> I've never needed to compile a driver for a Wifi Dongle. Most all use
> the same chipsets and are well supported.
>
> if you struggle to find one that works try buying one which is supported
> by Raspberry Pi.. If it works on Raspbian (a Debian derivative) it's
> almost certain to work on Ub
Thanks for all your replies. The thing is I recently bought one on Amazon. It
turned out that it definitely wasn't plug and play. It did include a linux
driver you had to compile. I'm afraid I failed at this and ended up returning
it. I wanted to avoid repeating this! (I have one I bought years
Can anyone recommend a wifi dongle that's plug & play / compatible with 16.04.
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Can anyone recommend a wifi dongle that's plug & play / compatible with 16.04.
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>> I feel it's a pity that Canonical don't collaborate with a supplier
>> to provide PC / laptops ..
>
> Why would installing Ubuntu invalidate the warantee? You can always
> restore Windows from the install CDs or whatever restore system is
> provided with the machine.
>
In theory this
- Original Message -
> From: Barry Titterton
> To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com; lubuntu-us...@lists.ubuntu.com
> Cc:
> Sent: Thursday, 4 December 2014, 15:26
> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?
>
> Hi All,
>
> How old is the oldest computer that you have in regular use?
>> This is the way things are going to go as outsourcing becomes the
>> norm and unless councils find a good reason to adopt FLOSS (and cost
>> doesn't seem to be one, despite what we're told about making
>> savings), it isn't going to change.
>
> Cost is one reason - it's more expensive to s
Thanks for all your suggestions I'll give them a try when I get a moment. (Pity
it's broken though - maybe it'll be fixed in the next LTS :) )
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Having just installed 13.04 I was a bit surprised to find that I can't copy
folders / files from my 12.04 machine - nautilus hangs.
This seems to be a known error / bug to do with gvfs. I was hoping there might
be a simple-ish workround of some sort but so far have failed to find one.
Can anyon
>I'm still confused as to how having a rant on a mailing list is going to get
>the problem resolved ...
I'm not sure whether this is really a "rant" or not and whether if it was that
matters! It is however an issue related to Ubuntu so is surely relevant to this
Is it just me? I seem to be getting some replies arriving before the original
question! Anyone else experiencing this or am I just going mad?
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> From: Gordon Burgess-Parker
> To: UK Ubuntu Talk
> Cc:
> Sent: Monday, 2 July 2012, 21:48
> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Replacing Linux Mint 13 with Ubuntu 12.04
>
> If I want to replace Linux Mint 13 with Ubuntu 12.04, will it just be a case
> of
> installing over the
> I'd also encourage good trimming of posts, but for dealing with those that
> aren't with Thunderbird, there is an addon which collapses quotes here:
Some of us Luddites just use web-mail!:)
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>From: Nigel Verity
>To: Ubuntu UK Mailing List
>Sent: Saturday, 10 March 2012, 14:32
>Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Partitioning Question
>
>
>
>Hi
>
>
>A
bit of advice on partitioning, please.
>
>
>I
currently dual-boot Xubuntu and Windows 7. I've now got to the happy
situation where I no longer need
>Linux Mint is higher in the rankings than Ubuntu.
Mint 12 is newer than Ubuntu 11.10 so people are interested to see what's on
offer. I suspect when 12.04 comes out that will regain top place for the same
reason
>Why is it that Unity requires the user to be an expert.
When I first used Gnome
>
>On the subject of ink,
>
>
>I've used http://www.365ink.co.uk/
> for a few years now. Very good people to deal with.
>
http://www.prink.co.uk/
also seem pretty good. Currys/PC World £28 per cartridge - Prink £2.50 & they
work fine!
(These are for my 10 year old epson printer but assume oth
>
> With a current thread I have seen about laptop buying in mind, I
> called in to Novatech Reading on my travels. I spoke to the Manager
> Alex Burrows. I had discussed Ubuntu etc with him on a previous
> occasion or two over the years and received agreement in principle to
> try out Ubuntu on
> In addition, it may be of interest to mention here that I also run a
> couple of groups within the U3A 'clubs'.
I've recently joined Northampton U3A. I'm intending to attend a computing group
next month however having spoken to the leader there doesn't currently seem to
be a lot of interest
> There's no doubt that Unity has split the Ubuntu userbase considerably
Hey I got upset when the buttons moved from right to left!
I've tried other distros but generally find there's something that needs
fiddling to get it work whereas Ubuntu seems to set up all the stuff I want to
do more o
> As a first step, because you are likely to have old kernels still
> installed, I would recommend trying the kernel of the same version as
> the liveCD to see if that works better.
Tried various kernels but unfortunately to no avail.
The happy ending bit:
As a last resort I thought I'd try rem
Thanks for the suggestions:
>Maybe rename your .pulse folder (if there is one) to see if it works?
>If not, rename it back.
Tried this & a new folder is generated but still doesn't work :(
>Have you run
>
>alsamixer
Looked at this & as far as I can see nothing's muted etc. Also looked at the
Not sure what happened (or what I've done!) but I don't seem to have sound any
more.
I'm convinced it's a software issue as if I boot from a live CD the sound works
OK.
I've tried uninstalling / reinstalling alsa & pulse in synaptic to no avail +
various terminal commands (doing similar things
> From: Pete
>To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
>Sent: Sunday, 20 November 2011, 20:05
>Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Help gnome 3 broke my laptop!
>
>hi all,
>
>I was playing around trying to install gnome 3 onto my Ubuntu 11.04 system,
>this was done via synaptic, since then I have been given the choice
Another thing worth a go is to install Ubuntu-Restricted-Extras. Can't recall
having to install LAME manually for ages so imagine this probably includes it &
perhaps other encoders/codecs which may be relevant to your prob.
George
>
>From: Bruce Beardall
>To:
>Windows is a familiar word. It's releases have progressive names, Windows XP,
>Windows Vista, Windows 7. They sound cool.
>
>Mac OS X 'sounds' cool. Its big cat release names sound powerful. Lion is soon
>to be released and is very cheap. This is cool.
>
In my experience people use these OSs n
>From: John Stevenson
>Move the mouse between the Gimp menu and the indicators on the panel and press
>the middle mouse button (or left/right buttons together). This cycles through
>the windows open on the workspace.
Thanks John (and everyone else who replied) - this seems to have the desired
- Original Message
> From: Avi
> Sounds like alt+tab might be one?
>
Yeah kind of works. Tend not to use/remember keyboard short cuts. I'll see how
I
get on.
Thanks
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Just when I thought I'd got used to unity & I can probably live with it I tried
using the gimp.
Previously with this I have the main window maximised & set up toolbox & layers
as normal windows hidden behind the main one.
In gnome2 it's easy to get at these other two windows from the bottom pan
> Tried doing this in but it keeps telling me "Looks like you have a question
>or
> two that still needs to be filled in."
>
> Can't see what I'm supposed to have missed.
>
> Any hints?
>
Worked OK for me this am. (Someone's playing with my mind!)
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> If you have an opinion on Ubuntu, please take 5 minutes to fill out
> the following Ubuntu User-Experience survey:
> http://is.gd/vnPvog
>
Tried doing this in but it keeps telling me "Looks like you have a question or
two that still needs to be filled in."
Can't see what I'm supposed to hav
> another possibility is a usb wifi dongle?
The Linux Emporium also sell these stating that they work with 10.04. I bought
one (although not the same model as they sell now) a year or two back and it
has
worked with every Ubuntu version I've installed up to 10.10 and other distros.
Only costs
Ta to all the people who have replied to this thread so far it's certainly
given
me some food for thought.
Novatech has been mentioned positively quite a few a few times.
Just wondered are there any novatechi3
(http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/laptop/range/novatechi3.html) users out
ther
> From: Barry Drake
> Just been put in touch with: https://www.linuxlaptops2go.co.uk/home
> LinuxLaptops2Go. See how you get on with them.
Found this site before. All their products seem to be out of stock. Is this an
omen?!
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>From experience, the pcspecialists machines work faultlessly with Ubuntu. Just
>fyi, You do need to use a proprietary wifi driver though.
It was pcspecialists themselves who alerted me that there was a problem!
http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?3354-Laptop-15.6-quot-Genesis-II
Don't really want to go beyond £500ish.
- Original Message
>
> Whats your budget?
>
> Simon
>
> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 5:39 PM, George Tripp wrote:
> > Up to now I've put Ubuntu on ancient PCs I already had. Currently I'm
>thinking
&g
Up to now I've put Ubuntu on ancient PCs I already had. Currently I'm thinking
about getting a laptop but don't want to spend my hard earned cash find I've
bought something that can't run the operating system I wish to.
Looked at a couple of companies which will sell machines without any op syst
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