Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting!

2008-07-20 Thread Kris Douglas
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:50 PM, James Hooker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whatever episode is on sky 165 right now! :) > > On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 22:45 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: >> On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:39 PM, James Hooker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Just some useless info that you may f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting!

2008-07-20 Thread James Hooker
Whatever episode is on sky 165 right now! :) On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 22:45 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: > On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:39 PM, James Hooker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just some useless info that you may find interesting/cool - > > > > Watching "Dexter" tv series on FX channel - (Progr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting!

2008-07-20 Thread Kris Douglas
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:39 PM, James Hooker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just some useless info that you may find interesting/cool - > > Watching "Dexter" tv series on FX channel - (Programme about a cop > serial killer that kills serial killers... buffer overflow?) > > Anyway - he was checking

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting!

2008-07-20 Thread James Hooker
Just some useless info that you may find interesting/cool - Watching "Dexter" tv series on FX channel - (Programme about a cop serial killer that kills serial killers... buffer overflow?) Anyway - he was checking some forensic magic on his macbook pro - and low and behold, it was running ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] windows home server

2008-07-20 Thread Rob Beard
Wayne Roberts wrote: > sorry should have mentioned that, > here's the specs for windows home server, web server, ftp server (via > add-in), backup store, abbility to stream music and video. > > Ahh in that case, I guess installing Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS Server with the LAMP option which will give yo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] windows home server

2008-07-20 Thread Kris Douglas
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 8:35 PM, Wayne Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i am downloading slampp now,any other suggestions? GNUMP3d is a good application, can be installed via command line in Ubuntu, can be configured to contain a whole directory of music, and other files, I highly recommend it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice re 8.04 server edition

2008-07-20 Thread Daniel Lamb
Id also suggest slampp for that, or possibly 8.04 with samba and and openssh then install webmin and configure samba with that, samba will work basically out of the box, look at this http://doxfer.com/Webmin/SambaWindowsFileSharing or read a guide i wrote which is in the Full Circle Magazine.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] windows home server

2008-07-20 Thread Wayne Roberts
i am downloading slampp now,any other suggestions? On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 20:20 +, Daniel Lamb wrote: > There is a distro called slampp i think. Which will do the majority of that > other than streaming but you can do that with vlc. > Daniel > > > > > Original message > From: Wa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] windows home server

2008-07-20 Thread Daniel Lamb
There is a distro called slampp i think. Which will do the majority of that other than streaming but you can do that with vlc. Daniel Original message From: Wayne Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] windows home server sorry should h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice re 8.04 server edition

2008-07-20 Thread Tony Arnold
Wayne, Wayne Roberts wrote: > hey tony the link to your web page on manchester uni's webite returns a > 404 Thanks for letting me know. I'll get it fixed! Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manch

Re: [ubuntu-uk] windows home server

2008-07-20 Thread Wayne Roberts
sorry should have mentioned that, here's the specs for windows home server, web server, ftp server (via add-in), backup store, abbility to stream music and video. On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 19:43 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > Wayne Roberts wrote: > > can somebody suggest an alternative to windows ( sorry)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] windows home server

2008-07-20 Thread Rob Beard
Wayne Roberts wrote: > can somebody suggest an alternative to windows ( sorry) home server > using ubuntu (of course) > > thanks > wayne > > What exactly do you want to acheve? Just a basic server to store files on? Can't say I know what the specific features of Windows Home Server are (ap

[ubuntu-uk] windows home server

2008-07-20 Thread Wayne Roberts
can somebody suggest an alternative to windows ( sorry) home server using ubuntu (of course) thanks wayne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice re 8.04 server edition

2008-07-20 Thread Wayne Roberts
hey tony the link to your web page on manchester uni's webite returns a 404 On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 16:10 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: > Mac, > > Mac wrote: > > > I don't know how essential upnp is - any advice? But I'm a bit > > surprised that automatic updating needs to be added - is that right?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice re 8.04 server edition

2008-07-20 Thread Rob Beard
Mac wrote: > Jim >>> I've just realised I may be being a being a bit thick. The idea > of automatic updates is that on a headless server these will get > accepted and installed in an 'unattended' way, automatically? Is this > the normal practice, or would you do this manually every so often? >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice re 8.04 server edition

2008-07-20 Thread Rob Beard
Mac wrote: > Jim Kissel wrote: > >> The "problems" seem about what I would expect for a server install. >> Spin down disk on a server - no thanks. It's a server and I expect 7x24 >> service. > > Jim >>> Thanks for your reply. I'm just wanting a server to serve files > (documents, images, and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice re 8.04 server edition

2008-07-20 Thread Tony Arnold
Mac, Mac wrote: > I don't know how essential upnp is - any advice? But I'm a bit > surprised that automatic updating needs to be added - is that right? Isn't upnp used by some applications to control a router/firewall to let in incoming connections etc? I'd have thought this wasn't necessary o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice re 8.04 server edition

2008-07-20 Thread Mac
Mac wrote: > I don't know how essential upnp is - any advice? But I'm a bit > surprised that automatic updating needs to be added - is that right? Jim >>> I've just realised I may be being a being a bit thick. The idea of automatic updates is that on a headless server these will get accepted

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice re 8.04 server edition

2008-07-20 Thread Mac
Jim Kissel wrote: > The "problems" seem about what I would expect for a server install. > Spin down disk on a server - no thanks. It's a server and I expect 7x24 > service. Jim >>> Thanks for your reply. I'm just wanting a server to serve files (documents, images, and media) to our various m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice re 8.04 server edition

2008-07-20 Thread Jim Kissel
Mac wrote: > I'm thinking of having a go at setting up a file server and music server > using 8.04 LTS. Being a cautious type, I've been investigating what > might go wrong (forewarned is forearmed!). I came across the comments > below (slighted edited) from someone who's reasonably tech-sav

[ubuntu-uk] Advice re 8.04 server edition

2008-07-20 Thread Mac
I'm thinking of having a go at setting up a file server and music server using 8.04 LTS. Being a cautious type, I've been investigating what might go wrong (forewarned is forearmed!). I came across the comments below (slighted edited) from someone who's reasonably tech-savvy, and wondered if