Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-11-01 Thread Tristan Wibberley
far behind as I would have > expected. This isn't on the front page of the technology section now, anybody got a link to the results? I want to compare linux to the OSX options. -- Tristan Wibberley Any opinion expressed is mine (or else I'm playing devils advocate for the sake of a good

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux may void the warranty

2007-09-15 Thread Tristan Wibberley
to put anything you like in a warranty, > it doesn't mean it's legal to uphold. The register says PCWorld have confirmed it was an over-critical employee and it is the policy of PCWorld to support what they have sold you. PCWorld have also confirmed that they will fix the unit in ques

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Celebrity culture in Britain

2007-08-05 Thread Tristan Wibberley
; I would *imagine* it is price-related. Quite right, I wasn't serious at all - I was just setting up the joke (hence changing the subject) about getting the SABDFL into big brother. -- Tristan Wibberley Any opinion expressed is mine (or else I'm playing devils advocate for the sake o

[ubuntu-uk] Celebrity culture in Britain

2007-08-05 Thread Tristan Wibberley
hing else. If a population doesn't care either way, retailers will "demand" whatever they think they can sell as a differentiator. I think we should turn the SABDFL into a minor celebrity in the wider audience. Next series of celebrity big brother perhaps? :) -- Tristan Wibb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu

2007-04-22 Thread Tristan Wibberley
On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 19:03 +0100, James Hargreaves wrote: > For anyone downloading Kubuntu 7.04 desktop i386 , I suggest using the > HTTP download, the torrent is much slower (>25kbps compared to ~70kbps > for HTTP) at the moment. Are you on British Telecom? I heard a rumour that bittorrent was t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software choices

2006-12-28 Thread Tristan Wibberley
ile->Export->Export to Flickr) -- Tristan Wibberley Disclaimer bullshit ... employer not responsible ... my own opinions ... blah blah blah. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-28 Thread Tristan Wibberley
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 10:27 +, Dave Briggs wrote: > On 12/28/06, Tristan Wibberley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Does that mean the resolv.conf file got reset? This will be a problem > > for you, so it'll need sorting properly. > > > > Try adding

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-27 Thread Tristan Wibberley
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 00:46 +, Dave Briggs wrote: > On 12/28/06, Tristan Wibberley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Note that next time you reboot, the resolv.conf file could be reset. > > Please set up the ISPs nameservers again and post back here if that >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-27 Thread Tristan Wibberley
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 00:18 +, Dave Briggs wrote: > Only now it said it was installing some updates, and nothing is > working (menus etc) except for this FireFox window... should I be > worried? Hm, odd. I'd suggest waiting until the updates seem to have finished installing (ie, disk becomes q

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-27 Thread Tristan Wibberley
On Wed, 2006-12-27 at 19:21 +, Dave Briggs wrote: > On 12/27/06, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If this all works, I suggest it's a browser problem. > > Sadly, it didn't: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ wget http://slashdot.org > --19:13:44-- http://slashdot.org/ >=> `ind

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-22 Thread Tristan Wibberley
On Fri, 2006-12-22 at 21:15 +, Dave Briggs wrote: > On 21/12/06, Tristan Wibberley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I see you've had no answer to this, can you confirm that David Pashley's > > earlier steps worked as described? You didn't say whe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ADSL problem

2006-12-21 Thread Tristan Wibberley
ese, and still no joy :-( I see you've had no answer to this, can you confirm that David Pashley's earlier steps worked as described? You didn't say whether you followed them as suggested: ip route ping ping 82.211.81.166 -- Tristan Wibberley Any opinion expressed is mine (or e