[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Podcast crew on [EMAIL PROTECTED] this week

2008-12-03 Thread Pete Stean
Btw for anyone who doesn't listen, the UbuntuUK podcast crew have been interviewd by Leo Laporte and Ambert MacArthur on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] podcast from the TWiT network this week - Popey hits the big time :) I wonder what that will do to the number of subscribers :D Well done guys Pete

[ubuntu-uk] (Fwd) Re: Contacting Ubuntu UK through Launchpad

2008-12-03 Thread Tony Pursell
For anyone else who wonders what this message was, it was a test of new functionality in Launchpad. On the team page there is a new link - (Contact this team). The person mentioned below had used this link to ask a question. This email was to confirm that use of this link sends an email to e

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thoughts on Songbird?

2008-12-03 Thread Pete Stean
there's *still* no 'removable drive' device support under linux either - so if you have a bog-standard non-iPod mp3 player, forget it... I've been waiting for that since songbird appeared :| It is a resource hog too I've noticed - I keep trying out lots of other things and keep going back to Rhyt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-03 Thread Chris Rowson
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Simon Wears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Yes, the first thing I did was check for a BIOS update to solve my > problems. It currently has 512mb RAM in it, because that's all I have spare > for it at the moment, but I plan on putting about 4G into it soon, when I > hav

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-03 Thread Simon Wears
Yes, the first thing I did was check for a BIOS update to solve my problems. It currently has 512mb RAM in it, because that's all I have spare for it at the moment, but I plan on putting about 4G into it soon, when I have time to go buy some. So, I figure its worth installing the 64 bit version for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-03 Thread Chris Rowson
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Tony Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Rowson wrote: > > [...] > > I've always used 32bit edition on servers myself. I've heard horror > > stories about perl scripts using twice as much memory under 64bit etc, > > etc I've never tested PAE with more than

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-03 Thread Tony Travis
Chris Rowson wrote: > [...] > I've always used 32bit edition on servers myself. I've heard horror > stories about perl scripts using twice as much memory under 64bit etc, > etc I've never tested PAE with more than 4GB of RAM - I had heard > about the single process limitation, but as I only

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-03 Thread Chris Rowson
> > > [...] > > Doesn't the Hardy server kernel have Physical Address Extensions support > > enabled by default? That'd grant support for up to 64GB RAM on the 32 > > bit version of Ubuntu. > > Hello, Chris. > > Yes, we're running 8.04.1 LTS with PAE enabled on servers with 8GB RAM > and I've test

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice

2008-12-03 Thread gav
On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 11:03:51PM -, Ian Pascoe wrote: > Now with Ubuntu also being ported across to the ARM architect, that could > certainly open up even more interesting configurations for those with a > tinkering whim. I'd certainly be tempted by a reasonably priced MiniITX ARM board to p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screensaver freezing

2008-12-03 Thread Tony Travis
David King wrote: > [...] > I have changed to a different screensaver (SlideScreen) to stop the > problem in case it is Helios. Also I changed the setting for Power > Management to not switch off the screen (it was previously set to switch > off after 40 minutes). I wonder if perhaps the more fancy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thoughts on Songbird?

2008-12-03 Thread Steve Flynn
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Michael Holloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps its my imagination... but this app looks exactly like iTunes > (the one piece of software i chose MS over Mac). > > That said, giving it a go as we speak... but its going to have to have > to really make a good im

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screensaver freezing

2008-12-03 Thread Michael Holloway
On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 01:08 +, David King wrote: > I have changed to a different screensaver (SlideScreen) to stop the > problem in case it is Helios. Also I changed the setting for Power > Management to not switch off the screen (it was previously set to switch > off after 40 minutes). I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thoughts on Songbird?

2008-12-03 Thread Michael Holloway
Perhaps its my imagination... but this app looks exactly like iTunes (the one piece of software i chose MS over Mac). That said, giving it a go as we speak... but its going to have to have to really make a good impression to win me over from the Amarok camp... On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 20:29 +,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-03 Thread Tony Travis
Chris Rowson wrote: > [...] > Doesn't the Hardy server kernel have Physical Address Extensions support > enabled by default? That'd grant support for up to 64GB RAM on the 32 > bit version of Ubuntu. Hello, Chris. Yes, we're running 8.04.1 LTS with PAE enabled on servers with 8GB RAM and I've

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Swindon school asks for ubuntu help

2008-12-03 Thread Bruce Beardall
This would be a great case study for the podcast. On 12/3/08, Steve Laming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am in Swindon and would be happy to help. > > Steve > > 2008/12/3 Andy Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Alan, >> >> I'm not in the Swindon area - but would be very interested to hear more >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thoughts on Songbird?

2008-12-03 Thread Michael G Fletcher
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:29 PM, mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any thoughts on how Ubuntu plays with the 1.0 release of Songbird? > > http://getsongbird.com/ > > Mac > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > J

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Swindon school asks for ubuntu help

2008-12-03 Thread Steve Laming
I am in Swindon and would be happy to help. Steve 2008/12/3 Andy Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Alan, > > I'm not in the Swindon area - but would be very interested to hear more > from this person. I'm also not on the edubuntu lists - any chance you > can post this response to the list for me t