Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

On 5/30/07, Andrew Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I personally use WPA on a daily basis and, although it's more secure > than WEP (for now, until someone inevitably discovers a weakness), I'm > finding that software like network-manager and the Ubuntu installer just > don't support it, despite

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Web forum software for Ubuntu (Edgy server) - recommendations wanted

** Simon Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-30 23:08]: > Mark Harrison wrote: > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PhpBB2 > > > > Now working fine > > > I would mention at this point to make certain you keep up to date with > security updates for both PHP itself and phpBB - in the pa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

On 30/05/07, Neil Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 30/05/07, Andrew Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sure someone will mention this next bit so I'll get there first: WEP > has been found to be quite easy to circumvent, so it's not that good a > way of securing a wireless network, bu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Web forum software for Ubuntu (Edgy server) - recommendations wanted

Mark Harrison wrote: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PhpBB2 > > Now working fine > > M. > I would mention at this point to make certain you keep up to date with security updates for both PHP itself and phpBB - in the past, there have been many vulnerabilities found in the software

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Multi Platform Development

Hi Ian, On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 21:43 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: > Hi Folks > > Since leaving school many moons ago, where I originally learnt Basic, I have > since moved onto Visual Basic and most recently .NET - all self taught. As > the MONO project appears to be concentrating on C style programm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnash, was Audio/Video sync on YouTube

On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 22:12 +0100, Alec Wright wrote: > On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 22:07 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > > Although not packaged, > > Actually, its available in edgy backports, feisty and gutsy :) > http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?searchon=names&version=all&exact=1&keywo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual Boot problems

Many thanks for your reply. I called up the website you recommended, but ran into trouble when I typed instructions into a terminal.becauseall I could could get was: "error 27: unrecognised command". So I through in the towel and reinstalled Ubuntu. So now I have two versions of Ubuntu and Wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnash, was Audio/Video sync on YouTube

On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 22:07 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > Although not packaged, Actually, its available in edgy backports, feisty and gutsy :) http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?searchon=names&version=all&exact=1&keywords=gnash -- Alec Wright -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

[ubuntu-uk] gnash, was Audio/Video sync on YouTube

On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 21:24 +0100, gord wrote: > this is the url you need for the normal way of installing flash on > feisty: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/Flash > > it should be fixed with gutsy (the next Ubuntu release) though as the > free software flash implementation (

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

London School of Puppetry wrote: > > > On 30/05/07, *Andrew Price* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > On 30/05/07 18:06, London School of Puppetry wrote: > > Can anyone tell me what a WEP key is and what it does? > > Caroline (LSP) > > Hi Caroline, >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

On 30/05/07 20:51, Neil Greenwood wrote: > On 30/05/07, Andrew Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm sure someone will mention this next bit so I'll get there first: WEP >> has been found to be quite easy to circumvent, so it's not that good a >> way of securing a wireless network, but it's bette

[ubuntu-uk] Multi Platform Development

Hi Folks Since leaving school many moons ago, where I originally learnt Basic, I have since moved onto Visual Basic and most recently .NET - all self taught. As the MONO project appears to be concentrating on C style programming, I was wondering if anyone had a recommendation for a VB IDE that ca

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do you think of this?

And folowing on from Alan's research I have also seen a couple of projects that are using this type of technology to track specified objects through a CCTV / Web cam set up - something similar to what the Police uses to track faces in a crowd but a lot more effective! Big Brother is watching! E.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio/Video sync on YouTube

On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 18:03 +0100, Jim Kissel wrote: > After years of having a mute computer, I finally wired up the speakers > to the sound card and decided to have a look at some the on line media. > Googled up some old videos of T-REX, the Doors.which entertained > for a few minutes b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Web forum software for Ubuntu (Edgy server) - recommendations wanted

On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 20:02 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm looking for some "web forum" software to run on Edgy. Can you > recommend me something? > > My requirements (in order of importance, most important first) are: > > - Free as in beer > - Free as in speech (I might need to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do you think of this?

On 30/05/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you think? > > http://www.microsoft.com/surface/ I think that website is unusable on a 1Mb Broadband connection! The reaction time can be measured with my watch! I'm afraid I didn't get very far with watching it. Hwyl, Neil. -- ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio/Video sync on YouTube

On 30/05/07, Jim Kissel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > After years of having a mute computer, I finally wired up the speakers > to the sound card and decided to have a look at some the on line media. > Googled up some old videos of T-REX, the Doors.which entertained > for a few minutes but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Web forum software for Ubuntu (Edgy server) - recommendations wanted

Lee Tambiah wrote: > On 5/30/07, *Mark Harrison* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm looking for some "web forum" software to run on Edgy. Can you > recommend me something? > > > PHPBB > > http://www.phpbb.com/ Lee, Good call - once I knew what

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

On 30/05/07, Andrew Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sure someone will mention this next bit so I'll get there first: WEP > has been found to be quite easy to circumvent, so it's not that good a > way of securing a wireless network, but it's better than nothing and > it's still used quite wid

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Web forum software for Ubuntu (Edgy server) - recommendations wanted

On 5/30/07, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I'm looking for some "web forum" software to run on Edgy. Can you recommend me something? PHPBB http://www.phpbb.com/ -- " linux: because a PC is a terrible thing to waste" -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/

[ubuntu-uk] Web forum software for Ubuntu (Edgy server) - recommendations wanted

Hi all, I'm looking for some "web forum" software to run on Edgy. Can you recommend me something? My requirements (in order of importance, most important first) are: - Free as in beer - Free as in speech (I might need to write a username registration handler at some point) - Has a backend that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do you think of this?

On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 13:16 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: > What do you think? > > http://www.microsoft.com/surface/ > The result of a few years and a few million USD spent by the largest software company on the planet, and comparable with efforts done by individuals within the community. Jeff Han

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

Hi (from a different andy) On 30/05/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > but what no-one has explained to me in what it looks like- In my hand I have > something called 802.11b/g Security Gateway. Is this a WEP or a WAP ? Lets be careful not to confuse WAP and WPA. WAP is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

Alec Wright wrote: > On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 08:50 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote: > >> It may not be about price to YOU. >> >> It certainly is about price for a lot of people. >> >> M. >> > Well, to me, £30 extra or whatever it is is worth it if you're getting > compatible hardware, and not havi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Testing websites

On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 19:01 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote: > Not particularly Ubuntu related, but a couple of comments for web > developers: > > 1: I've found the "Firebug" plugin for Firefox is a very, very good tool > for testing for potential JavaScript errors. > Ditto for the web developer pl

[ubuntu-uk] Testing websites

Not particularly Ubuntu related, but a couple of comments for web developers: 1: I've found the "Firebug" plugin for Firefox is a very, very good tool for testing for potential JavaScript errors. 2: There are some standard JavaScript objects that exist as part of the DOM in some browsers, but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

On 30/05/07, Andrew Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 30/05/07 18:06, London School of Puppetry wrote: > Can anyone tell me what a WEP key is and what it does? > Caroline (LSP) Hi Caroline, Note: I'm a computer science geek but I'll try to keep this simple :) WEP ("Wired Equivalent Privacy"

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

On 30/05/07 18:06, London School of Puppetry wrote: > Can anyone tell me what a WEP key is and what it does? > Caroline (LSP) Hi Caroline, Note: I'm a computer science geek but I'll try to keep this simple :) WEP ("Wired Equivalent Privacy") basically provides a layer of security on top of a wir

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

On 30/05/07, Pete Ryland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 30/05/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone tell me what a WEP key is and what it does? WEP is one of the encryption methods used over wireless ethernet (802.11), encrypting all traffic with a shared secret k

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WEP key

On 30/05/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone tell me what a WEP key is and what it does? WEP is one of the encryption methods used over wireless ethernet (802.11), encrypting all traffic with a shared secret known as the WEP key. Unfortunately, it's not very secu

[ubuntu-uk] WEP key

Can anyone tell me what a WEP key is and what it does? Caroline (LSP) -- --- London School of Puppetry www.londonschoolofpuppetry.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Audio/Video sync on YouTube

After years of having a mute computer, I finally wired up the speakers to the sound card and decided to have a look at some the on line media. Googled up some old videos of T-REX, the Doors.which entertained for a few minutes but I found the sound appeared to trail the images by 1/2 to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do you think of this?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - From what I've seen of the iPhone, it's a bit like their multi touch system too. Andrew Gee [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.webspot.co.uk > Chris Rowson wrote: >> Just checking out The Register and I found an article about MS's new >> product. Microso

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do you think of this?

Chris Rowson wrote: > Just checking out The Register and I found an article about MS's new > product. Microsoft Surface. Credit where credit's due - I think it > looks pretty uber! If they've patented the concept behind this, it'd > be hard to compete in a lot of applications in the future > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do you think of this?

Chris Rowson wrote: > Just checking out The Register and I found an article about MS's new > product. Microsoft Surface. Credit where credit's due - I think it > looks pretty uber! If they've patented the concept behind this, it'd > be hard to compete in a lot of applications in the future > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do you think of this?

On Wednesday 30 May 2007 at 13:16:42 Chris Rowson wrote: > Just checking out The Register and I found an article about MS's new > product. Microsoft Surface. Credit where credit's due - I think it > looks pretty uber! If they've patented the concept behind this, it'd > be hard to compete in a lot o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do you think of this?

Chris Rowson wrote: > Just checking out The Register and I found an article about MS's new > product. Microsoft Surface. Credit where credit's due - I think it > looks pretty uber! If they've patented the concept behind this, it'd > be hard to compete in a lot of applications in the future > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do you think of this?

On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 13:51 +0100, Gary Kearley wrote: > /me wants to see one with a BSOD :-) I was just thinking exactly the same thing! -- Alec Wright -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do you think of this?

SteVe Cook wrote: > I think it's a touch screen! It's not even that, the blurb says it is a screen controlled by cameras etc, nothing about touch sensitivity[1] but that kinda conflicts with other parts of the site [2] looks nice, sounds terrible... /me wants to see one with a BSOD :-) [1] htt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do you think of this?

Chris Rowson wrote: > Just checking out The Register and I found an article about MS's new > product. Microsoft Surface. Credit where credit's due - I think it > looks pretty uber! If they've patented the concept behind this, it'd > be hard to compete in a lot of applications in the future > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do you think of this?

Chris Rowson wrote: > Just checking out The Register and I found an article about MS's new > product. Microsoft Surface. Credit where credit's due - I think it > looks pretty uber! If they've patented the concept behind this, it'd > be hard to compete in a lot of applications in the future >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual Boot problems

On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 02:05 +0100, Michael Wood wrote: > There are other boot loaders (like window's own) so it would be > incorrect to say that your computer would not boot without grub. It would not boot at all until another boot loader had been loaded into the master boot record, there is no

[ubuntu-uk] What do you think of this?

Just checking out The Register and I found an article about MS's new product. Microsoft Surface. Credit where credit's due - I think it looks pretty uber! If they've patented the concept behind this, it'd be hard to compete in a lot of applications in the future What do you think? http://www.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless connection

London School of Puppetry wrote: > Can anyone help me? I was told that I had a wired connection, but then when > trying > to get onto any email account or google' the problem loading page > warning came up telling me that Firefox couldn't find the server. Is > there something incompatible here

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk website broken

On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 02:41:34AM +0100, Michael Wood wrote: > > Whilst I appreciate that not fully testing in all the standard browsers > > delivered with Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/etc was somewhat remiss of us, there > > was no malicious intent, and you'll note the problem has been worked out >

[ubuntu-uk] Wireless connection

Can anyone help me? I have a desktop computer and have been using an Alcatel Speed Touch Pro router to connect to the internet. I have just bought a lap top (second hand) both computers are set up with Feisty. In order to use the lap top in another part of the house I was hoping to get a wireless

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

On 30/05/07, Dianne Reuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I Stumbled this website last night http://efficientpc.co.uk/ - selling > Ubuntu pre-installed in the UK. I'm sure there's a handful of small companies doing this already, but nice to know there's another! Interestingly, their top offering und

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 08:50 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote: > > It may not be about price to YOU. > > It certainly is about price for a lot of people. > > M. Well, to me, £30 extra or whatever it is is worth it if you're getting compatible hardware, and not having to go through the hassle of install

Re: [ubuntu-uk] planet.ubuntu-uk.org

Michael Wood wrote: > Hi All, > > Due to popular demand I've made planet.ubuntu-uk.org look a lot nicer > (hopefully) and it now has the facilities to have more information about > each author. > > Unless there are any objections to the design can I ask that people who > wish to fill in extra in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] planet.ubuntu-uk.org

All, > > > > Due to popular demand I've made planet.ubuntu-uk.org look a lot nicer > > (hopefully) and it now has the facilities to have more information about > > each author. > > It looks great mate - well done :-D Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/

[ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

I Stumbled this website last night http://efficientpc.co.uk/ - selling Ubuntu pre-installed in the UK. IMPORTANT NOTE (excuse my shout!) - I don't know anything about this firm, I haven't bought anything from them, I don't know anyone who's bought from them. :) I'm not making a recommendation, j

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Signing into Ubuntu from Windows

Hi Peter, On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 08:31 +0100, peter wrote: > Hi > > I am sure this is finger trouble on my part. I have a small home > network. I can not get into my shared Ubuntu folders from windows. > SAMBA is running. > > I click on the computer, am asked for a user name and password, and a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Signing into Ubuntu from Windows

On 5/30/07, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I am sure this is finger trouble on my part. I have a small home > network. I can not get into my shared Ubuntu folders from windows. > SAMBA is running. > > I click on the computer, am asked for a user name and password, and am > asked for a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

Alec Wright wrote: > > It's not about the price. It's about not giving money to Microsoft for > something you're not going to use. It's about not having to bother about > installing Ubuntu yourself. It's about being guaranteed Ubuntu > compatible hardware. > It may not be about price to YOU. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dapper to fiesty

Gregory Kirby wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes > >> thanks all...giving it a go David. >> > > Is this spam? > > >> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free >> > >from AOL at AOL.com. > > > G Gregory, David posted a

[ubuntu-uk] Signing into Ubuntu from Windows

Hi I am sure this is finger trouble on my part. I have a small home network. I can not get into my shared Ubuntu folders from windows. SAMBA is running. I click on the computer, am asked for a user name and password, and am asked for a user name and password, and so on. Never get passed the op