[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Podcast - Episode 4 out

2009-05-13 Thread Dave Walker
Hi Chaps, Get it whilst it's warm! http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org That is all. Kind Regards, Dave Walker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu one

2009-05-13 Thread Dean Sas
John Levin wrote: > Anyone got an invite and tried this out yet? > https://ubuntuone.com/ > (Something I've been wanting for a while, a 'dotMac' equivalent, and I > hope there will be more features added to it.) I have, my laptop tends to stay at home where it's in wifi distance of my home server

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu one

2009-05-13 Thread James Westby
On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 18:50 +0100, Dave Walker wrote: > John Levin wrote: > > Anyone got an invite and tried this out yet? > > https://ubuntuone.com/ > > (Something I've been wanting for a while, a 'dotMac' equivalent, and I > > hope there will be more features added to it.) > > > > John > > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu one

2009-05-13 Thread Dave Walker
John Levin wrote: > Anyone got an invite and tried this out yet? > https://ubuntuone.com/ > (Something I've been wanting for a while, a 'dotMac' equivalent, and I > hope there will be more features added to it.) > > John > > Hi John, Yes, tried it - and in the upcoming Ubuntu UK Podcast [0] (h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbooks loosing Linux for Windows 7

2009-05-13 Thread Dave Morley
On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 15:51 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 13/05/09 15:23, John wrote: > > Simos Xenitellis wrote: > >> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 1:49 PM, John wrote: > >> > >>> Has anybody seen this today? It seems MS is at it again. > >>> > >>> http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/05/12/netb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbooks loosing Linux for Windows 7

2009-05-13 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 13/05/09 15:23, John wrote: > Simos Xenitellis wrote: >> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 1:49 PM, John wrote: >> >>> Has anybody seen this today? It seems MS is at it again. >>> >>> http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/05/12/netbooks-goodbye-linux-hello-windows-7/ >>> >> >> John, there is some broken

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbooks loosing Linux for Windows 7

2009-05-13 Thread John
Simos Xenitellis wrote: > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 1:49 PM, John wrote: > >> Has anybody seen this today? It seems MS is at it again. >> >> http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/05/12/netbooks-goodbye-linux-hello-windows-7/ >> > > John, there is some broken telephone situation here. > > The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbooks loosing Linux for Windows 7

2009-05-13 Thread Simos Xenitellis
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 1:49 PM, John wrote: > Has anybody seen this today? It seems MS is at it again. > > http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/05/12/netbooks-goodbye-linux-hello-windows-7/ John, there is some broken telephone situation here. The original statement is about the belief of an an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbooks loosing Linux for Windows 7

2009-05-13 Thread Jim Kissel
John wrote: > Has anybody seen this today? It seems MS is at it again. Because of the multi-value nature of the English language, your statement does have more than one interpretation. Since the web site referenced in the URL contains a graphic that reads C:\Blog.exe I'll take anything post

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu one

2009-05-13 Thread danattwood
James Rose wrote: > It looks a lot like Dropbox (http://www.getdropbox.com/) but > specifically for Ubuntu machines. It would also appear that the paid for version will cost more for less space than dropbox. It will be interesting if the additional ubuntu specific features will make up for this.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu one

2009-05-13 Thread James Rose
It looks a lot like Dropbox (http://www.getdropbox.com/) but specifically for Ubuntu machines. On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 1:53 PM, John wrote: > I am waiting too. It looks quite interesting. I think its a really good > idea. > > John. > > Colin wrote: > > I am patiently waiting for my invite. I kno

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu one

2009-05-13 Thread John
I am waiting too. It looks quite interesting. I think its a really good idea. John. Colin wrote: > I am patiently waiting for my invite. I know that popele in the know > already have access to it :-) > > On 5/13/09, James Milligan (Lake54) wrote: > >> I hadn't heard of it - looks good though

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu one

2009-05-13 Thread Colin
I am patiently waiting for my invite. I know that popele in the know already have access to it :-) On 5/13/09, James Milligan (Lake54) wrote: > I hadn't heard of it - looks good though. > >>Anyone got an invite and tried this out yet? >>https://ubuntuone.com/ >>(Something I've been wanting for a

[ubuntu-uk] Netbooks loosing Linux for Windows 7

2009-05-13 Thread John
Has anybody seen this today? It seems MS is at it again. http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/05/12/netbooks-goodbye-linux-hello-windows-7/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu one

2009-05-13 Thread James Milligan (Lake54)
I hadn't heard of it - looks good though. >Anyone got an invite and tried this out yet? >https://ubuntuone.com/ >(Something I've been wanting for a while, a 'dotMac' equivalent, and I >hope there will be more features added to it.) > >John > >-- >John Levin >http://www.technolalia.org/blog/ > >-

[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu one

2009-05-13 Thread John Levin
Anyone got an invite and tried this out yet? https://ubuntuone.com/ (Something I've been wanting for a while, a 'dotMac' equivalent, and I hope there will be more features added to it.) John -- John Levin http://www.technolalia.org/blog/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrade vs Reinstall

2009-05-13 Thread Dean Sas
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 04:29, Liam Proven wrote: > 2009/5/12 Alan Pope : >> 2009/5/12 Liam Proven : >>> The key thing is to keep your /home directory tree on a separate >>> partition. That makes re-installing much less painful and fiddly. >>> >> >> Not really. You can reinstall over the top these

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome panels MIA...

2009-05-13 Thread Chris Coulson
2009/5/13 Cornelius Mostert > Hallo all > > I have a system that has problems to load the Gnome panels, It boots > and the moment I log on I get the desk top but no panels > In the past I could execute the 2 commandments to load or reload the > panels if they frose: > > gconftool-2 --recursive-un

[ubuntu-uk] gnome panels MIA...

2009-05-13 Thread Cornelius Mostert
Hallo all I have a system that has problems to load the Gnome panels, It boots and the moment I log on I get the desk top but no panels In the past I could execute the 2 commandments to load or reload the panels if they frose: gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/panel killall gnome-panel and the