Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Laptop Time

2009-12-23 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:14:56PM +, Alan Pope wrote: > May last few laptops have included a Dell XPS (never again after they > refused to replace the video card that broke multiple times), Asus EEE (not > again until they sell them again with Linux), Toshiba (never again - > apalling

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Routers, open source firmware and IPv6

2009-12-23 Thread Christopher Swift
If you wish to enable ipv6 on your computer, just do "sudo apt-get install miredo" which will automatically give your Ubuntu system a ipv6 address that just works with no more hassle. There is no need to buy any new hardware since you now have an ipv6 tunnel setup on your machine. Regards, Chris

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Routers, open source firmware and IPv6

2009-12-23 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Quoting John Levin : > Hi all, > > Following troubles with karmic, ipv6 and my net connection, I'm looking > to get a new router, which I think will solve my problems. As karmic > works with my university network, I'm sure the problem is on my end. > > I get broadband from ukfsn, with a static ipv

[ubuntu-uk] Routers, open source firmware and IPv6

2009-12-23 Thread John Levin
Hi all, Following troubles with karmic, ipv6 and my net connection, I'm looking to get a new router, which I think will solve my problems. As karmic works with my university network, I'm sure the problem is on my end. I get broadband from ukfsn, with a static ipv4 address, via entanet, over a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Laptop Time

2009-12-23 Thread Bruce Beardall
I haven't had any direct experience but I've had my eye on PC Specialist - www.pcspecialist.co.uk - for a while. Pretty decent prices and you're able to configure the laptop/PC to pretty much whatever you want including the option of "No Operating System" [certainly much more of a configuration on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Laptop Time

2009-12-23 Thread alan c
Rowan Berkeley wrote: [...] > I bought a Lenovo N500 with Ubuntu from the Linux Emporium in July for > £457.70 all incl., and I haven't had a single problem with it. Check > their web page for the exact specs on all the machines they offer: > http://linuxemporium.co.uk/products/laptops/ I helped

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Laptop Time

2009-12-23 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 12:00 +, Matthew Daubney wrote: > Hello, > It's that time of year again when everything will briefly become a bit > cheaper (and I'm trying to avoid VAT returning to normal again as > well). So am looking around for a new laptop. As far as specs go, I'd > like a core 2 du

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Laptop Time

2009-12-23 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:57:52AM +, Matthew Daubney wrote: > I've a budget of about £500, and my research so far has hilighted 3 > possibilities: > Of the three you've listed I'd only consider Samsung, based on 2nd hand opinions from trusted friends and podcasters. May last few laptops h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Laptop Time

2009-12-23 Thread Steve
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:05:42 -, Rob Beard wrote: > On 23/12/2009 10:57, Matthew Daubney wrote: >> Hello, >> >> It's that time of year again when everything will briefly become a bit >> cheaper (and I'm trying to avoid VAT returning to normal again as well). >> So am looking around for a new l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Laptop Time

2009-12-23 Thread Darren.Mansell
Personally I would only go for Lenovo or Dell for Linux laptops. No-one else seems bothered about broken BIOS's and ACPI implementations. Why not Intel graphics? Whatever you do don't go ATi/AMD graphics. I'm stuck with an ATi HD 3400 R600 in this Toshiba laptop. The ACPI is broken and the VGA

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ADMIN] Next meeting 03/01/10 @ 19:30 GMT in #ubuntu-uk

2009-12-23 Thread Isabell Long
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:49:02AM +, Matthew Daubney wrote: > Hi all, > > The next Ubuntu-UK Team meeting will be held via IRC at 19:30 GMT > (that's 19:30 UTC) on Sunday 3rd January 2010 in #ubuntu-uk. I'll make a note and endeavour to be there! Thank you! -- Regards, Isabell Long [[Use

[ubuntu-uk] [ADMIN] Next meeting 03/01/10 @ 19:30 GMT in #ubuntu-uk

2009-12-23 Thread Matthew Daubney
Hi all, The next Ubuntu-UK Team meeting will be held via IRC at 19:30 GMT (that's 19:30 UTC) on Sunday 3rd January 2010 in #ubuntu-uk. We encourage everyone who is a member of the UKTeam to attend whether to take part or merely watch from the sidelines. If you have anything in particular you wou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Laptop Time

2009-12-23 Thread Matthew Daubney
On 23/12/09 11:05, Rob Beard wrote: > > One of my old customers had some Novatech laptops, they're basically > generic rebranded laptops, I believe manufactured by the likes of Mitac. > > Wasn't very impressed myself, the build quality was poor and they all > either failed or fell to pieces within

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Laptop Time

2009-12-23 Thread Rob Beard
On 23/12/2009 10:57, Matthew Daubney wrote: > Hello, > > It's that time of year again when everything will briefly become a bit > cheaper (and I'm trying to avoid VAT returning to normal again as well). > So am looking around for a new laptop. As far as specs go, I'd like a > core 2 duo branded chi

[ubuntu-uk] New Laptop Time

2009-12-23 Thread Matthew Daubney
Hello, It's that time of year again when everything will briefly become a bit cheaper (and I'm trying to avoid VAT returning to normal again as well). So am looking around for a new laptop. As far as specs go, I'd like a core 2 duo branded chip, something like a T6600 would do. 2-4 GB of RAM,