Bit late to the suggestions but I like gramps. 6 months ago it looked funny on
the netbook unity but it probably looks better now.
I've just installed 11.04 and i can see the search tool to be better than going
throug menus for programs and files.
I did expect typing in internet to show more opt
On 21/05/11 17:52, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
On 21/05/2011 17:39, Jon Spriggs wrote:
As I said, the VPN part is more to save having to set up local port
forwarding and DynDNS, especially as my Dad is with BT, and their
default response with the home hub is "Press the reset button on the
s
On May 21, 2011 6:28 PM, "Jon Spriggs" Every now and then, I look at X2GO and FreeNX and remind myself that
> it's not really doing much more than a tunnel to a method of
> displaying X, and that my way works.
that said... I actively encourage the use of FreeNX, as it has some useful
features
On 21 May 2011 17:52, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> On 21/05/2011 17:39, Jon Spriggs wrote:
>>
>> As I said, the VPN part is more to save having to set up local port
>> forwarding and DynDNS, especially as my Dad is with BT, and their
>> default response with the home hub is "Press the reset butt
On 21/05/2011 17:39, Jon Spriggs wrote:
As I said, the VPN part is more to save having to set up local port
forwarding and DynDNS, especially as my Dad is with BT, and their
default response with the home hub is "Press the reset button on the
side of the router. Does it work now?"
Have you trie
As I said, the VPN part is more to save having to set up local port
forwarding and DynDNS, especially as my Dad is with BT, and their
default response with the home hub is "Press the reset button on the
side of the router. Does it work now?"
OpenVPN configuration is pretty straightforward, here's
On 21 May 2011 15:55, Jon Spriggs wrote:
> How will you be supporting it?
>
Good question. I don't know if I will yet. However what i did for my
mum was setup a dyndns address which automatically updates whenever
their her IP changes.
I can then ssh into her machine via the dyndns hostname, or I
Hi Alan,
I'll stick the same thing on the Etherpad, but I just wanted to drop
in this comment...
How will you be supporting it?
I've set up machines for my dad and aunt, both of whom are very remote
(They both live >3 hours away). Both are using Ubuntu, and I've set up
OpenVPN to my home machine
On 21/05/11 10:50, Matthew Daubney wrote:
On 21 May 2011 09:55, Liam Gallear wrote:
On 21 May 2011, at 09:40, Alan Pope wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> My friend had this conversation with her Dad:-
>
> Dad: "Can you get in contact with Alan and get him to help me with my
computer"
> Fri
On Sat, 2011-05-21 at 12:11 +0100, alan c wrote:
> I have no hesitation to say to use Ubuntu 10.04.2 (LTS) if it works
> on that hardware, (probably will). If any hardware that I support have
> any problesms with the LTS (a few do) then 10.10 seems ok.
It will. I've run 8.04, 9.10, 10.04, and 1
On 21/05/11 09:40, Alan Pope wrote:
Greetings!
My friend had this conversation with her Dad:-
Dad: "Can you get in contact with Alan and get him to help me with my computer"
Friend: "I'll be honest, he won't touch it with windows on it"
Dad: "Okay, will he install Linux on it for me?"
Friend: "
On 21 May 2011 09:55, Liam Gallear wrote:
> On 21 May 2011, at 09:40, Alan Pope wrote:
>
> > Greetings!
> >
> > My friend had this conversation with her Dad:-
> >
> > Dad: "Can you get in contact with Alan and get him to help me with my
> computer"
> > Friend: "I'll be honest, he won't touch it
On 21 May 2011, at 09:40, Alan Pope wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> My friend had this conversation with her Dad:-
>
> Dad: "Can you get in contact with Alan and get him to help me with my
> computer"
> Friend: "I'll be honest, he won't touch it with windows on it"
> Dad: "Okay, will he install Linux
Greetings!
My friend had this conversation with her Dad:-
Dad: "Can you get in contact with Alan and get him to help me with my computer"
Friend: "I'll be honest, he won't touch it with windows on it"
Dad: "Okay, will he install Linux on it for me?"
Friend: "I'll ask."
So I have sat in front of
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