Comments for notes from the mousepad http://j1m.net let's call this package "xfce4-blog" Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:18:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Xubuntu meetings, website, and documentation by Vincent http://j1m.net/2008/07/06/xubuntu-meetings-website-and-documentation/#comment-72 Vincent Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:26:36 +0000 http://j1m.net/?p=39#comment-72 Wouldn't it be possible to modify the Ubufox Firefox extension to deal with ghelp links? Wouldn’t it be possible to modify the Ubufox Firefox extension to deal with ghelp links?

]]> Comment on 8.04 reasons why Ubuntu and Kubuntu users should consider using Xubuntu by jim http://j1m.net/2008/03/27/804-reasons-why-ubuntu-and-kubuntu-users-should-consider-using-xubuntu/#comment-65 jim Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:44:56 +0000 http://j1m.net/2008/03/27/804-reasons-why-ubuntu-and-kubuntu-users-should-consider-using-xubuntu/#comment-65 @Tom Thanks for taking a look at the wiki! It needs some work at this point. If you haven't already seen these pages, take a look at the wiki guide [1] and the wiki cleanup information page [2]. I'm j1mc on irc, so feel free to msg me there if you see me online. Jim [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WikiGuide [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/WikiCleanup @Tom

Thanks for taking a look at the wiki! It needs some work at this point.

If you haven’t already seen these pages, take a look at the wiki guide [1] and the wiki cleanup information page [2]. I’m j1mc on irc, so feel free to msg me there if you see me online.

Jim
[1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WikiGuide
[2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/WikiCleanup

]]> Comment on 8.04 reasons why Ubuntu and Kubuntu users should consider using Xubuntu by Tom http://j1m.net/2008/03/27/804-reasons-why-ubuntu-and-kubuntu-users-should-consider-using-xubuntu/#comment-64 Tom Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:19:46 +0000 http://j1m.net/2008/03/27/804-reasons-why-ubuntu-and-kubuntu-users-should-consider-using-xubuntu/#comment-64 I've just installed Xubuntu 8.04 on an older PIII that I rescued from the trash bin at work. I'm truly pleased with it. I love the small footprint and the ability to get as much performance as possible out of older, but still perfectly functioning PCs. I don't need to watch movies or play MMORPGs (that's what the TV and Xbox are for) -- I just need a good system on which to do good work. Once I get a little more familiar with it, I'd like to be able to help with documentation of some sort. In fact, I'm going to take a look at the wiki now :) Thanks for the great article. I’ve just installed Xubuntu 8.04 on an older PIII that I rescued from the trash bin at work. I’m truly pleased with it. I love the small footprint and the ability to get as much performance as possible out of older, but still perfectly functioning PCs.

I don’t need to watch movies or play MMORPGs (that’s what the TV and Xbox are for) — I just need a good system on which to do good work.

Once I get a little more familiar with it, I’d like to be able to help with documentation of some sort. In fact, I’m going to take a look at the wiki now :)

Thanks for the great article.

]]> Comment on Apt on CD by Cub http://j1m.net/2007/05/11/apt-on-cd/#comment-62 Cub Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:05:18 +0000 http://j1m.net/?p=23#comment-62 Yes, it looks like what I need, but I have yet to find a fairly good how-to guide for it. I have dial up and just installed my new LINUX os, and it is saying I have 215 updates available. I don't always update right away, but since I'm having new audio card problems I may need to. If I do all of the updates, it will take over 24 hours. That is okay. The bad part is if my LINUX os has to be reinstalled, I have lost all of those updates. I'm trying to learn how to use aptoncd to make a copy of those packages I download that are upgradeable and save them to a disc. It would save bunch of bandwidth and time to do a total reinstall if I want to include all of the updates. I just don't know if I should use it before I download the updates or after. And , whether it will also copy the packages that get installed when you one installs the os. I don't need double copies of them. Yes, it looks like what I need, but I have yet to find a fairly good how-to guide for it.

I have dial up and just installed my new LINUX os, and it is saying I have 215 updates available. I don’t always update right away, but since I’m having new audio card problems I may need to. If I do all of the updates, it will take over 24 hours. That is okay. The bad part is if my LINUX os has to be reinstalled, I have lost all of those updates.

I’m trying to learn how to use aptoncd to make a copy of those packages I download that are upgradeable and save them to a disc. It would save bunch of bandwidth and time to do a total reinstall if I want to include all of the updates. I just don’t know if I should use it before I download the updates or after. And , whether it will also copy the packages that get installed when you one installs the os. I don’t need double copies of them.

]]> Comment on From the fringes of Xubuntu by Cody A.W. Somerville http://j1m.net/2008/06/08/from-the-fringes-of-xubuntu/#comment-61 Cody A.W. Somerville Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:25:43 +0000 http://j1m.net/?p=38#comment-61 Woot! Xubuntu rocks! :D Woot! Xubuntu rocks! :D

]]> Comment on From the fringes of Xubuntu by Vincent http://j1m.net/2008/06/08/from-the-fringes-of-xubuntu/#comment-56 Vincent Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:00:17 +0000 http://j1m.net/?p=38#comment-56 I'll go for the latter option, thanks :P I’ll go for the latter option, thanks :P

]]> Comment on 8.04 reasons why Ubuntu and Kubuntu users should consider using Xubuntu by Chris Fordham http://j1m.net/2008/03/27/804-reasons-why-ubuntu-and-kubuntu-users-should-consider-using-xubuntu/#comment-54 Chris Fordham Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:40:32 +0000 http://j1m.net/2008/03/27/804-reasons-why-ubuntu-and-kubuntu-users-should-consider-using-xubuntu/#comment-54 An interesting read, but no real reasons besides the obvious. Most of the benefits mentioned are in KDE and Gnome, so its kind of pointless. Some of the points don't really relate to the useability. Its always a case of more features require more code which requires more resources. It's the old trade-off argument and we deal with this discretion on a daily basis in our lives (I could write an article 4x the size on what you don't get with Xubuntu - and its more than not being able to mount shares). I mean if you need a lighter desktop environment then sure Xfce or Fluxbox will be suitable, no real need to write a verbose article (trying to find other arguments) on it :) An interesting read, but no real reasons besides the obvious.
Most of the benefits mentioned are in KDE and Gnome, so its kind of pointless. Some of the points don’t really relate to the useability.

Its always a case of more features require more code which requires more resources. It’s the old trade-off argument and we deal with this discretion on a daily basis in our lives (I could write an article 4x the size on what you don’t get with Xubuntu - and its more than not being able to mount shares).

I mean if you need a lighter desktop environment then sure Xfce or Fluxbox will be suitable, no real need to write a verbose article (trying to find other arguments) on it :)

]]> Comment on 8.04 reasons why Ubuntu and Kubuntu users should consider using Xubuntu by Daragh http://j1m.net/2008/03/27/804-reasons-why-ubuntu-and-kubuntu-users-should-consider-using-xubuntu/#comment-53 Daragh Tue, 20 May 2008 03:57:01 +0000 http://j1m.net/2008/03/27/804-reasons-why-ubuntu-and-kubuntu-users-should-consider-using-xubuntu/#comment-53 Nice write-up Jim: appropriately humble and non-assuming. Well, here I sit, after Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Mandrake, Debian, Redhat (yes, even the Oracle version), Kubuntu, Gentoo, Ubuntu with ALL the wms (remember CDE? will enlightenment ever see the light of v1.0?) and here on my 6 year old Vaio, I am adept'ing xubuntu-desktop package! This will become my wife's computer, and I am so happy to get another few years out of it! Now, where did I put that xubuntu on vmware image? Nice write-up Jim: appropriately humble and non-assuming. Well, here I sit, after Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Mandrake, Debian, Redhat (yes, even the Oracle version), Kubuntu, Gentoo, Ubuntu with ALL the wms (remember CDE? will enlightenment ever see the light of v1.0?) and here on my 6 year old Vaio, I am adept’ing xubuntu-desktop package! This will become my wife’s computer, and I am so happy to get another few years out of it! Now, where did I put that xubuntu on vmware image?

]]> Comment on 8.04 reasons why Ubuntu and Kubuntu users should consider using Xubuntu by feri http://j1m.net/2008/03/27/804-reasons-why-ubuntu-and-kubuntu-users-should-consider-using-xubuntu/#comment-40 feri Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:07:11 +0000 http://j1m.net/2008/03/27/804-reasons-why-ubuntu-and-kubuntu-users-should-consider-using-xubuntu/#comment-40 I really want to try xubuntu 8.04 beta...I downloaded iso, make CD's...and I'm stuck! really stuck!...for about a couples of hours...xubuntu ask me for USERNAME & PASSWORD on first screen! it's top secret for me!... for a couple of hour I'm Google-it , with no chance or luck! Who will reveal to me this xubuntu secret? (ubuntu 8.04 doesn't ask for nothing, it works right ahead)......Don't stop at the first secret...tell the second one too: root password! I really want to try xubuntu 8.04 beta…I downloaded iso, make CD’s…and I’m stuck! really stuck!…for about a couples of hours…xubuntu ask me for USERNAME & PASSWORD on first screen! it’s top secret for me!… for a couple of hour I’m Google-it , with no chance or luck!
Who will reveal to me this xubuntu secret? (ubuntu 8.04 doesn’t ask for nothing, it works right ahead)……Don’t stop at the first secret…tell the second one too: root password!

]]> Comment on 8.04 reasons why Ubuntu and Kubuntu users should consider using Xubuntu by Ken http://j1m.net/2008/03/27/804-reasons-why-ubuntu-and-kubuntu-users-should-consider-using-xubuntu/#comment-39 Ken Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:53:21 +0000 http://j1m.net/2008/03/27/804-reasons-why-ubuntu-and-kubuntu-users-should-consider-using-xubuntu/#comment-39 Great post, Jim! These are the reasons I like Xfce. Great post, Jim! These are the reasons I like Xfce.

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