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Things I like in Ubuntu
Dec 6th
Though I haven’t used (and won’t use) Ubuntu, it has a few things I appreciate (as far as I know them):
Ubuntu One: I wish we could have something similar for Debian users (ideally, it should be extended so that we could sync our calendars, contacts, liferea data etc.).
usb-creator: seems the easiest way to create a bootable usb stick containing a complete and customisable environment. I am aware of the existence Debian Live, but I must say I haven’t given it a try yet.
Desktop orientation: Ubuntu users are in a large majority desktop users. Ubuntu is imho desktop-oriented, and I particularly like the artwork coherence (from boot loader to default desktop).
Switched to GIT
Nov 22nd
After having converted my packages to the new 3.0 (quilt) source format, I have decided to move everything to GIT.
rkhunter was moved to Alioth’s collab-maint project, and I have set up a personal GIT repository for the other packages.
This page on the wiki has helped a lot.
I now need to learn how to use this tool, but my first tests are very encouraging.
I haven’t had to change my packaging workflow, switching from svn-buildpackage to git-buildpackage.
I am even able to build i386 packages on my amd64 machine as before without the need to change anything in my ~/.pbuilderrc.
Converted my packages to 3.0 (quilt) source format
Nov 22nd
I have now finished converted most of the packages I maintain (part of the official archive or not) to the new 3.0 (quilt) source format.
I first had to switch from dpatch or cdbs’ simple-patchsys to quilt, which was easy thanks to Romain Francoise’s old blog post.
Also note this quick adaptation for cdbs:
for i in $(ls debian/patches/*.patch); do \ I=$(basename $i | sed 's/.patch$//'); \ quilt import -P $I.diff $i; \ done
The rest was much easier than what I thought, thanks to the related page on the wiki.
I have already tried uploading a package to my personal repository, and reprepro just worked as expected.
Start compiz (or any non-default WM) automatically with GNOME
Oct 25th
I have just noticed the latest gnome-session package doesn’t use compiz as default WM if installed.
I have had to found the right way starting it for my session, anf finally found the following was the easiest and cleanest solution:
echo export WINDOW_MANAGER=/usr/bin/compiz >> ~/.gnomerc
Writing it here so that I can find it again…
HADOPI II law adopted
Sep 26th
The HADOPI II law was finally adopted on September the 15th by the Assemblée Nationale. Guess what? My local representative, who wrote recently a very nice letter against this project, voted in favor of this law.
This is not a real surprise, as it has also happened with the HADOPI I law last May, but this time, I will take the time to write him a letter to express my feelings.
HADOPI I & II: letter from my local representative
Jul 25th
I have received an official letter from my local representative, in which he sums up the recent events in the area of the HADOPI law.
I will only quote the following parts of his letter, referring to the amendments proposed to this law, following to the partial censure of the Constitutional Council:
[...] ce qui me laisse plus que très dubitatif sur l’efficacité du dispositif. [...] cette procédure me semble tout à fait inadaptée.
Which can be translated as follows:
[...] I doubt this disposal will have any effect. [...] I think this procedure is absolutely not adapted.
Now, let’s bet what will be his vote in September!
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