Re: [ubuntu-uk] usb wireless adapter

2009-06-23 Thread Rob Beard
norman wrote: > My brother who is a very recent convert to Ubuntu has a Belkin USB > Wireless G adapter which he would like to use. In order to do this I > understand that it is necessary to know the chipset details so could > someone please tell me if it is possible, using Ubuntu, to get this > in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-23 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 23/06/09 21:05, Sean Miller wrote: > Problem with "learning Linux" is that there is really no such thing, > Linux is merely a kernel and every distribution is different... > obviously the core bash and command line utilities tend to be fairly > consistent, though even then paths (for instance) v

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-23 Thread Sean Miller
Problem with "learning Linux" is that there is really no such thing, Linux is merely a kernel and every distribution is different... obviously the core bash and command line utilities tend to be fairly consistent, though even then paths (for instance) vary wildly between distributions. I know you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-23 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 23/06/09 14:37, John wrote: > alan c wrote: >> John wrote: >> I do not know about courses, however I do know that if you can get the >> attention of a helper friend then 'gitso' can be used with remarkable >> effect. It is even pretty simple from the helper's end. >> http://code.google.com/p/gi

[ubuntu-uk] usb wireless adapter

2009-06-23 Thread norman
My brother who is a very recent convert to Ubuntu has a Belkin USB Wireless G adapter which he would like to use. In order to do this I understand that it is necessary to know the chipset details so could someone please tell me if it is possible, using Ubuntu, to get this information. Norman --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Image Hosting

2009-06-23 Thread Rob Beard
John wrote: > Tim Dobson wrote: > >> John wrote: >> >> >>> Hi I was wondering if anybody knows of an Image Hosting that works with >>> Ubuntu. I did use Photobucket and Webshot, but neither work with Linux. >>> I tried Imageshack, but cant get that to work either. >>> >>> >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Image Hosting

2009-06-23 Thread John
Tim Dobson wrote: > John wrote: > >> Hi I was wondering if anybody knows of an Image Hosting that works with >> Ubuntu. I did use Photobucket and Webshot, but neither work with Linux. >> I tried Imageshack, but cant get that to work either. >> > > AFAIK they should or do work for me. > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-23 Thread John
alan c wrote: > John wrote: > >> My main pc went to the manufacturer today, it didnt break down as such, >> it just needs some work done on it, plus it I want some extra RAM memory >> and a better Graphics card. I am now using my little netbook, which is >> doing remarkably, for what I have a

[ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-23 Thread norman
At last, I have my bamboo up and running and, as far as it goes, it works really well and all that remains is to make the buttons work. To do this I have a script which I was told would work in home/username/.xinitrc file. However, as far as I can find out no such file exists in Ubuntu. There is a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-23 Thread alan c
John wrote: > My main pc went to the manufacturer today, it didnt break down as such, > it just needs some work done on it, plus it I want some extra RAM memory > and a better Graphics card. I am now using my little netbook, which is > doing remarkably, for what I have attached to it. > > I jus

[ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-23 Thread John
My main pc went to the manufacturer today, it didnt break down as such, it just needs some work done on it, plus it I want some extra RAM memory and a better Graphics card. I am now using my little netbook, which is doing remarkably, for what I have attached to it. I just wondered, I have attac

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy to replace Pidgin in Karmic?

2009-06-23 Thread Tim Dobson
Tony Arnold wrote: > Alan, > > Alan Pope wrote: >> 2009/6/22 Dave Morley : >>> As far as I can tell the main reasoning is the fact that they can lose 2 >>> apps (ekiga and pidgin) thus saving space and also the empathy upstream >>> were working on bugs faster than pidgin were. >>> >>> this should