[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 80, Issue 58

Wed Dec 21 16:12:18 UTC 2011

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re:  Precise Pangolin .... (jim.cameron at buhlergroup.com)
   2. Re:  Attractive Features for Ubuntu (Liam Proven)
   3. Re:  Attractive Features for Ubuntu (Andy Whitcroft)
   4.  OO error in 10.10 (Dianne Reuby)
   5. Re:  Attractive Features for Ubuntu (Avi Greenbury)
   6. Re:  Attractive Features for Ubuntu (Matthew Daubney)

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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:37:26 +0100
From: <jim.cameron at buhlergroup.com>
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Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Precise Pangolin ....
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> Overally the release has been a much less rocky place even
> prior to Alpha-1.

It's looking pretty good from here. Thinkpad W520 with i5 processor and integrated graphics; apart from the aforementioned software centre everything works fine so far. The system seems rock solid. I had problems with USB3 devices not being recognised in 11.10 but have not had any in 12.04 alpha. Power consumption is comparable, with tweaks, although I haven't tested it in out of the box configuration.

Keep up the good work, guys. :)

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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:47:52 +0000
From: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com>
To: UK Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Attractive Features for Ubuntu
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On 19 December 2011 17:23, Joe Smith <yothsoggoth at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been using Ubuntu for a few years now, since Karmic, on several
> computers. These days I mainly use Ubuntu (Oneiric 11.10) on my desktop and
> Xubuntu (Oneiric 11.10) on my netbook.
> Recently, though, I've been experimenting with Gnome-Shell on Fedora and,
> although I still prefer Ubuntu, there a few features I really like in
> Gnome-Shell and I was wondering if there are any equivalent/similar features
> for Ubuntu (Unity/XFCE mainly as they're what I use)
>
> The main think I like is the notification system. When logged in with
> Empathy, if I receive a message a small notification appears at the bottom
> of the screen with the message, which I can then click to reply straight
> away or ignore and allow it to disappear like a normal notification.
>
> Does anyone know of any way to get this sort of feature or anything similar?

I'm puzzled. Unity does this already. The notifications are
translucent boxes at top right of the screen. The daemon is called
ayatana-notify, IIRC.

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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:01:42 +0000
From: Andy Whitcroft <apw at canonical.com>
To: UK Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Attractive Features for Ubuntu
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On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 07:47:52PM +0000, Liam Proven wrote:

> I'm puzzled. Unity does this already. The notifications are
> translucent boxes at top right of the screen. The daemon is called
> ayatana-notify, IIRC.

But they are non-interactible (by design).  So you cannot click them to
get to the reply form for instance.

-apw

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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:47:43 +0000
From: Dianne Reuby <pramclub at yahoo.co.uk>
To: UK Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] OO error in 10.10
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I have OO 3.2 on Ubuntu 10.10. Today I get the fatal error message
The application cannot be started. Loading component library failed:
file:///usr/lib/openoffice/program/../basis-link/program/libfwkli.so

I've dug about on the OO and Ubuntu forums, only info I could find was
that creating a new user profile would cure this, but it doesn't - I
still get the same message.

I can use a live CD to access and print the file I need, but I'd like a
permanent cure!

TIA
Dianne

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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:09:55 +0000
From: Avi Greenbury <lists at avi.co>
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Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Attractive Features for Ubuntu
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Liam Proven wrote:

> > The main think I like is the notification system. When logged in
> > with Empathy, if I receive a message a small notification appears
> > at the bottom of the screen with the message, which I can then
> > click to reply straight away or ignore and allow it to disappear
> > like a normal notification.
> >
> > Does anyone know of any way to get this sort of feature or anything
> > similar?
> 
> I'm puzzled. Unity does this already. The notifications are
> translucent boxes at top right of the screen. The daemon is called
> ayatana-notify, IIRC.
> 

No it doesn't. Empathy in Unity presents that pop-up at the top, in
response to which you need to hunt down the appropriate Empathy window
and type into it. Any attempt to interact with the notification causes
it to become invisible.

Gnome shell presents a pop-up from the bottom which you can respond to
by clicking on and typing into. Alternatively, you can hunt down the
Empathy window and type there if you prefer.

-- 
Avi

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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:22:12 +0000
From: Matthew Daubney <matt at daubers.co.uk>
To: UK Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Attractive Features for Ubuntu
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On 21 December 2011 00:09, Avi Greenbury <lists at avi.co> wrote:
> Liam Proven wrote:
>
>> > The main think I like is the notification system. When logged in
>> > with Empathy, if I receive a message a small notification appears
>> > at the bottom of the screen with the message, which I can then
>> > click to reply straight away or ignore and allow it to disappear
>> > like a normal notification.
>> >
>> > Does anyone know of any way to get this sort of feature or anything
>> > similar?
>>
>> I'm puzzled. Unity does this already. The notifications are
>> translucent boxes at top right of the screen. The daemon is called
>> ayatana-notify, IIRC.
>>
>
> No it doesn't. Empathy in Unity presents that pop-up at the top, in
> response to which you need to hunt down the appropriate Empathy window
> and type into it. Any attempt to interact with the notification causes
> it to become invisible.

Let me know if I'm wrong (which is possible as I don't use empathy
anymore) but do you not get a thing in the messaging menu that you can
click on to bring the message to the front? That's how it works with
email. I know it's not as convenient as clicking the notification, but
it's not much slower (the icon should be just above the notification).

-Matt Daubney

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