Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up dual screen with a dual head graphics card

Farran wrote: > On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 20:34 +, Adam Bagnall wrote: >> Farran wrote: >> > Hi all, especially Rob cos I saw he mentioned this... >> > >> > how do I get my nVidia GT8600 to do dual screen? There's a DVI port >> > and a VGA port, but only one of them will give an image at a time wh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Minimal, Lighttpd, Perl CGI, PHP and & MySQL with Tiny Memory

Kris Douglas wrote: > Sounds cool, but I bet there are much better replacements for MySQL, > like Postgres, which runs in quite a low mem footprint. Indeed - and I'd start with SQLite which requires no server and is built-in to PHP. My aim was to maintain compatibility with the vast number of re

Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up dual screen with a dual head graphics card

On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 20:34 +, Adam Bagnall wrote: > Farran wrote: > > Hi all, especially Rob cos I saw he mentioned this... > > > > how do I get my nVidia GT8600 to do dual screen? There's a DVI port > > and a VGA port, but only one of them will give an image at a time when > > two monitors

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 20:22 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 7:17 PM, Paul Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > eek it's late, i don't wanna get into techy stuff ;) > > > > It's late? It's not even the geekery tech explosion hour :D > > -- > Kris Douglas >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 7:17 PM, Paul Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > eek it's late, i don't wanna get into techy stuff ;) > It's late? It's not even the geekery tech explosion hour :D -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EM

Re: [ubuntu-uk] groupware

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Tony Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Colin McCarthy wrote: > > [...] > > Isn't Drupal a CMS rather than Groupware? > > > > I think Daniel is looking for a Groupware application like > > www.opengroupware.org . > > This appears to ha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 19:07 +, Sean Miller wrote: > On 3/6/08, Paul Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wouldn't use a CNAME i would just add two A records, a blank > one and > and *, that would do it. > > If the virtual host is configured as "www." in httpd.con

Re: [ubuntu-uk] where is everyone?

On 05/03/2008, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 18:04 +, Rob Beard wrote: > > alan c wrote:> Is it me, or something at my end here, but things seem > uncommonly > quiet on this list for the last several days? > I've been busy with work over the past few days, and als

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

On 3/6/08, Paul Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wouldn't use a CNAME i would just add two A records, a blank one and > and *, that would do it. If the virtual host is configured as "www." in httpd.conf you'd have to change that first, though. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 18:59 +, Sean Miller wrote: > On 3/6/08, Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And as Paul said, the www is just case of adding a "cname" > record to the DNS. > > Sorry... I'd read that the wrong way around... if you *require* www to > resolve then the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

On 3/6/08, Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And as Paul said, the www is just case of adding a "cname" record to the > DNS. Sorry... I'd read that the wrong way around... if you *require* www to resolve then the virtual domain on the server has been set up with a "www." prefix on it, wh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

It's probably fairly easy to fix... the edit buttons etc... is this some WYSIWYG plug-in like FCKEditor or Xinha? Or perhaps a Java applet? And as Paul said, the www is just case of adding a "cname" record to the DNS. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] If you had a wiki, which wiki would you wiki with?

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Dave Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:19:11 + > Dave Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Unless anyone has compelling arguments for any others, I'll probably > > go with Moin or Doku (and it will probably be Moin). > > I ended going

Re: [ubuntu-uk] groupware

Colin McCarthy wrote: > [...] > Isn't Drupal a CMS rather than Groupware? > > I think Daniel is looking for a Groupware application like > www.opengroupware.org . > This appears to have all the features an office would need like > calendars, task lists, document sto

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

> Personally I'm not very happy either with the fact that you have to put > "www" in the URL or you get a 404. > We'll that's easily fixable, get your sys admins to fix it for you. It's only a dns entry. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https:/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] groupware

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Daniel Lamb wrote: > > > > Hi does anyone have experience with any groupware apps? > > > > What would you suggest as the best one for a small business server > > > > replacement? > > > > > > Hello, Daniel. > > > > > > I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

Dianne Reuby Collections Manager Museum of Computing @ Swindon http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 17:52 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > What kind of problem are you having with the CMS? We switched to CMS so that (in theory) any volunteer who was authorised and who was w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] groupware

> > Daniel Lamb wrote: > > > Hi does anyone have experience with any groupware apps? > > > What would you suggest as the best one for a small business server > > > replacement? > > > > Hello, Daniel. > > > > I recommend Drupal: > > > >http://drupal.org/ > > > > > > Isn't Drupal a CMS rather

Re: [ubuntu-uk] groupware

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Tony Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel Lamb wrote: > > Hi does anyone have experience with any groupware apps? > > What would you suggest as the best one for a small business server > > replacement? > > Hello, Daniel. > > I recommend Drupal: > >http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] groupware

Daniel Lamb wrote: > Hi does anyone have experience with any groupware apps? > What would you suggest as the best one for a small business server > replacement? Hello, Daniel. I recommend Drupal: http://drupal.org/ If you look carefully, you can see that the Ubuntu home page is based o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] groupware

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Daniel Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi does anyone have experience with any groupware apps? > What would you suggest as the best one for a small business server > replacement? > > Regards, > Daniel > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Minimal, Lighttpd, Perl CGI, PHP and & MySQL with Tiny Memory

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've written a guide to installing Ubuntu Server, Lighttpd (an > alternative to the Apache web server), Perl CGI, PHP and & MySQL on a > machine (or virtual machine) with 64MB of memory or less. > > http://www.aoakley.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] If you had a wiki, which wiki would you wiki with?

On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:19:11 + Dave Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unless anyone has compelling arguments for any others, I'll probably > go with Moin or Doku (and it will probably be Moin). I ended going with DokuWiki. Not 100% happy with it, but it installed a helluva lot easier than Moi

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Minimal, Lighttpd, Perl CGI, PHP and & MySQL with Tiny Memory

I've written a guide to installing Ubuntu Server, Lighttpd (an alternative to the Apache web server), Perl CGI, PHP and & MySQL on a machine (or virtual machine) with 64MB of memory or less. http://www.aoakley.com/articles/2008-03-06-ubuntu-minimal-memory.php Comments very much appreciated, in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Dianne Reuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just to confirm the demo day is set for April 26, from 10 til 4. The > website has been a severe pain in the posterior for ages, and the newish > CMS just don't want to work right! It's embarrassing for a computer > museum,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [SPAM] If you had a wiki, which wiki would you wiki with?

Confluence is one of the better solutions in enterprise environments. It supports LDAP integration for SSO etc. Just my $0.02 On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Chris Rowson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > MediaWiki is gr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [SPAM] If you had a wiki, which wiki would you wiki with?

Dave Murphy wrote: > Spam detection software, running on the system "li7-7.members.linode.com", has > identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message > has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label > similar future email. If you have any questions,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [SPAM] If you had a wiki, which wiki would you wiki with?

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MediaWiki is great, as long as you don't need granular access > controls. I use it at work, but find it a bit dodgy as people either > have access to all of it, or non of it. > -- You can lock pages.. Kris Douglas So

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [SPAM] If you had a wiki, which wiki would you wiki with?

I see a lot of wikis that have been spammed to extinction - is this a problem with certain wikis, or is it simply down to the amount of time that the admin has to police it? Dianne Reuby Collections Manager Museum of Computing @ Swindon http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [SPAM] If you had a wiki, which wiki would you wiki with?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: > Quoting Dave Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Erm, the title says it all really. >> >> I need a wiki, but I'm not sure what the 'best' one is. >> >> * I'm tending towards Moin because that's what we sue internally >> * I'm (obviousl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [SPAM] If you had a wiki, which wiki would you wiki with?

> I'd probably go for MediaWiki because Wikipedia has become such a huge > success people would know how to use it... > > Sean > MediaWiki is great, as long as you don't need granular access controls. I use it at work, but find it a bit dodgy as people either have access to all of it, or non of it.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [SPAM] If you had a wiki, which wiki would you wiki with?

I'd probably go for MediaWiki because Wikipedia has become such a huge success people would know how to use it... Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [SPAM] If you had a wiki, which wiki would you wiki with?

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I like Dokuwiki. > > It can authenticate against quite a few different methods, flatfile, > MySQL, LDAP etc. You can even plug it into an existing user database > (for instance, I run some forums and authenticate dokuwiki of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [SPAM] If you had a wiki, which wiki would you wiki with?

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I like Dokuwiki. > > It can authenticate against quite a few different methods, flatfile, > MySQL, LDAP etc. You can even plug it into an existing user database > (for instance, I run some forums and authenticate dokuwiki of

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

Just to confirm the demo day is set for April 26, from 10 til 4. The website has been a severe pain in the posterior for ages, and the newish CMS just don't want to work right! It's embarrassing for a computer museum, but there it is. If anyone wants the alternative activities sheet for partners an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] where is everyone?

Sean Miller wrote: > Thanks Alan. > > It tells me to click on the logo for further information... doesn't seem to > work. The main contact is: (Dianne has just posted into this thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Dianne Reuby Collections Manager Museum of Computing @ Swindon http://www.museum-of-com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [SPAM] If you had a wiki, which wiki would you wiki with?

I like Dokuwiki. It can authenticate against quite a few different methods, flatfile, MySQL, LDAP etc. You can even plug it into an existing user database (for instance, I run some forums and authenticate dokuwiki off that database. It's also pretty good for access control. You can configure cert

Re: [ubuntu-uk] where is everyone?

On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 05:09 +, Russell Green wrote: > I have been busy with exams and getting coursework ready to send away > for my grades. > > So I got an excuse.:p > > Russell And I've been busy keeping printers working and changing users passwords[1] and the like. Oh and trying to figur

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [SPAM] If you had a wiki, which wiki would you wiki with?

Quoting Dave Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Erm, the title says it all really. > > I need a wiki, but I'm not sure what the 'best' one is. > > * I'm tending towards Moin because that's what we sue internally > * I'm (obviously) used to Trac but in this case don't need the ticket > or svn integratio

[ubuntu-uk] groupware

Hi does anyone have experience with any groupware apps? What would you suggest as the best one for a small business server replacement? Regards, Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [SPAM] If you had a wiki, which wiki would you wiki with?

On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:19:11 + Dave Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Spam detection software, running on the system > "li7-7.members.linode.com", has identified this incoming email as > possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you /me smacks my mailserver with a roll

[ubuntu-uk] [SPAM] If you had a wiki, which wiki would you wiki with?

Spam detection software, running on the system "li7-7.members.linode.com", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] where is everyone?

I'm here, but I have nothing interesting to say! Still working on next month's demo day though. Dianne Reuby Collections Manager Museum of Computing @ Swindon http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.k

Re: [ubuntu-uk] where is everyone?

Thanks Alan. It tells me to click on the logo for further information... doesn't seem to work. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] where is everyone?

Sean Miller wrote: > Isn't there something in Swindon in April or May that some of us said we > might be able to help with? > > I didn't put it in my diary and can't seem to find it in my archives... 26th April Swindon Museum of Computing http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk/ -- alan cocks Kubu