On 10/11/16 13:34, alan c wrote:
> Anyone currently using, or had recent contact with Entroware?
> https://www.entroware.com/store/
> It has a nice site and an interesting range of products. A friend
> contacted them recently, as I did also, with purchase inquiries,
> however neithe
Anyone currently using, or had recent contact with Entroware?
https://www.entroware.com/store/
It has a nice site and an interesting range of products. A friend
contacted them recently, as I did also, with purchase inquiries,
however neither of us has had a reply. A year ago I had a useful reply
fr
Sorry I can't help in person, however, just a reminder that under many
circumstances, the program Teamviewer is free of charge for amateur,
non business use. I have used it for remote friends, on one occasion
a friend had moved to France for some years.
It works well, if sometimes slow on the link
On 27/11/15 16:17, Colin Law wrote:
> On 27 November 2015 at 16:02, alan c wrote:
>> On 26/11/15 14:46, Simon Greenwood wrote:
>>> On 26 November 2015 at 14:31, Alan Lord wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 26/11/15 14:03, Alan Pope wrote:
>>>>
>>>>&
On 26/11/15 14:46, Simon Greenwood wrote:
> On 26 November 2015 at 14:31, Alan Lord wrote:
>
>> On 26/11/15 14:03, Alan Pope wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I remember my brother getting music magazines with promo plastic
>>> records on the front :)
>>>
>>
>> lol - *I* remember getting those bendy 45s on the f
On 22/09/15 19:59, Alan Pope wrote:
On 22 September 2015 at 19:49, Steve Mynott wrote:
Anyone any recommendations for very cheap laptops (ideally netbook
like form factor) with good linux support?
http://www.ebuyer.com/ubuntu
One of those perhaps.
Cheers,
Al.
When I looked at these, it s
On 07/06/15 10:53, alan c wrote:
On 07/06/15 10:50, alan c wrote:
I was very interested in the HP laptops on EBuyer - Ubuntu pre installed.
'..HP ProBook 455 Notebook PC is powered by an AMD A10-7300 APU with
AMD Radeonâ„¢ R6 Graphics. ..'
http://www.ebuyer.com/705955-hp-455-quad-c
On 07/06/15 18:35, Simon Greenwood wrote:
It's probably more about the training that HP's support teams have been
given. Until very recently the support cycle of most PCs would assume that
they had the same OS throughout their lifespan because few people even
upgrade the version of Windows they u
On 07/06/15 11:23, Colin Law wrote:
On 7 June 2015 at 10:50, alan c wrote:
I was very interested in the HP laptops on EBuyer - Ubuntu pre installed.
'..HP ProBook 455 Notebook PC is powered by an AMD A10-7300 APU with AMD
Radeonâ„¢ R6 Graphics. ..'
http://www.ebuyer.com/705955-hp-455
On 07/06/15 10:50, alan c wrote:
I was very interested in the HP laptops on EBuyer - Ubuntu pre installed.
'..HP ProBook 455 Notebook PC is powered by an AMD A10-7300 APU with
AMD Radeonâ„¢ R6 Graphics. ..'
http://www.ebuyer.com/705955-hp-455-quad-core-laptop-l8b56es
then I came
I was very interested in the HP laptops on EBuyer - Ubuntu pre installed.
'..HP ProBook 455 Notebook PC is powered by an AMD A10-7300 APU with
AMD Radeon™ R6 Graphics. ..'
http://www.ebuyer.com/705955-hp-455-quad-core-laptop-l8b56es
then I came across the caviat on the official certification si
On 06/04/15 12:38, Nigel Verity wrote:
Hi
I have been reading recently that Microsoft are removing the requirement for hardware
manufacturers to provide a secure boot "off" switch, in order to gain Windows
10 accreditation. If this comes to pass it will place Linux distros entirely at the merc
On 15/02/15 12:57, Sheila Farmer wrote:
> Hi ,
> My name is Sheila Farmer, I am a friend of the Professor Mike and his
> machine, I have cured malignant brain cancer, my book is soon to be
> serialised in the National Tabloids, called Blue Rooms www.sheilamfarmer.com,
> Your party is mentioned i
On 22/01/15 13:52, Barry Drake wrote:
> On 22/01/15 13:43, Dave Morley wrote:
>> Why would it mention Linux it is a report on the Windows 10 tech
>> review launch yesterday
>
> Because it mentions Google Chrome and Android - both of which are
> non-Windows operating systems (and both of which ar
On 06/10/14 21:32, Barry Drake wrote:
> On 06/10/14 20:40, alan c wrote:
>> Barry pls tell link? thx
>
> Hi Alan . The link is closed now as I bought the item - but the
> seller has others and is at: http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/bnicomputers
>
> Kind regards,
On 06/10/14 15:16, Barry Drake wrote:
> On 05/10/14 09:49, Bruno Girin wrote:
>> I've had IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads for the last 10 years and they've all
>> run Ubuntu brilliantly. Thinkpads are one of the safest choices to run
>> Ubuntu (or any Linux distro): it generally just works.
>
> Thanks to a
On 03/09/14 23:23, alan c wrote:
> Please point me in a useful direction here
> New HP printer does not print Duplex from Libre Office, as it should,
> or should I say, Libre Office does not work duplex. The printer works
> ok duplex on test page, and with Thunderbird emails for
On 03/09/14 23:23, alan c wrote:
[..]
> HELP!
>
> What is best for me to do? Anyone have HP imaging contacts and or
> Libre Office? Or am I wrong in thinking that Ubuntu itself is ok?
>
> I cannot fix this, I need to get a dev to take interest in it and put
> in the (pr
Please point me in a useful direction here
New HP printer does not print Duplex from Libre Office, as it should,
or should I say, Libre Office does not work duplex. The printer works
ok duplex on test page, and with Thunderbird emails for example. It
seems to be Libre Office which screws the print
Just a snippet to report a nice experience. Below is a quote from a
*novice* who had been currently using only XP on a very old PC. With
suggestions from me and others, he purchased a low end naked Novatech
PC after himself discussing his need with Novatech (and finding they
said this PC would be
On 02/03/14 12:40, Nigel Verity wrote:
> Hi
>
> The implementation of the law in the UK is already a laughing stock. I think
> it would move into another league if an attempt were ever made to prosecute
> somebody for using libdvdcss2.
>
> I would just "install and be damned".
>
> Nige
OFF TO
On 13/02/14 17:43, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> BTW, it looks like the Linux Emporium website is back up.
thanks!
Why are they still advertising Ubuntu 11.10 on laptops for heavens
sakes? I cannot in conscience link that site to would be Ubuntu
novices saying it is a brilliant company (which I
On 01/02/14 12:39, Andres wrote:
> On 1 de febrero de 2014 12:22:00 GMT, Barry Drake
> wrote:
[...]
>>
>>I bought my most recent PC from Cougar Extreme. They have a guy called
>>
>>Patrick who knows Linux well, and the entire firm is very helpful.
>>They
>>sell laptops as well and are willing
On 31/01/14 12:02, Simon Greenwood wrote:
> That's a Magento error so it's a problem with the shop software. I wouldn't
> jump to the conclusion that they've stopped trading from that.
LOL
Its been like it for a while now, so if they are trading they are not
doing any business.
In today's world, a
On 31/01/14 11:10, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> Is there a problem?
> Trying to access it and I get this:
>
>
> There has been an error processing your request.
>
> Error in file:
> "/home/magento-sites/emporium/app/code/core/Mage/Core/sql/core_setup/mysql4-install-0.8.0.php"
> - SQLST
On 29/01/14 21:03, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there ... A couple of weeks ago, I did a BIOS (UEFI) update as
> requested after reporting a bug. The result was that an installation of
> Windows 7 which I had on a removable drive died completely and I lost
> it. How unstable Windows can be at time
On 07/12/13 13:50, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> I am starting to make use of more than one workspace and would like to
> know whether each space should behave as if it were an individual
> computer. I ask because if that should be the case then there may be
> something wrong with my set up. For e
On 15/11/13 17:31, Dave Morley wrote:
> On 15/11/13 17:27, Barry Drake wrote:
>> Hi there ... I've just reported Bug 1251702 under Trusty. I haven't
>> checked out Saucy, but I wonder if it's in there too? It's probably the
>> first time I've wanted to burn more than one iso at the same time.
On 18/09/13 15:46, Nigel Verity wrote:
> I've been a Spotify user for the last 2 or 3 years; ever since its library
> overtook Napster's in terms of depth and coverage. Officially the only
> desktop clients are for Windows and Mac. However, there is also a "preview"
> version of a Linux client w
On 05/09/13 12:57, Jon Spriggs wrote:
> On 4 September 2013 12:28, Nigel Verity wrote:
>
>> I suspect that the solution fundamentally relies on denying access to
>> encryption keys to anybody other than the sender and the intended recipient.
>> The system based on page, line numbers and word posi
On 05/07/13 21:04, Muñiz Piniella, Andrés wrote:
Hello,
I just got this message ' Invalid open-id transaction' when clicking on the
login of the ubuntuone website. Using firefox on android.
I do not get this with the ubuntu one app.
Does anyone have this problem?
I am just using U1 from a samsu
On 13/06/13 20:39, SuperEngineer wrote:
Am I the only one who's noticed a complete twitter fail on 12.04 apps
recently? It is a is a possibility it is a fail on my behalf but...
I use 12.04 and for some time I have used only chrome browser for
twitter. It is not perfect by any means, but at le
On 13/06/13 11:25, Byte Soup wrote:
I have been wondering on one thing though, would we really want to see a
greater uptake of Linux by the general population?
I do not think of Ubuntu as 'Linux'.
Ubuntu it is supremely easy, Linux is not and never has been easy.
I have no doubt whatsoever tha
On 11/06/13 23:17, Muñiz Piniella, Andrés wrote:
a gnu/linux
admin could manage over more units, so turned out cheaper.
That is - sort of - most certainly my personal experience. I help a
big bunch of friends etc who, in the 'friends and family' network,
looked to me to help them get ont
On 11/06/13 09:20, Simon Greenwood wrote:
it isn't going to change.
It will change if people act to encourage and promote change.
The library now using Open Office not MS is the same one which
displayed my FLOSS leaflets regularly over the previous 2 years. Maybe
they actually read them?
M
On 10/06/13 22:54, Muñiz Piniella, Andrés wrote:
Hello all,
I was hoping some of you could help me clear this up.
My local library is one of the only libraries that is actually getting
bigger in the near future. One of the improvements is that they are going
to install some new computers. I aske
On 07/06/13 17:19, Simon Greenwood wrote:
On 7 June 2013 16:27, Jon Farmer wrote:
Hi
I am getting daily freezes and crashes of Chromium on both Ubuntu and
Lubuntu machines. Sometimes it says it ran out of memory on a 8G ram
machine with no other applications running or other times just sends
On 30/05/13 16:01, SuperEngineer wrote:
[...]
Deja-dup now runs weekly & backs up to the other disk in pooter that was
used for [in retrospect] non-essential stuff.
Whilst preaching to many of the converted here - there may be a few who
could take this as a reminder of rule 1 & rule 2. Rule 1 =
On 09/05/13 22:18, Sean Miller wrote:
If Ubuntu wants to become "the OS of choice" then let's PERSUADE rather
than force people to provide an option
Pre installation is a significant factor, as is investment, and risk,
and several other aspects too, in the story. A head-on confrontation
with
On 09/05/13 19:16, SuperEngineer wrote:
On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 09:39 +, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
I find it very interesting that nearly four years ago, when I bought
my Toshiba Netbook with Ubuntu Remix from Dixons, they were selling
like hot cakes, far better than the equivalent Windows
On 09/05/13 12:34, scoundrel50a wrote:
On 09/05/2013 10:39, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
On 05/06/2013 01:55 PM, Barry Drake wrote:
On 02/05/13 16:14, alan c wrote:
I have often got undesirable responses from almost ANY 'shops' selling
PCs, although I have not tried much now that
On 07/05/13 08:36, TT Mooney wrote:
Hi all - I've been a happy user of O2 broadband for years, but now
that Murdoch has laid his hands on it, I want to change provider.
Does anyone have a recommendation? I used to have BT, and they were
mostly useless. There is a bit of bittorent going on, so I'm
On 01/05/13 13:55, Jones, Victor wrote:
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:06:56 +0100 From: Barry Drake
To: ubuntu-uk
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Dixons/PC World
response . After a lot of contact making, including two
opposing e-mails from the support team, I got the following
response after copying in th
On 29/04/13 12:45, James Morrissey wrote:
Hi Dave,
Thanks for getting back to me.
This may work flawlessly. However (and it's a big however) it may not.
To combat this I would suggest that before you did anything you back
up your systems and ensure you have install mediums for both windows 7
a
On 25/04/13 13:31, Muñiz Piniella, Andrés wrote:
On Apr 25, 2013 9:22 AM, "alan c" wrote:
On 24/04/13 21:07, Barry Drake wrote:
I like this article about 10.04. See:
http://ct.zdnet.com/clicks?t=1175492787-eef0371bfa001c7b947750c9172a1ab3-bf&brand=ZDNET&s=5
I e
On 24/04/13 21:07, Barry Drake wrote:
I like this article about 10.04. See:
http://ct.zdnet.com/clicks?t=1175492787-eef0371bfa001c7b947750c9172a1ab3-bf&brand=ZDNET&s=5
I especially like the fact that wubi is out! My time spent on the
help forums suggests that it has caused more problems th
Well done for your aspirations, I wish you well. Do you currently have
contact with any FLOSS groups elsewhere to date?
On 15/04/13 05:43, Ramu Iyer wrote:
I want to make a conscious transition from Windows to Ubuntu. At the
office, everybody is required to use a Windows laptop because that is
of the same opinion. Thanks. So the free ones, if needed, will be
installed automatically? I used to have to install the free one manually in
the past. ¿How would I know if I am missing it?
On Apr 4, 2013 5:51 PM, "alan c" wrote:
On 03/04/13 20:01, andres wrote:
On Apr 3, 2013 8:50 AM
On 03/04/13 20:01, andres wrote:
On Apr 3, 2013 8:50 AM, "alan c-2 [via Ubuntu]" <
ml-node+s5n5019943...@n6.nabble.com> wrote:
On 03/04/13 07:01, andres wrote:
> My question is: how do i get the installer to ask us to install ubuntu
side
> by side as it used to?
Confi
On 03/04/13 07:01, andres wrote:
My question is: how do i get the installer to ask us to install ubuntu side
by side as it used to?
Confirm that there are only 3 partitions (or less) existing - you need
two new partitions for Ubuntu (system and swap). You would maybe
expect to create an exten
On 07/02/13 10:03, Gareth France wrote:
On 07/02/13 10:01, Colin Law wrote:
On 7 February 2013 09:52, Gareth France wrote:
On 06/02/13 23:41, Philip Stubbs wrote:
On 6 February 2013 23:05, Gareth France wrote:
To the best of my knowledge I wasn't using Adobe Air at the time. And as
for Flas
On 05/02/13 17:33, Barry Drake wrote:
Hi there I've just got my new computer from pcspecialist. I
can't get it to boot with any version of Ubuntu later than 10.04. It
also won't boot with the latest version of Mint although a Jan 2011
download boots OK.
The motherboard is ASUS® F1A55-M
On 13/01/13 02:14, Alan Pope wrote:
On 12/01/13 14:52, Dan Fish wrote:
His broadband is damn expensive and sometimes "sudo apt-get update &&
sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade" may well use up much of his monthly
allowance.
Ironically, it's very cheap to post via snail mail a usb stick back and
forth!
On 06/01/13 09:38, Rowan Berkeley wrote:
I am still wrestling with it, actually, having acquired this machine
only yesterday. I wasn't aware of how Windows have made it difficult to
install anything else.
Commiserations.
May I respectfully suggest that you can do many others around you a
great
On 04/01/13 09:06, Alan Pope wrote:
On 03/01/13 21:48, Bruno Girin wrote:
Very interesting! It would be even better if Richard Collins didn't
sound like a politician and actually answered the questions though.
Harsh. Some questions are not easy to answer right now, a year before we
predict th
On 03/01/13 09:09, Andy Braben wrote:
The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones.
Article at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20891868
I am confused by the difference - if any - between the 'Ubuntu on
android' and the proposed Ubuntu (OS) phone?
I have a Samsung
On 30/12/12 16:38, Rowan Berkeley wrote:
Hiya people,
Do you have any thoughts about tablets? I have been googling around and
so far have found one on-market (very expensive):
http://www.ekoore.com/web/en/product/tablet-2/dylan-2/overview-10.html
and one soon to be released (quite cheap):
http:/
On 02/12/12 08:28, scoundrel50a wrote:
On 01/12/2012 17:37, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
On 01/12/12 14:26, Bruno Girin wrote:
System 76 ship everywhere in Europe now, including the UK, have a
"International UK Keyboard Layout" option and come pre-loaded with
Ubuntu.
Thanks for the info - I lo
On 28/11/12 08:42, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
Hi all,
Thought this might be of interest!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PyOYsQmetQ
Very nice to see a 'properly implemented' machine. That particular one
is a bit pricey for my target audience of potential new Ubuntu users.
I look forward to
Interesting reality experience with comments. Hopefully this will get
a bit easier in the long term once the ecosystem adjusts?
Questions and Answers: Secure Boot has arrived
http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20121126#qa
(also see the readers' comments)
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The Acer C7 Chromebook seems to be available in UK.
Does anyone know if it is possible (or easy) to install ubuntu dual
boot on this machine please?
http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/chrome/devices/acer-c7-chromebook.html#specs
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ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu
sounds good to me
alan cocks
On 12/11/12 11:55, Alan Pope wrote:
I have added an item for discussion at the next Ubuntu UK meeting. I'm
mailing the list so everyone is aware of the proposal and can have their
2p heard if they won't be at the meeting. I have proposed we reduce the
number of onli
On 14/10/12 16:01, Liam Proven wrote:
On 13 October 2012 18:00, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
Hi!
I'm looking at the inevitable replacement of my 4 year old Toshiba Satellite
laptop in the near future and am looking at purchasing a laptop
pre-installed.
I'm having grave difficulties finding any
On 13/10/12 18:00, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
Hi!
I'm looking at the inevitable replacement of my 4 year old Toshiba
Satellite laptop in the near future and am looking at purchasing a
laptop pre-installed.
I'm having grave difficulties finding any vendors in the UK other than
Linux Emporium - a
On 13/10/12 20:13, Mark Einon wrote:
I can recommended novatech...uk based with some outlet stores, they sell bare
systems but at a reduced price from the win versions. They're worth a look...
I have bought a number of machines over the years from Novatech, for
this reason. However, even tho
On 13/10/12 18:33, paul sutton wrote:
On 13/10/12 18:21, Anton Kanishchev wrote:
isn't there a company called naked computers, who sell systems minus any OS
Unfortunately that will not verify that all functions are compatible
with - whatever - version of ubuntu.
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ubuntu
On 13/08/12 14:23, Colin Law wrote:
On 13 August 2012 14:00, Dave Morley wrote:
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
On 13/08/12 13:57, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
I've looked at various solutions for cloning - they all assume that
the new HDD is installed in the computer. I need to
On 09/08/12 21:22, Bill Baker wrote:
I refer the honourable
gentleman to the current double dip recession ;D
Nice one.
In case people have not yet seen it, or have a spare hour or two
coming up soon:
F2C2012: Eben Moglen keynote - "Innovation under Austerity"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G
On 29/07/12 20:54, Alan Pope wrote:
On 29/07/12 19:36, alan c wrote:
I originally had in mind car window flags, and also a larger flag to
hoist at various non tech camping type rallies.
I've always wanted an Ubuntu sticker for the back of my car. I had a
Debian one on there for some
On 29/07/12 18:26, Laura Czajkowski wrote:
On 29/07/12 17:56, alan c wrote:
On 29/07/12 11:40, Bill B. wrote:
Make up an Ubuntu flag, stick it on a pole with a Tux flag adjacent
[above or below] and set up at the next Glastonbury festival.
The people you meet will [hopefully] be a nice
On 29/07/12 11:40, Bill B. wrote:
Make up an Ubuntu flag, stick it on a pole with a Tux flag adjacent
[above or below] and set up at the next Glastonbury festival.
The people you meet will [hopefully] be a nice surprise, more open
minded and may solve all those problems for you - and maybe sow a
On 29/07/12 11:39, paul sutton wrote:
Mention Linux and kernel and you lose people so lets keep it simple even
if we by doing so are not technically correct, we can address that
later with people.
Yes I have been of this opinion for some time.
Part of the advantage of Ubuntu is that, like the
On 21/07/12 13:51, Alan Bell wrote:
One other thing I would very much like to restart is the happy hour pub
meetups http://ubuntu-uk.org/happy-hour/ . If someone would like to
volunteer to be in a particular pub at a certain date and time (this has
been Thursday evenings so far, but other sugges
On 10/07/12 11:14, Barry Drake wrote:
On 09/07/12 23:10, Phill Whiteside wrote:
I must ask, who is going to take ownership of the new server for
updates etc?
I'd be willing to have a go, but as Alan rightly said, there isn't an
Ubuntu Advertising Team at the moment as nothing has appearred on
On 09/07/12 20:36, Daniel Case wrote:
Hey guys,
If you haven't heard, Windows 8 drops in October (around the release
of 12.10) and a lot of speculation says people will be looking for
alternate operating systems, Windows 8 gets rid of a lot and it is
another Windows Vista as it were, whereas Uni
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 f
Experiences at my displays at the Computer Fairs vary, however I
received this by email yesterday (now anonamised)
This person was interested in trying Ubuntu and had a fairly new
Windows 7 machine, a method of reinstalling Windows7 if necessary, and
had an Ubuntu 12.04 CD from me. I do not kn
On 05/06/12 21:29, Jim Price wrote:
I have been
having issues with the UK update server, so I've changed to the main server.
This is something I seem to need to do quite a lot!
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ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
https://wiki.ubuntu
Is it my imagination, or have recent updates, not required my password?
(Ubuntu 12.04)
--
alan cocks
--
ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
On 05/06/12 08:17, scoundrel50a wrote:
On 03/06/2012 23:00, Bruno Girin wrote:
On 03/06/12 19:03, Andres Muniz wrote:
thanks for the info guys! Got more than I need! I was a bit concernd
that some servers were using arm as well. But clearly it will not be
a problem.
Well, until proved
On 02/06/12 20:23, paul sutton wrote:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFIBooting
Just found the above with regard to UEFI AND LInux
I would like to think that the very detailed information would help
mean that in future, an Ubuntu live USB or CD will work in all future
PCs, and that If I
On 01/06/12 13:58, Matt Wheeler wrote:
On 1 June 2012 08:02, alan c wrote:
Time has passed.
The problem has now matured, and Fedora have accepted defeat and decided to
pay to be allowed to use Microsoft restricted hardware.
Implementing UEFI Secure Boot in Fedora Linux
http://j.mp/KZykUS
On 01/06/12 08:02, mac wrote:
On 1 Jun 2012, at 07:48, alan c wrote:
From the Bad News department:
Lockdown: free/open OS maker pays Microsoft ransom for the right to boot on
users' computers
By Cory Doctorow May 31
http://boingboing.net/2012/05/31/lockdown-freeopen-os-maker-p
From the Bad News department:
Lockdown: free/open OS maker pays Microsoft ransom for the right to
boot on users' computers
By Cory Doctorow May 31
http://boingboing.net/2012/05/31/lockdown-freeopen-os-maker-p.html
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ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/li
On 25/05/12 11:22, Paul Tansom wrote:
I don't have full info on this failure yet as I've not been to the machine, but
in preparation has anyone had a similar issue to this?
The only info I have at the moment is:
"Now when I switch on the computer it is not possible to use. The icons on the
left
On 16/05/12 12:07, Barry Drake wrote:
I've just discovered boot-repair. I seems to be available on a
stand-alone iso and on a customised Ubuntu 12.04 iso. I've made a boot
SD card from the 12.04 version and it looks as though it might be a
useful way of rescuing a damaged grub2. I just wondere
On 12/05/12 21:04, Norman Silverstone wrote:
Andy, all I know is that if there is one drive and the
installer is
instructed to install along side Windows, then the installer
partitions
the drive accordingly and gets on with the installation. So,
On 10/05/12 16:06, Philip Stubbs wrote:
Hi,
I have a large quantity of scanned images that I would like to tag
somehow. I could use a program like Shotwell, but the tags etc are
stored in a database and not in the files. What I really want to be
able to do is have a program that will load the im
On 09/05/12 21:34, Barry Titterton wrote:
I have noticed that the reveal does not happen if the cursor is
'gently' taken to the (left) side, it only works for a fairly vigorous
'hit'. Even when sensitivity is turned up. There are many times when I
am simply not feeling like hurling the cur
On 09/05/12 07:56, Colin Law wrote:
> 2. The launcher will not 'reveal' if there is an application, such as
> Firefox, set to maximum size. The launcher will 'reveal' once all
> windows have been minimised or closed. I have a work around for this
> problem by setting the launcher to be perman
On 06/05/12 18:26, John Bottomley wrote:
Hi reading your comments on introducing Ubuntu I thought you might be
interested in our experiences of Ubuntu as a training medium.
We have been running a project in South Cheshire for 4 years.
The aim of the project is to support local communities by im
On 04/05/12 17:32, Gareth France wrote:
that new
people don't already know the routine
I have often forgotten how to do this (several times) and several
times have used web, wiki or various searches, and I have been
frustrated that this most convenient way is not generally the one
which is
On 04/05/12 17:05, Alan Pope wrote:
ubuntu-bug unity
(replacing "unity" with whatever package has the issue)
Then follow the prompts on the screen.
I can confirm that this is a very convenient and practical way to
register a bug, and works pretty well. I cannot recall using it for
very long
On 30/04/12 19:55, James Morrissey wrote:
I found U1 to be very good with smallish files and a bit burdened with large
files - I experimented with zipped files of 2GB or more, which would be
useful for me. From Ubuntu 11.10 it was not too bad but it was hard to keep
track of what stage it was
On 01/05/12 00:10, David Smith wrote:
At the risk of someone having had a similar problem, I'm struggling
to install Ubuntu on my desktop. My netbook accepted Xubuntu
absolutely fine, and I am getting to grips it. My desktop however
won't accept Ubuntu x86.
I have tried with a CDROM and unetbo
On 02/05/12 01:41, Joe wrote:
Hey guys,
Yet another poor person having trouble installing Ubuntu 12.04,
unfortunately :(.
Using the graphical installer on the LiveCD (clicking Install
shortcut on desktop) when asked how to install partition-wise
there's no option to overwrite Ubuntu 11.04 (not
On 01/05/12 15:29, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
On 01/05/12 14:38, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
However, you can create a launcher in ~.local/share/applications, give it
an icon, and execute the launcher in nautilus. Then once it is running,
right-click on the launcher icon and "Lock to Launcher". Afte
On 01/05/12 16:11, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
On 01/05/12 16:07, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
However, I then minimised my app and the little arrow disappeared from my
Talend launcher icon and clicking on it it tries to start a new instance of the
app.
I really, really hate to suggest this, but l
On 30/04/12 15:48, Keith Burnett wrote:
Hi James
No, its just like last time. Two shift-alt-SysRq-b restarts later
I've purged ubuntuone-client. I use dropbox to sync PC to netbook,
which is horribly hassle free in comparison.
It is a shame that I can't brag about Ubuntu One. I appreciate that
On 30/04/12 15:03, scoundrel50a wrote:
I been following this because I posted on here a couple of days ago,
about me having screwed my installation...well I managed to find
somebody willing to help, and got talked through the actual
installation, and instead of installing over, just installin
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