Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community distro ?

2007-03-19 Thread Jonathan Riddell
On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 11:32:45PM +, Michael Wood wrote: > Firstly: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork#head-8c391b3699f3571c2aedfa7cb78adb4623206933 > > "Feisty artwork will be designed by kwwii -- of Kubuntu Edgy and KDE > Oxygen Icon fame. He will be working closely with sabdfl in the desi

[ubuntu-uk] Community distro ?

2007-03-19 Thread Michael Wood
Hi, Two things have really touched a nerve with me recently and I would like to open a discussion. Firstly: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork#head-8c391b3699f3571c2aedfa7cb78adb4623206933 "Feisty artwork will be designed by kwwii -- of Kubuntu Edgy and KDE Oxygen Icon fame. He will be working c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-19 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 19:13 +, Freddie Ruddick wrote: > On 19/03/07, Robin Menneer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Tried to use the gconf.editor but got a 'comnand not fournd' response. > > The command is gconf-editor, not gconf.editor. The easiest way to open > it is to go Applications Menu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Forums

2007-03-19 Thread Nik Butler
In regards to the Forums Vs Mail List Vs IRC vs Wiki Every form of communication and expression we have at our disposal should be utilised in as much or as little an framework as possible. It is hard to determine the vectors into which a new member or interested user might become integrated into t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Forums

2007-03-19 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 19/03/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't - to be honest - see why we have to choose one or the other. > Surely both forums and mailing lists can be used, with people choosing > their favorite. > > Anything important and urgent enough to demand the immediate attention > of all

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-19 Thread Freddie Ruddick
On 19/03/07, Dean Sas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the whole Applications -> System Tools menu got dropped around > Breezy/Dapper time. The menu items were dropped or moved into the system > menu. gconf-editor was one that was dropped. > > Dean Now that is odd! This is an edgy box, full install (n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyone had any success transcoding to MP4 to play on a PSP

2007-03-19 Thread David Morley
On 19/03/07, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 03:01:17PM +, Martyn wrote: > > I've recently been trying to transcode some DVDs to MP4 to play on my PSP > > and sofar have had no joy. I've tried several methods which I've found by > > googling, and although I end up

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-19 Thread Dean Sas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Freddie Ruddick wrote: > On 19/03/07, Robin Menneer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Tried to use the gconf.editor but got a 'comnand not fournd' response. > > The command is gconf-editor, not gconf.editor. The easiest way to open > it is to go Applic

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-19 Thread Tony Arnold
Robin, Robin Menneer wrote: > Tried to use the gconf.editor but got a 'comnand not fournd' response. Try it with a hyphen instead of a full stop, i.e., gconf-editor Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-19 Thread Freddie Ruddick
On 19/03/07, Robin Menneer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tried to use the gconf.editor but got a 'comnand not fournd' response. The command is gconf-editor, not gconf.editor. The easiest way to open it is to go Applications Menu -> System Tools -> Configuration Editor HTH Freddie :) -- Yester

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-19 Thread Robin Menneer
On 3/19/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > TheVeech wrote: > > > I'm still trying to find out what's common knowledge and what people > > have overlooked in the Ubuntu world (for a future project). It looks > > like there is very little that everyone knows, so I'd really appreciate >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Forums

2007-03-19 Thread Toby Smithe
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 11:24 +, Paul Tansom wrote: > Basically I sign up to forums and that is often as far as it gets. On > the other side of things, I am subscribed to numerous mailing lists and > scan through them regularly and where I can help out I do so. Maybe I'm > more techy than end use

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Forums

2007-03-19 Thread Chris Rowson
> This is something that has cropped up several times in the year or so I have > been a member of the team. > > I suggested it myself sometime back and volunteered to build a site for the > purpose, but the overwhelming voice of opinion at the time was that the > majority > of the team prefer e-ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyone had any success transcoding to MP4 to play on a PSP

2007-03-19 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 03:01:17PM +, Martyn wrote: > I've recently been trying to transcode some DVDs to MP4 to play on my PSP > and sofar have had no joy. I've tried several methods which I've found by > googling, and although I end up with an mp4 file that I can view using > VLC/mplayer etc.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 23, Issue 33

2007-03-19 Thread Ted Smith
This is something that has cropped up several times in the year or so I have been a member of the team. I suggested it myself sometime back and volunteered to build a site for the purpose, but the overwhelming voice of opinion at the time was that the majority of the team prefer e-mail circulars.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-19 Thread Tony Arnold
TheVeech wrote: > I'm still trying to find out what's common knowledge and what people > have overlooked in the Ubuntu world (for a future project). It looks > like there is very little that everyone knows, so I'd really appreciate > it if you'd let me know how helpful you find the following, a

[ubuntu-uk] Anyone had any success transcoding to MP4 to play on a PSP

2007-03-19 Thread Martyn
I've recently been trying to transcode some DVDs to MP4 to play on my PSP and sofar have had no joy. I've tried several methods which I've found by googling, and although I end up with an mp4 file that I can view using VLC/mplayer etc., I have been unable to view them on the PSP. I was wondering i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Forums

2007-03-19 Thread ajb35
- Original Message - From: Johnathon Tinsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, March 19, 2007 1:26 pm Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Forums To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > Hey there - thanks for the welcome ;-) > > > > I'd tend to agree with you. It'd be great if the mailing list s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Forums

2007-03-19 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
This is top posting. On 19/03/07, Johnathon Tinsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, some of the rules of mailing lists elude me still. Can someone tell me > what "top posting" is, and what I need to do? Whereas this (which is what you did) isn't. It can get a bit annoying if everyone top post

[ubuntu-uk] For 'women' read 'newbs'

2007-03-19 Thread TheVeech
A man was riding his motorcycle along a beach when suddenly the sky clouded above his head and, in a booming voice, the Lord said: 'Because you have TRIED to be faithful to me in all ways, I will grant you one wish.' The biker pulled over and said: 'Build a bridge to Hawaii so I can ride over any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Forums

2007-03-19 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
> Hey there - thanks for the welcome ;-) > > I'd tend to agree with you. It'd be great if the mailing list stuff > could get shunted to a forum too. I know a couple of LUG's that do > that. > > I suppose it's all pretty dependent on who you want to attract to a discussion. Personally, I find em

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Forums

2007-03-19 Thread Paul Tansom
** Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-03-18 22:52]: > Hey there - thanks for the welcome ;-) > > I'd tend to agree with you. It'd be great if the mailing list stuff > could get shunted to a forum too. I know a couple of LUG's that do > that. > > I suppose it's all pretty dependent on who you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-19 Thread TheVeech
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 07:04 +, Tony Arnold wrote: > > TheVeech wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 23:11 +, Tony Arnold wrote: > >> Dean, > >> > >> Dean Sas wrote: > >>> Tony Arnold wrote: > > Chris Rowson wrote: > >> When I open a file, often it comes up behind the browser instead of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Forums

2007-03-19 Thread Robin Menneer
On 3/19/07, Ben Thorp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Phil > > I"m happy with this list provided it stays in its present form. Had a > > look at Gmane and don't like it. Robin > > Another possibility (not that I've read the rest of this thread properly, so > I'm sorry if it's already come up)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Forums

2007-03-19 Thread Ben Thorp
> Phil > I"m happy with this list provided it stays in its present form. Had a > look at Gmane and don't like it. Robin Another possibility (not that I've read the rest of this thread properly, so I'm sorry if it's already come up) is mail2forum ( http://www.mail2forum.com/forums/index.php ) wh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Forums

2007-03-19 Thread Robin Menneer
On 3/19/07, Philip Wyett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 18/03/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I checked out the ubuntuforums.org earlier today to see whether or not > > there was a UK LoCo section there. > > > > I was a little surprised to read that the mailing list had voted not >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-19 Thread Robin Menneer
On 3/18/07, TheVeech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 16:46 +, Chris Rowson wrote: > > Hi there folks, > > > > I've just subscribed to the list, and thought it'd be a good idea to say > > hello! > > Hi Chris. > > > > My name is Chris, I hail from East Yorkshire, and I've been