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On 21/06/07, Ian Pascoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In fact here's a challenge for you all to do on those rainy evenings. Get
> Orca up and running - it's part of the Gnome desktop from 6.06 onwards -
> turn your monitors off, no cheating now, and have a go at doing some of your
> normal tasks to
On Thursday 21 June 2007 22:56, Chris Rowson wrote:
> > A most interesting mail Ian. To familiarise myself with the issues I
> > decided to take up the challenge of installing gnome-orca!
>
> Me too, I tried installing it too and the installation finishes with
>
> You need to configure ORCA by chan
> Me too, I tried installing it too and the installation finishes with
>
> You need to configure ORCA by changing /etc/orca.conf.
> Once you're happy with that setup, you can start the
> daemon by typing /etc/init.d/orca start''.
>
>
> When I try to configure /etc/orca.conf there's nothing there!
>
Chris Jones wrote:
> Hi
>
> Tony Travis wrote:
>> What are other people's experience with Skype under Linux?
>
> I use it for several hours a day (unfortunately) and it's been quite
> painful. I pretty much have to reload it after each call.
> They do have a new beta out which has a significantly
>
> A most interesting mail Ian. To familiarise myself with the issues I decided
> to take up the challenge of installing gnome-orca!
Me too, I tried installing it too and the installation finishes with
You need to configure ORCA by changing /etc/orca.conf.
Once you're happy with that setup, you
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:27:28 +0100, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>> I'm about to start a job in the real-world (after having been forced
>>> to use Windows, I get to sell, support and consult on Linux from the
>>> 2nd July!) and one of the things I will need
On Thursday 21 June 2007 20:27, Ian Pascoe wrote:
>
> In fact here's a challenge for you all to do on those rainy evenings. Get
> Orca up and running - it's part of the Gnome desktop from 6.06 onwards -
> turn your monitors off, no cheating now, and have a go at doing some of
> your normal tasks
Hi Norman
Well let's turn the tables on this thread - I use Windows in preference to
Ubuntu!
Now for those of you who didn't delete this mail straight away here's the
reason why.
As you may have gathered from a couple of other postings I've done I'm
partially sighted and use screen readers a lot
I enjoy using Ubuntu because, like many others on the list I'm really
impressed with the ability to quickly get and install good quality
free programs!
I use Dapper servers at work where I can (internet/intranet mostly),
because unlike my Windows Server 2003 servers, I can just set them up
and lea
Hi
Mark Jose wrote:
> Incidentally, Icculus also wrote the installers used on the official UT2003/4
> Linux installs and wrote the installers which the now defunct Loki Games
I'm not sure if he is solely responsible for the Loki installer, but I'm
pretty sure he ported UT2k4 to Linux (along wit
On Thursday 21 June 2007 17:30, Josh Blacker wrote:
> On the leisure side of things, I've played around with a few games but
> the only one I have really played with is Wormux, mainly for the
> nostalgia of Worms :) I boot into XP to play Unreal Tournament, but
> wouldn't mind being able to play i
Hi,
On 6/21/07, Chris Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Josh Blacker wrote:
> > nostalgia of Worms :) I boot into XP to play Unreal Tournament, but
> > wouldn't mind being able to play it from Ubuntu...
>
> Isn't it available? I have the Linux version of UT2004 and it works fine
> (shame i
It's really great to read about all the applications that folk use with
Ubuntu. It makes a wonderful change from kicking Windows and expounding
on its problems. Every time that that OS is mentioned it is drawing
attention to it and this, all good and true Ubuntu users, do not want.
The motto should
On 6/21/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Come on Ubuntu users, let's hear of all the things you like to use and
> what gives you pleasure. Stop lurking and come out.
>
> Norman
Being fairly new to Ubuntu (a couple of months now?), I've not had
that long to look around too much. I've used FF
Hi
Josh Blacker wrote:
> nostalgia of Worms :) I boot into XP to play Unreal Tournament, but
> wouldn't mind being able to play it from Ubuntu...
Isn't it available? I have the Linux version of UT2004 and it works fine
(shame it's not much fun ;)
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Chris Jones wrote:
> Hi
>
> Tony Travis wrote:
>> I use 6.06.1 LTS for the reasons you state.
>> I rest my case ;-)
>
> I was only disagreeing with you in the situation where the user's
> hardware is too new for the current LTS release, sorry, I wasn't
> especially clear about that.
Hello, Chris
norman wrote:
>
> Come on Ubuntu users, let's hear of all the things you like to use and
> what gives you pleasure. Stop lurking and come out.
>
> Norman
>
>
Well on my desktop I'm still running Ubuntu Edgy (x86 version on an
Athlon 64 3000+). I have a couple of Cron jobs setup to record so
Hi
Tony Travis wrote:
> Are there any 'point' releases of the current LTS planned?
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2006-November/022542.html
I've not seen any more recent communications about it, but I may well
have missed something.
> It might resolve some hardware problems if n
norman wrote:
> Come on Ubuntu users, let's hear of all the things you like to use and
> what gives you pleasure. Stop lurking and come out.
Thunderbird, Gaim, Skype for comms
Firefox (of course) and Liferea for info
Rhythmbox for downloading podcasts
GnomeBaker for CD burning
EasyTag
But my ki
norman wrote:
> It's really great to read about all the applications that folk use with
> Ubuntu. It makes a wonderful change from kicking Windows and expounding
> on its problems. Every time that that OS is mentioned it is drawing
> attention to it and this, all good and true Ubuntu users, do not
Yes, I know it's not really 'free' software ;-)
I noticed a few people mentioning Skype and I wonder of anyone has the
same problem I have on my HP Pavillion 5000 laptop. Skype works fine,
except for microphone input at my end. People can just about hear me,
but it's garbled. I've tried the Sky
I've only used it a couple of times, but it worked fine for me - no
complaints from the person the other end. Is it a built-in mic, and
does it work with other audio-capture programmes? I guess those would
be the two main issues to look.
Josh
On 6/21/07, Tony Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ye
Hi
Tony Travis wrote:
> What are other people's experience with Skype under Linux?
I use it for several hours a day (unfortunately) and it's been quite
painful. I pretty much have to reload it after each call.
They do have a new beta out which has a significantly less annoying
interface, but it s
Hi
Tony Travis wrote:
> I use 6.06.1 LTS for the reasons you state.
> I rest my case ;-)
I was only disagreeing with you in the situation where the user's
hardware is too new for the current LTS release, sorry, I wasn't
especially clear about that.
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Chris Jones wrote:
> Hi
>
> Tony Travis wrote:
>> I don't dispute that, but what's the purpose of the LTS distribution?
>
> to be supported for a long time. If you bought a server or a workstation
> last year and want it to run for a few years and not have to worry
> about upgrading the whole OS
Firefox (with 'Scrapbook' extension excellent for collecting data for
research etc), Thunderbird (with 'Lightning' calendar extension),
Scribus, Kate, OOo
Audacity, Amarok
DigiKam, free version of Lightzone, Gimp, Inkscape
Netbeans & Java, just starting Quanta (for web dev)
and, on a seperate par
Hi
Tony Travis wrote:
> I don't dispute that, but what's the purpose of the LTS distribution?
to be supported for a long time. If you bought a server or a workstation
last year and want it to run for a few years and not have to worry
about upgrading the whole OS, an LTS release is perfect.
Chee
Chris Jones wrote:
> [...]
> That's not always true, e.g. Dapper is already old enough that it
> struggles on newer hardware.
Hello, Chris.
I don't dispute that, but what's the purpose of the LTS distribution?
Best wishes,
Tony.
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On 21/06/07, norman < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
One of the many advantages of Ubuntu to old codgers like me and those of
us who depend on our computer for passing the time is the vast range of
free software and applications available to be tried and tested. Mostly
these are easy to install a
On 21/06/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
One of the many advantages of Ubuntu to old codgers like me and those of
us who depend on our computer for passing the time is the vast range of
free software and applications available to be tried and tested. Mostly
these are easy to install and un
Hi
Tony Travis wrote:
> important. However, the 'backports' repository also means you can have
> the latest software under LTS if you want it. I would not recommend the
some of the (almost) latest software, maybe. backports repositories
certainly don't have everything and they are far less test
On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 12:53 +0100, norman wrote:
> One of the many advantages of Ubuntu to old codgers like me and those of
> us who depend on our computer for passing the time is the vast range of
> free software and applications available to be tried and tested. Mostly
> these are easy to install
> Come on Ubuntu users, let's hear of all the things you like to use and
> what gives you pleasure. Stop lurking and come out.
As a music lover, Amarok is the killer app on Linux for me. Even to the
extent of running it (a KDE app) on Ubuntu's Gnome desktop. However, Exaile
(a GTK app) is now be
norman wrote:
> One of the many advantages of Ubuntu to old codgers like me and those of
> us who depend on our computer for passing the time is the vast range of
> free software and applications available to be tried and tested. Mostly
> these are easy to install and uninstall and generally work
Chris Jones wrote:
> Hi
>
> Tony Travis wrote:
>> Believe me, Debian/Ubuntu is much, much easier to upgrade!
>
> That doesn't excuse regressions. I'm sure the QA team would love more
> help in reporting, tracking and solving them :)
>
> I would have to agree with norman though - FOSS brings peop
This may seem odd, but on the "Feisty Laptop", I have precisely three
applications that I use:
- Firefox
- Thunderbird
- OpenOffice.org
On the server, I have an awful lot more, but these days, it's the
servers that are doing all the "heavy lifting."
Two years ago, we used lots of applications
On Thursday 21 June 2007 12:53, norman wrote:
> Come on Ubuntu users, let's hear of all the things you like to use and
> what gives you pleasure. Stop lurking and come out.
>
> Norman
As well as general things such as email, I use my systems for
Genealogy - using the excellent GRAMPS program an
Hi
Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> Automatix/Non-free codecs. At risk of getting a complete shoeing for
> this, I don't care about wether my computers are free of non-gnu
> software, I just want it to work. Automatix and the win32codecs give
well automatix is dangerous, and everything
On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 12:53 +0100, norman wrote:
> Come on Ubuntu users, let's hear of all the things you like to use and
> what gives you pleasure. Stop lurking and come out.
>
> Norman
>
Inkscape makes various bits of me tingle. In a good way.
So does Dasher.
I am also quite a fan of the v
Quoting norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> One of the many advantages of Ubuntu to old codgers like me and those of
> us who depend on our computer for passing the time is the vast range of
> free software and applications available to be tried and tested. Mostly
> these are easy to install and uninsta
One of the many advantages of Ubuntu to old codgers like me and those of
us who depend on our computer for passing the time is the vast range of
free software and applications available to be tried and tested. Mostly
these are easy to install and uninstall and generally work with the
hardware we ha
On 21/06/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
** Copy of blog post **
People may know me from the Ubuntu-UK loco team, especially IRC, i'm
MooDoo in
irc.freenode.net #ubuntu-uk, thats all well and good but there's one thing
- I
don't know you. With this in mind i'm in the process o
On Thu Jun 21 12:01 , Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:
>Quoting "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>
>> Please leave your questions etc as comments on
>> this blog and i’ll create the questionaire this weekend.
>
>URL?
>
Oops it's http://www.paulmellors.net
:)
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Quoting "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Please leave your questions etc as comments on
> this blog and i’ll create the questionaire this weekend.
URL?
> Please also reply to this email.
girlBloke: HOW OLD R U??? ROTFLMAO :):):):)
manNymph: @girlBloke - A/S/L???
On a more ser
** Copy of blog post **
People may know me from the Ubuntu-UK loco team, especially IRC, i’m MooDoo in
irc.freenode.net #ubuntu-uk, thats all well and good but there’s one thing - I
don’t know you. With this in mind i’m in the process of creating Ubuntu Users
[www.ubuntu-users.org], please note t
Hi
Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> with SE-Linux, but it looks like it's gonna take a while to master...
Indeed. I'm somewhat doubtful that the PolicyKit chaps can actually
wrangle it into a useful form for a Desktop, at least without
extensively bothering the user for privileges.
I for one a
Hi
Tony Travis wrote:
> Believe me, Debian/Ubuntu is much, much easier to upgrade!
That doesn't excuse regressions. I'm sure the QA team would love more
help in reporting, tracking and solving them :)
I would have to agree with norman though - FOSS brings people a lot of
advantages and features
< big, big snip >
> Thank you for the encouragement. You're right, I'm elderly (and now
> sllow-witted), rural dwelling and socially immobile and therefore
> isolated. Most of the local LUG list is technically far above me but
> I live on in the belief that a direct query to a Ubuntu list will
Quoting Chris Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi
>
> Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
>> 2) A link is setup from given directories in each app's jail to
>> /downloads which is read only.
>
> How do I now upload my photos to some website, or any of the other
> myriad things which internet applications
Hi
Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> 2) A link is setup from given directories in each app's jail to
> /downloads which is read only.
How do I now upload my photos to some website, or any of the other
myriad things which internet applications want to do that involves
either reading or writing
Hi
Scrase, Eddie wrote:
> Firefox should only install an extension without warning if the site is on
> it's trusted list, which defaults to just mozilla.org. Obviously this
> assumes that the attackers haven't hacked into Mozilla's site...
Firefox will only install an extension from a trusted si
Quoting alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> I'm happy to give Ubuntu to anyone I know - I know that I'm going
>> to have less hassles than I get with the windows boxes I've
>> installed!
>
> That is great! Unfortunately most of the non technical people I know
> would not even know what USB, or a
Robin Menneer wrote:
> On 21/06/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:41:53 +0100, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>> >> Tony Travis wrote:
>> >>> alan c wrote:
>> norman wrote:
>> > I believe that the very laudable
On 21/06/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Robin Menneer wrote:
> On 21/06/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:41:53 +0100, alan c <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>> >> Tony Travis wrote:
>> >>> alan c wrote:
>> norma
< big snip >
> I got Ubuntu loaded on my machine because I was led to believe that
> the updates that I gratefully receive are distributed in order to
> keep my software healthy, I have thought that Ubuntu is reliable,
> free and friendly - apparently not ?
> I'm not interested in comparing w
Robin Menneer wrote:
> On 21/06/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:41:53 +0100, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>> >> Tony Travis wrote:
>> >>> alan c wrote:
>> norman wrote:
>> > I believe that the very laudable
On 21/06/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:41:53 +0100, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>> Tony Travis wrote:
>>> alan c wrote:
norman wrote:
> I believe that the very laudable efforts in promoting the use of
>> Ubuntu
> ne
> Where are you based at the moment?
Over near Hull - East Yorkshire - Currently working in the public sector.
Chris
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:41:53 +0100, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Tony Travis wrote:
>>> alan c wrote:
norman wrote:
> I believe that the very laudable efforts in promoting the use of
>> Ubuntu
> need to be tempered with an element of caution. As
Quoting Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> I'm officially going to be "Technical Manager" for Cariss (
>> http://www.cariss.co.uk/ ) dealing with Sales, consultancy and
>> implementation of CCTV, Desktops, LTSP and similar things for
>> anyone in Thanet/Kent/the wider world who is inter
> I'm officially going to be "Technical Manager" for Cariss (
> http://www.cariss.co.uk/ ) dealing with Sales, consultancy and implementation
> of CCTV, Desktops, LTSP and similar things for anyone in Thanet/Kent/the
> wider world who is interested!
>
> Finally, I'll be able to have Beryl on my
Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Tony,
>
> On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 22:41 +0100, Tony Travis wrote:
>> Have you ever upgraded Windows?
>> Or MacOS?
>>
>> Believe me, Debian/Ubuntu is much, much easier to upgrade!
>
> A very good point. I think often we take for granted some of the
> features of Linux (specifi
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:41:53 +0100, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tony Travis wrote:
>> alan c wrote:
>>> norman wrote:
I believe that the very laudable efforts in promoting the use of
> Ubuntu
need to be tempered with an element of caution. As far as I can tell,
the server
Tony Travis wrote:
> alan c wrote:
>> norman wrote:
>>> I believe that the very laudable efforts in promoting the use of Ubuntu
>>> need to be tempered with an element of caution. As far as I can tell,
>>> the server application is well covered and taken care of and my concern
>>> is with the deskt
On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:27:28 +0100, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I'm about to start a job in the real-world (after having been forced
>> to use Windows, I get to sell, support and consult on Linux from the
>> 2nd July!) and one of the things I will need as part of my job is a
>> solid
On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:56:16 +0100, "Chris Rowson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> As dell are refusing to sell Linux-based computers outside of the US
>> (even the redhat/SLED servers seem to only be sold over there), can
>> someone supply me with contact details (a website will do nicely!) of
>>
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