On 11 March 2012 21:18, James Morrissey wrote:
> OK, thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try when i next get close to a
> vacuum cleaner.
Air-dusters work better, IMHO, & have less risk of static discharge.
Maplin's are a cheaper source than PC World & Poundland (when they
have them) a much cheape
On 11/03/12 22:25, Alan Bell wrote
We went through the launcher and the dash, I didn't list all the
programs I had installed. We pinned Rhythmbox and Shotwell to the
launcher. I think the apps lens is a confusing pile of fail, and
should be categorised by category and ditch the recommended apps
did this today with my Dad. I built a bigger faster computer to replace
an aging XP desktop.
First question was "so does it have iTunes" and I explained how
rhythmbox worked and could put stuff on Mums iPod, we downloaded some
songs from the Rock Choir she is part of and imported quite a lot of
On 11/03/12 12:44, Alan Pope wrote:
Assume you only have a short while to demo Ubuntu to them - maybe 5 to
10 minutes - you don't want to spend all day boring them and you don't
want to eat up your/their family/work time.
Among the other things suggested, I'd open a couple of apps in different
OK, thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try when i next get close to a
vacuum cleaner.
j
On 11 March 2012 10:06, Barry Titterton
wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-03-11 at 07:42 +, James Morrissey wrote:
>> Ok, that's good to know. It is a bit frustrating if high temperatures
>> break the fan...
>>
>> j
On 11/03/12 12:44, Alan Pope wrote:
> Lets suppose you're in a relaxed location, your home or business
> maybe, and a distant family member, friend or co-worker (someone you
> know but not very well) says "Hey, what's that on your computer?".
>
> Assume you only have a short while to demo Ubuntu t
On Mar 11, 2012 12:45 PM, "Alan Pope" wrote:
> What about you? What would you show and tell?
5 years ago it would have been wobbly windows.
Dan
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I would ask them what their field of expertise was, and then search
for applications in the software centre arround that subject
The other thing I would show is my current time since boot. Usually a
couple of weeks, and the suspend resume time (and perhaps the boot
time)
Next I would start to exp
On Sun, 2012-03-11 at 12:44 +, Alan Pope wrote:
>
> Lets suppose you're in a relaxed location, your home or business
> maybe, and a distant family member, friend or co-worker (someone you
> know but not very well) says "Hey, what's that on your computer?".
>
> Assume you only have a short whi
On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:44:56 +
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> Lets suppose you're in a relaxed location, your home or business
> maybe, and a distant family member, friend or co-worker (someone you
> know but not very well) says "Hey, what's that on you
On 11/03/12 12:44, Alan Pope wrote:
> Lets suppose you're in a relaxed location, your home or business
> maybe, and a distant family member, friend or co-worker (someone you
> know but not very well) says "Hey, what's that on your computer?".
>
> Assume you only have a short while to demo Ubuntu to
On Sun, 2012-03-11 at 12:44 +, Alan Pope wrote:
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> Lets suppose you're in a relaxed location, your home or business
> maybe, and a distant family member, friend or co-worker (someone you
> know but not very well) says "Hey, what's that on your
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Lets suppose you're in a relaxed location, your home or business
maybe, and a distant family member, friend or co-worker (someone you
know but not very well) says "Hey, what's that on your computer?".
Assume you only have a short while to demo Ubuntu
On Sun, 2012-03-11 at 07:42 +, James Morrissey wrote:
> Ok, that's good to know. It is a bit frustrating if high temperatures
> break the fan...
>
> j
>
> On 10 March 2012 20:00, Neil Greenwood wrote:
> > It is very possible that temperature is the problem. It's not a bug though,
> > it's a
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