Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-10-02 Thread steve
Paul Sutton wrote: >>snip >> Don't see why you'd need to upgrade your video card, I'd hazard a guess >> that any old card would do as long as it has at least VESA support. >> >> The install for my dad will be running on Virtual Box so it doesn't >> matter so much if it goes wrong, I can do a bac

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-10-01 Thread Rob Beard
Paul Sutton wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Rob Beard wrote: > >> Paul Sutton wrote: >> >>> mac wrote: >>> >>> Rob Beard wrote: > ...I'm undecided though about what to do about a couple of upcoming > Ubuntu installs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-10-01 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: > Paul Sutton wrote: >> mac wrote: >> >>> Rob Beard wrote: >>> ...I'm undecided though about what to do about a couple of upcoming Ubuntu installs. I'm not sure if I should stick with 9.04 and then upgrade them

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Rob Beard
Paul Sutton wrote: > mac wrote: > >> Rob Beard wrote: >> >>> ...I'm undecided though about what to do about a couple of upcoming >>> Ubuntu installs. I'm not sure if I should stick with 9.04 and then >>> upgrade them to 9.10 when it's released or hang fire until the final >>> release of 9.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Tony Pursell
On 30 Sep 2009 at 11:09, Rob Beard wrote: > > Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > > Hi Sean, > > > > Sean Miller wrote: > > > >> Maybe it's time to upgrade my Ubuntu to Karmic... hmmm > >> > >> Any wireless issues I should know about? > >> > >> > > > > I've not seen any, but the rule is, do not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 mac wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: >> ...I'm undecided though about what to do about a couple of upcoming >> Ubuntu installs. I'm not sure if I should stick with 9.04 and then >> upgrade them to 9.10 when it's released or hang fire until the final >> relea

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread mac
Rob Beard wrote: > ...I'm undecided though about what to do about a couple of upcoming > Ubuntu installs. I'm not sure if I should stick with 9.04 and then > upgrade them to 9.10 when it's released or hang fire until the final > release of 9.10 is released (one install is for my dad so he can try

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Rob Beard
Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > Hi Sean, > > Sean Miller wrote: > >> Maybe it's time to upgrade my Ubuntu to Karmic... hmmm >> >> Any wireless issues I should know about? >> >> > > I've not seen any, but the rule is, do not use development releases on > production systems, 'cos they break st

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Rob Beard
Sean Miller wrote: > Maybe it's time to upgrade my Ubuntu to Karmic... hmmm > > Any wireless issues I should know about? > > Sean > Well the wireless on my notebook (Intel wireless) works okay and my Huawei modem (Vodafone Mobile Connect) is now detected okay since the upgrade this morning

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread David Jones
Sean Miller wrote: > Maybe it's time to upgrade my Ubuntu to Karmic... hmmm > > Any wireless issues I should know about? > > Sean I'd suggest downloading the livecd and testing with that before installing, it should throw up any problems before you install. Dave -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
Hi Sean, Sean Miller wrote: > Maybe it's time to upgrade my Ubuntu to Karmic... hmmm > > Any wireless issues I should know about? > I've not seen any, but the rule is, do not use development releases on production systems, 'cos they break stuff. (He says, working on his computer which is ru

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Sean Miller
Maybe it's time to upgrade my Ubuntu to Karmic... hmmm Any wireless issues I should know about? Sean On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Jamie Bennett wrote: > On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 10:09 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: >> I just wondered if this upgrade is the Beta version of Karmic which is >> due

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Jamie Bennett
On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 10:09 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > I just wondered if this upgrade is the Beta version of Karmic which is > due any time now? Beta hasn't been released yet, that's not to say that what you have isn't the final beta, just that it may change by tomorrow ;) > Rob Regards, Jamie.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Rob Beard
Tony Arnold wrote: > Rob, > > Rob Beard wrote: > > >> I'm running Karmic on my notebook and this morning it had a whole load >> of packages (about 600MB worth) to upgrade. After upgrading I noticed >> that it has the new flashy Splash screen which although not as seemless >> as what I've see

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Tony Arnold
Rob, Rob Beard wrote: > I'm running Karmic on my notebook and this morning it had a whole load > of packages (about 600MB worth) to upgrade. After upgrading I noticed > that it has the new flashy Splash screen which although not as seemless > as what I've seen, it looks nice. I also noticed

[ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning

2009-09-30 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, I'm running Karmic on my notebook and this morning it had a whole load of packages (about 600MB worth) to upgrade. After upgrading I noticed that it has the new flashy Splash screen which although not as seemless as what I've seen, it looks nice. I also noticed that the theme has c