Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-UK Planet CoC

2007-08-03 Thread Lee Tambiah
My blog will soon be exploring Java and Netbeans, as well as Ubuntu. Is it okay to post on Planet Ubuntu UK regarding Netbeans and Java programming. I would like to hope so as Netbeans is open source and Java is going GPL. It shows people what users are using Ubuntu for. Let me know... Regards Le

Re: [ubuntu-uk] I want to buy a pc..which one shall i go for?

2007-07-12 Thread Lee Tambiah
On 7/12/07, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, After extensive looking into ive decided to get one of the following two specificationy pc's: CPU: AMD64 Athlon X2 6000+ AM2 CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Golden Orb II / Thermaltake Sonic Tower R2 Motherboard: Asus M2N4-SLI Memory: 2.0GB Kingst

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The genius of FSF

2007-07-10 Thread Lee Tambiah
On 7/10/07, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mac wrote: > As I understand it, GPLv3 is not a contract; it's a waiver of copyright > that passes to those who also waive copyright. This is what's so clever > about it - it just doesn't work like a contract or licence. I think > this is w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Making embedded media work properly

2007-07-04 Thread Lee Tambiah
On 7/4/07, Matthew Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: it might be worth creating some sort of firefox plugin for linux that detects streams and checks if there is a compatible player installed, or something like that Media Player Connectivity plug-in for firefox does this, however it's method

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viewing GM TV stuff - media player?

2007-07-04 Thread Lee Tambiah
Has anyone got any better function please? > -- > alan cocks > Kubuntu user#10391 > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ Sure, I tried it and I got it to work :-). What appears to be flash at the start, seem

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Seamonkey

2007-06-25 Thread Lee Tambiah
I get down to the Manual "Install bit" and then it says it cant find cd seamonkey-installer John I see, I only found the information in hope that it may help, I am not a user of the Seamonkey project, so I'm not sure how the installer I told you about works correctly. You could then provide us

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Seamonkey

2007-06-25 Thread Lee Tambiah
How did you try to install it in Ubuntu On 6/25/07, John Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have installed Seamonkey within VISTA with no problems just downloaded and it installed, no agro or other problems - but I cant seem to do it within ubuntu any ideas? John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu (linux) vulnerabilty?? Comment please

2007-06-20 Thread Lee Tambiah
Quoting alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: So all in all, viruses[0] and their ilk will come to linux as it becomes more and more popular, however there will alwys be the fact that Linux is inherently more secure than some of the alternatives out there to give you a warm, fuzzy feeling... :o) I'm not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linspire and MS deal

2007-06-14 Thread Lee Tambiah
Linspire are windows wannabe's anyway I guess its great to be involved with Microsoft for them! But with now three distros joining the MS Corp they don't seem to have much faith about Linux not violating patents. These distros are sending out the wrong message and actually believe the FUD. I hope

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB mouse problems?

2007-06-07 Thread Lee Tambiah
On 6/7/07, Dianne Reuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anyone else had problems with their mice? TIA Dianne Can't say I have, but there are some mouses (usually require) drivers on windows that won't work as they don't support true USB standard. Logitech mice and keyboards work fine! Believe i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Web forum software for Ubuntu (Edgy server) - recommendations wanted

2007-05-31 Thread Lee Tambiah
** Simon Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-30 23:08]: I also avoid aptitude (or equivalent) installs of web applications because they tend to lag behind in terms of patches which I like to keep bang up to date with - personal opinion though :) -- Paul Tansom I'd second that! But lets not p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Web forum software for Ubuntu (Edgy server) - recommendations wanted

2007-05-30 Thread Lee Tambiah
On 5/30/07, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I'm looking for some "web forum" software to run on Edgy. Can you recommend me something? PHPBB http://www.phpbb.com/ -- " linux: because a PC is a terrible thing to waste" -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who writes this stuff

2007-05-22 Thread Lee Tambiah
Chris Rowson wrote: > I found this article here http://www.fsb.org.uk/data/default.asp?id=7&loc=it In some cases the FUD spread about open source is damaging. Without mentioning names I know one guy who wanted GIMP on the windows machine at his work place to aid with some graphics work, he wa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Newbie Question: best quick backup method - please!!

2007-04-23 Thread Lee Tambiah
On 4/23/07, Dean Sas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Passive PROFITS wrote: > Hi All, > Anyway. Having just fully set up my desktop (LAMP > installation of server running fine!), I've just > trashed it by misconfiguring x.org config. I perhaps > could have tried some neat boot CD to fix it, but > t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Feisty upgrade

2007-04-21 Thread Lee Tambiah
On 4/21/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Baz baz wrote: >>> Only problem is the suspend functionality. If I pick the suspend option >>> when logging out, it seems to work. If I set it to suspend when I close >>> the lid, I get the gdm login screen when I bring it back up. Is this >>>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Orange broadband

2007-04-19 Thread Lee Tambiah
On 4/19/07, Dianne Reuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've had a good report on Orange broadband, from someone who uses it to run his business. But the CD only list Windows, and website requirements state Windows. I've asked about Linux, but while I wait for a reply, does anyone else use Orange br

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gFTP

2007-04-18 Thread Lee Tambiah
Strange I find Gftp to be reliable, I have no major issues with it. It can keel over if lots of data is pushed at once, but I usually find this with many ftp clients. You can try FileZilla but I think it's currently in beta (although it seems to work well). http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox and BBC video clips

2007-04-17 Thread Lee Tambiah
I usually use the Firefox Media connectivity plugin, this usually works for most things. You can configure it so it responds to different medias. Where you have embedded media it will put a black box which you can click, that will then open the media player that you have configured and your away.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 23, Issue 26

2007-03-16 Thread Lee Tambiah
Message: 4 Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:07:36 + From: "Colin McCarthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-UK Radio To: "British Ubuntu Talk" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I would listen to a 'clean' Ubuntu-UK Radio Audio

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 21, Issue 61

2007-01-31 Thread Lee Tambiah
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Send ubuntu-uk mailing list submissions to > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free vs non-free drivers

2006-11-16 Thread Lee Tambiah
ing non-free on Linux then we're better off running Windows. Well Im not sure about that ;-). A lot of people use GNU/Linux to break free from proprietry software. I certainly wouldn't go back to it, no matter what. Lee Tambiah -- __ Check

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 18, Issue 42

2006-10-18 Thread Lee Tambiah
> Message: 9 > Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:07:14 +0100 > From: "Martin Fitzpatrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Free Ubuntu stickers for UK users > To: Ubuntu-UK > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > For anyone wh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 16, Issue 4

2006-08-16 Thread Lee Tambiah
> - Original Message - > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 16, Issue 4 > Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:00:17 +0100 > > > Send ubuntu-uk mailing list submissions to > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via

[ubuntu-uk] Re: Choosing a "CMS"

2006-07-05 Thread Lee Tambiah
>Has anyone got any advice on the pros and cons of Mambo, Joomla and >Drupal? I need to pick one! There is no right answer for this. I have looked and tried many of the open source ones in question. Choosing a content managemnt system is determined by what you require your web site to be. For e

[ubuntu-uk] Re: DVD's

2006-06-23 Thread Lee Tambiah
On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:01:12 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have just convinced my wife to swap to Ubuntu on our laptop, and for > the first time am trying to get audio and DVDs to work on Ubuntu. The > audio is now fine, and I can play CDs and mp3s with no difficulty, but > DVDs are another

[ubuntu-uk] Re: Flash usage

2006-06-22 Thread Lee Tambiah
Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 15:35:41 +0100 (BST) > From: Paul Sladen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash at Myspace.com ( > To: British Ubuntu Talk > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Grant wrote: