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

On 20/07/13 20:52, Muñiz Piniella, Andrés wrote: Hello all, The heaviest use of internet I do is for some video streaming at home. At the moment youtube on mobile and tablet and lovefilm on the wii (still no joy with ubuntu). Also video chat. They take less then a minute to load and only ocasion

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HDMI

On 15/04/13 22:16, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 15 April 2013 21:44, Ken Adams > wrote: Is it possible to have multiple HDMI outputs from a single port with a splitter and multiple monitors, OR, multiple HDMI ports with a monitor each, all with a differ

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dynamic DNS service

On 19/03/13 14:31, Iain Cuthbertson wrote: On 19/03/13 14:24, Mark Fraser wrote: I've been using dyndns on my home server with ddclient successfully for a few years now and I've recently given my dad a laptop with Ubuntu installed on it that I would like to access remotely. Looking at dyndns's

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

On 18/01/13 09:32, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 18 Jan 2013 07:59, "Mark Fraser" mailto:mfraz74%2bubu...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Found this zoostorm laptop on ebuyer's website http://www.ebuyer.com/411061- > zoostorm-laptop-7873-9042 and was wondering if it would be suitable for > installing Ubu

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

On 18/01/13 07:58, Mark Fraser wrote: Found this zoostorm laptop on ebuyer's website http://www.ebuyer.com/411061- zoostorm-laptop-7873-9042 and was wondering if it would be suitable for installing Ubuntu on. Some of the comments mention lack of Debian drivers for wi-fi, but there are instructio

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

On 14/11/12 15:40, Nigel Verity wrote: Hi I'm thinking about upgrading to Xubuntu 12.10. It will be a fresh install. So far I've always gone for the 32-bit version and had next to no problems, either with the OS or applications. Conscious of the need to keep up with the times, I'm considering 64

Re: [ubuntu-uk] skype

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 directory too. Rob -- ubuntu-uk

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

On 02/07/12 21:48, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: If I want to replace Linux Mint 13 with Ubuntu 12.04, will it just be a case of installing over the top, and if so will that affect my Home directory at all? In other words if I do this will my Home directory stay intact or do I need to back it up

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Starting an IT workshop

On 28/06/12 22:49, Andres wrote: I have just been to a local neighbourhood community [0] meeting and thought ann IT workshop would help out. The group already does workshops relating to gardening, bicycle maintenance and such. My question is: how do I propose it in your experience? What I have

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

On 22/06/12 18:08, Andres Muniz wrote: - Mensaje original - > Just saw this... > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEyNDY > since this was brought up: would this delay boot times? I'd expect not, at

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

On 18/05/12 20:18, Barry Titterton wrote: It seems that Microsoft will be shipping Win8 without the ability to play DVDs. They justify it by citing the rise in popularity of streaming media such as Netflix. Users who really want it will have to pay extra. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/04/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless inkjet printer?

On 09/05/12 16:46, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: Can anyone point me to a relatively cheap and economical wireless inkjet printer (would be nice to have a scanner but not essential) that works OK with 12.04? Ta muchly! I can recommend the Epson Stylus SX435W, although I don't know if it works

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

On 12/04/12 23:52, Matthew Revell wrote: I know a few other UK Ubuntu people bought the Viglen MPC-L a few years back. I've got one sitting on my shelf doing nowt (I've got another machine to do what the Viglen used to, plus a lot more). With 586 support no longer in Ubuntu (okay, still got thre

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

On 12/03/12 17:01, Alexander Birchall wrote: Hi, I thought I was quite experienced at administering a Ubuntu Server, but I am totally confused by the graphical desktop for Ubuntu Server 11.10. I need to be able to remotely connect to the server with Putty (my choice for remote access to servers

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Beeb@30

On 09/03/12 21:22, Steve Pearce wrote: Evening folks. Is anybody from Ubuntu-UK attending Beeb@30? If so, I think it would be great to meet up over a lunch. Information about the event itself can be found at http://www.beeb30.org.uk and I believe tickets are still available. stevepdp I've

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 11.10 and skype

Quoting paul sutton : Hi Does anyone know where to change settings in skype so that it does not open full screen when ubuntu starts, I want it to start up (I can find the setting for that) but it keeps opening full screen, I am trying to find options in the skype settings but can't as yet fin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Raspberry Pi

On 29/02/12 17:27, john beddard wrote: This the breakthrough we needed ! http://uk.rs-online.com/web/generalDisplay.html?id=raspberrypi&cm_mmc=UK-PPC-0212-_-02_Raspberry_PI-_-Raspberry_PI-_-Raspberry_Pi Has anyone got one yet ? John Probably like many others I was up at 6am to try and order

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Opportunity to promote Ubuntu

On 18/02/12 19:19, paul sutton wrote: I was thinking more along the lines of if someone wanted help installing Ubuntu or setting something simple up I could probably help. As this is an opportunity for the Ubuntu community to jump in and help one saturday in March, is anyone Local available th

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

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 with 120Mb

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

On 03/02/12 20:20, Michael Daniels wrote: As stated, you will only get the advertised higher speeds with a Virgin Optical Fibre connection. When virgin cabled our nearest town, 3 miles away, they did not cut in to our village of 6000. BT will provide broadband to a cabinet, less than a 1/4 mile a

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

On 03/02/12 14:10, Andres Muniz wrote: Hello all, just in case it is of interest. I am a virjin media costumer with 5mb broadband (good enough for me). I just had a call home offering the double up for free. Do you have Virgin media cable (i.e you have a box on the front of your house with a

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

On 03/02/12 18:20, Bod Soutar wrote: Hi, I am a virgin media customer on the 100mb package. They are upping me to 120mb and giving me a discount. I can confirm that although they don't offer linux 'support' all services with the exception of installable software is completely linux compatible.

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

On 21/12/11 21:59, Grant Phillips-Sewell wrote: I kinda like the idea but all too often the QR codes used are dull and unimaginative. I'm sure you can find a way to make them more interesting. Grant. Colour them pink? Or replace them with a web address? How about www.ubuntu.com :-) I see t

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

On 18/11/11 23:44, Gareth France wrote: I'm not looking for a loan, I need to be able to process credit cards, if you go to a computer fair do you go with £500 in your pocket to buy a pc with? Or do you take your card? To get the card processing I need a business account. No overdraft No loan No

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

On 16/11/11 21:54, Andres wrote: Curiosity question: If ubuntu was installed in a company with around 1600 desktops and laptops that need to be networked with shared server drives and need to be backed up daily. I guess antivirus and normal security would also be needed. What would be the boot up

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

On 14/11/11 17:53, John Levin wrote: Hi all, I'm writing a bit of documentation, and am having trouble with uname. What does uname -a produce for a 32 bit operating system running on a 64 bit cpu? If anyone is running such a system, if they could cut & paste the output, I'd be very much obliged.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Christmas Meal

On 10/11/11 22:47, Alan Bell wrote: Hi all, We are in the process of planning the Ubuntu UK LoCo Christmas event, this time we are going posh for a smart meal at a nice restaurant in Clerkenwell. However, there is a little twist, at this venue there are no lights. In fact no light at all. You wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google Plus Page

On 10/11/11 23:23, Alan Bell wrote: You will be glad to know we are up there with the cool kids and have our very own G+ page for you to encircle and reshare stuff from https://plus.google.com/110834053865602900585 I will be posting announcements of interesting stuff there, along with all the o

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

On 29/10/11 23:23, Philip Stubbs wrote: Can anybody that uses a cheap USB DVB-T dongle that works well with Ubuntu 11.10, please tell me the make and model. Thanks! Well not sure about cheap but the Hauppage WinTV HVR-900 now works (natively supported from Kernel 3.0 onwards) but it requires

Re: [ubuntu-uk] marketing

On 22/09/11 17:06, paul sutton wrote: Hi I think to highlight the situation https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DIYMarketing#Posters there is a poster here, for 5.04, now that seems to be years and I mean years out of date its like trying to put up a poster to promote windows XP ) Surely there should b

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

On 16/09/11 12:15, doug livesey wrote: I do rather like the look of that desktop! But maybe I should have a hunt on ebay, as well. Maybe a new machine is a bit too much to spend on just a staging server. Maybe you could pick up an older Atom board off eBay or even maybe an old desktop from yo

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

On 16/09/11 11:48, Alan Pope wrote: On 16 September 2011 11:40, doug livesey wrote: Hi -- what box would people recommend for setting up a small, cheap staging Ubuntu web server? This:- http://www.ebuyer.com/253305-hp-proliant-athlon-ii-neo-n36l-microserver-100-cashback-633724-421 or if you

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

On 16/09/11 11:40, doug livesey wrote: Hi -- what box would people recommend for setting up a small, cheap staging Ubuntu web server? It would pretty much only be needed to test deploys before we push them live. Thanks for any & all advice, Doug. If you don't need anything too fancy, the H

Re: [ubuntu-uk] classic interface and ubntu

On 06/09/11 11:50, Alan Pope wrote: On 6 September 2011 11:48, paul sutton wrote: Is the classic interface using gnome 3? The Classic interface in 11.04 uses GNOME 2.x, because 11.04 ships with GNOME 2.x not GNOME 3.x. and is this going to remain an option, i currently run 11.04 with classi

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

On 02/09/11 21:01, Andres wrote: Ok, she unfairly lost the challenge but mythubuntu was shown! Channel 5 by the way. Just finished but you can catch up on five on demand. Final 15mins after last adds. I noticed this too, I don't normally watch the Gadget Show but was interested to see Mythbu

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 10.04 Server text mode problems

Hi folks, I've just got a HP MicroServer which I am installing 64-Bit Ubuntu 10.04 on to (I believe it was the 10.04.3 Server ISO I used). The installation appears to have gone fine which is great, but when it boots up it seems to boot into some sort of graphical text mode, whilst the font i

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

On 13/08/11 17:03, Adam Funk wrote: I plugged one of these into my Ubuntu laptop, which recognised it as a "Vodafone Mobile Broadband K3570-Z", but I couldn't get a working connection (the network manager icon in the notification area went into a very high speed spin with the "trying to connect"

Re: [ubuntu-uk] AM3 processor

On 12/08/11 19:05, Daniel Case wrote: Looks good, does the OEM version come with a fan? Daniel Not generally unless specified, it's usually the retail boxed ones that come with a fan. That is a great price, I'd be tempted to get one myself at that price, especially since the review says i

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

On 03/08/11 15:33, Matthew Daubney wrote: On 3 August 2011 14:55, Jon Farmer wrote: Hi It fails every time with Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gwibber/gwibber-service-facebook_3.0.0.1-0ubuntu3_all.deb 403 Forbidden Any ideas? Regards Jon Jon Farmer Tel 07

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

On 29/07/11 10:06, Sarah Chard wrote: Hi I wanted to let you know what is happening here in Herefordshire. As a part of ISFD we are running an Open Source Schools Project - partially inspired by discussions here on education and open source. Herefordshire LUG contacted schools across the county

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Simplicity Computers

On 28/07/11 11:16, Mark Fraser wrote: On Thursday 28 Jul 2011 11:03:36 Simon Greenwood wrote: On 28 July 2011 10:53, Mark Fraser wrote: In my local weekly newspaper there is an article about Simplicity Computers and Wessex Computers www.simplicitycomputers.co.uk. They are providing an AIO comp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK Providers

On 26/07/11 20:07, Ted Wager wrote: Anyone tell me if it is possible for an isp to cut down the download rate for one of it's clients ? Yes, with traffic management, traffic shaping, or just generally limiting the speed. When I was with Eclipse a few years ago they did just that, I had a li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Slow d/loads

On 24/07/11 18:37, Ted Wager wrote: According to the telephone engineer who fitted it the connection has been changed to the master socket and the phones are connected from that.. If you have an NTE5 socket (i.e. one that looks like it comes in two bits - see this for reference: http://www.t

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

On 21/07/11 14:47, javadayaz wrote: Hi, I want to wirelessly stream movies and music from my pc to my 360. Reading up on the web shows that files such as avi's cant be done without transcoding. Can someone point me in the right direction? Yep it can be done, I personally use PS3 Media Server

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

On 15/07/11 21:55, Paul Sutton wrote: On 15/07/11 20:26, bod...@googlemail.com wrote: OK It seems however my monitor has died, or is dying, as its not working properly, goes off randomly, starts off grey and a bright grey background (sorry can't really describe it properly) either way its not

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

On 15/07/11 18:40, Paula Graham wrote: We're in the throes of setting up 'Flossie' as a space for women who're involved in FLOSS in any way - especially advocacy. We're hoping this will help us to co-ordinate our advocacy activities a bit better and share what works. We'll be kicking off with an

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

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 machine uses will cos

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

On 08/07/11 21:27, Andres wrote: I'm seeing virgin media tv ads about the tivo box. Is this stuff that mythubuntu can do? If so what is the hardware any of you would recomend? I understand the Tivo box has some sort of inteligence in it in that it can suggest TV programs and what not. Not to

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

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?

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 extra 60 GB, but I have so far been unabl

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

On 03/07/11 16:26, alan c wrote: I have just purchased a new Humax tv recorder (FOX T2), it has a USB port which can be used to connect to a LAN and router for tv internet use, with things like iplayer (bbc) etc. I am using a wifi usb dongle. I noticed that the first file system the User's Manua

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

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

On 01/07/11 13:18, Alan Bell wrote: well we reached the milestone of 25 "likes" on our Facebook page so now have a sparkly new vanity URL: http://www.facebook.com/UbuntuUK . . . and we got it just in time for Google Plus to be released and render Facebook redundant. Discuss! Alan. Looks like

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

On 28/06/11 13:21, Ross Mounce wrote: Dear list, I recently bought a fairly new Samsung N150 Plus netbook off a friend. Dumped the windows crippleware 'Starter' OS, and installed Ubuntu 64-bit 11.04 Two questions: A) Why does it show as 4 processors? Are these all real? It uses a technol

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

On 27/06/11 16:17, Mark Fraser wrote: On Sunday 26 Jun 2011 23:08:10 Paul Sutton wrote: As the following site relating to the UK south west loco team page is only being edited by myself https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/SouthWest I am located in the south west - Somerset - and was a member of th

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

On 24/06/11 19:24, Paul Sutton wrote: On 24/06/11 10:11, Alan Pope wrote: As a team we do "stuff" for the Ubuntu. Most of this stuff is based on ideas a few people have had within the team. This includes:- * Support * Advocacy * Promotion * Events I figured it's time to get some fresh ideas.

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

On 24/06/11 13:51, gazz wrote: I do think that people need face-to-face help and the LUG format doesn't work for most non-techies - and especially for women. Anxiety about who they'll turn to if it goes wrong is a big barrier for most people when thinking about adopting Ubuntu. We've been workin

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

On 24/06/11 13:47, Alan Bell wrote: stuff not in London is probably a bit of a weakness. London is kind of convenient by train from everywhere so it is generally a reasonable place to do things, but I think it would be great for people in other cities to organise things local to them. That might

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

On 24/06/11 13:09, Alan Bell wrote: Just like the Yellow Pages, or any other means of selecting a vendor that does not include a reputation based scoring system. We could build our own vendor catalogue with pre-qualification requirements and a reputation system, but lets use what is already there

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

On 24/06/11 10:11, Alan Pope wrote: As a team we do "stuff" for the Ubuntu. Most of this stuff is based on ideas a few people have had within the team. This includes:- * Support * Advocacy * Promotion * Events I figured it's time to get some fresh ideas. So, simple question:- "As a team, what

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

On 24/06/11 10:46, john beddard wrote: Start a Social Enterprise that supports Ubuntu LoCo set up and operation. Including support for promotional materials and partner training. Then make this a template for further Social Enterprise start ups. Funny you should mention that, it is one of my l

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

On 24/06/11 10:26, Alan Bell wrote: personally I think we should be getting companies to sponsor stuff, but I don't think we should be holding money at all. If we want to do something that needs money get someone to pay for it directly, that cuts out a heap of problems and lets us do pretty much

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

On 22/06/2011 09:14, Sean Miller wrote: On 22 June 2011 08:59, Avi Greenbury > wrote: Jon Reynolds wrote: 1. Why on Earth did they choose to put Vista on there?? Perhaps because a new board supposedly means a new install of Windows and you're not suppos

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

On 22/06/2011 11:32, Dave Hanson wrote: I think it may just be easier for companies like that to do a complete re-install rather than diagnose the actual problem and blame it on dodgy hardware, as for the Vista install, if they did actually take the parts from another PC perhaps they switched

Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites

On 18/06/11 10:14, Sean Miller wrote: Yikes... !! "Recognised for ICT"? Perhaps that was due to being "pioneers" and setting up their website at a time most others didn't have one... alas, I think it's rather overdue for an upgrade. Sean My god what an awful site. I gave up after waiting 1

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

On 13/06/11 17:44, Alan Pope wrote: On 13 June 2011 17:27, Philip Newborough wrote: I am not a gamer, but I would like it to perform well at HD media playback and possibly recording some screencasts. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/232853 Is the one I recently bought. I previously ran Ubuntu

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

On 13/06/11 17:27, Philip Newborough wrote: Hello Peeps I have a Dell Studio 540 system with integrated Intel i915(?) graphics controller. The system works well, but I am wondering if it would benefit from an upgrade? I am looking at purchasing an NVIDIA card, but I am somewhat lost as to which

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

On 22/05/11 15:30, Alan Bell wrote: On 22/05/11 11:28, Martin Houston wrote: He said that getting a fresh XP image onto a pepurposed machine this way takes just 4 minutes! yeah, you can drop an Ubuntu image on disk pretty quick too. I had them cloning with a PXE boot and clonezilla image drop

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

On 18/05/11 19:22, Alan Bell wrote: On 18/05/11 19:02, Michael Devenish wrote: I'd like to see the 100,000 volunteers for the Race Online 2012 campaign encouraged to download and try Ubuntu so they are at least aware of it and can explain if anyone asks them. They'd also need to be told where to

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

On 18/05/11 18:00, Alan Bell wrote: I would rather they just stuck a respectable amount of ram in them and put Ubuntu on them, it works just fine on low spec machines. I don't really see the point in having an OS that "works" in low memory conditions when as soon as you open Firefox and LibreOffi

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

On 18/05/11 14:48, Matthew Daubney wrote: On 18 May 2011 13:05, Paul Sutton mailto:zl...@zleap.net>> wrote: So what can we do about this, I am currently helping at a youth music project that has now got 4 / 5 ubuntu computers up and running, I am struggling to maintain what we ha

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

On 17/05/11 23:30, Martin Houston wrote: The under £100 cheap PCs for the disadvantaged go on sale today. See http://www.ecycleonline.co.uk/choose-your-computer---from-9200-8-c.asp Ubuntu 10.10 is there as a solid and no s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

On 16/05/11 18:23, Colin Law wrote: On 16 May 2011 17:47, Alan Pope wrote: Why move a window to see what's underneath? Why not just switch to the window you actually want to see? If I have the downloads window of firefox open, but behind another firefox window, what is the most efficient way

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

On 16/05/11 17:47, Alan Pope wrote: On 16 May 2011 16:56, gazz wrote: Touchpad scrolling is a blunt instrument - for which reason I rarely use it. Depends on the hardware. On my laptop it's fantastic. Very fine control indeed can be had with two finger scrolling. Much finer than a mouse wheel

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

On 06/05/11 20:46, Bruno Girin wrote: Hi all, I came across this via /. today and thought it would be a great thing for Ubuntu UK members to get involved in: http://raspberrypi.org/ Quick summary: it's a UK charity who are trying to put fun back into learning computing by coming up with a £15

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

On 28/04/11 12:34, Alan Bell wrote: Yes, Kate Stewart the Ubuntu release manager has just announced the release of Ubuntu 11.04 formerly codenamed the Natty Narwhal. Yay! To celebrate please join us all (Community and Canonical) at the Porterhouse pub in Covent Garden this evening from whenever y

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

On 14/04/11 15:28, Dave Hanson wrote: I need some sort of ecommerce plugin for Wordpress which will allow clients, and myself to upload large files (HDD Images, so I'm talking GB's) and take payment from them for recovering their files and things - Obviosly not every job would involve huge amoun

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

On 07/04/11 14:49, scoundrel50a wrote: Burnt disc, then rebooted, but wasnt recognised by computer and windows started. Do I need to do anything else. Read the instructions Popey gave but it says computer should recognise the disc and start. Try pressing F12 on the Acer startup screen, it shou

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

On 07/04/11 13:41, scoundrel50a wrote: Thanks everybody. I was thinking of adding some more RAM, to make it faster. I will give it a try with the 64 bit. To be honest I'm not sure extra RAM will make it much faster, not unless you're running shed loads at once. I have a 2Ghz Core 2 Duo and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Old computers for charity

On 06/04/11 16:56, Tim Dobson wrote: Access Space in Sheffield however do, and are equally awesome. If you ever visit Sheffield, don't leave until you've visited. It's right in the centre, close to the station and truly is inspirational. They provide an open cluster and also recycle *lots* of o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Old computers for charity

On 04/04/11 13:07, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: Hello, I heard around here that someone worked with charities. I have a work colleague that has several in storage and is willing to give them away as they are (minus the HDD, though he hinted he might put in new ones) Do any of you know of a char

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

On 03/04/11 21:10, Tim Dobson wrote: Hey hey, Just wondered, does anyone have any experience or has seen any blogs posts of anyone bonding two or more 3G connections so they can aggregate the bandwidth? If you've seen or heard of anyone doing this I'd be interested to know any hints on how the

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

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 .....

On 18/03/11 17:03, Barry Drake wrote: On Fri, 2011-03-18 at 12:40 +, Matthew Daubney wrote: I'd check if there's an update for the BIOS, I've seen various drives/chipset configurations have weird issues over time :) Thanks. There is an update. But rather than risk frying my wife's mothe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Removing Windows dual boot

On 17/03/11 21:31, Neil Greenwood wrote: If you really want to convert, you have to delete the extended partition and create a new primary partition. Otherwise, if there's room, you could reformat the ex-Windows partition and copy the Ubuntu partition into it, then delete the old Ubuntu partiti

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

On 17/03/11 21:52, Alan Bell wrote: On 17/03/11 21:27, David Jones wrote: Train stops here? Would that be the Real Ale Train? What an excellent suggestion and as luck would have it the train is already penciled in for June http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/2011plan in response to the demands for a sp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Team Leadership Election Process

On 17/03/11 23:04, Matthew Daubney wrote: Otherwise known as "The Most Important Thing You'll Read This Week"! It had been pointed out that there was no documented process anywhere for the LoCo leadership contest. Somehow I seemed to manage with the action of doing this from a meeting I forgot t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rugby Ubuntu meet up

On 13/03/11 16:11, Laura Czajkowski wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 As most people on here I love Ubuntu and promote it where I can, another thing I love however is RUGBY no not Ruby! When there is a match on the TV I tweet it for folks I follow to join in the rants/discussi

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

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

Hi folks, I thought this might interest some of you... 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. For those who have never heard of Chuck, it

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

Quoting Gordon Burgess-Parker : On both my Netbook and Laptop, if I do System-Preferences-Personal File Sharing the dialog box tells me that "This feature cannot be enabled because the required packages are not installed on your system" NO mention WHATSOEVER of what packages ARE required. W

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

On 21/02/11 23:54, Ross Mounce wrote: Thanks to all who replied. I've gone with aria.co.uk (never heard of them before!) and the bare bones Athlon II X3 450 3.20GHz machine. Building something marginally better for marginally cheaper just didn't seem worth it to me. Will hav

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

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 :)

On 21/02/11 17:27, Ross Mounce wrote: have you thought about just building your own? I'm very happy to unscrew and plug things in/out. I've done RAM upgrades and HDD replacements. Simple stuff like that. But the prospects of 'thermal grease/paste' and 'bent pins' WRT to processor + mobo + hea

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

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.dinopc.com/shop/pc/NEW-Nanosaur-410-95p966.htm ...comes pre-installed with "Linux

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Live usb question

On 19/02/11 15:54, Barry Titterton wrote: I recently created a persistent live USB for the first time. It worked perfectly but there is one aspect of its behaviour that I do not understand: I used a 4Gb stick. After creating the stick in 10.10 using the built-in disk/USB creator, I added Restric

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

On 13/02/11 20:15, Sarah Chard wrote: On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 20:04 +, Paul Sutton wrote: On 13/02/11 19:17, Jacob Mansfield wrote: the CDs and flyers would be useful for my meeting as well, could I get a copy Jacob Mansfield Programmer CyberKing Solutions www.cyberkingsolutions.co.uk i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

On 13/02/11 20:04, Paul Sutton wrote: On 13/02/11 19:17, Jacob Mansfield wrote: the CDs and flyers would be useful for my meeting as well, could I get a copy Jacob Mansfield Programmer CyberKing Solutions www.cyberkingsolutions.co.uk i downloaded the iso file then made a basic press-it lable

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

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

On 12/02/11 19:46, alan c wrote: I contacted my local Councillors, about using FOSS, fo rgood financial reasons... and my heart sank when (she) innmmediately referred me to th eIT manager, her non elected subordinate on grounfds od ignorance. However, I was happily amazed to be invited to a

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