mdeslaur

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by mdeslaur 13y ago
Well said.
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by mdeslaur 13y ago
ChromeOS uses upstart.
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by mdeslaur 13y ago
Having Debian switch to systemd by default has no bearing on the preferred init system in Ubuntu.
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by mdeslaur 13y ago
There's no way to make a global search box on par with iOS, Android, OS X and Windows without sending the search string to a central server. The box is marked "search your computer and online sources", there are other search
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by mdeslaur 13y ago
Exactly. To remain competitive, Ubuntu needs a global search feature much like iOS, Android, Windows, and OS X have. It's what non-technical users are expecting of a modern operating system. Sending the search result to a central serve
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by mdeslaur 13y ago
Because technical criticism is welcome, and the tea party remark never applied to technical critics.
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by mdeslaur 13y ago
> And I don't necessarily want to send the context of searches for content on my own computer over the wire to Canonical's servers (especially these days). So why are you typing them in the global search tab of the dash? Use th
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by mdeslaur 13y ago
When someone uses a box marked "search online sources", they probably don't need to be asked "Are you sure you want to search online sources?"
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by mdeslaur 13y ago
> It's a search box that many people will use exclusively to search for _local_ content. You're using the wrong search box if you want to search exclusively for local content. Try hitting Super-A, Super-F or clicking on the app
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by mdeslaur 13y ago
If the searches leak out despite the settings, I would like to know about it so I can promptly issue a security update.
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by mdeslaur 13y ago
Sorry, didn't mean to be ambiguous. It's what it was designed for. If there is a bug that is preventing it from working properly, I would like to know about it so I can make sure it gets fixed.
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by mdeslaur 13y ago
Yes, it's supposed to disable it completely.
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by mdeslaur 13y ago
It is, but nobody wants to pay $600 for a phone that could cost you $99 when subsidized by your network operator.
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by mdeslaur 13y ago
Yes, you can lock the phone. The main programming environment is QML, not C or C++.
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by mdeslaur 14y ago
I'm sorry, but I don't see how "GNU/Linux in Danger". This is actually _good_ for Linux, as adding DRM to HTML will alleviate the need to use closed-source technologies like Flash and Silverlight to stream DRMed content. Getting rid of clos
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by mdeslaur 14y ago
Google created Android because the iPhone made users switch from using the web to using apps. Since Google makes its revenue from web ads, it needed to take control of the phone market and make sure the web and/or their ads were still relev
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by mdeslaur 15y ago
Oh, sorry about that, you're right. It appears that the partner archive in Launchpad _does_ actually remove packages after a certain time. My bad.
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by mdeslaur 15y ago
That means they were deleted from the repository, but they are still archived in launchpad. The reason you don't see the files for 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 is because they were copied over from maverick. If you want the 6.24-1build0.10.10.1 fil
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by mdeslaur 15y ago
You can download all the previous versions here: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sun-java6/+publishinghi... Easy to undo if an insecure version is acceptable to you, and once installed, use apt pinning so it doesn't get upgraded anym
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by mdeslaur 15y ago
We are only forcibly removing the plugin for now. Hopefully you will no longer be running your mail servers on an ancient JDK that contains multiple security issues once we do decide to remove it. Believe me, I would have preferred to simpl
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by mdeslaur 15y ago
You do know that Oracle's JDK 7 is based on openjdk7, right?
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by mdeslaur 15y ago
So we would be more trustworthy if we left millions of users vulnerable to being silently compromised by malware? No, Apache and Exim wouldn't get removed, the source is available so a fix can be issued.
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by mdeslaur 15y ago
Once the browser plugin gets uninstalled by the package update, visiting a web site that requires a Java plugin will cause the browser to automatically suggest installing OpenJDK/icedtea-plugin.
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by mdeslaur 15y ago
We originally thought about doing that, but we decided not to. It is likely that some users have installed sun-java6 in order to use applications that are incompatible with OpenJDK. If we silently replace sun-java6 with OpenJDK, they may ex
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by mdeslaur 15y ago
This only works if the person who sees the notification is actually in a position to make a conscious decision on the risk of leaving it installed, and possesses the technical knowledge required to manually install it.
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by mdeslaur 15y ago
If people find having the risk is acceptable, they may use apt pinning to force the older packages to remain installed. Our users are expecting that the normal software update process ensures that software they are using is maintained in a
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by mdeslaur 15y ago
Once the browser plugin gets uninstalled by the package update, visiting a web site that requires a Java plugin will cause the browser to automatically suggest installing OpenJDK/icedtea-plugin.
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by mdeslaur 15y ago
We are trying to move away from doing that type of thing, as those packages tend to be fragile and cause a lot of problems for our users.
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by mdeslaur 15y ago
Since Oracle prevents redistribution of newer versions, there are only three ways we can handle this: 1- Leave the insecure packages in the archive, and not update them 2- Remove the insecure packages from the archive, but leave them instal