Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chrome OS

2009-11-23 Thread Steve
On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:32:26 -, etali wrote: > > Those are just my thoughts. I'm probably not in the target audience for > the thing, but I suspect even casual users would get frustrated with the > limitations of Chrome OS pretty quickly. > I’m not rightly sure Google know who the target

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chrome OS

2009-11-23 Thread Liam Proven
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:32 PM, etali wrote: > I'm not convinced by Chrome OS.  I don't want to use a computer I don't > have control over and I don't want my data "in the cloud". http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1322.html Nuff said. Sure, if you are the sort of person that a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MythTV

2009-11-23 Thread Neil Perry
Have you ran mythtv backend setup to double check the inputs are all correct? If something never works, try re-configuring. Neil Perry 2009/11/23 Norman Silverstone > When I try to run a TV programme I get an error message:- 'MythTV is > using all inputs, but there are no active recordings?' I

[ubuntu-uk] MythTV

2009-11-23 Thread Norman Silverstone
When I try to run a TV programme I get an error message:- 'MythTV is using all inputs, but there are no active recordings?' I cannot recall ever seeing this message before I changed to Ubuntu 9.10 and I would be grateful if someone could suggest a solution. I have looked on Google but do not unders

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chrome OS

2009-11-23 Thread etali
Albert Vilella wrote: > I am very excited about this. For what I've read, Google and Canonical > are trying to make sure it will work flawlessly on specific netbook > models. It's a similar model to the Android way of working the details > for every specific smartphone model. I've seen some critici

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chrome OS

2009-11-23 Thread Albert Vilella
I am very excited about this. For what I've read, Google and Canonical are trying to make sure it will work flawlessly on specific netbook models. It's a similar model to the Android way of working the details for every specific smartphone model. I've seen some criticisms around Android for non bei

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 9.10 - Power Management

2009-11-23 Thread Norman Silverstone
I have a relatively old desktop machine on which I have run many versions of Ubuntu. Having just upgraded from Ubuntu 9.04 to Ubuntu 9.10, most things appear to be working very well and faster than before. However, the Power Management setting to turn the screen off after a set time period is not w