Re: [ubuntu-uk] £7 laptop in india - runs Linux

2009-02-09 Thread Renjith Nair
"$10-laptop proves to be a damp squib" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Hyderabad/10-laptop_proves_to_be_a_damp_squib/articleshow/4072417.cms Picture here http://i.gizmodo.com/5145998/indias-10-laptop-basically-a-big-dumb-joke 2009/2/10 David King > From listening to a recent PC Pro podcast,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Program Development

2008-12-25 Thread Renjith Nair
asily (preferably a guide aimed at > Ubuntu users if anyone has any links). > > Jai > > On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 7:43 AM, Stephen Garton > wrote: > > 2008/12/24 Renjith Nair : > >> Hi Jai, > >> > >> Eclipse is still a good bet for all these requiremen

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Program Development

2008-12-24 Thread Renjith Nair
Hi Jai, Eclipse is still a good bet for all these requirements if you are developing in Java. I am not so sure about the PHP support as i haven't used eclipse for editing php. If your are using Subversion Plugin and the necessary connectors for it, it won't be much difficult to hook it to a loca

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Intrepid Release Parties]

2008-10-08 Thread Renjith Nair
Although i am a silent member in this community, this may be an ideal opportunity for me to meet other members. Moreover, the venue is not far from my office. See you all there.. Regards, renjith 2008/10/7 Josh Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > On 6 Oct 2008, at 23:13, John Levin wrote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hardware failure?

2008-10-01 Thread Renjith Nair
>From your reply it seems the first RAM module or PSU may be faulty. Last year i had a similar problem with my system. I did memtests, cpuburndown tests etc. None of the logs gave any clue about what was going on . Then in one of the forums i found that somebody got around the problem by disabling

Re: [ubuntu-uk] how to change hdd/partition numbering

2008-01-23 Thread Renjith Nair
These links may be of help although i personally support Kris's comments.. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=246506 (Some ideas about changing the name for USB HD, the technique is similar for normal hard disk too) http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Partition.html ( Linux partition Guide)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] how to check my kernel?

2007-11-20 Thread Renjith Nair
If you want to check the kernel version then use the following command in your terminal uname -a or do you want to check the kernel for any errors? On Nov 20, 2007 5:14 PM, Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is there an easy way to check my kernel? > > regards > Javad > > -- > ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Renjith Nair
Wireless can be on the desktop too :-) I use Ubuntu on my laptops and also on a desktop ( With WIFI) Wireless : Centrino based chipset ( laptops) Edimax 7318 USg (desktop) ESSID Broadcast: Yes Encryption: WPA & WEP ( different networks) Ren On Nov 8, 2007 5:24 PM, Mac <[EMAIL PROT

[ubuntu-uk] News Item- Low Cost PC/ Motherboard running on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy)

2007-11-08 Thread Renjith Nair
Hello Everyone, Good morning ! Some of you may have already seen this newsitem on slashdot. It is a welcome sign that ubuntu is being considered as the operating system of their choice by various manufacturers :-) *Low Cost PC/ Motherboard running on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy) with the lightweight Enli

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Profile

2007-10-29 Thread Renjith Nair
I believe the argument is not whether windows is easier than linux or vice versa. That is common man's opinion about linux since he/she expects everything to behave like windows. Everything which behaves differently from Windows is considered to be 'difficult' because they are only used to using w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Profile

2007-10-29 Thread Renjith Nair
Hi David, You are not the only one with wireless issues on Ubuntu. I have helped several people to get their wireless working on Ubuntu.. After several hours of tweaking when it finally start working, they make a statement that ' it is so easy to do this stuff in windows' . Linux users may not ne