Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for old computers

2015-07-03 Thread Alan Jenkins
I know it isn't a district but there is something you should try using on that machine if you only have 256MB of RAM, ZRAM aka compcache ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zram ). Find whatever light distribution and try that on it, it should help with the low memory situation. Many android devices

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2014-12-04 Thread Alan Jenkins
For me its a 3 year old computer. The older one I had (6 years old), died not too long ago due to hardware failure. Neither of those computers would have ever struggled running Linux or any non heavy gaming / rendering software. Before my fathers computer's hard disk died that was also about 8 yea

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 14.10 code name

2014-04-23 Thread Alan Jenkins
Yeah that could be a pain. Unbelievable Unicorn sounds more amusing though considering they don't exist anyway. On Wednesday, April 23, 2014, Bruno Girin wrote: > The adjective may be the difficult part. Unreliable Unicorn doesn't sound > too good. > > > On 23 April 2014 16:22, Philip Stubbs >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Merry Christmas

2013-12-25 Thread Alan Jenkins
Merry Christmas to you too Dave. On 25 Dec 2013, at 12:23, Dave Morley wrote: > I wish you all and your families a Very Merry Christmas and Health > Wealth and Happiness for the new year. > > Have a fantastic holiday. > -- > You make it, I'll break it! > > I love my job :) > http://www.ubuntu.co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 1000 commands

2013-11-07 Thread Alan Jenkins
The ranger CLI file manager is awesome too if your familiar with vi/vim. I use it a lot for getting to where I need to be. S is your friend (puts you in a shell in the directory you have selected in ranger). On 7 Nov 2013, at 15:09, Liam Proven wrote: > On 7 November 2013 10:40, Alan Pope wrot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 1000 commands

2013-11-06 Thread Alan Jenkins
easier and means you can spend the saved time working on other cool things or having fun. On 6 Nov 2013, at 20:16, Avi Greenbury wrote: > Alan Jenkins wrote: >> Shell scripts and aliases are the way to go for common commands. What on >> earth are you using more than a 1000 c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 1000 commands

2013-11-05 Thread Alan Jenkins
Shell scripts and aliases are the way to go for common commands. What on earth are you using more than a 1000 commands in your history for? I recommend making yourself aliases and scripts for your most used commands which you should be able to discern from your history file. On 5 Nov 2013, at 17:3

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home folder keeps disappearing

2013-05-31 Thread Alan Jenkins
two commands? sudo mount sudo fdisk -l Thanks, Alan Jenkins On 31 May 2013, at 21:00, David King wrote: Nothing is encrypted. I should point out that /home is a separate partition to root, but on the same hard drive. Most of my data is on other hard drives. David On 31/05/13 17:42, Alan

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home folder keeps disappearing

2013-05-31 Thread Alan Jenkins
Hey David, Do you have encrypted home folders enabled? If so it could just be failing to mount your home using encfs for some reason. On 31 May 2013, at 17:19, David King wrote: > Sometimes my home folder is missing. When I boot up and get to the login > screen, I enter my password to login a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] missing hard drive

2013-05-02 Thread Alan Jenkins
Run sudo parted -l in a terminal that will list the installed drives and partitions. It could be that the graphical tools are just not listing the ntfs partitions in xubuntu. Or it could be just what the other person replied, the disk has become unplugged or has failed. On 2 May 2013, at 07:32, no

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Network proxies and PAC files

2013-05-01 Thread Alan Jenkins
You could also try this: http://linuxpoison.blogspot.tw/2010/12/automatic-web-browser-proxy.html?m=1 On 1 May 2013, at 17:49, Neil Greenwood wrote: On May 1, 2013 5:27 PM, "Alan Jenkins" wrote: > > Foxyproxy is a good plugin for firefox if you cannot get the PAC file work

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Network proxies and PAC files

2013-05-01 Thread Alan Jenkins
Foxyproxy is a good plugin for firefox if you cannot get the PAC file working. That allows setting exceptions and redirecting to different proxies based on regular expressions. On 1 May 2013, at 17:11, Neil Greenwood wrote: On May 1, 2013 4:16 PM, "Simon Greenwood" wrote: > > > > > On 1 May 20

Re: [ubuntu-uk] input problem

2013-04-07 Thread Alan Jenkins
Have you checked the log files e.g. /var/log/messages to see if it indicates that the USB devices get unplugged or anything similar when you cannot input anything? On 7 Apr 2013, at 15:46, norman silverstone wrote: > < very big snip > > > I have just booted the PC for the first time in 24 hours

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dynamic DNS service

2013-03-19 Thread Alan Jenkins
Personally I use zoneedit with my own domain with ddclient. http://www.zoneedit.com/dynamicDNS.html This would be good if you want a custom domain name that isn't no-ip.com or the like. Hope this helps. On 19 Mar 2013, at 20:30, Adam Funk wrote: On 2013-03-19, Alan Pope wrote: On 19/03/13 14

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bloomin' ATI and Linux....

2009-04-30 Thread Alan Jenkins
your hair out with the ATI drivers. Unfortunately this is not an option for most laptop owners (there are some laptops you can change the card in http://www.mxm-upgrade.com/Table.html check to see if yours is on the list). Anyway hope this helps, Alan Jenkins 2009/4/30 Chris Rowson > Hi,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop

2009-03-04 Thread Alan Jenkins
Andrew Turner wrote: > Just found this in the EULA:- > > "By using the software, you accept these terms. If you do not accept > them, do not use the software. Instead, return it to the retailer for > a refund or credit. If you cannot obtain a refund there, contact > Microsoft or the Microsoft affil

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Poundland

2009-03-03 Thread Alan Jenkins
LeeGroups wrote: >>> So I really must check out this Poundland offer. I tried looking for the >>> Poundland website, but Google told me that poundland.com contained >>> malicious code and would not let me directly visit it. Wikipedia listed >>> the site as being at poundland.co.uk, which when I tri