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Re: Linux crapware fails basic usability: can't remember the last place you opened a file from

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From GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com>
Subject Re: Linux crapware fails basic usability: can't remember the last place you opened a file from
Date 2015-04-24 11:45 -0600
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vallor wrote:

> On 04/24/2015 07:42 AM, DFS wrote:
>> On 04/24/2015 10:16 AM, vallor wrote:
>>> On 04/23/2015 09:53 PM, DFS wrote:
>>>> Mint 17.1 'Rebecca' Cinnamon 64-bit.
>>>>
>>>> Log File Viewer  (found in Administration)
>>>>
>>>> Every time you go to open a log file, it starts back at /home/<user>/.
>>>>
>>>> And you can't choose multiple logs to open all at once.
>>>>
>>>> You want to open 10 log files?  Get ready to navigate the filesystem
>>>> 10x.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Linux won
>>>>
>>>
>>> Unconfirmed.
>> 
>> That's why I confirmed it for you. ;)
>> 
>> 
>>> You're going to have to be more specific about the name of
>>> your application.
>> 
>> 
>> Log Viewer
>> 3.4.1
>> 'A system log viewer for GNOME'
>> 
>> 
>> I see the problem: "Copyright 1998-2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
>> 
>> It's FOSS.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> I'm running Mint 17, which has no "log file viewer" under "System
>>> Administration" in Synaptic.  I also don't have an "Administration"
>>> submenu in my xfce menu.
>>>
>>> I'm using System Upgrade to upgrade to Mint 17.1 now, then I'll see if
>>> said submenu appears.
>>>
>>> Of course, this could be something Cinnamon-specific, in which case I
>>> will need to install Cinnamon to verify what you are seeing.
>> 
>> 
>> It probably is Cinnamon-specific, since Cinnamon started as a fork of
>> Gnome.
>> 
>> 
> 
> Found it.  The program is called "gnome-system-log", and it's a generic
> Gnome application.
> 
> Here's what it looks like on my system:
> 
>    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_ldFbiiwMQ
> 
> Why it would act differently on your system escapes me, unless it's
> perhaps some weird Cinnamon-specific build or something.
> 

Looks like the Apple log viewer... almost identical.

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Linux crapware fails basic usability: can't remember the last place you opened a file from DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-04-24 00:53 -0400
  Re: Linux crapware fails basic usability: can't remember the last place you opened a file from Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-04-24 09:13 -0400
  Re: Linux crapware fails basic usability: can't remember the last place you opened a file from vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-04-24 07:16 -0700
    Re: Linux crapware fails basic usability: can't remember the last place you opened a file from vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-04-24 07:34 -0700
      Re: Linux crapware fails basic usability: can't remember the last place you opened a file from ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-04-24 20:47 +0000
        Re: Linux crapware fails basic usability: can't remember the last place you opened a file from vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-04-24 22:49 -0700
    Re: Linux crapware fails basic usability: can't remember the last place you opened a file from DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-04-24 10:42 -0400
      Re: Linux crapware fails basic usability: can't remember the last place you opened a file from vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-04-24 08:39 -0700
        Re: Linux crapware fails basic usability: can't remember the last place you opened a file from DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-04-24 12:13 -0400
          Re: Linux crapware fails basic usability: can't remember the last place you opened a file from vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-04-24 09:50 -0700
            Re: Linux crapware fails basic usability: can't remember the last place you opened a file from DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-04-25 09:17 -0400
              Re: Linux crapware fails basic usability: can't remember the last place you opened a file from vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-04-25 14:24 -0700
        Re: Linux crapware fails basic usability: can't remember the last place you opened a file from GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-04-24 11:45 -0600
        Re: Linux crapware fails basic usability: can't remember the last place you opened a file from ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-04-24 20:49 +0000
  What a putz that DooF..uS be, or should I say Penis? John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2015-04-24 07:49 -0700
    Re: What a putz that DooF..uS be, or should I say Penis? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-04-24 10:52 -0400
  Re: Linux crapware fails basic usability: can't remember the last place you opened a file from owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-04-24 21:00 +0000
    Re: Linux crapware fails basic usability: can't remember the last place you opened a file from DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-04-25 09:16 -0400
      Re: Linux crapware fails basic usability: can't remember the last place you opened a file from owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-04-25 16:06 +0000
        Re: Linux crapware fails basic usability: can't remember the last place you opened a file from DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-04-27 08:55 -0400

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