: Ubuntu and Ham Radio Echolink

2012-12-15 Thread zicopereira
dd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/blu0-smtp470eb16985ef0af34cf1ef5c0...@phx.gbl

Re: Ubuntu one login @ Win7

2012-12-01 Thread Andrei POPESCU
[Just for the archive, the OP already realised his mistake] On Vi, 30 nov 12, 14:47:48, "Morel Bérenger" wrote: > > I could install Ubuntu one on my win7 but cannot ^ > > login to my account with it. It says: Login failed. > > You are installing another operating sy

Re: Ubuntu one login @ Win7

2012-11-30 Thread owens
- Original Message - From: oxy To: Debian User Lists Sent: 11/30/2012 1:12:57 PM Subject: Ubuntu one login @ Win7 Hi, I could install Ubuntu one on my win7 but cannot login to my account with it. It says: Login failed. Also on ubuntu it was not quite free of problems, but it

Re: Ubuntu one login @ Win7

2012-11-30 Thread Morel Bérenger
> I could install Ubuntu one on my win7 but cannot > login to my account with it. It says: Login failed. > > Also on ubuntu it was not quite free of problems, > but it worked. > > Does anyone here use ubuntu one on win7 or win xp? > > > How is your experience? > > > Is it a beta project? Hum... Ju

Re: Ubuntu one login @ Win7

2012-11-30 Thread oxy
hey, sorry for this wrong post here ... -- wrong post below -- Hi, I could install Ubuntu one on my win7 but cannot login to my account with it. It says: Login failed. Also on ubuntu it was not quite free of problems, but it worked. Does anyone here use ubuntu one on win7 or

Re: [Ubuntu-hams] Contest logging project

2012-02-29 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2012 29 Feb 11:30 -0600, Paula Keezer wrote: > Nate,  I thought I would share some thoughts with you on the logistics > of building a logging program, contest or or otherwise.  Hi Paula. > As the author of the very first windows based logging program back in > 1989 (logview, rigview, hamvie

Re: [Ubuntu-hams] Contest logging project

2012-02-29 Thread Paula Keezer
Nate,  I thought I would share some thoughts with you on the logistics of building a logging program, contest or or otherwise.  As the author of the very first windows based logging program back in 1989 (logview, rigview, hamview and packview) I can tell you that developing and keeping a loggi

Re: [Ubuntu-hams] Contest logging project

2012-02-28 Thread Martin Ewing
Nate, Good luck on this. If it was me, and I've thought about it from time to time, I would have done it in Python first. The syntax and high level aspects are so much easier than C/C++ IMO, and execution speed probably isn't critical. It seems that logging is a very personal thing. I haven't f

Re: ubuntu.

2011-10-25 Thread Raf Czlonka
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:07:32AM BST, Darac Marjal wrote: > Given the usual naming conventions, I would expect it to be either > debian-user-engl...@lists.debian.org or debian-engl...@lists.debian.org > (I'm not sure why there is debian-user-$LANG and debian-$LANG, but it > may just be that, for

RE: ubuntu.

2011-10-25 Thread Arno Schuring
> From: mailingl...@darac.org.uk > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:41:34AM +0200, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > > On 25/10/11 11:23, Luca Cappelletti wrote: > > >2011/10/25 Mauro > > >... > > > > I appear to have subscribed to the wrong mail list. Can anyone here > > point me at the ENGLISH DEBIAN list,

Re: ubuntu.

2011-10-25 Thread Luca Cappelletti
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:41, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > On 25/10/11 11:23, Luca Cappelletti wrote: > >> 2011/10/25 Mauro >> ... >> > > I appear to have subscribed to the wrong mail list. Can anyone here point > me at the ENGLISH DEBIAN list, please. > > Sorry!!! My fault, really sorry... I canno

Re: ubuntu.

2011-10-25 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:41:34AM +0200, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > On 25/10/11 11:23, Luca Cappelletti wrote: > >2011/10/25 Mauro > >... > > I appear to have subscribed to the wrong mail list. Can anyone here > point me at the ENGLISH DEBIAN list, please. Given the usual naming conventions, I w

Re: ubuntu.

2011-10-25 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 25/10/11 11:23, Luca Cappelletti wrote: 2011/10/25 Mauro ... I appear to have subscribed to the wrong mail list. Can anyone here point me at the ENGLISH DEBIAN list, please. -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:t...@vanderhoff.org Ariège, France | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-

Re: ubuntu.

2011-10-25 Thread Luca Cappelletti
2011/10/25 Mauro ... > A dire il vero ho sempre usato sid. > Ricordo i primi tempi in cui alle volte dava veramente del filo da > torcere per farla funzionare da qualche anno invece sid non e' piu' > cosi' cattiva e non ho mai avuto un problema. > > ah ma certo se già la usi e ne hai confidenza a

Re: ubuntu.

2011-10-25 Thread Mauro
2011/10/25 Luca Cappelletti : > 2011/10/25 Mauro >> >> Qui lo usate in molti vero? >> Mi hanno dato un nuovo portatile che usero' per sviluppo ecc. e non so >> se metterci sid o ubuntu. >> Che mi suggerite? >> > > Installa tranquillamente Wheezy (assicurati nei repo che sia wheezy e non > testing

Re: ubuntu.

2011-10-25 Thread Luca Cappelletti
2011/10/25 Mauro > Qui lo usate in molti vero? > Mi hanno dato un nuovo portatile che usero' per sviluppo ecc. e non so > se metterci sid o ubuntu. > Che mi suggerite? > > Installa tranquillamente Wheezy (assicurati nei repo che sia wheezy e non testing cosi atterri direttamente nella prossima st

Re: Ubuntu Crossgrade

2011-04-28 Thread Bob McGowan
On 04/25/2011 03:14 PM, Steven Rosenberg wrote: > On 04/21/2011 03:14 AM, David Sanders wrote: >> Hello List, >> >> I'm just returning to Debian after a long absence over in Ubuntu land. >> The upcoming train-crash that is the Unity UI, and some over-political <--deleted--> > > I personally woul

Re: Ubuntu Crossgrade

2011-04-25 Thread Steven Rosenberg
On 04/21/2011 03:14 AM, David Sanders wrote: Hello List, I'm just returning to Debian after a long absence over in Ubuntu land. The upcoming train-crash that is the Unity UI, and some over-political decision making in the community has led me to jump back to a more sensible and technology-led di

Re: Ubuntu Crossgrade

2011-04-23 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 23/04/11 05:24, teddi...@tmo.blackberry.net wrote: George Standish said: Ubuntu regularly has issues upgrading from one version to another, now you expect it to "upgrade" to a new distro... This idea doesn't seem like a good idea to me. - I agree with this assessment though any ubuntu

Re: Ubuntu Crossgrade

2011-04-23 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Jo, 21 apr 11, 11:55:05, George Standish wrote: > On 21/04/11 06:14 AM, David Sanders wrote: > > >So, a small question - How suicidal is crossgrading back to Debian by > >altering my APT sources? > > I was interested if this had any chance of working, so I tried in a > VM to go from Ubuntu 10.

Re: Ubuntu Crossgrade

2011-04-23 Thread David Sanders
On 23 April 2011 04:24, wrote: > George Standish said: > > > Ubuntu regularly has issues upgrading from one version to another, now > you expect it to "upgrade" to a new distro...  This idea doesn't seem > like a good idea to me. > In fairness to Ubuntu, I've been dist-upgrading since 8.10, and t

Re: Ubuntu Crossgrade

2011-04-22 Thread teddieeb
George Standish said: Ubuntu regularly has issues upgrading from one version to another, now you expect it to "upgrade" to a new distro... This idea doesn't seem like a good idea to me. - I agree with this assessment though any ubuntu head will challenge any statement like this with such

Re: Ubuntu Crossgrade

2011-04-21 Thread George Standish
On 21/04/11 12:04 PM, shawn wilson wrote: if you still have that vm up :( No sorry, I've deleted it already. I couldn't even boot up the system in recovery mode. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: Ubuntu Crossgrade

2011-04-21 Thread shawn wilson
if you still have that vm up On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:55 AM, George Standish wrote: > On 21/04/11 06:14 AM, David Sanders wrote: > >> So, a small question - How suicidal is crossgrading back to Debian by >> altering my APT sources? > > I was interested if this had any chance of working, so

Re: Ubuntu Crossgrade

2011-04-21 Thread George Standish
On 21/04/11 06:14 AM, David Sanders wrote: So, a small question - How suicidal is crossgrading back to Debian by altering my APT sources? I was interested if this had any chance of working, so I tried in a VM to go from Ubuntu 10.10 to Squeeze. I failed miserably (possibly due to user error

Re: Ubuntu Crossgrade

2011-04-21 Thread George Standish
On 21/04/11 06:14 AM, David Sanders wrote: The upcoming train-crash that is the Unity UI, and some over-political decision making in the community has led me to jump back to a more sensible and technology-led distro.. Unity is what brought me to Debian. Recent Canonical decisions only encour

Re: Ubuntu Crossgrade

2011-04-21 Thread David Sanders
> Really I think you'll have to bite the bullet and take it as it comes. But > I'm not an expert by any means That appears to be the case :-) You may hear my screams on the list later today! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: Ubuntu Crossgrade

2011-04-21 Thread teddieeb
David Sanders said: So, a small question - How suicidal is crossgrading back to Debian by altering my APT sources? I've seen a few blogs saying it works, and I do have a lot of customised stuff on my main laptop which I'd prefer not to have to recompile. I'm pretty technically-adept and don't mind

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-07 Thread Rob Owens
On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 07:08:54AM -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:27 AM, Tom H wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. > > wrote: > >> In , Tom H wrote: > >>>On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Rob Owens wrote: > > With Ubuntu (I believe) you get "

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-07 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:27 AM, Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. > wrote: >> In , Tom H wrote: >>>On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Rob Owens wrote: With Ubuntu (I believe) you get "5 years for a server" and "3 years for a desktop" if you go with

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-07 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In , Tom H wrote: >>On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Rob Owens wrote: >>> >>> With Ubuntu (I believe) you get "5 years for a server" and "3 years for >>> a desktop" if you go with an LTS release. What packages are server >>> packages

Re: Ubuntu Versions

2011-04-07 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 04/06/2011 06:39 PM, Tom H wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Rob Owens  wrote: >>> >>> With Ubuntu (I believe) you get "5 years for a server" and "3 years for >>> a desktop" if you go with an LTS release. What packages are server >>>

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-06 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Tom H wrote: >On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Rob Owens wrote: >> With Ubuntu (I believe) you get "5 years for a server" and "3 years for >> a desktop" if you go with an LTS release. What packages are server >> packages and what ones are desktop packages? > >Server = X-less so WM-less, DE-les

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-06 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20110406231712.gb7...@aurora.owens.net>, Rob Owens wrote: >With Ubuntu (I believe) you get "5 years for a server" and "3 years for >a desktop" if you go with an LTS release. What packages are server >packages and what ones are desktop packages? According to documents on Canonical's site, ther

Re: Ubuntu Versions

2011-04-06 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, On 07/04/11 01:58, Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/06/2011 06:39 PM, Tom H wrote: On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Rob Owens wrote: With Ubuntu (I believe) you get "5 years for a server" and "3 years for a desktop" if you go with an LTS release. What packages are server packages and what ones

Re: Ubuntu Versions

2011-04-06 Thread Ron Johnson
On 04/06/2011 06:39 PM, Tom H wrote: On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Rob Owens wrote: With Ubuntu (I believe) you get "5 years for a server" and "3 years for a desktop" if you go with an LTS release. What packages are server packages and what ones are desktop packages? I don't know. It would b

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-06 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Rob Owens wrote: > > With Ubuntu (I believe) you get "5 years for a server" and "3 years for > a desktop" if you go with an LTS release. What packages are server > packages and what ones are desktop packages? I don't know. It would be > nice to see a list somewhere.

Re: Ubuntu Versions

2011-04-06 Thread Rob Owens
On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 06:15:26PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 04/05/2011 05:37 PM, Mark wrote: > [snip] > >upgrading. For all its flaws, one nice thing about Windows is that it > >has a 10-year (14-year for XP) support cycle, so while there may be > >service packs, etc., to the end user, the i

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-06 Thread Rob Owens
On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 03:37:16PM -0700, Mark wrote: > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Freeman wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 03:03:41PM -0400, Matt Harrison wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. > > > wrote: > > > > On 2011-04-05 12:24:39 Matt Harrison wrote

Re: Ubuntu Versions

2011-04-05 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Apr 5, 2011, at 7:15 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 04/05/2011 05:37 PM, Mark wrote: > [snip] >> upgrading. For all its flaws, one nice thing about Windows is that it >> has a 10-year (14-year for XP) support cycle, so while there may be >> service packs, etc., to the end user, the interface is

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Tom H wrote: >On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. > wrote: >> Someone that doesn't necessarily want to upgrade on Debian's schedule. >> With Ubuntu, you can get 5 years, as opposed to Debian's ~3 years. With >> SLE* you can get 10 years. I'm not sure about RHEL, but I thi

Re: Ubuntu Versions

2011-04-05 Thread Freeman
On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 06:15:26PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 04/05/2011 05:37 PM, Mark wrote: > [snip] > >upgrading. For all its flaws, one nice thing about Windows is that it > >has a 10-year (14-year for XP) support cycle, so while there may be > >service packs, etc., to the end user, the i

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-05 Thread Freeman
On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 03:37:16PM -0700, Mark wrote: > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Freeman wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 03:03:41PM -0400, Matt Harrison wrote: > > > > > > > > All fine pointshere you go: > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users > > > > > > > > > >

Re: Ubuntu Versions

2011-04-05 Thread Ron Johnson
On 04/05/2011 05:37 PM, Mark wrote: [snip] upgrading. For all its flaws, one nice thing about Windows is that it has a 10-year (14-year for XP) support cycle, so while there may be service packs, etc., to the end user, the interface is virtually the same for 10 years. I realize that not upgradin

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-05 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > Someone that doesn't necessarily want to upgrade on Debian's schedule.  With > Ubuntu, you can get 5 years, as opposed to Debian's ~3 years.  With SLE* you > can get 10 years.  I'm not sure about RHEL, but I think it is roughly a SL

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-05 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > 10. Can I install server packages on an Ubuntu Desktop installation > and vice versa? > > Yes – Ubuntu’s flexibility makes it easy. The Ubuntu software repositories > do not isolate packages to particular types of deployments. All th

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-05 Thread Mark
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Freeman wrote: > On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 03:03:41PM -0400, Matt Harrison wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. > > wrote: > > > On 2011-04-05 12:24:39 Matt Harrison wrote: > > >> > > >>Are we seriously going to argue about which version

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-05 Thread Freeman
On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 03:03:41PM -0400, Matt Harrison wrote: > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. > wrote: > > On 2011-04-05 12:24:39 Matt Harrison wrote: > >> > >>Are we seriously going to argue about which version of Ubuntu is > >>supported for how long? > > > > I think it

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-05 Thread Matt Harrison
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On 2011-04-05 12:24:39 Matt Harrison wrote: >>On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. >> wrote: >>> On 2011-04-05 12:07:16 George Standish wrote: On 05/04/11 01:04 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On 2011-04-

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-04-05 12:24:39 Matt Harrison wrote: >On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. > wrote: >> On 2011-04-05 12:07:16 George Standish wrote: >>>On 05/04/11 01:04 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On 2011-04-05 11:51:13 George Standish wrote: >> If you need more support tha

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-05 Thread Matt Harrison
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On 2011-04-05 12:07:16 George Standish wrote: >>On 05/04/11 01:04 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >>> On 2011-04-05 11:51:13 George Standish wrote: > If you need more support than Debian provides and<= 5 years, install an >

Re: Ubuntu -> LMDE: migrate packages using `aptitude` alone?

2011-01-27 Thread Rob Owens
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 07:32:39PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Wednesday 26 January 2011 17:20:05 Rob Owens wrote: > > [M]aybe there is a way to convince apt/aptitude > > to tell you what applications were installed purposedly (not > > automatically installed to resolve dependencies).

Re: Ubuntu -> LMDE: migrate packages using `aptitude` alone?

2011-01-27 Thread Andreas Weber
On 2011-01-27 00:20, Rob Owens wrote: > I would try to get a list of those applications that you really care > about. I fully agree with Rob, having done what you want to do already several times. - the selections and print them - use an old-school pencil to mark what you want - install your new

Re: Ubuntu -> LMDE: migrate packages using `aptitude` alone?

2011-01-26 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 26 January 2011 17:20:05 Rob Owens wrote: > [M]aybe there is a way to convince apt/aptitude > to tell you what applications were installed purposedly (not > automatically installed to resolve dependencies). aptitude search '~i!~M' -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-.

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