Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-14 Thread Pete Stean
Actually Deluge isn't very well supported at all - there's only one guy working on it, and releases/fixes are rather infrequent. There's a native linux client for Azureus or, if you're using gnome and don't mind a few KDE libraries, there's KTorrent which I find very good also.. Pete On 14/08/07

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-14 Thread Dave Murphy
On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 14:15 +0100, Josh Blacker wrote: > Hi all, > > Got a text from a friend earlier asking if she bought a new desktop > from dell with Ubuntu, would she be able to use all her old files etc. > I explained that yes Ubuntu can deal with jpgs (she was worried she > wouldn't be able

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-13 Thread Gav Ford
On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 20:48 +0100, Josh Blacker wrote: > Only thing is, every time I plug it in, Rhythmbox > starts up. Oh well - I think Amarok wins it. Go into System > Preferences > Removable Drives and Media. Choose the Multimedia Tab. With the Portable Music Players option you can select w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-13 Thread Josh Blacker
Hi, On 8/13/07, Ian Pascoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Josh > > If you're feeling daring, and my apologies as I'm tight on time tonight, > there was either an article or a development annoucement on Linux Weekly > News on either 02/08/07 or the week previous about an app that could be run > inste

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-13 Thread alan c
Josh Blacker wrote: > Hi all, [...] > Dells, or are they?), but I must admit I have no idea about managing > an iPod from Ubuntu. I have most of the songs I want on mine anyway, > and still dual-boot so can use iTunes when need be. An alternative approach could be to consider running linux *on* th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-13 Thread Ian Pascoe
g to multi-task tonight; ever a good thing. E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Josh Blacker Sent: 13 August 2007 19:01 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management Hi, I've had a play with Rhythmbox and a little bit of Ba

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-13 Thread Josh Blacker
Hi, I've had a play with Rhythmbox and a little bit of Banshee. In neither of these can I seem to be able to create playlists on my nano, although editing existing ones worked on Rhythmbox (and they didn't show up at all on Banshee). Gtkpod couldn't find my nano because it wasn't where it was expec

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-13 Thread alan c
Josh Blacker wrote: > Hi all, > > Got a text from a friend earlier asking if she bought a new desktop > from dell with Ubuntu, would she be able to use all her old files etc. > I explained that yes Ubuntu can deal with jpgs (she was worried she > wouldn't be able to see all her photos!) and OpenOf

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-13 Thread Gav Ford
On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 14:15 +0100, Josh Blacker wrote: > I explained that the necessary codecs for mp3s and so on are easy to > install if of dubious legality (I guess they aren't pre-loaded on the > Dells, or are they?), but I must admit I have no idea about managing > an iPod from Ubuntu. I have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-13 Thread Chris Rowson
> Ah, wonderful. I will try one or more of those out and let her know > how it goes. > Thanks, No probs, I believe Banshee is supposed to be good with the iPod; but I don't have one so don't speak from personal experience. Cheers Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-13 Thread Josh Blacker
Ah, wonderful. I will try one or more of those out and let her know how it goes. Thanks, On 8/13/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > but I must admit I have no idea about managing > > an iPod from Ubuntu. > > Hey Josh, > > Check out https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortableDevices/iPo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-13 Thread Chris Rowson
> but I must admit I have no idea about managing > an iPod from Ubuntu. Hey Josh, Check out https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortableDevices/iPod iPod is pretty well covered in Ubuntu. The only problem is that there isn't a version of iTunes for linux. Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com htt

[ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-13 Thread Josh Blacker
Hi all, Got a text from a friend earlier asking if she bought a new desktop from dell with Ubuntu, would she be able to use all her old files etc. I explained that yes Ubuntu can deal with jpgs (she was worried she wouldn't be able to see all her photos!) and OpenOffice is compatible with .doc for