Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Wubi on a dual partition machine

2010-09-13 Thread Matthew Daubney
On 13 September 2010 20:09, Daniel Case wrote: > Jacob, > > > Just install Ubuntu to a separate partition and it will wipe > out the Windows bootloader and replace it with GRUB. You > can then boot >both Windows and Linux from there :) > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Wubi on a dual partition machine

2010-09-13 Thread Jacob Mansfield
the whole reason I used wubi in the first place is because I am installing on a netbook with no CD/DVD drive and no ability to boot from usb On 13 September 2010 20:09, Daniel Case wrote: > Jacob, > > Just install Ubuntu to a separate partition and it will wipe out the > Windows bootloader and r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Wubi on a dual partition machine

2010-09-13 Thread Daniel Case
Jacob, Just install Ubuntu to a separate partition and it will wipe out the Windows bootloader and replace it with GRUB. You can then boot both Windows and Linux from there :) Daniel On 13 September 2010 10:01, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > how do you get rid of the windows bootloader, I used wibi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gwibber account window spontaneously opening

2010-09-13 Thread pmgazz
Deleted the Twitter account and it seems to have worked. Thanks :) But since I now can't use Twitter or Facebook with it, it's just got identi.ca and doesn't really word as an aggregator. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/U

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Direction

2010-09-13 Thread pmgazz
On 13/09/10 10:52, alan c wrote: Although I wished they had contacted me, because I guessed such a problem might simply be that a downloaded binary might have needed an executable permission set (maybe) I think it's that the BBC hasn't updated the Adobe platform version. BBC knows about

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gwibber account window spontaneously opening

2010-09-13 Thread pmgazz
Well, I'm in a bit of a hurry this week so haven't looked much - have to say that finding the Gwibber config files is a pain in the neck, locate didn't help me find the relevant files - I deleted the gwibber folder in gconf without effect and it doesn't seem to have any profile in /home. The on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Direction

2010-09-13 Thread alan c
On 11/09/10 18:41, Anton Piatek wrote: > I generally disagree with the original comments - Ubuntu has always > shipped non-free software (flash, sun java, ...) and this is mostly > for the user's benefit in that these applications are very much > desired. If I want a pure, free environment I use De

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Direction

2010-09-13 Thread alan c
On 11/09/10 17:11, Rob Beard wrote: > On 11/09/10 16:39, Daniel Case wrote: [...] > Thinking back a few years ago, one of the complaints that I heard from > some Windows users (one complaint I had myself when I first started > using Linux was that I couldn't download a setup program). Some people

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Wubi on a dual partition machine

2010-09-13 Thread Jacob Mansfield
how do you get rid of the windows bootloader, I used wibi but want to fully switch over to ubuntu now On 12 September 2010 22:51, Daniel Case wrote: > On 12 September 2010 21:50, Glen Mehn wrote: > >> Will work just fine. > > > If you install via wubi Windows keeps the bootloader, Windows is p