Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.o4 and Firefox

On 23 May 2011 23:53, gerry wrote: >  Then I thought Use a normal camera > the attachment is a bit big but shows the options, the modarator has to > approve it first so I have sent a copy direct That is interesting, I see from the picture you sent that you are using Unity, but you have the firefo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why are you removing right-click context menus?

On 24/05/11 00:39, Alex Cockell wrote: Surely it's a standard part opf functionality now? How is this change increasing usability? Especially if i am working through a large web doc and want to quickly open a new tab or save from a link or copy a url to the clipboard? who are you addressing

[ubuntu-uk] Why are you removing right-click context menus?

Surely it's a standard part opf functionality now? How is this change increasing usability? Especially if i am working through a large web doc and want to quickly open a new tab or save from a link or copy a url to the clipboard? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 and Firefox 4

On 23/05/11 18:58, gerry wrote: Hi Using 11.04 and Firefox 4.0.1 a right click gives me the option to Open Open in a new window Open in a tab and several other bookmark options Unfortunately I can't get a screen shot of it I wonder if you are looking at a web page full of links, an dright

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness

I just got around at reading "the cathedral and the bazaar" though some things are well over my head it seems to be current even at 8 years of age. Really fun read an a lot learnt for 7 quid. I would talk about the buisness model or the "gift culture" thing dpending who is the public. don't I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness

The French assembly have used Ubuntu for at least two years now, and the Gendarmerie are (or have ) migrated all of their 70,000 PCs to Ubuntu. On 23/05/11 21:05, Dino T. wrote: Excellent, thanks. I plan on bringing up that Google use Ubuntu inhouse and have done since 2006 (that I'm aware of.)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft proprietary file types?

On Fri, 2011-05-20 at 00:14 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > On 20 May 2011 00:01, Daniel Case wrote: > > I'm a web designer and host, and I often get clients email with .doc, > > .ppx and even .docx nowadays the question is, what should I be > > doing about these people? > > Install an app that is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Encouraging laptops that work with Ubuntu

On Mon, 2011-05-16 at 09:20 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: > On 15/05/11 23:16, Martin Houston wrote: > > If I may make a suggestion? > > > > I haven't used the Pcspecialist notebooks mentioned by Richard Smith > > so cant comment on these particular choices, nice though it is to see > > 'No Operating s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness

Excellent, thanks. I plan on bringing up that Google use Ubuntu inhouse and have done since 2006 (that I'm aware of.) If you know of any huge companies that use it too, please let me know.' *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* On 23 May 2011 21:01, Barry Titterton wrote: >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness

Oh definitely We'll be creating a presentation using Impress with primary source design and stock / free photography. I'll be citing sources for each slide and I'll try and get a few video recordings of the project being shown to students. I'll then try and edit them and upload to Youtube. *Dino

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness

On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 14:07 +0100, Dino T. wrote: > Hi > > A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to > Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. To increase awareness and > show students that they can save money using free/open source > software. This is scheduled for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness

On 23/05/11 20:05, Dino T. wrote: > > Re: Grant Sewell > > On Mon, 23 May 2011 14:07:08 +0100 > Dino T. wrote: > > > Hi > > > > A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to > > Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. To increase awareness

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

Quite a few nice designs there :) Thanks Simon. I'll use a few as ideas. I'm a designer by trade so I'll be working on the graphics for the project. *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* On 23 May 2011 20:17, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > > On 23 May 2011 20:08, Sean Miller w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

No, you're not understanding... I already have my gallery script... but they want a SPECIFIC presentation... As close to this one, which they like, as possible... http://visualartistsuk.com/marcel-christ Single image on screen, then when you mouse over it a long scrolling bar of all the images a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

Could you not use WordPress and one of (many) gallery plugins?   -- Tony Scott http://tonyscott.org.uk | http://twitter.com/tonys | http://2011.portsmouth.wordcampuk.org | http://lpd.bectu.com | http://orangecoconut.com > >From: Sean Miller >To: UK Ubuntu Talk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

On 23 May 2011 20:20, Sean Miller wrote: > On 23 May 2011 20:17, Simon Greenwood wrote: > >> There are a few nice JQuery based galleries that are pretty much plug and >> play but there'd still be some back end functionality. It's not an out of >> the box solution though. > > > Don't expect "out

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 and Firefox 4

On 23 May 2011 18:58, gerry wrote: > Hi > Using 11.04 and Firefox 4.0.1 a right click gives me the option to > Open > Open in a new window > Open in a tab > and several other bookmark options I guess you are using the Classic desktop. It is in Unity that the problem arises. Colin -- ubuntu-u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

On 23 May 2011 20:17, Simon Greenwood wrote: > There are a few nice JQuery based galleries that are pretty much plug and > play but there'd still be some back end functionality. It's not an out of > the box solution though. Don't expect "out of the box". I've written the CMS, this is an upgrad

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

On 23 May 2011 20:08, Sean Miller wrote: > What worries me more is this one... > > http://visualartistsuk.com/js/maine.js > > It looks bespoke, and therefore (presumably) not something can use or - > indeed - find out who to ask if I can as there is nothing in the code saying > who wrote it. > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

What worries me more is this one... http://visualartistsuk.com/js/maine.js It looks bespoke, and therefore (presumably) not something can use or - indeed - find out who to ask if I can as there is nothing in the code saying who wrote it. The JQuery plug-in is a relatively small piece of script,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness

> > > Re: Grant Sewell On Mon, 23 May 2011 14:07:08 +0100 > Dino T. wrote: > > > Hi > > > > A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to > > Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. To increase awareness and > > show students that they can save money using free/open sour

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

On Mon, 23 May 2011 16:58:43 +0100 Sean Miller wrote: > This is not strictly a Ubuntu question, but I know there are quite a > few web people here so I wondered if anybody had any suggestions. > > Have a customer who wants a "gallery page" similar to this one... > > http://visualartistsuk.com/ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness

On Mon, 23 May 2011 14:07:08 +0100 Dino T. wrote: > Hi > > A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to > Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. To increase awareness and > show students that they can save money using free/open source > software. This is scheduled for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 and Firefox 4

Hi Using 11.04 and Firefox 4.0.1 a right click gives me the option to Open Open in a new window Open in a tab and several other bookmark options Unfortunately I can't get a screen shot of it -- Regards Gerry -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness

Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness Re: Avi On 23/05/11 14:13, Avi Greenbury wrote: > Dino T. wrote: >> A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to >> Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. > > Are you targeting the universities and colleges themselves as > inst

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

Hi Sean I'm no web developer, so others will be able to help more. But it looks like it is based on Jquery, which is an easier to use javascript api. http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)

2011-05-23 Thread Sean Miller

This is not strictly a Ubuntu question, but I know there are quite a few web people here so I wondered if anybody had any suggestions. Have a customer who wants a "gallery page" similar to this one... http://visualartistsuk.com/marcel-christ I cannot find any evidence that this is a script that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness

2011-05-23 Thread Graham Smith

A little bit of a ramble here, but hopefully the concepts are clear. It probably depends on circumstances, but using specialist software such as stats and GIS, as an example R and QGIS allow students access to these programs at home, and not as is the case with the commercial alternatives force s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 and Firefox 4

2011-05-23 Thread Colin Law

On 23 May 2011 15:34, alan c wrote: > > I have never used it till now, so, ctrl-click would open a tab, but what > would shift-click do? Shift-click opens the link in a new window. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/U

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 and Firefox 4

2011-05-23 Thread alan c

On 23/05/11 12:28, Chris Coulson wrote: On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 12:16 +0100, Colin Law wrote: See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdbusmenu/+bug/748850 which covers both right and middle click. It was supposed to have been fixed a couple of days ago so presumably the fix will app

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 and Firefox 4

2011-05-23 Thread Bob Giles

On 05/23/2011 01:44 PM, Liam Gallear wrote: On 23 May 2011, at 11:40, alan c wrote: Trying out Ubuntu 11.04 still an dI noticed something in Firefox which puzzles me. My usual action with my bookmarks list is to right click in the list to open the chosen bookmark item in a new tab. But I do

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness

2011-05-23 Thread alan c

On 23/05/11 14:07, Dino T. wrote: Hi A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. To increase awareness and show students that they can save money using free/open source software. This is scheduled for around September 2011. Wh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness

2011-05-23 Thread Alan Bell

On 23/05/11 14:07, Dino T. wrote: Hi A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. To increase awareness and show students that they can save money using free/open source software. This is scheduled for around September 2011.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness

2011-05-23 Thread Paul Sutton

On 23/05/11 14:13, Avi Greenbury wrote: > Dino T. wrote: >> A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to >> Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. > > Are you targeting the universities and colleges themselves as > institutions, their staff, their students, or a mix of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness

2011-05-23 Thread Avi Greenbury

Dino T. wrote: A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. Are you targeting the universities and colleges themselves as institutions, their staff, their students, or a mix of the lot? -- Avi -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness

2011-05-23 Thread Dino T.

Hi A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. To increase awareness and show students that they can save money using free/open source software. This is scheduled for around September 2011. What do you suggest we cover? Has to b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 and Firefox 4

2011-05-23 Thread Colin Law

On 23 May 2011 12:28, Chris Coulson wrote: > On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 12:16 +0100, Colin Law wrote: > >> See >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdbusmenu/+bug/748850 >> which covers both right and middle click.  It was supposed to have >> been fixed a couple of days ago so presumably the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 and Firefox 4

2011-05-23 Thread Chris Coulson

On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 12:16 +0100, Colin Law wrote: > See > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdbusmenu/+bug/748850 > which covers both right and middle click. It was supposed to have > been fixed a couple of days ago so presumably the fix will appear > soon. > > Colin > Hi, The bug

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 and Firefox 4

2011-05-23 Thread Colin Law

On 23 May 2011 12:16, Colin Law wrote: > On 23 May 2011 12:08, Colin Law wrote: >> On 23 May 2011 11:40, alan c wrote: >>> Trying out Ubuntu 11.04 still an dI noticed something in Firefox which >>> puzzles me. >>> >>> My usual action with my bookmarks list is to right click in the list to open >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 and Firefox 4

2011-05-23 Thread Colin Law

On 23 May 2011 12:08, Colin Law wrote: > On 23 May 2011 11:40, alan c wrote: >> Trying out Ubuntu 11.04 still an dI noticed something in Firefox which >> puzzles me. >> >> My usual action with my bookmarks list is to right click in the list to open >> the chosen bookmark item in a new tab. >> >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 and Firefox 4

2011-05-23 Thread Liam Gallear

On 23 May 2011, at 12:02, Avi Greenbury wrote: > Liam Gallear wrote: >> Have you tried to use the middle-click to open it into a new tab? > > Puzzlingly, this appears to open it in the current tab, which seems a bit > broken to me. > > -- > Avi. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 and Firefox 4

2011-05-23 Thread Colin Law

On 23 May 2011 11:40, alan c wrote: > Trying out Ubuntu 11.04 still an dI noticed something in Firefox which > puzzles me. > > My usual action with my bookmarks list is to right click in the list to open > the chosen bookmark item in a new tab. > > But I do not seem to be able to do this in Firefo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 and Firefox 4

2011-05-23 Thread Avi Greenbury

Liam Gallear wrote: Have you tried to use the middle-click to open it into a new tab? Puzzlingly, this appears to open it in the current tab, which seems a bit broken to me. -- Avi. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKT

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 and Firefox 4

2011-05-23 Thread David Jones

On 23/05/2011 11:40, alan c wrote: Trying out Ubuntu 11.04 still an dI noticed something in Firefox which puzzles me. My usual action with my bookmarks list is to right click in the list to open the chosen bookmark item in a new tab. But I do not seem to be able to do this in Firefox 4. Am I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 and Firefox 4

2011-05-23 Thread Liam Gallear

On 23 May 2011, at 11:40, alan c wrote: > Trying out Ubuntu 11.04 still an dI noticed something in Firefox which > puzzles me. > > My usual action with my bookmarks list is to right click in the list to open > the chosen bookmark item in a new tab. > > But I do not seem to be able to do this i

[ubuntu-uk] 11.04 and Firefox 4

2011-05-23 Thread alan c

Trying out Ubuntu 11.04 still an dI noticed something in Firefox which puzzles me. My usual action with my bookmarks list is to right click in the list to open the chosen bookmark item in a new tab. But I do not seem to be able to do this in Firefox 4. Am I missing something here? Is there a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Race Online 2012 - lets give EVERYONE buying a second user PC a chance to try Linux.

2011-05-23 Thread alan c

On 23/05/11 09:53, Avi Greenbury wrote: They're specifically not. If, on first boot, they were presented with Grub asking if they wanted Linux or Windows with respect, I think the choice is between 'Ubuntu' and Windows -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Race Online 2012 - lets give EVERYONE buying a second user PC a chance to try Linux.

2011-05-23 Thread Paul Sutton

On 23/05/11 09:53, Avi Greenbury wrote: Martin Houston wrote: The hard disks in the Race Online PCs are all 80G at least so why is dual booting not an option there as standard. Because it's confusing. If people are learning to use computers, it makes sense that they boot into one install of o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04, Wubi and Windows 7

2011-05-23 Thread Dave Morley

On Sat, 2011-05-21 at 16:28 +0100, alan c wrote: > On 21/05/11 15:59, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > > Does Wubi now work in Windows 7? I heard there were problems some time > > ago... > > I had heard that some grub updates had caused problems, and I stopped > recommending wubi completely at that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Falling off Active directory

2011-05-23 Thread Bob Clough

As a quick hack, you could make a cronjob check wbinfo, if you get a message that it has fallen off the domain, kill and restart winbindd. On 20 May 2011 10:14, Toby Satchell wrote: > Hi Grant, > > I can't see anything logs which would relate to the issue. > > You can test using wbinfo -u or wbi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Race Online 2012 - lets give EVERYONE buying a second user PC a chance to try Linux.

2011-05-23 Thread Avi Greenbury

Martin Houston wrote: The hard disks in the Race Online PCs are all 80G at least so why is dual booting not an option there as standard. Because it's confusing. If people are learning to use computers, it makes sense that they boot into one install of one OS to do the learnings of the fundame