Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft Releases Linux Device Drivers as GPL

2009-07-20 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Mansion wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: >> Still, sounds good that they are releasing something under the GPL, >> funny how they didn't release it under GPL 3. >> >> > Because that would mean it couldn't go into Linux? > > James > > I was thinki

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft Releases Linux Device Drivers as GPL

2009-07-20 Thread James Mansion
Rob Beard wrote: > Still, sounds good that they are releasing something under the GPL, > funny how they didn't release it under GPL 3. > > Because that would mean it couldn't go into Linux? James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft Releases Linux Device Drivers as GPL

2009-07-20 Thread alan c
Rob Beard wrote: > Chris Rowson wrote: >> Interesting little story found on /. >> >> http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/07/20/1643251/Microsoft-Releases-Linux-Device-Drivers-As-GPL >> >> Chris > Anyone known the URL for the weather in Hell on the Met Office web site? :-) yes, I think the last I hea

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft Releases Linux Device Drivers as GPL

2009-07-20 Thread Rob Beard
Chris Rowson wrote: > Interesting little story found on /. > > http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/07/20/1643251/Microsoft-Releases-Linux-Device-Drivers-As-GPL > > Chris Anyone known the URL for the weather in Hell on the Met Office web site? :-) Still, sounds good that they are releasing something

[ubuntu-uk] Microsoft Releases Linux Device Drivers as GPL

2009-07-20 Thread Chris Rowson
Interesting little story found on /. http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/07/20/1643251/Microsoft-Releases-Linux-Device-Drivers-As-GPL Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting console VGA mode

2009-07-20 Thread Liam Proven
2009/7/20 Rob Beard : > Liam Proven wrote: >> 2009/7/19 William Anderson : >> >>> Liam Proven wrote: >>> [snip] #4 Being green involves re-using old kit that still works. Typically half or more of the energy used in the lifetime of a piece of IT equipment is spent making it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting console VGA mode

2009-07-20 Thread Rob Beard
Liam Proven wrote: > 2009/7/19 William Anderson : > >> Liam Proven wrote: >> >>> [snip] >>> >>> #4 Being green involves re-using old kit that still works. Typically >>> half or more of the energy used in the lifetime of a piece of IT >>> equipment is spent making it, not running it. By maki

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting console VGA mode

2009-07-20 Thread Rob Beard
Liam Proven wrote: > 2009/7/19 William Anderson : > >> Liam Proven wrote: >> >>> [snip] >>> >>> #4 Being green involves re-using old kit that still works. Typically >>> half or more of the energy used in the lifetime of a piece of IT >>> equipment is spent making it, not running it. By maki

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting console VGA mode

2009-07-20 Thread Liam Proven
2009/7/19 William Anderson : > Liam Proven wrote: >> [snip] >> >> #4 Being green involves re-using old kit that still works. Typically >> half or more of the energy used in the lifetime of a piece of IT >> equipment is spent making it, not running it. By making its working >> life as long as possib

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screencasts was:Linux in an Audio Environment

2009-07-20 Thread Chris Weaver
Thanks for the links. I'll download the torrent and have a watch. I think the real issue is the numerous audio "frameworks" on Linux such as ALSA, OSS, Pulseaudio etc etc each with their own advantages and disadvantages, hence making tweaking a system problematic. - chris 2009/7/17 Alan Pope >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux in an Audio Environment

2009-07-20 Thread Chris Weaver
Thanks for all the pointers. Maybe I'm just unlucky with Audacity. Weirdly, enough a circular email has gone round announcing the release of Audacity 1.3.8. I'm downloading a copy of 64studio to have a look at. cheers, Chris 2009/7/17 Ian Pascoe > Chris > > Have a look see at a Linux Weekly