Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed computer prices

2009-03-26 Thread Sean Miller
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Alan Bell wrote: > to offer a contrary view I would always go for the latest released > version fully updated. The customer is likely to update it anyway, or > think they are not getting the newest and shinyest operating system > otherwise. LTS is arguably better f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed computer prices

2009-03-26 Thread Dave Morley
On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 07:45 +, Sean Miller wrote: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Alan Bell > wrote: > > to offer a contrary view I would always go for the latest released > > version fully updated. The customer is likely to update it anyway, or > > think they are not getting the newest and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed computer prices

2009-03-26 Thread Rob Beard
Liam Proven wrote: > 2009/3/25 Eddie Bernard : > >> I'm looking to offer a base unit, 2GHz dual core Celeron (E1400) with >> 2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 RAM, and a 150GB SATA hdd. Graphics, sound and >> ethernet are onboard. >> > > My only comment - apart from to agree with those who commend that you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed computer prices

2009-03-26 Thread Eddie Bernard
2009/3/26 Dave Morley : > Looking at the hardware, you're looking at about 110-130 plus 20 for > national delivery plus a bit for you so lets say 180 a unit-ish. You're in the area I'm looking at... but my raw costs are higher than 130, and I thought I'd sourced everything pretty cheaply. If you c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sound issues - fixed

2009-03-26 Thread Andrew Oakley
Paul Sutton wrote: > Looks like i have fixed it, pcm volume was down, (what ever pcm is) PCM is Pulse Code Modulation, the main method for describing sound samples. Imagine plotting a sound wave on a chart, then every N microseconds you take a measurement of how high or low the wave is at that po

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed computer prices

2009-03-26 Thread Rob Beard
Liam Proven wrote: > 2009/3/25 Matt Jones : > >> In the past, that opinion was fairly valid. Now, the celerons are >> actually quite speedy little chips, espescially for an Ubuntu box that >> is going to run web/openoffice/music all day. As for recommending a >> Via over the current (Dual core)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed computer prices

2009-03-26 Thread alan c
Eddie Bernard wrote: > 2009/3/25 Jamie Bennett : >> Steve Cook wrote: >>> Here's your competition http://efficientpc.co.uk/ >> >> The Wraith, same system with 2gb of ram - £232.61. Nice looking little system >> there. > > Great - I can definitely beat that and by some way. I can't tell > whether t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed computer prices

2009-03-26 Thread mike daniels
--- On Thu, 26/3/09, Eddie Bernard wrote: From: Eddie Bernard Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed computer prices To: "British Ubuntu Talk" Date: Thursday, 26 March, 2009, 9:52 AM 2009/3/26 Dave Morley : > Looking at the hardware, you're looking at about 110-130 plus 20 for > natio

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joiku wireless connection......

2009-03-26 Thread John
Hi, thanks for your reply. I entered iwconfig in the terminal and got this message. It is finding the Joiku wireless from what I can gether, but its not connecting. This is what came out:- == jake...@jakewc2-laptop:~$ iwconfig lo  

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joiku wireless connection......

2009-03-26 Thread Sean Miller
Why don't you replace "eth2" with "wlan0" and see if that works better? Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joiku wireless connection......

2009-03-26 Thread John
Well, I have entered that, with the "wlan0" the first line works no problem, but when I entere the second line and add the code, that the phone brings up, it keeps saying Error for wireless request *Set Encode* (8B2A) invalid argument and enters the sode I put in. For some reason it wont accept

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joiku wireless connection......

2009-03-26 Thread John
I'm wondering if its an authentication problem. Is there something in the settings in the network manager or even Ubuntu itself that might be causing this? Simon Wears wrote: The 'eth2 not such device' probably means you don't have a device called eth2. Type iwconfig in terminal to get a list

[ubuntu-uk] Squid proxy box with serious IPv6 DNS problem...

2009-03-26 Thread LeeGroups
Chaps... Over the last couple of days I've been trying to build a proxy box for a load of Windows PCs, using Squid on Ubuntu server 8.04. I've had a few problems with it due to the wild/wacky filtered internet connection we have there, but now I've hit a massive brick wall... Using an upstream

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Squid proxy box with serious IPv6 DNS problem...

2009-03-26 Thread Alan Bell
I think from the description the squid thing is actually a red herring. (to mix a fishy metaphore). It sounds like your proxy server is not reliably resolving DNS when using IPV6. You will probably see this problem if you run firefox on the server. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netcf

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Squid proxy box with serious IPv6 DNS problem...

2009-03-26 Thread LeeGroups
Alan, I'm actually using OpenDNS's servers (after using the ISP's), what I really don't understand is how Apt is working perfectly, but Squid and Wget don't... I saw that post before, it's what I used to supposedly turn off IPv6. I can't run FF on the server, no gui installed... Lee > I th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Squid proxy box with serious IPv6 DNS problem...

2009-03-26 Thread Alan Bell
LeeGroups wrote: > Alan, > > I'm actually using OpenDNS's servers (after using the ISP's), what I > really don't understand is how Apt is working perfectly, but Squid and > Wget don't... > > I saw that post before, it's what I used to supposedly turn off IPv6. > > I can't run FF on the server, no