Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User Magazine

On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 05:32 +0100, mac wrote: > Anyone seen a physical copy of this, yet? > > http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/linux_new_media_launches_ubuntu_user_magazine I've seen it in WHSmith, but at £7.99 I don't know how many buyers they get. Especially as in my local WHS I have

[ubuntu-uk] Mini-success story

Hi I could say it again Look at SpinRight from www.grc.com I have used it before to fix BSOD's on PCs, I once even fixed a Linux PC as this software does not care about what OS it is it looks at the HDD only bit for bit... I was skeptical of this software when I bought it ( I only bought it in the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User Magazine

I've also seen it at various WH Smith's stores. I love the idea of it but this issue is very obviously for newbies (which, in itself, is fine) but I'd have to see as many articles aimed at more experienced users as there are aimed at newbies to consider buying it. I reckon this current issue would

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell mini 10v costs more with Ubuntu than with XP

On 31/05/09 15:20, Paul Broadhead wrote: > > I did not realise that was the case. However, the figures would be very > useful to know; both for Ubuntu and for windows. I wish companies could > be more open about the OS cost and stop trying to hide behind different > specifications and machines t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User Magazine

mac wrote: > Anyone seen a physical copy of this, yet? > > http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/linux_new_media_launches_ubuntu_user_magazine > > mac > Yep, I noticed a copy in WH Smiths in Torquay. At first I thought it was a Linux Format special until I looked closer. I was tempted t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 50, Issue 1 Ubuntu User

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mini-success story

Cornelius Mostert wrote: > Hi > > I could say it again Look at SpinRight from www.grc.com I have used it > before to fix BSOD's on PCs, I once even fixed a Linux PC as this > software does not care about what OS it is it looks at the HDD only > bit for bit... > I was skeptical of this software when

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User Magazine

Dianne Reuby wrote: > On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 05:32 +0100, mac wrote: > >> Anyone seen a physical copy of this, yet? >> >> http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/linux_new_media_launches_ubuntu_user_magazine >> > > I've seen it in WHSmith, but at £7.99 I don't know how many buyers they >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User Magazine

2009/6/1 Dianne Reuby > On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 05:32 +0100, mac wrote: > > Anyone seen a physical copy of this, yet? > > > > > http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/linux_new_media_launches_ubuntu_user_magazine > > I've seen it in WHSmith, but at £7.99 I don't know how many buyers they > get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User Magazine

Stephen Garton wrote: > > I'd echo this, I saw it while picking something up for Wifey to read > in hospital and thought about getting it myself. At that sort of > price, I could (and did) buy 2 novels to read instead, so it does seem > a bit steep to me. > > > Steve Garton > sheepeatingtaz.co.u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User Magazine

Michael Douglas wrote: > Agreed. > > I understand why magazine's that come with DVD's of movies, or things > like SLES on them, but why spend money printing a dual-sided DVD, when > you could just use two single sided ones and bring the price down by a > couple quid so more people buy it? > > --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User Magazine

Rob Beard wrote: > Michael Douglas wrote: > >> Agreed. >> >> I understand why magazine's that come with DVD's of movies, or things >> like SLES on them, but why spend money printing a dual-sided DVD, when >> you could just use two single sided ones and bring the price down by a >> couple quid

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User Magazine

Just to point out that the £25 subscription is only for 4 issues, so it's still over £6/copy which seems steep to me. All Linux magazines seem incredibly pricey - but this one seems to take the pricyness to a new level. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinf

[ubuntu-uk] Scambled screen

Hi everyone, Sorry for the lousy typing on my last post! My 'scambled screen' hardware has Ubuntu 8.04LTS OS. Two 'supporty' CDs were delivered with the system: a. Asus P5B-VM SE 'graphics integrated Motherboard' b. Inno3d Graphics GeForce Drive CD Ver 12.1. I have made backups of my home direct

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User Magazine

Sean Miller wrote: > Just to point out that the £25 subscription is only for 4 issues, so > it's still over £6/copy which seems steep to me. > > All Linux magazines seem incredibly pricey - but this one seems to > take the pricyness to a new level. > > Sean > Yeah, apparently you've to pay for a

[ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

http://www.osnews.com/story/21589/Asus_Microsoft_Launch_Anti-Linux_Netbook_Campaign I suppose it was bound to happen. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User Magazine

mac wrote: > Michael Douglas wrote: > >> mac wrote: >> >>> Anyone seen a physical copy of this, yet? >>> > > >> Yes. Hamilton, WH Smith's had a copy. I think Borders in Glasgow did >> too? I can't remember. >> > > What did you reckon? Worth a look? Worth a 25GBP/yr subscrip

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

On 1 Jun 2009, at 11:05, Bruce Beardall wrote: http://www.osnews.com/story/21589/Asus_Microsoft_Launch_Anti-Linux_Netbook_Campaign I suppose it was bound to happen. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ I can't beli

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

2009/6/1 James Milligan > On 1 Jun 2009, at 11:05, Bruce Beardall wrote: > > > http://www.osnews.com/story/21589/Asus_Microsoft_Launch_Anti-Linux_Netbook_Campaign > > I suppose it was bound to happen. > > I can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scambled screen

Greg, Greg Herdman wrote: > I have made backups of my home directory but since I've installed GRAMPS > (family history) application and also Inkscape (vector graphics) I need > to be sure that I also backup their respective folders before > (potentially) wiping them if I reinstall Ubuntu. GRAM

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

On 01/06/09 11:14, James Milligan wrote: > > I can't believe they've done that! Why? Microsoft have lots of money and can pay companies whatever they want to do what Microsoft asks them too. It isn't so hard to grok is it? All these ads that say "PC Vendor X Recommends Winblows Vista Home Pre

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

Alan Lord (News) wrote: > > It goes to show just how much pressure they are under. XP is virtually > dead. Windows 7 for netbooks will be lobotomised and severely crippled. > > Looks like Microsoft have changed the specs of Windows 7 for Netbooks slightly to remove the 3 application limit. Al

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

Bruce Beardall wrote: > http://www.osnews.com/story/21589/Asus_Microsoft_Launch_Anti-Linux_Netbook_Campaign > > I suppose it was bound to happen. > > Yes, it's what Ghandi said: "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scambled screen

Hi Greg, 2009/6/1 Greg Herdman : > My 'scambled screen' hardware has Ubuntu 8.04LTS OS. > > Two 'supporty' CDs were delivered with the system: > a. Asus P5B-VM SE 'graphics integrated Motherboard' > b. Inno3d Graphics GeForce Drive CD Ver 12.1. Hmm, these look like they might be Windows-only supp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

2009/6/1 mac > Bruce Beardall wrote: > > > http://www.osnews.com/story/21589/Asus_Microsoft_Launch_Anti-Linux_Netbook_Campaign > > > > I suppose it was bound to happen. > > > > > > Yes, it's what Ghandi said: > > "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, > then you win.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

mac wrote: > > Yes, it's what Ghandi said: > > "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, > then you win." > > mac Well if we are going down that road. "We'll fight them on the beaches".. I have my bucket and spade ready, it's a lovely day. We could have a post-fight

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 12:33 +0100, Dave Walker wrote: > mac wrote: > > > > Yes, it's what Ghandi said: > > > > "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, > > then you win." > > > > mac > Well if we are going down that road. "We'll fight them on the > beaches".. I have

[ubuntu-uk] E-mail body as attachment

Why is it that when some people send an e-mail to the list I receive the e-mail with no body, but it is instead an attachment? It's driving me nuts... Cheers, Steve -- From: "Matthew Daubney" Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 12:40 PM To: "British Ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

Sounds like the heat is getting to you, Dave. Go outside, have an ice cream, tell them I said it's OK. :-) On the subject of ARM based netbooks/tops, I can't wait for these to come out. Dave, any chance of the Ubuntu-UK team getting hold of one of these to do a review of on the podcast? Perhaps d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

2009/6/1 Bruce Beardall > > On the subject of ARM based netbooks/tops, I can't wait for these to come > out. Dave, any chance of the Ubuntu-UK team getting hold of one of these to > do a review of on the podcast? Perhaps do an interview with someone at ARM? > > Regards > > Bruce Speaking of ne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] E-mail body as attachment

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steve Archer wrote: > Why is it that when some people send an e-mail to the list I receive the > e-mail with no body, but it is instead an attachment? > > It's driving me nuts... > > Cheers, Steve > Because some people have Forward mail as attachme

Re: [ubuntu-uk] E-mail body as attachment

Steve Archer wrote: > Why is it that when some people send an e-mail to the list I receive the > e-mail with no body, but it is instead an attachment? > > It's driving me nuts... > > Cheers, Steve > Strange, what e-mail client (or provider if it's webmail) are you using? I find that by default

[ubuntu-uk] Netto Net Book

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Netto are selling the Hercules eCAFÉ™ for £199.95 from Thursday. Anybody any experience of these. The spec seems OK. - -- Steve -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozd

Re: [ubuntu-uk] E-mail body as attachment

Rob Beard wrote: > Steve Archer wrote: >> Why is it that when some people send an e-mail to the list I receive the >> e-mail with no body, but it is instead an attachment? >> >> It's driving me nuts... >> >> Cheers, Steve >> > Strange, what e-mail client (or provider if it's webmail) are you us

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User Magazine

Michael Douglas wrote: > [snip] > > I understand why magazine's that come with DVD's of movies, or things > like SLES on them, but why spend money printing a dual-sided DVD, when > you could just use two single sided ones and bring the price down by a > couple quid so more people buy it? Becau

Re: [ubuntu-uk] E-mail body as attachment

Aye, you're right RE clients... And now I'm on Thunderbird and all is good... Dam the other rubbish... Thanks for the explanation anyway. Steve William Anderson wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> Steve Archer wrote: >> >>> Why is it that when some people send an e-mail to the list I receive

Re: [ubuntu-uk] E-mail body as attachment

On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 14:13 +0100, William Anderson wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > > Steve Archer wrote: > >> Why is it that when some people send an e-mail to the list I receive the > >> e-mail with no body, but it is instead an attachment? > >> > >> It's driving me nuts... > >> > >> Cheers, Steve >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User Magazine

Sean Miller wrote: > Just to point out that the £25 subscription is only for 4 issues, so > it's still over £6/copy which seems steep to me. > > All Linux magazines seem incredibly pricey - but this one seems to > take the pricyness to a new level. To be fair, it's quarterly, so at least you're n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netto Net Book

009/6/1 Steve Cook > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Netto are selling the Hercules eCAFÉ™ for £199.95 from Thursday. > Anybody any experience of these. The spec seems OK. I don't know about that ebook, but one of our Kent LUG members brought along a Brookeen eBook Reader (h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] E-mail body as attachment

Matt I'm not sure it's your problem. When I open your mail on Thunderbird it's all fine... It's just this p*ss-poor excuse of an email client that is Wondiws Levi Mial. S. -- From: "Matthew Daubney" Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 2:27 PM To: "Brit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] E-mail body as attachment

Matthew Daubney wrote: > [evolution/mailman attachment snippage] > > Hmm, thats interesting. I can't see a way around that inside Evolution, > as far as I can see Evolution is set to just use Plain Text. Anyone know > a way around it? I wasn't criticising evolution to be fair, just more mailman f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netto Net Book

2009/6/1 Colin > 009/6/1 Steve Cook > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Netto are selling the Hercules eCAFÉ™ for £199.95 from Thursday. >> Anybody any experience of these. The spec seems OK. > > I don't know about that ebook, but one of our Kent LUG members brought > al

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu stickers!

Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > [snip] > > There is also no need for bottom posting if you use thunderbird with > thread view, as everyone could simply not include the previous messages > assuming everybody had all the messages in the thread, but it's much > nicer to have all the relevant information

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu stickers!

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/06/09 05:30, mac wrote: > Michael Douglas wrote: > Of course, the 'traditional' netiquette is to *edit* what you're > replying to (rather than just including tens or hundreds of lines of an > ever-expanding thread) so that there is just enough

Re: [ubuntu-uk] E-mail body as attachment

On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 14:35 +0100, William Anderson wrote: > Matthew Daubney wrote: > > Maybe it's time to go back to Mutt! > > Bit harsh :) I dunno, I quite like Mutt, main reason I switched was because I wanted a calender along with my emails. I don't understand the fascination with GUI apps t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User Magazine

Dave Walker wrote: > mac wrote: > >> Michael Douglas wrote: >> >> >>> mac wrote: >>> >>> Anyone seen a physical copy of this, yet? >> >> >>> Yes. Hamilton, WH Smith's had a copy. I think Borders in Glasgow did >>> too? I can't remember

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu stickers!

alan c wrote: > James Milligan wrote: >> Also the CDs you order through shipit come with 4 stickers each I >> think. I've got a fair few here. Need to stick them somewhere actually. > > Car back bumper, bike front mudguard, front window of house, :-) > back of laptop lid . > On a car back b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu stickers!

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Gordon wrote: > alan c wrote: >> James Milligan wrote: >>> Also the CDs you order through shipit come with 4 stickers each I >>> think. I've got a fair few here. Need to stick them somewhere actually. >> >> Car back bumper, bike front mudguard, front window of house

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu stickers!

Gordon wrote: > alan c wrote: > >> James Milligan wrote: >> >>> Also the CDs you order through shipit come with 4 stickers each I >>> think. I've got a fair few here. Need to stick them somewhere actually. >>> >> Car back bumper, bike front mudguard, front window of house, :-) >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu stickers!

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/31/09 23:44, Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > James Milligan wrote: >> Good old popey.com ;-) >> >> Also noting someones earlier email - is it considered 'proper >> etiquette' to reply to a list email below the quoted text? If so I >> apologise. >> >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu stickers!

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Adam Bagnall wrote: > Gordon wrote: >> alan c wrote: >> >>> James Milligan wrote: >>> Also the CDs you order through shipit come with 4 stickers each I think. I've got a fair few here. Need to stick them somewhere actually.

[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [Surrey] Fwd: BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software]

Original Message From: - Mon Jun 1 18:04:35 2009 [snip] Subject: [Surrey] Fwd: BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software This is on tonight, Monday 1st June: -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: [lugmaster] Fwd: [Wolves] BBC Radio4 'open source' computer softwa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [Surrey] Fwd: BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software]

Thanks Alan, Just tweeted it too: Al On 01/06/09 19:40, alan c wrote: > > Original Message > From: - Mon Jun 1 18:04:35 2009 > [snip] > Subject: [Surrey] Fwd: BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software > > This is on tonight, Monday 1st June: > > -- Forwarded Message

[ubuntu-uk] 8.04 username and password problem

. help ! Please Computer no longer accepts my username and password. >From route, Give route password for maintenance( or type control-D to continue) ls/home is not accepted. Just repets, giuve route password. Any suggestions pleasae, thanks, michael -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https:/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 01/06/09 11:14, James Milligan wrote: > >> I can't believe they've done that! > > Why? > > Microsoft have lots of money and can pay companies whatever they want to > do what Microsoft asks them too. It isn't so hard to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

On 01/06/09 20:52, Christopher Swift wrote: > Lets not jump ahead of ourselves here. I highly doubt that either ASUS > nor Microsoft are officially behind this campaign. Really guys do a > whois on the domain name, it is registered by GoDaddy.com for crying out > loud! In all fairness both teams h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

2009/6/1 Christopher Swift : > Lets not jump ahead of ourselves here. I highly doubt that either ASUS > nor Microsoft are officially behind this campaign. Asus link to the site from the main marketing page for their current flagship laptop product. Whether they are behind it or not is irrelevant,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 01/06/09 20:52, Christopher Swift wrote: > >> Lets not jump ahead of ourselves here. I highly doubt that either ASUS >> nor Microsoft are officially behind this campaign. Really guys do a >> whois on the domain name, it is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

On 1 Jun 2009, at 21:03, Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/6/1 Christopher Swift : >> > >> Now lets pimp out itsbetterwithubuntu & itsbetterwithlinux .coms! >> > > Personally I'd like to see more original content and ideas than a > copycat campaign. > > Cheers, > Al. > How about itsworsewithwindows.com?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

Asus are behaving very BADLY by ditching the OS that gave them their ability to launch the Eee PC and its initial success. I think the way the Xandros OS is setup needs to be improved, but bullying tactics by Microsoft, convincing Asus that their Linux installs are not working for people, is no

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [Surrey] Fwd: BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software]

alan c wrote: > Original Message > From: - Mon Jun 1 18:04:35 2009 > [snip] > Subject: [Surrey] Fwd: BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software > > This is on tonight, Monday 1st June: > > > Hi, And for those that missed it, myself included: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software

Dave Walker wrote: > And for those that missed it, myself included: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kp806/Inside_the_Virtual_Anthill_Open_Source_Means_Business/ Just listened to it. An implicit lesson in the difference between 'Open Source' (=pragmatic - better ways to make money and a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software

I found that very strange. They did mention the Free software movement at about 7:30 "But the open source concept is not just about Mozilla, it started much earlier with the so called Free Software Movement in the 1980s. And it was a Finnish student in his early 20s who created the original br