Re: [ubuntu-uk] Partitioning Questions

2007-04-30 Thread Dave Ewart
quot; is not, in itself, sufficient to justify that that should always be recommended to others. Different systems have different usage patterns and hardware limitations, after all. Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - freenode: davee All email from me is now digital

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: High Performance Computing

2007-04-24 Thread Dave Ewart
ly written under the PVM framework, i.e. there are 'pvm_*' function calls in your code. PVM may well be more powerful, but it's scope is more limited. Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - freenode: davee All email from me is now digitally signed, key from ht

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FW: High Performance Computing

2007-04-24 Thread Dave Ewart
On Tuesday, 24.04.2007 at 14:04 +0100, Dave Ewart wrote: > Examples of each: > > Clustering: OpenMOSIX, MOSIX Virtualisation: VMware, Xen Parallel: any > multi-threaded application Sorry, wrapped that bit by mistake: Clustering: OpenMOSIX, MOSIX Virtualisation: VMware, Xen P

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FW: High Performance Computing

2007-04-24 Thread Dave Ewart
ell under 2.6.x See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_cluster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_computing and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machines Examples of each: Clustering: OpenMOSIX, MOSIX Virtualisation: VMware, Xen Parallel: any multi-threaded application Dave. -- Dave Ewa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] High Performance Computing

2007-04-23 Thread Dave Ewart
correctly) a kernel patch and some userland/management tools. Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - freenode: davee All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-27 Thread Dave Ewart
On Tuesday, 27.03.2007 at 12:53 +0100, Paul Sladen wrote: > http://www.ubuntuvideo.com/ Ah, that's fun: hadn't found that before. Cheers, Paul :-) Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - freenode: davee All email from me is now digitally signed,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Linux Survey (until 23rd March)

2007-03-15 Thread Dave Ewart
On Thursday, 15.03.2007 at 10:32 +, Alistair Crust wrote: > On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 10:17 +0000, Dave Ewart wrote: > > > One of the points made is that, under a Windows pre-install, various > > companies pay to have other software included (trial versions of Norton > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Linux Survey (until 23rd March)

2007-03-15 Thread Dave Ewart
just buy the Windows PC and then wipe off Windows, together with all the other trial software that includes. Interesting. Dave. - -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - freenode: davee All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerpr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox and BBC video clips

2007-03-06 Thread Dave Ewart
e BBC vids running very smoothly with Realplayer... Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - freenode: davee All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92 signature.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] installing SATA hard drives?

2007-03-06 Thread Dave Ewart
then you will probably have trouble installing. The feature of "being able to see the disks" relates to the Linux kernel in use: typically this is the same in the 'live' environment as for the installed system. Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK Patent Laws

2007-03-01 Thread Dave Ewart
; (or something, don't quite remember the details). As I understand it, the latter is the real danger: many patents which are really no more than software patents are being bundle into that category and being approved. Anyone know anything more about that? Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Partition imagining and dvd burning.

2007-02-12 Thread Dave Ewart
quot;). Of course, an ISO larger than the capacity of a CD won't fit. My point: you ought to be able to write any ISO up to 4.7GB to a DVD. And using k3b. I've done this. Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - freenode: davee All email fro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Partition imagining and dvd burning.

2007-02-12 Thread Dave Ewart
do DVDs. What else is there? k3b *does* do DVDs. What makes you think it does not? Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - freenode: davee All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769

Re: [ubuntu-uk] EDM179

2007-01-11 Thread Dave Ewart
Relating to the EDM179 subject: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/11/1613207 - I've put a comment (as 'daveewart') into the article. Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - freenode: davee All email from me is now digitally signed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] EDM179

2007-01-07 Thread Dave Ewart
Sent a follow-up to my MP, Evan Harris, today. This is in reply to a letter from him asking for more info: This is what I wrote: http://www.sungate.co.uk/?p=273 Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - freenode: davee All email from me is now digitally

Re: [ubuntu-uk] EDM179

2006-12-26 Thread Dave Ewart
ught OO (I assume you mean Open Office). OpenOffice is an *alternative* to MS Word, but we shouldn't really be aiming for 100% OpenOffice use anyway. If the National Curriculum states: "Kids must be trained to use MS Word" (broadly) then I believe that it is misguided. Dave. -- Dave

Re: [ubuntu-uk] EDM179

2006-12-24 Thread Dave Ewart
nt. Having a good all-round computing appreciation and understanding *will* be of benefit. Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - freenode: davee All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E

Re: [ubuntu-uk] EDM179

2006-12-24 Thread Dave Ewart
;s a very different thing, in my opinion, and not at all good. Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - freenode: davee All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92

Re: [ubuntu-uk] EDM179: Response From Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Education and Skills

2006-12-22 Thread Dave Ewart
the EDM: > > http://industry.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=26062 > > Essentially it's a fob-off. Cheeky bugger, isn't he? Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - freenode: davee All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sung

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu satanic edition?

2006-12-16 Thread Dave Ewart
arly just a light-hearted attempt to poke a little bit of fun at the Ubuntu Christian Edition. The "Satanic Edition" is nothing more than a few background pictures, an alternative boot-splash theme and an alternative GDM theme. :-) Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] And now my MP reply...

2006-12-11 Thread Dave Ewart
gned the EDM, terrific! I got a reply from mine asking for more information before he signs it. I suppose this gives me an opportunity to go into more detail than previously... Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - freenode: davee All email from me is now digitally

Re: [ubuntu-uk] And now my MP reply...

2006-12-02 Thread Dave Ewart
> came by post rather than e-mail! > > > I suspect that's politician-speak for "At Some Point". :-) > > Optimist! I think you're misunderstanding my use of the term "At Some Point" :-D Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROT

Re: [ubuntu-uk] And now my MP reply...

2006-12-02 Thread Dave Ewart
I've got an official House of Commons postcard back from Evan Harris MP, saying that my request "will receive attention". I suspect that's politician-speak for "At Some Point". :-) Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - freenode:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Done emailed my MP!

2006-11-24 Thread Dave Ewart
On Friday, 24.11.2006 at 16:08 +, alan c wrote: > > If you haven't written yet, get cracking! :-) > > Done Also done: http://www.sungate.co.uk/?p=269 Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - freenode: davee All email from me is now digitally

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Done wrote my MP!

2006-11-24 Thread Dave Ewart
e receiving many copies of the same thing and are more likely to ignore it. Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - freenode: davee All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769