Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for $20

2008-07-11 Thread alan c
Michael Rimicans wrote: > Just been reading this on that fine source of information, The Register: > > http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/07/10/ubuntu_best_buy_amazon > > > Apparently, Canonical have started selling Ubuntu for $20 in America via > Amazon and Bestbuy. It comes in a box, compl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] run Windows XP in Ubuntu

2008-07-11 Thread taufanlubis
> Can anyone cast light on why there's a problem with the version in > the > repos? Is it the difference in the kernels? > > Mac > I use Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-15-generic. Is it possible by the repository address? Coz the mirror may not update. I use 'Main Server'. Taufan Lubis Regis

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for $20

2008-07-11 Thread Rob Beard
Michael Rimicans wrote: > Just been reading this on that fine source of information, The Register: > > http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/07/10/ubuntu_best_buy_amazon > > > Apparently, Canonical have started selling Ubuntu for $20 in America via > Amazon and Bestbuy. It comes in a box, compl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] News for the podcast

2008-07-11 Thread Ian Pascoe
How's about something surrounding FF 3s release and plug in migration? Ian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mac Sent: 11 July 2008 17:27 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] News for the podcast David Futcher wrote: > 2008/7/10 J

Re: [ubuntu-uk] News for the podcast

2008-07-11 Thread Mac
David Futcher wrote: > 2008/7/10 Johnathon Tinsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Alan Pope wrote: >> | Hi all, >> | >> | We'll be recording episode 10 of the Ubuntu UK Podcast shortly. Have any >> | of you seen any Ubuntu/Linux/FLOSS related news

Re: [ubuntu-uk] News for the podcast

2008-07-11 Thread David Futcher
2008/7/10 Johnathon Tinsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Alan Pope wrote: > | Hi all, > | > | We'll be recording episode 10 of the Ubuntu UK Podcast shortly. Have any > | of you seen any Ubuntu/Linux/FLOSS related news recently that we might > | want t

[ubuntu-uk] USB Thumb drive woln't mount under 64bit

2008-07-11 Thread Ken Robson
I am having issues with an 8Gb thumb drive. Under the 32bit version it mounts fine, but under the 64bit on my main machine it comes up with an error. dmesg output:- [ 122.466494] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... [ 122.467752] scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [ 122.46

Re: [ubuntu-uk] run Windows XP in Ubuntu

2008-07-11 Thread Dan Attwood
On the error message that pops up there is a command that needs to be run as sudo. I'm not at a buntu machie at the mo so I can't get the exact message but it's something like /etc/init.d/vbox drvseup. That will compile the kernel modules for you and should get vbox working - double check as well

Re: [ubuntu-uk] run Windows XP in Ubuntu

2008-07-11 Thread Dark Otter
I have virtualbox running perfectly on hardy with the 2.6.24-19 kernel, and I had it running on the 2.6.24-18 kernel as well. I didn't have any problems setting it up, although after using the OSE version I got the PUEL version because I wanted to be able to share a USB device. As far as I know yo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] run Windows XP in Ubuntu

2008-07-11 Thread norman
On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 07:56 +0700, taufanlubis wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 18:04 +0100, norman wrote: > > I have hit a snag. Using synaptic, I installed VirtualBox and it > > certainly starts up OK. However, after setting things up, I cannot start > > the virtual set up but get an error mess

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GPG keyserver

2008-07-11 Thread Andy Smith
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 12:08:25PM +0100, Dark Otter wrote: > The next thing I need to do is try and get in the web of trust. The easiest way is to attend conferences and geek meet ups. But don't expect too much - very few people actively use PGP :( > P.S. How come you didn't sign your last e-ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GPG keyserver

2008-07-11 Thread Dark Otter
I thought I'd try and get everything working before I start using it, thanks for the advice, subkeys.pgp.net seems to work. I've only been using ubuntu for a couple of weeks, so I'm still setting everything up. The next thing I need to do is try and get in the web of trust. Thanks again for the he

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GPG keyserver

2008-07-11 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 09:41:34PM +0100, Dark Otter wrote: > I've just set myself up a GPG key etc., and was wondering if anyone > could recommend which keyserver to use? There are a couple of examples > in the default gpg.conf file, but so gpg hasn't been able to retrieve > the public keys f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] News for the podcast

2008-07-11 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 09:28:00PM +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: > | Hi all, > | > | We'll be recording episode 10 of the Ubuntu UK Podcast shortly. Have any > | of you seen any Ubuntu/Linux/FLOSS related news recently that we might > | want to include or talk about? > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for $20

2008-07-11 Thread Sean Miller
Ubuntu is free as in freedom, not as in beer. Any of us could sell Ubuntu on CDs, box sets whatever - it's allowed. Great that Amazon and Canonical are promoting the OS together. Probably just what is needed to get that public awareness of it - many people think if something is free it's inferior