Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy New Year UK LoCo

2024-01-18 Thread Paul Tansom
On 15/01/2024 11:12, Alan Pope wrote: Heya, Wakey, wakey, everyone! :D Well that frightened the life out of me. I was just going through my list folders and wondering whether this one still existed or had been closed and moved to Discourse! -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Automatic check for updates

2015-11-15 Thread Paul Tansom
** Dave Morley [2015-09-30 16:44]: > On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:39:20 +0100 > Paul Tansom wrote: > > > I've got a new(ish) Ubuntu 14.04 LTS install that I'm preparing to > > replace an older 12.04 LTS one. When I log in on the 12.04 install I > > get a notifica

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Automatic check for updates

2015-09-30 Thread Paul Tansom
** Dave Morley [2015-09-30 16:44]: > On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:39:20 +0100 > Paul Tansom wrote: > > > I've got a new(ish) Ubuntu 14.04 LTS install that I'm preparing to > > replace an older 12.04 LTS one. When I log in on the 12.04 install I > > get a notifica

[ubuntu-uk] Automatic check for updates

2015-09-30 Thread Paul Tansom
than manually crafting a suitable script - or copying one from my 12.04 install) to set this up. Unfortunately my Google-fu is failing me on this one. Everything I find either talks about apticron or cron-apt, or references the software manager GUI. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How did I not know about dovecote sieve

2015-08-24 Thread Paul Tansom
is worse, probably Outlook I think on reflection. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Regi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SOT - What phone do you use?

2015-03-06 Thread Paul Tansom
ry is a surprisingly nice phone - especially for the £35 I paid for it! A bit more memory and I may have gone for one myself. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyobard issues in 14.10

2015-01-18 Thread Paul Tansom
hat is close to it is from about 10 months ago indicating a bug in the BIOS and a hope that there will be a fix from Lenovo one day. I may go back to 14.04 as I don't remember any issues with that - 14.10 is the first time I've really regretted upgrading (bar pushing my netbook too

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Utopic Release Party London

2014-10-23 Thread Paul Tansom
it was being released today?! -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 12.04.5 on server

2014-08-08 Thread Paul Tansom
** Daniel Llewellyn [2014-08-08 17:30]: > On 8 August 2014 17:06, Paul Tansom wrote: > > I've just seen teh LTS update release notice [1] and noted the kernel > > updates > > for new installations. From looking at details on the LTS Enablement > > Stacks [2

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 12.04.5 on server

2014-08-08 Thread Paul Tansom
** Alan Pope [2014-08-08 17:31]: > On 8 August 2014 17:06, Paul Tansom wrote: > > Looking at the packages available it looks as though this is aimed at > > desktop > > installs as there doesn't appear to be any matching packages for the server > > kernels. Am

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 12.04.5 on server

2014-08-08 Thread Paul Tansom
server kernels. Am I reading this wrong? [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2014-August/000189.html [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ |

[ubuntu-uk] Code Pub Meet near Portsmouth

2014-06-09 Thread Paul Tansom
x27;m typing, if you know a teacher looking for support on the new computing curriculum we now have Code Club Pro: http://www.codeclubpro.org/ -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 =

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu One and Software Centre

2014-04-17 Thread Paul Tansom
n 10th Nov 2011; and FileExpert on my phone is listed as 27th Jan when, again, I used it yesterday. Perhaps this feature no longer works, or already stores data elsewhere. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ |

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shutting down Ubuntu One file services

2014-04-02 Thread Paul Tansom
t I'm having issues getting the Windows client installed (not a major issue as I rarely use Windows). More significantly the Linux client (in beta) doesn't support 32 bit (there goes support for my netbook) or Ubuntu 12.04 (another problem for my netbook). Off to investigate Owncloud and S

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A precise favour

2013-04-12 Thread Paul Tansom
left - which seems to match the description to me (ignoring the specifics of the monitor references). If so then it seems to be working as it should after installing the precise-proposed stuff. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Registered in England | Com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrade from 6.06LTS!

2012-11-27 Thread Paul Tansom
** Liam Proven [2012-11-27 14:49]: > On 27 November 2012 14:13, Paul Tansom wrote: > > I have a server (i.e. no desktop software, X, or etc. - not that this > > necessarily follows, but it does with me!)... > > > > ...anyway, this server is currently running U

[ubuntu-uk] Upgrade from 6.06LTS!

2012-11-27 Thread Paul Tansom
. Has anyone done this and could comment? Did it go smoothly?! -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Crawford House, Hambledon Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6NU -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing duplicate RAID UUID

2012-10-05 Thread Paul Tansom
** Paul Tansom [2012-10-05 18:01]: > I have a RAID mirror in a machine that has ended up with the same UUID as > another one - which is causing a few issues with the fact that I was mounting > via fstab with the UUID. Is there a way of resetting the UUID without > destroying the data

[ubuntu-uk] Changing duplicate RAID UUID

2012-10-05 Thread Paul Tansom
the drive and move it back again? My Google FU is not helping today unfortunately :( -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Crawford House, Hambledon Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6NU

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6

2012-06-07 Thread Paul Tansom
** Simon Greenwood [2012-06-07 21:33]: > On 7 June 2012 21:02, Paul Tansom wrote: > > ** Simon Greenwood [2012-06-07 19:41]: > > > On 7 June 2012 18:55, Paul Tansom wrote: > > I have a static address allocated in a range allocated by my ISP. > > Everything

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6

2012-06-07 Thread Paul Tansom
** Simon Greenwood [2012-06-07 19:41]: > On 7 June 2012 18:55, Paul Tansom wrote: > > A couple of very quick questions on IPv6 that people may be able to cast > > light > > on. > > > > 1. Does anyone know why IPv6 doesn't come up on boot with Ubuntu 10.

[ubuntu-uk] IPv6

2012-06-07 Thread Paul Tansom
ly telling me the client was working because it was pulling the info from a different server - doh. Of course both of these servers are penciled in for an upgrade to 12.04 ASAP, but the AP bit is proving the limiting factor in terms of available time to sort it out :( -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet L

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 upgrade failure

2012-05-27 Thread Paul Tansom
** alan c [2012-05-26 16:43]: > On 25/05/12 11:22, Paul Tansom wrote: > >I don't have full info on this failure yet as I've not been to the machine, > >but > >in preparation has anyone had a similar issue to this? > > > >The only info I have at the

[ubuntu-uk] 12.04 upgrade failure

2012-05-25 Thread Paul Tansom
ded to 12.04 when suggested by the GUI prompt. All seemed to go well until the reboot as far as I know. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Crawford House, Hambledon Road, Denmead, Waterloovil

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 failing for me.

2012-05-24 Thread Paul Tansom
it may be worth considering a global setting so you can say 'yes to all'. Of course the other thing about my setup is that it is Unity 2D which never seems to be as good as teh 3D version. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Registered in England |

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Annoying stuff about Ubuntu Unity

2012-05-02 Thread Paul Tansom
rds. Ubuntu 11.10 wouldn't even install with them as I could get no GUI to configure through, I haven't tried a 12.04 live CD yet, although I am running 12.04 now having installed 11.10 and upgraded a few months back (different graphics card on install, but also ATI Radeon). -- Paul T

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Annoying stuff about Ubuntu Unity

2012-05-02 Thread Paul Tansom
(Super-W)? ** end quote [J Fernyhough] If it's not a silly question, what is Super-W supposed to do? It does nothing on my machine, although this may be because by running dual screens I seem to be forced into Unity 2D - some suggest you should be able to run 3D on 2 screens, but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Plans (marketing)

2012-03-07 Thread Paul Tansom
#x27; for a while already having found one on getting Linux running on my IBM L40sx laptop). I shouldn't grumble too much though, OS/2 saved me from too much reliance on Windows and made Intel hardware bearable. Being and Amiga user Windows was such a major step down I couldn't understand ho

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ancient hardware - was Ubuntu Plans

2012-03-07 Thread Paul Tansom
it came to getting a job when I graduated I found that if you wanted to do programming the last thing you should have studied was anything related to computers. All the companies wanted people that had humanities degrees so they had no outdated experience and were a blank canvas to train up. I w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Plans

2012-03-07 Thread Paul Tansom
rking with manufacturers directly as allowing people to install Ubuntu on existing hardware supplied with another OS. It would be great to see a selection of ARM based boards that Ubuntu, or any Linux, can be installed on though. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Passwords in Gnome keyring

2012-01-26 Thread Paul Tansom
** Robert McWilliam [2012-01-17 15:47]: > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012, at 03:02 PM, Paul Tansom wrote: > > Following reading a recent blog post [1] I decided it really is time I > > sorted out a better way of logging into my email with Mutt. My plan > > was/is to store the password

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mutt oddity

2012-01-26 Thread Paul Tansom
** Simon Greenwood [2012-01-17 15:48]: > On 17 January 2012 14:03, Paul Tansom wrote: > > > I generally use Mutt for my email as it is orders of magnitude quicker to > > use > > than a GUI client for large volumes of mail. It does fall short in handling > > HTM

[ubuntu-uk] Passwords in Gnome keyring

2012-01-17 Thread Paul Tansom
pthree.org%29 -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 == Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Crawford House, Hambledon Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6NU

[ubuntu-uk] Mutt oddity

2012-01-17 Thread Paul Tansom
omium itself, I've edited the gnome-www-browser and x-www-browser links in /etc/alternatives and checked that Firefox is not referenced in /etc/Mutt or my personaly .mutt/muttrc file. I've also checked that sensible-browser is also set to Chromium. What have I missed? -- Paul Tansom | Ap

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Books on Ubuntu

2012-01-17 Thread Paul Tansom
** Dave Morley [2012-01-12 15:26]: > On 12/01/12 15:20, Paul Tansom wrote: > > Does anyone have any recomendations on Linux books, specifically > > Ubuntu based? I'm looking for something for an end user who is > > comfortable with computers (DOS/Windows) but is switch

[ubuntu-uk] Books on Ubuntu

2012-01-12 Thread Paul Tansom
ed to make some older books out of date. It should also be usable by someone with no computer experience, but with the assistance of the aforementioned other reader :) No need to suggest websites, or online resources, I have been specifically asked for a hard copy book to look at. -- Paul T

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Christmas Revelation

2011-12-27 Thread Paul Tansom
** Liam Proven [2011-12-27 20:39]: > On 27 December 2011 19:25, Paul Tansom wrote: > > ** Nigel Verity [2011-12-25 10:25]: > >> Dear All > >> Santa brought my daughter her first laptop for Christmas. In common with > >> most 11-year olds she appears to neve

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Christmas Revelation

2011-12-27 Thread Paul Tansom
"Why doesn't the school use Linux?". The second came about a week later I think, when he was heard to say "I'm going to use Linux because it is faster, more reliable and has lots of cool games". Some things just make you feel warm all over and consider that it is worth

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open source in schools ....

2011-12-05 Thread Paul Tansom
en there for a while, but a college friend of mine is involved with it. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 == Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Crawford House,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

2011-12-04 Thread Paul Tansom
** Colin Law [2011-12-03 09:59]: > On 2 December 2011 23:36, Paul Tansom wrote: > > ... > > > > I want to add parameters to the launcher icon, or add my own application to > > the > > launcher (I really must find the configuration file to do this), but this >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

2011-12-04 Thread Paul Tansom
** Tony Pursell [2011-12-03 00:42]: > On 2 December 2011 23:36, Paul Tansom wrote: > > ** Alan Pope [2011-12-02 11:03]: > > > On 01/12/11 23:52, thegeeksquad...@ymail.com wrote: > > > >Is Ubuntu going in the wrong direction? > > > > > > I personal

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

2011-12-02 Thread Paul Tansom
experimental in many ways and more people would stick to the LTS versions. As it is I'm more inclined to try to learn about lenses, etc. and see if I can 'fix' things without actually moving distro. ** end quote [Alan Pope] -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 02

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to use AskUbuntu, was: Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

2011-12-02 Thread Paul Tansom
questions in big fonts made it look a bit basic and likely not suited to more technical issues, just end users new to Linux / Ubuntu. I guess I should have dug further, but my first impression was that I wouldn't find any meaty technical stuff there so I went elsewhere! --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

2011-12-02 Thread Paul Tansom
the feeling that by providing support rather than simply shifting boxes in quantity and reselling Canonical support I was to some extent stepping on their toes! Having seen the reference to the trademark license I may try that as getting me half way towards what I was looking for. -- Paul

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost desktop not loading at startup

2011-11-08 Thread Paul Tansom
t change and I've not worked out what decides what they are yet). This has got my desktop working again though. Oddly I found it didn't survive a reboot initially, but when I made the change, logged out and back in immediately after and then rebooted straight away it stuck! -- Paul Tan

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Linux heads to smartphones, tablets, and smart tv's

2011-11-01 Thread Paul Tansom
tle more guts to the OS used, and given that it can use iPlayer direct from the TV using Freesat and an ethernet connection a cut down Linux made things easier. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 =

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What should be done for 12.04

2011-09-26 Thread Paul Tansom
Gubuntu release please? [1] sorry to be quite so emotive about it, but personally I really do find it a very incomplete and rushed out package. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 == Reg

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google+ & Gwibber [Pidgin & Empathy even]

2011-07-11 Thread Paul Tansom
nt, though, is that I can't find a way to add a certificate authority to it so my Jabber server throws up an error each time I connect (and I'd rather do it properly than just ignore the error - these things annoy me!). -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-04 Thread Paul Tansom
** Liam Proven [2011-07-02 13:48]: > On 1 July 2011 16:58, Paul Tansom wrote: > > ** Dino T. [2011-07-01 14:37]: > > > > I didn't realise you could associate Hotmail or Yahoo addresses with your > > Google account, I'm curious now - not th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-04 Thread Paul Tansom
** alan c [2011-07-01 14:17]: > On 01/07/11 13:38, Paul Tansom wrote: > >Diaspora*, if it ever gets going, will likely be much like Identica, > >preferred > >by techies, but always the also ran to Twitter purely on user base. > > I have an account, to support it. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-01 Thread Paul Tansom
a Hotmail or Yahoo email that seems to match you. ** end quote [Dino T.] -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 == Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Crawford House,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-01 Thread Paul Tansom
, Wordpress, IMAP mail with webmail, Gallery, Jabber or etc. using RSS / Planet so the actual service being used for each contact is largely irrelevant. Then it wouldn't matter what blogging, instant messaging, picture sharing, 'tweeting' services were used. -- P

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What's In A Name?

2011-06-13 Thread Paul Tansom
that instead of having to book a computer in one of the labs to do coursework on I could work at home on my trusty Amstrad CPC6128 with Protext on ROM and Turbo Pascal transferred from 5 1/4" to 3" disks - happy days :)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click

2011-06-06 Thread Paul Tansom
t chance of getting those pieces of paper that they will be initially judged against to get into higher education or their foot on the first rung of the employment ladder. If ICT is not required in the correct form by the curriculum then it will only be covered if there is time to broaden the scope,

[ubuntu-uk] BBC Click

2011-06-06 Thread Paul Tansom
tter - i.e. programming and more in depth knowledge rather than just how to use MS Office. It is available online at http://bbc.co.uk/click and for the moment is the top item. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User experience survey

2011-05-25 Thread Paul Tansom
** Alan Bell [2011-05-25 12:24]: > On 25/05/11 12:14, Paul Tansom wrote: > >** Avi Greenbury [2011-05-25 09:05]: > >>It's a bit weird that I can pick several different versions of > >>Ubuntu (Unity, Gnome, KDE, XFCE etc.) but only one install medium... > >*

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User experience survey

2011-05-25 Thread Paul Tansom
LTS :) When I get round to reinstalling it I think it will likely be installed from an image, but that may be taking things too far!! -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 == Registered in Engla

[ubuntu-uk] HP Mini (BCM4312 wifi) 11.04 lockup

2011-05-03 Thread Paul Tansom
devices [3] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx#b43%20-%20Internet%20access -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 == Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registere

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ANNOUNCE] shiny new website - yay \o/

2011-02-12 Thread Paul Tansom
e loco - or at least not all the time ;) I'm running Firefox on a 1280x768 netbook screen, but there is plent of space to the right for the rest of the word. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 ===

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-01-23 Thread Paul Tansom
Perhaps there could be vote (if it isn't too much work) on which charity should be supported for each release. So, for example, along with a bit about how to get involved with Ubuntu there could be a piece on Unicef, Oxfam, Amazonwatch or etc. An A4 or US Letter page should have plent

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless print server or wireless printer

2011-01-09 Thread Paul Tansom
.. That said, my current printer has just lost the ability to provide me with ink level information anyway as the Windows 7 driver only does printing and nothing else - I guess I should be thankful it works at all! I must get the Linux boot working

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora

2011-01-03 Thread Paul Tansom
uirements for running a server, but decided I didn't really want to start messing with Ruby as there's nothing else on my server that uses it. If it had been Perl (or PHP?!) I might have taken a closer look. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptan

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/Linux is still not an OS for the masses - discuss

2010-10-14 Thread Paul Tansom
** Paul Morgan-Roach [2010-10-14 18:51]: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Paul Tansom wrote: > > Support wise, I can sympathise, although based on experience when asking > > questions on Windows forums. The first one that comes to mind is Experts > > Exchange (now a p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/Linux is still not an OS for the masses - discuss

2010-10-14 Thread Paul Tansom
** Paul Tansom [2010-10-14 14:34]: > With my brand new build for my dad I have the joy of sorting out his scanner, > which has no Windows 7 driver. It does, however, have a transparency adaptor > that he wants to use, and I don't think new scanners have this feature - so if >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/Linux is still not an OS for the masses - discuss

2010-10-14 Thread Paul Tansom
o the genuine one - so it now looks like a pirated copy!!! The moral of the story is that any software has problems, you get them solved by perseverance, patience, giving plenty of detail and a little bit of luck - whichever side of the divide you fall. -- Paul Tansom |

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Off topic - UK vendor cheeplinux?

2010-09-15 Thread Paul Tansom
aging, and: Status: Active - Proposal to Strike off which is even less so :( -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 == Sponsor me in the Moonlit Memories Walk for Rowans Hospice A 12 mile walk a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (Marketing) Royal Society asks you - why IT is boring?

2010-08-26 Thread Paul Tansom
ne. Thankfully they were pretty short programs, although my project failed to compile because I couldn't load it as the same time as the compiler in my 48k Spectrum - not that it needed to thankfully. I often say that if it wasn't for Linux I would no longer h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do about black hole of broadband

2010-08-11 Thread Paul Tansom
and even more since I first did!!). http://www.samknows.com/ -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 == Sponsor me in the Moonlit Memories Walk for Rowans Hospice A 12 mile walk alon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Aptitude

2010-06-07 Thread Paul Tansom
** Johnathon Tinsley [2010-06-07 15:06]: > On 07/06/10 14:30, Paul Tansom wrote: > > ** Tony Arnold [2010-06-07 11:18]: > >> On 07/06/10 08:51, Neil Perry wrote: > >>> I've just been pointed out, that for Maverick they have removed aptitude > >>>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Aptitude

2010-06-07 Thread Paul Tansom
ound any of the attempts at GUI tools to be anywhere near as easy to use. Maybe that's because I'm a techy, and increasingly Ubuntu seems to be aimed at non-techies. Server side I use aptitude all the time since you never need a GUI on a serv

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Battery Problem

2010-05-10 Thread Paul Tansom
since I am having a very similar issue, that is likely to be the same. The only difference in symptoms I have is that my netbook doesn't shutdown, even though it does report that the battery is critically low. -- Paul Tansom | Aptan

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband dongle ...

2010-04-30 Thread Paul Tansom
. Having upgraded to Lucid I purged the patch package and it is still automatically identified as a modem without problems :) -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 == Registered in England | Co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for a Speccy

2010-03-26 Thread Paul Tansom
magazine listings and computer clubs. Darn, now I want to get everything out my retro cupboard and start playing! I really must visit the museum some time, although I'd likely want to bring everything home :) Probably as well I don't live closer!! -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Canonical Design Team looking for London based volunteers..

2010-01-26 Thread Paul Tansom
etely different breed to the rest of the country. Actually that may go for other large cities too I guess - so as not to seem to be singling out London alone ;) -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 ==

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Low power server

2010-01-22 Thread Paul Tansom
MBA, SSH, MySQL, etc. without breaking a sweat. With a bit of investment I may be able to tweak that down a bit, but not by enough to recoup the cost in a sensible time frame. Some of the newer low power boards on the way with the better chipsets should improve things too - for when I next upgrade. -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WorcsLUG

2009-01-19 Thread Paul Tansom
il. Perhaps they need a bit of a gentle kick start again. (*) from the April posts it was there, but possibly hasn't been put back following changes to the LUG server. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What the Dell?

2008-09-05 Thread Paul Tansom
card doesn't work properly in Vista with my access point, and each time I ask customer services for an exchange for an Intel card they pass me back to tech support who yet again fail to fix the problem and suggest I talk to customer services - wheee, loop de loop :( - -- Paul Tansom | Aptane

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

2008-04-21 Thread Paul Tansom
ff eBay or somewhere and fit it in there - retro heaven :) -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 == Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Crawford House, Hambledon Road

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google Funds Work for Photoshop on Linux

2008-02-21 Thread Paul Tansom
n my parents PC. Perhaps I'm just atypical when it comes to software. So many people consider Dreamweaver the ultimate web development package, but from what little I've seen of it I'd actively avoid it, and I've not b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 'The One': new low-priced laptop with linux inside

2008-02-18 Thread Paul Tansom
a Windows machine. All my gaming is covered by > > Gnome Mahjongg and ScummVM. > > Heh. My games are fulfilled by emulators such as xfuse (spectrum) and > mame (arcade) :) Yay for retro ;) ** end quote [Alan Pope] -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 000

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broken Synaptic

2008-02-18 Thread Paul Tansom
** Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-02-18 13:33]: > Paul Tansom wrote: > > Does anyone have any ideas why Synaptic and add/remove programs would > > both be insisting on using a proxy that is no longer configured? > > Is there a proxy set in gconf? Eg. gconf-edit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broken Synaptic

2008-02-18 Thread Paul Tansom
** Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-02-18 12:23]: > Have you tried... > > $ sudo apt-get clean > $ sudo apt-get update > > ...and see if that makes any difference... ** end quote [Sean Miller] No, but I have now and it makes no difference :( -- Paul Tans

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broken Synaptic

2008-02-18 Thread Paul Tansom
** Alistair Crust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-02-18 11:58]: > On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 11:47 +0000, Paul Tansom wrote: > > Does anyone have any ideas why Synaptic and add/remove programs would > > both be insisting on using a proxy that is no longer configured? I've > >

[ubuntu-uk] Broken Synaptic

2008-02-18 Thread Paul Tansom
l end user, and does leave me wondering what else may be broken. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 == Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Crawford House, Ham

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why some people will never switch

2007-12-22 Thread Paul Tansom
losest these events generally get to me since Manchester and Birmingham are never seriously considered if an event is there. I register every year for the Linux shows in London, but have actually attended two since probably 2000 which was my first. Guilford would do me nicely if it can't be just roun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why some people will never switch

2007-12-22 Thread Paul Tansom
ed Windows 3.1 was the best Windows they've used, and hardware reliability has taken a nose dive too. The 386 is still going strong (on the odd occaision it gets switched on) whereas the newer Dell has had an HD failure (not for once a Maxrot) and an increasingly unreliable CD drive.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with the latest Seagates?

2007-12-09 Thread Paul Tansom
ny form. As an aside, I can't quite believe that artical actually contained "are not compatible with the Open Sauce operating system Linux". Personally I always put the top back on my sauces, so they are rarely left

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Rsync to make incremental backups

2007-11-23 Thread Paul Tansom
t to my web server over ssh using: rsync -av /path/to/local/dir remote.server.com:/path/to/remote/dir If it is for backup and you want to keep a record of changed files, i.e. keep copies of the files as they were before the change as a historical backup as well you may like to take a look

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 - are you using it?

2007-11-13 Thread Paul Tansom
slightly old) thread :) No doubt it has been doing the rounds over the past few weeks as these things do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y36fG2Oba0 -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 ==

Re: [ubuntu-uk] memory lane, was: Please can someone look at this and try to help

2007-11-13 Thread Paul Tansom
** Andrew Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-11-13 09:21]: > Paul Tansom wrote: <> > Do you remember Microland in Waterlooville precinct, Paul? And upstairs at > the Baytree Bookshop? Ah, those were the days... > > I started out on a BBC Micro. We had the Graphics Exte

Re: [ubuntu-uk] memory lane, was: Please can someone look at this and try to help

2007-11-12 Thread Paul Tansom
BM know about getting work done on computers?! Then this horrible x86 architecture with DOS and Windows started getting popular and took all the fun out of computers. Praise be to Linux, without which I would have given up on computers long ago. --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-29 Thread Paul Tansom
but did a quick search first and there appears to be a Ububtu-UK map already. Does anyone here own it? It has no member which is a bit sad in some respects!! I've just send a message to the admin to find out a bit more about it. Probably only just setup, but Frappr has no meand of finding

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-29 Thread Paul Tansom
ring near by would allow me to sail there ;) Cowes, IoW anyone? -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 == Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Crawford House, Hamb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What mail client do people use.

2007-10-25 Thread Paul Tansom
ever completes the calibration. That was one of the original problems, along with the failure of the main on/off button. It may have colour, sound and most importantly wifi, but it isn't a patch on my IIIx for reliability, and the new Graffiti is much harder to use than the original and painf

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy install bug

2007-10-24 Thread Paul Tansom
** alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-24 21:56]: > Paul Tansom wrote: > > OK, before I report this as a bug, which I'm reasonably confident it is, > > I'd like to get some more information to go with the report, maybe even > > a fix. > > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-24 Thread Paul Tansom
enabled it and therefore consider that I should pay them for it. I have finally migrated the line away from them, but they are still charging me. They have also told me that I shouldn't believe what they tell me on the phone until I have it in writing - not much help when they tell me on the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-24 Thread Paul Tansom
d my home line has now been migrated to Sky and the have been reasonably helpful during the process. I've not actually hooked up my kit yet though, and I'm not LLU (although suspect I will be soon). They were cheap/free for a second backup line though, so I'm not too worried if the s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy install bug

2007-10-24 Thread Paul Tansom
** Paul Tansom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-24 14:07]: > ** Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-24 13:22]: > > On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 13:04 +0100, Paul Tansom wrote: > > > I've tried using 'all_generic_ide', but not had any success. I'm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy install bug

2007-10-24 Thread Paul Tansom
** Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-24 13:22]: > On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 13:04 +0100, Paul Tansom wrote: > > I've tried using 'all_generic_ide', but not had any success. I'm working > > on the basis that I need to load the pata_it821x driver that suppor

[ubuntu-uk] Gutsy install bug

2007-10-24 Thread Paul Tansom
nux box because of major hassle getting it working with Debian (the driver hadn't made it into the kernel at the time), now I'm dual booting the Windows box it was put into! -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001

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