Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hi all

2011-02-08 Thread Barry Drake
On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 20:49 +, James Smith wrote: > Hi all thought I would just say hello as I have just joined the loco team and > subscribed to the mailing list. Also joined the IRC channel under the nick > "Smittix" so hope to speak to some of you soon! Welcome! I don't do the IRC channe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hi all

2011-02-08 Thread Rob Beard
On 08/02/11 20:49, James Smith wrote: Hi all thought I would just say hello as I have just joined the loco team and subscribed to the mailing list. Also joined the IRC channel under the nick "Smittix" so hope to speak to some of you soon! Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange Hi James, Good to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hi all

2011-02-08 Thread Liam Gallear
On 8 Feb 2011, at 20:49, "James Smith " wrote: > Hi all thought I would just say hello as I have just joined the loco team and > subscribed to the mailing list. Also joined the IRC channel under the nick > "Smittix" so hope to speak to some of you soon! > Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange >

[ubuntu-uk] Hi all

2011-02-08 Thread James Smith
Hi all thought I would just say hello as I have just joined the loco team and subscribed to the mailing list. Also joined the IRC channel under the nick "Smittix" so hope to speak to some of you soon! Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mail

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Meet up April - Global Jam event - Weybridge

2011-02-08 Thread Laura Czajkowski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >> >> Laura >> > > Sounds great, sorry Weybridge is a bit far out for me. > > Paula > > Paula, that's fine, if folks want to organise one in their own area they should. Forgot to add the link http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/687/detail/ - --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Office suite choice?

2011-02-08 Thread Mark Fraser
On Tuesday 08 Feb 2011 16:04:35 gazz wrote: > Yes, I removed OOo first and installed from the LO ppa. This is what I > did to remove openoffice and install LibreOffice: > > sudo apt-get remove --purge openoffice*.* > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] CloneZilla live ...

2011-02-08 Thread Rob Beard
Barry Drake wrote: Hi there ... You probably know this already. I'm quite excited about CloneZilla. I made an SD card with a live boot version, and it let me make a bootable clone of my netbook really easily. Previously, I had a restore partition made using Partimage. Nice, but not easy to use

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Office suite choice?

2011-02-08 Thread Sarah Chard
O n Tue, 2011-02-08 at 16:04 +, gazz wrote: > Yes, I removed OOo first and installed from the LO ppa. This is what I > did to remove openoffice and install LibreOffice: > > sudo apt-get remove --purge openoffice*.* > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Office suite choice?

2011-02-08 Thread gazz
Yes, I removed OOo first and installed from the LO ppa. This is what I did to remove openoffice and install LibreOffice: sudo apt-get remove --purge openoffice*.* sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libreoffice sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gnom

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Office suite choice?

2011-02-08 Thread Sarah Chard
O n Tue, 2011-02-08 at 15:17 +, gazz wrote: > Latest LO is stable, no reason not to use it for production? I > do . . . > Just a query - do you have to uninstall Open Office completely if you are going to try out Libre Office as I have spoken to a couple of people who have said they have had

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Office suite choice?

2011-02-08 Thread gazz
On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 14:39 +, Dave Morley wrote: > > > Libreoffice and Open office both have there share of flaws. I think it > depends how you use it. > > If this is strictly a work machine and you are producing work related > docs then stick with OO.o if on the other hand you need a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Meet up April - Global Jam event - Weybridge

2011-02-08 Thread gazz
On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 14:46 +, la...@lczajkowski.com wrote: > ALOHA! > > I've been thinking and pondering about meet ups over here, the majority > seems to be focused on conferences and while that is great and is needed I > miss the fun side of things! > > So I'm possibly being a bit selfi

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Meet up April - Global Jam event - Weybridge

2011-02-08 Thread laura
ALOHA! I've been thinking and pondering about meet ups over here, the majority seems to be focused on conferences and while that is great and is needed I miss the fun side of things! So I'm possibly being a bit selfish here but I thought we could meet up in early April and work on some Ubuntu bug

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Office suite choice?

2011-02-08 Thread Dave Morley
On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 12:19 +, Barry Drake wrote: > On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 12:04 +, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > > Thanks for that - sensible advice. I use the LTS versions because I've > > had occasional glitches with the "bleeding edge" releases before, but > > never with the LTS versi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadcom driver problem (sigh).....

2011-02-08 Thread George Tripp
> another possibility is a usb wifi dongle? The Linux Emporium also sell these stating that they work with 10.04. I bought one (although not the same model as they sell now) a year or two back and it has worked with every Ubuntu version I've installed up to 10.10 and other distros. Only costs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [Ossg-announcements] Adoption of Open Source across HM Government – London 22/02/11 and 01/03/11]]

2011-02-08 Thread gazz
On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 22:06 +, alan c wrote: > I am also planning to attend the first one - see you? > alan cocks > Indeed - see you there :) <>-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Office suite choice?

2011-02-08 Thread gazz
On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 11:35 +, mac wrote: > On 08/02/2011 11:20, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > > Thing is I use LTS versions, so shan't be upgrading until 12.04.and > > am trying to decide which way to go now. > > I'm using LibreOffice on Linux desktops and laptops and on an iMac. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-08 Thread John MM
On 08/02/11 11:51, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: Maybe that's a "feature" in 10.10. Tried asking on the Remix forum in Ubuntu forums? http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=376 I havent tried that yet, will try now. Have you tried taking the disk out, disconnecting, restarting, re-conne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Office suite choice?

2011-02-08 Thread Barry Drake
On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 12:04 +, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > Thanks for that - sensible advice. I use the LTS versions because I've > had occasional glitches with the "bleeding edge" releases before, but > never with the LTS versions. My procedure (from now on) will be to clone the present

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Office suite choice?

2011-02-08 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 08/02/11 11:36, Neil Greenwood wrote: If you're sticking with LTS because of the stability, don't risk the stability - keep the default application suite it uses. For at least the medium-term future, LibreOffice and OOo are going to use 100% compatible file formats, since they stick to the O

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-08 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 08/02/11 11:27, John MM wrote: On 08/02/11 11:11, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: Interesting. Not sure why And what version of Netbook Remix are you using? I am using Maverick 10.10Kernel Linux 2.6.35-26 Generic, Gnome 2.32.0 Maybe that's a "feature" in 10.10. Tried asking on the Remix

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Office suite choice?

2011-02-08 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 8 February 2011 11:20, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > > Thing is I use LTS versions, so shan't be upgrading until 12.04.and am > trying to decide which way to go now. > If you're sticking with LTS because of the stability, don't risk the stability - keep the default application suite it us

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Office suite choice?

2011-02-08 Thread mac
On 08/02/2011 11:20, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: Thing is I use LTS versions, so shan't be upgrading until 12.04.and am trying to decide which way to go now. I'm using LibreOffice on Linux desktops and laptops and on an iMac. I should say I don't do anything very fancy, but it seems to b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-08 Thread John MM
On 08/02/11 11:11, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: Interesting. Not sure why And what version of Netbook Remix are you using? I am using Maverick 10.10Kernel Linux 2.6.35-26 Generic, Gnome 2.32.0 Tried putting a Disk in it? Yeh, the disc was already in there, when I inserted it. I have tri

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Office suite choice?

2011-02-08 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 08/02/11 10:07, Barry Drake wrote: On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 09:52 +, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: I thought I'd ask this here as I'm more likely to get a variety of opinions! Now Libreoffice has released the first stable version, (3.3) and Open Office also has released 3.3, which flavour wou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-08 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 08/02/11 11:03, John MM wrote: On 08/02/11 10:53, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: When you say "icons at the sidebar" presumably you mean in the sidebar sections? Install Google Chrome and the icon will appear in the Internet section. Right-click on it to add to the Favorites section. Similarl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-08 Thread John MM
On 08/02/11 10:53, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: When you say "icons at the sidebar" presumably you mean in the sidebar sections? Install Google Chrome and the icon will appear in the Internet section. Right-click on it to add to the Favorites section. Similarly you can right-click on the Firefo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-08 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 08/02/11 10:44, John MM wrote: Well, one of the things I want to do is change the Icons at the side bar. Instead of using FF, I want the Google Chrome Icon there, the same with e-mail client, I want to change it to TB. When you say "icons at the sidebar" presumably you mean in the sidebar

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-08 Thread John MM
Well, one of the things I want to do is change the Icons at the side bar. Instead of using FF, I want the Google Chrome Icon there, the same with e-mail client, I want to change it to TB. I am trying to see if my external dvd player will work. it did work up till I updated, I cant work out whe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] CloneZilla live ...

2011-02-08 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 8 February 2011 10:08, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi there ... You probably know this already. I'm quite excited about > CloneZilla. I made an SD card with a live boot version, and it let me > make a bootable clone of my netbook really easily. Previously, I had a > restore partition made using P

[ubuntu-uk] CloneZilla live ...

2011-02-08 Thread Barry Drake
Hi there ... You probably know this already. I'm quite excited about CloneZilla. I made an SD card with a live boot version, and it let me make a bootable clone of my netbook really easily. Previously, I had a restore partition made using Partimage. Nice, but not easy to use, and if you break

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Office suite choice?

2011-02-08 Thread Barry Drake
On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 09:52 +, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > I thought I'd ask this here as I'm more likely to get a variety of opinions! > Now Libreoffice has released the first stable version, (3.3) and Open > Office also has released 3.3, which flavour would people suggest I use > and why

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Office suite choice?

2011-02-08 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 8 February 2011 09:52, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > I thought I'd ask this here as I'm more likely to get a variety of > opinions! > Now Libreoffice has released the first stable version, (3.3) and Open > Office also has released 3.3, which flavour would people suggest I use and > why? > > I

[ubuntu-uk] OT - Office suite choice?

2011-02-08 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
I thought I'd ask this here as I'm more likely to get a variety of opinions! Now Libreoffice has released the first stable version, (3.3) and Open Office also has released 3.3, which flavour would people suggest I use and why? Cheers! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mai

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-08 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 08/02/11 08:54, John MM wrote: Ok, just worked out how to do the clean install of Ubuntu Netbook using usb stick. had a few problems, but got it working now. Problem is, I cant work out how to use it. Is there a guide for the Netbook version. Well it's reasonably straight forward. Where

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-08 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 07/02/11 12:21, Dave Morley wrote: Most early netbooks ran linpus lite which obviously isn't Ubuntu. If it's a Toshiba NB100 which came out at the same time as the Acer Aspire, it'll have had 8.04 LTS on it... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-08 Thread John MM
Ok, just worked out how to do the clean install of Ubuntu Netbook using usb stick. had a few problems, but got it working now. Problem is, I cant work out how to use it. Is there a guide for the Netbook version. Thanks. On 07/02/11 18:54, gazz wrote: On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 18:28 +, John