Re: [ubuntu-uk] Globally Jamming

2013-02-26 Thread Tony Scott
Hi Laura All I was saying it was unclear from the event site who was organising the event - which is usually not the case! However, I'm afraid I'm already down to go to UKGovcamp http://www.ukgovcamp.com/ on the same day. I'll try and get to the next hackntalk - good luck with the first one! Ch

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 13.04 behaves differently...

2013-02-26 Thread Liam Proven
On 26 February 2013 15:32, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: > On 2013-02-26 14:48, Paula Graham wrote: >> Agree, hated Unity at first (and there's still things about it, >> especially lack of customisability) that are annoying) but now that it >> actually works properly - and looks so nice on 13.04 ... > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 13.04 behaves differently...

2013-02-26 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On 2013-02-26 14:48, Paula Graham wrote: > Agree, hated Unity at first (and there's still things about it, > especially lack of customisability) that are annoying) but now that it > actually works properly - and looks so nice on 13.04 ... One question: can you raise a window while dragging an obje

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 13.04 behaves differently...

2013-02-26 Thread Paula Graham
On 21/02/13 17:37, Barry Drake wrote: > Curiously, last week I put Mint on a spare partition just to take a > look. I found I was not enjoying the experience! It was only on > reflection that I realised I was missing the easy Unity experience too > much! I find Unity very usable on PC and netboo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logon to desktop lag

2013-02-26 Thread Paula Graham
On 06/02/13 22:44, SuperEngineer wrote: > On Wed, 2013-02-06 at 21:53 +, Alan Pope wrote: >> Bootchart probably. > Alan, solved. A thousand thanks. > > Bootchart proved the one thing I'd got so used to I'd forgotten it might > be a cause. Cairo dock loading at start up on a Unity desktop - us

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

2013-02-26 Thread Paula Graham
On 06/02/13 13:50, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > > Linux Emporium do quite a range of Lenovo's with Ubuntu ready > installed. I suppose when you rate the machines against the prices, > you find that for any given price you're getting less of a machine, > because the margin they charge for the installatio

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

2013-02-26 Thread Paula Graham
Yyyy! 3.8 kernel does have the module. I generally find the next version of Ubuntu solves probs with drivers for relatively new equipment. Paula -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video for dual-boot with UEFI Secure Boot

2013-02-26 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On 26/02/13 10:39, James Tait wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, Following on from the recent discussions about UEFI Secure Boot, this dropped into my Inbox over the weekend. It's a series of three videos that may or may not help to explain what goes on during install

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Globally Jamming

2013-02-26 Thread Laura Czajkowski
On 25/02/13 23:19, Tony Scott wrote: > Hi Alan > > Ok - got it http://www.lczajkowski.com/2013/01/28/hackntalk-march-event/ > > It just looks rather odd there is no name(s) on the event site - there > usually is for hack/camp/tech etc type of events. > > Cheers > Wasn't trying to hide the fact at a

[ubuntu-uk] Video for dual-boot with UEFI Secure Boot

2013-02-26 Thread James Tait
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, Following on from the recent discussions about UEFI Secure Boot, this dropped into my Inbox over the weekend. It's a series of three videos that may or may not help to explain what goes on during installation of a dual-boot UEFI system with S

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Toshiba NB100-11r netbooks

2013-02-26 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 25 Feb 2013 12:51:56 Robert Flatters wrote: > On Monday, 25 February 2013, Nigel Verity wrote: > > I would echo the advice to go for 12.04 using one of the lighter variants > > e.g Lubuntu or Xubuntu. > > > > As a tip based on my own experience, when you advertise the netbooks don't > >