Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anything like publisher?

2007-11-19 Thread Sean Miller
Publisher is the most awful piece of software... the default formats for saving ensure that even folks with Publisher can often not open documents produced with later versions and, unlike with Powerpoint etc., there isn't even a "Publisher Viewer" available for the unfortunate Windows users who fal

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anything like publisher?

2007-11-19 Thread Rob Beard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have got my partner so far hooked on Ubuntu, but she has brought some work > home and one of the documents she has to work on is produced via Publisher. > Is there anything simular? > > James > > I don't think there is anything other than Publisher that reads/writes

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Motherboard recommendation

2007-11-19 Thread Rob Beard
James Grabham wrote: > Id go with an Athlon, and get a board with built in geforce 6100 - I > love them!! You'll save Loads! > > try aria.co.uk as kris says. > Is the memory shared? I suppose saving on a graphics card would be good (although I'm not really keen on anything that uses shared me

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Motherboard recommendation

2007-11-19 Thread Rob Beard
Kris Douglas wrote: > > > On 19/11/2007, *Rob Beard* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I think after my PC died last week it's about time for an upgrade > (especially since my other half's Celeron I'm using is painfully slow!). > > Now I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Motherboard recommendation

2007-11-19 Thread James Grabham
Id go with an Athlon, and get a board with built in geforce 6100 - I love them!! You'll save Loads! try aria.co.uk as kris says. On Nov 19, 2007 9:36 PM, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 19/11/2007, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I think after my PC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Motherboard recommendation

2007-11-19 Thread Kris Douglas
On 19/11/2007, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I think after my PC died last week it's about time for an upgrade > (especially since my other half's Celeron I'm using is painfully slow!). > > Now I'm looking to upgrade to a dual core machine. As my old PC was a > Socket 754

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anything like publisher?

2007-11-19 Thread Pete Redwood
Scribus is first class. Go for Scribus-ng because it is more advanced. I do all my newsletters and leaflets on it -- Regards Pete Redwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday 19 November 2007 21:17:36 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have got my partner so far hooked on Ubuntu, but she has brought some > wo

[ubuntu-uk] Anything like publisher?

2007-11-19 Thread james
I have got my partner so far hooked on Ubuntu, but she has brought some work home and one of the documents she has to work on is produced via Publisher. Is there anything simular? James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UK

[ubuntu-uk] OT: Motherboard recommendation

2007-11-19 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, I think after my PC died last week it's about time for an upgrade (especially since my other half's Celeron I'm using is painfully slow!). Now I'm looking to upgrade to a dual core machine. As my old PC was a Socket 754 Athlon 64 with DDR memory I'm going to have to replace my board

Re: [ubuntu-uk] No sound after install Gutsy

2007-11-19 Thread taufanlubis
Thanks a lot Mac, I read in the Ubuntu Forum, the toshiba A200/5 series got problem with the sound cards driver. Even, I've downloaded from Intel website and compiled the ALSA, but still can't get the sound. I though it's caused by the hardware so I tried with my Laptop original Vista DVD recovery