Re: [ubuntu-uk] VirtualBox

2009/3/30 David King : > I use Virtual Box on Ubuntu 8.04 AMD64. It is version 2.0.6, but the > Ubuntu package manager keeps telling me there is an updated version > available, which is version 2.0. Are you sure? I can only see version 2.0.4 of virtualbox-ose in the repositories for Ubuntu 8.10 at

[ubuntu-uk] [marketing] great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu

I have posted this expos'e of how easy it is for a great grandma to do internet shopping on her own with Ubuntu http://dnc.digitalunite.com/2009/03/31/great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu-linux/ It would be great to think it might get some good coverage, any suggestions

Re: [ubuntu-uk] VirtualBox

On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 22:48 +0100, David King wrote: > I use Virtual Box on Ubuntu 8.04 AMD64. It is version 2.0.6, but the > Ubuntu package manager keeps telling me there is an updated version > available, which is version 2.0. > > I downloaded 2.1.4 from the Virtual Box website, and installed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu

I tweeted about it on @otfrom, but I think digg, reddit or slashdot would be the place to go. 2009 - The year of the linux desktop for Great Grandmas? cheers, Bruce 2009/3/31 alan c : > I have posted this expos'e of how easy it is for a great grandma to do > internet shopping on her own with Ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu

me too: http://twitter.com/yishaym/status/1424196619 2009/3/31 Bruce Durling > I tweeted about it on @otfrom, but I think digg, reddit or slashdot > would be the place to go. > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] remote accessing an ubuntu machine (vnc or similar)

Hi -- I already remotely administrate a PC for my Mum & one for my Dad, and both are Windows machines. So LogMeIn.com is perfect for those. However, I am setting up an Ubuntu machine for my brother that will also require remote administration, and was wondering about the best way to set that up. Un

Re: [ubuntu-uk] remote accessing an ubuntu machine (vnc or similar)

Hi, Linux has had this for years. You can use both a shell login (that gives you a "terminal" on the remote machine) or combine it with VNC. VNC will enable you to have a remote graphic desktop. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHHowto https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNC Have a read of thos

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu

Yishay, I like the tag line you put with it. Better than mine. :-) 2009/3/31 Yishay Mor : > me too: http://twitter.com/yishaym/status/1424196619 > > 2009/3/31 Bruce Durling >> >> I tweeted about it on @otfrom, but I think digg, reddit or slashdot >> would be the place to go. >> > > > -- > ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] remote accessing an ubuntu machine (vnc or similar)

Cheers for that -- I'm just doing some work-related reading on OpenSSL, so that's all very synchronous! ;) 2009/3/31 Ciarán Mooney > Hi, > > Linux has had this for years. You can use both a shell login (that > gives you a "terminal" on the remote machine) or combine it with VNC. > VNC will enabl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] remote accessing an ubuntu machine (vnc or similar)

Well that's lucky! I'm not sure how related OpenSSL and OpenSSH are though. To be honest don't get frustrated if you can't figure out what to do. I find it very confusing, but I've just about got my head around it. Ciarán On 3/31/09, doug livesey wrote: > Cheers for that -- I'm just doing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Realtek 8187b Wireless VERY VERY slow

Gordon wrote: > Installed 8.10 using WUBI on my Toshiba Satellite L40. > Realtek 8187B Wireless card will see the network and connect to it, but > is so slow as to be unusable. > Are there any "fixes" that people know about for this? > > Solved! (Sort of...) it seems that the drivers supplied w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] remote accessing an ubuntu machine (vnc or similar)

Apparently OpenSSH uses OpenSSL extensively -- that's what me book says, anyway. Probably not on any level that I'll ever need to know about, though. I use SSH at work (in a safe environment), so once I've got it set up, at least I'll be familiar with the easy bits. 2009/3/31 Ciarán Mooney > Wel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] remote accessing an ubuntu machine (vnc or similar)

Well ssh is the easy bit! I always got confused with setting up the "ssh tunnel" on the machine you were sitting at. I think I've got it now though. The actual setting up of OpenSSH and VNC on the remote machine was easy. It's connecting to the damn things though firewalls and stuff! Ciarán On

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

Sorrym to keep on about this, but I am still having problems. i just wondered, could there be something wrong with the networkmanager applet? Could somebody help please? Thank you. John On 26/03/2009, John wrote: > > I'm wondering if its an authentication problem. Is there something in the > s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] remote accessing an ubuntu machine (vnc or similar)

I'll look forwards to that, then! Cheers again, man, Doug. 2009/3/31 Ciarán Mooney > Well ssh is the easy bit! I always got confused with setting up the > "ssh tunnel" on the machine you were sitting at. > > I think I've got it now though. The actual setting up of OpenSSH and > VNC on the rem

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu

Please note - a change of link to: http://dnc.digitalunite.com/2009/03/31/shopping-delivered-by-ubuntu-linux/ was alan c wrote: > I have posted this expos'e of how easy it is for a great grandma to do > internet shopping on her own with Ubuntu > http://dnc.digitalunite.com/2009/03/31/great-g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] remote accessing an ubuntu machine (vnc or similar)

doug livesey wrote: > Hi -- I already remotely administrate a PC for my Mum & one for my > Dad, and both are Windows machines. > So LogMeIn.com is perfect for those. > However, I am setting up an Ubuntu machine for my brother that will > also require remote administration, an

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

Quoting jakewc2 : > Sorrym to keep on about this, but I am still having problems. i just > wondered, could there be something wrong with the networkmanager applet? > Could somebody help please? > > Thank you. > > John If there is a problem with network manager, you could use wubi, an alternat

Re: [ubuntu-uk] remote accessing an ubuntu machine (vnc or similar)

doug livesey wrote: > Hi -- I already remotely administrate a PC for my Mum & one for my Dad, and > both are Windows machines. > So LogMeIn.com is perfect for those. > However, I am setting up an Ubuntu machine for my brother that will also > require remote administration, and was wondering about t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu

Bruce Durling wrote: > I tweeted about it on @otfrom, but I think digg, reddit or slashdot > would be the place to go. thanks. How do I get it marked for digg, reddit and slashdot? alan > > 2009 - The year of the linux desktop for Great Grandmas? > > cheers, > Bruce > > 2009/3/31 alan c : >

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

2009/3/31 Harry Rickards : > If there is a problem with network manager, you could use wubi, an You mean WICD, not WUBI. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu

On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 16:07 +0100, alan c wrote: > Bruce Durling wrote: > > I tweeted about it on @otfrom, but I think digg, reddit or slashdot > > would be the place to go. > > thanks. > How do I get it marked for digg, reddit and slashdot? > > alan > stuck it on digg for you http://digg.com/l

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

Quoting Alan Pope : > 2009/3/31 Harry Rickards : ... > You mean WICD, not WUBI. ... Sorry, yeah. I keep on typing the wrong thing today. -- O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk htt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu

Can I use it in Full Circle magazine next month? We did a story a good year or so ago on a similar theme, written by Knightwise, about his 'Ubuntu Granny' using Ubuntu on her EEE that they bought her. BTW: just don't let her near Twitter, it's too addictive!!!  ;D If anyone else has Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu

On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 16:29 +0100, Gordon Allott wrote: > On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 16:07 +0100, alan c wrote: > > Bruce Durling wrote: > > > I tweeted about it on @otfrom, but I think digg, reddit or slashdot > > > would be the place to go. > > > > thanks. > > How do I get it marked for digg, reddit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] remote accessing an ubuntu machine (vnc or similar)

2009/3/31 doug livesey > Hi -- I already remotely administrate a PC for my Mum & one for my Dad, and > both are Windows machines. > So LogMeIn.com is perfect for those. > However, I am setting up an Ubuntu machine for my brother that will also > require remote administration, and was wondering ab

Re: [ubuntu-uk] remote accessing an ubuntu machine (vnc or similar)

Gitso looks perfect, cheers! I don't want access any time -- I could get blamed for things, then! 2009/3/31 Stephen Garton > > > > 2009/3/31 doug livesey > >> Hi -- I already remotely administrate a PC for my Mum & one for my Dad, >> and both are Windows machines. >> So LogMeIn.com is perfect

Re: [ubuntu-uk] remote accessing an ubuntu machine (vnc or similar)

2009/3/31 doug livesey : > Hi -- I already remotely administrate a PC for my Mum & one for my Dad, and > both are Windows machines. > So LogMeIn.com is perfect for those. > However, I am setting up an Ubuntu machine for my brother that will also > require remote administration, and was wondering ab

[ubuntu-uk] Welsh Release Party IRC Meeting

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 For those who are able to be in Wales on April 25th there is an IRC meeting this Saturday (04/04/2009) at 7pm GMT. The last meeting however due to the lateness in sending the email, not many turned up in time and as such the meeting has been postponed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Welsh Release Party IRC Meeting

2009/3/31 Christopher Swift : > For those who are able to be in Wales on April 25th there is an IRC > meeting this Saturday (04/04/2009) at 7pm GMT. The last meeting however You sure about that time? We're in BST not GMT now. Generally in Ubuntu we give out meeting times in UTC so people can adj

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Welsh Release Party IRC Meeting

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/3/31 Christopher Swift : >> For those who are able to be in Wales on April 25th there is an IRC >> meeting this Saturday (04/04/2009) at 7pm GMT. The last meeting however > > You sure about that time? > > We're in BST not GMT

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu

I've Stumbled it. It also says a lot about PC training courses - I know they can't tailor a course for every student, but they don't seem to offer stuff that will be useful for the average new user. I know my widowed cousin asked about a course that was running locally, and was told she was too old

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu

Ronnie Tucker wrote: > Can I use it in Full Circle magazine next month? Yes please! Either in full or edited. If you can also give the DU site a plug it will be useful too because until I recently came along they thought the world was only Windows. :-) I hope that an active interest into their

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu

Dianne Reuby wrote: > I've Stumbled it. Thanks Dianne Do yuo have a link I could refer to? I am not into stumble, does it work like that with a link? > It also says a lot about PC training courses - I know > they can't tailor a course for every student, but they don't seem to > offer stuff tha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu

2009/3/31 alan c : > Dianne Reuby wrote: >> I've Stumbled it. > > Thanks Dianne > > Do yuo have  a link I could refer to? I am not into stumble, does it > work like that with a link? > Stumbleupon works by people having a toolbar in their browser. Two things happen. 1) People submit stuff they 'f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu

I think this is it: http://freesitebuilder.stumbleupon.com/blog/ Dianne On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 17:58 +0100, alan c wrote: > Do yuo have a link I could refer to? I am not into stumble, does it > work like that with a link? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinf

[ubuntu-uk] Firefox, Swiftfox and Swiftweasel

Hey everyone, I've been experiencing some issues with Firefox lately (freezing during general use, lagging during Flash video playback, etc.). So I looked into it and it appears that the binary provided in Ubuntu for Firefox doesn't use some special compiler/compile method that is used on the Wind

Re: [ubuntu-uk] remote accessing an ubuntu machine (vnc or similar)

Stephen Garton wrote: > > > > 2009/3/31 doug livesey mailto:biot...@gmail.com>> > > Hi -- I already remotely administrate a PC for my Mum & one for my > Dad, and both are Windows machines. > So LogMeIn.com is perfect for those. > However, I am setting up an Ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu

> I've Stumbled it. It also says a lot about PC training courses - I know > they can't tailor a course for every student, but they don't seem to > offer stuff that will be useful for the average new user. I know my > widowed cousin asked about a course that was running locally, and was > told she

Re: [ubuntu-uk] remote accessing an ubuntu machine (vnc or similar)

Stephen Garton wrote: > > > > I have used gitso (http://code.google.com/p/gitso/) with a reasonable > amount of success, for connecting linux and windows machines in all > configurations (i.e. L->L, L->W, W->L and W->W). > > I say reasonable amount of success purely because I don't use it very >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox, Swiftfox and Swiftweasel

I have Firefox on two machines side-by-side right now, one running Ubuntu 8.10 and the other running Windows XP, and Firefox runs extremely fast on the Ubuntu machine and extremely slow on the Windows one. I admit the machine running Ubuntu has a faster CPU, but the freezing and lagging you describ

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu broken, low graphics mode, no sound

I have booted into Ubuntu 3 times, and each time, it only boots into low graphics mode and with no sound. The only thing different is having installed Virtual Box last night, and now I cannot get Ubuntu working properly. What can I do to fix it? David King -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com htt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox, Swiftfox and Swiftweasel

On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:52:23 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote: > I've been experiencing some issues with Firefox lately (freezing during > general use, lagging during Flash video playback, etc.). I'm using FF on 2 machines with Ubuntu 8.04. Yes, starting at the first time FF does it damn slow. Someti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu broken, low graphics mode, no sound

I got the normal graphics settings back by reselecting the nvidia driver through the system settings, only for it to then remove about half my installed programs!! G... This is the first time I have had a serious problem with Ubuntu, and this is really annoying. Virtual Box has disappeare

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu broken, low graphics mode, no sound

so was this using a fully updated Intrepid or a different version of Ubuntu? what version of virtualbox did you try to install? Alan. David King wrote: > I got the normal graphics settings back by reselecting the nvidia driver > through the system settings, only for it to then remove about half

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu broken, low graphics mode, no sound

I am running Ubuntu 8.04 AMD 64. I managed to reinstall Virtual Box, this time version 2.1.4 from the version I downloaded from their website. I have not upgraded Ubuntu as I prefer to have something that is well-supported and stable, as well as having at least some of the latest software. Cur

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox, Swiftfox and Swiftweasel

I too have had problems with Firefox. Mostly sites with Flash. I have tried various recent versions of Flash, and most Flash-heavy sites just cause Firefox to crash or else I get an error saying that Flash is not installed. I also use Flock which works perfectly with Flash sites, e.g. the new S

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu broken, low graphics mode, no sound

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi David, David King wrote: > Currently I cannot get VLC reinstalled, due to dependency errors. Is > there a log file that I can look at that lists all that the system did > when it reinstalled the nvidia drivers and deleted many other programs? Yo