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OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/19524/Preview_Ubuntu_8_04_Beta Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:56:43 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306707 http://osnews.com/thread?306707 Noticed that Brasero is included in this release of Ubuntu. I'm not sure about anyone else, but does anyone actually use something other than K3b? I know it's a KDE application, but that's one of the first apps that I install when setting up a fresh instance of Ubuntu. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OMRebel) Comments Firefox URL bar http://osnews.com/thread?306708 http://osnews.com/thread?306708 I felt the same way about the new firefox history list. I hated it for the first few days until I realized that the URL bar had turned into a search bar. It will autocomplete from past URLs and from bookmarks. From the keyboard you can start typing a bookmark name and easily and quickly select the entry. The two-line display is necessary to support this functionality. Once you get used to it, it's actually quite nice. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ctwise) Comments RE: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306709 http://osnews.com/thread?306709 Other than K3b? Sure. cdrkit for teh win. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fsckit) Comments RE: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306710 http://osnews.com/thread?306710 but does anyone actually use something other than K3b?

I haven't used a single dedicated cd-burning-app in years. Whenever I need to burn a CD I use Nautilus, or in case of premade images I just right-click and select Burn.. Works like a charm, haven't had a single issue ever since that functionality was first introduced to Nautilus. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:54:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (WereCatf) Comments RE: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306711 http://osnews.com/thread?306711 I burn ISOs and files with nautilus, I have no need to install a separate burning app. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:58:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (nxsty) Comments some visuals http://osnews.com/thread?306713 http://osnews.com/thread?306713 http://www.thecodingstudio.com/opensource/linux/screenshots/index.p... Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:09:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (lqsh) Comments RE: Firefox URL bar http://osnews.com/thread?306714 http://osnews.com/thread?306714 Thing I don't like about it is that it's a lot slower when opening the drop down list in FF 2.x...but then again my machine isn't exactly new =) Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (pllb) Comments Display configuration app http://osnews.com/thread?306715 http://osnews.com/thread?306715 The old screens and resolutions utility (available since 7.10) was moved to the Application menu because it's not meant to be used actually. It's using Xinerama which seems to be deprecated and may break X configuration. There's no xorg.conf and everything should be handled by old/new resolution utility in Gnome. It doesn't support positioning of screens but has basic multi-display capabilities. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (miscz) Comments RE: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306716 http://osnews.com/thread?306716 I never use K3b anymore, now that I've got Brasero. It does what I need it to do, without having a KDE-centric app installed on my GNOME-based machine. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:17:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (polaris20) Comments RE: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306718 http://osnews.com/thread?306718

but does anyone actually use something other than K3b?

I never use K3B. It's a nice app and all but anything I need to do can be done either from Nautilus (copy, write) or with Brasero. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Soulbender) Comments RE: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306719 http://osnews.com/thread?306719 I, for one, hate using QT apps in Gnome or GTK aps in KDE or non-native looking apps in Windows. I like it all nice and consistent especially when the basic features are the same. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (pandronic) Comments resolutions blah blah blah .... http://osnews.com/thread?306720 http://osnews.com/thread?306720 "Ubuntu 8.04 comes with X.org 7.3, which adds some interesting, and long-overdue, capabilities to Ubuntu: dynamic changing of resolutions."

So far the one and only Ubuntu release, which could correctly detect my monitor parameters was 6.06 LTS. Since then - no one could - 8.04 included. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (autumnlover) Comments Undo changes http://osnews.com/thread?306721 http://osnews.com/thread?306721 What I "don't like", I'm using Ubuntu7.10, is that it's not possible to undo the changes done in preferences.

Example:
System -> Preference -> Screensaver
then change something, it's not possible to exit without saving the changes.
The changes you do are stored immediately.

Maybe this is Gnome related, I don't know.

But it's annoying. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (siska) Comments RE[2]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306722 http://osnews.com/thread?306722 I wonder when all those clever guys will come with the idea of "write verification" in any open source CD/DVD burning application in Linux - except k3b ?

Are they ever burn their DVDs using application they produce ? Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:37:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (autumnlover) Comments RE: resolutions blah blah blah .... http://osnews.com/thread?306723 http://osnews.com/thread?306723 What kind of monitor do you have? I've not had any monitor (and I've purchased 2 monitors during that time) issues since 2004. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (FooBarWidget) Comments RE[2]: resolutions blah blah blah .... http://osnews.com/thread?306724 http://osnews.com/thread?306724 Philips 15" LCD panel type: 150B
Hitachi 17" CRT monitor type: CM621F

Used with video cards based on Nvdia 5200,6200 & 6800.Edited 2008-03-26 15:52 UTC Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (autumnlover) Comments RE[3]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306725 http://osnews.com/thread?306725 I wonder when all those clever guys will come with the idea of "write verification" in any open source CD/DVD burning application in Linux - except k3b ?

Are they ever burn their DVDs using application they produce ?

Why use such an annoying tone in your posts? Would it kill you if you actually tried to be more friendly, or perhaps even _suggest_ that feature somewhere? Besides, quite many apps do have that. I don't remember about Nautilus though, but that's just because I have never used that feature even in apps that do have it. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:43:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (WereCatf) Comments RE[4]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306726 http://osnews.com/thread?306726

Would it kill you if you actually tried to be more friendly, or perhaps even _suggest_ that feature somewhere?

Suggest ? Somewhere ? Disk burning verification ? Isn't that obvious enough this is essential feature ? I always wonder that there are some technical obstacles to include that in GNOME-based app, since it is present in k3b and not in "CD/DVD Creator", GnomeBaker and now in Brasero. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (autumnlover) Comments RE[5]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306728 http://osnews.com/thread?306728 I guess you'd better code it if you feel so strongly about it then... Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ChrisG) Comments Comment by Soulbender http://osnews.com/thread?306729 http://osnews.com/thread?306729

You will be happy to find out that you no longer have to boot the entire live desktop before you can install Ubuntu.

YES! Awesome. I too hate having to boot into the slow-as-molasses live CD just to install.

A configuration utility has been included (peculiarly located in the Applications menu, instead of the Configuration menu), which also allows you to manage any secondary displays

If this is the App I think it is it was already included before and, well, as much as I like Ubuntu it sucked ass like there was no tomorrow. Is it still more likely to wreck the X configuration than it is to make secondary displays work?

If you open as a normal user, say, sources.list, in gedit, edit it around a bit, and try to save it, you cannot.

I'm going to guess it's because gedit does not yet use GVFS. I'm just guessing though.

You will encounter this tool quite frequently in this beta - more often than I have come to expect from Ubuntu beta releases.

Really? I've only had it happen a handful of times for some games. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Soulbender) Comments RE: Comment by Soulbender http://osnews.com/thread?306730 http://osnews.com/thread?306730

Really? I've only had it happen a handful of times for some games.

Haven't gone six minutes without a crash. Of whatever app. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:01:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments Runs very stable for me http://osnews.com/thread?306732 http://osnews.com/thread?306732 Thom,

I find it interesting how different your opinion/experience is compared to mine. I have ran Ubuntu 8.04 since the first alpha that was released on two different computers. One is an IBM Thinkpad T43 and the other is a custom AMD64 4400+ with Nvidia graphics card. I have had no problems at all since the last Alpha to the new Beta.

I have let my laptop update automatically to the newly released software to see if it would break anything and it certainly fixed many issues rather. On the other hand I downloaded and re-installed the new Beta on the desktop PC and I have found it very very stable. Maybe it's a setup issue, or a hardware compatibility issue. The numpad in the middle of the keyboard sounds like if Ubuntu thinks it's running on a laptop rather than a regular full sized PC (In laptops, you can lock your numpad and a block of letters become your numpad).

I will keep testing it and hopefully we have a good release. I have my hopes up about this distro and new thing that they are implementing, hopefully they don't let me down.

Thanks, Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (daedalus8) Comments RE[6]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306733 http://osnews.com/thread?306733 Typical answer to someone making a comment on a feature missing, very basic and important IMHO:
Do it yourself, send a patch, etc, it's OSS.

Do you mean that using OSS you should patch, report somewhere, otherwise keep your mouth mute ? Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:19:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (siska) Comments Buggy http://osnews.com/thread?306735 http://osnews.com/thread?306735 I've upgraded to Hardy because my HP LCD 17" wasn't well detected in Gutsy and I had to use xrandr to get full screen (without a black border on left side) that just gave problems with compisite extensions. Now X is working fine and I'm working on native resolution and even can use compiz.

But yes, this is a very buggy release, but here is the thing, it seems related to gtk. I have KDE4 installed and it's apps just run fine and smooth, except for some freezes I had that seems related to openGL screensaver, there where some updates in xserver instel drivers yesterday that hopefully fixed this.

But gnome apps sometimes just... stop to think for some seconds (10~30) and then restart as everthing was normal. And more strangely, I have a firefox beta3 installed from mozilla.org site (not the package that comes with ubuntu). And it suffers from the same problem, mostly in the save dialog. It is strange because it comes with a built-in gtk, so probably the small things it uses from the native gtk (theme and file dialog) are giving it problems.

I hope this gets fixed soon, otherwise I'll have to use konqueror or opera and avoid any gtk app.. gladly I am a KDE user

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (protomank) Comments RE[7]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306736 http://osnews.com/thread?306736 I'd just say that the tone he was using doesn't really encourage anyone else to do it for him either. So, basically, either mind your manner and ask if someone would add the feature you need, or act like a spoiled brat and add the feature yourself. Ok?

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:28:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (WereCatf) Comments RE[2]: Comment by Soulbender http://osnews.com/thread?306737 http://osnews.com/thread?306737 Well, I once also had gutsy, freshly installed, but everything started to crash on startup, panel etc from time to time...
So I started wondering why, because I had another pc with gutsy and it ran just fine.

I discovered the media from which I installed, was bad. It ad copied some files which were broken. Once I burned a new fresh disc & reinstalled, everything was okay.

You could have the same problem, but it's a guess though :/ Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:30:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (czubin) Comments Nice article to read, but ... :-/ http://osnews.com/thread?306740 http://osnews.com/thread?306740 It think it was a good preview. But to be fair I would like to read same kind of articles about other distros too, like OpenSUSE and Fedora. I think those are a bit more interesting because they have newer softwares and technologies.
Not sure why Ubuntu gets all attention ... Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (RJop) Comments Mine's giving crash reports constantly... http://osnews.com/thread?306741 http://osnews.com/thread?306741 On a Thinkpad T61p, FX570 Quadro card. Dual monitors (onboard, plus different res external) also do not work properly yet. The onboard displays properly by itself, but not when the external is used for extended desktop, which happens to display the proper res. Interesting.

I'm not too disappointed, since it is a beta. But hopefully whatever finishing touches they make to the final release will resolve these issues. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (polaris20) Comments RE[6]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306742 http://osnews.com/thread?306742

I guess you'd better code it if you feel so strongly about it then...

No, thanks. Nero 7 Essentials already has this feature. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (autumnlover) Comments RE[2]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306743 http://osnews.com/thread?306743 Just install QtCurve for both GTK and Qt and then everything looks the same. And unlike gtk-engines-qt, it's not an ugly hack. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:46:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (siride) Comments RE[3]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306744 http://osnews.com/thread?306744 I don't remember the last time I burned a dud DVD/CD. I agree that verification is a good feature to have, but I've burned hundreds of CDs/DVDs in the last year without verifying the results and they've worked like a charm.

It would be nice to have it, but it's something I can live without. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (evangs) Comments here's hoping http://osnews.com/thread?306745 http://osnews.com/thread?306745 I've got an odd setup, a Nvidia 7950 GX2 running SLI to one monitor (a 22" widescreen Samsung) and then an ATI x300 outputting to a 19" samsung (to the left of the 22").

I can never get dual monitors to work like I do in windows, I'm hoping that Hardy will be the one to help me work it. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Devilotx) Comments RE[8]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306749 http://osnews.com/thread?306749 Am I the only one that as the verification feature in brasero? I had to disable it with Edit-> Plugins -> md5.

It's annoying, time consuming and pretty useless these days. Burners are now reliable. Last time I had a coaster was with a 1x pioneer dvd burner, like 8 years ago. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (yanik) Comments RE: Undo changes http://osnews.com/thread?306753 http://osnews.com/thread?306753 Apply doesn't really make sense for settings that can quickly take effect. If you want to change something, just click somewhere else.

Instant-apply is part of the gnome human interface guidelines:
http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/1.0/windows.html#instan... Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (SEJeff) Comments Correction for Thom http://osnews.com/thread?306754 http://osnews.com/thread?306754 Brasero is not a part of gnome 2.22 like your article says. Brasero was added by the Ubuntu team because nautilus-cd-burner is and always has been crappy. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (SEJeff) Comments Crashing? http://osnews.com/thread?306755 http://osnews.com/thread?306755 I think this article is a bit startling for me because I've been testing Hardy and I was shocked at how stable it was, even in the Alpha stage - barely any crashing at all.

Remember, the developers can't polish rough edges they don't know about - do your part and file/track bug reports! Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sumguy231) Comments RE[7]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306756 http://osnews.com/thread?306756 If you use free software, that kind of answer is very common.

Why? Because the nature of free software; you receive something as it is, and you can use it, modify it to fulfill your own needs and distribute your modifications to let everyone "enjoy" your improvements.

If you do not want to share your things with the community that gives you the software, you should not use it.

If you are not technician, you could also help to improve the software you use reporting bugs, doing translations, documentation and a lot of stuff.

Bashing some software application in a destructive way (as the Original Poster did) is not helpful, it just harms. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ebasconp) Comments Comment by SJ87 http://osnews.com/thread?306757 http://osnews.com/thread?306757 This isn't 100% on-topic but anyways... I've used GnomeBaker and Brasero, and I am left to wonder if there even exists a decent disc burning software made in GTK... I couldn't "bake" a single rom with GnomeBaker since it whined about not being able to access my dvd rom or failing to cache the data to be burned, and these failures occured even when running on root.

I sure can burn my medias with Brasero, but since 99% of my cases equal to burning a disc image (cue + bin), I find it very annoying Brasero cannot find the disc image (.bin) unless I manually add the full path of the .bin file to the cuesheet, even when they are located in the same folder. I also dislike some of its other ways of functioning, too, but they're less important, less annoying.Edited 2008-03-26 18:24 UTC Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (SJ87) Comments RE[2]: Undo changes http://osnews.com/thread?306758 http://osnews.com/thread?306758 That's exactly what he's saying... he doesn't like that "feature"...

I sort of agree, there should be a "restore defaults" button or something... Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:25:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Lunitik) Comments RE[9]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306759 http://osnews.com/thread?306759

Am I the only one that as the verification feature in brasero? I had to disable it with Edit-> Plugins -> md5.

Somehow I expected that. I must use md5 plug-in for thing as simple and obvious as DVD burning verification, because it is "realOS", not that "lame" Windows, right ?

Burners are now reliable.

"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers"

No. They are not 100% reliable. Or you are using your computer just for fun, and do not care about that 3% of failed sessions ? Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (autumnlover) Comments Call Me A Heathen but... http://osnews.com/thread?306760 http://osnews.com/thread?306760 I tend to use NeroLinux for my burning needs in Linux,

It's familiar to me, and works as designed without issue. Plus since it's one of the first things win converts ask about when I show them Linux

"Does it have Nero?" and I can say BAM! yes it does.

It's helped me convert a few people to the dark side. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Devilotx) Comments RE[8]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306761 http://osnews.com/thread?306761

Bashing some software application in a destructive way (as the Original Poster did) is not helpful, it just harms.

So... I finally met that person, which is responsible for deleting that "Criticism Of Linux" section in one of the Wikipedia's articles ? ;-) Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (autumnlover) Comments RE[9]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306763 http://osnews.com/thread?306763 Oops! I thought I removed the "Criticism of Vista" section!

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:46:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ebasconp) Comments Ubuntu Scares Me http://osnews.com/thread?306764 http://osnews.com/thread?306764 As the title says, Ubuntu is the Linux distribution that frightens me most. Canonical has done some great things to make Ubuntu a household name for Linux, as well as bring many new users over to the operating system. The reason I'm afraid of Ubuntu is because of the power they hold over the future of Linux adoption. Just as Canonical has brought so much to the community, I'm afraid they could end up taking away from it as well. Perhaps it's only me, but as many strides have been made in each new release of Ubuntu, I feel like it is becoming buggier and more problematic each release. It may just be my hardware, but each new release I have had more problems than the last. I just hope that Canonical can keep things moving forward without losing the reason many people choose Linux in the first place - speed and stability. I'm afraid that if future releases continue the trend of having significant bugs, that it will detract from the same new community that Canonical has helped create, and give some users a bad impression of Linux overall. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (akeru) Comments Hardy Heron PPC http://osnews.com/thread?306765 http://osnews.com/thread?306765 I downloaded the LiveCD "daily" for PPC last night and tried it this morning - it looks good. It runs quick, picked up my video settings pretty decently. The only problems I had:

- Broadcom drivers didn't get detected or setup, so no wireless on my Powerbook G4.
- I can't enable any of the special Desktop effects, even though I have a competent video card in this ol' machine (GeForce FX Go5200).
- No Open Office or Abiword (missing?)

I am thinking about doing a dual boot - previous versions didn't quite work very well at all - lots of video, power management issues, but this one seemed fine and quick for the most part.Edited 2008-03-26 18:48 UTC Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (NathanHill) Comments RE[10]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306766 http://osnews.com/thread?306766

No. They are not 100% reliable. Or you are using your computer just for fun, and do not care about that 3% of failed sessions ?

No, they're not 100% reliable, but most of us can spring for the 25 cent CD or slightly more expensive DVD when that 3% strikes, even in a business setting, which is where 95% of my burning is done.

Also, why are you so amazingly abrasive? Perhaps people would value your viewpoint a little more than that of a troll if you didn't come off so rudely in your posts. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (polaris20) Comments RE[2]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306767 http://osnews.com/thread?306767

I never use K3B. It's a nice app and all but anything I need to do can be done either from Nautilus (copy, write) or with Brasero.

There were times, when there simply was no competitor for K3B, as a GUI, for cd/dvd ripping and burning. Times change, and that is a good thing. Still, I sometimes can't believe how many people just dismiss K3B (don't take this on you) saying there are other apps. Well, trying to be somewhat objective, I'd say for KDE users it's really hard to find anything better. For me, under Linux, K3B has always been the ultimate tool for the task. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (l3v1) Comments RE[3]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306768 http://osnews.com/thread?306768

I wonder when all those clever guys will come with the idea of "write verification" in any open source CD/DVD burning application in Linux - except k3b ?

Are they ever burn their DVDs using application they produce ?

OK, I'll bite.

Just clicking a few and I find "Verify written data" in the DVD Copy dialog. Then, just for a trial, I create a DVD Project, drag a few files, click on the "Burn" button, there's a "Verify written data" in the burn dialog.

Don't use it if you don't like it, use whatever gnomeish apps you'd like, but starting a pissing contest will only get you drowned in a strangely smelling pool. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (l3v1) Comments RE[3]: Undo changes http://osnews.com/thread?306769 http://osnews.com/thread?306769

There should be a "restore defaults" button or something...

I don't think he meant that, I'd say he meant a good old Cancel button, that would drop the applied change and "restore" what was there previously (not the defaults). That feature (i.e. "cancel") should be a real PITA to implement

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (l3v1) Comments RE[6]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306770 http://osnews.com/thread?306770

I guess you'd better code it if you feel so strongly about it then...

... or at least submit a feature request in gnome's bugzilla.

Personally I never verify my burned CDs. It takes too long time and they always work anyway. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (nxsty) Comments RE: Ubuntu Scares Me http://osnews.com/thread?306772 http://osnews.com/thread?306772

I'm afraid that if future releases continue the trend of having significant bugs, that it will detract from the same new community that Canonical has helped create, and give some users a bad impression of Linux overall.

If the situation is as bad as you portray it, people will stop advocating Ubuntu and start using other distros as test beds for noobs.

No need to worry. The same thing happened to Mandrake/Mandriva. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (chris_dk) Comments K3b http://osnews.com/thread?306773 http://osnews.com/thread?306773 Now that this has already turned into a k3b thread: Why on earth does a single click on a file make that file being added to the project? That's such a strange behaviour - and I actually think this would not have happened for a gnome app.

As for Ubuntu: The thrill is gone. Yes each version is adding a litte bit more features, but I can't remember when and what the last great addition was. Currently I'm just seeing that my wlan doesn't work and gnome then freezes when I trying to log.Edited 2008-03-26 19:46 UTC Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:46:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (krausest) Comments RE: K3b http://osnews.com/thread?306776 http://osnews.com/thread?306776

Now that this has already turned into a k3b thread: Why on earth does a single click on a file make that file being added to the project? That's such a strange behaviour - and I actually think this would not have happened for a gnome app.

Because it is a KDE app. It can be changed in the preference stuff in KDE (can't remember the name). Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:55:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (chris_dk) Comments RE: resolutions blah blah blah .... http://osnews.com/thread?306779 http://osnews.com/thread?306779

...So far the one and only Ubuntu release, which could correctly detect my monitor parameters was 6.06 LTS. Since then - no one could - 8.04 included...

That aside, 8.04 so far has been the first and only OS distribution that managed to deal with my multi-monitor setup (docked notebooks LVDS "right-of" a decently sized TFT) without requiring any xorg.conf manipulations or (even more annoying) manual modeline computations. That's something I surely consider a win.

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kawazu) Comments RE: Firefox URL bar http://osnews.com/thread?306780 http://osnews.com/thread?306780 Also, previously you just had a big list of URLs and you had to pick out the right one. Now it's all much clearer, and you're more likely to find what you're looking for near the top.

What with bookmarks and all, I never really bothered with the old system because I rarely typed the same URL twice. So I can't say I share everyone's sadness at it's passing. But for those who mourn it, there are extensions to ease the pain. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Michael) Comments RE: resolutions blah blah blah .... http://osnews.com/thread?306781 http://osnews.com/thread?306781 You say that 6.06 got it right, so maybe this is not the case with your monitor. But manufacturers don't seem to care that much if their monitors provide correct information or not. They just ship it with a CD that has the right "drivers" for Windows and call it good. As with so much other hardware, it's cheaper and easier to just ship broken hardware and fix it with drivers. Windows drivers, of course. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sbergman27) Comments RE: Hardy Heron PPC http://osnews.com/thread?306782 http://osnews.com/thread?306782

- Broadcom drivers didn't get detected or setup, so no wireless on my Powerbook G4.
- I can't enable any of the special Desktop effects, even though I have a competent video card in this ol' machine (GeForce FX Go5200).
- No Open Office or Abiword (missing?)

Nvidia does not provide linux ppc drivers so your best hope is probably for nouveau.

Broadcom drivers have always been problematic, as they don't or wont release specs or try to work with open source community (at least as far as wifi chipsets go, my broadcom bluetooth works fine).

you can get open office or abiword from the repository.

You have to remember that the ppc build is a community build and as a result will not work as well the the canonical supported x86 builds Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (_txf_) Comments RE: K3b http://osnews.com/thread?306783 http://osnews.com/thread?306783

This has to do with the fact in kde, by default in file manager operations a single click is the same as a double click. You can change it with kcontrol, but If you use it gnome I imagine you have to edit some config file in .kde

oops someone already repliedEdited 2008-03-26 21:42 UTC Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (_txf_) Comments Obvious and sad http://osnews.com/thread?306784 http://osnews.com/thread?306784 While reading through the comments, one point is glaringly obvious: That no one who uses GNOME wants to say anything remotely positive about KDE apps, in particular, and KDE, in general.

Hop over to the KDE forums and you will not see anything like this.

It appears that GNOME users have this attitude of being 'holier-than-thou'. Maybe its unintentional for most of them but it comes through strongly.

Really sad considering how close in underlying technolgies the two desktop environments now are -- courtesy of freedesktop.org. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kanwar.plaha) Comments RE: Obvious and sad http://osnews.com/thread?306785 http://osnews.com/thread?306785 I used to use gnome and on the whole it is a lot less buggy and well configured. I now use kde because it suits me more (by far more flexible than gnome).
There are many people that also started by using kde then went to gnome.

The people who tend to move around a lot between desktop environments learn to appreciate the differences between them, regardless of their personal preferences. Those that usually bash other desktop environments don't have a lot of experience with them and so will not be accurate or even have constructive criticism.

I generally ignore those comments, but I will correct someone if I feel from their tone that they might be willing to be corrected. It does not always work but its work a try! Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (_txf_) Comments RE[3]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306802 http://osnews.com/thread?306802 Well, for more "advanced" burning needs, K3b is still the tool. The thing is, though, that most people (including me) don't need advanced options, they just want to slap a few mp3s onto an audio CD (Serpentine) or burn some holiday pictures etc. to disc to share with friends and family (Nautilus does that nicely). Even burning ISOs is done hassle-free with the right click menu, so why bother opening up a separate app (even is it's more functional) to accomplish these basic tasks?

Still, I wish Serpentine would at least burn directly from mp3/whatever to disc without converting the data first. That's just so win98. I have an Athlon64 3700+, and I think that's more than capable of decoding a stream while it's being written to disc. And even with that, I still don't open up K3b to burn an audio CD. Much easier to just drag a few tracks onto serpentine and let it take its time, and have a cup of coffee while it's at it.

This is not a dig at K3b,it's a brilliant app with loads of features, arguably the best GUI util available for burning CDs on Linux, but I just don't need it. Sometimes, less is more.

edit: and yeah, I remember when K3b was the only app worth mentioning for burning, and it was excellent in a pile of non-working sludge, but times have changed. I commend K3b for its efforts, but it's just not the be-all-end-all app for burning on Linux anymore.Edited 2008-03-26 23:35 UTC Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Hozz) Comments RE: Firefox URL bar http://osnews.com/thread?306806 http://osnews.com/thread?306806 What I'd really like is if FF/some other browser "scanned" the pages I were viewing and auto-completed URL inputs or google searches based on what I'd been looking at. I guess this isn't really the appropriate thread for this, but that would be rather nice.

And yes, I know I could just copy+paste, but this is something that, to me, would really make the browser seem "intelligent". It'd be slowed down a bunch as well, for sure, but that's not up to me to code

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Hozz) Comments RE: Obvious and sad http://osnews.com/thread?306807 http://osnews.com/thread?306807 Maybe it has to do with all those flamewars that a few (KDE) trolls stir, complaining about how much GNOME sux because it won't let them re-route their flux capacitor to let the tachyon emissions go down the intertubes port 67 without touching gconf

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Xenu) Comments RE[2]: Obvious and sad http://osnews.com/thread?306814 http://osnews.com/thread?306814 I agree, I've been using both DEs extensively, and while I found KDE rather attractive, I decided to stick with Gnome for now, as it comes standard with Ubuntu, and that's the distro that suits my needs. i could use Kubuntu, but the last time I tried it it seemed buggy and undone compared to vanilla Ubuntu. Over time, Gnome has grown on me as a no-hassle DE that might not provide the level of customization you get with KDE, but still, things work, and they work well.

Oh, and my favorite DE is still Enlightenment, but I've yet to find a distro that provides that along with the ease of use of Ubuntu. Elive is great, used it as my main distro for almost a year, but sadly, Ubuntu beats it by miles in usability and support. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Hozz) Comments RE: Obvious and sad http://osnews.com/thread?306816 http://osnews.com/thread?306816 While reading through the comments, one point is glaringly obvious: That no one who uses GNOME wants to say anything remotely positive about KDE apps, in particular, and KDE, in general.

You should actually read the comments, not just assume things. I for one am one of those who actually said that I don't f.ex. know any MSN Messenger client for GNOME that I'd like more than Kopete. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (WereCatf) Comments Why not Kubuntu? http://osnews.com/thread?306822 http://osnews.com/thread?306822 Why not test Kubuntu? Another Ubuntu preview is simply boring. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:44:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (swistak) Comments RE: Why not Kubuntu? http://osnews.com/thread?306832 http://osnews.com/thread?306832 because in general these days nothing is happening in kubuntu. There have been plenty of previews and status updates of kde4 which is where all the development energy is atm Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (_txf_) Comments RE: Obvious and sad http://osnews.com/thread?306840 http://osnews.com/thread?306840

That no one who uses GNOME wants to say anything remotely positive about KDE apps

I actually have a lot of good things to say about KDE. Amarok is a great app and so is k3b (if you need that kind of functionality). kparts is also a great idea. Kontact is a very good app.
There's a lot of things I like about KDE but in the end it's soft,fuzzy issues that makes me stay with GNOME. KDE just doesn't feel right as a whole. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Soulbender) Comments RE[4]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306843 http://osnews.com/thread?306843

The thing is, though, that most people (including me) don't need advanced options, they just want to slap a few mp3s onto an audio CD (Serpentine) or burn some holiday pictures etc. to disc to share with friends and family (Nautilus does that nicely). Even burning ISOs is done hassle-free with the right click menu, so why bother opening up a separate app (even is it's more functional) to accomplish these basic tasks?

That more or less sums up my CD/DVD burning usage in the last 3 years or so. All of that is handled by Nautilus just fine and I really do not see the need of some dedicated disc burning app which has loads of features I do not use. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (evangs) Comments RE: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306884 http://osnews.com/thread?306884 I know it's not open source or free but I've always liked and used Nero's linux offering. K3B just hung when I attempted a burn on my laptop. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:17:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (osjohn) Comments RE[4]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306892 http://osnews.com/thread?306892

Don't use it if you don't like it, use whatever gnomeish apps you'd like, but starting a pissing contest will only get you drowned in a strangely smelling pool.

http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=zrzutekranugz3.png

Who's drowning ? Here you have an "CD/DVD Assistant" window in 8.04 beta. Could you be so kind and guide me - where is that damn "Verify written data" button ? Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:28:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (autumnlover) Comments Crash http://osnews.com/thread?306911 http://osnews.com/thread?306911 I have this currently installed on my new desktop computer and man does programs crash on it. Everyday there is at least one program that crashes, I hope with Beta2 all those bugs would be fixed, I submit the crash reports on Lanuchpad to let the developers know. But it is shaping up to a good release (once the bugs have been worked out). Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:54:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (motang) Comments RE[3]: Obvious and sad http://osnews.com/thread?306918 http://osnews.com/thread?306918

Oh, and my favorite DE is still Enlightenment, but I've yet to find a distro that provides that along with the ease of use of Ubuntu.

you could try OpenGEU/Geubutu: http://opengeu.intilinux.com/

it's an ubuntu-based distro using Enlightenment. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:17:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (brunascle) Comments RE[5]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306945 http://osnews.com/thread?306945

Who's drowning ? Here you have an "CD/DVD Assistant" window in 8.04 beta. Could you be so kind and guide me - where is that damn "Verify written data" button ?

I think the parent poster was talking about Brasero. Under Â¨ToolsÂ¨ youÂ´ll find Â¨Check Integrity...Â¨. Hope that clears it up for yaÂ´. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ctl_alt_del) Comments RE[4]: Obvious and sad http://osnews.com/thread?306953 http://osnews.com/thread?306953 Thanks, I'll check it out! :-) Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:19:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Hozz) Comments RE[6]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306961 http://osnews.com/thread?306961 I think I got it. Two plug-ins from Brasero I mean. I still think that such important feature as disc writing verification should be implemented in other way, not in the form of "plug-in". Also I think it should be visible straight in the main window, in some form of checkbox right to the "Burn it" button or something.

I never consider myself as "geek" - especially when it comes to Linux-specific areas, but after all - Linux-based OS are not targeted at the geeks, who understand such things like "plug-ins", right ?

I just checked this out in beta, and luckily for all Joe-Sixpacks like myself who are more interested in getting the job done, not in structure of the application itself, those plugins are activated by default in Brasero.Edited 2008-03-27 23:56 UTC Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (autumnlover) Comments RE: Obvious and sad http://osnews.com/thread?306978 http://osnews.com/thread?306978 You are painting all Gnome users with a broad brush.

KDE apps are great!...See

The only issues I have with KDE/QT apps is their integration with Gnome. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dylan_b.) Comments RE[7]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306981 http://osnews.com/thread?306981

Two plug-ins from Brasero I mean. I still think that such important feature as disc writing verification should be implemented in other way, not in the form of "plug-in".

Why does it matter as long as it works? You're just looking to complain.

Also I think it should be visible straight in the main window

You may have noticed that it's on by default so why does it need to be in the main window? Such an "important" feature shouldn't be easy to disable, right?

This sounds a lot like "Nero does it this way and therefore everyone else should too". Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Soulbender) Comments RE[8]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?306998 http://osnews.com/thread?306998 Nero, k3b, Ashampoo Burning Studio, Alcohol 120%, Roxio ... to name only a few. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (autumnlover) Comments RE: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?307201 http://osnews.com/thread?307201 does anyone actually use something other than K3b?

Never use k3b, why do I need a big gui to call growisofs when I can call growisofs directly?

k3b is just a front-end gui. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bogolisk) Comments RE[3]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?307202 http://osnews.com/thread?307202

There were times, when there simply was no competitor for K3B, as a GUI, for cd/dvd ripping and burning. Times change

Yes. And that often precipitates an unfortunate situation. The early adopters of the app which, once upon a time, had no rival... continue to act as if it has no rivals. It took some apt-get fans *years* to get it through their heads that apt was not the only dependency manager anymore. K3b might have been the best at one time. I know that I have never been particularly impressed with it, although many others seemed to be. But today, in 2008, k3b is just another app that happens to be tied to a DE I don't use anymore. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sbergman27) Comments RE[9]: CD burning http://osnews.com/thread?307325 http://osnews.com/thread?307325

Nero, k3b, Ashampoo Burning Studio, Alcohol 120%, Roxio

So? You've already stated it's an important feature that should be on by default. It's on by default in Brasero.
Now you're complaining that it cant easily be turned off. WTF? Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Soulbender) Comments