Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy New Year UK LoCo

2024-01-15 Thread Tim Dobson
thanks for your efforts Alan! On Mon, 15 Jan 2024 at 11:12, Alan Pope wrote: > Heya, > > Wakey, wakey, everyone! :D > > The Ubuntu Community Team at Canonical are rebooting the whole LoCo > project. So, I wanted to help dust off the UK LoCo team. Alan Bell was > previously the point of contact f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sibelius

2014-01-26 Thread Tim Rittman
with Sibelius on Windows. Thanks My daughter uses Sibelius under Wine on Ubuntu 12.04. Colin Hi Norman, I've used Rosegarden in the past which seemed to work pretty well, although I can't say I comprehensively tested all alternatives! All the best, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software for a 6 year old

2012-08-26 Thread Tim Dobson
On 26/08/12 17:28, Bruno Girin wrote: > I was planning to upgrade to 12.04 and install Scratch and TurtleArt. > Other than that, I would welcome any suggestion of fun software for a 6 > year old. Frozen Bubble seems to go down well in my experience. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ub

[ubuntu-uk] Strange question: record audio on time delay.

2012-04-30 Thread Tim Dobson
ny commandline tools to record from pulseaudio. What I really need is a: at 03:00 recordfrompulsemic1 for 600 seconds to ~/file.wav Or something along those lines. I don't care if it's graphical or shell, but I'm sure this isn't too difficult to do, so I'd be interested

Re: [ubuntu-uk] thunderbird message filter rules

2012-03-09 Thread Tim Dobson
On 09/03/12 20:42, paul sutton wrote: > Any ideas, if this is not possible how would i go about suggesting this > to Mozilla and an idea for later versions. Sieve. Who uses this? I know in theory it's possible for it to all work very nicely. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source VOIP

2011-10-18 Thread Tim Dobson
On 18/10/11 12:02, Daniel Case wrote: > These are all good, but I can't seem to find an 'unlimited' plan on any > of them, or prepay for 3000 minutes cheaply. They all seem to be pay as > you go, while 1.20p is cheap...I go through 3000-5000 minutes to UK home > phones which was why I got the 'Skyp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source VOIP

2011-10-18 Thread Tim Dobson
vider, why do all providers charge 8-9 pence per minute for a > mobile call, but only 1 penny for a landline call? Mobiles and > Landlines are always 1 pence per minute for calls made to the USA, is > there anyone who would offer 1 pence per minute calls to mobiles in > the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release party

2011-09-14 Thread Tim Dobson
On 14/09/11 07:42, Ted Wager wrote: > Anything going on in the High Peak/Stockport area ? There should be something happening in Manchester (I'd imagine). Perhaps poke Ucubed? http://ucubed.info/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Booting to ubuntu with VM, for now -- advice needed

2011-05-11 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
out of the 8 on the MacPro, though it says I can use up to 8. Further I can use up to 5.5 GBytes before, they say, 'if higher, memory swapping may occur'. -- Tim Powys-Lybbe t...@powys.org for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

2011-04-17 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
ng a word with Draytek first. I have tried changing the frequency but no difference. -- Tim Powys-Lybbe t...@powys.org for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) Beta 2 Released

2011-04-15 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
On 15 Apr at 12:37, Alan Bell wrote: > On 15/04/11 12:31, Tim Powys-Lybbe wrote: > > On 14 Apr at 21:25, Kate Stewart wrote: > > > > Has anyone else had this problem? > > > I think those will be the instructions when it is released. If I had quoted the whole

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) Beta 2 Released

2011-04-15 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
esh installs, losing everything on my previous version. Has anyone else had this problem? -- Tim Powys-Lybbe t...@powys.org for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Old computers for charity

2011-04-06 Thread Tim Dobson
qually 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 old hardware. I mean lots. It's stunning how much. www.access-space.org Cheers, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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

2011-04-06 Thread Tim Dobson
On 03/04/11 21:10, Tim Dobson wrote: > 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 t

[ubuntu-uk] Bonding 3G connections.

2011-04-03 Thread Tim Dobson
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 they went about it. :) ch

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] 10 Reasons for Quitting IT

2011-03-09 Thread Tim Dobson
On 08/03/11 20:46, Alan Pope wrote: > Saw this on another list and thought it might resonate with some of you :) > > http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-reasons-for-quitting-it/2316 Some of the points resonate very strongly. Of course, some of those negatives can also be viewed as posit

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [UK event] Open Source Junction - developing open cross-platform mobile apps

2011-03-07 Thread Tim Dobson
could be interesting to people. Certainly wish I could be there. :( Original Message Subject: [UK event] Open Source Junction - developing open cross-platform mobile apps Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 12:12:00 + From: Steve Lee Reply-To: Managing community led projects To: communit

[ubuntu-uk] Streaming video on variable bandwidth connection?

2011-01-31 Thread Tim Dobson
Ideally something I can pull the video out in something resembling a sane format would be cool. Bonus points if it's easily scriptable... Cheers, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam with built-in mic to work on Ubuntu?

2011-01-09 Thread Tim Dobson
On 07/01/11 15:06, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > Sorry if this is common knowledge - I'm after recommendations for a > webcam with built-in mic to work on Ubuntu 10.04 installed on a Toshiba > Satellite using an Intel 82801H audio device. Things may well have massively changed now and I admit I'm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam with built-in mic to work on Ubuntu?

2011-01-09 Thread Tim Dobson
On 07/01/11 22:03, David King wrote: > I would be interested to know if any of the webcams that work with > Ubuntu also have an optical zoom -- does anyone know of any? Or is that > too fancy for a webcam? I need something more powerful than your average > webcam but a lot cheaper than a proper cam

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FOSS Simple Web Forms?

2011-01-07 Thread Tim Dobson
there. :) For completeness of the record, a friend also pointed http://drupal.org/project/webform out to me which could work quite well in context. Thanks again! Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Edimax wireless router

2011-01-05 Thread Tim Dobson
Hi Tony, On 05/01/11 23:18, Tony Arnold wrote: > On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 20:53 +0000, Tim Dobson wrote: >> I shouldn't think you'd have any problems as a result of you using >> Ubuntu. What are you going to use it for? Connecting to the internet and >> co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FOSS Simple Web Forms?

2011-01-05 Thread Tim Dobson
On 05/01/11 21:13, A J Binnie wrote: > > > On 5 January 2011 20:47, Tim Dobson <mailto:li...@tdobson.net>> wrote: > > Does anyone know of a FOSS, easy, simple way of creating forms to gather > user feedback? > > > There's always Polldaddy.com,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Edimax wireless router

2011-01-05 Thread Tim Dobson
past with Linux netbooks and not had any problems. I shouldn't think you'd have any problems as a result of you using Ubuntu. What are you going to use it for? Connecting to the internet and connecting your home computers to? :) Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/

[ubuntu-uk] FOSS Simple Web Forms?

2011-01-05 Thread Tim Dobson
.net for simple web forms... Cheers, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Diaspora handles

2011-01-02 Thread Tim Dobson
This would probably be a good time to start a separate thread for anyone who would like to share their Diaspora handles; mine is tdobson (at) joindiaspora.com (I'm tdobson everywhere!) :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora

2011-01-02 Thread Tim Dobson
On 02/01/11 19:58, Neil Perry wrote: > I've invited you Vin. Thanks for the community spirit. :D -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora

2011-01-02 Thread Tim Dobson
On 02/01/11 19:26, James Thomas wrote: > That would be great. > :-) Invited. :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora

2011-01-02 Thread Tim Dobson
On 02/01/11 19:24, J Fernyhough wrote: > On 2 January 2011 19:20, Neil Perry wrote: >> I'd love to give diaspora a go, An invite would very much welcomed >> Thanks >> Neil Perry >> > > [aol] meee t! [/aol] > > But in all seriousness, yes please. Invited. :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora

2011-01-02 Thread Tim Dobson
On 02/01/11 19:20, Neil Perry wrote: > I'd love to give diaspora a go, An invite would very much welcomed Invite sent. :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Diaspora

2011-01-02 Thread Tim Dobson
cause it's simple though, you can post to your groups and discuss with them. The down side is that it's yet another site to log in on. I have a few invites left if anyone wants thinks they want be willing to give it a try and I was hoping that other people with invites migh

[ubuntu-uk] e1000e driver woes on 10.10

2010-12-29 Thread Tim Dobson
to include? Thanks in advance :) Tim (Sorry to summon the hivemind, however I've been in bed for the past two weeks with flu and you know how frustrating it is doing parental tech support at the best of times!) :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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

2010-12-04 Thread Tim Dobson
On 03/12/10 18:50, danteash...@gmail.com wrote: > We are creating advert(s) for Ubuntu, for a non-technical audience. Yo-buntu! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOHAUvbuV4o&feature=youtu.be -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/U

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Christmas Party \o/

2010-11-20 Thread Tim Dobson
Islington tube station, but there are > rather a lot of stairs to get to the room. If anyone is up in Manchester and fancies a similar kind of event, I suggest we meet at the Digital Communities Christmas party*: You just need to sign up here: http://digitalchristmas.eventbrite.com/ S

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash/Iplayer issues

2010-10-30 Thread Tim Dobson
On 29/10/10 00:39, Alan Pope wrote: > On 28 October 2010 23:34, Tim Dobson wrote: >> Is anyone else affected by this and can suggest any potential fixes or >> workarounds. >> >> Not at all scared of getting my hands dirty. :) > > Sadly this sounds like a bug th

[ubuntu-uk] Flash/Iplayer issues

2010-10-28 Thread Tim Dobson
her in law suspects this is related to compiz... Is anyone else affected by this and can suggest any potential fixes or workarounds. Not at all scared of getting my hands dirty. :) Cheers, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Find a Router's IP address

2010-10-19 Thread Tim Dobson
On 19/10/10 17:05, Alan Pope wrote: > On 19 October 2010 16:54, Cornelius Mostert > wrote: > > Is > >> 1. You have permission to work as Admin on a Lan > > All of which probably contravenes rule 1 you set out. As I read it, you appear to have misread parent. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com htt

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu November- A little school project for you all?

2010-10-19 Thread Tim Dalton
rection of something you know would be good. There's a blog for the project just started at ubuntu.1monthof.org if you'd like more info, and do give me a shout if you would like to be involved. Thanks in advance everybody, Tim Tim Dalton ICT Team Wildern School Email | Web<http://www.wild

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Openfire

2010-10-16 Thread Tim Dobson
On 16/10/10 18:16, Chris Rowson wrote: > Empathy doesn't have a Windows port at the moment but knowing that > you've got video working with Empathy gives me a bit of hope that I > can get a decent video solution up and running using something or > other. Good luck. :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [SUGGEST THREAD IS CLOSED] (was Re: Ubuntu/Linux is still not an OS for the masses - discuss)

2010-10-13 Thread Tim Dobson
On 13/10/10 18:38, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > I can solve the help vampires > sudo apt-get install garlic Please do be careful when upgrading: http://xkcd.com/797/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/Linux is still not an OS for the masses - discuss

2010-10-13 Thread Tim Dobson
On 13/10/10 10:48, Alan Pope wrote: > The fact is though that right now there are few manufacturers making > machines with Ubuntu pre-installed, so people do have to do the > install. However I believe you should be comparing "Oranges and > Oranges". If my mum bought a blank computer and wanted win

Re: [ubuntu-uk] scanning old photographs

2010-08-30 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
d enough. Some years ago I bought an EPSON 4870 PHOTO scanner which would do 4800 dots per inch. It did the job on the ancient slides I had to take copies of and continues to work well (on both Windows and Mac, not sure about Ubuntu). This scanner is now out of date but I think EPSON has pro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Young Rewired State

2010-08-07 Thread Tim Dobson
service which is great! The event is much > more about Open Data than Open Source, the laptop of choice for the next > generation of technology leaders is clearly the Macbook, but there were > a number of Ubuntu laptops present (in fact the Manchester team did 20 > application demos o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Moan -- Top Posting (was "Apps for kids")

2010-08-07 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
On 7 Aug at 8:54, Anton Piatek wrote: > For the record, on my android phone I cache choose to quote the entire > message, or none of it. I get no choice about top posting. If you > happen to know who in Google wrote this great Obviously: an android. -- Tim Po

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Moan -- Top Posting (was "Apps for kids")

2010-08-07 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
the above it is not clear, quote marks apart, that Joseph O'Dell did not write the first paragraph. -- Tim Powys-Lybbe t...@powys.org for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Ubuntu Party Weekend…

2010-07-28 Thread Tim Dobson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 28/07/10 07:15, Lucy wrote: > Last time we held our first ever Global Jam at the MadLab. It was > great to meet up with people and it would be good to hold it there > again. Thoughts? Unfortunately, this sounds like the first weekend of my holiday

[ubuntu-uk] Young Rewired State :: 2nd-6th August

2010-07-27 Thread Tim Dobson
prizes would be very gratefully recieved. Contact the organisers: Tim Dobson/Steven Flower: y...@tdobson.net Tim: 01457 597 007 --- P.S. Sorry if you've recieved this via several lists -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [sf-uk-discuss] An 'open source manifesto' to counter the ICT cuts

2010-07-21 Thread Tim Dobson
Very interesting article. For anyone interested there's an edugeek discussion raging here: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/blue-skies/60124-open-source-schools-miles-berry-offers-radical-response-ict-funding-cuts.html Original Message Subject: [sf-uk-discuss] An 'open source manif

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Trade supplier of Linksys WRT54G+DD-WRT Routers

2010-07-21 Thread Tim Dobson
On 20/07/10 11:57, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > Hi Tim, > > I've enquired on the Bristol Wireless list to see if they have anything. > > I'll keep you updated if they come back to me. thanks! :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

[ubuntu-uk] Trade supplier of Linksys WRT54G+DD-WRT Routers

2010-07-20 Thread Tim Dobson
nyone have any ideas? Cheers, Tim -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMRX3AAAoJEFGyIhEBWd2Jo0QIAJXhlg+7X3jZTZ9pbDKgbQ2G gCs/maEDiFPM3oZn99+37HX/Xey+TybvnaLqdsIqYRet1WB5zYqic+AnGgNKyBY8 s+VuiuxlBAkTJ2nRJLrrkaatH1kT1zIzObIP0bmyHS6OCu+dubK5sC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-28 Thread Tim Dobson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 28/06/10 23:11, Steve Flynn wrote: >>> Also spotted an Ubuntu mug in the kitchen. > > Frankly, I'm surprised that anyone actually watches the programme as a > whole. I've endured 6 or 7 episodes and tried to like it but as my > wife says "This is s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-28 Thread Tim Dobson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 28/06/10 10:35, darren.mans...@opengi.co.uk wrote: > Did anyone spot the Ubuntu logo on the back of Moss's screen? As most of > the episode focuses on Moss talking from behind his screen, the Ubuntu > logo was visible quite a lot! It was practicall

[ubuntu-uk] More on Joggler

2010-05-29 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
now how to start the Ubuntu desktop. Any help would be much appreciated. -- Tim Powys-Lybbe t...@powys.org for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk htt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....

2010-05-29 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
s. > > Have you actually tried clicking on them though? Most of them only > have the option of selecting Windows XP or 7, as far as I can see the > only 2 that have Ubuntu on them are the Latitude 2100 and 2110. Agreed and I took the order to the stage of Add to Basket (with Ubuntu 9.0

[ubuntu-uk] Success! was Re: O2 Joggler: deal

2010-05-24 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
emulation working to provide the smallest RISC OS (Acorn) machine on the market - but not the first as others have done this before me, indeed it was seeing their results last Monday that prompted me to say I would like to try this too. -- Tim Powys-Lybbe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] O2 Joggler: deal

2010-05-23 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
.3a.bin of=/media/C/joggler_unr_9.10_v1.3a.bin bs=10M count=365 and this got the response of: 365+0 records in 365+0 records out 3827302400 bytes (3.8 GB) copied, 707.077 s, 5.4 MB/s As above, I put the stick in the Joggler and nothing useful resulted on a reboot. -- Tim Pow

Re: [ubuntu-uk] O2 Joggler: deal

2010-05-20 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
ting UNR on the Joggler :) Many thanks. But I think it may not be comprehensive enough for this old stick. So I am going to give Stephen Ford's method another thrash but this time on the Ubuntu-only route and not via Windows. If this too fails, I will give your method a go.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] O2 Joggler: deal

2010-05-20 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
Ubuntu and hope I can work out what to do, though it really does look simple. Watch this space. -- Tim Powys-Lybbe t...@powys.org for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] O2 Joggler: deal

2010-05-19 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
On 19 May at 13:04, Kris Douglas wrote: > On 19 May 2010 12:41, Tim Powys-Lybbe wrote: > > On 14 May at 8:27, David wrote: > > > > > > (a) I plugged the USB stick into my normal Ubuntu machine, a Fusion > > partition on a mac Pro, and was able to read what

Re: [ubuntu-uk] O2 Joggler: deal

2010-05-19 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
who had bought one on Monday had had no problem, ditto for one bought last Saturday.) I know there are a few web sites to discuss Joggler but I find web sites cumbersome and much prefer mailing lists. Is there a Joggler-Ubuntu mailing list anywhere? Or is it OK

Re: [ubuntu-uk] get_iplayer fork

2010-05-13 Thread Tim Dobson
can we document this fork on the beebhack wiki if it's not already been done so? http://beebhack.wikia.com http://beebhack.wikia.com/wiki/Programs :) -Tim On 13/05/10 21:38, Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > I gather the get_iplayer has been forked, the thing is, I can'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] When buying a new pc...

2010-05-11 Thread Tim Dobson
On 11/05/10 16:43, Isabell Long wrote: > On 11 May 2010 16:40, Dianne Reuby wrote: >> On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 16:33 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: >> >> >>> >>> I've never tried, but it'd probably be a laugh to go to PC World with >>> a bunch of live CDs, insert them into the PCs and reboot them >>> (ob

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mailing list etiquette, Was Hard drive- Bad sectors

2010-04-20 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
fit the text which you are replying to. Do not quote the > whole of the previous email - remove any unnecessary text. To avoid > confusion, it's often a good idea to replace removed text with a brief > indication that something has been removed, like [snip]." Second

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/Linux meets?

2010-04-16 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
e in Banbury, complete with delicious Hook Norton (or so I remember that ale from a barge trip a decade or two back down the Oxford canal). -- Tim Powys-Lybbe t...@powys.org for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.c

[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [backstage] Open Source Show And Tell]

2010-04-09 Thread Tim Dobson
I don't know if people have already seen this but it might be cool to go to for people in the south east. Original Message Subject: [backstage] Open Source Show And Tell Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 12:50:42 +0100 From: Phil Whitehouse Reply-To: backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk To: backst...

[ubuntu-uk] TODAY: Digital Economy Bill Flashmob, 5pm [Manchester]

2010-03-31 Thread Tim Dobson
hortly before it begins! http://debflashmobmanchester.eventbrite.com/ We'll have plenty of flyers so just bring yourself and something to censor yourself with but we'll be providing black tape in case you can't. I'm sorry it has got to this stage, however I hope you'll join me there,

[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: MFS Talk. Tuesday, 16th March. Rob Taylor, "The Semantic Desktop, SPARQL and You!"]

2010-03-07 Thread Tim Dobson
ffective examples, running code and actual applications. Be inspired, tame the sparql beast and join the future of desktop computing!" Helpful links: * Semantic Web Road map by Tim Berners-Lee <http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Semantic.html> * GNOME: The Semantic Desktop <http://live.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio in, Record and transmit over Network

2010-03-01 Thread Tim Dobson
Cornelius Mostert wrote: > I have an audio stream coming in via usb or input jack (line in) and would > like to: > 1. Record this and > 2. Live stream this to the network This should be possible with pulseaudio itself: http://cubicgarden.com/wordpress/2009/05/10/pulseaudio-networked-audio-2/ I'v

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] Heads up - Government wants FOSS

2010-01-29 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
rce of certain applications? And a simplistic view of the Danish proposal is that all they are concerned with is the use of Open Standards for exchanging information, not for system sourcing. Can anyone outline the overall economies of Open Source? -- Tim Powys

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommendation for SIP phone wanted

2009-11-25 Thread Tim Dobson
Kevin Safford wrote: > Thanks for the replies. He he, I'm really looking for a 'quick and > dirty' solution, but I should have expected the responses I got. > > SIP isn't our main phone option - we just use it on those occasions when > Virgin Media charge us for calls. I'm happy to use the soft p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommendation for SIP phone wanted

2009-11-25 Thread Tim Dobson
ots of documentation. They should work with any SIP VOIP provider or local SIP setups you may have. Hope this helps, sorry I've not heard of the SG-HS100b at all. Cheers, Tim Disclaimer: I work for a company DMC who supply SME's with VOIP stuff - www.servicesforasterisk.co.uk -- ub

[ubuntu-uk] Micro-ATX server advice

2009-11-17 Thread Tim Dobson
ointers in ther right directions.. Cheers, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SIP Configuration for BT BRoadband?

2009-11-04 Thread Tim Dobson
you'll certainly behaving the issues described. You may need to forward more ports, but let me know how you get on. Oh and yeah, SIP/VOIP is my job and NATs+VOIP=Headache. :) Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Openshot video editing software Karmic Koala

2009-11-01 Thread Tim Dobson
int. Currently KDEnlive (my preferred video editing suite) can't deal with AAC audio by default due to some broken libavcodec package as I understand. As my (stupid) video camera outputs h.264 + aac this is somewhat frustrating. Anyway, hopefully this will all get smoothed out! :) Tim P

[ubuntu-uk] Karmic dual monitor problems...

2009-10-30 Thread tim . rittman
pport for dual monitors a conequence of the closed source nature of the graphics drivers? I would ideally like to use kde, but this doesn't support dual screens at all. Any comments? Regards, Tim Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mai

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 9.10 Release Party - Manchester, 30th October

2009-10-28 Thread Tim Dobson
Lucy wrote: > This is a reminder that Manchester will be celebrating the release of > Ubuntu 9.10, > Karmic Koala with a release party. woop woop! Getting close now! :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [ORG-discuss] Come see Bruce Schneier talk in London]

2009-10-28 Thread Tim Dobson
I'm sure this could be interesting to you lucky London lot! Original Message Subject: [ORG-discuss] Come see Bruce Schneier talk in London Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:16:27 + From: Michael Holloway Reply-To: Open Rights Group open discussion list To: Open Rights Group open d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Only asking on Educational basis!

2009-10-23 Thread Tim Dobson
Rik Boland wrote: > Spotify is letting people listen to their fav tracks, this is great! > > Surely this mean that you are able to capture these song and save them > on one's hard drive. Would this not be a problem and is there open > source software to achieve this? Spotify, unfortunately, is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 9.10 Release Party - 30th October

2009-10-18 Thread Tim Dobson
Lucy wrote: > Can anyone suggest anywhere else it should be advertised? > the usual northern lugs :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Karmic (9.10) party

2009-10-16 Thread Tim Dobson
Gordon Allott wrote: > On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 22:32 +0100, Daniel Drummond wrote: >> I love that the address for Pitcher and Piano is Arches 9-10 Deansgate >> Locks. >> >> Dan >> >> > > I have absolutely no idea if thats the correct address, I just copied > whatever google told me. if its not pleas

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Karmic (9.10) party

2009-10-16 Thread Tim Dobson
) which we are happy to send out to the local LUGS and I'll send it to LUGs within an hours travel of Manchester. Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Karmic (9.10) party

2009-10-15 Thread Tim Dobson
f other people could add the announcement to other sites and blog > about it that would be great. Sounds good to me. > The venue doesn't allow under-18s after 7pm, so I'm cc'ing Tim from > DFEY-NW to see if he wants to arrange something earlier for younger > people, if th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is There a problem with digests

2009-09-10 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
t > get any error messages from you web mail account. No problem here with a normal mail system, an average of 5 posts a day over the last 20 days. So it sounds as if web-mail or digests have some problem. -- Tim Powys-Lybbe t...@powys.org

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Throw a release party to get free software.

2009-09-05 Thread Tim Dobson
care about microsoft these days, I see Apple as much more of a threat because they have user loyalty. Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Movie Editor

2009-08-29 Thread Tim Dobson
install ffmpeg from medibuntu if you have issues like that but as the developer says, it might be a bug. Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Display table at Wallingford Bunkfest 2009

2009-08-23 Thread Tim Dobson
been to Wallingford Bunkfest in the past and really enjoyed it! We should do things at more events like this. Hope it goes well :) Cheers, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Reminder - DFEY-NW tomorrow :: Young Rewired State Announcements

2009-08-19 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
ntu, then it must be relevant. -- Tim Powys-Lybbe t...@powys.org for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Reminder - DFEY-NW tomorrow :: Young Rewired State Announcements

2009-08-18 Thread Tim Dobson
7;t familiar with Digital Freedom in Education & Youth, please drop past and take a look at our new website at www.dfey.org Many Thanks, Tim (DFEY-NW Co-organiser) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Automatically moving mail from a specific sender to a certain file?

2009-08-16 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
On 16 Aug at 20:23, "Alan Lord (News)" wrote: > This message is being sent to Newsgroup: > gmane.linux.ubuntu.user.british Surely not a 'Newsgoup' in the set of accessed through usenet? -- Tim Powys-Lybbe t...@powys.org

[ubuntu-uk] Reminder - DFEY-NW tomorrow :: Young Rewired State Announcements

2009-08-14 Thread Tim Dobson
Just a reminder that the DFEY-NW meeting is taking place tomorrow from 12:00pm -> ~3:30pm === DFEY-NW (Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West) is a group aiming to provide a social space for young people interested in technology, issues of freedom and technology in r

[ubuntu-uk] DFEY-NW Meeting - August 15th

2009-08-09 Thread Tim Dobson
Details for the next DFEY-NW are enclosed... Please forward this to anybody or any lists you think might be interested. === DFEY-NW (Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West) is a group aiming to provide a social space for young people interested in technology, issues o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Open Source Project kafuffle...

2009-08-07 Thread Tim Dobson
things from a legal perspective. Good luck! Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Manchester Free Software Talk - Dan Lynch, Audio Production with Free Software

2009-07-17 Thread Tim Dobson
All you Loco people near Manchester might be interested in this - it's this tuesday! Tim Original Message Subject: [Fsuk-manchester] Manchester Free Software Talk - Dan Lynch, Audio Production with Free Software Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:09:51 +0100 From: Lucy To: Manch

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: FOSDEM X: 6+7 February 2010

2009-07-16 Thread Tim Dobson
If you've never been to FOSDEM, I sincerely recommend attending. I'm very glad I went to it this year and will certainly be attending for FOSDEM's 10th birthday! It is a fantastic event, insightful, interesting, fun and incredibly welcoming. :D Tim Original Message -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

2009-07-11 Thread Tim Dobson
t Dalek Terminal Services from the console, helping to stimulate the economy." -- feel free to expand & elaborate I'm too tired to continue :) Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Server Suppliers

2009-07-07 Thread Tim Dobson
erisk-based VOIP system on them. Dell who have supplied us servers prviously have discontinued their Poweredge SC440 range and now want to give us a much worse deal for servers to supply to our customers. Any suggestions would really be welcome - I'm sure we can get a better deal! C

[ubuntu-uk] Custom Ubuntu Image

2009-06-29 Thread Tim Dobson
- it searches the disk for packages and then it says: "Loading ubuntu-keyring-udeb failed for unknown reasons. Aborting" With a red screen Looking through syslog via busybox i can't see anything related to ubuntu-keyring-udeb, I can't see anything relevant.. anyone got any t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Terminology and beginners, was Re: Scrambled screen & reinstalling

2009-06-24 Thread Tim Dobson
ou can't understand it enough to know whether you'd be interested. I do take your point and can see what you mean but please do feel free to ask the list what is meant by "Empathy to replace Pidgin in Karmic" etc or anything else.. :) Cheers Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy to replace Pidgin in Karmic?

2009-06-23 Thread Tim Dobson
plugin hasn't been ported to it yet, you could still install pidgin from synaptic and then install the facebook chat plugin. I like pidgin and probably won't switch to empathy in a hurry, but so long as pidgin continues to be easily available and empathy doesn't *really* suck,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Custom Ubuntu Image pendrive problems

2009-06-22 Thread Tim Dobson
#x27;t seem to be making any difference.. :( thanks for the suggestion though! Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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