[ubuntu-uk] BBC Bill Gates Interview/documentary

2008-02-08 Thread Thomas Ibbotson
Hi all, I was out this evening with some people from my lab, and my supervisor brought his new girlfriend along (I didn't even know my supervisor had a social life, he's in the lab a lot!). It turns out that his girlfriend works for the BBC and she is part of a team which a planning a document

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mailing lists

2008-02-08 Thread John Levin
London School of Puppetry wrote: > I want to apologise for mixing up mailing lists and sending some of you > unwanted information about a puppetry course.I do sift people out if I > have more extended exchanges, but it issometimes difficult to remember > who is who. However, can anyone give me

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lug Radio Live dates announced

2008-02-08 Thread Kris Douglas
On 08/02/2008, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Put yer thinking caps on for Ubuntu's presence. My arse is a big enough presence :P Will be coming along, I imagine :) -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lug Radio Live dates announced

2008-02-08 Thread Dave Morley
On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 19:21 +, John Levin wrote: > Lug Radio Live - the original UK edition - has announced time and place > for the 2008 event, July 19th & 20th at Wolverhampton University Student > Union. > > http://lugradio.org/live/UK2008/start > > Put yer thinking caps on for Ubuntu'

[ubuntu-uk] Lug Radio Live dates announced

2008-02-08 Thread John Levin
Lug Radio Live - the original UK edition - has announced time and place for the 2008 event, July 19th & 20th at Wolverhampton University Student Union. http://lugradio.org/live/UK2008/start Put yer thinking caps on for Ubuntu's presence. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-08 Thread Kris Douglas
On 08/02/2008, Pete Stean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In my view MythTV is still a bit of a dark art - I've never managed to > get it to work to this day. I have a Nebula digital TV PCI card in my > machine, and it works "out of the box" with Kaffeine (running under > Gnome btw), as do many of t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-08 Thread LeeGroups
> In my view MythTV is still a bit of a dark art - I've never managed to > get it to work to this day. I have a Nebula digital TV PCI card in my > machine, and it works "out of the box" with Kaffeine (running under > Gnome btw), as do many of the other popular cards. > MythTV a dark art! LOL I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mailing lists

2008-02-08 Thread Matthew Wild
On Feb 8, 2008 2:36 PM, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kirrus wrote: > > - "Andrew Oakley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Failing all of those, Yahoo Groups is one of the better free web-based > >> mailing list managers, and certainly VERY easy to use. Although > >> > > > > I wou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mailing lists

2008-02-08 Thread John Levin
Kirrus wrote: > - "Andrew Oakley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Failing all of those, Yahoo Groups is one of the better free web-based >> mailing list managers, and certainly VERY easy to use. Although >> > > I would recommend staying away from Yahoo Groups - They stick adverts all > ove

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mailing lists

2008-02-08 Thread Kirrus
- "Andrew Oakley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Failing all of those, Yahoo Groups is one of the better free web-based > mailing list managers, and certainly VERY easy to use. Although > I would recommend staying away from Yahoo Groups - They stick adverts all over your email. (I play on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mailing lists

2008-02-08 Thread Andrew Oakley
John Levin wrote: > London School of Puppetry wrote: >> who is who. However, can anyone give me information about how to >> organise mailing lists so that this does not happen. I use googlemail. > Given that you have a website, but no sign up form that I can see, I'd > recommend installing a mai

[ubuntu-uk] mailing lists

2008-02-08 Thread London School of Puppetry
I want to apologise for mixing up mailing lists and sending some of you unwanted information about a puppetry course.I do sift people out if I have more extended exchanges, but it issometimes difficult to remember who is who. However, can anyone give me information about how to organise mailing l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyway of downloading Iplayer?

2008-02-08 Thread Pete Stean
In my view MythTV is still a bit of a dark art - I've never managed to get it to work to this day. I have a Nebula digital TV PCI card in my machine, and it works "out of the box" with Kaffeine (running under Gnome btw), as do many of the other popular cards. Pete

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB Hard Drive Group Permissions

2008-02-08 Thread Andrew Oakley
Stuart Bird wrote: > The first way is to use: gksudo nautilus to access and edit files as > root. The second way is to add myself to the root group which then > allows me full control from my normal users account. > > Can anyone advise if these are viable (ie safe) long term solutions or > shou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB Hard Drive Group Permissions

2008-02-08 Thread Stuart Bird
Well, I've found a couple of workarounds to this problem however I am not entirely convinced that either of them are a sensible option. The first way is to use: gksudo nautilus to access and edit files as root. The second way is to add myself to the root group which then allows me full control