Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/New Technology Event

2010-06-04 Thread Jamie Bennett
On 4 Jun 2010, at 14:10, Alan Pope wrote: > I'm sure we can put a call out to the community, business types and > Canonical. I'm sure given this weeks Linaro announment that we can get someone to come along from Canonical/Linaro to talk about Ubuntu-on-ARM. > Cheers, > Al. Regards, Jamie.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Final Upgrade to Lucid, not worked completely

2010-05-02 Thread Jamie Bennett
On 2 May 2010, at 11:31, Anthony Coyle wrote: > I suspect that the problem is that there is not a driverin ubuntu > 10.4 to operate the wireless card. If you see the access point wirelessly and attempt to connect the your driver is working fine. Try deleting the network from the network set

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu MID - Still Live

2010-04-12 Thread Jamie Bennett
On 12 Apr 2010, at 09:14, Alan Pope wrote: > On 12 April 2010 09:08, Cornelius Mostert > wrote: >> It looks like Ubuntu MID is not live any longer, the last update seems to be >> 8.04... Now I am wondering what would be a good LIVE/ACTIVE distro to make >> use of for MID devices... I am thinking

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Jamie Bennett
On 7 Apr 2010, at 14:49, Mark Fraser wrote: > On Tuesday 06 Apr 2010 00:03:20 Alan Pope wrote: >> No, not that Apple thing, but the O2 Joggler. >> >> 50 quid (for 14 days from 2nd April) and free delivery gets you a 7 >> inch touch screen device with:- >> >> 1.3GHz Intel Atom CPU >> 1GB storage

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Podcast season 3

2010-02-15 Thread Jamie Bennett
On 15 Feb 2010, at 14:19, Steve wrote: > On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:40:47 -, Alan Pope wrote: > >> From http://identi.ca/notice/22072786 >> >> "Season 3 Episode 1 recording tonight! Nearly 2 months since our last >> episode. Did we miss anything? Any news or events we should know >> about?" >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Podcast season 3

2010-02-15 Thread Jamie Bennett
On 15 Feb 2010, at 10:40, Alan Pope wrote: > From http://identi.ca/notice/22072786 > > "Season 3 Episode 1 recording tonight! Nearly 2 months since our last > episode. Welcome back ! Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can anyone help me to get my microphone to work?

2010-02-09 Thread Jamie Bennett
t to keep both pieces ;) A more sensible approach would be to file a bug against alsa with the files you have produced from the live session and your installed configuration. More knowledgeable people will be able to comment on the bug directly. Regards, Jamie. -- Jamie Bennett www.linuxuk.org sign

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can anyone help me to get my microphone to work?

2010-02-08 Thread Jamie Bennett
On 7 Feb 2010, at 15:16, Tony Pursell wrote: > Hi all > > I'm hoping that when I upgrade from Karmic to Lucid I will get full > Video + Audio chat in Empathy with MSN Messenger clients. Download a live-cd image and try it. > But the problem is that I cannot get my microphone to work. [snip]

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Good news for Linux promotion?

2010-02-03 Thread Jamie Bennett
erful one. The Touch Book is a relatively nice device; limited because of its hardware but a novel design. Beside the cool-factor its a slow netbook. > Bruno Regards, Jamie. -- Jamie Bennett www.linuxuk.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Good news for Linux promotion?

2010-02-03 Thread Jamie Bennett
M on the other-hand is a very exciting area at the moment. >Tony. Regards, Jamie. -- Jamie Bennett www.linuxuk.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB Blu-ray drive

2009-11-30 Thread Jamie Bennett
On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 17:34 +, Alan Pope wrote: > Pretty sure there is no way to play blue ray on Linux yet. I use Windows in a VM and AnyDVD to rip to the hard drive then play with VLC. WFM. Regards, Jamie. -- Jamie Bennett www.linuxuk.org signature.asc Description: This i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Editing Grub menu 9.10?

2009-11-30 Thread Jamie Bennett
x27;d already looked at that and can't make head nor tail of it! > > Hey ho, I'll just live with it... What is it you are trying to do? Regards, Jamie. -- Jamie Bennett www.linuxuk.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chrome OS

2009-11-20 Thread Jamie Bennett
?p=294 > Barry Regards, Jamie. -- Jamie Bennett www.linuxuk.org -- Jamie Bennett Ubuntu Mobile Developer -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic dual monitor problems...

2009-11-04 Thread Jamie Bennett
lated. > I have two 24" monitors in the portrait rotation working fine under Karmic (gnome desktop). Regards, Jamie. -- Jamie Bennett www.linuxuk.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-21 Thread Jamie Bennett
At the ELC (embedded linux conference) in Grenoble last week *every* mac laptop was running some flavour of Linux. Just because you see the hardware don't presume its running Mac OS. Its nice hardware for running Ubuntu ;) > -- > Alan Bell > The Open Learning Centre Regards,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Jamie Bennett
o be rewritten on a case-by-case basis if you want portrait mode (browser gets it by christmas I'm assured), you get the idea. Go to the Nokia store when they get them, have a play and think what you really want it for and if it fits that need. If it does then great, go buy one. Regards, Ja

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Jamie Bennett
ke > the device to be as productive as possible for me - the ability to use > SSH etc at reasonable speed > > I've found with recent handsets I use the phone functionality less > than other features. > > Jamie Bennett wrote: >>> >>> IMHO it's th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Jamie Bennett
Oopps, sorry for the double posts, at the airport and a little distracted. Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org On 14 Oct 2009, at 15:18, Jamie Bennett wrote: > Ok, mmm ... > > ... personally I wouldn't buy it and that's coming from someone who > should love

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Jamie Bennett
t it's not a great phone at the moment. Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org On 14 Oct 2009, at 15:08, Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/10/14 Jamie Bennett : >> I have one an it runs fine on the O2 network, I have my iPhone sim in >> it at the moment. >> > > Overall imp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Jamie Bennett
I have one an it runs fine on the O2 network, I have my iPhone sim in it at the moment. Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org On 14 Oct 2009, at 14:31, Paul Roach wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Just been talking to my account manager with O2, and they have st

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Jamie Bennett
On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 10:09 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > I just wondered if this upgrade is the Beta version of Karmic which is > due any time now? Beta hasn't been released yet, that's not to say that what you have isn't the final beta, just that it may change by tomorrow ;) > Rob Regards, Jamie.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux From Scratch 6.5 Released

2009-08-17 Thread Jamie Bennett
On 17 Aug 2009, at 08:16, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > Hi all, > > for those who are keen to learn about how GNU/Linux (i.e. not just > Ubuntu) really works I would thoroughly recommend this project. There is also the Automated Linux From Scratch project that has tools to parses the book and build

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Android on iPhone

2009-08-05 Thread Jamie Bennett
On 5 Aug 2009, at 17:19, Simon Wears wrote: > I've been looking into Android a bit, and although I couldn't find > much on this myself, someone might know. Is it possible to run Google > Android on an iPhone? Short answer: A big definite NO. Long answer: NO but checkout www.iphonelinux.org/ > Sim

[ubuntu-uk] evolution and gnome

2009-07-16 Thread Jamie Bennett
> On 15 Jul 2009, at 20:20, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > >> On 15/07/09 20:01, Jamie Bennett wrote: >>> On 15 Jul 2009, at 18:13, Alan Pope wrote: >>>>> Oh well, i guess i will have to keep evolution installed. >>>>> >>>> >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] evolution and gnome

2009-07-15 Thread Jamie Bennett
On 15 Jul 2009, at 18:13, Alan Pope wrote: >> Oh well, i guess i will have to keep evolution installed. >> > > Or remove it and ubuntu-desktop and then reinstall them before you > upgrade. Surely there is a bug to file here (or one that is already filed?)? Removing Evolution shouldn't remove u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The answer will be no!

2009-04-28 Thread Jamie Bennett
Rik Boland wrote: > This may sound stupid and the answer will be no but just in case. > > If I get a tower box, could I then use my laptop as it's monitor and > keyboard but use the box processing power? With some kind of desktop sharing software like vnc you can but direct output from the box to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] what directories to backup?

2009-04-24 Thread Jamie Bennett
On 24 Apr 2009, at 16:17, doug livesey wrote: > Following on from an earlier thread, I now am about to (this > weekend, anyway) set up a backup policy for my machine using rdiff- > backup. > So what files & dirs do people backup on an Ubuntu machine? > I guess everything in my home directory -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viglen 'Review' (Was: Re: downloading slow torrents & energy consumption)

2009-04-09 Thread Jamie Bennett
Steve Garton wrote: > Would a Viglen have enough grunt to run something like boxee > (www.boxee.tv)? Boxee has rtorrent integrated, but it is mainly a > media centre (a fork of xmbc I believe). I currently have it running > on an old (~5 year old) PC in the living room (as a proof of concept > to m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] downloading slow torrents & energy consumption

2009-04-09 Thread Jamie Bennett
Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/4/9 alan c : >> I have a machine  on 24/7 gently seeding various torrents and my >> pragmatic solution is to choose the oldest slowest machine that can >> cope, in my case a PII 350MHz. I have not done any measurements but >> my guess is that such a machine will consume rela

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed computer prices

2009-03-25 Thread Jamie Bennett
Steve Cook wrote: > Here’s your competition http://efficientpc.co.uk/ The Wraith, same system with 2gb of ram - £232.61. Nice looking little system there. Regards, Jamie -- http://www.linuxuk.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed computer prices

2009-03-25 Thread Jamie Bennett
Rob Beard wrote: >> I'm looking to offer a base unit, 2GHz dual core Celeron (E1400) with >> 2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 RAM, and a 150GB SATA hdd. Graphics, sound and >> ethernet are onboard. Like I said, I would install Ubuntu 8.10 (and, >> of course, ubuntu 9.04 when it's released!) and run through the >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joiku wireless connection......

2009-03-25 Thread Jamie Bennett
Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/3/25 John : >> Hi everybody, I have decided that using the orange dongle just isnt >> working, so I am trying something else. Its called Joiku. I just >> wondered if anybody has used it before and got it to work. >> > > I'm typing this mail whilst sat on the train connected

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyone from Derby on the list?

2008-07-21 Thread Jamie Bennett
On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 17:42 +0100, Joshua Scotton wrote: > On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 11:07 +0100, John Levin wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > Back from cd distribution duties at Lug Radio. > > > > Met someone who is interested in doing a Linux install fest in Derby. > > > > Anyone on this list from there

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC listen again service

2008-06-16 Thread Jamie Bennett
On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 21:12 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: > Sure, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/pip/1z1bm/ and then > click on the 'listen again to this programme'. Ouch you could of warned us ;) Its garbled in an unpleasant sense (turn your speakers down). No idea what is wrong though.