Re: [ubuntu-uk] Virgin broadband from 20 to 60 megas

2013-07-20 Thread Rob Beard
it Wireless (N is it?) and a laptop that supports the older 54mbit Wireless G then everything will drop down to the slower speeds. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HDMI

2013-04-16 Thread Rob Beard
laptops). Failing that, it is possible to get a USB to HDMI/DVI adaptor although I've only used them on Windows, but I gather some of them do support Linux... http://plugable.com/products/uga-2k-a Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dynamic DNS service

2013-03-19 Thread Rob Beard
;m worth paying the $15 or whatever it is to DynDNS or no-ip.com Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

2013-01-18 Thread Rob Beard
re the same models that System76 sell. s/ Wow, PC Specialist aren't bad, same spec machine with 3 year warranty is only about another 15 quid. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

2013-01-18 Thread Rob Beard
ch only sticks out about half a centimetre from the USB port so unlikely to cause much bother. You might also be lucky and find the wifi is supported in the newer releases of Ubuntu. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit vs 32-bit

2012-11-14 Thread Rob Beard
o, even with only 2GB Ram. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] skype

2012-08-07 Thread Rob Beard
On 06/08/12 18:53, Wayne Roberts wrote: Hi all, Since i installed 'dropbox' skype crashes straight away with the error "Aborted (core dumped)" Anybody got any clues? I've seen this due to lack of disk space, confused me for ages. Maybe try renaming the .Skype direct

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Replacing Linux Mint 13 with Ubuntu 12.04

2012-07-02 Thread Rob Beard
ackup that you can copy back over if it all goes wrong. :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Starting an IT workshop

2012-06-28 Thread Rob Beard
ese days maybe have Intel, AMD or NVidia chipsets and just seem to work. Anyway, good luck... maybe there might be other members on this mailing list near you who might be able to offer a hand too :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu's Plans To Implement UEFI SecureBoot: No GRUB2

2012-06-22 Thread Rob Beard
d couple of seconds to do it's self checks and things). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting information in The Register that may be useful in evangelism

2012-05-18 Thread Rob Beard
but I must admit I am interested in getting Steam and picking up Left4Dead 2 when it comes out (I gather it's a launch title for Steam on Linux). I was going to buy it for the XBOX 360, but hey if I can support gaming on Linux over filling Microsoft's pockets then I'll get it on the P

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless inkjet printer?

2012-05-09 Thread Rob Beard
quid from Tesco, it has a scanner and supports wireless printing (even from a phone) but scanning requires a USB cable to be plugged in. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viglen MPC-L, what now?

2012-04-12 Thread Rob Beard
t should work fine. How about knocking something headless together, remote backup server? Some sort of weather station controller? Headless MP3 player? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server 11.10 -- how do I enable remot access via Putty?

2012-03-12 Thread Rob Beard
be able to just install the openssh-server package (or when installing there should be an option to install SSH server amongst the server types). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Beeb@30

2012-03-09 Thread Rob Beard
27;ve have loved to attend but Cambridge is a bit far for me from Devon, shame as it sounds interesting. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 11.10 and skype

2012-03-09 Thread Rob Beard
s yet find anything. thanks Paul There's an option under the General tab in the options to start Skype minimised in the system tray (at least on Skype 2.2 Beta). Not sure if that'll do it? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Raspberry Pi

2012-02-29 Thread Rob Beard
and order one but I wasn't so lucky, but I registered my interest. I'm looking forward to getting a couple to play with (got a couple of ideas so far). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Opportunity to promote Ubuntu

2012-02-20 Thread Rob Beard
in March? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [virgin media] double broadband

2012-02-03 Thread Rob Beard
On 03/02/12 20:56, Bod Soutar wrote: Rob, They will discount me to the cost of a 50mb package. Bodsda Interesting, so that makes me wonder if customers could upgrade to 100Mbit just before the changes, get the discount and then the free speed upgrade? :-) I dunno what I'd do

Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm not a Virgin customer

2012-02-03 Thread Rob Beard
lightly quicker than Virgin, presumably that's why Virgin are upgrading to 120Mbit. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [virgin media] double broadband

2012-02-03 Thread Rob Beard
router. Personally I just leave it in NAT mode, seems to work okay now (used to be really bad but seems to have improved over the past year). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [virgin media] double broadband

2012-02-03 Thread Rob Beard
inux compatible. Bodsda I'm on 30Mbit at the moment, what sort of discount are they offering on the 100Mbit package? I was on the 50Mbit package before I moved, and I was mulling over upgrading, but don't know if I can get the 100Mbit package in my area yet (Torquay). Rob -- u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] qlcodes on ubuntu cd wallets

2011-12-21 Thread Rob Beard
I see the idea though. Can't say I scan QR codes much, I used to when I first got my phone, now I tend to ignore them. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lack of support for small business

2011-11-18 Thread Rob Beard
y, doing a quick Google search came up with a couple of companies offering free trials on credit card machines so maybe you might be able to get one from one of those companies. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu in a networked workplace

2011-11-16 Thread Rob Beard
und that when connecting to a server with a slow connection (such as my home server over a VPN connection) it can in some cases cause Nautilus to hang but the rest of the machine seems pretty responsive. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uname -a for 32 bit os on 64 bit cpu

2011-11-14 Thread Rob Beard
my media PC and my server is running Ubuntu Server 64-Bit), but hope this helps: rob@aspire ~ $ uname -a Linux aspire 2.6.38-11-generic-pae #50-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 12 22:21:04 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux (It's running on a Core 2 Duo with 4GB Ram) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Christmas Meal

2011-11-10 Thread Rob Beard
would be great to meet some of you guys and girls. Maybe if there are any Ubuntu or Linux related events near year I might be able to make it. Happy Christmas! :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google Plus Page

2011-11-10 Thread Rob Beard
ow to add extra page admins. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cheap USB DVB-T Dongale that works with 11.10

2011-10-29 Thread Rob Beard
on eBay for about 10 quid. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] marketing

2011-09-22 Thread Rob Beard
think) then purge after that. Just an idea Paul Standard releases are 18 months, LTS releases are 3 years on the desktop and 5 years on the server. But yeah, I see your point. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommendations for a small, cheap, ubuntu staging computer/server?

2011-09-16 Thread Rob Beard
your local Freecycle group :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommendations for a small, cheap, ubuntu staging computer/server?

2011-09-16 Thread Rob Beard
imilar machine) and it too runs Ubuntu 10.04 really well (11.04 works but the wireless needs blacklisting otherwise it won't shut down properly). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommendations for a small, cheap, ubuntu staging computer/server?

2011-09-16 Thread Rob Beard
happily with KVM on top running a VM (I have 3GB Ram in mine, I added 1 x Kingston 2GB DDR3 ECC DIMM, quickfind code: 169804). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] classic interface and ubntu

2011-09-06 Thread Rob Beard
upgrade to Xubuntu 11.10 from there? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mythbuntu on gadget show!

2011-09-03 Thread Rob Beard
o see Mythbuntu. I thought they'd have maybe shown Windows Media Center. I think they saw her coming though if she paid 30 quid for a TV card :-) Still... great way of getting the word out there and I wonder how many folks out there have old PCs that they could possibly turn into MythTV bo

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 10.04 Server text mode problems

2011-08-21 Thread Rob Beard
chipset in it, I believe it's a Radeon HD4200. I just wondered if there was any way of tweaking it to get it back to bog standard VGA mode? Ta, Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] trouble with a "Vodafone TopUp And Go" dongle

2011-08-13 Thread Rob Beard
/ttyUSB0 and /dev/ttyUSB1. I wonder if your particular model of modem isn't detected yet as a modem? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] AM3 processor

2011-08-12 Thread Rob Beard
eview says it can be overclocked to 3.6Ghz! (although maybe on a standard cooler you might not get speeds like that). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem Upgrading to 11.04 Desktop

2011-08-03 Thread Rob Beard
time I saw that I believe the package was being updated, I left it a bit and tried again later. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HLUG Open Source Schools Project

2011-07-29 Thread Rob Beard
ld work well rather than me re-inventing the wheel :-) I'll be sure to forward this e-mail to my local LUG, we have a couple of people in our LUG who have some involvement with schools and nurseries so maybe of interest to them. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Simplicity Computers

2011-07-28 Thread Rob Beard
But hey good luck to them if they can sell them. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK Providers

2011-07-26 Thread Rob Beard
2Mbit. So yeah it is possible. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Slow d/loads

2011-07-24 Thread Rob Beard
connection too. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] trying to strean video files to an xbox360?

2011-07-21 Thread Rob Beard
RC it will play XVID and DIVX video with MP3 audio, but can trip up with other audio formats. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Aspire Revo R3700 Desktop

2011-07-16 Thread Rob Beard
eap thought now, cheapest one eBuyer.com have at the moment is a Hanns-G from Hanspree for just over £65... http://www.ebuyer.com/product/198780 Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New network for women advocating, using or developing FLOSS

2011-07-15 Thread Rob Beard
the list, as you say it's pretty male dominated and some guys can be a bit funny about it, personally I see the girls in my local LUG as fellow Linux geeks :-) Good luck with it. I guess it's okay for us guys to blog about it etc? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mythubuntu: what harware?

2011-07-13 Thread Rob Beard
On 13/07/11 21:40, LeeGroups wrote: Rob, I think you're getting too hung up big graphics cards and big processors and loads of drives :) I've run Myth on that kind of hardware and while it works, it'll cost you a fortune in just electricity... remember ever watt the ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mythubuntu: what harware?

2011-07-08 Thread Rob Beard
e to the limited internal slots, I'd have to use USB tuners), and finding a USB sound card with SPDIF output which is compatible with Ubuntu seems to be a bit of a challenge. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Adding storage two a Ubuntu server?

2011-07-08 Thread Rob Beard
On 08/07/11 17:39, Rob Beard wrote: On 08/07/11 12:48, Alexander Birchall wrote: Hi All, I find that a Ubuntu server (Release 11.04(natty) I inherited has available 60 GB of unused space on the hard disk. I would like to expand the existing 40 GB available to the server to incorporate this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Adding storage two a Ubuntu server?

2011-07-08 Thread Rob Beard
cover some data from a 1TB hard drive. I don't think it has any redundancy though. Anyway, I used this to get started with LVM... http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - digital TV recorder (Humax) free software.....

2011-07-03 Thread Rob Beard
save them having to re-invent the wheel. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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

2011-07-01 Thread Rob Beard
On 01/07/11 14:35, Dino T. wrote: I can send google+ invites to anyone, just need a gmail address or hotmail/yahoo that has a google account associated. Could I also have my name put in the hat for an invite please? My google account is trevorkevorson at google mail dot com :-) Ta, Rob

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

2011-07-01 Thread Rob Beard
Looks like you have 40 likes now. I really must check my mail more, I think I missed the original e-mail about it :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Do I have a quad-core netbook (surely not?!)

2011-06-28 Thread Rob Beard
d into Hyperthreading, this article on Wikipedia covers it better than I can explain it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-threading Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu South west loco team page

2011-06-27 Thread Rob Beard
interested in coming to one of the Devon & Cornwall LUG meets in Exeter? I can't see any reason why you can't join the South West Loco team, after all it's possible to have online meetings and contact via e-mail :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What aren't we doing? What should we be doing?

2011-06-24 Thread Rob Beard
te efforts more. Yep that could be useful, such as making the source artwork available for things like posters maybe in SVG, Gimp or OpenOffice format or something like that so it can be modified? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What aren't we doing? What should we be doing?

2011-06-24 Thread Rob Beard
e tips etc. I guess I'd have to speak to some non-geeks and get their opinions as I could be really wrong :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What aren't we doing? What should we be doing?

2011-06-24 Thread Rob Beard
ts from other Ubuntu-UK members too (although I'd guess if you happen to be on holiday in Torquay with your family the last thing your other half would want is you going to a geeky LUG meet!). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What aren't we doing? What should we be doing?

2011-06-24 Thread Rob Beard
there for now, and if anyone wants to contribute a better system (perhaps tied in with loco.ubuntu.com) then they can go do that. Alan I like this idea, that way I guess like eBay feedback, you can find out who does a good job and who to avoid :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What aren't we doing? What should we be doing?

2011-06-24 Thread Rob Beard
buntu, this is what the Exwick Computer Club has done to introduce people from Windows and Mac background to Ubuntu etc). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What aren't we doing? What should we be doing?

2011-06-24 Thread Rob Beard
long term goals to do something like this, well not just this, but also something along the lines of Free Geek in Torbay when I can raise enough funds to do so. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What aren't we doing? What should we be doing?

2011-06-24 Thread Rob Beard
r students interested in just the basics. My daughter is starting secondary school in September, I'm hoping to find out what sort of things they have in this respect (my daughter might not be so interested herself, she prefers drama but I am planning on introducing her to Scratch this weekend).

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dad's Computer - for want of a better subject

2011-06-22 Thread Rob Beard
ave improved greatly and if the machine can't boot you have the option of loading a gui recovery mode and adding drivers that way. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dad's Computer - for want of a better subject

2011-06-22 Thread Rob Beard
that maybe they are a registered Microsoft refurbisher and provided a licence that way, that is until I read that the options are Windows XP or Windows 7, NOT Vista... http://www.microsoft.com/refurbishedpcs/Programs/registeredRefurbFAQ.htm Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites

2011-06-18 Thread Rob Beard
site. I gave up after waiting 15 seconds for it to load, clicked the stop button and a god awful monstrosity came up. Animated gifs, comic sans font? Heck the baby on there should have been a dancing baby! Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Which NVIDIA GPU for Natty?

2011-06-13 Thread Rob Beard
l. That one seems a bit over kill for a non-gamer. I could understand how a gamer would want something like that though (or maybe an ATI card). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Which NVIDIA GPU for Natty?

2011-06-13 Thread Rob Beard
well supported with the proprietary NVidia driver and it supports VDPAU for HD video acceleration in mplayer and MythTV. Actually I didn't realise they were so cheap now, might pick one up for the kids PC. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Race Online 2012 - lets give EVERYONE buying a second user PC a chance to try Linux.

2011-06-04 Thread Rob Beard
ss he has done a custom image with extras installed). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Race Online 2012 PCs shocker!

2011-05-18 Thread Rob Beard
#x27;d certainly sign up to be a volunteer, I'm sure many more of us would too. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Race Online 2012 PCs shocker!

2011-05-18 Thread Rob Beard
pen Firefox and LibreOffice it is going to be painful anyway. Alan. I agree with this, I'm sure they'd have machines which don't work for varying reasons which they can take bits from. They could at least put 512MB and 1GB respectively in each machine. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Race Online 2012 PCs shocker!

2011-05-18 Thread Rob Beard
etter, we have meetings in Torbay, Exeter, North Devon and there was talk about a Plymouth meeting. I'm not sure what the Cornwall guys are doing, I belive there was two demo days held in Penzance a couple of years ago. Seems to be the same few people who get involved though :-) Rob --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Race Online 2012 PCs shocker!

2011-05-17 Thread Rob Beard
rk with netbooks being slightly cheaper (from Tier1Online.co.uk). To be honest, I'm not shocked about it all, just bitterly disapointed. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Rob Beard
cient way to get to see it (using Unity rather than Tools, Downloads in FF)? Colin You could try the shortcut, Control, Shift and Y. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-16 Thread Rob Beard
even with dual monitors (old habits die hard). Is it possible to tile windows in Unity? (I've not upgraded to Ubuntu 11.04, instead I moved over to Mint 10 about 5 months ago). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu + computing in schools

2011-05-06 Thread Rob Beard
developers, or at least he's had a hand in it. I think it's a great idea, if they pull it off I'll certainly get one, maybe 2 or 3 if they manage the £15 price point. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IT IS OUT \o/ so come to the party

2011-04-28 Thread Rob Beard
you can get there until we get kicked out. http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/889/detail/ Alan Bell UK LoCo Team Leader It's a bit too far for me I'm afraid (living in Devon), have fun though folks. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Very Off Topic - Apologies in advance.

2011-04-14 Thread Rob Beard
, that is unless you can restart a download if it times out). I'd say maybe SFTP would be maybe a more preferred solution, that way they can securely FTP the files to a location on your server. Or failing that, how about just accept drives with images on (or just drives which nee

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New omputer.......Ubuntu install help

2011-04-07 Thread Rob Beard
should ask you which device you want to boot from. Either that press F2 (I think, it is on my Acer, might be F1 possibly) to go into the BIOS and set the CD/DVD drive as the primary boot device. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New omputer.......Ubuntu install help

2011-04-07 Thread Rob Beard
ly uses 3.25GB). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Old computers for charity

2011-04-06 Thread Rob Beard
cycle *lots* of old hardware. I mean lots. It's stunning how much. www.access-space.org Cheers, Tim Thanks for the tip on that one Tim, next time I visit relatives up that way I'll try and pop in and have a look. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Old computers for charity

2011-04-04 Thread Rob Beard
ng to your colleague to have a look at DBan for wiping the drives. It can wipe up to government standards (and even more stringent than that too) so I doubt anyone with recovery software would be able to recover anything (and professional recovery isn't cheap). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bonding 3G connections.

2011-04-03 Thread Rob Beard
used with different providers. Doing a quick Google search also comes up with this... http://www.zeroshell.net/eng/forum/viewtopic.php?t=312 Maybe this might help you crack it, I'd be interested to know if you do manage it. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SATA drive problem .....

2011-03-18 Thread Rob Beard
On 18/03/11 18:37, Barry Drake wrote: On Fri, 2011-03-18 at 17:42 +, Rob Beard wrote: You might find it could be an SATA cable. Chances are you're not going to find a big IDE drive easily now as everything is going down the route of SATA. First thing I did was try a new SATA cabl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SATA drive problem .....

2011-03-18 Thread Rob Beard
. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/200853 Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Removing Windows dual boot

2011-03-17 Thread Rob Beard
making a backup of your home directory (just in case). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] This train terminates here. All change, All change.

2011-03-17 Thread Rob Beard
I've read I'm sure you'll do well. Thanks too Dave for your hard work :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Team Leadership Election Process

2011-03-17 Thread Rob Beard
ested it. Looks reasonable to me... [1] May not actually contain Ninja's, Pirates and/or scenes of unparalleled action and/or bravery :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rugby Ubuntu meet up

2011-03-13 Thread Rob Beard
Ubuntu-UK members which go to live games might be interested in maybe meeting up with Paul if he's going to any of your local games :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT but geeky: Chuck Season 1 on Five Star

2011-03-07 Thread Rob Beard
On 07/03/11 22:53, Alan Pope wrote: On 7 March 2011 22:48, Rob Beard wrote: 5 Star (which I gather is one of the Channel 5 spin off channels, formally known as Fiver) is showing the US TV show Chuck starting with the first ever episode tomorrow (8th March 2011) at 9pm. Set the PVR, thanks

[ubuntu-uk] OT but geeky: Chuck Season 1 on Five Star

2011-03-07 Thread Rob Beard
ully if it proves to be popular Channel Five will show all four seasons. So remember to tune in at 9pm... Freeview channel 30 Sky channel 176 or Virgin channel 151 Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New twist on file sharing.

2011-03-03 Thread Rob Beard
Sadly I can't tell you exactly which packages you'd need as I'm not near a PC at the mo (just on my mobile). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread Rob Beard
Manchester and if you're local you can go in and pick stuff up (although you can't get the 'web only' prices that way). I've never had any problems with them and their prices are quite reasonable. :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread Rob Beard
On 21/02/11 18:29, alan c wrote: On 21/02/11 18:06, Rob Beard wrote: On 21/02/11 16:45, Ross Mounce wrote: [It's my first post: Hi all!] I often hear that it's rare to find UK vendors selling computers with Ubuntu pre-installed. So I was pleasantly suprised to see this: http://www.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread Rob Beard
one of their bare bones systems such as this Athlon II X3 450 (3.2GHz triple core) with NVidia nForce 430 chipset with onboard graphics and 2GB Ram for £150 inc VAT. http://tinyurl.com/6zo9tex Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread Rob Beard
ich has a fault in it). (More specifically it's the Intel® 6 Series Express Chipset and the C200 chipset). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Live usb question

2011-02-19 Thread Rob Beard
to a hard drive as generally you'll have much more free space (unless you happen to be running on old kit with a smaller hard drive). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Rob Beard
Menu which had individual HTML files? Ta, Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-13 Thread Rob Beard
this is the best way to go really, you need dvd's rather than cds. paul If if you customise it you can get it down to CD size. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-12 Thread Rob Beard
On 12/02/11 22:04, Jacob Mansfield wrote: well I've got a meeting with herts council on the 1st, wish me lick and I'll tell you how it goes Good Lick ;-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-12 Thread Rob Beard
. That's interesting to hear, it's a shame the same can't be said for Devon County Council who are pretty much a Windows only shop. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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