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I can understand your concern of running only Free software. But most people want to use software based on its utility rather for principles. If you want to use only free software then you may not be use official Firefox binary package which is non-free. You may have to use IceWeasel instead.

Ubuntu separates the components based on the repository they are stored. The main repository which is the core of Ubuntu used to contain only free software. Unfortunately now the main repository also contains packages that are not free. So it is difficult to segregate between free and non free softwares based on the repository. For those who like Ubuntu and want to use only free software gNewSense is the only choice available for them.

Does this BIOS call have anything to do with the soft lock problem encountered by me and many other Ubuntu users? My guess is not, but I don't know enough about these things to guess with much confidence.

The next version of Ubuntu is expected to include things like accelerated graphics drivers (not open source) and other little spiffies that are currently 'hard' to get working. The last great barrier is wifi (both configuration and support), but that's coming along, too.

The next version of Ubuntu is expected to include things like accelerated graphics drivers (not open source) and other little spiffies that are currently 'hard' to get working. The last great barrier is wifi (both configuration and support), but that's coming along, too.

They have been doing this for some time. I have heard that Linux is known to port badly to these machines.

Falcon is actually already an APT repository generator, look: https://launchpad.net/falcon

I think you really meant to post here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs

OOo may not be part of the standard install on Ubuntu for too much longer. It is a listed goal (https://blueprints.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ spec/kubuntu-koffice-by-default) to replace it by KOffice in Kubuntu and there have been discussions about using GNOME Office in the standard Ubuntu install. I don't know that OOo is the unstoppable force you're suggesting it is.

Here's a repost of my 2 or 3 whinges about a serious issue with Ubuntu that no-one on /. seems to care about.
Seriously out of all the millions of /. readers I can't believe not even a single person has posted regarding the whole Core 2 Duo/JMicron thing (and yes I did a discussion search).
For more information:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Core_2_Duo_Support
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/68612
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux -source-2.6.17/+bug/57502
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=28568 3&page=2

Here's a repost of my 2 or 3 whinges about a serious issue with Ubuntu that no-one on /. seems to care about.
Seriously out of all the millions of /. readers I can't believe not even a single person has posted regarding the whole Core 2 Duo/JMicron thing (and yes I did a discussion search).
For more information:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Core_2_Duo_Support
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/68612
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux -source-2.6.17/+bug/57502
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=28568 3&page=2

Seriously out of all the millions of /. readers I can't believe not even a single person has posted regarding the whole Core 2 Duo/JMicron thing (and yes I did a discussion search).
For more information:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Core_2_Duo_Support
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/68612
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux -source-2.6.17/+bug/57502
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=28568 3&page=2

Seriously out of all the millions of /. readers I can't believe not even a single person has posted regarding the whole Core 2 Duo/JMicron thing (and yes I did a discussion search).
For more information:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Core_2_Duo_Support
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/68612
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux -source-2.6.17/+bug/57502
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=28568 3&page=2

If anyone is curious, I narrowed down the bug. It seems to only occur under particular circumstances (see comment in the bugreport; basically, it occurs only when your homepage is set to an empty string).

The ability to close and continue sessions later removes a major reason why many people kept their browsers open for long periods of time. Before when you close your browser you had to open your tabs again and get it in the same configuration, now it goes to being the same as before immidiately.

I'm running a fresh install of Ubuntu Edgy here, with Firefox 2.0. The feature you mention doesn't work, sadly; I filed a bug. Of course, this could be some freak issue with my particular installation (although it is a clean install from 48 hours ago), or with Edgy, and not Mozilla's fault.

.haeger

Yeah, of course it works fine in Dapper, I am talking about Edgy. Here is the bug report: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome -panel/+bug/59431

Unfortunately, Xubuntu Eft seems to have a bug upgrading from Dapper, at least with the with the update-manager. I'm not sure if using the aptitude/apt-get method works any better. I believe you can burn the image to a CD and insert it and Xubuntu will ask you if you want to upgrade. Or you can probably mount the iso and add it to your repository to upgrade, as per an earlier post in this discussion.

Luckily Automatix seems to be ready for Eft, even if EasyUbuntu's site is down at the moment.

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux -source-2.6.17/+bug/56090

And it was working in dapper :-(

That is a really weird bug. You should try searching http://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs/ for similar bugs already filed. I've not had that happen to me with my usb thumb drive. Ubuntu uses hal, dbus and pmount to make dynamic mounts accessible to the current desktop user. What that means is plug something in, and it sets the "owner" to whoever is currently using the computer.

The best way to find out and/or fix this problem is to file a bug and be prepared to answer questions about your installation.

Because you use the forums, which are inappropriate for getting information reguarding bugs to developers? Launchpad bug tracking provides a way for INTERESTED people to be AUTOMATICALLY notified whenever a RELEVANT bug is filed. The forums are simply inadequate to connect the various people holding parts of the puzzle, despite the valiant efforts of folk like Sarah Hobbs.

I realize your wifi may have been the only connection with the internet, but has the initramfs shipped with edgy today fixed it, as suggested in the relevant bug report? Development versions are exactly that, and critical fixes can come in until almost the very last minute.

I suppose the other good news is that dapper will be supported for a long time, so you have at least that to work with.

There's a bug since 6.06 in the S3 driver that comes from xserver-xorg 7.0
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xserv er-xorg-video-s3/+bug/33504

I hope the patch works this time.

The old flash player had some horrible issues with sound output that actually made firefox suck.

This has been a problem at Ubuntu and I guess others.

I work with a web-based application and usually watching any YouTube video would crash my entire browser session.

Ubuntu isn't much different either: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/grub- installer/+bug/47229
its grub doesn't like other distros either.

But this is not to say that Windows' "overwrite mbr" isn't a bug...

Wow, a piece of software (In this case the WGA servers) had a glitch, I am totally amazed. When are we going to finally get software that never ever screws up and affects a large amount of people and companies? This never happens with F/OSS! There are plenty of bugs that are hunted and eliminated on a daily basis in many projects. I'm not saying Linux or F/OSS sucks, because quite frankly I'm eagerly awaiting my next purchase of a hard drive so I can get my Gentoo installed again (Maybe even take a look at the latest Slackware since it's been a while, but probably Gentoo). I'm just saying you can't expect software to be perfect. In Microsoft's case though, if they don't patch bugs people bitch. If they do patch bugs people bitch even more. Bart Simpson said it best, " Well... You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't.".

As an aside, people running rolling distributions like Gentoo that don't have as tight a security/stability screening process that, say, Debian does, are at even greater risk than most other Linux users of royally screwing their computer if they end up getting bit by a nasty bug in some random piece of software. I always tell people looking for filesystem choice advice, for example, to avoid finding their answers in something like the Gentoo Forums (Great for many other things though), since it's pretty easy to FUBAR things when you think you're a hotshot putting all your critical data on bleeding edge code, then calling a project crap because you got cut.

By and large, though, if you don't steal, the measures don't bother you. And if you do steal, the measures don't bother you, unless you are noobcake.

This bug clearly shows why Debian/Ubuntu shouldn't muck with the browser's source code. I wonder what additional functionality they add besides disabling the 'Check for updates' button.
And of course security updates. It would benefit everyone if they just send patches upstream.

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/firef ox/+bug/64844
I hope ubuntu sticks with the vanilla browser.

Yeah, as somebody who randomly hangs out on irc://irc.mozilla.org/firefox ... We try to support everyone, but sometimes we just get really confused by patched builds.

For example, https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/firef ox/+bug/33840 - this is Debian (and from there Ubuntu) specific and doesn't happen with Firefox builds from mozilla.com (on the same system).

Thanks, you are a perfect sample where Ubuntu gets its new users. Ubuntu draws its increasing user base from other Linux distributions but sadly not from Windows. So while Ubuntu is growing and is on the way to become the major Linux distribution, it still fails to overcome its own Ubuntu Bug #1 (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/1).

O. Wyss

Why are we making life so much easier for crackers?

I pick on Ubuntu in particular as it is by a large margin the most popular desktop Linux distro.

Users will continue to click on the (unlabelled) blue world icon to start a web browser, just as they have always done.

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Option MonitorLayout "LVDS,AUTO"

Good point. Businesses are adopting Linux rapidly. That's why I'm using it - as an EDA developer for work.

However, a major problem for Linux is the natural tension between businesses and the free software movement. OSS is threatening big software money. See:

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/1

Oddly enough, business managers don't like using stuff that threatens business. Funny how that works.

The name "Ubunutu" is unfortunate. Managers naturally ask me what it means when I recommend it, and the feel-good granola-crunchy meaning reinforces their feeling that I'm a granola-crunchy sort of guy promoting software written by acid-inspired junkies.

The home market is MUCH more promising, since most of those kids at home are busy downloading free stuff illegally anyway. They are on the side of free stuff, and love to stick it to the man. An OS for free? Sure thing! Kill Microsoft? Sign me up! It wont run the latest first-person shooter? Um... maybe not.

So, neither the business nor the home markets are truely open to Linux. Solving the game problem would do the trick for the home market, but that's not likely to happen. How can we ever get businesses to buy into anti-business software? It may be doable, but moving that mountain will take time.

Ubuntu runs well and upgrades as gracefully as Debian.

• Optimized Live CD layout for faster boot
• Thin clients local device support
• Using dash instead of bash which makes the boot, "30s faster"
• updated Galago
• much faster shutdown process

True, but Ubuntu has Mark Shuttleworth. Mark Shuttleworth brings two things to Ubuntu that most other distributions don't have: money and ambition. Just look at Ubuntu bug #1 - https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/1.

...or finally fix that dreaded overheating problem that has been plaging Ubuntu for more than a year. Until now the best thing that they could come up with is the information that SUSE doesn't suffer from that problem. If they really want their users to switch...

Doesn't sound like pitching in to an open-source project would really be your thing. It's rare to find one that runs on any sort of stringent deadlines, and rarer still to find one that pays.

I do have a few suggestions in the line of open source work, though. If you'd like to earn some money, you could try looking for exploits in Firefox and earn $500 a pop with Mozilla's Bug Bounty program. In addition, Launchpad lists a number of other open-source bounties for various projects.

If you're looking for something more formal, check Craigslist. Under the 'gigs' -> 'computer' section of your city, you should see a bunch of small projects people are looking to have done. Most of 'em are web design work, though I see a fair amount of DB programming, C++/Java etc. work offered. If you have a decent resume, it shouldn't be too hard to land one of those gigs on the side.

Just keep in mind that a lot of fairly small projects that you could do on the side for a fee could also be outsourced for a fraction of the cost. Working locally through Craigslist gigs is a great way to steer clear of that trap.

Shameless plug -- I'm currently trying to write a website about earning money on the side.

You could always do a code bounty.

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        Driver "fglrx"
        BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
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sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup /etc/X11/xorg.conf

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux -source-2.6.15/+bug/30766 (if you have a dwl card you need new firmware)

its the atheros firmware shipped with dapper. its a bug, fix here: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux -source-2.6.15/+bug/30766

Bugs, bugs, bugs, I can't get enough of them. On my fresh Dapper install a lot of stuff is just broken. The worst part about this is the fact that devs knew about this before the release and yet they decided to ignore this and fix it later even though they could release it on 30.6.2006 without breaking promises. For example, Azureus is completly broken , Krusader crashes all the time, smb/nfs/ssh over Nautilus is very unstable, video playback on many Intel integrated graphics is oversaturated... I could go on. Dapper was released too early. I wonder why did they release a RC version if they didn't care about fixing anything.

On May 29th, two days before release, an ATI bug was introduced via the xorg driver that makes Dapper unstable on certain ATI based systems. In my own case this means that my G4 is now unusable. Just as a reminder, if you think you might be affected, don't upgrade.

Just for reference, the forum post and the bug report.

Just have a lookat those assigned to the Kubuntu team...

https://launchpad.net/people/kubuntu-team/+assigne dbugs?start=0&batch=75

Actually there are a few more problems than that on the mac (especially older G4's), i haven't been able to use any of the RC's on my 867mhz Quicksilver due to kernel issues during the boot cycle - more here https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux -source-2.6.15/+bug/34508

You can search for it

Well, looking at bug #1, I do think they try.

As a Dapper user since before it was cool I'd like to warn everyone using Apple products, especially iBooks and other slightly more supported hardware, against upgrading just yet. A severe bug was introduced having to do with the ATI cards in laptops on May 29 that causes persistant systems freezes. (Why would you upgrade all of xorg two days before release?) The errors are unrecoverable and require a system reboot. There hasn't been much in the way of response, as everyone seems to be celebrating the release of Dapper.

More information can be found in the forums and launchpad.net.

I had the same problem starting when I moved my Breezy box to Dapper. According to the bug report, it's been fixed.
Is your copy of Samba up to date?

I wouldn't call Ubuntu's release schedule 'aggressive', since other community distributions, namely Fedora and OpenSuse also follow a 6-month-ish schedule. As for stability, the beta version of OpenSuse 10.1 would not install on my laptop, but I've been running Dapper Drake for a month on it, with all the hardware configured correctly. So, from my perspective, Dapper is better.

I point your attention to Bug \#1 from Ubuntu's tracker