Re: [ubuntu-uk] A-levels (was Royal Society)

g Ubuntu, I was running Debian because it was all my EEE 701 could cope with and run smoothly). > > Mark > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com Vote Lib Dem - Building a fairer Britain - http://libdems.org.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Young Rewired State

o releasing the data via enqu...@tfl.gov.uk or @TfLoffficial on Twitter. Thanks! -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com Vote Lib Dem - Building a fairer Britain - http://libdems.org.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Bad news for Ubuntu on Dell

ey are currently available through our phone-based sales only.' The move comes after Dell put a page on its website advising customers only to go for Ubuntu if they were interested in open-source programming." -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com Vote Lib Dem - Building a fairer Bri

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Sony PRS 300 and ebook readers in general

e much cheaper by now. Are you sure? The only place I can find selling it is Argos for £179, and the PRS-300 is on Play for £150. -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com Vote Lib Dem - Building a fairer Britain - http://libdems.org.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/l

[ubuntu-uk] OT: Sony PRS 300 and ebook readers in general

to use calibre)? Also, has anyone got an old PRS-300 they're looking to sell to a fellow Ubuntu user for around £90? Thanks -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com Vote Lib Dem - Building a fairer Britain - http://libdems.org.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

On 14 Jun 2010, at 20:29, Barry Titterton wrote: > It's official: > > http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu? > c=us&l=en&cs=19 > > There is also a tick chart at the bottom of the page that is a fair > comparison of Ubuntu with Windows. It made me smile. > > Barry > > > -- > ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD

ciated with the PC. > > Therefore it is legal to install Windows from another disk? > Surely not. "*and*(2) the *original* recovery media or hard-disk based recovery image associated with the PC." -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com Vote Lib Dem - Building a f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups

s? The Lake District? > > -- > Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven > Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com > Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 > AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • L

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups

Micheal H >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > I vote 'no' to a London skyline. > > -- > Philip Stubbs > Exactly. I prefer Mockup 1 to the others, but it fee

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is Ubuntu getting too bloated?

e less), but then only takes  <10 seconds to get into a > usable desktop. Did you install Gnome on Debian, because AFAIK XFCE is the default desktop environment for Debian. -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com Vote Lib Dem - Building a fairer Britain - http://libdems.org.uk -- ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

On 25 May 2010, at 21:08, Jon Farmer wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 17:38 +0100, Dianne Reuby wrote: >> Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox in Lucid? I can play >> pre-watershed items, but others give another flash window which >> lets me >> choose whether I want a PIN or not. Whichever

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

On 25 May 2010 19:05, Bruno Girin wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 18:14 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: >> On 25 May 2010 17:38, Dianne Reuby wrote: >> > Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox in Lucid? I can play >> > pre-watershed items, but others give another

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

> Confirmed, I've got the same problem. Is the program you want on seesaw.com? -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com Vote Lib Dem - Building a fairer Britain - http://libdems.org.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] O2 Joggler: deal

'd prefer to build my own image. Has anyone got any instructions for building your own image from *non*-UNR Ubuntu? -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com Vote Lib Dem - Building a fairer Britain - http://libdems.org.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] O2 Joggler: deal

without Ubuntu. > Anyone know if loads of shops have run out of stock of them like what was reported last time round? -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com Vote Lib Dem - Building a fairer Britain - http://libdems.org.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [Brighton-lug-misc] Free UNIX shell account

On 18 Apr 2010, at 23:02, louis taylor wrote: Does anyone know if these people will install software on the server? In particular byobu (which runs on bsd) You could try asking for it on IRC or compiling it in your home directory. In the case of byobu it only

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [Brighton-lug-misc] Free UNIX shell account

$3 a month to do that). Premium accounts, among other things, let you run 1 or 2 background processes (depending on how much you paid). screen doesn't count as a background process, so for example running screen with 3 windows - one just running bash, one running irssi and one running lyn

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [Brighton-lug-misc] Free UNIX shell account

On 15 April 2010 19:42, Kris Douglas wrote: > On 15 April 2010 19:29, Harry Rickards wrote: >> On 15 April 2010 19:26, Kris Douglas wrote: >> >>> >>> What would you actually use a shell server for, other than as an ssh tunnel? >>> >> >> K

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [Brighton-lug-misc] Free UNIX shell account

On 15 April 2010 19:26, Kris Douglas wrote: > > What would you actually use a shell server for, other than as an ssh tunnel? > Keeping an IRC client (irssi) and other stuff open 24/7 in an instance of screen. -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com Vote Lib Dem - Building a fairer Brita

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [Brighton-lug-misc] Free UNIX shell account

nt To: "brighton-lug-m...@ourshack.com" Another free shell provider has started up http://devio.us -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com Vote Lib Dem - Building a fairer Britain - http://libdems.org.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Gmail mute thread was: DEB again

he 'm' key. However I apply > filters to all my mailling lists so they skip my inbox immediately. It > would be nice to automatically mark threads as read if they are > 'muted' but I imagine this feature is not available. It's under More Actions > Mute. --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gadget Show Live Meet-Up

rrow I thought I would remind > everyone about this poll for people who are going to see if any meet ups > can be arranged. Also, if any one going tomorrow spots any Linux stalls it would be great if you could tell everyone who's going on the 9th or 10th. -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

ould be on > BBC Parliament today but I'm not sure what time it is on. Looking at http://services.parliament.uk/calendar/, it seems to be quite far down the list of things after noon today. -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com Vote Lib Dem - Building a fairer Britain - http://libdems.org.uk -- ubuntu-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?

On 2 Feb 2010, at 13:53, Liam Wilson wrote: > Right, so it seems that creating a 'Viral Videos' (I.e; short videos > that I'd be interested in helping wherever I can. Perhaps we should have a seperate mailing list to discuss this on? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert

On 31 January 2010 14:50, CShadowRun wrote: > I don't think shots of IRC or the forum would be that good, there's alot > of negative stigma around "Chat rooms" and "Online forums" unfortunately :( What about someone sending an email to the mailing list?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

ged since then. It's still prohibitively expensive to > make them and show them to people. > What about advertising on one of the Freeview SciFi channels (e.g Virgin 1) that have a lot less viewers, more relevant ones (I'm guessing here, but I imagine the frequent watchers of SciF

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gadget Show Live Meet-Up

On 21 Jan 2010, at 17:48, Ashley Whetter wrote: > I take it that you are going this year - just out of query, what day > shall you be descending on the NEC? > > I am going this year, on the 9th. We need a list of people so we > know how is going when and to keep this organised somehow. > Fo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gadget Show Live Meet-Up

85UkIb+uIIuqTmr/HtHNFHJ3rBof7OW > QUOGVF8s0sp6ROuGWxKalwDcZdWZT8peAhf/UEsZBXkVDpX2xybZ4Tt+gCJOW+92 > ZUnGt1nN1/V1AjGROeLjZTX8lHcVobmhy/N95RfoxmBqohuLSs2wYXZl7Tddq0lZ > ng1dEMwoULCaYSEwlEVZsVWGmlHysluP7lDKoHpkCgjJZAsWmrlVEpcfUFVkfug= > =9/iT > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Petition re European software patenting

is, but, if not, you may be interested: >> > >> > http://petition.stopsoftwarepatents.eu/741002697334/ >> > >> > mac Signed as well. Thanks! -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com Debian Lenny server | Debian Sid desktop | UNR Karmic netbook A good programmer is someone who looks

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic RC updates

2009/10/22 Harry Rickards : > The only problem I encountered was FreeCiv not fitting on the tiny 7" > screen, but that was fixed by using the SDL client instead (and yes, > there is already a bug filed). > For anyone who's got the same problem package numbers are freeciv-cl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic RC updates

SDL client instead (and yes, there is already a bug filed). -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com Debian Lenny server | Debian Sid desktop | UNR Karmic netbook A good programmer is someone who looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. - Doug Linder Binary is as easy as 01, 10, 11.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where is everyone!?

> > Have you recently subscribed to any really busy mailing lists? After subscribing to debian-user, I started to think that no-one was posting to GLLUG then realised the posts were just being drowned out in the traffic of debian-user. - --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fake Linus Torvalds

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/29/09 15:05, Rob Beard wrote: > Harry Rickards wrote: >> >>>> Anyone else noticed that they are tweeting on MacOSX? >>>> >>>> Why not Gnome, KDE, XFCE and um... does Emacs have a Twitter plugin? &g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fake Linus Torvalds

t; > Anyone else noticed that they are tweeting on MacOSX? > > Why not Gnome, KDE, XFCE and um... does Emacs have a Twitter plugin? > > Rob > > How dare you! I'll have y

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Movie Editor

Video Editing System (http://lives.sourceforge.net/). I've yet to find something it can't do (but I'm not the most advanced video editor) although it can be quite complicated to use. Ubuntu packages are avaliable

[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [Sussex] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales]

...@mailman.lug.org.uk E-mail Address: sus...@mailman.lug.org.uk Sussex LUG Website: http://www.sussex.lug.org.uk/ https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/sussex - -- Thanks Harry Rickards GPG Key Info: pub 1024R/58449F6F 2009-06-12 uid Harry Rickards (OpenPGP Card) sub 1024R

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Open Source Project kafuffle...

eft/lesser.html), BSD (http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php) or Apache License (http://www.apache.org/licenses/). - -- Thanks Harry Rickards GPG Key Info: pub 1024R/58449F6F 2009-06-12 uid Harry Rickards (OpenPGP Card) sub 1024R/D775CCEE 2009-06-12 sub 1024R/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Open Source Project kafuffle...

s there any way around this, as he has given up with no announcements etc? > > Any help would be appreciated! > > James > How much do you contribute to the project? If you contribute code, could you not classify yourself as a developer of the software, and give yourself permission t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where did g++ go?

g++ has no installation candidate > > Anyone know what is happening with g++? > > Dan > What if you do (sudo) apt-get update first? - -- Thanks Harry Rickards GPG Key Info: pub 1024R/58449F6F 2009-06-12 uid Harry Rickards (OpenPGP Card) sub 1024R/D775CCEE 2009-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] install just the command-line

ts of Ubuntu (linux > with all the package managers, I guess) & see if I can get it running as a > little server for cron jobs or something that I can just ssh on to. > What would I be looking for to do this? > Cheers, >Doug. > > Use Ubuntu Server (http://www.ubuntu.com/ge

Re: [ubuntu-uk] card reader not recognised

k list use http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org. > - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:58449F6F) - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K+ w--- O- M- V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t 5 X R tv-- b+++ DI D G e* h! !r y? - -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

. But no mention of >> the Doctor or the Daleks... >> >> I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like? > > APT GET UPDATE! APT GET UPDATE! > > -n > The Doctor: Do it the Debian way! Use aptitude! - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:58449F6F) -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic 9.10 Release party

, like cd's and other things, maybe some other ubuntu things, to give out. > For those of us who can't make an 'irl' (in real life) release party, does anyone want to have one on IRC where we just do whatever we'd do at an actual release party? - -- Many thanks Harry Ricka

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tonido

Rob > > Just found http://www.tonido.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=44. Looks like it's only the SDK that's going to be GPL'ed at the moment. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:58449F6F) - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tonido

se there's a mailing list at http://www.tonido.com/what_tonido_platform.html that will apparently tell you when the SDK is released. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:58449F6F) - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Flame Wars mailing list

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John wrote: > Harry Rickards wrote: > John wrote: > > > >>>> Join the Firefox newsgroups, there is a core of members on there that >>>> are either mods or users who will spend hours arguing about a break

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Flame Wars mailing list

bout Firefox, and you have no chance. Flame wars galore on there. Its a > bit of a joke to be honest, I wish they would leave, but unfortunately > they run the newsgroup. I think that is the worst part of Firefox. > John Thanks. Is that support-firefox or dev-apps-firefox? - -- Many

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Flame Wars mailing list

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: > Harry Rickards wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Alan Pope wrote: >> >>> Is this a five minute argument or the full half hour? >>>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Flame Wars mailing list

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/7/3 Harry Rickards : >> Does anyone know if there's a flame war mailing list? I don't enjoy >> starting flame wars, but IMHO arguing your side in an existing war can >> help you let off steam

[ubuntu-uk] [OT] Flame Wars mailing list

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Does anyone know if there's a flame war mailing list? I don't enjoy starting flame wars, but IMHO arguing your side in an existing war can help you let off steam. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:58449F6F) - -BEGIN GEEK

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Website Hacked.....

ink was just one of many > straws that broke the camel's back. > > -n > Yeah. I think I read somewhere that his mother and sister had committed suicide earlier this year as well. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:58449F6F) - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 G

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Website Hacked.....

anged himself). My VPS was restored from backups within a couple of hours, and they dealt with the whole thing excellently. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:58449F6F) - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K+ w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Website Hacked.....

cebook profile (http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Gustaf-Ardana/1095917833) confirms he's got something to do with the http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Gustaf-Ardana/1095917833. Maybe a possible suspect? - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:58449F6F) - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Website Hacked.....

ois] 407.www.bridging-finance.org.uk [Whois] 408.www.irish-interiors.com [Whois] 409.www.meknows.com [Whois] 410.www.charaktery24.pl [Whois] 411.allthingscosplay.com[Whois] 412.agrofoodnews.com[Whois] - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox, ubuntu and tesco shopping online

wser/OS > you're running and display the page differently. It's the main cause I > can think of if you're running the same browser on two different OSs. > Or just change general.useragent.extra.firefox in about:config. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:58449F6F)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox, ubuntu and tesco shopping online

irefox 3.5, as it uses a different JavaScript rendering engine. Release Candidate 2 was released today (I think). - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:58449F6F) - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K+ w--- O-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] first edition

> Of course there's always http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/4.10/ - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:58449F6F) - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K+ w--- O- M- V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t 5

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

On 16 Jun 2009, at 19:54, John wrote: > Harry Rickards wrote: >> ... >> You could also try PearPC (http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/), which >> is a >> >>> >> PowerPC emulator, so you can run the old OSX's on it. Of course, >> legally &g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can I run my OSX partition in VirtualBox (or something like it)?

ons -- I shall have to see if I can find where, again. > Cheers for all the replies, >Doug. > AFAIK you can't use an existing partition, but if it's a PowerPC version of OSX you can user PearPC (http://pearpc.sourceforge.net) - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG K

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

gt;> > hehe, I like that. :) > You could also try PearPC (http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/), which is a PowerPC emulator, so you can run the old OSX's on it. Of course, legally you can't even if you own a OSX license, but I doubt Apple would care that much if you bought the OS f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

find Wine under Add/Remove programs or find an updated version at > www.winehq.com > ... Alternatively, if you really want Safari you could run a copy of Windows in VirtualBox, which will let you run any Windows apps you want. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:58449F6F) - -BE

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox Bookmark sharing? (was "Home partitions do I need one?")

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/14/09 13:43, Michael Iain Douglas wrote: > Harry Rickards wrote: >> On 14 Jun 2009, at 13:37, Michael Iain Douglas >> wrote: >> >> >>> mac wrote: >>> >>> Mac: slight problem: som

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home partitions do I need one?

On 14 Jun 2009, at 13:37, Michael Iain Douglas wrote: > mac wrote: >> Rob Beard wrote: >> >> >>> What I would love (not sure if something is available) is a addon >>> for >>> Firefox so I can save my bookmarks to a central server (ideally my >>> own >>> personal server) and have it shared

Re: [ubuntu-uk] No IE in Windows 7

;d be saying "why do I need 4? wouldn't 1 do?" > > Sean > Maybe the OEM's could write a script that lets the user choose which browser to install (and use) when powering on the PC for the first time. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:646ED06A) - -BEGIN

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [sclug] Pirate party UK starting

Thought people might be interested in this... Begin forwarded message: From: John Barron Date: 11 June 2009 19:32:38 BST To: sclug Subject: [sclug] Pirate party UK starting Although I'm not around the Reading area to attend the group anymore... Thought you might be interested to learn

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations

he Way Out Is Open > http://www.theopensourcerer.com > > And on the subject of fsck, you could also give FSCKVPS a try. They have great prices and pretty good support. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:646ED06A) - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software

the subject of ant hills, I'm sure someone who at least knows what FLOSS stands for would be better able to speak on the subject of the hierarchy (or lack of) in open source projects. Even someone at Microsoft (shock) *could* have done a better job. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:64

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

On 1 Jun 2009, at 21:03, Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/6/1 Christopher Swift : >> > >> Now lets pimp out itsbetterwithubuntu & itsbetterwithlinux .coms! >> > > Personally I'd like to see more original content and ideas than a > copycat campaign. > > Cheers, > Al. > How about itsworsewithwindows.com?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu stickers!

> But will Google Wave's open protocol be like the open sourceness of Google Chrome (ever tried running Chromium on Linux?) - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:646ED06A) - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL P- L+++ E--- W+++

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Kier Thomas and Jamie Sicam

books that deal with Terminal basics? > > I've not read it myself, but http://en.flossmanuals.net/gnulinux might > be of help. > You could also try http://tille.garrels.be/training/bash/ (strictly an e-book obviously) - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:646ED06A) - -B

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wiki problem

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/29/09 15:46, Christopher Swift wrote: > Harry Rickards wrote: >> For me, either using my VPS (66.71.252.*** IP) or main PC >> (81.174.154.*** IP) the Ubuntu Wiki and Launchpad seem to time out about >> 2 out of 3 times. Is a

[ubuntu-uk] Wiki problem

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 For me, either using my VPS (66.71.252.*** IP) or main PC (81.174.154.*** IP) the Ubuntu Wiki and Launchpad seem to time out about 2 out of 3 times. Is anyone else having the same problem, or is it just me? - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID

Re: [ubuntu-uk] High street store handbagged by angry pensioner

another OS with tux as a logo...), yet the salesman said it didn't. The funny thing is that the device actually *runs* Linux itself. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:646ED06A) - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL P- L+++ E---

Re: [ubuntu-uk] High street store handbagged by angry pensioner

h QuickCam S7500 5mp. > Very interesting. If she does get a reply, let us know. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:646ED06A) - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K+ w--- O- M- V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t 5 X R tv-- b+++

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Business with Ubuntu

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/26/09 12:15, Tony Arnold wrote: > Harry, > > Harry Rickards wrote: >> On 05/26/09 11:23, mac wrote: >>> James Milligan wrote: >>> >>>> I hope someone can think of 'solutions' for this -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Business with Ubuntu

domains we could fake a few *interests* from fake emails, help at all? I don't think it's technically illegal, as we own the domain. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:646ED06A) - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL P- L++

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

I certainly didn't spot that one. > But I hope the other four people who would have been watching this > unsettling programme (first of a three-part series) noticed the Ubuntu > shot. ;-) > > mac > For anyone who's interested it looks like the next part's on at 21:0

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

've gone through everything I can think of to get it to work, but > nothing. FF freezes for ages if there's flash on a page. I keep flash on > because of watching bbci programs and youtube, that wont even work. > > John. > Try installing the 'flashplugin-nonfree'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

t, you could try deleting the file it mentions: 'sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_partner_binary-i386_Packages' And in case your email client (Gmail web client? or Sky?) breaks the lines again, the above is all one line. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

your sources fully. > > Thanks, > > -Matt Daubney > His sources.list (well his old one anyway) is at http://pastebin.com/me2129ad. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K+ w--- O-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/09 13:09, John wrote: > Harry Rickards wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 05/25/09 05:15, John wrote: >> >>> Harry Rickards wrote: >>> >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/09 05:15, John wrote: > Harry Rickards wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 05/24/09 18:52, John wrote: >> >>> Harry Rickards wrote: >>> >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/24/09 18:52, John wrote: > Harry Rickards wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 05/24/09 18:13, John wrote: >> >>> Harry Rickards wrote: >>> >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/24/09 18:13, John wrote: > Harry Rickards wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 05/24/09 10:43, jakewc2 wrote: >> >>> Hi, well, in my looking roundd to try get this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/24/09 12:20, John wrote: > Harry Rickards wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 05/24/09 10:43, jakewc2 wrote: >> >>> Hi, well, in my looking roundd to try get this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] thomson router TG585v7 set up

nes using gedit, saved and rebooted. > Network Manager became active and the router is connected to the > internet. > > Thanks to all who tried to help. > > Norman > > - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/G

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Missing Repositories....

(Open up a terminal and type cat /etc/apt/sources.list). If possible, try pasting it to PasteBin (pastebin.com) instead of here. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K+ w--- O- M- V- P

Re: [ubuntu-uk] thomson router TG585v7 set up

iki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Next to where the cable from the router plugs in there should be two small LEDs (lights). When you plug the cable in, does one of the lights turn on in orange? This would signify that a cable is properly connected. If you open up a terminal (Accessories > Terminal)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to buy as an Ubuntu web server?

On 23 May 2009, at 16:56, Alan Bell wrote: > don't buy hardware, look at renting a virtual private server. You will > get stacks more bandwidth than you could otherwise afford and you get > full root access and the ability to do a hard reboot. The processor > will > be very fast but the memor

Re: [ubuntu-uk] From WUBI to full install?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/22/09 17:24, Harry Rickards wrote: > On 05/22/09 17:14, Sean Miller wrote: >> For the Microsoft applications you could do worse than install Crossover >> Office. > >> It's only $40 and supports all the following W

Re: [ubuntu-uk] From WUBI to full install?

mpatibility/browse/name/ > > Sean > Is Crossover Office that much better than Wine apart from the support from CodeWeavers? From looking at that list, it seems to support pretty much the same as wine. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 G

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Chess [Fwd: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender]

-chess" - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K+ w--- O- M- V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t 5 X R tv-- b+++ DI D G e* h! !r y? - --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- V

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu using wubi on Vista Home machine.....

you trying to install WUBI? (I have > the same setup and didn't see any message about this at all) > > Are you sure it didn't say amd64, not amd68? - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL++

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chess Tournament?

; A mailing list would be a good idea, or even just a list of names on the Wiki that we could add to a contact group, and then cc them all when sending an email about it? In any case I agree that we shouldn't invade the list with an OT discussion (on the Greater London Linux User Group mailing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Routers and printers

you could use your own router and tell Sky you were using it as an 'experiment to test your connection'. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (a.k.a l33tmyst) - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K+ w--- O-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Routers and printers

n't really care what router you use, as you have to pay extra for theirs. They even have support for some third-party routers on their site. I used to be with AOL (terrible service, after escalating my issue about 10 times I finally got to talk with a 'Senior Support Manager', who told me

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Routers and printers

g to it be Windows or Linux (or Mac)? If they're just Linux, you could maybe use CUPS (does it support wireless printing?), but if some of the clients are using Windows you could use SAMBA. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba for help. Thanks. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Big filesystem problem

Alternatively reboot. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (a.k.a l33tmyst) - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K+ w--- O- M- V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t 5 X R tv-- b+++ DI D G e* h! !r y? - --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- ---

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-UK podcast feedburner issue

> Issuing the command: > > wget http://feeds.feedburner.com/UbuntuUkPodcastOgg-high?format=xml > > from a terminal just sits there eventually times out and then tries again. > > Regards, > Tony. It works for me. Gets a 149KB file. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Click downloaded Ubuntu

e to download is 6 to 10 PM, which is probably when I'm downloading via BitTorrent most. I wonder how many ISP's acknowledge USENET still exists, let alone throttle it. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (a.k.a l33tmyst) - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d?

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