[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [lugmaster] PyCon UK 2011 - 24th to 25th September 2011 - Conference Announcement and Booking details

2011-07-25 Thread Alan Pope
This may be of interest... --- The UK's official Python conference returns. It is aimed at everyone in the Python community, of all skill levels, from beginners to core developers. The conference will be held on the 24th to 25th September 2011, in the TechnoCentre Coventry (CV1 2TT).

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Laptop

2011-07-25 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
On 25 July 2011 11:26, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > Does it have VGA out? Does it suffer from this bug? It does but I haven't tried it, the laptop is destined for my mother and she doesn't have an external screen. She's more than 7 decades old but have been using Ubuntu with Gnome for a long time now

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Laptop

2011-07-25 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 25/07/11 10:51, Hakan Koseoglu wrote: I purchased a cheap Acer (i3 CPU, 4GB ram, integrated gfx) from Ebuyer for 350 and everything works. I was pleasantly surprised. Does it have VGA out? Does it suffer from this bug? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/614238 Al -- The Open Learning Cent

Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm new

2011-07-25 Thread Bruce Beardall
Hi Alex We're just people and sometimes people get frustrated. For the most part, we play nice, honest. :-) Welcome! Bruce On 24 July 2011 10:58, wrote: > Hi! > > I'm new to all this, but been reading the discussions coming in through the > emails. Is it just me, or is there some sort of pe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Laptop

2011-07-25 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
On 25 July 2011 08:01, Neil Greenwood wrote: > I've had no problems at all with the Intel integrated graphics in my > Dell Inspiron, ever since 7.10 with an upgrade to every version in > between that and 11.04. 4.5 year old Inspiron 9400 and Intel card works fine but has performance problems with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Slow d/loads

2011-07-25 Thread Ted Wager
On Sun, 2011-07-24 at 22:50 +0100, Dan Wood wrote: > When I lived in the UK, dialling 17070 from a BT line would access > their line testing software. I've no idea if it still does. Used to be > able to give you reflectometer (line length) measurements, and any > short circuits etc. > > *cough* I'