Re: [ubuntu-uk] least connections ipvs lvs

2007-03-27 Thread xx xx
Oh yeah is mature and should be stable (to stay in the current kernel). I'm already using ultra monkey with ndb it works almost perfect theres some issues but are fully ndb related. Have you ever tried to loadbalance mysql ? should be EASY , i mean the replicacation is very ""stable"" sinc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-27 Thread TheVeech
On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 20:45 +0100, Colin McCarthy wrote: > They are great. I can't wait to show them to the 'Mac Fan' at work > tomorrow. > > > On 3/26/07, Nicholas Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Nice and to the point! > > > > Tony. > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-27 Thread Scrase, Eddie
> Pretty funny, > > http://cdn.novell.com/cached/video/bs_07/mac_pc_linux.OGG > and http://cdn.novell.com/cached/video/bs_07/mac_pc_linux_2.OGG > and http://cdn.novell.com/cached/video/bs_07/mac_pc_linux_3.OGG Also available in mpeg format for the MAC and PC users in your life... ;-) http://cdn.n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-27 Thread Chris Rowson
I did a fresh install of Feisty yesterday. > This is looking like it's going to be an amazing release, and if we > can't win over new users with this, then our approach is probably wrong, > because the software certainly isn't. > I think to push Ubuntu the Windows and Mac user we really have to m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-27 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 10:56:12AM +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: > It'd be a great idea if Ubuntu was to set up a site where users could > contribute videos to advertise Ubuntu - like mozilla did with > http://www.firefoxflicks.com > This has been suggested in the past. As far as I can tell it never

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-27 Thread gord
On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 10:56 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: > > Your average user isn't to bothered about how something works, they > just want it to have spangly flashy whizzy buttons and a cool > reputation. > > It'd be a great idea if Ubuntu was to set up a site where users could > contribute video

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-27 Thread Chris Rowson
> This has been suggested in the past. As far as I can tell it never moved off > the "this would be nice" drawing board. > > Congratulations on volunteering to take up the batton.. :) lol - Hey I'd be happy to set something up - The videos would have to be youtube hosted however as although I hav

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-27 Thread TheVeech
On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 10:56 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: > I did a fresh install of Feisty yesterday. > > This is looking like it's going to be an amazing release, and if we > > can't win over new users with this, then our approach is probably wrong, > > because the software certainly isn't. > > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-27 Thread Jim Kissel
Alan Pope wrote: > On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 10:56:12AM +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: >> It'd be a great idea if Ubuntu was to set up a site where users could >> contribute videos to advertise Ubuntu - like mozilla did with >> http://www.firefoxflicks.com >> > > This has been suggested in the past. A

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-27 Thread Chris Rowson
> Alan is being modest here. He has already contributed several "howto" > screen casts. Check out > Yeah, I've seen Alan's screen casts already and they're great. The problem is I'd consider these to be post-adoption tutorials rather than something inciting p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-27 Thread TheVeech
On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 12:07 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: > > That's what I think all of the videos are lacking. We don't (always) > have to attract the hardcore Ubuntu nerds who know everything about > the OS, we need input from creative media types too. Bingo! Getting new people increases the tal

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-27 Thread TheVeech
On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 11:43 +0100, Jim Kissel wrote: > Alan is being modest here. He has already contributed several > "howto" > screen casts. Check out > 'this is a pretty standard install of XP that's had all the usual security patches...for what they're w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-27 Thread Paul Sladen
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007, Chris Rowson wrote: > It'd be a great idea if Ubuntu was to set up a site where users could > contribute videos to advertise Ubuntu - Perhaps: http://www.ubuntuvideo.com/ -Paul :) -- Why do one side of a triangle when you can do all three. Nottingham, GB --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] least connections ipvs lvs

2007-03-27 Thread Michael Wood
xx xx wrote: > Hi mates does anyone try to loadbalance some stuff wit ipvs ? there is > no to much info on the web but i know it support a bunch of algorythms > for loadbalancing. > I was using pools{} on openbsd but it does only support roundrobin. > Cheers > For HTTP load balancing i've always

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-uk graphics

2007-03-27 Thread Matthew East
On Tue, March 27, 2007 1:09 am, Dave Murphy wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: >> I was under the impression that we can't "use" a logo derived from the >> Ubuntu one without it getting approval first. We have been through that >> process for the current logo. > > The details are here: http://www.ubuntu.co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] least connections ipvs lvs

2007-03-27 Thread Pete Ryland
On 27/03/07, xx xx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh yeah is mature and should be stable (to stay in the current kernel). > I'm already using ultra monkey with ndb it works almost perfect theres some > issues but are fully ndb related. Do you mean nbd, the netblock device? > Have you ever tried to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-uk graphics

2007-03-27 Thread Chris Rowson
On 27/03/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For example, see > > the recent advice from the Ubuntu webmaster for locoteams who customise > > the logo - > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2007-March/001196.html > > > > So, if redesigning the logo, please follow his guide

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-uk graphics

2007-03-27 Thread Chris Rowson
For example, see > the recent advice from the Ubuntu webmaster for locoteams who customise > the logo - > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2007-March/001196.html > > So, if redesigning the logo, please follow his guidelines. > > Matt > -- Hi Matt - If following the guidelines, it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-uk graphics

2007-03-27 Thread Dave Murphy
Chris Rowson wrote: > Also - when looking at the Demos https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Templates The > two sites showcasing the new theme are still using their own logos > ;-) ...and I'm willing to guess (but happy to be proved wrong) that neither of those logos are approved... -- Dave Murphy - http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-uk graphics

2007-03-27 Thread Matthew East
On Tue, March 27, 2007 2:55 pm, Dave Murphy wrote: > Chris Rowson wrote: >> Also - when looking at the Demos https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Templates The >> two sites showcasing the new theme are still using their own logos >> ;-) > > ...and I'm willing to guess (but happy to be proved wrong) that ne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-27 Thread alan c
gord wrote: [...] >personally i'm of the opinion that we don't > need to convince 'your average user', your average user uses what comes > pre-installed on their computer when they buy it from PC-world or.. > wherever it is the cool kids get their pc's from these days, the people > that need convi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-27 Thread Ben Thorp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 27/03/2007 16:16:13: > gord wrote: > [...] > > I asked the manager at a local Computer World store about a possible > open source display event. Apart from it all being 'head office sir' > stuff, it was also said that if they did not sell it they would not be > inter

[ubuntu-uk] Ktorrent, firewall and blocked connections

2007-03-27 Thread alan c
I like to seed open source software, particularly Ubuntu family, from a machine which is mostly set aside just for this. I am using Ktorrent in Kubuntu 6.06.1, and Firestarter as a firewall management app. I am no expert so the gui is very welcomed. I believe I have set the firewall settings to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-uk graphics

2007-03-27 Thread Chris Rowson
> It's likely that they were approved because Canonical have been quite easy > in the past about this. However Matthew's email shows that they are now > (rightly, in my opinion) looking to have more consistent logos used. Ah OK - So Canonical doesn't allow derivative works to be made of their log

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ktorrent, firewall and blocked connections

2007-03-27 Thread Tony Arnold
Alan, alan c wrote: > I like to seed open source software, particularly Ubuntu family, from > a machine which is mostly set aside just for this. > > I am using Ktorrent in Kubuntu 6.06.1, and Firestarter as a firewall > management app. I am no expert so the gui is very welcomed. > > I believe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-uk graphics

2007-03-27 Thread Tony Arnold
Chris, Chris Rowson wrote: > Ah OK - So Canonical doesn't allow derivative works to be made of > their logo anymore. That's a shame really, as I think it helps foster > links between the community and Canonical. > > I don't work for Canonical - neither do most of the other members of > LoCo gro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The need for root in a rescue situation

2007-03-27 Thread Colin Murphy
On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 00:06 +, Paul Sladen wrote: > On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 15:11 +, Paul Sladen wrote: > > > On Sat, 24 Mar 2007, Colin Murphy wrote: > > > > I recently had a corrupt HD on my Dapper desktop system > > > The prompt only occurs if

Re: [ubuntu-uk] least connections ipvs lvs

2007-03-27 Thread xx xx
Hey pete: ndb is a pseud cluster solution provided for mysql it acts as loadbalancer and failover solution. And actually ultramonkey layer 7 is using it for mysql loadbalancing. Unfortunatelly ndb doesnt work well by itself. Thanks mate Offtopic:Do you guys have a kind of meeting everyweeks or so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-uk graphics

2007-03-27 Thread Chris Rowson
> Organisations have to be very protective about their trademarks. If they > are allowed to be used freely as is or modified, then they can lose > their trademark status through general usage. The Kleenex company in the > US had this problem many years ago. I think there was a big court case > abou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ktorrent, firewall and blocked connections

2007-03-27 Thread alan c
Tony Arnold wrote: > Alan, > > alan c wrote: >> I like to seed open source software, particularly Ubuntu family, from >> a machine which is mostly set aside just for this. >> >> I am using Ktorrent in Kubuntu 6.06.1, and Firestarter as a firewall >> management app. I am no expert so the gui is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-27 Thread LeeUKHA
> > > > I asked the manager at a local Computer World store about a possible > > open source display event. Apart from it all being 'head office sir' > > stuff, it was also said that if they did not sell it they would not be > > interested in displaying it. > > So they never have ISP CDs by the ti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-uk graphics

2007-03-27 Thread Matthew East
On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 17:18 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: > > It's likely that they were approved because Canonical have been quite easy > > in the past about this. However Matthew's email shows that they are now > > (rightly, in my opinion) looking to have more consistent logos used. > > Ah OK - So

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-27 Thread Dave Ewart
On Tuesday, 27.03.2007 at 12:53 +0100, Paul Sladen wrote: > http://www.ubuntuvideo.com/ Ah, that's fun: hadn't found that before. Cheers, Paul :-) Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - freenode: davee All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-27 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
On 27/03/07, LeeUKHA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I asked the manager at a local Computer World store about a possible > > So they never have ISP CDs by the tills? Or charity boxes? > > > I think you're missing a trick here... The ISP disks are either AOL who > pay to have the disks there, or >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-27 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 11:44:06PM +0100, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > On 27/03/07, LeeUKHA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I asked the manager at a local Computer World store about a possible > > > So they never have ISP CDs by the tills? Or charity boxes? > > > > > I think you're missing a tric

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-uk graphics

2007-03-27 Thread Tony Arnold
Chris, Chris Rowson wrote: >> Organisations have to be very protective about their trademarks. If they >> are allowed to be used freely as is or modified, then they can lose >> their trademark status through general usage. The Kleenex company in the >> US had this problem many years ago. I think t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ktorrent, firewall and blocked connections

2007-03-27 Thread Tony Arnold
Alan, alan c wrote: > I note that I have FTP allowed in firestarter for outbound on ports > 20-21, but presumably that is not he same ftp function you describe? No, the outbound ports you allow will let users of your machine use ftp to some remote ftp server and is completely independent of any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ktorrent, firewall and blocked connections

2007-03-27 Thread alan c
Tony Arnold wrote: > Alan, > > alan c wrote: > >> I note that I have FTP allowed in firestarter for outbound on ports >> 20-21, but presumably that is not he same ftp function you describe? > > No, the outbound ports you allow will let users of your machine use ftp > to some remote ftp server a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-uk graphics

2007-03-27 Thread Matthew East
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Tony Arnold: > Chris, > > Chris Rowson wrote: >>> Organisations have to be very protective about their trademarks. If they >>> are allowed to be used freely as is or modified, then they can lose >>> their trademark status through general usage. Th