Re: [ubuntu-uk] G1 phone plans - WAS: Re: Webcam as a security camera

2009-07-02 Thread Michael G Fletcher
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Colin Murphy wrote: > On Thursday 02 July 2009 19:33:09 LeeGroups wrote: >> No ones, complained to me yet... And I use the Last.FM app to stream >> music, it's brilliant, > > For me it's mainly the radio.  Beebplayer looks to be the app for me and my > want for Live

Re: [ubuntu-uk] G1 phone plans - WAS: Re: Webcam a s a security camera

2009-07-02 Thread Colin Murphy
On Thursday 02 July 2009 19:33:09 LeeGroups wrote: > No ones, complained to me yet... And I use the Last.FM app to stream > music, it's brilliant, For me it's mainly the radio. Beebplayer looks to be the app for me and my want for Live radio, just as soon as they get it working! > [...] as lon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] G1 phone plans - WAS: Re: Webcam as a security camera

2009-07-02 Thread Colin Murphy
On Thursday 02 July 2009 20:00:41 Ronnie Tucker wrote: > What I did with my G1 was to unlock it, with a code (~£8) then stick a 3 > SIM in it. As long as the 3 SIM is activated and using data then it'll > work dandy. They have a £5/mth bolt-on with unlimited data, you just use > £5 from your availa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] G1 phone plans - WAS: Re: Webcam as a security camera

2009-07-02 Thread Michael G Fletcher
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Ronnie Tucker wrote: > > I have the HTC-Magic (G2) through vodafone, love it :-) I did a review [1] and short video [2] if you are interested. As David mentioned, I think the fair use policy is 500MB, but I could imagine hitting that on my phone, I'd have to be ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] G1 phone plans - WAS: Re: Webcam as a security camera

2009-07-02 Thread Ronnie Tucker
LeeGroups wrote: > Colin Murphy wrote: > >> On Thursday 02 July 2009 11:11:13 javadayaz wrote: >> >> >>> Dont take the Unlimited at face value. The unlimited is 3gb's worth of >>> data. Although they do say if you go over your limit you will be informed. >>> Im with Tmobile. I do occassi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A bit of light relief

2009-07-02 Thread alan c
Barry Titterton wrote: > Watch this video right to the end. It made me smile. > > http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1886349 > It is quite an old video so apologies if you have all seen this before. > Barry :-) it does not have many digs yet, I added one -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] G1 phone plans - WAS: Re: Webcam as a security camera

2009-07-02 Thread LeeGroups
Colin Murphy wrote: > On Thursday 02 July 2009 11:11:13 javadayaz wrote: > >> Dont take the Unlimited at face value. The unlimited is 3gb's worth of >> data. Although they do say if you go over your limit you will be informed. >> Im with Tmobile. I do occassionaly stream audio but not that muc

[ubuntu-uk] A bit of light relief

2009-07-02 Thread Barry Titterton
Watch this video right to the end. It made me smile. http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1886349 It is quite an old video so apologies if you have all seen this before. Barry -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTea

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu mp3 players, again

2009-07-02 Thread Vinothan Shankar
Michael G Fletcher wrote: > Also, I never have to rebuild the library, i just put new music into > my music folder and it automatically updates the database. Ditto Songbird. Vinu -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Acer TravelMate 5730

2009-07-02 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, I've just finished setting up an Acer TravelMate 5730 for a customer of mine. During the setup I created a recovery disk for the machine using PartImage and thought I'd mention that it works fine with Linux Mint 7. Although I didn't actually get chance to try it with Ubuntu (didn't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] G1 phone plans - WAS: Re: Webcam as a security camera

2009-07-02 Thread Colin Murphy
On Thursday 02 July 2009 11:11:13 javadayaz wrote: > Dont take the Unlimited at face value. The unlimited is 3gb's worth of > data. Although they do say if you go over your limit you will be informed. > Im with Tmobile. I do occassionaly stream audio but not that much. Orange, who I am with, could

Re: [ubuntu-uk] G1 phone plans - WAS: Re: Webcam as a security camera

2009-07-02 Thread Michael Douglas
javadayaz wrote: > Dont take the Unlimited at face value. The unlimited is 3gb's worth of > data. Although they do say if you go over your limit you will be > informed. > Im with Tmobile. I do occassionaly stream audio but not that much. T-Mobile are good with their plans. I don't know about the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] G1 phone plans - WAS: Re: Webcam as a security camera

2009-07-02 Thread javadayaz
Dont take the Unlimited at face value. The unlimited is 3gb's worth of data. Although they do say if you go over your limit you will be informed. Im with Tmobile. I do occassionaly stream audio but not that much. 2009/7/2 Colin Murphy > On Wednesday 01 July 2009 15:03:05 javadayaz wrote: > > Hi,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] G1 phone plans - WAS: Re: Webcam as a security camera

2009-07-02 Thread David Jones
Colin Murphy wrote: > On Wednesday 01 July 2009 15:03:05 javadayaz wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> As some of you may know i have an android phone G1 phone. I would like to >> avail the phones unlimited data plan. >> > > Hi Javad, > I too have a G1, but am currently between phone plans, so I a

[ubuntu-uk] G1 phone plans - WAS: Re: Webcam as a security camera

2009-07-02 Thread Colin Murphy
On Wednesday 01 July 2009 15:03:05 javadayaz wrote: > Hi, > > As some of you may know i have an android phone G1 phone. I would like to > avail the phones unlimited data plan. Hi Javad, I too have a G1, but am currently between phone plans, so I am looking for guidance. Might I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam as a security camera

2009-07-02 Thread javadayaz
Ok i know its a bit of general question, but does anyone know of cheap webcams that just work in ubuntu. they have to be easy to set up. Ps i have found some apps in android that let you put a URL in let you view from there on phones home screen. So how would this work, would i have to set up som

Re: [ubuntu-uk] linux kernel update

2009-07-02 Thread Alan Pope
2009/7/2 Michael G Fletcher : > > David, just checked mine in synaptic, and it looks like an upgrade > from 2.6.28-13.44 to 2.6.28-13.45 > Yes, an incremental patch rather than an ABI bump (which I believe would have bumped the 13 to 14). > so yes, modified version with security patches (you can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] linux kernel update

2009-07-02 Thread Michael G Fletcher
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:32 AM, David King wrote: > I am running Ubuntu 9.04, and a few days ago upgraded the kernel to > 2.6.28-13. > > Today though the system update program says I have new updates, and it > includes the same kernel again. > > Is it necessary to install the same one again, or is

[ubuntu-uk] linux kernel update

2009-07-02 Thread David King
I am running Ubuntu 9.04, and a few days ago upgraded the kernel to 2.6.28-13. Today though the system update program says I have new updates, and it includes the same kernel again. Is it necessary to install the same one again, or is it a slightly modified version that I need instead of the o