February 2011
1 post
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Ubuntu Kernel Q&A with Pete Graner (Kernel...
Pete and Jono had a Kernel Q&A on #ubuntu-meeting. Since the IRC logs are not so readable and split across pages, I would like to turn it into a readable format.
Text in [] Includes my comments or links
UndiFineD: What is the impact on performance on the BLK removal?
Should be a positive impact, and will make things more maintainable long term, will be more noticeable on multi-core boxes
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August 2010
1 post
Application Review Board - throwing more light
The latest discussion about Application Review Board has been very much insightful. The discussion took place on ubuntu-devel mailing list. Here are a bit of extra information which I gained from the discussion. This information is purely based on what people posted there and not my personal opinions.
The original post by Jono is here. Use Next and Previous to navigate.
The Pain point
Till now...
July 2010
3 posts
2 tags
Ubuntu needs stackexchange
Evan started a proposal on area51 of stackexchange for a proposal for “Ubuntu specific stackexchange”. Those of who you don’t have any idea about stackexchange, it is the same platform on which StackOverflow runs on.
I know there is a sharp line between people who think that we don’t need ubuntu specific stackexchange and those ubuntu needs it. The discussions are...
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Ubuntu Developer Week: Getting started with Ubuntu...
Before going ahead, please bookmark MOTU - Getting started and for more questions you can visit #ubuntu-motu and #ubuntu-packaging
augdawg: fingerprint authent. on lanchpad wont work
dholbach: please follow https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/ImportingYourPGPKey very closely and try again or talk to fine people at #launchpad
devildante: Will we fix real bugs?
dholbach: yes
There is a...
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Ubuntu Developer Week: Getting started with Ubuntu...
The first session of Ubuntu Develop week on “Getting started with Ubuntu Development” just ended. It was taken up by Daniel Holbach. I know reading IRC logs is boring, so here is sum up everything in human readable format. In between you will find quotation, which are actually when Daniel replies to some question asked by a person.
The entire text is given out by Daniel Holbach...
June 2010
3 posts
Software Center Enhancement Proposal
Yesterday I was searching for a few fonts after being fascinated by Tumblr typography. I came across many excellent fonts at font squirrel too. I wanted a few monospaced fonts for coding which includes Consolas, Droid Mono etc. I knew that Consolas can’t be distributed freely, so I installed it manually. Hunting for Droid, I too managed to download and install it manually.
Now the questions...
Secret diaries of a suspend/resume debugge
Lee Jones writes
Hi all, LP Bug #569882 Suspend Lenovo Thinkpad X61 with card in SD card reader I’ve been working on this bug on and off for ~4 weeks now. As it’s taken so long, I felt obliged to write a few words detailing the processes and methods used to debug this most horrific bug. The problem occurs when a laptop with an internal SD card reader is put to sleep (suspend or...
Upstream v/s Downstream
There are many applications in the GNOME desktop which we use and love too. Some of them are developed upstream at GNOME while some are developed by enthusiastic people downstream at usually distro level. Many of these downstream developers have closeness to one or more distro. Many of them are even made by individuals in their spare time and they are not started for ending up as official GNOME...
January 2010
2 posts
The "Unmount", "Eject" and "Safely Remove Drive"...
For everyone who is not able to understand this problem, just have a look here:
When you select “Safely Remove Drive” the device gets unmounted and powered down. You need to have a look at the bug report at Gnome Bugzilla where the GNOME dev explains why they need to put all three options.
A furthur explanation is given as
First, some terminology: "safely remove drive" is intended...
Archive Manager in Ubuntu makes archive handling...
There is a papercut bug on Launchpad which asks whether the current way of handling archives too complicated for new users?
Let me express my experiences. I hardly double-click and open an archive since I know it would open the roller and then I would have to extract it, give the location and more loads of work. The way I work is right-click, “Extract Here”. It is a boon in disguise....