Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11 - 13" Notebook Recommendations?

2013-12-11 Thread Andres
Simon Greenwood escribió: >On 11 December 2013 18:19, Deryk Foote wrote: > >> Ubuntu is great at a lot of things, but keeping my cinder block of an >old >> Dell from kicking the proverbial bucket isn't one of them. Alas...I >suppose >> it's time to move on. >> >> I'm trying to find the most pra

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11 - 13" Notebook Recommendations?

2013-12-11 Thread J Fernyhough
On 11 December 2013 19:28, Liam Proven wrote: > On 11 December 2013 18:19, Deryk Foote wrote: >> Ubuntu is great at a lot of things, but keeping my cinder block of an old >> Dell from kicking the proverbial bucket isn't one of them. > > > > If you want something a bit more basic, Crunchbang works

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11 - 13" Notebook Recommendations?

2013-12-11 Thread Liam Proven
On 11 December 2013 18:19, Deryk Foote wrote: > Ubuntu is great at a lot of things, but keeping my cinder block of an old > Dell from kicking the proverbial bucket isn't one of them. Not that I am trying to persuade you not to get yourself a new laptop, but there are other *Buntus (& Linuxes) th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.

2013-12-11 Thread Andres
Stuart Ward escribió: >On 7 December 2013 17:03, Tony Pursell >wrote: > >> like if you use Alt-Tab to switch between programs it will only >scroll >> through the programs running in that window. >> > >That is one of the features of the unity desktop. Some people like >this. > >Personally I pref

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11 - 13" Notebook Recommendations?

2013-12-11 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
I can confirm Lenovo are good - I have a Lenovo U410 which is right at the top end of your specs - £500 and a 13.5" screen. All the hardware works just fine with 13.04 and 13.10 Cheers Gordon On 11 December 2013 18:19, Deryk Foote wrote: > Ubuntu is great at a lot of things, but keeping my ci

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11 - 13" Notebook Recommendations?

2013-12-11 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 11 December 2013 18:19, Deryk Foote wrote: > Ubuntu is great at a lot of things, but keeping my cinder block of an old > Dell from kicking the proverbial bucket isn't one of them. Alas...I suppose > it's time to move on. > > I'm trying to find the most practical, linux-friendly machine possibl

[ubuntu-uk] 11 - 13" Notebook Recommendations?

2013-12-11 Thread Deryk Foote
Ubuntu is great at a lot of things, but keeping my cinder block of an old Dell from kicking the proverbial bucket isn't one of them. Alas...I suppose it's time to move on. I'm trying to find the most practical, linux-friendly machine possible for under £500, with a screen between 11" and 13.3". It

Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.

2013-12-11 Thread Stuart Ward
On 7 December 2013 17:03, Tony Pursell wrote: > like if you use Alt-Tab to switch between programs it will only scroll > through the programs running in that window. > That is one of the features of the unity desktop. Some people like this. Personally I prefer the gnome shell version, where you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.

2013-12-11 Thread Alan Pope
Hi David, On 11 December 2013 12:25, David King wrote: > For virtual machines, I recommend using Virtual Box, although you have to do > stuff to compile the Virtual Box extensions into the kernel -- it comes with > the commands you need to enter and is quite easy to do. > You should not need to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.

2013-12-11 Thread David King
On 08/12/13 00:06, Andres wrote: I seem to recall configureing atl+tab to cycle through all programs independantly of which workspace they are in. I can look it up if useful. It should be only useful if you run a small amount of programs at the samd time. Also, if I remember correctly, you can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Christmas Google+ Hangout

2013-12-11 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Paul, On 11 December 2013 11:03, Paul Mellors wrote: > It's the season of goodwill and merriment, so I thought what a good way to > spread the joy than with a Unofficial Ubuntu UK Google + Hangout. > Great idea. Hangout (private) or Hangout On Air (public broadcast and uploaded to youtube)?

[ubuntu-uk] Christmas Google+ Hangout

2013-12-11 Thread Paul Mellors
Hello All It's the season of goodwill and merriment, so I thought what a good way to spread the joy than with a Unofficial Ubuntu UK Google + Hangout. With that in mind, please feel free to join me on the 22nd December 8 pm for said hangout.[details to follow] It could be a giggle and is a great