On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 21:03 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote:
> OK, we've had lots of ideas and some quite warm debate, and a secret
> need to
> find out about the Veeches mate's girl friend (!)
You ARE going to get me into trouble!
> but what and where do we
> go from here? Or is there still plenty to
Whoa there guys, get off your horse and drink your
Got to be careful here that we don't shoot our own feet.
Firstly, I agree with all the potential hang ups about using the term "free"
to Joe Public. So we use another phrase.
My preference is FOS as opposed to Open Source, only because it's qu
Sorry all, just realised I pounced into life on this list without doing the
normal hi there! post. So here it is.
Hi there!
I'm not an IT professional and was only introduced to Linux by a fellow
commuter on the train into Birmingham who said why not and come and see us,
and if you like it you c
On 04/05/07, David Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> One thing to note here, and I only mention it because your post has
reminded
> me, MAC address changes don't seem to matter: I have quite happily
changed
> routers connected to my cable modem without any need to contact NTL.
>
The NTL regi
Sorry - should have kept reading
Same point was made by Dominic Forrest
--Dave Neil
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 04/05/2007 20:03:50:
>
> >
> > One thing to note here, and I only mention it because your post
> has reminded
> > me, MAC address changes don't seem to matter: I have qui
>
> One thing to note here, and I only mention it because your post has
reminded
> me, MAC address changes don't seem to matter: I have quite happily
changed
> routers connected to my cable modem without any need to contact NTL.
>
The NTL registration only covers registering the modems MAC a
Mark Harrison wrote:
> Jim,
>
> You make a lot of good points.
>
> 1: Your list of extra applications that users want that I'd not come up
> with is excellent, and I'd certainly want to include it.
>
> 2: Your observations about the "ongoing licencing cost of carrying on
> with the copy of W
On 04/05/07, Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 14:56 +0100, Michael Erskine wrote:
> I can't seem to find a list of packages installed by default on Feisty.
Could
> someone point me at one?
It's ubuntu-minimal and ubuntu-desktop I think
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On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 14:56 +0100, Michael Erskine wrote:
> I can't seem to find a list of packages installed by default on Feisty. Could
> someone point me at one?
It's ubuntu-minimal and ubuntu-desktop I think
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On 04/05/07, Dominic Forrest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The ntl service provided by the Set Top Box (i.e. using the Ethernet
port in the STB) required that MAC addresses be registered. The ntl
service provided using a separate, external cable modem did not.
Dom
Michael Erskine wrote:
> On F
The ntl service provided by the Set Top Box (i.e. using the Ethernet
port in the STB) required that MAC addresses be registered. The ntl
service provided using a separate, external cable modem did not.
Dom
Michael Erskine wrote:
> On Friday 04 May 2007 13:17:21 James Tait wrote:
>
>> I've
Personally, I think there's something that everyone needs to do before
they start talking up Linux.
MS has a huge marketing warchest and it's marketing has been highly
influential. We can talk to people till we're orange and brown in the
face but, once they leave the conversation, they're vulnera
On Friday 04 May 2007 13:17:21 James Tait wrote:
> I've documented the required process for both on LiveJournal (I can find
> links if anyone's interested), but it boils down to this: when you first
> connect your computer to the cable modem, you should get a private IP
> address via DHCP. You nee
I can't seem to find a list of packages installed by default on Feisty. Could
someone point me at one?
Regards,
Michael Erskine.
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Hmmm, this is interesting. Looks like Canonical has plans for Ubuntu
on mobile devices
http://www.ubuntu.com/employment#UMDEV
Chris
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Jim Kissel wrote:
> Please educate me as to what software NTL/cable broadband supplies that
> is Windows only. While I will agree, you need to be a little bit more
> independent/knowledgeable, I cannot envisage needing and ISP supplied
> software.
I'm not sure what the current situation is, bu
>. I am sure there must be other examples.
>
Exactly what is holding me back. Another area that is concerning me is
linking up my Qtek mobile phone, which synchs with Outlook and runs on
Windows M5.
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Jim,
You make a lot of good points.
1: Your list of extra applications that users want that I'd not come up
with is excellent, and I'd certainly want to include it.
2: Your observations about the "ongoing licencing cost of carrying on
with the copy of Windows you already have doesn't take into
I am one of those who has sat on the sidelines and read what many of you
have had to say. I have used Ubuntu for nearly 3 years now and most, if
not all, of the arguments put forward have been well rehearsed since the
first version of Ubuntu became available. There was an attempt to
compare the req
On 5/4/07, Jim Kissel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mark Harrison wrote:
> Ian Pascoe wrote:
>> One question that's been missed off all of this valuable discussions
is:
>>
>> "Why should I try this Linux thingy?"
>>
> PROLOGUE - I'm going to be contentious.
>
> I ought to explain that TheVeech a
On 5/4/07, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ian Pascoe wrote:
> One question that's been missed off all of this valuable discussions is:
>
> "Why should I try this Linux thingy?"
>
PROLOGUE - I'm going to be contentious.
I ought to explain that TheVeech and I exchanged emails offlist l
Mark Harrison wrote:
> Ian Pascoe wrote:
>> One question that's been missed off all of this valuable discussions is:
>>
>> "Why should I try this Linux thingy?"
>>
> PROLOGUE - I'm going to be contentious.
>
> I ought to explain that TheVeech and I exchanged emails offlist last
> night, in
Ian Pascoe wrote:
> One question that's been missed off all of this valuable discussions is:
>
> "Why should I try this Linux thingy?"
>
PROLOGUE - I'm going to be contentious.
I ought to explain that TheVeech and I exchanged emails offlist last
night, in which we agreed that a bit of "violen
On 5/3/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I always find this a toughy.
One problem I often encounter in my 20 something peer group is lack of
support for gaming. For instance, as I write this, I'm setting up a
computer with Feisty and trying to get Eve online working on it.
That's one
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