Re: [ubuntu-uk] Are you blocked in China?

2007-06-23 Thread Alan Pope
On Sun, 2007-06-24 at 00:28 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: > I know a lot of the members of this list have blogs, and so I thought > you might be interested in this tool. > > http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/test/ > > This shows you whether or not your website is blocked by the 'great > firewall o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Are you blocked in China?

2007-06-23 Thread Tony Scott
Crikey - I'm blocked too - don't understand why - nothing controversial on my site... Tony http://tonyscott.org.uk http://sowndz.com - Original Message From: Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Sunday, 24 June, 2007 12:28:56 AM Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Are you b

[ubuntu-uk] Are you blocked in China?

2007-06-23 Thread Chris Rowson
I know a lot of the members of this list have blogs, and so I thought you might be interested in this tool. http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/test/ This shows you whether or not your website is blocked by the 'great firewall of China' (As I'm sure you're aware, the Chinese government blocks its

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu (linux) vulnerabilty?? Comment please

2007-06-23 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 20/06/07, Ian Pascoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Folks > > As this has split into two threads, I'm gonna confuse everyone and reply to > both in one. > > Firefox - hasn't there just been a security breach with FF's extensions > whereby some of them don't conform to using SSL to update so can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] getting epiphany with apt

2007-06-23 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 20/06/07, Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 20:18 +0100, michaelweaver wrote: > > I do not seem to be having much luck with text web browsers for one > > reason or another because of how speech works. > > Somone has apparently used Epiphany with Orca and I tried to d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unreal Tournament (was Re: suck it and see)

2007-06-23 Thread Mark Jose
On Saturday 23 June 2007 02:31, Josh Blacker wrote: > Update: despite still getting error messages in terminal while I run > it, I can now load UT every time. Graphics aren't nearly as good as in > Windows but it runs as fast - a small price to pay to run it under > Linux, I feel. I might at a late

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft distributes Ubuntu!

2007-06-23 Thread Alec Wright
On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 10:13 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: > Looks like MS has been distributing Ubuntu via Windows Marketplace... What! > > http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/22/151233 > > Chris > Wow those idiots at Microsoft will never cease to shock and amuse me. Add your reviews to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unreal Tournament (was Re: suck it and see)

2007-06-23 Thread Chris Rowson
> Yeah, I'll see what I can do once we've moved on Monday - any > rummaging around in boxes now would lead to my mother castrating me, I > fear! > > -- > Josh Blacker You moving on Monday too? - PITA isn't it! Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unreal Tournament (was Re: suck it and see)

2007-06-23 Thread Josh Blacker
Hi, On 6/23/07, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Josh, > I know you are already aware that there is a Linux version, but I > thought it worth re-iterating the point. The _native_ Linux version has > none of the performance or graphical glitches you mention. It's as > perfect as the native

[ubuntu-uk] Microsoft distributes Ubuntu!

2007-06-23 Thread Chris Rowson
Looks like MS has been distributing Ubuntu via Windows Marketplace... What! http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/22/151233 Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] creating accounts in gnucash

2007-06-23 Thread Keith Bowerman
Hello Michael, The one thing I can suggest is that you may not be opening the new account as a "top level" account. Regards, Keith. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unreal Tournament (was Re: suck it and see)

2007-06-23 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Josh, On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 02:31 +0100, Josh Blacker wrote: > Update: despite still getting error messages in terminal while I run > it, I can now load UT every time. Graphics aren't nearly as good as in > Windows but it runs as fast - a small price to pay to run it under > Linux, I feel. I mi