Re: [ubuntu-uk] A quick warning if you're trying out Windows 7

2009-02-25 Thread Ian Betteridge
You KNOW I have a memory like a sieve! Didn't I meet you at some point? ;) On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:05 AM, Liam Proven wrote: > 2009/2/25 Ian Betteridge : > > Yep, but worth a reminder - I'd forgotten! :) > > Well done, Penfold. ;¬) > > -- > Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lia

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK government backs open source

2009-02-25 Thread Robert Flatters
There is another company that going down the same road as Microsoft and that Apple they have started doing the same thing. Being secretive and in some case anti-competitive. Maybe the EU commission might need to look into them. That would give the big A a wake call. On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 4:02

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A quick warning if you're trying out Windows 7

2009-02-25 Thread Robert Flatters
It good to know some of the quirk of window 7 before it released. Just in case i deside to get it or not. On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:05 AM, Liam Proven wrote: > 2009/2/25 Ian Betteridge : > > Yep, but worth a reminder - I'd forgotten! :) > > Well done, Penfold. ;¬) > > -- > Liam Proven • Profile:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HELP: How to install the Ubuntu in one of the existing partition in a hard disk?

2009-02-25 Thread Robert Flatters
I thought Ubuntu gave you an manual option to setup the hard drive partition, which allowed for two systems on two separate partition. I know ive done it. On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:08 AM, Liam Proven wrote: > 2009/2/26 rizzuwan wahid : > > I've a hard disk that consist of two partitions, that kn

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HELP: How to install the Ubuntu in one of the existing partition in a hard disk?

2009-02-25 Thread Liam Proven
2009/2/26 rizzuwan wahid : > I've a hard disk that consist of two partitions, that known as c and d, and > I want to install a Ubuntu in one of the existing partition while not > erasing the other partition. > What I've counter is, when i want to install it, either it will erase all > partition and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A quick warning if you're trying out Windows 7

2009-02-25 Thread Liam Proven
2009/2/25 Ian Betteridge : > Yep, but worth a reminder - I'd forgotten! :) Well done, Penfold. ;¬) -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-91

[ubuntu-uk] HELP: How to install the Ubuntu in one of the existing partition in a hard disk?

2009-02-25 Thread rizzuwan wahid
I've a hard disk that consist of two partitions, that known as c and d, and I want to install a Ubuntu in one of the existing partition while not erasing the other partition. What I've counter is, when i want to install it, either it will erase all partition and then install it or it will create

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK government backs open source

2009-02-25 Thread Yishay Mor
maybe its my awkward sense of humour, but I couldn't resist running http://www.cio.gov.uk against http://uptime.netcraft.com/ ___ Yishay Mor, Researcher, London Knowledge Lab http://www.lkl.ac.uk/people/mor.html http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=yishaym%40gmail.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK government backs open source

2009-02-25 Thread Tony Scott
A bit of comment on this http://puffbox.com/2009/02/25/govuk-tips-scales-in-open-sources-favour/ Tony Tony Scott http://tonyscott.org.uk http://twitter.com/tonys http://uk.wordcamp.org http://extropy.co.uk From: Adam Bagnall To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice on backing up Ubuntu machine

2009-02-25 Thread alan c
doug livesey wrote: > Hi -- I've recently switched my main dev machine from OSX to Ubuntu Ibex, > and would like to start implementing a regular backup regimen. > In OSX I used TimeMachine, an excellent app that has saved my arse on more > than one occasion. > I've seen that there are supposed to b

[ubuntu-uk] Ministerial Ubuntu spotting.....

2009-02-25 Thread alan c
Following a successful visit in April 2008, organised via Hantslug, of Government Minister John Denham to Jamies, the Sounthampton recycling centre, when he had presentations and Q & A on Open Source including, specifically, Ubuntu, I now see news of a follow up: Jamie's Hosts Ministerial Visit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non default driver

2009-02-25 Thread Rowan
I didn't start out with the preconception that someone else would have to sort it out for me hands-on. However, I do feel that now, and yesterday two people on this list said quite cheerfully that at some point it should be possible to do just that, and I don't want to start reviewing that deci

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 3D OpenGL screensaver (or running Picassa screensaver on Gnome)

2009-02-25 Thread Rob Beard
On 25/02/2009 17:09, Mark Fraser wrote: > On Wednesday 25 February 2009 16:58:24 Rob Beard wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> A client of mine (a radio station) has got a PC attached to a plasma TV >> which goes through a collection of pictures of events that they have >> been to. At the moment they

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non default driver

2009-02-25 Thread Tony Travis
Rowan wrote: > I would certainly want to make it clear to anyone considering starting > with Linux that unless they are already online with another machine (I > am using a beat-up old sony running WinXP) it will be absolute hell for > them to find anyone who can help them get started. > [...] Hel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 3D OpenGL screensaver (or running Picassa screensaver on Gnome)

2009-02-25 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 25 February 2009 16:58:24 Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > A client of mine (a radio station) has got a PC attached to a plasma TV > which goes through a collection of pictures of events that they have > been to. At the moment they are using the basic pictures screensaver > which just

[ubuntu-uk] 3D OpenGL screensaver (or running Picassa screensaver on Gnome)

2009-02-25 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, A client of mine (a radio station) has got a PC attached to a plasma TV which goes through a collection of pictures of events that they have been to. At the moment they are using the basic pictures screensaver which just works apart from the fact it doesn't have any fancy effects.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK government backs open source

2009-02-25 Thread Rowan
Adam Bagnall wrote: > This article recently appeared on the BBC, thought it might interest > some of you. > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7910110.stm > > Adam. yup, apropos to that (although again like the BBC story it is thinking mainly of browsers and other applications, rather than the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non default driver

2009-02-25 Thread Rob Beard
On 25/02/2009 15:19, Jon Reynolds wrote: > Hi all, > > I would like to add something to this, although not entirely relevant to > Rowan's case, but it reminds me of a lot of people thinking when it comes to > adopting Linux. > > I have tried, half-heartedly, to get family members to switch to Ubu

[ubuntu-uk] UK government backs open source

2009-02-25 Thread Adam Bagnall
This article recently appeared on the BBC, thought it might interest some of you. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7910110.stm Adam. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non default driver

2009-02-25 Thread Rowan
I would certainly want to make it clear to anyone considering starting with Linux that unless they are already online with another machine (I am using a beat-up old sony running WinXP) it will be absolute hell for them to find anyone who can help them get started. I could not possibly have figu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non default driver

2009-02-25 Thread Jon Reynolds
Hi all, I would like to add something to this, although not entirely relevant to Rowan's case, but it reminds me of a lot of people thinking when it comes to adopting Linux. I have tried, half-heartedly, to get family members to switch to Ubuntu, or even just try it out for a while, thinking o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Socket A (Athlon XP) motherboard

2009-02-25 Thread Chris Coulson
2009/2/25 Rob Beard > Hi folks, > > This is a long shot but I thought I'd ask anyway. I'm trying to > resurrect an old PC which has a faulty motherboard and an Athlon XP > (1700+ I think) chip in it. Before I give up and chuck the chip in my > box of junk, I just wondered if anyone possibly had

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Socket A (Athlon XP) motherboard

2009-02-25 Thread Tony Travis
Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > This is a long shot but I thought I'd ask anyway. I'm trying to > resurrect an old PC which has a faulty motherboard and an Athlon XP > (1700+ I think) chip in it. Before I give up and chuck the chip in my > box of junk, I just wondered if anyone possibly had an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A quick warning if you're trying out Windows 7

2009-02-25 Thread Mark Allison
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Ian Betteridge wrote: > I wiped my tiny remaining Windows partition last night to replace it with > the beta of Windows 7 (it's only taken me a month to get around to having a > play). It's nice, but nothing that exciting - just basically Windows Vista > done bet

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A quick warning if you're trying out Windows 7

2009-02-25 Thread Ian Betteridge
Yep, but worth a reminder - I'd forgotten! :) On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/2/25 Ian Betteridge : > > First, it merrily wipes your master boot record, which means you'll need > to > > reinstall GRUB to get access to your Ubuntu install. This can be done > from > > the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A quick warning if you're trying out Windows 7

2009-02-25 Thread Alan Pope
2009/2/25 Ian Betteridge : > First, it merrily wipes your master boot record, which means you'll need to > reinstall GRUB to get access to your Ubuntu install. This can be done from > the LiveCD (google "reinstalling grub ubuntu" to find out the full details.) > This is actually not news. Windows

[ubuntu-uk] A quick warning if you're trying out Windows 7

2009-02-25 Thread Ian Betteridge
I wiped my tiny remaining Windows partition last night to replace it with the beta of Windows 7 (it's only taken me a month to get around to having a play). It's nice, but nothing that exciting - just basically Windows Vista done better. But, if you're installing and also have Ubuntu installed, th

[ubuntu-uk] OT: Socket A (Athlon XP) motherboard

2009-02-25 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, This is a long shot but I thought I'd ask anyway. I'm trying to resurrect an old PC which has a faulty motherboard and an Athlon XP (1700+ I think) chip in it. Before I give up and chuck the chip in my box of junk, I just wondered if anyone possibly had an old Athlon XP board kicki

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Orange wireless dongle on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-25 Thread Michael G Fletcher
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 1:54 AM, John wrote: > Hi Mike, have finally got the Dongle working, but its not stable, it > crashes now and again. It seems it doesnt like automatically > reconnecting, if the connection has been lost. > > On one crash, something changed, and I'm not sure what it was. I j