Re: [ubuntu-uk] Education technology show

2006-12-28 Thread alan c
nicholas butler wrote: > Ive called the Event co-ordinator and left a message . I'll chase this > up tommorow though unless someone else wants to hassle them as well ? > > Nik I have registered as a visitor in the expectation I can attend. However, it would be great to have a contact or two a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software choices

2006-12-28 Thread Robbo
On 28 Dec 2006, at 15:14, Dave Briggs wrote: > Thanks for all the help getting the web working, guys. This is my > first > email that's sent from Evolution - it's quite nice, I have to say! > > Couple of quick newbie questions: > > 1) Do I need to install any anti-virus/malware or firewall soft

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software choices

2006-12-28 Thread Martyn
1) Do I need to install any anti-virus/malware or firewall software on Ubuntu? I will go against the grain and say "Yes" to the AV software. Although your Ubuntu box might not be succeptible to viruses, if you're receiving & sending data (either through FTP, Mail, or other means) then you wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mounting Windows Partition

2006-12-28 Thread Dave Briggs
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 16:42 +, baza wrote: > On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 16:36 +, Dave Briggs wrote: > > Hi, me again guys. Sorry for bombarding the list like this... > > > > I want to mount my Windows partition so that I can copy all my photos > > and music across. I found the instructions at h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software choices

2006-12-28 Thread Toby Smithe
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 15:43 +, baza wrote: > On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 15:14 +, Dave Briggs wrote: > > 1) Do I need to install any anti-virus/malware or firewall software on > > Ubuntu? > > > > Hi, you don't really need a anti virus, but a firewall is always a good > idea. If you don't need

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mounting Windows Partition

2006-12-28 Thread baza
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 16:36 +, Dave Briggs wrote: > Hi, me again guys. Sorry for bombarding the list like this... > > I want to mount my Windows partition so that I can copy all my photos > and music across. I found the instructions at http://tinyurl.com/yhhcsp > and have followed 'Method 1' -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software choices

2006-12-28 Thread Dave Briggs
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 16:21 +, chombee wrote: > I believe f-spot can do that. There is also GThumb installed with > Ubuntu, a venerable old program, not as cool as f-spot, but works. I had > a Windows convert recently who did a lot of photography and found f-spot > wasn't up to his standards.

[ubuntu-uk] Mounting Windows Partition

2006-12-28 Thread Dave Briggs
Hi, me again guys. Sorry for bombarding the list like this... I want to mount my Windows partition so that I can copy all my photos and music across. I found the instructions at http://tinyurl.com/yhhcsp and have followed 'Method 1' - but nothing seems to be happening. Here are the steps I've tak

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software choices

2006-12-28 Thread chombee
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 15:14 +, Dave Briggs wrote: > Thanks for all the help getting the web working, guys. This is my first > email that's sent from Evolution - it's quite nice, I have to say! Welcome! :) > 1) Do I need to install any anti-virus/malware or firewall software on > Ubuntu? Shor

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software choices

2006-12-28 Thread Tristan Wibberley
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 15:14 +, Dave Briggs wrote: > 2) I have F-Spot preinstalled, but is there a better photo manager > available? I'm sure I've read somewhere that there is one out there that > can send photos to Flickr - that would be cool. f-spot has that facility (File->Export->Export to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software choices

2006-12-28 Thread adam
On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:43:55 +, baza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can't help with question four. > > Baz Liferea is a nice RSS reader. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software choices

2006-12-28 Thread baza
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 15:14 +, Dave Briggs wrote: > Thanks for all the help getting the web working, guys. This is my first > email that's sent from Evolution - it's quite nice, I have to say! > > Couple of quick newbie questions: > > 1) Do I need to install any anti-virus/malware or firewall

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-28 Thread Tristan Wibberley
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 10:27 +, Dave Briggs wrote: > On 12/28/06, Tristan Wibberley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Does that mean the resolv.conf file got reset? This will be a problem > > for you, so it'll need sorting properly. > > > > Try adding the following line to the file /etc/dhcp3/dh

[ubuntu-uk] Software choices

2006-12-28 Thread Dave Briggs
Thanks for all the help getting the web working, guys. This is my first email that's sent from Evolution - it's quite nice, I have to say! Couple of quick newbie questions: 1) Do I need to install any anti-virus/malware or firewall software on Ubuntu? 2) I have F-Spot preinstalled, but is there

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-28 Thread Dave Briggs
On 12/28/06, Tristan Wibberley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does that mean the resolv.conf file got reset? This will be a problem > for you, so it'll need sorting properly. > > Try adding the following line to the file /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf (via > `sudo gedit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf`): > > pre