Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu One - timescale?

2009-06-17 Thread Farran Lee
On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 23:46 +0100, Bruce Beardall wrote: > Michael Douglas wrote: > > alan c wrote: > > > > > I recently decided to try the proposed Ubuntu One facility, and got > > > myself on a waiting list. > > > > > > Any ideas of timescales please, anyone? > > > > > > > > I gave u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

2009-06-17 Thread John
Well, I decided to remove it from the system. I like it, but until I get used to Ubuntu more, I will keep it stored then install it some other time. It looks good though. I'm glad that I found it. Thanks everybody. John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Safari on Ubuntu

2009-06-17 Thread John
Yay, well I hate giving up. I decided to try once more, and as I had my Maclin folder on the Desktop and trying to install it from there, I decided to transfer it to a Downloads folder and try again. It worked that time. I have no idea why it wouldnt recognise it on the Desktop, but it is now i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-17 Thread norman
I am beginning to feel that I am going round in ever decreasing circles and I am getting worried that I might disappear. I have 2 desktop machines both running Ubuntu 9.04 one of which is relatively new and the other which has been running Ubuntu from the day Ubuntu started. xorg.conf on the old ma

[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu tribe

2009-06-17 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi there seems to be a movie called ubuntu tribe, a trailer is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZGZlXpHB2g the url for themovie is meant to be www.ubuntutribe.com this fails as its a phamacy site, any know what the proper url is to download the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-17 Thread mac
norman wrote: > xorg.conf on the old machine has lots of stuff in it including some > references to Wacom which are commented out. On the new machine there > are very few entries in xorg.conf and no reference at all to Wacom. On > neither machine does the circular pad work. Can you post us the xo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu tribe

2009-06-17 Thread Alan Pope
2009/6/17 Paul Sutton : > there seems to be a movie called ubuntu tribe,  a trailer is here > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZGZlXpHB2g > > the url for themovie is meant to be www.ubuntutribe.com this fails as > its a phamacy site,  any know what the proper url is to download the > movie.  yes I h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-17 Thread norman
> Can you post us the xorg.conf from the old machine? Yes # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-17 Thread Daniel Drummond
Most configuration is now done for x.org with hal, which is why a lot of the options in your old x.org config file have been commented out. Look in /etc/hal/fdi/policy to see if there are any files relating to the wacom tablet. It may be named 10-linuxwacom.fdi, or something similar. If not r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu One - timescale?

2009-06-17 Thread John
Alan Bell wrote: > you can bypass the queue by getting someone to share something with you > . . . you have mail . . . > > alan c wrote: > >> I recently decided to try the proposed Ubuntu One facility, and got >> myself on a waiting list. >> >> Any ideas of timescales please, anyone? >> >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-17 Thread mac
norman wrote: > # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) Yes, your old xorg.conf has got all the normal wacom stuff commented out (but it looks as though it never had the 'pad' section that makes the circular pad work). In 8.04, my xorg.conf has these four wacom se

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu tribe

2009-06-17 Thread William Anderson
You'll be lucky to find anything to download other than the trailer ... it was an entry into a viral marketing competition, and no short film was ever made. -n On 17 Jun 2009, at 17:24, Paul Sutton wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi > > there seems to be a movie

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 9.04 screen resolution too big

2009-06-17 Thread David King
I recently installed Ubuntu 9.04. When it boots and I log in, I get a very large screen resolution which makes everything too small. I think it is 1280 x something. I want it set to 1152 x 864, and every time after logging in I have to access the Nvidia settings to change the resolution. If I d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 9.04 screen resolution too big

2009-06-17 Thread Steve Cook
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David King wrote: > I recently installed Ubuntu 9.04. When it boots and I log in, I get a > very large screen resolution which makes everything too small. I think > it is 1280 x something. I want it set to 1152 x 864, and every time > after logging

[ubuntu-uk] Will Ubuntu remain a minor player? - blog post on zdnet

2009-06-17 Thread David King
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4367&tag=nl.e550 Can Ubuntu make it in the software world beyond where it is? Will Canonical pay to put it on mobiles? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] An Ubuntu version that looks like Windows

2009-06-17 Thread David King
An Israeli company has put together a version of Linux based on Ubuntu and that looks and acts more like Windows, which could be a good way of getting Windows users to switch. It can also switch to a Mac-like interface with a simple mouse click or two. http://www.affordy.com/ However, if you d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 9.04 screen resolution too big

2009-06-17 Thread David King
Steve Cook wrote: Have you tried using System > Preferences > Display Of course, it was the first thing I tried. It just gives an error message as follows: It appears that your graphics driver does not support the necessary extensions to use this tool. Do you want to use yo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Ubuntu version that looks like Windows

2009-06-17 Thread Rob Beard
David King wrote: > An Israeli company has put together a version of Linux based on Ubuntu > and that looks and acts more like Windows, which could be a good way of > getting Windows users to switch. It can also switch to a Mac-like > interface with a simple mouse click or two. > > http://www.af

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Ubuntu version that looks like Windows

2009-06-17 Thread James Milligan
On 17 Jun 2009, at 22:29, David King wrote: > An Israeli company has put together a version of Linux based on Ubuntu > and that looks and acts more like Windows, which could be a good way > of > getting Windows users to switch. It can also switch to a Mac-like > interface with a simple mouse cl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Ubuntu version that looks like Windows

2009-06-17 Thread Sean Miller
> Hmm, to be honest I can already make Ubuntu more Windows-like for free. > I did this with Ubuntu to make it look a bit like Vista for my other > half.  I think now though if I wanted a more Windows like experience I'd > probably choose Linux Mint. I was going to say the same... the "Mac" mode is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 9.04 screen resolution too big

2009-06-17 Thread Rob Beard
David King wrote: > It just gives an error message as follows: > > It appears that your graphics driver does not support the necessary > extensions to use this tool. Do you want to use your graphics driver > vendor's tool instead? > > NoYes > > If I click on Yes, it takes me

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu One - timescale?

2009-06-17 Thread Liam Wilson
John wrote: > Alan Bell wrote: > >> you can bypass the queue by getting someone to share something with you >> . . . you have mail . . . >> >> alan c wrote: >> >> >>> I recently decided to try the proposed Ubuntu One facility, and got >>> myself on a waiting list. >>> >>> Any ideas of t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Ubuntu version that looks like Windows

2009-06-17 Thread Alan Bell
the only remaining question is who will sue them first? Microsoft for multiple trademark issues, Canonical for the horrible bastardisation of the Ubuntu logo or the FSF for failing to release source code and wrapping it up behind a 16 boot crippleware wrapper. My bet is on Microsoft to take acti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Ubuntu version that looks like Windows

2009-06-17 Thread James Milligan
On 17 Jun 2009, at 23:17, Alan Bell wrote: > the only remaining question is who will sue them first? Microsoft for > multiple trademark issues, Canonical for the horrible bastardisation > of > the Ubuntu logo or the FSF for failing to release source code and > wrapping it up behind a 16 boot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Ubuntu version that looks like Windows

2009-06-17 Thread Sean Miller
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:21 PM, James Milligan wrote: > > Yeah I'd go with that too. Although I'm not a betting man (kid) > Their whole website is actually very destructive; the implication being that Linux is not accessible to Windows users which is simply not true. I think it's actually rat

[ubuntu-uk] Image Hosting

2009-06-17 Thread John
Hi I was wondering if anybody knows of an Image Hosting that works with Ubuntu. I did use Photobucket and Webshot, but neither work with Linux. I tried Imageshack, but cant get that to work either. Anyone? Thank you. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinf

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Image Hosting

2009-06-17 Thread Christopher Swift
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 All of the listed sites work for me under all Linux derivatives, what exactly is the issue when you try to use them? Is there an error, if so what does it say or what is are the symptoms? Best of luck, Chris. John wrote: > Hi I was wondering if anybo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Image Hosting

2009-06-17 Thread Sean Miller
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:30 AM, Christopher Swift < christopher.sw...@linux.com> wrote: > All of the listed sites work for me under all Linux derivatives, what > exactly is the issue when you try to use them? Is there an error, if so > what does it say or what is are the symptoms? I was going

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Image Hosting

2009-06-17 Thread John
Sean Miller wrote: > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:30 AM, Christopher Swift > mailto:christopher.sw...@linux.com>> wrote: > > All of the listed sites work for me under all Linux derivatives, what > exactly is the issue when you try to use them? Is there an error, > if so > what does i