Ubuntu/GNOME deteriorating?
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From: RonB on 26 Mar 2010 16:32 On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:47:46 -0500, Ignoramus8345 wrote: > What I can do on Ubuntu is: > > 1) I log on and open some applications 2) I click on "Switch user" > 3) I log on as another user and open more apps 4) I select "switch user" > 5) I go back to the first user and to my opened apps 6) and so on Okay, something I've never needed, but I looked it up. It's not enabled by default in CentOS, but it can be easily set up. Instead of "Switch User" you lock the screen. When you move the mouse you get an additional "Switch User" button (in addition to Cancel and Unlock buttons) below the password text entry. All applications are preserved for each user. I think this is a Gnome feature, so should be available in all Gnome distributions. If I've read correctly, it's also available in KDE. -- RonB Registered Linux User #498581 CentOS 5.4 or Vector Linux Deluxe 6.0
From: RonB on 26 Mar 2010 16:33 On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:47:46 -0500, Ignoramus8345 wrote: > What is the difference between minor and major releases? Forgot to answer this one. Minor releases are "point" releases. 5.3 to 5.4 would be a "point" release. Major releases are from 4.x to 5.x, or the upcoming 5.x to 6.x. -- RonB Registered Linux User #498581 CentOS 5.4 or Vector Linux Deluxe 6.0
From: Ignoramus8345 on 26 Mar 2010 17:02 On 2010-03-26, RonB <ronb02NOSPAM(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:47:46 -0500, Ignoramus8345 wrote: > >> What I can do on Ubuntu is: >> >> 1) I log on and open some applications 2) I click on "Switch user" >> 3) I log on as another user and open more apps 4) I select "switch user" >> 5) I go back to the first user and to my opened apps 6) and so on > > Okay, something I've never needed, but I looked it up. > > It's not enabled by default in CentOS, but it can be easily set up. > Instead of "Switch User" you lock the screen. When you move the mouse you > get an additional "Switch User" button (in addition to Cancel and Unlock > buttons) below the password text entry. All applications are preserved for > each user. > > I think this is a Gnome feature, so should be available in all Gnome > distributions. If I've read correctly, it's also available in KDE. > OK, great, just what I wanted to know. I can press a different button, as long as I get the feature. i
From: Ignoramus8345 on 26 Mar 2010 17:02 On 2010-03-26, RonB <ronb02NOSPAM(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:47:46 -0500, Ignoramus8345 wrote: > >> What is the difference between minor and major releases? > > Forgot to answer this one. Minor releases are "point" releases. 5.3 to 5.4 > would be a "point" release. Major releases are from 4.x to 5.x, or the > upcoming 5.x to 6.x. > Do they correspond somehow to Redhat releases? In what way?
From: RonB on 26 Mar 2010 17:15
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:02:47 -0500, Ignoramus8345 wrote: > On 2010-03-26, RonB <ronb02NOSPAM(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:47:46 -0500, Ignoramus8345 wrote: >> >>> What is the difference between minor and major releases? >> >> Forgot to answer this one. Minor releases are "point" releases. 5.3 to >> 5.4 would be a "point" release. Major releases are from 4.x to 5.x, or >> the upcoming 5.x to 6.x. >> >> > Do they correspond somehow to Redhat releases? In what way? Yep. CentOS (and Scientific Linux) "rebuild" releases follow Redhat releases by about four to six weeks. The newest current Redhat 5.x release is 5.4. Their newest current 4.x release is 4.8. Both CentOS' and SL's newest releases match these. -- RonB Registered Linux User #498581 CentOS 5.4 or Vector Linux Deluxe 6.0 |