Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu One - timescale?

Michael Douglas wrote: alan c wrote: I recently decided to try the proposed Ubuntu One facility, and got myself on a waiting list. Any ideas of timescales please, anyone? I gave up waiting and managed to wangle an invite. I've not installed it yet (internet issues, a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

John wrote: > Is that a bit like a VM then, but a Mac version. How much would it cost? > > John PearPC is free from http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/ Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

Sean Miller wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 8:24 PM, John > wrote: > > > Ok, I have come across a problem, my installation folder is on the > desktop. I tried adding desktop to the command but it says no such > file. > Can you help? > > Sorry. :( > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu One - timescale?

you can bypass the queue by getting someone to share something with you . . . you have mail . . . alan c wrote: > I recently decided to try the proposed Ubuntu One facility, and got > myself on a waiting list. > > Any ideas of timescales please, anyone? > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

Harry Rickards wrote: > On 16 Jun 2009, at 19:54, John wrote: > > >> Harry Rickards wrote: >> > ... > >>> You could also try PearPC (http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/), which >>> is a >>> >>> >>> PowerPC emulator, so you can run the old OSX's on it. Of course, >>> legally >>> yo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

On 16 Jun 2009, at 19:54, John wrote: > Harry Rickards wrote: >> ... >> You could also try PearPC (http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/), which >> is a >> >>> >> PowerPC emulator, so you can run the old OSX's on it. Of course, >> legally >> you can't even if you own a OSX license, but I doubt Apple

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu One - timescale?

alan c wrote: > I recently decided to try the proposed Ubuntu One facility, and got > myself on a waiting list. > > Any ideas of timescales please, anyone? I signed up a few days after it opened and have not heard anything since so it looks to be a while if you got in late. -- Jason Liquorish

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu One - timescale?

alan c wrote: > I recently decided to try the proposed Ubuntu One facility, and got > myself on a waiting list. > > Any ideas of timescales please, anyone? > I gave up waiting and managed to wangle an invite. I've not installed it yet (internet issues, and am on W7 atm) but when i do, i may in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom tablets

> > I checked and found that, in Ubuntu 9.04, we have xinitrc but not > > xsetwacom. > > xsetwacom is one of the programs in the wacom-tools package. Have you > installed wacom-tools? (Its in the repos.) Thank you I found it. Now to try the code and see if it works (in the morning when I am

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu One - timescale?

I recently decided to try the proposed Ubuntu One facility, and got myself on a waiting list. Any ideas of timescales please, anyone? -- alan cocks Ubuntu user #10391 Linux user #360648 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UK

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

Sorry, been using Unix for 20+ years so take these things for granted... To explain, "~" is a character for the home directory of a person. In the following examples "$" indicates a command prompt and should be ignored - it's just to illustrate it's a command, not narrative. $ cd ~ takes you to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 8:24 PM, John wrote: > > Ok, I have come across a problem, my installation folder is on the > desktop. I tried adding desktop to the command but it says no such file. > Can you help? > > Sorry. :( Could you be more explicit, John. The path to the Desktop folder of your

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > John wrote: > >> Thomas Ibbotson wrote: >> >> >>> Alan Lord (News) wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 16/06/09 02:06, John wrote: > Hi everybody, > > thank you so much for your messages. I like Safari

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom tablets

norman wrote: > I checked and found that, in Ubuntu 9.04, we have xinitrc but not > xsetwacom. xsetwacom is one of the programs in the wacom-tools package. Have you installed wacom-tools? (Its in the repos.) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

norman wrote: > I suppose all you Wacom users are aware of this:- > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wacom > If not, please have a look and see if it is a way of getting our buttons > to work. Norman >>> As you know - at least from helping with my struggles with drivers for the Intuos4 - the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

Harry Rickards wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/16/09 15:48, John wrote: > >> Rob Beard wrote: >> >>> John wrote: >>> >>> OOhh, I like this. I am not sure if I installed this right, I clicked on the Mac4Lin_install_v1.0_sh and c

[ubuntu-uk] wacom tablets

Continuing my research I came across something very interesting from a contributor to http://forum.meetthegimp.org/index.php in response to my wish to have a button for shift and one for Ctrl. The author, who uses openSUSE 10.3 thought the following code, to be entered into xinitrc, would work in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My dead 'Linux Certified' machine

Rob Beard wrote: Rowan wrote: > > Rob Beard wrote: > > > >> >> I guess it might pay to buy a machine in the UK from a UK based supplier >> >> (be it a Linux specialist such as EfficientPC.co.uk or >> >> LinuxEmportium.co.uk or just a Windows based laptop from Comet or >> >> somewhere a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can I run my OSX partition in VirtualBox (or something like it)?

Harry Rickards wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/16/09 16:57, doug livesey wrote: > >> Ah, well -- rebooting every now & then isn't exactly the worst fate that >> could befall one! >> I was sure that I'd read that exactly what I propose could be done with >> Wind

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My dead 'Linux Certified' machine

Rowan wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> I guess it might pay to buy a machine in the UK from a UK based supplier (be >> it a Linux specialist such as EfficientPC.co.uk or LinuxEmportium.co.uk or >> just a Windows based laptop from Comet or somewhere and install Linux >> yourself). Rob >> >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can I run my OSX partition in VirtualBox (or something like it)?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/16/09 16:57, doug livesey wrote: > Ah, well -- rebooting every now & then isn't exactly the worst fate that > could befall one! > I was sure that I'd read that exactly what I propose could be done with > Windows partitions -- I shall have to see

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can I run my OSX partition in VirtualBox (or something like it)?

Ah, well -- rebooting every now & then isn't exactly the worst fate that could befall one! I was sure that I'd read that exactly what I propose could be done with Windows partitions -- I shall have to see if I can find where, again. Cheers for all the replies, Doug. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My dead 'Linux Certified' machine

On 16/06/09 15:56, Rob Beard wrote: > Hopefully anyway you'll get a good outcome. I'll keep my fingers > crossed for you, although in future I guess it might pay to buy a > machine in the UK from a UK based supplier (be it a Linux specialist > such as EfficientPC.co.uk or LinuxEmportium.co.uk or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can I run my OSX partition in VirtualBox (or something like it)?

I downloaded a supposedly "working" vmware image from a certain Swedish filesharing network and tried to run it in a virtual machine but had no luck at all - as it was only a bit of fun trying to make it work I gave up fairly quickly so perhaps had I continued I'd have got somewhere, but I didn't s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My dead 'Linux Certified' machine

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Rob Beard wrote: > It's certainly worth a try getting in touch with them. As far as I know > Linux is a trademark of the Linux Foundation and I would assume they > don't like the trademark being brought into disrepute. It wouldn't be difficult, would it, for th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My dead 'Linux Certified' machine

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Rob Beard wrote: > such as EfficientPC.co.uk or LinuxEmportium.co.uk or just a Windows > based laptop from Comet or somewhere and install Linux yourself). What actually annoys me a little is that if manufacturers would actually stick to the same components etc.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

I suppose all you Wacom users are aware of this:- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wacom If not, please have a look and see if it is a way of getting our buttons to work. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKT

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My dead 'Linux Certified' machine

Rob Beard wrote: >I guess it might pay to buy a machine in the UK from a UK based supplier (be >it a Linux specialist such as EfficientPC.co.uk or LinuxEmportium.co.uk or >just a Windows based laptop from Comet or somewhere and install Linux >yourself). Rob Hmmm... I wonder whether anyone sell

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/16/09 15:48, John wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: >> John wrote: >> >>> >>> OOhh, I like this. I am not sure if I installed this right, I clicked on >>> the Mac4Lin_install_v1.0_sh and clicked Run. I did look to see where the >>> install instru

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can I run my OSX partition in VirtualBox (or something like it)?

Tony Travis wrote: > Hello, Doug. > > No, you have to create a virtual filesystem for the gust OS. Some people > have created a virtual filesystem for running a pre-installed Windows XP > under Virtualbox, using the copy of Windows already installed on their > hard disk, but you can't actually u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My dead 'Linux Certified' machine

Sean Miller wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Rowan wrote: > >> So I have dropped them an email asking if I can bring it in for repair. >> > > Sounds like a good move! > > Be sure to feed back to here what it turns out to be... > > These LinuxCertified people don't sound particularl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can I run my OSX partition in VirtualBox (or something like it)?

doug livesey wrote: > Hi -- I run Ubuntu dual-boot with OSX on a Mac, and I love it, and > hate having to duck out to use OSX for things like iTunes, etc. > So would it be possible for me to run the OSX partition from inside > VirtualBox, or something like that? > I've had a bit of a google, and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

Rob Beard wrote: > John wrote: > >> >> OOhh, I like this. I am not sure if I installed this right, I clicked on >> the Mac4Lin_install_v1.0_sh and clicked Run. I did look to see where the >> install instructions were but couldnt find anything, is that the right >> way to install it? Unfort

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can I run my OSX partition in VirtualBox (or something like it)?

doug livesey wrote: > Hi -- I run Ubuntu dual-boot with OSX on a Mac, and I love it, and hate > having to duck out to use OSX for things like iTunes, etc. > So would it be possible for me to run the OSX partition from inside > VirtualBox, or something like that? > I've had a bit of a google, and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My dead 'Linux Certified' machine

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Rowan wrote: > So I have dropped them an email asking if I can bring it in for repair. Sounds like a good move! Be sure to feed back to here what it turns out to be... These LinuxCertified people don't sound particularly helpful, btw. If they're in the States (a

[ubuntu-uk] Can I run my OSX partition in VirtualBox (or something like it)?

Hi -- I run Ubuntu dual-boot with OSX on a Mac, and I love it, and hate having to duck out to use OSX for things like iTunes, etc. So would it be possible for me to run the OSX partition from inside VirtualBox, or something like that? I've had a bit of a google, and not come up with much, so I thou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

Looking in Synaptic Package Manager I see that there is xserver-xorg-input wacom-already installed but another, wacom-tools not installed. Perhaps installing wacom-tools could be a way forward. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My dead 'Linux Certified' machine

Sean Miller wrote: >Presumably if it is under warranty 'Linux Certified' >will be obliged to pay shipping to and from wherever >it is that they WILL authorise? Have you tried >flashing the BIOS? Sean 'Linux Certified' say I would have to return it to them at my own expense. I wouldn't know how t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

John wrote: > Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > >> Alan Lord (News) wrote: >> >> >>> On 16/06/09 02:06, John wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hi everybody, thank you so much for your messages. I like Safari because of the way it looks. I love Apple GUI, and anything that I ca

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

John wrote: > > OOhh, I like this. I am not sure if I installed this right, I clicked on > the Mac4Lin_install_v1.0_sh and clicked Run. I did look to see where the > install instructions were but couldnt find anything, is that the right > way to install it? Unfortunately, even though Apple ar

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > Alan Lord (News) wrote: > >> On 16/06/09 02:06, John wrote: >> >> >>> Hi everybody, >>> >>> thank you so much for your messages. I like Safari because of the way it >>> looks. I love Apple GUI, and anything that I can find with that I like. >>> >>> >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 16/06/09 02:06, John wrote: > >> Hi everybody, >> >> thank you so much for your messages. I like Safari because of the way it >> looks. I love Apple GUI, and anything that I can find with that I like. >> > > > Hi John, > > then you might like to try out Mac4Lin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My dead 'Linux Certified' machine

Presumably if it is under warranty "Linux Certified" will be obliged to pay shipping to and from wherever it is that they WILL authorise? Have you tried flashing the BIOS? Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

I don't know why anybody would want the Windows Safari look at all, it's all battleship grey and quite lacking in any of the beauty of either Compiz or Vista Aero. My advice is to give up trying to get Safari running on Ubuntu and instead go and see a psychiatrist... he may be able to cure you of

[ubuntu-uk] My dead 'Linux Certified' machine

Hi. As I said, I see a brief flashing cursor on start-up, which is all I get, after which the screen goes black. It sees the F2 key if I press it during this brief period (the cursor disappears) but it can't/won't go into BIOS. The PSU is normal: the battery charging light is flashing normally,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

On 16/06/09 02:06, John wrote: > Hi everybody, > > thank you so much for your messages. I like Safari because of the way it > looks. I love Apple GUI, and anything that I can find with that I like. Hi John, then you might like to try out Mac4Lin. It is supposed to make Linux look like a Mac: ht

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

John wrote: > Mmmm, I rebooted the machine, then clicked on the Safari Icon again, and > this time got an error message saying basically, it isnt a windows > error, its more likely a wine error, causing it. It says it could be a > deficiency in wine., It does give this url http://appdb.winehq.or