Comments for claydoh's blog of ill repute http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com Just somes of my stuffs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:58:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Overheard on the radio as I was falling asleep by nixternal http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/overheard-on-the-radio-as-i-was-falling-asleep/#comment-67 nixternal Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:58:28 +0000 http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com/?p=23#comment-67 HAHA, nice! Bet they still can't fix the KMail crashiness :p Happy turkey day to you too! HAHA, nice! Bet they still can’t fix the KMail crashiness :p Happy turkey day to you too!

]]> Comment on Community: Developers vs End-Users vs. Responsibility by dohbuoy http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/community-developers-vs-end-users-vs-responsibility/#comment-49 dohbuoy Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:24:21 +0000 http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/community-developers-vs-end-users-vs-responsibility/#comment-49 My point was directed at sub-projects of a larger one, KDE in this instance. While users can't simply demand things (in this case, nothing was) Developers can't simply dismiss us. At least not in this scope. I don't expect or demand to be listened to or that my ideas or issues are more valid than anyone else's. I just don't think we should be simply dismissed <strong> in this case </strong> My point was directed at sub-projects of a larger one, KDE in this instance. While users can’t simply demand things (in this case, nothing was) Developers can’t simply dismiss us. At least not in this scope. I don’t expect or demand to be listened to or that my ideas or issues are more valid than anyone else’s. I just don’t think we should be simply dismissed in this case

]]> Comment on Community: Developers vs End-Users vs. Responsibility by Aoirthoir An Broc http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/community-developers-vs-end-users-vs-responsibility/#comment-48 Aoirthoir An Broc Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:35:33 +0000 http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/community-developers-vs-end-users-vs-responsibility/#comment-48 While I feel it is good for a developer to listen to others, I disagree with your "implicit" statements. I'm not implicitly agreeing to anything ever. Either I explicitly consent to something or I've not consented. When I release *my* software to people with a freed license I'm giving them a gift *perhaps* if they find it useful. By doing this I'm not agreeing to make any changes in the future. Now, depending on my schedule, the resources, the availability of team members (on the volunteer teams and the paid teams) I might make a change and frankly probably will. But I am under no obligation to, implicit or otherwise. Kind Regards Aoirthoir While I feel it is good for a developer to listen to others, I disagree with your “implicit” statements. I’m not implicitly agreeing to anything ever. Either I explicitly consent to something or I’ve not consented.

When I release *my* software to people with a freed license I’m giving them a gift *perhaps* if they find it useful. By doing this I’m not agreeing to make any changes in the future. Now, depending on my schedule, the resources, the availability of team members (on the volunteer teams and the paid teams) I might make a change and frankly probably will. But I am under no obligation to, implicit or otherwise.

Kind Regards
Aoirthoir

]]> Comment on Community: Developers vs End-Users vs. Responsibility by Steve Dodier http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/community-developers-vs-end-users-vs-responsibility/#comment-46 Steve Dodier Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:34:39 +0000 http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/community-developers-vs-end-users-vs-responsibility/#comment-46 Well, sometimes you don't want to (or can't) take the energy and time to provide support for a project, you write code for a particular reason, and just don't want to throw it into a secret place, you prefer letting other people benefit from it. Reminds me of some projects I started... Well, sometimes you don’t want to (or can’t) take the energy and time to provide support for a project, you write code for a particular reason, and just don’t want to throw it into a secret place, you prefer letting other people benefit from it. Reminds me of some projects I started…

]]> Comment on Community: Developers vs End-Users vs. Responsibility by Gen2ly http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/community-developers-vs-end-users-vs-responsibility/#comment-45 Gen2ly Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:18:09 +0000 http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/community-developers-vs-end-users-vs-responsibility/#comment-45 Lol, like the kids. I've noticed a greater sense of "I develop for me" particularly in larger projects. With smaller project there seems to be a greater sense of collaboration (probably because it is needed for the project to survive). The smaller projects that cohere to "do one thing and do it well" can do very good and the developer community has a common interest. For larger projects developers often communicate with other developers to make sure their projects don't break but often are left to their own digression about how to implement it. The rift probably comes from unappeas-able users who expect their developers to do their bidding, or from developers who don't look to hear what the community has to think about a project. Not a good combination to have these two in a room together ;). Lol, like the kids. I’ve noticed a greater sense of “I develop for me” particularly in larger projects. With smaller project there seems to be a greater sense of collaboration (probably because it is needed for the project to survive). The smaller projects that cohere to “do one thing and do it well” can do very good and the developer community has a common interest. For larger projects developers often communicate with other developers to make sure their projects don’t break but often are left to their own digression about how to implement it. The rift probably comes from unappeas-able users who expect their developers to do their bidding, or from developers who don’t look to hear what the community has to think about a project. Not a good combination to have these two in a room together ;) .

]]> Comment on Community: Developers vs End-Users vs. Responsibility by dohbuoy http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/community-developers-vs-end-users-vs-responsibility/#comment-44 dohbuoy Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:10:31 +0000 http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/community-developers-vs-end-users-vs-responsibility/#comment-44 thanks for that, some good stuff there. thanks for that, some good stuff there.

]]> Comment on Community: Developers vs End-Users vs. Responsibility by mgunes http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/community-developers-vs-end-users-vs-responsibility/#comment-43 mgunes Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:58:59 +0000 http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/community-developers-vs-end-users-vs-responsibility/#comment-43 Relevant reading from mdz: http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/04/10/equilibrium-in-free-software-testing/ Relevant reading from mdz:

http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/04/10/equilibrium-in-free-software-testing/

]]> Comment on speed? what’s it like? by Edward Andrew Robinson » Blog Archive » Speed meem http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/speed-whats-it-like/#comment-31 Edward Andrew Robinson » Blog Archive » Speed meem Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:22:20 +0000 http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/speed-whats-it-like/#comment-31 [...] Since everyone else is doing it. [...] [...] Since everyone else is doing it. [...]

]]> Comment on As Kubuntu Jaunty arrives by tes http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/as-jaunty-nears/#comment-28 tes Sat, 16 May 2009 19:52:57 +0000 http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/as-jaunty-nears/#comment-28 I tried Kubuntu 8.04 when it first came out and it was fraught with problems on my slower machine but tried this new version and it is real sharp (I manually upgraded to ext4 without problems and have had no problems since), finally converted from Ubuntu after several years. My only issues deal with the boot up and a flickering kde splash screen (2 annoying flickers that takes the polish off icon fade-in at start-up). Kubuntu seems so much more upscale than Ubuntu. I tried Kubuntu 8.04 when it first came out and it was fraught with problems on my slower machine but tried this new version and it is real sharp (I manually upgraded to ext4 without problems and have had no problems since), finally converted from Ubuntu after several years. My only issues deal with the boot up and a flickering kde splash screen (2 annoying flickers that takes the polish off icon fade-in at start-up). Kubuntu seems so much more upscale than Ubuntu.

]]> Comment on As Kubuntu Jaunty arrives by dohbuoy http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/as-jaunty-nears/#comment-20 dohbuoy Fri, 01 May 2009 11:24:16 +0000 http://dohbuoy.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/as-jaunty-nears/#comment-20 it is Yawp from kde-look: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/yaWP+(Yet+Another+Weather+Plasmoid)?content=94106 many cool plasma widgets are available in samrog's ppa: https://launchpad.net/~samrog131/+archive/ppa it is Yawp from kde-look:
http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/yaWP+(Yet+Another+Weather+Plasmoid)?content=94106

many cool plasma widgets are available in samrog’s ppa:
https://launchpad.net/~samrog131/+archive/ppa

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