Re: [ubuntu-uk] classic interface and ubntu

2011-09-06 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 6 September 2011 19:50, Rob Beard wrote: > On 06/09/11 11:50, Alan Pope wrote: > >> On 6 September 2011 11:48, paul sutton wrote: >> >>> Is the classic interface using gnome 3? >>> >> >> The Classic interface in 11.04 uses GNOME 2.x, because 11.04 ships >> with GNOME 2.x not GNOME 3.x. >> >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour

2011-09-06 Thread Kris Douglas
On 2 September 2011 11:26, Alan Bell wrote: > On 02/09/11 10:21, Kris Douglas wrote: >> >> Is there going to be a meet in/around the Stoke area? >> >> >> > if you propose a pub and postcode then yes, there will be. http://www.blacklionpub.co.uk/ Not the easiest to get to, but a wicked (steam rai

Re: [ubuntu-uk] classic interface and ubntu

2011-09-06 Thread Rob Beard
On 06/09/11 11:50, Alan Pope wrote: On 6 September 2011 11:48, paul sutton wrote: Is the classic interface using gnome 3? The Classic interface in 11.04 uses GNOME 2.x, because 11.04 ships with GNOME 2.x not GNOME 3.x. and is this going to remain an option, i currently run 11.04 with classi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] classic interface and ubntu

2011-09-06 Thread Iain Lane
On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 05:36:44PM +0100, Avi Greenbury wrote: > Iain Lane wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 12:44:27PM +0100, Avi Greenbury wrote: > > > Tony Arnold wrote: > > > > > > > > Ubuntu 11.10 will ship with GNOME 3.x and Unity 3D as the > > > > > default desktop with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] classic interface and ubntu

2011-09-06 Thread Barry Drake
On 06/09/11 16:03, Paula Graham wrote: Most of all, I did Fossbox' first workshop on 're-use with Ubuntu' with 11.04 a couple of months ago and all the non-techies really loved the Unity interface. I thought they'd never work it out as it seems ridiculously complicated to me but it turns out

Re: [ubuntu-uk] animation program

2011-09-06 Thread Sarah Chard
O n Tue, 2011-09-06 at 14:39 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > On 6 September 2011 14:30, Sarah Chard wrote: > > Can anyone suggest a good open source stop frame animation program - it's > > one of the requests we have had for our schools project > > > > There's a program called 'stopmotion' in the repo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Happy Hour

2011-09-06 Thread Barry Drake
On 05/09/11 01:20, Bruno Girin wrote: Maybe you can do a remote happy hour in Mallorca on the 22nd? What a splendid idea! If anyone wants to join me, the weather here is wonderful - perhaps just a trifle too hot - 29 deg today. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] classic interface and ubntu

2011-09-06 Thread Avi Greenbury
Iain Lane wrote: > Hello, > > On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 12:44:27PM +0100, Avi Greenbury wrote: > > Tony Arnold wrote: > > > > > > Ubuntu 11.10 will ship with GNOME 3.x and Unity 3D as the > > > > default desktop with Unity 2D as the alternative option, not > > > > Classic. > > > > > > Does that m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] classic interface and ubntu

2011-09-06 Thread Tony Arnold
On 06/09/11 16:01, Iain Lane wrote: > Hello, > > On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 12:44:27PM +0100, Avi Greenbury wrote: >> Tony Arnold wrote: >> Ubuntu 11.10 will ship with GNOME 3.x and Unity 3D as the default desktop with Unity 2D as the alternative option, not Classic. >>> >>> Does that mean

Re: [ubuntu-uk] classic interface and ubntu

2011-09-06 Thread Iain Lane
Hello, On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 12:44:27PM +0100, Avi Greenbury wrote: > Tony Arnold wrote: > > > > Ubuntu 11.10 will ship with GNOME 3.x and Unity 3D as the default > > > desktop with Unity 2D as the alternative option, not Classic. > > > > Does that mean the Classic interface will no longer be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] classic interface and ubntu

2011-09-06 Thread Paula Graham
On 06/09/11 11:48, paul sutton wrote: Hi Is the classic interface using gnome 3? and is this going to remain an option, i currently run 11.04 with classic will i still have this option if i upgrade to 11.10? Paul Unity's not half as bad on 11.10 - even in alpha it worked better than it did o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] animation program

2011-09-06 Thread Alan Pope
On 6 September 2011 14:30, Sarah Chard wrote: > Can anyone suggest a good open source stop frame animation program - it's > one of the requests we have had for our schools project > There's a program called 'stopmotion' in the repository. It's been recommended on this list in the past. Al. --

[ubuntu-uk] animation program

2011-09-06 Thread Sarah Chard
Hi Can anyone suggest a good open source stop frame animation program - it's one of the requests we have had for our schools project Sarah -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source Schools Project

2011-09-06 Thread Sarah Chard
O n Mon, 2011-09-05 at 19:12 +0100, Rebecca Newborough wrote: > Hi Sarah > > Thanks for sharing this and good luck with the project. Please post > back with how it went. I would love to get our daughter's school to > embrace Open Source computing, so would be very interested in reading > any po

Re: [ubuntu-uk] classic interface and ubntu

2011-09-06 Thread Avi Greenbury
Tony Arnold wrote: > > Ubuntu 11.10 will ship with GNOME 3.x and Unity 3D as the default > > desktop with Unity 2D as the alternative option, not Classic. > > Does that mean the Classic interface will no longer be available Effectively, yes. There's not much scope for Gnome 2 existing alongside

Re: [ubuntu-uk] classic interface and ubntu

2011-09-06 Thread Tony Arnold
Al, On 06/09/11 11:50, Alan Pope wrote: > Ubuntu 11.10 will ship with GNOME 3.x and Unity 3D as the default > desktop with Unity 2D as the alternative option, not Classic. Does that mean the Classic interface will no longer be available or will we still be able to use it somehow? Regards, Tony.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] classic interface and ubntu

2011-09-06 Thread paul sutton
On 06/09/11 11:50, Alan Pope wrote: > On 6 September 2011 11:48, paul sutton wrote: >> Is the classic interface using gnome 3? > The Classic interface in 11.04 uses GNOME 2.x, because 11.04 ships > with GNOME 2.x not GNOME 3.x. > >> and is this going to remain an >> option, i currently run 11.04 w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] classic interface and ubntu

2011-09-06 Thread Alan Pope
On 6 September 2011 11:48, paul sutton wrote: > Is the classic interface using gnome 3? The Classic interface in 11.04 uses GNOME 2.x, because 11.04 ships with GNOME 2.x not GNOME 3.x. > and is this going to remain an > option, i currently run 11.04 with classic will i still have this option > i

[ubuntu-uk] classic interface and ubntu

2011-09-06 Thread paul sutton
Hi Is the classic interface using gnome 3? and is this going to remain an option, i currently run 11.04 with classic will i still have this option if i upgrade to 11.10? Paul -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] unity in xubuntu

2011-09-06 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 5 September 2011 20:30, Andres Muniz Piniella wrote: > Hi all, > > Just a curiosity. I am using xubuntu and am seing a lot of updates with the > words thunderbird unity. Is this The guys at cannonical making thunderbird > compatible with normal ubuntu? This does not mean that theres is going t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] unity in xubuntu

2011-09-06 Thread bodsda
Hi, I don't think there is a danger of xubuntu using unity. The whole point of xubuntu; as the name implies, is that is uses xfce as desktop environment. Bodsda --Original Message-- From: Andres Muniz Piniella Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com To: Ubuntu-Uk ReplyTo: Ubuntu-Uk S