Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

On 5 Aug 2009, at 00:15, Alan Bell wrote: Rowan - this may be the organisation you wish to complain to - was also partly referenced to by Alan Pope earlier: one of the Alans, but not the Popey Alan. I could have sworn it said Pope! Never mind though - I'll just refer to each one as "

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

On 05/08/09 08:15, James Milligan wrote: >> one of the Alans , but not the Popey >> > > I could have sworn it said Pope! > > Never mind though - I'll just refer to each one as "an Alan" from now on :-) > > James We are the borg. You will be assimilated. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

> We are the borg. You will be assimilated. > Now, now you are starting to show your age. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new phone

Hey everyone, I have been using a Nokia 3220 since around late 2004. Recently I've been doing so over the free Blyk network but as that's now shutting down (in 2 and 1/2 weeks) I'm in need of a new phone network. My phone's battery dies very quickly (although I just ordered a replacement one to ma

[ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

Anyone done this? If so, any thoughts or caveats or observations? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

I have been running the Windows 7 beta under parallels for the iMac and it runs a treat. I have also tried it in virtualbox running in a virtual instance of Ubuntu on the iMac and again it performs really well. Both tests out performed a native install on a dell 620 laptop (ok I know my iMac is zi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

> Anyone done this? > If so, any thoughts or caveats or observations? Yes, a couple of times with various betas under VirtualBox... It runs fine, and has nice wallpaper... :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new phone

Written from my perspective as a G1 Android user.. > > Hey everyone, > > I have been using a Nokia 3220 since around late 2004. Recently I've > been doing so over the free Blyk network but as that's now shutting > down (in 2 and 1/2 weeks) I'm in need of a new phone network. My > phone's battery

[ubuntu-uk] Configuring dsmcad daemon to startup automatically on system reboot

Hello, In an earlier post to this list, I explained the problem I was having installing the Tivoli Storage Manager client on an Ubuntu Hard Heron server, following the instructions at http://www.adsm.org/forum/showthread.php?t=16637. As a result of useful replies from Jonathon Fernyhough and Alan

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new phone

talking about heavy internet usage i recently got a text from tmob saying i had used 80% of monthly usage. I download some podcasts to the g1! 2009/8/5 > Written from my perspective as a G1 Android user.. > > > > Hey everyone, > > > > I have been using a Nokia 3220 since around late 2004. Recen

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new phone

Following what Darren has said, I've got an htc magic on vodafone and can't fault it. Syncing with gmail is simple and works brilliantly for email, contacts etc. I was concerned about only having a 500mb data allowance, but in my first month of setting up, installing applications, getting on irc, b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

> Message: 9 > Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:05:40 +0100 > From: "Gordon" > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine? > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >reply-type=original > > Anyone done this? > If so, a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new phone

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:01 PM, David Jones wrote: > > Following what Darren has said, I've got an htc magic on vodafone and can't > fault it. Syncing with gmail is simple and works brilliantly for email, > contacts etc. I was concerned about only having a 500mb data allowance, but > in my firs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

Gordon wrote: > Anyone done this? > If so, any thoughts or caveats or observations? > Yes, I managed to get it running on VirtualBox. Basically as long as you can give it enough memory (I think it's a minimum of 512MB, but more ideally about 1 to 2GB) then it should work okay. Of course it'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

Mike Paglia wrote: > I have been running the Windows 7 beta under parallels for the iMac > and it runs a treat. I have also tried it in virtualbox running in a > virtual instance of Ubuntu on the iMac and again it performs really well. You can VirtualBox on Ubuntu which was running in a VM? That

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new phone

darren.mans...@opengi.co.uk wrote: > I have my G1 on T-Mobile but I know of other that have bought them for around > £190 from eBay unlocked and use them on Orange. Not sure of the data deals > there though. > Just a thought, IIRC some providers do SIM only contracts on 30 day terms, not enti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new phone

Ugh. I *hate* my HTC Touch Diamond2 -- tries to be an iPhone, but fails miser- and epic- ally.Really wish I had a real iPhone. Or a G1. Doug. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new phone

Although i wasnt a fan of the physical keyboard i had to change my opinion when i tried the g1's at a tmob store. Its a must for me now. Onscreen keyboard is all well and good..but not really the same. 2009/8/5 doug livesey > Ugh. I *hate* my HTC Touch Diamond2 -- tries to be an iPhone, but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new phone

Same here. For SSH'ing into servers with ConnectBot it's great. Little mobile command centre J From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of javadayaz Sent: 05 August 2009 14:01 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new p

[ubuntu-uk] IE6 no more

There is a campaign underway and gathering momentum to show IE6 the door http://www.ie6nomore.com this site gives you a banner that displays to IE6 users encouraging them to upgrade to a modern browser. If you have any websites you can add this to then that would be a service to the world. Ala

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new phone

Michael G Fletcher wrote: On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:01 PM, David Jones wrote: Following what Darren has said, I've got an htc magic on vodafone and can't fault it. Syncing with gmail is simple and works brilliantly for email, contacts etc. I was concerned about only having a 500mb data al

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new phone

> > > > Dave > > > > +1 for the HTC Magic from Vodafone > > My thoughts on it - http://www.ilovemylinux.com/node/107 > > video - http://www.ilovemylinux.com/node/108 > > _ > Michael Fletcher > Mike, I'm sure Bluetooth Audio isn't mono on mine. It certainly soun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new phone

> Mike, I'm sure Bluetooth Audio isn't mono on mine. It certainly sounds > as good as CD's through my car stereo. Are you using Cupcake? > > Arren > > -- Hi Arren, I'm using cupcake. but to be honest I have only ever connected to my ear-piece when driving. Glad that it is stereo then! are you con

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new phone

> > > Mike, I'm sure Bluetooth Audio isn't mono on mine. It certainly > sounds > > as good as CD's through my car stereo. Are you using Cupcake? > > > > Arren > > > > -- > > Hi Arren, I'm using cupcake. but to be honest I have only ever > connected to my ear-piece when driving. Glad that it is s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new phone

> Sorry, I missed the D off. It's Darren :) > > Yeah I've got a Pioneer car stereo with Bluetooth and hands-free built > in. Bluetooth audio works through the stereo and calls just stop the > music playing to come through the hands-free and resume afterwards. > > I haven't tried using BT to transfe

[ubuntu-uk] Android on iPhone

I've been looking into Android a bit, and although I couldn't find much on this myself, someone might know. Is it possible to run Google Android on an iPhone? I'd like to give it a try, but I love the iPhone handset. And, I don't have another phone to try it on. Simon Wears munkyju...@gmail

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Android on iPhone

On 5 Aug 2009, at 17:19, Simon Wears wrote: > I've been looking into Android a bit, and although I couldn't find > much on this myself, someone might know. Is it possible to run Google > Android on an iPhone? Short answer: A big definite NO. Long answer: NO but checkout www.iphonelinux.org/ > Sim

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new phone

2009/8/5 Michael G Fletcher : >> Sorry, I missed the D off. It's Darren :) >> >> Yeah I've got a Pioneer car stereo with Bluetooth and hands-free built >> in. Bluetooth audio works through the stereo and calls just stop the >> music playing to come through the hands-free and resume afterwards. >> >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

I have done it as well, in VMware (I downloaded a premade VMware image of Windows 7). It worked okay, but I will not be buying a copy or using it regularly. It is not as good as Linux, and although an improvement on Vista, it is still not good value for money. Although the free beta which lasts

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

On 05/08/09 12:05, Gordon wrote: > Anyone done this? > If so, any thoughts or caveats or observations? > Yep. It ran fine in a VirtualBox VM on Ubuntu. I hated it. Win7 was chock full of those really annoying popups and wizards that try to tell you what you don't really want to do... It didn't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 19:13 +0100, "Alan Lord (News)" wrote: > those really annoying popups and > wizards that try to tell you what you don't really want to do... How I love those. Tell us more. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new phone

Michael G Fletcher wrote: >> Sorry, I missed the D off. It's Darren :) >> >> Yeah I've got a Pioneer car stereo with Bluetooth and hands-free built >> in. Bluetooth audio works through the stereo and calls just stop the >> music playing to come through the hands-free and resume afterwards. >> >> I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new phone

> Larry Wright wrote > > I've got a HTC Hero which is Android and the blue tooth is crippled > needs to have to phone rooted to work any easy ways would be appreciated > apart from > that its the bees knees,, > regards Larry > Hi Larry, is your Hero running Android 2.0? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Android on iPhone

On 5 Aug 2009, at 17:21, Jamie Bennett wrote: > On 5 Aug 2009, at 17:19, Simon Wears wrote: >> I've been looking into Android a bit, and although I couldn't find >> much on this myself, someone might know. Is it possible to run Google >> Android on an iPhone? > > Short answer: A big definite NO.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Android on iPhone

> I haven't watched this yet, but sounds interesting: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMmDQpfCcMs > > YouTube video of Window 95 on the iPhone. Sourced from Guardian Tech > Twitter. > > James > > I would take those claims with a pinch of salt. Surely it is easier to get an open source OS

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Android on iPhone

Daniel Drummond wrote: I haven't watched this yet, but sounds interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMmDQpfCcMs YouTube video of Window 95 on the iPhone. Sourced from Guardian Tech Twitter. James I would take those claims with a pinch of salt. Surely it is easier to get an open

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Android on iPhone

2009/8/5 James Milligan : > I haven't watched this yet, but sounds interesting: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMmDQpfCcMs > > YouTube video of Window 95 on the iPhone. Sourced from Guardian Tech > Twitter. It's just an emulator running under the iPhone's normal OS. Nothing to see here, move a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Android on iPhone

2009/8/5 Simon Wears : > I've been looking into Android a bit, and although I couldn't find > much on this myself, someone might know. Is it possible to run Google > Android on an iPhone? No. Nor is it likely to be - Apple do not disclose the kind of info about the iPhone hardware needed to port

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Android on iPhone

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Daniel Drummond wrote: > >> I haven't watched this yet, but sounds interesting: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMmDQpfCcMs >> >> YouTube video of Window 95 on the iPhone. Sourced from Guardian Tech >> Twitter. >> >> James >> >> > I would take those claims with a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

"Alan Lord (News)" wrote in message news:h5ci32$ua...@ger.gmane.org... > On 05/08/09 12:05, Gordon wrote: >> Anyone done this? >> If so, any thoughts or caveats or observations? >> > > Yep. > > It ran fine in a VirtualBox VM on Ubuntu. > > I hated it. Win7 was chock full of those really annoying

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Gordon wrote: > Interesting. I'm running RC at the moment and am NOT seeing it "chock full > of those really annoying popups " at all. a. I ran it for several months under Virtualbox with 512mb allocated and it was fine b. I don't remember any annoying pop-ups eith

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Android on iPhone

Rob Beard wrote: > Daniel Drummond wrote: >>> I haven't watched this yet, but sounds interesting: >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMmDQpfCcMs >>> >>> YouTube video of Window 95 on the iPhone. Sourced from Guardian Tech >>> Twitter. >>> >>> James >>> >> I would take those claims with a pi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choosing a new phone

Not sure how much this has to do with Ubuntu ... :) but anyway: Jai Harrison wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I have been using a Nokia 3220 since around late 2004. Recently I've > been doing so over the free Blyk network but as that's now shutting > down (in 2 and 1/2 weeks) I'm in need of a new phone

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

Norman Silverstone wrote: >> We are the borg. You will be assimilated. >> > Now, now you are starting to show your age. That's a bit unfair, TNG is on heavy rotation on Bravo, Virgin 1, et al all the time :) -n -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk ht

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

> >> We are the borg. You will be assimilated. > >> > > Now, now you are starting to show your age. > > That's a bit unfair, TNG is on heavy rotation on Bravo, Virgin 1, et al > all the time :) My humble apologies, the wonders of 'cable' I presume and the shortage of good SF? Norman -- ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

Norman Silverstone wrote: We are the borg. You will be assimilated. >>> Now, now you are starting to show your age. >> That's a bit unfair, TNG is on heavy rotation on Bravo, Virgin 1, et al >> all the time :) > > My humble apologies, the wonders of 'cable' I presume and the shortage >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Good SciFi was: What would Linus Pauling think about 'LinuxCertified'?

On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:22:50 +0100, Jim Kissel wrote: > > > Norman Silverstone wrote: > We are the borg. You will be assimilated. > Now, now you are starting to show your age. >>> That's a bit unfair, TNG is on heavy rotation on Bravo, Virgin 1, et al >>> all the time :) >> >> My