Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?

2009-06-13 Thread Graham Smith
mac Thanks for the reply, > For future reference, the best time for setting up a /home partition is > *during* a fresh install.  Just use the 'manual' option during the > partitioning process, early on in the install sequence, to set up, for > example, /root, swap, /home  (or whatever arrangement

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?

2009-06-13 Thread mac
Graham Smith wrote: > I have just had a fresh install using 09.04 (as no one seemed able to > help me fix my network problem on 8.1, so a fresh install was my last > resort) so this would seem a good time to set up a separate home > partition. For future reference, the best time for setting up a

[ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?

2009-06-13 Thread Graham Smith
Is it still considered good practice to have a home partition, I have seen it mentioned in the forums that its no longer required. But it still seems to make sense to me. I have just had a fresh install using 09.04 (as no one seemed able to help me fix my network problem on 8.1, so a fresh install

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flyers

2009-06-13 Thread Matt Jones
Just a report back on my findings, I bought a pack of 15cm*15cm paper bags froom booker, and gave it a go. With my old HP colour laserjet they printed pretty well, it isn't a photo quality print, but is suprisingly decent. It probably won't work with a 4 pass system, due to the layers and folds, al

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is there an mp3 tag editor in the repositories?

2009-06-13 Thread Farran Lee
On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 18:59 +0100, Simos Xenitellis wrote: > On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 12:18 AM, Farran Lee wrote: > > On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 16:16 +0100, Simos Xenitellis wrote: > >> Try 'easytag'. There is also an 'easytag-aac' which relates to some > >> special MP3 files. > >> If easytag does not w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is there an mp3 tag editor in the repositories?

2009-06-13 Thread Simos Xenitellis
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 12:18 AM, Farran Lee wrote: > On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 16:16 +0100, Simos Xenitellis wrote: >> Try 'easytag'. There is also an 'easytag-aac' which relates to some >> special MP3 files. >> If easytag does not work on your MP3 files, look into 'easytag-aac'. >> >> Simos >> > > ea

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [london-hack-space] Interesting yard sale this weekend

2009-06-13 Thread Ciarán Mooney
Hi, Thought this would be of interest to those nearby. Looks like quite a lot of stuff. -- Forwarded message -- From: Peter Knight Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:12:51 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [london-hack-space] Interesting yard sale this weekend To: London Hack Space >From the guys

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thunderbird log?

2009-06-13 Thread mac
andrew seyes wrote: > You can activate logging by setting some environment variables before > you start thunderbird, including one where you choose the name of the > log file. For this to work you'll have to do it from a terminal > (Accessories -> Terminal). > > For full details, see https://wiki.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thunderbird log?

2009-06-13 Thread andrew seyes
2009/6/13 mac : > I can't find a Thunderbird log file.  Can anyone tell me where it's hiding? > > mac > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Hi mac, You can activate logging by setting some environment variab

Re: [ubuntu-uk] No IE in Windows 7

2009-06-13 Thread Robert Longstaff
> Personally, I feel sorry for those going to do a fresh install of > Vista7, because how are you supposed to download a browser without a > browser? There are three scenarios I can think of: - Corporate, who have IT departments who will add a browser in - OEMs, who customise Windows anyway so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] No IE in Windows 7

2009-06-13 Thread Liam Wilson
Rob Beard wrote: > Dave Morley wrote: > >> It maybe a none essential upgrade that MS could have. In Vista they do >> this for driver updates. >> >> > That's true, they seem to bundle other apps in Windows Update on Vista > and Windows 7 and it doesn't use Internet Explorer at all as fa