Comments for Miia Ranta http://myrtti.fi/blog Nerdette ravings Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:36:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on A meme that I can happily participate in to by Shell statistics | beatwaves.net http://myrtti.fi/blog/2008/04/11/a-meme-that-i-can-happily-participate-in-to/comment-page-1/#comment-3076 Shell statistics | beatwaves.net Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:36:07 +0000 http://koti.kapsi.fi/myrtti/blog/2008/04/11/a-meme-that-i-can-happily-participate-in-to/#comment-3076 [...] picked up this meme from the summercode IRC channel via myrtti. (You can follow it back quite far from there…) sbergen@jt7-153 ~ $ history|awk '{print [...] [...] picked up this meme from the summercode IRC channel via myrtti. (You can follow it back quite far from there…) sbergen@jt7-153 ~ $ history|awk '{print [...]

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 11.10 on an ExoPC/Wetab, or how I found some use for my tablet and learnt to hate on-screen keyboards by myrtti http://myrtti.fi/blog/2011/11/06/ubuntu-11-10-on-an-exopcwetab-or-how-i-found-some-use-for-my-tablet-and-learnt-to-hate-on-screen-keyboards/comment-page-1/#comment-2876 myrtti Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:04:26 +0000 http://myrtti.fi/blog/?p=922#comment-2876 yeah, the device came originally with MeeGo, and the experience was painful enough not to be repeated again. The tablet UX didn't get much love, and now MeeGo is practically dead with interests moving forward. yeah, the device came originally with MeeGo, and the experience was painful enough not to be repeated again. The tablet UX didn’t get much love, and now MeeGo is practically dead with interests moving forward.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 11.10 on an ExoPC/Wetab, or how I found some use for my tablet and learnt to hate on-screen keyboards by andybleaden http://myrtti.fi/blog/2011/11/06/ubuntu-11-10-on-an-exopcwetab-or-how-i-found-some-use-for-my-tablet-and-learnt-to-hate-on-screen-keyboards/comment-page-1/#comment-2875 andybleaden Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:49:46 +0000 http://myrtti.fi/blog/?p=922#comment-2875 Interesting. I am keen to see where and when Ubuntu and or other Linux based Os can hit on tablets as well as perhaps they have done on netbooks etc.Really useful guide. After all I have read about UDS this week it seems that Ubuntu are rightly looking at other media to be installed on and are ready for the challenge also. Right now I would have thought that Unity would be really usable on a tablet. At the moment though I am just not tempted by tablet technology though...except where I have seen it used for older people and the one selling point which was playing Mahjong! Thanks again for that... I assume you have tried the Meego OS on this device or is it new? Interesting. I am keen to see where and when Ubuntu and or other Linux based Os can hit on tablets as well as perhaps they have done on netbooks etc.Really useful guide. After all I have read about UDS this week it seems that Ubuntu are rightly looking at other media to be installed on and are ready for the challenge also. Right now I would have thought that Unity would be really usable on a tablet.
At the moment though I am just not tempted by tablet technology though…except where I have seen it used for older people and the one selling point which was playing Mahjong!

Thanks again for that… I assume you have tried the Meego OS on this device or is it new?

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 11.10 on an ExoPC/Wetab, or how I found some use for my tablet and learnt to hate on-screen keyboards by myrtti http://myrtti.fi/blog/2011/11/06/ubuntu-11-10-on-an-exopcwetab-or-how-i-found-some-use-for-my-tablet-and-learnt-to-hate-on-screen-keyboards/comment-page-1/#comment-2873 myrtti Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:04:40 +0000 http://myrtti.fi/blog/?p=922#comment-2873 I get the feeling these different UI paradigms are only lipstick on a pig when the basic things like scrolling and right-clicking don't work. I have used gnome-do and related solutions in my XFCE for years and I don't actually mind Unity or GnomeShell at all. I get the feeling these different UI paradigms are only lipstick on a pig when the basic things like scrolling and right-clicking don’t work. I have used gnome-do and related solutions in my XFCE for years and I don’t actually mind Unity or GnomeShell at all.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 11.10 on an ExoPC/Wetab, or how I found some use for my tablet and learnt to hate on-screen keyboards by myrtti http://myrtti.fi/blog/2011/11/06/ubuntu-11-10-on-an-exopcwetab-or-how-i-found-some-use-for-my-tablet-and-learnt-to-hate-on-screen-keyboards/comment-page-1/#comment-2872 myrtti Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:02:56 +0000 http://myrtti.fi/blog/?p=922#comment-2872 twofing gave no help in my situation, I manage to rightclick accidentally every now and then, but have no idea how, and the scrolling is just atrocious. I've pretty much given up on the virtual keyboard issue as well as none of the virtual keyboards will give me the speed a proper keyboard does. twofing gave no help in my situation, I manage to rightclick accidentally every now and then, but have no idea how, and the scrolling is just atrocious.

I’ve pretty much given up on the virtual keyboard issue as well as none of the virtual keyboards will give me the speed a proper keyboard does.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 11.10 on an ExoPC/Wetab, or how I found some use for my tablet and learnt to hate on-screen keyboards by pitpat http://myrtti.fi/blog/2011/11/06/ubuntu-11-10-on-an-exopcwetab-or-how-i-found-some-use-for-my-tablet-and-learnt-to-hate-on-screen-keyboards/comment-page-1/#comment-2859 pitpat Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:32:54 +0000 http://myrtti.fi/blog/?p=922#comment-2859 Hey, Its great that you're experimenting with ubuntu on the tablet. I hope the community and canonical takes care of these basic usability issues, so that we can have a nice creamy OS which can attract application makers. In the end, its the applications that make the OS truly shine and appealing to the end user. Hey, Its great that you’re experimenting with ubuntu on the tablet. I hope the community and canonical takes care of these basic usability issues, so that we can have a nice creamy OS which can attract application makers. In the end, its the applications that make the OS truly shine and appealing to the end user.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 11.10 on an ExoPC/Wetab, or how I found some use for my tablet and learnt to hate on-screen keyboards by Reiner http://myrtti.fi/blog/2011/11/06/ubuntu-11-10-on-an-exopcwetab-or-how-i-found-some-use-for-my-tablet-and-learnt-to-hate-on-screen-keyboards/comment-page-1/#comment-2857 Reiner Sun, 06 Nov 2011 07:31:27 +0000 http://myrtti.fi/blog/?p=922#comment-2857 You might want to install "twofing". No evdev patching or other complicated stuff required. With twofing installed you can scroll with a two finger up/down swipe. That way you don't need scrollbars at all. It also emulates a mouse right click (tap with two fingers) and enables pinch-to-zoom. Re onboard not always on top: go to onboard settings, enable window decoration, right click on window top border, in the pop-up select "always on top". Disable window decoration. You might want to install “twofing”. No evdev patching or other complicated stuff required. With twofing installed you can scroll with a two finger up/down swipe. That way you don’t need scrollbars at all. It also emulates a mouse right click (tap with two fingers) and enables pinch-to-zoom.

Re onboard not always on top: go to onboard settings, enable window decoration, right click on window top border, in the pop-up select “always on top”. Disable window decoration.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 11.10 on an ExoPC/Wetab, or how I found some use for my tablet and learnt to hate on-screen keyboards by Fabian http://myrtti.fi/blog/2011/11/06/ubuntu-11-10-on-an-exopcwetab-or-how-i-found-some-use-for-my-tablet-and-learnt-to-hate-on-screen-keyboards/comment-page-1/#comment-2849 Fabian Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:04:14 +0000 http://myrtti.fi/blog/?p=922#comment-2849 you should try plasma-active. its much touchfriendlier than this unity and even much better than G3shell and Im an XFCE-User on the desktop. you should try plasma-active. its much touchfriendlier than this unity and even much better than G3shell and Im an XFCE-User on the desktop.

]]> Comment on Using sudo with graphical apps is bad, mmmkay? by Kevin Chadwick http://myrtti.fi/blog/2008/11/11/using-sudo-with-graphical-apps-is-bad-mmmkay/comment-page-1/#comment-2842 Kevin Chadwick Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:47:49 +0000 http://myrtti.fi/blog/?p=438#comment-2842 There's a few things here. A gui app may update lots of config files and be expected to run as a normal user so you may end up with files that can no longer be changed by a normal user. The environment issue, well you should run apps via the console with their full path. e.g /usr/bin/sudo /bin/ls Synaptic will be designed for root use but is far less secure than using /usr/bin/apt-get Some programs shouldn't be run or be allowed to run via sudo at all, even /bin/more the sudoers NOEXEC option can help but is no complete fix. See vi versus sudoedit. Still it's better than running your whole OS as a Windows Admin. There’s a few things here. A gui app may update lots of config files and be expected to run as a normal user so you may end up with files that can no longer be changed by a normal user.

The environment issue, well you should run apps via the console with their full path. e.g /usr/bin/sudo /bin/ls

Synaptic will be designed for root use but is far less secure than using /usr/bin/apt-get

Some programs shouldn’t be run or be allowed to run via sudo at all, even /bin/more the sudoers NOEXEC option can help but is no complete fix. See vi versus sudoedit.

Still it’s better than running your whole OS as a Windows Admin.

]]> Comment on Things I learnt about managing people while being a Wikipedia admin by myrtti http://myrtti.fi/blog/2011/08/26/things-i-learnt-about-managing-people-while-being-a-wikipedia-admin/comment-page-1/#comment-2764 myrtti Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:51:18 +0000 http://myrtti.fi/blog/?p=870#comment-2764 Actually the whole reason I stopped contributing as an administrator to the project (apart from a picture here and there and some typofixes) was a group of users assuming bad faith on my and other administrators part in a series of long-running disputes... :-D Actually the whole reason I stopped contributing as an administrator to the project (apart from a picture here and there and some typofixes) was a group of users assuming bad faith on my and other administrators part in a series of long-running disputes… :-D

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