Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Parties..

2014-04-14 Thread Deryk Foote
I'd be keen to tag along! The Thirsty Bear is right near Waterloo, and there might be seating. It's a fun pub, pull your own pints and the burgers are pretty killer. On 14 April 2014 11:09, Matthew Ames wrote: > I quite liked the place we went for the saucy meet up. Basically anywhere > that we

[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] Flickering cursor in Ubuntu 13.10

2013-12-05 Thread Deryk Foote
A little Google-fu turns up a lot of similar issues related to Ubuntu recognising a non-existent second monitor, e.g. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2181671 On 5 December 2013 18:07, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > > Just installed 13.10 as dual-boot on my Lenovo U410. Using a Logitec

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Moonlight

2013-09-11 Thread Deryk Foote
I wish Silverlight were effectively dead. Perhaps write your MP? Ha. After installing patched version of Wine and building pipelight, I had no luck with the parliament.uk site, but I'll keep tinkering and let you know if I come up with anything. On Wed, 11 Sep, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Alan Pope wro