I'm very uncomfortable using Apple computers. My friend bought one about 2
years ago, I still struggle to use it. It seems to try to be different so
much, it becomes a little unusable (in my opinion). Case example is (again,
2 years ago) I started college. My girlfriend is an artist, and had to do
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:48 AM, Simon Wears wrote:
> Usually I am wary of tempting people to switch, but since it's my mum I know
> Ubuntu will do exactly what she needs without any hiccups (well, non I can
> think of) since all she does is type up work things, and check her emails /
> look for h
The only issue I've got with Ubuntu is the media player selection. I'm
trying to find a nice media player (preferably GTK, and very preferably not
mono) but I'm having a hard time - specifically because I'd like one that
supports video podcasts. I've tried a few, but I've not really been to
happy,
Usually I am wary of tempting people to switch, but since it's my mum I know
Ubuntu will do exactly what she needs without any hiccups (well, non I can
think of) since all she does is type up work things, and check her emails /
look for holidays online. And I have to do all the technical work at ho
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:25 AM, Simon Wears wrote:
> possibly. Unfortunately, she isn't running Ubuntu yet, but eventually I'll
> get her to switch. I'm just waiting for Windows to kill itself (again) then
> I can put Ubuntu on it for a week, and she can decide if she wants to
> switch.
I've fou
My family run Windows XP. I'll have a look into that, thank you for the
link! Setting it up wouldn't be too difficult, my mum gets how to use a
computer and is fairly good at fixing them with simple things, this is more
for the advanced stuff that explaining to her just makes her utterly
confused.
Heh classic, that reminds of my school days and this kid whose surname was
Samuel hated being called Samuels, he said no S so we asked him, 'Amuel?
Anyway back to the point, it is Humour!! (Ironically firefox spellchecker
doesn't recognise humour.)
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Martin Meredith
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:30:57PM +, Lizzeh Rodriguez wrote:
> I'm in Reading, sort of close to 'Ampshire Anyone else from here?
Used to be there till July last year. Unfortunately, life brought me back to
birmingham
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 09:22:17PM +, Lizzeh Rodriguez wrote:
> Yes...it's "humor" no u.
> :)
hmor?
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On Thu, 15 Jan 2009, Lizzeh Rodriguez wrote:
> I'm in Reading, sort of close to 'Ampshire Anyone else from here?
Ah ha! The famous Reeding near Sluff.
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No, but I do live in 'ereford though. :D
mattj
On 1/15/09, Lizzeh Rodriguez wrote:
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> I'm in Reading, sort of close to 'Ampshire Anyone else from here?
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> Lizzeh.com
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> On 15 Jan 2009, at 22:13, piskie wrote:
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> > I am s glad, I thought I was alo
>
> [2] It's a completely Flash-driven site, when Ubuntu doesn't include
> Flash. This is a political decision - I've been debating it recently
> on Ubuntu-sounder, in fact. The sad reality is that because of the
> Ubuntu project's determination to ship only Free software, excluding
> drivers, when
She was using a Dell computer with Ubuntu pre-installed. I bought a Dell
laptop recently with Ubuntu pre-installed, and all the things you
mentioned were there already, including Flash. So I reckon that in her
case, her PC would have worked perfectly on the Internet. It may have
been difficult
I'm in Reading, sort of close to 'Ampshire Anyone else from here?
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On 15 Jan 2009, at 22:13, piskie wrote:
> I am s glad, I thought I was alone
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> Dr James Stevens-Turner wrote:
>> I resemble that remark, coming from Ampshire!
>>
>> I am
Whist the list is mentioning Hampshire, I thought I'd mention that
Hampshire LUG are having a meeting on Saturday at Southampton
University. All are welcome to come along. We have talks (I'll be
giving one), open discussion and box-fixing :)
Hope to see other 'ampshire types there!
Cheers,
Al.
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Dr James Stevens-Turner wrote:
> I resemble that remark, coming from Ampshire!
>
> I am a Ampshire Hogg!!
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "piskie"
> To: "British Ubuntu Talk"
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:49 PM
> Subject: Re:
I resemble that remark, coming from Ampshire!
I am a Ampshire Hogg!!
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From: "piskie"
To: "British Ubuntu Talk"
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unsuscrib
> Move to Hampshire - there are very few H's making an appearance
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On 15/01/2009 21:02, Simon Wears wrote:
> The annoying thing is, I can't seem to do that! I live in halls at
> university, and I thought I'd try something like that to help fix my
> mums pc back home, so I tried a few things (Gitso is the only one
> who's name I remember) and non of them work, d
Move to Hampshire - there are very few H's making an appearance
Lizzeh Rodriguez wrote:
> To my credit, I'm starting to pronounce the "H" in herbs. :|
> I've betrayed my New Yawk roots!
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To my credit, I'm starting to pronounce the "H" in herbs. :|
I've betrayed my New Yawk roots!
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On 15 Jan 2009, at 21:28, Simon Wears wrote:
There should ALWAYS be a U! =P Even in words that don't require one.
Like.. foloffl
There should ALWAYS be a U! =P Even in words that don't require one. Like..
foloffle.
2009/1/15 Lizzeh Rodriguez
> Coming from a "bird" and a "Yank" myself... John said it best. However
> I know that Sean meant "bird" in a playful sense, not really sexist in
> the context. But just watch what y
2009/1/15 Lizzeh Rodriguez :
> Coming from a "bird" and a "Yank" myself... John said it best. However
> I know that Sean meant "bird" in a playful sense, not really sexist in
> the context. But just watch what ya say because it's a huge mailing
> list and not everyone responds (like myself). I gue
Coming from a "bird" and a "Yank" myself... John said it best. However
I know that Sean meant "bird" in a playful sense, not really sexist in
the context. But just watch what ya say because it's a huge mailing
list and not everyone responds (like myself). I guess I'm finally
getting the Br
The annoying thing is, I can't seem to do that! I live in halls at
university, and I thought I'd try something like that to help fix my mums pc
back home, so I tried a few things (Gitso is the only one who's name I
remember) and non of them work, due to not being able to use many ports on
the halls
Simon Wears wrote:
> When I first switched to Ubuntu around 18 months ago, I thought it was
> so much easier to use that Windows. From using Windows from 6 years old
> (back on Win95) until I was 16, then switching to Ubuntu, I was
> incredibly impressed with how easy it was to use everything,
When I first switched to Ubuntu around 18 months ago, I thought it was so
much easier to use that Windows. From using Windows from 6 years old (back
on Win95) until I was 16, then switching to Ubuntu, I was incredibly
impressed with how easy it was to use everything, considering all I had to
go was
Sean Miller wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Ian Betteridge
> wrote:
>> I'm not going to point out that refering to someone as "the bird" like
>> that is patronising and sexist. Oh not. Not for my first post to the
>> list.
>>
>> Oh dear, I just did...
>
> Well, I meant it in the nicest
LeeGroups wrote:
>> why do we see things like "company A recommends windows XP, Windows Vista"
>>
>>
>
> Honestly? Because MS has a HUGE marketing budget, and they give
> kickbacks to others promoting their product.
>
> Lee
>
>
>
The best thing we can do, is promote the alternatives, t
Yishay Mor wrote:
> http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9667184
> "MCFARLAND (WKOW) -- Abbie Schubert paid more than $1,100 for a Dell laptop
> hoping to enroll in online classes at MATC.
> But something stopped her: Ubuntu."
>
> No WKOW, something else stopped her. But that's no excuse, comp
> why do we see things like "company A recommends windows XP, Windows Vista"
>
Honestly? Because MS has a HUGE marketing budget, and they give
kickbacks to others promoting their product.
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Guys, RTFA, or in this case watch the TV piece. She bought a laptop, she
wanted to connect to the internet, she stuck the ISP CD in the drawer, it
didn't work. She wanted word, she couldn't find it in the menu.
If she would have managed to get past these incredible obstacles, she would
have crashe
Rob Beard wrote:
> On 15/01/2009 16:35, Sean Miller wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Yishay Mor wrote:
>>
>>
>>> No WKOW, something else stopped her. But that's no excuse, computers should
>>> work for dumb people too, and everyone deserves to know what they're buying.
>>>
On 15/01/2009 17:29, Liam Proven wrote:
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> [2] It's a completely Flash-driven site, when Ubuntu doesn't include
> Flash. This is a political decision - I've been debating it recently
> on Ubuntu-sounder, in fact. The sad reality is that because of the
> Ubuntu project's determination to ship only
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Rob Beard wrote:
> To be honest it doesn't say anything like "To change your subscription
> settings or unsubscribe follow this link" at the bottom of the e-mail
> and I bet there is a fair few users who don't keep the original e-mails
> from when the first sign up
On 15/01/2009 17:32, Sean Miller wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Alan Pope wrote:
>
>> 2009/1/15 Helen Blackwood:
>>
>>> When "O* When will you unsubscribe. Fourth request.
>>>
>> Don
>>
>
> Damn, she'd have never got my good advice.
>
> She wasn't the bird with t
Alan Pope wrote:
> 2009/1/15 Liam Proven :
>
>> When I read the article, I wondered *why* she couldn't access the web
>> site. Two possible reasons spring to mind:
>>
>> [1] She's using some kind of USB Internet connection that doesn't work
>> [2] It's a completely Flash-driven site, when Ubuntu
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Ian Betteridge
wrote:
> I'm not going to point out that refering to someone as "the bird" like
> that is patronising and sexist. Oh not. Not for my first post to the
> list.
>
> Oh dear, I just did...
Well, I meant it in the nicest possible sense.
Better than th
2009/1/15 Liam Proven :
> When I read the article, I wondered *why* she couldn't access the web
> site. Two possible reasons spring to mind:
>
> [1] She's using some kind of USB Internet connection that doesn't work
> [2] It's a completely Flash-driven site, when Ubuntu doesn't include
[3] She rea
I'm not going to point out that refering to someone as "the bird" like
that is patronising and sexist. Oh not. Not for my first post to the
list.
Oh dear, I just did...
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Alan Pope wrote:
> 2009/1/15 Helen Blackwood :
>> When "O* When will you unsubscribe. Fourth request.
>
> Done.
Damn, she'd have never got my good advice.
She wasn't the bird with the Dell was she? ;-o
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Might be better to simply fill in the form as below, Helen...
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Helen Blackwood wrote:
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2009/1/15 Helen Blackwood :
> When "O* When will you unsubscribe. Fourth request.
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2009/1/15 Chris Coulson :
> 2009/1/15 Ken Robson
>>
>> US woman says Ubuntu can't access internet
>>
>> Check out (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/15/ubuntu_cant_access_net
>> If the above link doesn't work)
>>
>> Interesting quote 'WKOW TV called Ubuntu "an operating system for your
>> compu
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On 15/01/2009 16:35, Sean Miller wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Yishay Mor wrote:
>
>> No WKOW, something else stopped her. But that's no excuse, computers should
>> work for dumb people too, and everyone deserves to know what they're buying.
>> It doesn't matter that we all know th
alan c wrote:
> '...and her college says it will accept any
> of her papers or class documents using whatever software she has
> installed.'
Wow, even in one of the international standard document formats?! Well
done that college!
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Yishay Mor wrote:
> No WKOW, something else stopped her. But that's no excuse, computers should
> work for dumb people too, and everyone deserves to know what they're buying.
> It doesn't matter that we all know that FF is better than IE, for some
> people internet
http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9667184
"MCFARLAND (WKOW) -- Abbie Schubert paid more than $1,100 for a Dell laptop
hoping to enroll in online classes at MATC.
But something stopped her: Ubuntu."
No WKOW, something else stopped her. But that's no excuse, computers should
work for dumb peo
Ken Robson wrote:
> US woman says Ubuntu can't access internet
>
also
'Worlds Dumbest Woman Blames Ubuntu for College Failure'
http://www.inquisitr.com/15383/worlds-dumbest-woman-blames-ubuntu-for-college-failure/
(photo)
' Despite her complete and utter stupidity, help is at han
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009, Chris Coulson wrote:
> 2009/1/15 Ken Robson
> > Ubuntu "an operating system for your computer similar to Windows that
> > runs off the Linux system."'
A pretty good description wouldn't you say. They just need the word
"free" in there.
> I don't know whether to laugh or cr
2009/1/15 Ken Robson
> US woman says Ubuntu can't access
> internetCheck
> out (
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/15/ubuntu_cant_access_net If the
> above link doesn't work)
>
> Interesting quote 'WKOW TV called Ubuntu "an operating system for your
> computer similar to Windows that runs
US woman says
Ubuntu can't access internet
Check out
(http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/15/ubuntu_cant_access_net If the
above link doesn't work)
Interesting quote 'WKOW TV called Ubuntu "an operating system for your
computer similar to Windows that runs off the Linux system."'
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