Re: [ubuntu-uk] Want to create an advert for Ubuntu?

2010-12-07 Thread danteash...@gmail.com
On 7 December 2010 11:50, gazz wrote: > > > On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 21:48 +, Joe Metcalfe wrote: > > The main difficulties I have had in reading MS files on Linux is with MS > Publisher (though I don't have Publisher in my Windows copy of MS Office > either!) and with macros in PowerPoint (dyn

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OCR ....

2010-12-06 Thread danteash...@gmail.com
On 6 December 2010 20:18, Bruno Girin wrote: > On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 16:55 +, Barry Drake wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 16:07 +, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > > > > I had a need to do some OCR recently and came across a project called > > > tesseract-ocr: http://code.google.com/p/tesserac

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OCR ....

2010-12-06 Thread danteash...@gmail.com
On 6 December 2010 16:55, Barry Drake wrote: > On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 16:07 +, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > > I had a need to do some OCR recently and came across a project called > > tesseract-ocr: http://code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/. It's based on > > HP code that dates from the mid-90s. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OCR ....

2010-12-06 Thread danteash...@gmail.com
On 6 December 2010 15:39, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi there > > I rarely need OCR, but one of my slight disappointments is the lack of a > really accurate OCR engine for Linux. I've tried all the ones that > exist (that I've found so far), and apart from being a bit awkward to > operate, no mat

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nouveau

2010-12-05 Thread danteash...@gmail.com
On 6 December 2010 00:34, Liam Proven wrote: > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 8:21 AM, danteash...@gmail.com > wrote: > > Sorry, but GMail does not like posting at the bottom... > > Absolute nonsense. I'm using Gmail right now and it bottom-posts > flawlessly. > > If

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nouveau

2010-12-05 Thread danteash...@gmail.com
On 5 December 2010 08:27, Colin Law wrote: > On 5 December 2010 08:21, danteash...@gmail.com > wrote: > > Sorry, but GMail does not like posting at the bottom... > > You don't have to worry about what GMail likes or does not like, you > will not significantly hurt its

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nouveau

2010-12-05 Thread danteash...@gmail.com
Sorry, but GMail does not like posting at the bottom... It was suggested that I run the 'apt-get install nvidia-current' command if booting into Ubuntu leads to a failed X session (and thus, text-mode). This is due to an issue between Nouveau and my onboard graphics, which is extremely disconcerti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nouveau

2010-12-04 Thread danteash...@gmail.com
Sorry, only just saw this! Do I need to do anything to connect or is it automatic? Assuming I'm using a wired connection...does text-mode do that? On 1 Dec 2010 10:42, "Ron Rhodes" wrote: On 01/12/10 09:29, Colin Law wrote: > On 1 December 2010 02:33, Ron Rhodeshttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Want to create an advert for Ubuntu?

2010-12-04 Thread danteash...@gmail.com
Fri, 2010-12-03 at 18:50 +0000, danteash...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hello all! > > > > I'm Dante, Project Leader of the Ubuntu Advert Team, and WE need YOU! > > > > We are creating advert(s) for Ubuntu, for a non-technical audience. > > These adverts will be on t

[ubuntu-uk] Want to create an advert for Ubuntu?

2010-12-03 Thread danteash...@gmail.com
Hello all! I'm Dante, Project Leader of the Ubuntu Advert Team, and WE need YOU! We are creating advert(s) for Ubuntu, for a non-technical audience. These adverts will be on the radio, at cinemas and (when we get enough funding together) on the TV. We need literally everyone, from graphics artist

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How do I turn off viewing all windows zoomed out?

2010-12-03 Thread danteash...@gmail.com
Ubuntu Tweak has a nice UI to change corners, as well. On 3 December 2010 14:15, ian pettitt (RRes-BB) wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk- > > boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of David King > > Sent: 03 December 2010 13:24 > > T

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nouveau

2010-11-30 Thread danteash...@gmail.com
To be honest, not really; it's referred to as NVIDIA-current by jockey... On 30 November 2010 17:26, Ron Rhodes wrote: > On 28/11/10 15:49, danteash...@gmail.com wrote: > > The problem is, I have no idea how to get into Ubuntu and install the > > driver. Nouveau leave

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nouveau

2010-11-28 Thread danteash...@gmail.com
The problem is, I have no idea how to get into Ubuntu and install the driver. Nouveau leaves me with a failed X session (IE, at the command line) and I've little idea how to install the driver through that. :P -- -Danté Ashton Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici Sent from Ubuntu -- ubuntu-uk@lists

[ubuntu-uk] Nouveau hates me...

2010-11-27 Thread danteash...@gmail.com
Hey all. My name is Dante, big fan of Ubuntu and all that; but I have a problem, and I wonder if you guys can help...my laptop hates Nouveau, you see. If I try and run Ubuntu on it, then I am faced with a non-starting X session. Now I'm not any good at this, I'm a non-programmer! Appending 'xforc