Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings

2008-12-16 Thread Bruce Beardall
Hi Graham Welcome to the list. Good to have you on board. Regards Bruce On 15/12/2008, Graham Binns wrote: > > Hello all, > > Thought I should introduce myself since I'm new to the list. > > I'm a Developer working for Canonical. I'm part of the Launchpad Bug > Tracker development team; at th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings

2008-12-15 Thread Ian Pascoe
ists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com]on Behalf Of Chris Rowson Sent: 15 December 2008 21:54 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings Hello all, Thought I should introduce myself since I'm new to the list. I'm a Developer working for C

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings

2008-12-15 Thread Chris Rowson
> > Hello all, > > Thought I should introduce myself since I'm new to the list. > > I'm a Developer working for Canonical. I'm part of the Launchpad Bug > Tracker development team; at the moment my primary focus is > integrating with upstream bug trackers. > > I'm also a photographer and occasional

[ubuntu-uk] Greetings

2008-12-15 Thread Graham Binns
Hello all, Thought I should introduce myself since I'm new to the list. I'm a Developer working for Canonical. I'm part of the Launchpad Bug Tracker development team; at the moment my primary focus is integrating with upstream bug trackers. I'm also a photographer and occasionally make things up

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings from South India!

2007-05-17 Thread Michael Wood
Edward Crompton wrote: > Dear All, > > I've been lurking on this list for a few weeks, and thought I'd finally > introduce myself. I work for Mahiti.org, a not for profit technology > consultancy for the voluntary sector based in Bangalore, India. We > develop on a couple of FOSS content management

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings from South India!

2007-05-17 Thread Robin Menneer
On 5/17/07, Edward Crompton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear All, I've been lurking on this list for a few weeks, and thought I'd finally introduce myself. I work for Mahiti.org, a not for profit technology consultancy for the voluntary sector based in Bangalore, India. We develop on a couple of

[ubuntu-uk] Greetings from South India!

2007-05-17 Thread Edward Crompton
Dear All, I've been lurking on this list for a few weeks, and thought I'd finally introduce myself. I work for Mahiti.org, a not for profit technology consultancy for the voluntary sector based in Bangalore, India. We develop on a couple of FOSS content management systems and our whole infrastruct

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-20 Thread Tony Arnold
Robin, Robin Menneer wrote: > Yes, I've gone into gconf-editor only to be told that *if you are not > an experienced user do not use Config Editor to set performance for > the Gnome desktop. instead use the preference tools in the Gnome > Desktop*. That scared me off. Cruising around the advice

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-20 Thread Robin Menneer
On 3/19/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > TheVeech wrote: > > > I'm still trying to find out what's common knowledge and what people > > have overlooked in the Ubuntu world (for a future project). It looks > > like there is very little that everyone knows, so I'd really appreciate >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-20 Thread Robin Menneer
On 3/19/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > TheVeech wrote: > > > I'm still trying to find out what's common knowledge and what people > > have overlooked in the Ubuntu world (for a future project). It looks > > like there is very little that everyone knows, so I'd really appreciate >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-20 Thread TheVeech
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 16:45 +, Tony Arnold wrote: > Yes, I knew about this and have used it on all my machines. > > Thanks for the tips. > > Regards, > Tony. If anyone's got any more tips for laptops, email them to me or post them here. I'll have a look for some more, then I can incorporat

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-20 Thread TheVeech
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 21:57 +, Alan Pope wrote: > On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 19:13 +, Freddie Ruddick wrote: > > On 19/03/07, Robin Menneer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Tried to use the gconf.editor but got a 'comnand not fournd' response. > > > > The command is gconf-editor, not gconf

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-19 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 19:13 +, Freddie Ruddick wrote: > On 19/03/07, Robin Menneer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Tried to use the gconf.editor but got a 'comnand not fournd' response. > > The command is gconf-editor, not gconf.editor. The easiest way to open > it is to go Applications Menu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-19 Thread Freddie Ruddick
On 19/03/07, Dean Sas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the whole Applications -> System Tools menu got dropped around > Breezy/Dapper time. The menu items were dropped or moved into the system > menu. gconf-editor was one that was dropped. > > Dean Now that is odd! This is an edgy box, full install (n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-19 Thread Dean Sas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Freddie Ruddick wrote: > On 19/03/07, Robin Menneer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Tried to use the gconf.editor but got a 'comnand not fournd' response. > > The command is gconf-editor, not gconf.editor. The easiest way to open > it is to go Applic

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-19 Thread Tony Arnold
Robin, Robin Menneer wrote: > Tried to use the gconf.editor but got a 'comnand not fournd' response. Try it with a hyphen instead of a full stop, i.e., gconf-editor Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-19 Thread Freddie Ruddick
On 19/03/07, Robin Menneer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tried to use the gconf.editor but got a 'comnand not fournd' response. The command is gconf-editor, not gconf.editor. The easiest way to open it is to go Applications Menu -> System Tools -> Configuration Editor HTH Freddie :) -- Yester

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-19 Thread Robin Menneer
On 3/19/07, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > TheVeech wrote: > > > I'm still trying to find out what's common knowledge and what people > > have overlooked in the Ubuntu world (for a future project). It looks > > like there is very little that everyone knows, so I'd really appreciate >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-19 Thread Tony Arnold
TheVeech wrote: > I'm still trying to find out what's common knowledge and what people > have overlooked in the Ubuntu world (for a future project). It looks > like there is very little that everyone knows, so I'd really appreciate > it if you'd let me know how helpful you find the following, a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-19 Thread TheVeech
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 07:04 +, Tony Arnold wrote: > > TheVeech wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 23:11 +, Tony Arnold wrote: > >> Dean, > >> > >> Dean Sas wrote: > >>> Tony Arnold wrote: > > Chris Rowson wrote: > >> When I open a file, often it comes up behind the browser instead of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-19 Thread Robin Menneer
On 3/18/07, TheVeech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 16:46 +, Chris Rowson wrote: > > Hi there folks, > > > > I've just subscribed to the list, and thought it'd be a good idea to say > > hello! > > Hi Chris. > > > > My name is Chris, I hail from East Yorkshire, and I've been

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-18 Thread Tony Arnold
TheVeech wrote: > On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 23:11 +, Tony Arnold wrote: >> Dean, >> >> Dean Sas wrote: >>> Tony Arnold wrote: > Chris Rowson wrote: >> When I open a file, often it comes up behind the browser instead of in >> front. How do I remedy this, please. Being a thickie, I fo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-18 Thread TheVeech
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 23:11 +, Tony Arnold wrote: > Dean, > > Dean Sas wrote: > > Tony Arnold wrote: > >>> Chris Rowson wrote: > When I open a file, often it comes up behind the browser instead of in > front. How do I remedy this, please. Being a thickie, I forget to > look be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-18 Thread Tony Arnold
Dean, Dean Sas wrote: > Tony Arnold wrote: >>> Chris Rowson wrote: When I open a file, often it comes up behind the browser instead of in front. How do I remedy this, please. Being a thickie, I forget to look behind and assume that it has not been opened, so I do it again. >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-18 Thread Dean Sas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tony Arnold wrote: > > Chris Rowson wrote: >> When I open a file, often it comes up behind the browser instead of in >> front. How do I remedy this, please. Being a thickie, I forget to >> look behind and assume that it has not been opened, so I do

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-18 Thread Tony Arnold
Chris Rowson wrote: > When I open a file, often it comes up behind the browser instead of in > front. How do I remedy this, please. Being a thickie, I forget to > look behind and assume that it has not been opened, so I do it again. > > You don't know how freaky that is. My missus has a really

[ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-18 Thread Chris Rowson
When I open a file, often it comes up behind the browser instead of in front. How do I remedy this, please. Being a thickie, I forget to look behind and assume that it has not been opened, so I do it again. You don't know how freaky that is. My missus has a really irritating habit of doing that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-18 Thread TheVeech
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 16:46 +, Chris Rowson wrote: > Hi there folks, > > I've just subscribed to the list, and thought it'd be a good idea to say > hello! Hi Chris. > My name is Chris, I hail from East Yorkshire, and I've been using > Ubuntu for a while now. I use Ubuntu at home, on the co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-18 Thread Dean Sas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris Rowson wrote: > Hi there folks, > > I've just subscribed to the list, and thought it'd be a good idea to say > hello! > > My name is Chris, I hail from East Yorkshire, and I've been using > Ubuntu for a while now. I use Ubuntu at home, on the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-18 Thread Robin Menneer
On 3/18/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there folks, > > I've just subscribed to the list, and thought it'd be a good idea to say > hello! > > My name is Chris, I hail from East Yorkshire, and I've been using > Ubuntu for a while now. I use Ubuntu at home, on the computer of > any

[ubuntu-uk] Greetings...

2007-03-18 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi there folks, I've just subscribed to the list, and thought it'd be a good idea to say hello! My name is Chris, I hail from East Yorkshire, and I've been using Ubuntu for a while now. I use Ubuntu at home, on the computer of anyone who I can convince to switch from Windows, and on a few servers