Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook suggestion for a 4 year old

On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 23:39 +0100, Martin Jernberg wrote: > the kids i have installed Linux for is using this distro: > http://qimo4kids.com/ Great suggestion, will try, thanks! Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKT

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook suggestion for a 4 year old

the kids i have installed Linux for is using this distro: http://qimo4kids.com/ > From: brunogi...@gmail.com > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:34:05 + > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook suggestion for a 4 year old > > On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 08:34 +, Neil Wilson

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook suggestion for a 4 year old

On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 08:34 +, Neil Wilson wrote: > > On the software side, I've never tried Edubuntu so any suggestion in > > that area would be welcome. In particular, how to configure parental > > control, what additional software to install, etc. > > I use OpenDNS in my broadband router an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook suggestion for a 4 year old

On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 09:54 +, Alan Bell wrote: > Tuxpaint and Gcompris! > > great fun apps to play with. > To be honest I wouldn't worry too much about parental controls for a few > years, just put the cbeebies website as the browser home page and you > are done! Good point, a well chosen

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bath Meet up

Quoting Laura Czajkowski : > > Aloha > > I'm in Bath this week and wondered if anyone else was in the area that > would like to meet up and have a random Ubuntu hour? Go for a drink/bite > to eat some evening > > Laura I'm not in Bath myself and sadly no where near Bath this weekend, but I know

[ubuntu-uk] Christmas Bashes

Hi all, We have our London Christmas event all booked up for the 22nd at the Hub Isslington http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/568/detail/ (tell your friends, email LUGs, tweet it, dent it and post and update on Diaspora etc.) but this email isn't really all about that one. There are two Hub l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook suggestion for a 4 year old

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Neil Greenwood < neil.greenwood@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I use Workrave to do something similar. Is that what you were thinking of? > > > No but certainly looks worth looking at. It was the typing break option in Gnome keyboard preferences. I knew I never had to

[ubuntu-uk] iSCSI discovery not finding targets

Hi guys, you've all been a big help in the past, and I'm wondering if you could help me again. I have been following a the tutorial at http://www.howtoforge.com/using-iscsi-on-ubuntu-10.04-initiator-and-targetand have successfully set up an iSCSI target server, however when trying to connect to the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rubbish Bin Placement

Yorvyk wrote: > Quick question, for research. > > Anybody have a Rubbish Bin icon on their desktop and if so, why? > I have one wherever it is that Gnome puts it by default, because I don't see wherever it is often enough for it to be moved through having got in the way. -- Avi. -- ubuntu-u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rubbish Bin Placement

On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 10:13 +, Yorvyk wrote: > Quick question, for research. > > Anybody have a Rubbish Bin icon on their desktop and if so, why? > > -- > Steve Cook (Yorvyk) > > http://lubuntu.net > I have one on my bottom panel. Why? Why not? Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Very odd router connection problem

On 14/12/2010 16:20, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > The scenario. > We have two broadband suppliers to our house - on two separate phone > lines, BT, the home supplier and another supplied by the company my > wife works for. > The router supplied by the company my wife works for is unlimited > t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Very odd router connection problem

On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:32:33 -, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > On 14/12/2010 16:26, John Stevenson wrote: >> On 14 December 2010 16:20, Gordon Burgess-Parker > > wrote: >> >> The scenario. >> We have two broadband suppliers to our house - on two separate p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Very odd router connection problem

On 14/12/2010 16:26, John Stevenson wrote: On 14 December 2010 16:20, Gordon Burgess-Parker > wrote: The scenario. We have two broadband suppliers to our house - on two separate phone lines, BT, the home supplier and another supplied by the company my w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Very odd router connection problem

On 14 December 2010 16:20, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > The scenario. > We have two broadband suppliers to our house - on two separate phone > lines, BT, the home supplier and another supplied by the company my wife > works for. > The router supplied by the company my wife works for is unlimite

[ubuntu-uk] Very odd router connection problem

The scenario. We have two broadband suppliers to our house - on two separate phone lines, BT, the home supplier and another supplied by the company my wife works for. The router supplied by the company my wife works for is unlimited traffic, the BT is capped at 10GB per month. I have two compute

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook suggestion for a 4 year old

On 14 December 2010 11:25, Will Bickerstaff wrote: > [snip] > There's also a built in utility > that enables configuration of a system wide policy for periods between > breaks and duration of breaks, can't remember the name of it though. I use Workrave to do something similar. Is that what you we

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook suggestion for a 4 year old

I know a bright 4 year old who has already been using an Ubuntu tower for a year (offline) with all relevant games. So at 4 years old already a potential expert. I do not really agree about lack of invasive controls, internet access needs some careful thought, and probably ongoing too. The

[ubuntu-uk] Rubbish Bin Placement

OnTue, 14 Dec 2010 10:13:20 +,Yorvyk wrote: > Quick question, for research. > Anybody have a Rubbish Bin icon on their desktop and if so, why? > -- > Steve Cook (Yorvyk) I have a rubbish bin (Deleted Items folder) launcher on my top panel, along with my other five standard launchers, which

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook suggestion for a 4 year old

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Alan Bell < alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com> wrote: > Tuxpaint and Gcompris! > > great fun apps to play with. > To be honest I wouldn't worry too much about parental controls for a few > years, just put the cbeebies website as the browser home page and you > ar

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook suggestion for a 4 year old

Hi! I have an Acer aspire one zg5. Had linpus in it crashed (something to do with an XD card left inside). I then had ubuntu netbook remix for some time until unity came along and it felt a bit slow: tried looking for 10.4 but it was gone. Tried linpus again: but no support no comunity that I coul

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 68, Issue 22

> Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:08:23 + > From: Bruno Girin > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook suggestion for a 4 year old > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Message-ID: <1292285303.1772.36.ca...@nuuk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hi all, > > I'm currently looking for a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rubbish Bin Placement

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Yorvyk wrote: > Quick question, for research. > > Anybody have a Rubbish Bin icon on their desktop and if so, why? Yes. And all the document folders too, and Computer, Home and a sprinkling of temporary work-in-progress folders that will get filed away when I'm d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rubbish Bin Placement

None. Prefer to delete as opposed to send to rubbish bin. On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Yorvyk wrote: > Quick question, for research. > > Anybody have a Rubbish Bin icon on their desktop and if so, why? > > -- > Steve Cook (Yorvyk) > > http://lubuntu.net > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >

[ubuntu-uk] Rubbish Bin Placement

Quick question, for research. Anybody have a Rubbish Bin icon on their desktop and if so, why? -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook suggestion for a 4 year old

On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:08:23 + Bruno Girin wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm currently looking for a cheap and cheerful netbook for a 4-year old. > I want to install Edubuntu on it and set it up with all the relevant > educational and fun software. > > On the hardware side, I'm happy to spend ~£200.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook suggestion for a 4 year old

Cbeebies as homepage and remove the address bar. (so not chrome for browser then) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook suggestion for a 4 year old

Tuxpaint and Gcompris! great fun apps to play with. To be honest I wouldn't worry too much about parental controls for a few years, just put the cbeebies website as the browser home page and you are done! Alan. On 14/12/10 00:08, Bruno Girin wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm currently looking for a che

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook suggestion for a 4 year old

> On the software side, I've never tried Edubuntu so any suggestion in > that area would be welcome. In particular, how to configure parental > control, what additional software to install, etc. I use OpenDNS in my broadband router and that then filters for all machines at home. The filtering is c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook suggestion for a 4 year old

On 14/12/10 00:08, Bruno Girin wrote: > On the software side, I've never tried Edubuntu so any suggestion in > that area would be welcome. In particular, how to configure parental > control, what additional software to install, etc. There is a fairly new kid on the block for parental control from