Well, it was fun while it lasted...

[Alf Eaton]

I haven't had any trouble using the newsreader Pan on Ubuntu (hoary  
distribution). I'm also able to add launchers to the Applications menu  
without any problems, as far as I can tell. You could try and edit the  
menu another way by going to the special address applications:/// -   
http://wiki.ubuntulinux.org/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#head 
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alf.

On Nov 7, 2004, at 23:57, Bryan Pizzuti wrote:

> (Back on Windows for now) Sure.  Trying to add anything to the  
> subfolders of
> the Applications menus doesn't work, even as root (which I enabled).   
> The
> launchers simply fail to be created, no matter what user I use (And  
> there
> seems to be no other way to edit the menus in GNOME).
>
> Secondly, NONE of the news clients work...tried them all.  This might  
> not be
> an Ubuntu problem, since they're also not working in Debian Sarge,  
> which
> Ubuntu is based off of. I'm currently working to figure out if a  
> non-Debian
> based distro will have the same problem for me or not (Since  
> MandrakeMove
> isn't working right under VMWare, I might have to install Slack or  
> Mandrake
> under VM)...if so I have to have a chat with my ISP. But there doesn't
> appear to be anything interfering with the connection on the machine  
> or my
> network up to my WAN interface, and my Windows box isn't having any  
> trouble
> retriving newsgroups, so it's not like the server was down or the port  
> was
> blocked on my router.
>
> I found a possible fix for Quicken on Crossover Office/WINE so that  
> might
> not be too much of a problem.  But I've also discovered that KDE has  
> MUCH
> more (and more granular) support for variable power states needed for
> something like a laptop, and without having to resort to scripting.
> Comparitively, GNOME is a bit deficient in this area, even though it  
> has a
> better display manager and beter and more options for "task tray"  
> applets
> and icons (MUCH better than KDE, come to think of it...I wish they'd  
> all
> just work in both). GNOME is also a cleaner interface....I have to  
> "dumb
> down" KDE before I can stand to use it. ;)
>
> So basically, even if I stick with Ubuntu on the Thinkpad (I haven't
> re-formatted it yet) I'm going to end up pretty much using KDE on  
> it...which
> kind of defeats he whole purpose of using Ubuntu, doesn't it?  No
> distribution is perfect...if there was one such distribution, then the  
> rest
> of them wouldn't exist, right?  I keep about 5 different Linuxes  
> around to
> recommend to people for desktop use, and Ubuntu made the short list  
> (SUSE
> and Xandros for those wanting a commercial distro; MEPIS, Knoppix and  
> Ubuntu
> for the free ones...Ubuntu displaced Mandrake, and I previously  
> mentioned
> some problems with MEPIS).  Incidentally, Debian DIDN'T, nor would I
> recommend Slack to a client, since they're just to difficult for  
> anything
> but a power user, but that's me, an admin type, versus my clients, who  
> are
> point-n-click user types for the most part.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Matvei
> Kliuchnikov
> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 3:59 PM
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Well, it was fun while it lasted...
>
> On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 03:27:00 -0500, Bryan Pizzuti  
> <bpizzuti at optonline.net>
> wrote:
>> It was fun working with you guys; Ubuntu is a good distro, and still
>> one I'd recommend to my clients and friends.  I just can't get it to
>> do everything I'm looking for
>>
>
> Care to post further details about your specific problems? Perhaps  
> with a
> little work you might actually use the distro you're recommending to  
> others
> ...
>
>
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