Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu Kmail and IMAP

2011-07-31 Thread Vince Marsters
On Sunday 31 Jul 2011 11:35:52 Vince Marsters wrote: > Morning All, > > Wonder if anyone can suggest anything to help me fix a small problem I am > having. I am using Kubuntu with KDE 4.6.5 and Kmail 1.13.6 collecting email > using IMAP. Whenever I open Kmail any existing mail does not show in the

[ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu Kmail and IMAP

2011-07-31 Thread Vince Marsters
Morning All, Wonder if anyone can suggest anything to help me fix a small problem I am having. I am using Kubuntu with KDE 4.6.5 and Kmail 1.13.6 collecting email using IMAP. Whenever I open Kmail any existing mail does not show in the preview pane until I double click to open it. After this it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu Hardy to Jaunty failed

2009-10-17 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 16 Oct 2009 21:00:56 Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/10/16 Rob Beard : > > Oh dear. I'm sure it was discussed a week or so ago about upgrading > > between versions. I gather it's not a good idea to upgrade from more > > than one version to another at a time, so I guess from Hardy, you'd need >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu Hardy to Jaunty failed

2009-10-16 Thread Alan Pope
2009/10/16 Rob Beard : > Oh dear.  I'm sure it was discussed a week or so ago about upgrading > between versions.  I gather it's not a good idea to upgrade from more > than one version to another at a time, so I guess from Hardy, you'd need > to upgrade to Intrepid, then Jaunty. > Indeed. The best

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu Hardy to Jaunty failed

2009-10-16 Thread Rob Beard
Mark Fraser wrote: > I've tried the Kubuntu mailinglist, but haven't had a response. So I thought > I'd try here. > > I tried to upgrade my wife's computer from Hardy to Jaunty this week after > successfully doing it on 2 other computers. This time it started coming up > with error messages sayi

[ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu Hardy to Jaunty failed

2009-10-16 Thread Mark Fraser
I've tried the Kubuntu mailinglist, but haven't had a response. So I thought I'd try here. I tried to upgrade my wife's computer from Hardy to Jaunty this week after successfully doing it on 2 other computers. This time it started coming up with error messages saying certain packages couldn't b

[ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu Hardy swirly wallpaper - wow!

2008-02-25 Thread alan c
I really like the Hardy (alpha 5) Kubuntu curly swirly wallpaper. 6.06 (misty bubbles) was not bad, it had a level of subtlety and mystery which I appreciated, but since then I have been a bit unhappy with the un inspired defaults - which live CD users get. This Kubuntu alpha 5 has what looks l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu vs Ubuntu for new users

2007-09-18 Thread Daniel Lamb
: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu vs Ubuntu for new users It all comes down to personal preference I guess, but the nice thing about Gnome is that it hides the complexity of the system from the user unless they actively go searching for it - and to someone for whom a computer is effectively just a web-browser

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu vs Ubuntu for new users

2007-09-18 Thread Pete Stean
It all comes down to personal preference I guess, but the nice thing about Gnome is that it hides the complexity of the system from the user unless they actively go searching for it - and to someone for whom a computer is effectively just a web-browser and a platform for email and IM clients that's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu vs Ubuntu for new users

2007-09-18 Thread Stephen Garton
On 17/09/2007, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Scrase, Eddie wrote: > > > I'm probably stating the obvious here, but if the two bars are a With reference to the 2-bars setup, My mother-in-law uses Ubuntu (on my recommendation!), and the first thing she mentioned when I asked her how sh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu vs Ubuntu for new users

2007-09-17 Thread Jim Kissel
Chris Rowson wrote: >> Scrase, Eddie wrote: >>> I'm probably stating the obvious here, but if the two bars are a >>> problem, you can always move everything from the top bar down to the >>> bottom and then delete the top bar (which is what I have done on my >>> installation). You can also replac

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu vs Ubuntu for new users

2007-09-17 Thread Chris Rowson
> Scrase, Eddie wrote: > > I'm probably stating the obvious here, but if the two bars are a > > problem, you can always move everything from the top bar down to the > > bottom and then delete the top bar (which is what I have done on my > > installation). You can also replace the Gnome > > Applica

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu vs Ubuntu for new users

2007-09-17 Thread Jim Kissel
Scrase, Eddie wrote: > I'm probably stating the obvious here, but if the two bars are a > problem, you can always move everything from the top bar down to the > bottom and then delete the top bar (which is what I have done on my > installation). You can also replace the Gnome > Applications/Plac

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu vs Ubuntu for new users

2007-09-17 Thread Scrase, Eddie
I'm probably stating the obvious here, but if the two bars are a problem, you can always move everything from the top bar down to the bottom and then delete the top bar (which is what I have done on my installation). You can also replace the Gnome Applications/Places/System menus with a combine

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu vs Ubuntu for new users

2007-09-16 Thread alan c
Chris Rowson wrote: > I promise, I'm not trolling! > > I've been moving users across from Windows to Linux for a while now, > with - on the large - reasonable success. Because I use Gnome, and > don't have much experience of using KDE, I've just always installed > Ubuntu by default and not really

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu vs Ubuntu for new users

2007-09-15 Thread Chris Rowson
> I think this is definitely one for personal preference. I think that > Kubuntu and kde have a lot to offer. However I personally prefer > gnome. This isn't because I'm some numpty like some people would > insist but because it works the way I expect it to. > > This is definitely a suck and see

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu vs Ubuntu for new users

2007-09-15 Thread David Morley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 15/09/2007, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > definitely worth a look so you can see for yourself. > > > > Matthew. > > > I thought that might be worth a bash Matthew, > > I've just installed Kubuntu Gutsy Tribe 5 to see what all of the f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu vs Ubuntu for new users

2007-09-15 Thread Chris Rowson
> definitely worth a look so you can see for yourself. > > Matthew. > I thought that might be worth a bash Matthew, I've just installed Kubuntu Gutsy Tribe 5 to see what all of the fuss is about. In the past I've only tried installing kubuntu-desktop over the top of gnome. First impressions are th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu vs Ubuntu for new users

2007-09-15 Thread Matthew Wild
On 9/15/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I promise, I'm not trolling! It's unavoidable when you mention KDE and GNOME in the same email :) Lately, I've demonstrated Ubuntu to some real computer novices who've > commented "why is the start button at the top", and "why are there two

[ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu vs Ubuntu for new users

2007-09-15 Thread Chris Rowson
I promise, I'm not trolling! I've been moving users across from Windows to Linux for a while now, with - on the large - reasonable success. Because I use Gnome, and don't have much experience of using KDE, I've just always installed Ubuntu by default and not really given Kubuntu the time of day.

[ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu on Live CD

2007-09-05 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Folks At the LUG meeting I went to last night, one of the guys was trying to install kubuntu onto his new laptop - an Advanta (?) that currently has vista on it. He wanted to make it a dual boot machine, so far so good. However, when the Live CD booted up, the maximum screen size it would all

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu

2007-04-22 Thread Tony Arnold
Tristan, Tristan Wibberley wrote: > On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 19:03 +0100, James Hargreaves wrote: >> For anyone downloading Kubuntu 7.04 desktop i386 , I suggest using the >> HTTP download, the torrent is much slower (>25kbps compared to ~70kbps >> for HTTP) at the moment. > > Are you on British Tel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu

2007-04-22 Thread Tristan Wibberley
On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 19:03 +0100, James Hargreaves wrote: > For anyone downloading Kubuntu 7.04 desktop i386 , I suggest using the > HTTP download, the torrent is much slower (>25kbps compared to ~70kbps > for HTTP) at the moment. Are you on British Telecom? I heard a rumour that bittorrent was t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu

2007-04-19 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 07:03:06PM +0100, James Hargreaves wrote: > For anyone downloading Kubuntu 7.04 desktop i386 , I suggest using the HTTP > download, the torrent is much slower (>25kbps compared to ~70kbps for HTTP) > at the moment. > That's not normal. Have you opened the necessary ports o

[ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu

2007-04-19 Thread James Hargreaves
For anyone downloading Kubuntu 7.04 desktop i386 , I suggest using the HTTP download, the torrent is much slower (>25kbps compared to ~70kbps for HTTP) at the moment. Cheers, James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/U

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu Screencast

2006-11-13 Thread Tez
Tez wrote: > It's also on archive.org but doesn't seem to be live yet, > You can now watch it or download it from archive.org http://www.archive.org/details/Installing_Updates_Kubuntu Tez -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu Screencast

2006-11-13 Thread Tez
Alan Pope wrote: > On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 11:13:08AM +, Stuart Parkington wrote: > >>> Ok, I gave this whole screencast thing a go, it's on upgrading packages, >>> like Alans last one, but for Kubuntu. >>> It's not what you'd call in-depth but I tried to cover the same stuff Alan >>> wen

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu Screencast

2006-11-13 Thread Tez
Stuart Parkington wrote: >> Ok, I gave this whole screencast thing a go, it's on upgrading packages, >> like Alans last one, but for Kubuntu. >> It's not what you'd call in-depth but I tried to cover the same stuff Alan >> went over in his one. >> It's about 7 mins long and covers the Adept upda

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu Screencast

2006-11-13 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 11:13:08AM +, Stuart Parkington wrote: > > Ok, I gave this whole screencast thing a go, it's on upgrading packages, > > like Alans last one, but for Kubuntu. > > It's not what you'd call in-depth but I tried to cover the same stuff Alan > > went over in his one. > > I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu Screencast

2006-11-13 Thread Stuart Parkington
> Ok, I gave this whole screencast thing a go, it's on upgrading packages, like > Alans last one, but for Kubuntu. > It's not what you'd call in-depth but I tried to cover the same stuff Alan > went over in his one. > It's about 7 mins long and covers the Adept updater and Adept package manager,

[ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu Screencast

2006-11-12 Thread Tez
Ok, I gave this whole screencast thing a go, it's on upgrading packages, like Alans last one, but for Kubuntu. It's not what you'd call in-depth but I tried to cover the same stuff Alan went over in his one. It's about 7 mins long and covers the Adept updater and Adept package manager, which was