Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 41, Issue 6

2008-09-02 Thread Clare Shepherd
On 2 Sep 2008, at 12:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A few places I have worked in have had those things, and wireless mice > ... however whenever I needed to use them the batteries were > running out > and everything seemed a bit haywire as a result. > > Not my greatest anecdote, but there you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 'The One': new low-priced laptop with linux inside

2008-02-18 Thread Clare Shepherd
On 18 Feb 2008, at 12:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ...of course, what we're talking here is OS-X, an OS that is > completely > different... and, imho, very hard to use compared to the other two. > Having used all three systems, I'm amazed at this remark. An OS is an OS. How different ca

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 32, Issue 32

2007-12-13 Thread Clare Shepherd
On 13 Dec 2007, at 12:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > We could go for guerrilla warfare and attack PC World... > > "Ubuntu Ready"... > > Only problem is that they wouldn't see the funny side... we'd > probably be > done for criminal damage :-( > > Sean Isn't the criminal damage the pre_install

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Alternative to Windows?

2007-10-21 Thread Clare Shepherd
Interested? Well, here are some of those other reasons. Firstly, because of Linux?s ancestory it is considerably more secure than Microsoft?s Window I thought the article was excellent. I did notice one small spelling mistake, I wouldn't mention it but for the reason for writing the articl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cool desktop

2007-09-20 Thread Clare Shepherd
On 20 Sep 2007, at 11:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course, the only way of making your desktop look *really* cool is to use this picture as your background: http://tinyurl.com/avadw Thanks, Phil Now we're really talking cool. But then I'm a 60 year old woman. LOL Clare-- ubuntu-uk@l