Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Free Laptops

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 14/11/08 06:51, Sean Miller wrote: > What's the advantage of a laptop without an OS when for about £100 > less you can go to Tesco and get one WITH an OS of a better > specification for about £100 less and just wipe the OS off and install > Ubuntu a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Free Laptops

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 06:51:55AM +, Sean Miller wrote: > What's the advantage of a laptop without an OS when for about £100 > less you can go to Tesco and get one WITH an OS of a better > specification for about £100 less and just wipe the OS off and install > Ubuntu anyway? > > Don't unders

[ubuntu-uk] Configuring Virgin cable modem

When I installed Ubuntu two years ago, it picked up my ntl/Virgin cable modem immediately. The modem was using a USB connection. Last week the gas company dug up the pavement and managed to break my Virgin cable and, as the Virgin engineers found today, also concrete over the break. While they'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Free Laptops

What's the advantage of a laptop without an OS when for about £100 less you can go to Tesco and get one WITH an OS of a better specification for about £100 less and just wipe the OS off and install Ubuntu anyway? Don't understand why one would want to pay premium prices just to save having to over

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Free Laptops

What's all this about free laptops? > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Menus

On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 17:22 +, Ken Adams wrote: > Hi All > > Is is possible to adjust the menus in both Gnome and KDE according to > which user logs in. Ie. limit which programs show up for use when my 5 > year old logs in. > > I am using 8.04 > > Cheers > > Rgds Ken > Have a look at an a

[ubuntu-uk] [OT] The Matrix runs Windows

Just saw this on my local LUG mailing list. I like the last 3 seconds of the video the best! Tom Original Message Subject:[OxLUG] Thursday fun Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:06:56 + From: Martin Hepworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Oxfordshire Linux User Gro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Menus

Ken Adams wrote: > Hi All > > Is is possible to adjust the menus in both Gnome and KDE according to > which user logs in. Ie. limit which programs show up for use when my 5 > year old logs in. > > I am using 8.04 > > Cheers > > Rgds Ken You can do this by logging in as the user you want to res

[ubuntu-uk] Menus

Hi All Is is possible to adjust the menus in both Gnome and KDE according to which user logs in. Ie. limit which programs show up for use when my 5 year old logs in. I am using 8.04 Cheers Rgds Ken -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wik

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Free Laptops

Bruce Beardall wrote: > Hi All > > Slightly off topic but I've found a PC / Laptop supplier where you can > choose a machine without an OS. > > www.pcspecialist.co.uk > > I haven't done an exhaustive search yet (nor, for that matter, have I had > any real experience of their service) but they se

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Free Laptops

Bruce Beardall wrote: > Hi All > > Slightly off topic but I've found a PC / Laptop supplier where you can > choose a machine without an OS. > > www.pcspecialist.co.uk > > I haven't done an exhaustive search yet (nor, for that matter, have I > had any real experi

[ubuntu-uk] Windows Free Laptops

Hi All Slightly off topic but I've found a PC / Laptop supplier where you can choose a machine without an OS. www.pcspecialist.co.uk I haven't done an exhaustive search yet (nor, for that matter, have I had any real experience of their service) but they seem to offer pretty good configuration op