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John Matthews wrote:
> I tried to upgrade to FF3.5 on my netbook, but it didnt happen, it
> installed it seperately, but I couldnt get the Addons section to work,
> and a few other things as well, that was without the addons themselves,
> they just
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James Milligan wrote:
> http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html
>
> Based on Linux kernel etc.
>
> ...or you could just get Ubuntu :-)
>
But the Beeb doesn’t quite understand
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/813
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Christopher McDade wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone on the list has any spare Ubuntu ship-it discs
> from 5.04 to 6.10 inclusive.I am trying to fill in the gaps and hoping to
> complete the set. If anyone can help please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
>
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David King wrote:
> I recently installed Ubuntu 9.04. When it boots and I log in, I get a
> very large screen resolution which makes everything too small. I think
> it is 1280 x something. I want it set to 1152 x 864, and every time
> after logging
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Colin wrote:
> 2009/6/1 Colin
>
>> 009/6/1 Steve Cook
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>>> Netto are selling the Hercules eCAFÉ™ for £199.95 from Thursday.
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Adam Bagnall wrote:
> Gordon wrote:
>> alan c wrote:
>>
>>> James Milligan wrote:
>>>
Also the CDs you order through shipit come with 4 stickers each I
think. I've got a fair few here. Need to stick them somewhere actually.
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Netto are selling the Hercules eCAFÉ™ for £199.95 from Thursday.
Anybody any experience of these. The spec seems OK.
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Steve Archer wrote:
> Why is it that when some people send an e-mail to the list I receive the
> e-mail with no body, but it is instead an attachment?
>
> It's driving me nuts...
>
> Cheers, Steve
>
Because some people have Forward mail as attachme
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James Milligan wrote:
> Ah right. Makes more sense now.
>
> Would a small independent store (like I've been asking about) need to
> pay that as well?
>
> I think I remember hearing about something like this a while back on
> the list.
>
> Thanks
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Sean Miller wrote:
> Yes, you're right James... that's why I haven't criticised the staff
> in my post above. If we want them to be consultants then companies
> like John Lewis have to train them to be open minded, but I don't
> think the folks who fo
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> Dear Ubuntu UK;
>I have lost my most fantastic distro of
> Ubuntu that I have ever put together. Over 150 working apps. Everysingle
> thing up to date and I was running Ubuntu 8.04 and the overall s
On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:50:27 +0100
Farran Lee wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-04-25 at 14:19 +0100, Steve Cook wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:38:10 +0100
> > Farran Lee wrote:
> >
> > > hi all
> > > sorry to sound like I'm doubting Jaunty... I&#x
Sorry to be awkward :P I just don't have the time for a broken computer,
> yet I really would like to upgrade it
>
> thanks :)
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 16 :P
>
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Eddie Bernard wrote:
> Good morning everyone
>
> I have a price in mind for this machine (including UK mainland
> delivery) - but I'm curious to hear what other people think might be a
> fair price for it.
>
Here’s your competition http://efficientpc
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ged byrom wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:05:39 -, Tim Powys-Lybbe
> wrote:
>
>> In message of 21 Mar, "ged byrom" wrote:
>>
>>> Is there any special reason for naming this release after a mythical
>>> beastie rather than a real beastie ? Are w
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>
>>> Do you see "You are subscribed to the team mailing list." under
>>> "Your involvement"?
>>>
>> Yes I'm subscribed. Just sent a test mail to see if I messed
>> something up earlier.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> I just
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James Westby wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 20:23 +0100, Mac wrote:
>> James Westby wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 20:08 +0100, Mac wrote:
Does anybody know whether the current iso is now 8.04.1?
>>> I'd give it a couple more hours yet. It's sti
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Alan Pope wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 11:17:37PM +0100, Steve Cook wrote:
>> Yes I'm subscribed. Just sent a test mail to see if I messed something
>> up earlier.
>>
>
> It's because your address in lau
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Alan Pope wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 09:15:53PM +0100, Steve Cook wrote:
>> I sent as mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] at 10:10 this morning
>> and it hasn't appeared in the archive as yet. Is the list working or
>> have
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I sent as mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] at 10:10 this morning
and it hasn't appeared in the archive as yet. Is the list working or
have I done/not done something.
Steve
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Alan Pope wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 09:52:41AM +0100, Steve Cook wrote:
>> I've not received anything from the transcribers list, yet!
>
> There has only been one message so far and it pre-dates your
> subscription :)
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Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi
>
> This will probably be my last mail about podcast transcription to the
> Ubuntu-UK mailing list.
>
> The transcribers team now have a separate mailing list specifically
> for transcription of audio data. It's hosted on launc
Andy wrote:
> Steve Cook wrote:
>> OK I seem to be getting the hang of Transcriber. I've done 20s
>> worth, which I've uploaded to bazaar. It appears to have worked
>> OK. Could someone confirm that everything is OK before I continue
>> on.
>
>
Dave Walker wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 15:23 +0100, Steve Cook wrote:
>
>> As this uses transcribe, what do I do with the plain text file I've
>> produced?
>> I'll redo it with transcribe if need be. (when I've fathomed how to use it.)
>> Apart
Dave Walker wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 15:23 +0100, Steve Cook wrote:
>> As this uses transcribe, what do I do with the plain text file I've
>> produced? I'll redo it with transcribe if need be. (when I've
>> fathomed how to use it.) Apart from that it
Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After the very useful thready yesterday Dave and I created a brief
> how-to, to get people started on Launchpad and Bazaar for podcast
> transcription. I also created a screencast but the audio got all out
> of sync so it drifts towards the end. I've put it online and
Alan Pope wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 20:41 +0100, Steve Cook wrote:
>> Just having a go at transcribing the interview with Becky Hogge of the
>> Open Rights Group from the first pod cast to see how quickly I can get
>> it done. One thing I had last time I did this wa
Stephen Drake wrote:
>
> It definitely helps if you're familiar with the subject under discussion
> and you'll very quickly be annoyed when you realise most people don't
> talk in proper sentences.
>
...um, err, ye, what, why err... :-)
Just having a go at transcribing the interview with Becky
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> Lucy wrote:
>> Would it be worth splitting each podcast into 10 minute chunks?
>
>
> I did wonder about this too - I would definitely be able to pitch in if
> it was one or two 10 minute chunks to transcribe each week.
On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 22:19 +0100, James Westby wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 21:40 +0100, Steve Cook wrote:
> > AS mentioned in another thread some of us are having a few problems
> > burning CD/DVDs, especially RW types, after upgrading form Gutsy to
> > Hardy. It was s
AS mentioned in another thread some of us are having a few problems
burning CD/DVDs, especially RW types, after upgrading form Gutsy to
Hardy. It was suggested that a clean install might cure these problems,
and sure enough it does.
I've no produced several copies of X/K/ubuntu on different types
On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 23:10 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote:
> Steve,
>
> Steve Cook wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 18:28 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote:
> >> BTW, anyone else had trouble with CD burning after upgrading?
> >
> > Yep!
> > just spent an 'orri
On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 18:28 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote:
> BTW, anyone else had trouble with CD burning after upgrading?
Yep!
just spent an 'orrible evening trying to get Hardy to do something
sensible with CD-RWs.
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On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 16:28 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote:
> > Alan Pope wrote:
> >> On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 09:29 +0100, Kat Kinnie wrote:
> >>
> >>> Stick it in your diary and feel free to bring along friends and
> family
> >>> too, the more the merrier. You can see it on the wiki page for
> Ubuntu
On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 18:31 +, Farran wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 18:53 +, Alan Pope wrote:
> > I'm thinking about starting a new sport called Ubuntu Spotting. Using your
> > keen eye, look out for indications of Ubuntu use in every day life. Points
> > are awarded for spotting:-
> >
On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 21:29 +0100, Farran Lee wrote:
> slightly off the motherboard branch: just checked my system info, and
> it now says I have 1.9GB memory instead of 2! Definitely sending it
> back now...
sysinfo doesn't report the correct size anyway, on my 768MB system it
reports 757MB
Ste
On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 11:31 +0100, Andrew Oakley wrote:
> Steve Cook wrote:
> > Channel4 receive some funds from the licence fee.
>
> Hmm, that's not strictly true.
>
I've put 2 and 10 togetrher and got IV :-)
I've obviously misunderstood the origin of this tha
On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 12:45 +, Andy Smith wrote:
> Hi Jmaes,
>
> On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 06:52:55PM +0100, Jmaes Edward Grabham wrote:
> > The BBC is a socialist "corporation" - you HAVE to pay them BY LAW.
> > Therefore there's no profit increasing who gets thei I-services. If you
> > ha
On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 22:48 +, London School of Puppetry wrote:
> Hi there Craig, I think Richmond School in North Yorkshire witched
> completely to Open Source. There was also stuff said in Parliament
> about the benefits of OS too - you might have to have a hunt for the
> info.
I'd heard th
On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 19:53 +, Rob Beard wrote:
> Steve Cook wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 17:01 +, Rob Beard wrote:
> >
> >> ...you should really aim for a dual core CPU nowadays
> >>
> > Why?
> >
> > Steve
> >
>
On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 17:01 +, Rob Beard wrote:
> ...you should really aim for a dual core CPU nowadays
>
Why?
Steve
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Just started upgrading to Hardy, and noticed the following rather
amusing typo
retching file 17... :-)
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On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 11:41 +, Andy Watts wrote:
> Hi people
>
> l do hope that this hasn't been asked too many times before..
>
> l have 2 hard drives in my machine, 1 with windows 2k and the other with
> Ubuntu on it. l've tried having them both connected to the same ribbon
> and rebooti
On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 22:45 +, Rob Beard wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> The graphics card on my PC has dual DVI video output (it's an ATI Radeon
> X300).
>
> At the moment I'm only using a single display on a 17" LCD monitor,
> however I was wondering if it's possible to run two screens but
> ind
On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 19:24 +, Tony Arnold wrote:
>
> Martyn wrote:
> >> Message: 1
> >> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:50:46 +
> >> From: C L Chatfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Fct or Fiction. Survelance Paranoia
> >> To: British Ubuntu Talk
> >> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROT
andylockran wrote:
> We had some fun on Wednesday night on IRC installing "Virtual Richard
> Stallman" on our ubuntu boxes to see how many non-free products were
> installed.
>
> Well, as it's a friday afternoon, and people are probably looking for
> something to waste their time.. let's all take
Mark Allison wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm just reading through this month's Linux Format mag (LXF97 Oct 07) and
> noticed that there was a good article on the
> linux filesystem in issue LXF95 (Aug 07). Does anyone have a copy that they
> don't want any more? Could you post
> it to me (I'll cove
STONE COLD wrote:
> I have a dual boot installed on an 80gb hd. I installed a 400gb for
> my media. I partitioned this 400gb hd into two 200gb partitions But
> after a gutsy install they are now showing 186gb of free space each!
> I don’t understand why this is? Any information will be appreciated
Keith Powell wrote:
> For some time now, I have had two hard drives, each in its own plug-in
> mobile hard drive caddy. One has XP on it (which I still need :-( and
> the other has Ubuntu on it. So I have just plugged in whichever OS I
> wanted.
>
> I'm thinking of doing away with the hard drive c
A new problem has started after messing about trying out Realplay
videos. Firefox just disappears, nothing in the logs and when I restart
it I don't even get the offer of restoring the previous session. It's
as if FF thinks it's been shut down properly.
SteVe
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Alec Wright wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 22:19 +0100, SteVe Cook wrote:
>> Why they can't use some sensible format I don't know, as Realplayer is
>> that reliable under windows either.
> I'm guessing by a "sensible format", you mean something like
Michael wrote:
> I tell a lie: you seem to have to wait a few minutes before you're
> allowed to see a new clip.
>
> "Fullscreen" mode doesn't work in any case.
>
That would appear to be the case as I've just tried it again, following
your post.
Why they can't use some sensible format I don't
Michael wrote:
> SteVe Cook wrote:
>>
> I've just tried the GMTV clips page out in Windows.
>
> In Firefox 2.0 the interview with Michael Kerr plays out in sound only
> until you click inside the embedded player, causing the stream to be
> shown in full-screen mo
Mac wrote:
>
> This is very curious. I'm not sure it's simply a sites issue; I
> wonder if the inconsistent symptoms we observe aren't partly due to our
> own particular combinations of conflicts between various players, or the
> remnants of various players, that we've installed and unins
Chris Rowson wrote:
> Just checking out The Register and I found an article about MS's new
> product. Microsoft Surface. Credit where credit's due - I think it
> looks pretty uber! If they've patented the concept behind this, it'd
> be hard to compete in a lot of applications in the future
>
>
alan c wrote:
> My world is mostly populated by windows users who are interested in
> moving to linux - computer fairs, talks to local groups, friends etc.
> They have more than a healthy fear of change and usually can not cope
> well with command line or even file editing, certainly not at firs
Caroline Ford wrote:
> baza wrote:
>> This one is worth signing. http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/iplayer/
>>
>> Baz
>>
>>
> This has come up on another list I'm on and seems pretty dodgy to me.
> It's basically asking the Prime Minister to order the BBC to do
> something. The BBC is independent and
alan c wrote:
> Alan Pope wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:14:57AM +, alan c wrote:
>>> Have you seen how absolutely difficult it is to get a PC *without*
>>> windows?
>>> For example, I believe that all of the Dell soho range are now
>>> offering vista. Only.
>>>
>> Not strictly true. Tr
Martin Castle wrote:
> but - as this is a uk group & this is very important (at least to me and I
> expect a few of you) I apologise to those it doesn't effect,
>
> but there are massive road tax increases due.
>
> petition at:
>
> http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/sign
>
> why??
>
> well
London School of Puppetry wrote:
> I think people should be paid..it is always possible not to charge
> if you can tell it would be difficult.
> But you all have to eat.I wonder if charging for this kind of
> support flies in the face of OSS being free as a kind of principle?Caroline
>
T
Dave Ewart wrote:
> On Sunday, 24.12.2006 at 09:37 -, Jonathan Lees wrote:
>
>> OO is offered as an alternative to MS Office, it sees about 2% usage
>> from students that have it at home. Our IT teachers will not touch it
>> as it involves rewriting worksheets for students which have all been
Daniel Quarte wrote:
>
> I just managed to make it work now. I really don't know what i've
> done wrong before, but its working now. Thanks for the help.
>
That's good. I'd keep the various files handy apart from 'secrets' as
kernel updates can break the modem set-up and it has to be re-installe
Daniel Quarte wrote:
>
>Steve,
>
>I tried this page as well but i couldn't get it to work.
>This is the same information that i found on the ubuntu wiki.
>
What errors are you getting. does
awk '/4061/ { print $5 }' /proc/bus/usb/devices
report firmware version OK
Steve
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I've used this page, and it's predecessors, with no problems at all
http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/SpeedTouch/ubuntu/index.html
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I've used this page with no problems at all
http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/SpeedTouch/ubuntu/index.html
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