Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype 2.0 beta

2008-02-09 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
- "Greg K Nicholson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 17:38 +, Mark Fraser wrote: > > I've just done a package update and found I had 2 updates for Skype. > When I > > loaded it I noticed it was version 2.0 (beta), which means webcam > support :) > > Tried it with my Lo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype 2.0 beta

2008-02-09 Thread Greg K Nicholson
On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 17:38 +, Mark Fraser wrote: > I've just done a package update and found I had 2 updates for Skype. When I > loaded it I noticed it was version 2.0 (beta), which means webcam support :) > Tried it with my Logitech webcam and it detects it, just need to do a live > test

[ubuntu-uk] Skype 2.0 beta

2008-02-09 Thread Mark Fraser
I've just done a package update and found I had 2 updates for Skype. When I loaded it I noticed it was version 2.0 (beta), which means webcam support :) Tried it with my Logitech webcam and it detects it, just need to do a live test now. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Bill Gates Interview/documentary

2008-02-09 Thread Chris Rowson
> > Does anyone have any ideas of information we could pass on (she seemed > > to be woefully lacking in information about Linux and was eagerly > > writing everything I said down in her notebook, even though I don't know > > that much myself)? Hi Thomas, Stephen Fry has written a piece on open s

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

2008-02-09 Thread Stuart Bird
Andrew Thank you for such an in depth and informative response. Changing the uid= to blank did the trick in the end. Stu - Original Message From: Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Friday, 8 February, 2008 11:25:18 AM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB Hard Dr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Bill Gates Interview/documentary

2008-02-09 Thread Lucy
On 09/02/2008, Thomas Ibbotson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > a couple of pints), anyway I mentioned slashdot.org as a website for her > to find some anti-microsoft sentiment No! Slashdot is great but I'm not sure it should serve as a positive advertisement for Linux, most of the time it just seems

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Bill Gates Interview/documentary

2008-02-09 Thread alan c
Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > 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