Re: [ubuntu-uk] How does standard Ubuntu install compare to this?

2010-06-18 Thread mac
Juan R. de Silva wrote: > I'm always bothered with the articles of the kind. Their are of no > interest to an expert and at the same time do not provide any help to a > novice... > I know from my own past experience that such articles are in fact quite > discouraging for newbies. Juan >>> You'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How does standard Ubuntu install compare to this?

2010-06-18 Thread Juan R. de Silva
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:00:32 +0100, John Stevenson wrote: > On 18 June 2010 10:56, ByteSoup > wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I found this on the "get safe online" site, about Linux users. How does >> the standard Ubuntu install compare to this? >> >> http://www.getsafeonline.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1

[ubuntu-uk] Dell furiously back pedals from "Linux Is More Secure Than Windows"

2010-06-18 Thread Barry Titterton
The Dell US site has been changed to greatly down grade the security item: Item 6 now reads "According to industry reports, Ubuntu is unaffected by the vast majority of viruses and spyware." Our friends at Redmond have clearly slapped a few wrists. Barry -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT, but having some problems with Squid

2010-06-18 Thread Ron Wellsted
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18/06/10 15:22, Kris Douglas wrote: > On 18 June 2010 15:10, Simon Greenwood wrote: >> >> >> On 18 June 2010 14:38, Kris Douglas wrote: >>> >>> Hello, everyone, at work, I have just bought a foxconn netbox to use >>> as a squid proxy. >>> >>> The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT, but having some problems with Squid

2010-06-18 Thread Kris Douglas
On 18 June 2010 15:10, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > > On 18 June 2010 14:38, Kris Douglas wrote: >> >> Hello, everyone, at work, I have just bought a foxconn netbox to use >> as a squid proxy. >> >> The scenario is that everyone is looking at world cup stuff, and >> little is being done. Anyway, we

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT, but having some problems with Squid

2010-06-18 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 18 June 2010 14:38, Kris Douglas wrote: > Hello, everyone, at work, I have just bought a foxconn netbox to use > as a squid proxy. > > The scenario is that everyone is looking at world cup stuff, and > little is being done. Anyway, we want to to be able to let certain > websites be accessible,

[ubuntu-uk] OT, but having some problems with Squid

2010-06-18 Thread Kris Douglas
Hello, everyone, at work, I have just bought a foxconn netbox to use as a squid proxy. The scenario is that everyone is looking at world cup stuff, and little is being done. Anyway, we want to to be able to let certain websites be accessible, so I made a whitelist, saved it to /etc/squid/whitelist

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How does standard Ubuntu install compare to this?

2010-06-18 Thread John Stevenson
On 18 June 2010 10:56, ByteSoup wrote: > Hi All, > > I found this on the "get safe online" site, about Linux users. How does the > standard Ubuntu install compare to this? > > http://www.getsafeonline.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1166 > > -Mark > For a desktop machine that uses the default install, I

[ubuntu-uk] How does standard Ubuntu install compare to this?

2010-06-18 Thread ByteSoup
Hi All, I found this on the "get safe online" site, about Linux users. How does the standard Ubuntu install compare to this? http://www.getsafeonline.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1166 -Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UK

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DLNA Server and media recommendations

2010-06-18 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 18/06/10 10:16, Bruno Girin wrote: > On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 08:18 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote: >> On 17/06/10 21:09, Bruno Girin wrote: >> >>> >>> You've got a handy comparison of DLNA servers here: >>> http://www.rbgrn.net/content/21-how-to-choose-dlna-media-server-windows-mac-os-x-or-linux >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DLNA Server and media recommendations

2010-06-18 Thread Bruno Girin
On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 08:18 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 17/06/10 21:09, Bruno Girin wrote: > > > > > You've got a handy comparison of DLNA servers here: > > http://www.rbgrn.net/content/21-how-to-choose-dlna-media-server-windows-mac-os-x-or-linux > > > > You could also have a look at Coher

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DLNA Server and media recommendations

2010-06-18 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 17/06/10 21:09, Bruno Girin wrote: > > You've got a handy comparison of DLNA servers here: > http://www.rbgrn.net/content/21-how-to-choose-dlna-media-server-windows-mac-os-x-or-linux > > You could also have a look at Coherence: > http://coherence.beebits.net/ Great, thanks for that Bruno! Gue