Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please

2012-06-10 Thread kpb
On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 19:27:31 +0100 Liam Proven wrote: > > Nice find! :¬) There are half a dozen X200/X200s at around the same now, so I think that is the 'going rate' Back on topic: this seems to run Ubuntu 12.04 really well - very fast and no glitches so far. Getting three to four hours of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please

2012-06-10 Thread Liam Proven
On 10 June 2012 19:07, kpb wrote: > On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:58:19 +0100 > Liam Proven wrote: > [ snip ] >> >> And where did you get the Thinkpad for such a bargain price? :¬) > > UK Ebay oddly enough. It is an X200s, not an X200 and is about four years old > now. X60s laptops go for about £150, a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please

2012-06-10 Thread kpb
On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:58:19 +0100 Liam Proven wrote: [ snip ] > > And where did you get the Thinkpad for such a bargain price? :¬) UK Ebay oddly enough. It is an X200s, not an X200 and is about four years old now. X60s laptops go for about £150, and this one just popped up at a Buy It Now pri

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please

2012-06-10 Thread Liam Proven
On 10 June 2012 18:48, kpb wrote: > > Hello All > > Good advice above. > > Just an idea for anyone getting their head around Web pages... > > I've been using a dropbox.com free account as a testing system for Web pages > with _relative_ links. > > Install the dropbox software (nautilus-dropbox on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please

2012-06-10 Thread kpb
On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:52:12 +0100 Chris Fox wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 10/06/2012 14:44, John Davis wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am sorry this is not Ubuntu related but could any offer some help > > for a novice web site builder ? > Hi John, > > Do you have a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please

2012-06-10 Thread Chris Fox
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/06/2012 14:44, John Davis wrote: > Hi, > > I am sorry this is not Ubuntu related but could any offer some help > for a novice web site builder ? > > > I have made a web site with a main page, gallery page and an image > folder. > > When worki

[ubuntu-uk] Help please

2012-06-10 Thread John Davis
Hi, I am sorry this is not Ubuntu related but could any offer some help for a novice web site builder ? I have made a web site with a main page, gallery page and an image folder. When working in Notepad++ I have no problem opening the pages in a browser but I am unsure of how to make sure t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please on the wiki ....

2011-01-18 Thread Andrés Muñiz Piniella
Lubuntu is lxde ubuntu. Like xubuntu is xfce and kubuntu is kde. I use it as well. about windows compatibility: *alternative*to.net/ www.osalt.com/ www.linuxalt.com/ www.*alternative*soft.co.uk -- Andrés Muñiz-Piniella -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please on the wiki ....

2011-01-17 Thread Jacob Mansfield
On 17/01/11 23:26, Phill Whiteside wrote: > As a lubuntu user, LooBuntu, that's a new one on me, does it specialise in toilet humour? -- Jacob Mansfield Programmer import disclaimer from email signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please on the wiki ....

2011-01-17 Thread Phill Whiteside
As a lubuntu user, I think you may want to mention that you do not need so high a spec of computer https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu#System requirements which is pretty much any win98 computer. But it is not for me start confusing the issue, I have no problems with my web-cam on Lubunt

[ubuntu-uk] Help please on the wiki ....

2011-01-17 Thread Barry Drake
Help needed. We've commenced a wiki on the Ubuntu Advertising site to try to meet as many Windows users questions about compatibility as possible. Please take a look at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WindowsCompatibility and consider adding your vast knowledgebase. Thanks. Barry. -- Barry Dra

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help please

2009-07-01 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/6/30 JONATHAN TAYLOR : > Hi all, > as a newbie I'm in the process of switching over to Ubuntu, and as I run a > small business I use MS Visio for my site plans . My question is what is the > equivalent in Ubuntu? Also I've  just bought a Wacom Bamboo pad, and I've > seen lots of posts on here

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help please

2009-06-30 Thread Norman Silverstone
as a newbie I'm in the process of switching over to Ubuntu, and as I run a small business I use MS Visio for my site plans . My question is what is the equivalent in Ubuntu? Also I've just bought a Wacom Bamboo pad, and I've seen lots of posts on here on using it, so any help with installing the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help please

2009-06-30 Thread Michael Douglas
Rob Beard wrote: > JONATHAN TAYLOR wrote: > >> Hi all, >> as a newbie I'm in the process of switching over to Ubuntu, and as I >> run a small business I use MS Visio for my site plans . My question is >> what is the equivalent in Ubuntu? Also I've just bought a Wacom >> Bamboo pad, and I've

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help please

2009-06-30 Thread Rob Beard
JONATHAN TAYLOR wrote: > Hi all, > as a newbie I'm in the process of switching over to Ubuntu, and as I > run a small business I use MS Visio for my site plans . My question is > what is the equivalent in Ubuntu? Also I've just bought a Wacom > Bamboo pad, and I've seen lots of posts on here on

[ubuntu-uk] help please

2009-06-30 Thread JONATHAN TAYLOR
Hi all, as a newbie I'm in the process of switching over to Ubuntu, and as I run a small business I use MS Visio for my site plans . My question is what is the equivalent in Ubuntu? Also I've  just bought a Wacom Bamboo pad, and I've seen lots of posts on here on using it, so any help with installi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help please

2007-08-04 Thread norman
> Hi Norman , I saw it , found it interesting , my apologies for not > responding it was actually put on my to be looked into list. Thanks Nik. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help please

2007-08-04 Thread Nik Butler
Hi Norman , I saw it , found it interesting , my apologies for not responding it was actually put on my to be looked into list. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] help please

2007-08-04 Thread norman
I sent an email yesterday under the subject of glabels. I would be really grateful if someone could please reply even if only to tell me clear off and go somewhere else. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help please with modules.

2006-10-17 Thread Paul Sladen
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, David Morley wrote: > I have an old laptop that I am trying to get the sound to work on I > have put snd_1688 in /etc/modules but when I do and lsmod it has not Try doing: sudo modprobe snd_1688 and then: sudo dmesg | tail Are there any error messages (such as, hardware

[ubuntu-uk] help please with modules.

2006-10-17 Thread David Morley
I have an old laptop that I am trying to get the sound to work on I have put snd_1688 in /etc/modules but when I do and lsmod it has not installed it is there an alternative way of having this module load up in the boot sequence please? -- Seek That Thy Might Know -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com