Comments for lostsonsvault http://lostsonsvault.org/geek life & linux Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:05:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on tribalism – contributions – and vanilla or twist by jargon http://lostsonsvault.org/geek/?p=394&cpage=1#comment-1465 jargon Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:05:26 +0000 http://lostsonsvault.org/geek/?p=394#comment-1465 <blockquote>Contributions back to the community are important I agree, and alot of people jumped up and said Ubuntu is nothing more than a marketing company more than a linux distro. Now in some respects this may be true but due to the great marketing campaign of Ubuntu linux is becoming more and more popular. So would you consider this a contribution back to the community ? Is this marketing not beneficial to linux and the community as a whole ? </blockquote> You and a lot of other people are clearly missing the point here. The issue is Canonical's dismal contributions to GNOME. Not to the "community". This is a serious issue, as Canonical's self-professed focus is the DESKTOP. Ubuntu's default DESKTOP happens to be GNOME! So please don't downplay this by deflecting with the whole "But they've brought more people to Linux". Every distro brings more people to Linux. This has been going on before the advent of Ubuntu, and people will continue to flock to Linux after Ubuntu. Contributions to GNOME, my friend. Canonical isn't contributing much to Gnome, because Canonical is not interested in nurturing Gnome, rather the direction seems to be to effectively fork Gnome. And that's no contribution to anyone.

Contributions back to the community are important I agree, and alot of people jumped up and said Ubuntu is nothing more than a marketing company more than a linux distro. Now in some respects this may be true but due to the great marketing campaign of Ubuntu linux is becoming more and more popular. So would you consider this a contribution back to the community ? Is this marketing not beneficial to linux and the community as a whole ?

You and a lot of other people are clearly missing the point here. The issue is Canonical’s dismal contributions to GNOME. Not to the “community”. This is a serious issue, as Canonical’s self-professed focus is the DESKTOP. Ubuntu’s default DESKTOP happens to be GNOME! So please don’t downplay this by deflecting with the whole “But they’ve brought more people to Linux”. Every distro brings more people to Linux. This has been going on before the advent of Ubuntu, and people will continue to flock to Linux after Ubuntu.

Contributions to GNOME, my friend. Canonical isn’t contributing much to Gnome, because Canonical is not interested in nurturing Gnome, rather the direction seems to be to effectively fork Gnome. And that’s no contribution to anyone.

]]> Comment on tribalism – contributions – and vanilla or twist by didi http://lostsonsvault.org/geek/?p=394&cpage=1#comment-1456 didi Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:05:24 +0000 http://lostsonsvault.org/geek/?p=394#comment-1456 I could not have said it better. Except I hate kumbayyah I could not have said it better. Except I hate kumbayyah

]]> Comment on a letter to my daughter by lostson http://lostsonsvault.org/geek/?p=360&cpage=1#comment-1380 lostson Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:35:39 +0000 http://lostsonsvault.org/geek/?p=360#comment-1380 hey blackflag your still alive huh good to see you around and thanks man. hey blackflag your still alive huh good to see you around and thanks man.

]]> Comment on a letter to my daughter by blackflag http://lostsonsvault.org/geek/?p=360&cpage=1#comment-1369 blackflag Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:04:23 +0000 http://lostsonsvault.org/geek/?p=360#comment-1369 Well now, how bout that? Congrats lostson and best wishes to you and yours :) Well now, how bout that?

Congrats lostson and best wishes to you and yours :)

]]> Comment on a letter to my daughter by Tweets that mention a letter to my daughter — lostsonsvault -- Topsy.com http://lostsonsvault.org/geek/?p=360&cpage=1#comment-1202 Tweets that mention a letter to my daughter — lostsonsvault -- Topsy.com Mon, 10 May 2010 14:08:12 +0000 http://lostsonsvault.org/geek/?p=360#comment-1202 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by LostSon. LostSon said: @adoxtater well here she is man thought you might like this from one father to annother http://is.gd/c1ft2 [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by LostSon. LostSon said: @adoxtater well here she is man thought you might like this from one father to annother http://is.gd/c1ft2 [...]

]]> Comment on a letter to my daughter by didi http://lostsonsvault.org/geek/?p=360&cpage=1#comment-1200 didi Sun, 09 May 2010 19:26:06 +0000 http://lostsonsvault.org/geek/?p=360#comment-1200 Beautiful. I don't know what else to say. Beautiful. I don’t know what else to say.

]]> Comment on new e16-1.0.2 by sylvainulg http://lostsonsvault.org/geek/?p=329&cpage=1#comment-1187 sylvainulg Mon, 03 May 2010 15:13:20 +0000 http://lostsonsvault.org/geek/?p=329#comment-1187 http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LtwkN4oRTe0/S97mzMPwIMI/AAAAAAAACA0/NplTSMLVzz0/s320/translucent-moves.png ^ an example of issue I have with translucent move on non-rectangular windows, reproduced with e16 v1.0.2 (built from sources). I'll be watching for replies, but you can also directly contact me at pype_1999.geo@yahoo.com http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LtwkN4oRTe0/S97mzMPwIMI/AAAAAAAACA0/NplTSMLVzz0/s320/translucent-moves.png

^ an example of issue I have with translucent move on non-rectangular windows, reproduced with e16 v1.0.2 (built from sources). I’ll be watching for replies, but you can also directly contact me at pype_1999.geo@yahoo.com

]]> Comment on new e16-1.0.2 by sylvainulg http://lostsonsvault.org/geek/?p=329&cpage=1#comment-1186 sylvainulg Mon, 03 May 2010 11:38:01 +0000 http://lostsonsvault.org/geek/?p=329#comment-1186 Can you tell me more about those translucent move fixes ? I had issues on Hardy Heron and a slightly different one with e16 1.0.0 (as packaged by Ubuntu Lucid Lynx). Can you tell me more about those translucent move fixes ? I had issues on Hardy Heron and a slightly different one with e16 1.0.0 (as packaged by Ubuntu Lucid Lynx).

]]> Comment on social networking um IRC by social networking um IRC — lostsonsvault | Drakz Free Online Service http://lostsonsvault.org/geek/?p=349&cpage=1#comment-957 social networking um IRC — lostsonsvault | Drakz Free Online Service Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:04:57 +0000 http://lostsonsvault.org/geek/?p=349#comment-957 [...] this article: social networking um IRC — lostsonsvault Share and [...] [...] this article: social networking um IRC — lostsonsvault Share and [...]

]]> Comment on New Xchat and Easytag RPM’s by didi http://lostsonsvault.org/geek/?p=332&cpage=1#comment-918 didi Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:58:52 +0000 http://lostsonsvault.org/geek/?p=332#comment-918 Why don't you try to get it into rpmforge? Why don’t you try to get it into rpmforge?

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