Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

> Dear Phil, I have recently switched from Windows XP to Ubuntu on my > desktop- I am using an Alcatel Speed Touch Pro router.(with one port) > I have just bought a secondhand laptop which also has Ubuntu- and I > was interested in the possibility of getting a router with more than > one port-have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] my laptop

Philip Wyett wrote: > > > On 03/03/07, *London School of Puppetry* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > I have a secondhand Dell laptop- bought with nothing on it...and now I > have Ubuntu- the person who set it up for me says there is a problem > with it reco

Re: [ubuntu-uk] my laptop

On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 23:44:55 + "London School of Puppetry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a secondhand Dell laptop- bought with nothing on it...and now I > have Ubuntu- the person who set it up for me says there is a problem > with it recognising a wireless signal...does that make sense to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] my laptop

On 03/03/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a secondhand Dell laptop- bought with nothing on it...and now I have Ubuntu- the person who set it up for me says there is a problem with it recognising a wireless signal...does that make sense to anyone? Can something be d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

On 03/03/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 03/03/07, Philip Wyett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 03/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Benjamin Webb wrote: > > > I am thinking about swithcing to ubuntu, > > > > Welcome! > > > > > but I use an AOL ADSL mode

[ubuntu-uk] my laptop

I have a secondhand Dell laptop- bought with nothing on it...and now I have Ubuntu- the person who set it up for me says there is a problem with it recognising a wireless signal...does that make sense to anyone? Can something be done about this? Caroline (lsp) -- --- London School of Puppetry w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

On 03/03/07, Philip Wyett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 03/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Benjamin Webb wrote: > > > I am thinking about swithcing to ubuntu, > > > > Welcome! > > > > > but I use an AOL ADSL modem to access the internet. This will not > > > work well with linux (a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

On 03/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Benjamin Webb wrote: > I am thinking about swithcing to ubuntu, Welcome! > but I use an AOL ADSL modem to access the internet. This will not > work well with linux (apparently the eccisadsl drivers may be > uncompatible). > > Therefore, I a router

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Curve-fitting program or package (a gnuplot example)

On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 15:25:28 + "Robin Menneer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Postscript. Found (eventually) at www.xru.org.index.asp a program > which I used on line (on a mac), is very simple, and apart from not > drawing the graph, did all I wanted, including giving me the points > for me to d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unwelcomed desktop sharing......

On 03/03/07, Adam McMaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2 Mar 2007, at 22:54, Alan Pope wrote: > > > Well of course the blindingly obvious answer is to have separate /home > > directories. > > > > You could do that one one of the installs (the newer one?) by > > temporarily by editing the /etc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (K)ubuntu 6.10 Inspiron 1100 boot up screen not visible

On 03/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think your problems stem from the non-standard hardware that is > > used in most laptops, which is not fully supported in Ubuntu (and > > probably not in most Linux distros). > > So what is different with ubuntu 6.06, suse 10, knoppix - (and mayb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (K)ubuntu 6.10 Inspiron 1100 boot up screen not visible

Neil Greenwood wrote: > On 01/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Thanks, it shows some promise and the boot up image (kubuntu logo >> and graphic progress bar) although after the session has started >> it is apparent that the text is very poor. (is the 256 an >> indication of small graphic

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Curve-fitting program or package (a gnuplot example)

On 3/2/07, Robin Menneer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/26/07, Robert McWilliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:55:28 + > > "Robin Menneer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 2/25/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Use Synaptic! Search for gnuplot and t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unwelcomed desktop sharing......

On 2 Mar 2007, at 22:54, Alan Pope wrote: > Well of course the blindingly obvious answer is to have separate /home > directories. > > You could do that one one of the installs (the newer one?) by > temporarily by editing the /etc/fstab and commenting out the line > referring to /home. Do this in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unwelcomed desktop sharing......

Alan Pope wrote: > On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 22:40 +, alan c wrote: > >> What I would like to have is separate and different desktop >> configurations for each installation, and would be grateful for >> suggestions about how I now arrange for a different desktop >> configuration for the 6.10 ve

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

Benjamin Webb wrote: > I am thinking about swithcing to ubuntu, Welcome! > but I use an AOL ADSL modem to access the internet. This will not > work well with linux (apparently the eccisadsl drivers may be > uncompatible). > > Therefore, I a router to replace it with. I have found this: > http:/