[ubuntu-uk] old computers

2011-05-07 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hiyas, I do recall one of the Lubuntu guys some time back saying that he had access to some older computers from within the UK (Shipping charges from abroad are prohibitive). Sii http://www.thesii.org/ (I'm sorry it is not fully done, I am still awaiting the full charter in USA for it being a r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Users needed for masters project

2011-05-07 Thread Chris Wilson
HI Andres, The questions isn't at all out of line. In fact, you've given me something else to add to the FAQ on the site :) I visited the eyeOS homepage and it sounds pretty cool. The one drawback, at least in my mind, is that it's based inside a browser, rather than running natively on a compute

[ubuntu-uk] A £15 computer to inspire young programmers. Powered by Ubuntu.

2011-05-07 Thread Kris Douglas
-- Forwarded message -- From: Tony Williams Date: 6 May 2011 16:38 Subject: [GeekUp] A 15 pound computer to inspire young programmers To: Geekup http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/rorycellanjones/2011/05/a_15_computer_to_inspire_young.html -- I saw this posted on GeekUp.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] odd printer behaviour under Natty .....

2011-05-07 Thread Barry Drake
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 17:39 +0100, Barry Drake wrote: > I took a look at the PPD file - I think that can be edited to make the > required change, but I have no idea what I might want to alter I got the answer - ppd is an open standard from Adobe, so I was able to get the spec. file from there. A