Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity launcher ....

2012-03-23 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
On 23 March 2012 19:54, Neil Greenwood wrote: > It's policy. The decision was made after usability testing, where users got > confused when first maximising a window. "where's the launcher gone now?" > And because the option was being removed, the decision was also made to > remove the code to red

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GPL etc.

2011-12-26 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
On 26 December 2011 10:37, Sean Miller wrote: > I have found this one, however, which looks very nice but it isn't > generic... it's specifically written as a Joomla plug-in Before forking it, contacting the current authors to check if they are happy to move to that way would be a polite move. If

Re: [ubuntu-uk] That annoying lock-screen ....

2011-11-08 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
On 8 November 2011 22:16, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi there  A couple of weeks ago, we were talking about getting rid of > the lock-screen on Ubuntu 11.10 and I've just put 11.10 on a new computer > and can't remember how to do it.  Ca someone remind me please? Search for Screen, disable by hitti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer 5742 laptop compatibility with Ubuntu

2011-10-17 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
On 17 October 2011 07:32, Bob Giles wrote: > Having successfully converted my wife to Ubuntu Linux the time has come to > replace her ageing laptop. I have seen an advert from Dabs offering an Acer > 5742 I5 laptop for £399 inc VAT. (http://goo.gl/zcPyN) This appears to fit > the bill but I have a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Laptop

2011-07-25 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
On 25 July 2011 11:26, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > Does it have VGA out? Does it suffer from this bug? It does but I haven't tried it, the laptop is destined for my mother and she doesn't have an external screen. She's more than 7 decades old but have been using Ubuntu with Gnome for a long time now

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Laptop

2011-07-25 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
On 25 July 2011 08:01, Neil Greenwood wrote: > I've had no problems at all with the Intel integrated graphics in my > Dell Inspiron, ever since 7.10 with an upgrade to every version in > between that and 11.04. 4.5 year old Inspiron 9400 and Intel card works fine but has performance problems with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Geeknic+sci-fi at the british library: reminder?

2011-07-22 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
On 22 July 2011 16:25, Matthew Daubney wrote: > I believe the plan is to meet at Platform 3 3/4 (outside Kings Cross) > where you can run into a wall with your eyes shut if you so wish :) Have fun, it's a quite interesting exhibition. If I wasn't headbanging in High Voltage this weekend I'd consid

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Oracle 11g Trouble

2011-07-19 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
Hi Dave, On 19 July 2011 15:00, Dave Hanson wrote: > > Steve - mine starts with #! /bin/sh, which from some 'googling' tells me it's > a bourne shell, the Ubuntu variant is bash. So does that mean it cannot be > ran on Ubuntu or is it possible to use a different shell? > Simon - It is for now a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Booting to ubuntu with VM, for now -- advice needed

2011-05-12 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
On 13/05/11 07:49, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 07:31 +0100, Hakan Koseoglu wrote: Each process will be still limited to a max of 4GB therefore if your aim is to use more than that inside a process, 64 bit is the better choice. Each process is limited to a max of 2 GB, not 4

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Booting to ubuntu with VM, for now -- advice needed

2011-05-12 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
On 12/05/11 21:17, Avi wrote: Ubuntu ships with PAE support (as do most distros - the kernel's supported it for ever, too), so any 32bit Ubuntu install will be able to address 64GB by default. Each process will be still limited to a max of 4GB therefore if your aim is to use more than that insid

Re: [ubuntu-uk] End of Skype on Linux?

2011-05-10 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
On 10 May 2011 14:09, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: > Because publicly-traded companies don't do that to profitable companies > with valuable technology. It doesn't increase shareholder value. Skype is $600+ million in debt and and last year lost $7m more. I wouldn't call that profitable. Even though it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Find a Router's IP address

2010-10-19 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
On 19/10/10 16:54, Cornelius Mostert wrote: > The scenario is as follow: > 1. You have permission to work as Admin on a Lan > 2. You do NOT have any documentation from the previous Admin > 3. You find a router / WiFi Router that is in use and therefore you can > NOT reset it > 4. This router is a "