Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Mobile

On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 13:21 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: > Hmmm, this is interesting. Looks like Canonical has plans for Ubuntu > on mobile devices > > http://www.ubuntu.com/employment#UMDEV Looks like they do: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2007-May/000289.html -- ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

On 5/5/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: To keep the discussion alive, here is an example of why I should use windows and not Ubuntu (not that I will). My grandson, a windows user, bought a Freecom Digital TV DVB-T USB Stick Freeview receiver, plugged it in and off he went, no problem. Now,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

> Well, it does take a bit of research before hand. Hauppauge USB freeview > receivers work out of the box in Linux. That's great. Does that mean if I simply plug it in to my Ubuntu 6.10 box I will be able to select and record programmes at pre-set times and then burn them to DVD for future viewi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets [long reply]

norman wrote: > ...My grandson, a windows user, > bought a Freecom Digital TV DVB-T USB Stick Freeview receiver, plugged > it in and off he went, no problem [SNIP] Norman >>> I think you're pointing to something very important here. I started to make the mental shift towards Open Source/Linux w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

It's definitely a case of getting people to see Ubuntu. A friend of mine had a computer on which the mainboard had failed. I had a spare mainboard knocking about - so I replaced his with it - this of course requiring a re-install of Windows. My friend didn't have a licensed copy of Windows so I in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

> > OK folks, get the knives out and shoot me down in flames. (I know, I > > have mixed my metaphors). > > > One can dwell on the negative ("my obscure card won't work in Linux so > it's [EMAIL PROTECTED]") or one can look at the positive, which is that 95% > of what > most people need in a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free Me to download!

>... When we're > asked for essays it's in 'formats compatible with the College computer > network, such as MS Word documents' (paraphrase), rather than > suggesting .odt and so on. Grr. > Yeah, that's pretty irritating. With users I've converted over, I've always ended up setting OO to write to

[ubuntu-uk] BooHoo Yahoo

Yahoo's reported merger/takeover talks with MS means it's open (!) to selling its independence to the highest bidder. That it's MS they're talking with just emphasises my original stupidity and short-sightedness. I should have been more savvy to the long-term threat of something like this, especi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets [long reply]

I would like to raise another point relevant to all UK citizens. We all, in one way or another, pay taxes a fair proportion of which gets spent on education. Thus, if schools could be persuaded to change to Ubuntu, by how much would our taxes be reduced or cash released for other beneficial things

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets [long reply]

On 5/6/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to raise another point relevant to all UK citizens. We all, > in one way or another, pay taxes a fair proportion of which gets spent > on education. Thus, if schools could be persuaded to change to Ubuntu, > by how much would our taxes be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BooHoo Yahoo

Google's Picasa is quite good in my experience (and have an ubuntu client running under an integrated, tweaked wine), but doesn't offer nearly as many of the features of Flickr, I'm afraid, but its desktop-web integration is useful. Josh On 5/6/07, TheVeech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yahoo's re

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets [long reply]

< snip > > > You may accuse me of being Political but then, isn't this freedom thing > > that Linux users preach about, a Political philosophy? > > Doesn't the French National Assembly run on Linux (possibly Ubuntu)? I think I read recently that there is a scheme in France to give new university

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets [long reply]

On 5/6/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to raise another point relevant to all UK citizens. We all, > in one way or another, pay taxes a fair proportion of which gets spent > on education. Thus, if schools could be persuaded to change to Ubuntu, > by how much would our taxes be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Introduction

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Benjamin Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >On 05/05/07, Gregory Kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Cheers Gord, downloaded it on a direct link and I have it on a disc but >> the software to check sum is telling me not correct :-( > >It could be either the download,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets [long reply]

< big snip > > I and many others agree with you. Have you heard of Edubuntu? > - it's an OS, based on Ubuntu, that is > specifically catered to schools and classrooms. Yes I have heard of Edubuntu and understand its purpose. > > The Ubuntu UK team have some information

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BooHoo Yahoo

The complete Google group of services are good. Some of the programs do work nativly under Linux with some exceptions. It's a shame about Gtalk, but you can't have everything... I use several PC's running different OS's, Googles browser sync is a real boon. I would be lost without the spell checker

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Introduction

Gregory Kirby wrote: > I will burn both to a disk and I believe the disk will be bootable and > reversible if it plays havoc with my current set up? > Not sure what "reversible" means... if you boot into the LiveCD it won't affect your "current set up" at all, as everything runs from the CD an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets [long reply]

A major problem with deploying an Ubuntu desktop infrastructure is its lack of integration into a Windows Active Directory (AD) environment. Unfortunately AD sits at the heart of user authentication, security, app deployment and file permissions in most large organisations. Until Ubuntu supports t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Introduction

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Gregory Kirby wrote: >> I will burn both to a disk and I believe the disk will be bootable and >> reversible if it plays havoc with my current set up? >> >Not sure what "reversible" means... if you boot into the LiveCD it won'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Introduction

On 5/6/07, Gregory Kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sean Miller > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >Gregory Kirby wrote: > >> I will burn both to a disk and I believe the disk will be bootable and > >> reversible if it plays havoc with my current set up? > >> > >Not su

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets [long reply]

Chris Rowson wrote: > A major problem with deploying an Ubuntu desktop infrastructure is its > lack of integration into a Windows Active Directory (AD) environment. > > Very true of large scale enterprise delivery but not a problem for many of my clients whom are in the SME market and not tied t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Introduction

HI Kris, I have had a play with Ubuntu. I also have a Kubuntu disk ready to play around with too. I have realised that I may have trouble opening existing MS Office docs, mainly Word, some Excel and Access. Also couldn't play my mp3 files, of which I have many via Creative. I presume there ar

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Introduction

On 5/6/07, Gregory Kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HI Kris, > > I have had a play with Ubuntu. I also have a Kubuntu disk ready to play > around with too. > > I have realised that I may have trouble opening existing MS Office docs, > mainly Word, some Excel and Access. Open Office is the instal

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free Me to download!

On 06/05/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With users I've converted over, I've always ended up setting OO to > write to MS file format by default. It's a nuisance, but it helps > avoid people whinging when they can't open their latest masterpiece in > MS Word... This little extension

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Introduction

> >> Is there a big difference between Kubuntu and Ubuntu? > >Kubuntu is based on KDE, and it's applications. Ubuntu is based on >Gnome and it's applications. Generally, you'll find that you can do >everything you need in either/or. I won't comment on which is better, >as this is more down to a pe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Introduction

Kris Marsh wrote: >> Also couldn't play my mp3 files, of >> which I have many via Creative. > > mp3 won't work out of box with Ubuntu, as there are some legal > implications with shipping it on the CD (the mp3 library needs to be > paid for as it's using patented technology). However, Ubuntu makes

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Introduction

On Sun, 2007-05-06 at 19:08 +0100, Matthew J Smith wrote: > However, if you can afford it, I would get an ethernet DSL modem as they > really do work out of the box, with no drivers necessary. If your network card is supported. -- Alec Wright New Mobile Number: 07932 217 288 -- ubuntu-uk@lists

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Introduction

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >On Sun, 2007-05-06 at 19:08 +0100, Matthew J Smith wrote: >> However, if you can afford it, I would get an ethernet DSL modem as they >> really do work out of the box, with no drivers necessary. >If your network card is suppor

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Introduction

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matthew J Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Kris Marsh wrote: >>> Also couldn't play my mp3 files, of >>> which I have many via Creative. >> >> mp3 won't work out of box with Ubuntu, as there are some legal >> implications with shipping it on the CD (the mp3 library

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free Me to download!

> This little extension that I found out about this morning is pretty > useful: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=26397 > > It's nice and simple. Clicking on a button birngs up a graphical > interface with checkboxes for three different formats - Open Ofice, > Microsoft Office and PD

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets [long reply]

> You should lookinto things like SODA > Hi Nik, I've been looking for some info on SODA, and although it's referenced in quite a few places, I can't find the 'home' of the project. I did however find this document which outlines an open source deployment to an enterprise organisation: http://w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets [long reply]

> I added it here: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LinuxAndOSSResearchAndAdvocacy where > I've been trying to document any evidence of the value of OSS to > businesses. > > Chris thank you for your comments Ive been moving SMEs from Window Servers to OSS servers for near on 8 years now if your

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Introduction

> >However, if you can afford it, I would get an ethernet DSL modem as they >really do work out of the box, with no drivers necessary. > HI Matt, Can I plug an ethernet modem into my existing ADSL BT/Demon connection? Regards -- Gregory -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Introduction

On Sun, 2007-05-06 at 23:21 +0100, Gregory Kirby wrote: > > > >However, if you can afford it, I would get an ethernet DSL modem as they > >really do work out of the box, with no drivers necessary. > > > HI Matt, > > Can I plug an ethernet modem into my existing ADSL BT/Demon connection? You could

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu: Too Good to be True?

A good, non-technical review/article of Ubuntu -- Simple effective migration to Open Source based computing Jim Kissel Open Source Migrations Limited w: http://www.osml.eu e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] p: +44(0) 8703 301044 m: +44(0) 7976