Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubucon Status

2008-06-07 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Levin wrote: | Alan Pope wrote: |> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 09:10:55PM +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: |>> I remember there was talk of and a wiki page setup for, a Ubucon run by |>> us a while back. Is anyone in charge of that project and if so, w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread Daniel Lamb
I saw an old friend of my parents this week and he was telling me about this brilliant alternative operating system something called Ubuntu, I then pointed out that is what my parents have been using for years lol, not really spotting but still came up in random conversation. regards, Daniel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread Ged
Alan Pope wrote: > On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 21:06 +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > >> I saw someone walking through Victoria tube station wearing an Ubuntu >> polo shirt this morning... does that count? :) >> >> > > Heh. I went to B&Q wearing my Ubuntu Hoodie > > https://shop.canonical.com/p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread Chris Bannister
On 07/06/08 18:27, Alan Pope wrote: > ..and if you listen to the next podcast episode we'll have another > competition which (if you win) will save you 20 quid in the canonical > shop :) Oh great. You say this *after* I've bought what I wanted :-p -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread Colin McCarthy
I have also seen Ubuntu on computers inside maps of the game UrbanTerror. (Best game ever) Does virtually spotting Ubuntu still count? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread Alan Pope
On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 12:24 +0100, Chris Bannister wrote: > On 07/06/08 12:11, London School of Puppetry wrote: > > > Where do you get this Ubuntu merchandise - I would love a Hardy Heron > > Sweatshirt - Caroline > > A good place to start is the Canonical shop, https://shop.canonical.com/ >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Group Signature

2008-06-07 Thread Kris Douglas
On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Mark Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just noticed that one of the URLs that is in the sig at the bottom is > wrong. > > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ should be > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- > Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread Chris Bannister
On 07/06/08 12:11, London School of Puppetry wrote: > Where do you get this Ubuntu merchandise - I would love a Hardy Heron > Sweatshirt - Caroline A good place to start is the Canonical shop, https://shop.canonical.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinf

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread London School of Puppetry
2008/6/7 Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 21:06 +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > > I saw someone walking through Victoria tube station wearing an Ubuntu > > polo shirt this morning... does that count? :) > > > > Heh. I went to B&Q wearing my Ubuntu Hoodie > > https://shop.ca

Re: [ubuntu-uk] my new lap-top

2008-06-07 Thread London School of Puppetry
2008/6/7 Matt Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Philip Wyett wrote: > > > > 2008/6/6 London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> >> >> 2008/6/6 Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> London School of Puppetry wrote: >>> > It does not hibernate or suspend- can anyone help? >>> > and as I write,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Slow Wireless

2008-06-07 Thread Tony Arnold
Sean, Sean Miller wrote: > I've just installed Hardy on one of my PCs and I notice that the speed > of my wireless network is only 280kbps or thereabouts... when I'm > running the same PC on Windows it's around 1mbps. > > I notice that I'm getting 25-50% wireless bars most of the time, so > thin

[ubuntu-uk] Group Signature

2008-06-07 Thread Mark Fraser
I've just noticed that one of the URLs that is in the sig at the bottom is wrong. https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ should be https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] my new lap-top

2008-06-07 Thread Alan Pope
On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 08:07 +0100, Mark Fraser wrote: > What about if you add more memory at a later date, would you resize the swap > partition? > You could, or you could add a swap file inside another partition. Cheers, Al. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

[ubuntu-uk] Slow Wireless

2008-06-07 Thread Sean Miller
Hi, I've just installed Hardy on one of my PCs and I notice that the speed of my wireless network is only 280kbps or thereabouts... when I'm running the same PC on Windows it's around 1mbps. I notice that I'm getting 25-50% wireless bars most of the time, so think that might be the case - does we

Re: [ubuntu-uk] update icon

2008-06-07 Thread norman
< snip > > > The answer is simple there are 2 levels of updates. > > Red arrow = Critical Update and is therefore signifying you need to > download this now (IIRC there is an Exclamation mark in the arrow) > > Cog type = Recommended this is things that will help your system but > aren't so immed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] my new lap-top

2008-06-07 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 06 June 2008 22:45:45 Philip Wyett wrote: > 2008/6/6 Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Philip Wyett wrote: > > > We should forget swap partitions unless someone specifies a custom one > > > and work by a default install > > > where the created swap partition is double the amount of physi