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grimsnifferI just found out (month late, I know) that the new linux kernel FINALLY includes 3D support for my graphics driver.
Maybe I'll soon get a chance to actually gauge the full performance of my laptop for the first time.
I can't be arsed to compile it on my own, because out of previous experience, a custom kernel tends to wreck havoc through Kubuntu update - and I can't be arsed to make maintaining my home PC a full time job. So I just prefer to let the Kubuntu update do its thing every few months (I know I've complained about this very updater in a previous post - I suppose laziness comes before forethought and practicality).
A little bit of reading showed that the new Kubuntu 10.04, codenamed Lucid Lynx (I seriously can't wait for when they rollback through the alphabet and reach the letter F...) will include this new Kernel. Well, just four more months to wait.
In other news - I finally tackled bug-2075 completely. It was one of those "I keep thinking I'm done, but then discover this weird scenario which forces me to rewrite everything". Like bug-2169, this one also required quite a bit of code-rewriting.
I haven't submitted a patch yet because I need to clean up the code (quite some rewriting was done, as I said)... Will get 'round to it tonight, I hope.
New stuff this does:
* Changing the email you get when you send a copy to yourself to "You sent [[username]] a message" (it used to be "[[your username]] sent [[your username]] a message").
* Changed the corresponding email body text to link to the profile, journal, etc. of the person you sent the message *to*.
* Changed the subject of the copy message itself in your DW mailbox to include a preceding "Copy of: " - just to make things more clear.
* Added limited support to sending a copy of a message you sent to multiple recipients... I wanted to add full support (stuff like you getting an email saying "You sent X, Y and Z a message on Dreamwidth", but because of the way compose.bml is written, it would have required considerable rewriting... and since it was just a "nice to have" extra thing and not mentioned in the bug requirements, I wrote that off as something to do at another time.
I've got another minor bug assigned to me. Hope to solve that rather quickly, and then will start working on the HTTPS browsing mode feature.
Maybe I'll soon get a chance to actually gauge the full performance of my laptop for the first time.
I can't be arsed to compile it on my own, because out of previous experience, a custom kernel tends to wreck havoc through Kubuntu update - and I can't be arsed to make maintaining my home PC a full time job. So I just prefer to let the Kubuntu update do its thing every few months (I know I've complained about this very updater in a previous post - I suppose laziness comes before forethought and practicality).
A little bit of reading showed that the new Kubuntu 10.04, codenamed Lucid Lynx (I seriously can't wait for when they rollback through the alphabet and reach the letter F...) will include this new Kernel. Well, just four more months to wait.
In other news - I finally tackled bug-2075 completely. It was one of those "I keep thinking I'm done, but then discover this weird scenario which forces me to rewrite everything". Like bug-2169, this one also required quite a bit of code-rewriting.
I haven't submitted a patch yet because I need to clean up the code (quite some rewriting was done, as I said)... Will get 'round to it tonight, I hope.
New stuff this does:
* Changing the email you get when you send a copy to yourself to "You sent [[username]] a message" (it used to be "[[your username]] sent [[your username]] a message").
* Changed the corresponding email body text to link to the profile, journal, etc. of the person you sent the message *to*.
* Changed the subject of the copy message itself in your DW mailbox to include a preceding "Copy of: " - just to make things more clear.
* Added limited support to sending a copy of a message you sent to multiple recipients... I wanted to add full support (stuff like you getting an email saying "You sent X, Y and Z a message on Dreamwidth", but because of the way compose.bml is written, it would have required considerable rewriting... and since it was just a "nice to have" extra thing and not mentioned in the bug requirements, I wrote that off as something to do at another time.
I've got another minor bug assigned to me. Hope to solve that rather quickly, and then will start working on the HTTPS browsing mode feature.