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2:11 PM

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I have received a file of .bak format, let it be foo.bak. I don't know if it is a MS-DOS file or Linux/Unix file. What I know is that I can't open it because my Linux (Ubuntu) does not give any hint how to open it. So, how I open this file? Just to omit warnings about not knowing what I am doin...

The Evil Phoenix

isnt .bak a backup file or something?

juancarlospaco

file file.bak

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Roland Taylor

2:28 PM

bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/733349/comments/150 + bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/733349?comments=all

The Evil Phoenix

</destroy the angry furry fuzzball?>

Roland Taylor

Lol, you might want to look at the links...

The Evil Phoenix

at work dude :P

but i still shall destroy the angry yet furry fuzzball...

WITH FIRE!!

Roland Taylor

lol

Well then let me use screenshots :P

see why I am disappoint :(

for clarity:

Marco Ceppi

@RolandTaylor Mark's right, he stated his position on the situation. Just because it's not what you want to hear doesn't mean they're ignoring you.

Roland Taylor

2:37 PM

I don't think you're understanding the situation with this bug.

Marco Ceppi

I understand, and I agree

Roland Taylor

I made it clear, I appreciate that "I've stated my position", but if you read through the rest of it, and consider everything fairly, we are being ignored :(

I mean, someone even too the time to write a patch, and it was rejected without even an explanation.

That's poor...

Marco Ceppi

If there is a high enough demand someone will patch and create a PPA for it or an alternate installation

Roland Taylor

The huge issue here isn't "we don't get what we want", but rather the way (method) with which we are being "disallowed".

He did that, but it is only fair that he should not have to keep updating against unity for such a simple feature. It is just an option (and he provided the code for that in his patch, so no big effort needed on their part).

Yet, they couldn't even find the common courtesy to give us a clear explanation as to why they continue to reject the idea/effort/uproar.

That's disappointing to me.

Jorge Castro

put it in a ppa?

Marco Ceppi

2:43 PM

@JorgeCastro +1

Roland Taylor

@JorgeCastro that was done but to my knowledge the person did not maintain it

Jorge Castro

right, so nobody cares enough to maintain it

Roland Taylor

Jorge Castro

supply and demand

Roland Taylor

(was reading through - just thought I'd share that comment for laughs)

The guy was willing to maintain it (AFAIRemember) but he got frustrated with the rhetoric like the rest of us...

Jorge Castro

2:50 PM

wait

you're the one spouting all the rhetoric

Roland Taylor

O.O

The Evil Phoenix

lol

Roland Taylor

Last wall of text!

then I shut up

/fight off

shake hands?

@TheEvilPhoenix btw I didn't find that all too funny :)

The Evil Phoenix

throws fire at @RolandTaylor

Roland Taylor

<----- ._.

The Evil Phoenix

2:52 PM

@RolandTaylor the lol was at @Jorge's comment

Roland Taylor

I know it was :P

Jorge Castro

that last wall of text is basically saying "I am going to treat this bug report as a forum now and make it all opinion."

at which point most people will just unsubscribe to the bug

The Evil Phoenix

LAGGGGGGGGG

Jorge Castro

because there's nothing useful but people arguing over the internet

Marco Ceppi

Arguing on the internet only leads to Godwin's law

Godwin's law

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The Evil Phoenix

2:54 PM

heh

Roland Taylor

I'm not going to discuss this bug any further...

Sorry for bringing it up :/

Jorge Castro

you don't need to apologize

Roland Taylor

it makes me feel better :S

Jorge Castro

I'm just saying, you're mad because he's ignoring your comments

Roland Taylor

Well, that's not what I'm actually mad about

Jorge Castro

2:56 PM

but if you read the comments on that bug why would anyone want to respond to that level of crap?

Roland Taylor

uh...

not sure the people who commented would consider what they said as crap...

but fair enough

if you see it that way...

Jorge Castro

"you guys"

The Evil Phoenix

so... can I throw fire at @Alvar now for not sending me a chess move in 3 days? :P

Roland Taylor

<--- is not well adapted for online discussions lol

returns to the hideout

The Evil Phoenix

<--- returns to the hardened military bunker from whence he came

Roland Taylor

2:59 PM

reads the daily news feeds

Rinzwind

going home time \o/ laterz \o/

Roland Taylor

at 11:03? O.o

jk

The Evil Phoenix

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Q: What is the purpose of two topics in one tag: windows

http://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows That is the link to the "windows" tag. I am curious. Why does it cover both the Windows OS as well as application windows? shouldn't those be two separate tags, i.e. windows-os and application-windows or something?

discussion tags tag-wiki

how do i make a tag show up in a page without tagging a page with that tag?

i'm not sure of the markup

Marco Ceppi

windows

The Evil Phoenix

whats the actual markup ?

Marco Ceppi

3:11 PM

The windows tag shouldn't even cover microsoft products to be honest

Roland Taylor

Any question about MS products should be corralled and burned :)

(jk)

The Evil Phoenix

@MarcoCeppi indeed, so could we perhaps discuss that in the meta?

and can you perhaps edit my post (or give me the raw markup) to make the windows tag appear in the quesetion rather than a link to questions tagged by it?

Marco Ceppi

possibly, but it might already be covered

[tag:windows]

The Evil Phoenix

ty

Marco Ceppi

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Q: What is the proper usage of the windows tag?

I noticed this question today. The question is apparently about workspaces, but is a bit unclear on that. In any case, it used the "windows" tag with a different meaning than the other questions using that tag. All the other questions so tagged refer to the operating system but the question in ...