Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu and a Great Grandma. A great story.

2009-04-14 Thread Philip Wyett
On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 04:40 +0100, Philip Wyett wrote: > I'll not spoil this one and leave you to read it through. :-) > > http://dnc.digitalunite.com/2009/03/31/shopping-delivered-by-ubuntu-linux/ > > Regards > > Phil OK, I scrolled back through my email and see it has been posted. Wish some u

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu and a Great Grandma. A great story.

2009-04-14 Thread Philip Wyett
I'll not spoil this one and leave you to read it through. :-) http://dnc.digitalunite.com/2009/03/31/shopping-delivered-by-ubuntu-linux/ Regards Phil signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BT Home Hub

2009-04-14 Thread Tony Travis
Ian Pascoe wrote: > [...] > 2. What can be connected to the Home Hub USB ports? Most mass storage > devices will work "out of the box". Apparently the Home Hub has SAMBA > built in to aid with this. IP address 192.168.0.253 Hello, Ian. Thanks for the Jungle tip! I'd no idea the HomeHub could

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BT Home Hub

2009-04-14 Thread Michael Holmes
Hi, Please refrain from using HTML in messages to the list. It can cause problems for many people, and the colours can annoy some people. Michael Holmes -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] BT Home Hub

2009-04-14 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi all A little while ago someone around here, I hope, asked about the BT Home Hub. I've done a bit of research, as I use one myself, and thought I would share. 1. Can the Home Hub be used to connect to another ISP? Unless you're feeling really daring the answer is no. The other option is to r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] commands to navigate a windows network for a script

2009-04-14 Thread Philip Wyett
On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 16:52 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > doug livesey wrote: > > Hi -- I have set up a database server at work that I currently run > > backups on myself, but wish to put this into a cron job. > > One of the things I would like to do is to have that backup take > > place, then to hav

Re: [ubuntu-uk] commands to navigate a windows network for a script

2009-04-14 Thread Rob Beard
doug livesey wrote: > Hi -- I have set up a database server at work that I currently run > backups on myself, but wish to put this into a cron job. > One of the things I would like to do is to have that backup take > place, then to have it copied over to our work's windows network, > where it ca

[ubuntu-uk] commands to navigate a windows network for a script

2009-04-14 Thread doug livesey
Hi -- I have set up a database server at work that I currently run backups on myself, but wish to put this into a cron job. One of the things I would like to do is to have that backup take place, then to have it copied over to our work's windows network, where it can be caught in our nightly backup

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release: Welsh Party - Starbucks, Cardiff CF10 2BJ until 7pm

2009-04-14 Thread Christopher Swift
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Cornelius Mostert wrote: > Hallo all.. > I saw this on your site and would love to go but I have a full family (wife, > and 2 small children) and therefore can not hang around indefinite and > therefore would like to ask what is the starting time for t

[ubuntu-uk] Release: Welsh Party - Starbucks, Cardiff CF10 2BJ until 7pm

2009-04-14 Thread Cornelius Mostert
Hallo all.. I saw this on your site and would love to go but I have a full family (wife, and 2 small children) and therefore can not hang around indefinite and therefore would like to ask what is the starting time for the *Morning session* (25th April 2009 - Welsh Party - Starbucks, Cardiff CF10 2B

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] We're Linux video - winner announced

2009-04-14 Thread Philip Wyett
On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 02:06 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote: > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Sean Miller wrote: > > Who are the Linux Foundation? > > > > A foundation set up to protect "Linux", most large open-source > projects have such an organisation behind them. Usually a holder of > IP, receive