Comments on: Ubuntu 6.06 revisted http://tewha.net/2006/09/ubuntu-606-revisted/ Writings and links on iPhone and iPad programming Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:21:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mx http://tewha.net/2006/09/ubuntu-606-revisted/comment-page-1/#comment-73 mx Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:43:07 +0000 http://objectsatrest.com/2006/09/ubuntu-606-revisted/#comment-73 <p>It will do as you ask, like most Unix things will. Shoot self in foot? Sure, sounds like fun! It is recoverable, though, as the system will continue to run until the next reboot. An <code>apt-get install ubuntu</code> should restore the system back to happiness.</p> <p>In fact, the other day I was removing a package that depended on Gnome, and didn't notice it. I cancelled the operation part way through the removal (meaning a few packages were already removed), and re-installed the meta package. All was happy.</p> It will do as you ask, like most Unix things will. Shoot self in foot? Sure, sounds like fun! It is recoverable, though, as the system will continue to run until the next reboot. An apt-get install ubuntu should restore the system back to happiness.

In fact, the other day I was removing a package that depended on Gnome, and didn’t notice it. I cancelled the operation part way through the removal (meaning a few packages were already removed), and re-installed the meta package. All was happy.

]]> By: Steven Fisher http://tewha.net/2006/09/ubuntu-606-revisted/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Steven Fisher Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:38:41 +0000 http://objectsatrest.com/2006/09/ubuntu-606-revisted/#comment-72 <p>To be fair, I didn't actually <i>try</i> to remove Ubuntu. Once it asked permission to do it, I said "Are you crazy?" and stopped it. Now I wish I had tried it, though. Just for giggles.</p> To be fair, I didn’t actually try to remove Ubuntu. Once it asked permission to do it, I said “Are you crazy?” and stopped it. Now I wish I had tried it, though. Just for giggles.

]]> By: mx http://tewha.net/2006/09/ubuntu-606-revisted/comment-page-1/#comment-71 mx Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:46:00 +0000 http://objectsatrest.com/2006/09/ubuntu-606-revisted/#comment-71 <p>Yes, the deep-dependency problem is a problem with Debian-based distributions. The Ubuntu team has chosen to expect parts of the Evolution package in the base system (much of it's base functinality can be used throughout Gnome). Allowing the package manager to remove Ubuntu is a huge usability bug IMO.</p> <p>The documentation is also a problem, I agree. Ubuntu has two primary locations for its documentation:</p> <p><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/" rel="nofollow">The Ubuntu wiki</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.ubuntuforums.org/" rel="nofollow">The Ubuntu forums</a></p> <p>These should really be linked from the Ubuntu menus, or in the default Firefox install.</p> Yes, the deep-dependency problem is a problem with Debian-based distributions. The Ubuntu team has chosen to expect parts of the Evolution package in the base system (much of it’s base functinality can be used throughout Gnome). Allowing the package manager to remove Ubuntu is a huge usability bug IMO.

The documentation is also a problem, I agree. Ubuntu has two primary locations for its documentation:

The Ubuntu wiki

The Ubuntu forums

These should really be linked from the Ubuntu menus, or in the default Firefox install.

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