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Anonymous,This article was written during the alph...

2008-06-25T12:31:00.000+07:00

Anonymous,

This article was written during the alpha phase of Hardy. It was meant as a heads up to people on what problems to look for so that they could be reported and corrected before the release.

Many were. If Samba works now, that's fine, but I can't check that since I've moved over to Debian. The move to gvfs made the eject/unmount issue moot, but brought in its own bug

I know it's been pointed out, but network manager ...

2008-06-25T06:41:00.000+07:00

I know it's been pointed out, but network manager works fine. Wireless support in Linux is shaky in general. Drivers being issued is the problem, not high level helper applications like Network Manager.

Also, the Samba thing can easily be passworded, you just have to know how to use the Samba server. You have to configure and add a user to Samba. This isn't Windows. The Samba server

I must add the default Compiz/mplayer configuratio...

2008-05-10T14:42:00.000+07:00

I must add the default Compiz/mplayer configuration: in the default setup, mplayer is not able to use the only output driver capable of rendering hd ready resolution video in full screen mode on a laptop with a Pentium-M at 2GHz or so, the xv driver.

There should be an easy option to choose between flashy desktop effects or efficient video playback. Just turning the effects to 'None'

:| Also, for you other noobs out there, don't upda...

2008-05-02T09:56:00.000+07:00

:| Also, for you other noobs out there, don't update to 8.04 through Update Manager if you either dual boot or use a raid system. Screws either one the **** up. Currently, my HP_Pavilion labeled Primary partition knows it's supposed to be windows (keeps trying to load as such), but if I look at it after loading through the Ubuntu 7.10 disk I made, it has the Ubuntu home/usr/etc and so forth file

Daniel said... "Regarding Firefox, can you be m...

2008-04-24T07:26:00.000+07:00

Daniel said...
"Regarding Firefox, can you be more specific about how it can change to be more like gnome?"

Actually, I withdrew this complaint in a later post. Firefox 3 now uses GTK and the menu structure is much more like Gnome than it used to be. I've switched to FF3 as my main browser.

I'm still looking forward to the day when Epiphany has a usable Webkit back-end (

Regarding Firefox, can you be more specific about ...

2008-04-23T23:20:00.000+07:00

Regarding Firefox, can you be more specific about how it can change to be more like gnome? I know that the default installation of FF comes with an add-on to make it fit better with gnome. This could probably be modified without too much effort to resolve the problem and can then be included as an automatic add-on update.

> 3. Virtual desktops don't have the same behavior...

2008-03-03T22:12:00.000+07:00

> 3. Virtual desktops don't have the same behavior in Metacity and Compiz

Oh yeah, this is a technical issue i believe. They use different techniques and thus behave differently. Note if you have compiz on the borders between the different virtual desktops on the Gnome applet disappear. I think compiz uses "viewports" instead, but don't quote me on that. Its a design differences, not a

> 2. Firefox doesn't conform to the GNome HIG>> Fi...

2008-03-03T22:07:00.000+07:00

> 2. Firefox doesn't conform to the GNome HIG
>
> Firefox has a completely different look-and-feel from other Gnome and GTK apps. The menu structure is different.

Tried Firefox 3.0? the beta is in hardy..., consider this issue fixed (for the most part) and it will be the default browser in the final release.

Vadi,The problem is not really pulling the USB key...

2008-02-21T10:20:00.000+07:00

Vadi,

The problem is not really pulling the USB key: it's that the warning
tells you to choose "eject" while the context menu has "unmount."
There's no "eject" in the menu

Chris,

Dragging by way of the workspace switcher doesn't work on any of my three Gutsy machines. The Expose-style view can do it, though.

I'm affected by #5 and #1.I fixed both though - #5...

2008-02-20T20:47:00.000+07:00

I'm affected by #5 and #1.

I fixed both though - #5 - you unmount in Nautilus, as soon as it changes the name, you can pull the USB key.

And #1 I used WICD instead, but thankfully with the new laptop NM works OK for me.

7. User switching. It's a good idea to put a count...

2008-02-19T07:35:00.000+07:00

7. User switching. It's a good idea to put a countdown timer. But you can just log into your own account, and when Gnome asks you what to do you select "Resume current session".

4. I think the best solution to trackerd having a tendency to die is to simply remove trackerd from Ubuntu, and don't replace it with anything else. If someone needs it and doesn't mind their computer slowing

Thanks for the info! You are a saint.

2008-02-18T04:49:00.000+07:00

Thanks for the info! You are a saint.

@ jackflapThere is a clipboard manager for GNOME c...

2008-02-18T02:38:00.000+07:00

@ jackflap

There is a clipboard manager for GNOME called glipper, it's not a fix, but a great workaround to this issue.

Pardon me if this has been fixed in Hardy, but I f...

2008-02-17T20:45:00.000+07:00

Pardon me if this has been fixed in Hardy, but I find that the most unacceptable usability issue in Gutsy is that copy/paste don't work properly. Copy something in Firefox, close Firefox, and then try to paste it into gedit or something, and it's disappeared.

You would think that this would have been prioritized a loong time ago.

Anonymous said...> First of all these are not only...

2008-02-17T19:36:00.000+07:00

Anonymous said...

> First of all these are not only Ubuntu specific but mostly Gnome specific.

Certainly. Many are upstream bugs. That doesn't change the fact that they are usability problems

> 10. I agree. It should be this way. But I dont mind not using the same dialog. What matters to me is it must be usable and easy.

The point is that you could save a file

First of all these are not only Ubuntu specific bu...

2008-02-17T17:54:00.000+07:00

First of all these are not only Ubuntu specific but mostly Gnome specific.

10. I agree. It should be this way. But I dont mind not using the same dialog. What matters to me is it must be usable and easy.

9. I dont use Rhythmbox. Exaile is better for me. Rhythmbox lacks equalizer.

8. I dont know I have a single laptop with linux installed.

7. I am the only user