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n Tue, 2012-05-08 at 23:27 +0100, Tony Pursell wrote:
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On 8 May 2012 21:22, Sarah Chard wrote:
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I have put all my 4 machines on using the form. When can we see the list?
I think it will be interesting to see if there are many
On 7 May 2012 09:08, Barry Drake wrote:
> On 06/05/12 23:16, Tony Pursell wrote:
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>> All the computers I use now have an option to show a boot menu. Usually
>> something like Esc or F12. Sometimes this shown as an option when the
>> computer is starting up, sometimes not. My desktop tells me
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> > near the boot menu on their computer - so t
On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 21:12 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
> On 08/05/12 21:06, Sarah Chard wrote:
> > we want to share it - and i will be happy to send it through to you to
> > put on an Ubuntu wiki once it's in usable format - I will mention your
> > interest to everyone in our HLUG group at t
On 08/05/12 21:06, Sarah Chard wrote:
we want to share it - and i will be happy to send it through to you to
put on an Ubuntu wiki once it's in usable format - I will mention your
interest to everyone in our HLUG group at this months meeting,
we have only just started gathering the info - from o
On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 20:41 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
> On 08/05/12 10:25, Sarah Chard wrote:
> > My experience working with teachers and running parents evening as
> > part of our Tuxedu project is that this is the main stumbling block to
> > getting people too use any Linux system - ordi
On 08/05/12 10:25, Sarah Chard wrote:
My experience working with teachers and running parents evening as
part of our Tuxedu project is that this is the main stumbling block to
getting people too use any Linux system - ordinary users want their
system to run - they don't want to have to think a
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Just to chime in, a way I use to see hardware on a Windows computer is by
downloading and running a program called "CPU-Z", it shows the motherboard
make and model which you can then use to find the spec.
I believe it works on all versions of Windows back to the '95 days as well,
a really great pi
On 8 May 2012 16:50, Sarah Chard wrote:
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> On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 13:16 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
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> Are you sure that an Android app is the best way to do this? I would
> have thought that most who understand Android apps would have little
> difficulty getting into the boot menu. Per
On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 13:16 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
> Are you sure that an Android app is the best way to do this? I would
> have thought that most who understand Android apps would have little
> difficulty getting into the boot menu. Perhaps a web site would be
> better.
well lots of peo
My wife could install and use an Android app, but she couldn't get to the
boot menu without help. Only one data point, I know...
Neil.
P.S. Sorry for the brevity, this is typed on my phone.
On May 8, 2012 1:17 PM, "Colin Law" wrote:
> On 8 May 2012 10:25, Sarah Chard wrote:
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On 8 May 2012 10:25, Sarah Chard wrote:
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> At the moment we are compiling a database so we can create an android app to
> help people - they can put in their make and model of pc/laptop and it will
> tell them how to get into the boot menu - we feel this will be useful not
> only to our proj
On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 09:08 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
> On 06/05/12 23:16, Tony Pursell wrote:
> > All the computers I use now have an option to show a boot menu.
> > Usually something like Esc or F12. Sometimes this shown as an option
> > when the computer is starting up, sometimes not. My
It is really easy to get basic hardware info for a Windows PC, IIRC right
click my computer, then properities and it is in one of the tabs. Will
reboot into WIn7 an check/confirm.
Steve
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On 06/05/12 23:16, Tony Pursell wrote:
All the computers I use now have an option to show a boot menu.
Usually something like Esc or F12. Sometimes this shown as an option
when the computer is starting up, sometimes not. My desktop tells me
it is Esc, my two EEEPCs don't tell me, but it is s
On 6 May 2012 21:17, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there One of many things I've learned from spending time on
> Ubuntu Answers and AskUbuntu is that a significant number of folk are
> totally confused because they have a wubi installation. In many cases I
> have spotted this early on in the pro
On 6 May 2012 21:17, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there One of many things I've learned from spending time on
> Ubuntu Answers and AskUbuntu is that a significant number of folk are
> totally confused because they have a wubi installation. In many cases I
> have spotted this early on in the pro
On 06/05/12 21:40, Bill Baker wrote:
This very morning I had a wonderful example of similar. the user was,
however, communicating via their desktop pooter whilst about to try
Ubuntu on their netbook. It was a wonderful case of Four questions
asked - four questions answered - Ubuntu installed. T
On Sun, 2012-05-06 at 21:17 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there One of many things I've learned from spending time on
> Ubuntu Answers and AskUbuntu is that a significant number of folk are
> totally confused because they have a wubi installation. In many cases I
> have spotted this earl
Hi there One of many things I've learned from spending time on
Ubuntu Answers and AskUbuntu is that a significant number of folk are
totally confused because they have a wubi installation. In many cases I
have spotted this early on in the process of trying to help. One lady
was asked (n
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