Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-21 Thread James Milligan
Apologies - sent that a little early! He did go on to talk about it a little bit, but it did come across as a geek OS, he said that 'people' just want something that works, and don't have to fuss about with it. All in all, I do have to say that Windows 7 is very nice compared to Vista. Jam

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IBM & Ubuntu - but what about Lotus?

2009-10-21 Thread mac
Alan Bell wrote: > I have been working with Lotus Notes and Domino for 10+ years... Wow! I could hardly have wished for a more comprehensive and authoritative single reply, Alan. Thanks for taking the time and trouble to give such a detailed and informed response. It sounds like the bits I'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IBM & Ubuntu - but what about Lotus?

2009-10-21 Thread Paul Roach
It's an interesting development and perhaps brings Ubuntu one step closer to providing support for an application that can genuinely compete with MS Exchange (the sole reason why we still have an Active Directory environment here - as everything else for Windows clients can be delivered via Samba+L

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IBM & Ubuntu - but what about Lotus?

2009-10-21 Thread Alan Bell
mac wrote: > Alan Bell wrote: > >> I have been working with Lotus Notes and Domino for 10+ years... >> > > > Wow! I could hardly have wished for a more comprehensive and > authoritative single reply, Alan. Thanks for taking the time and > trouble to give such a detailed and informed re

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-21 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/10/21 James Milligan : > Apologies - sent that a little early! > > He did go on to talk about it a little bit, but it did come across as > a geek OS, he said that 'people' just want something that works, and > don't have to fuss about with it. > > All in all, I do have to say that Windows 7 is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IBM & Ubuntu - but what about Lotus?

2009-10-21 Thread Rob Beard
Paul Roach wrote: > It's an interesting development and perhaps brings Ubuntu one step > closer to providing support for an application that can genuinely > compete with MS Exchange (the sole reason why we still have an Active > Directory environment here - as everything else for Windows clients

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-21 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Milligan wrote: > Apologies - sent that a little early! > > He did go on to talk about it a little bit, but it did come across as > a geek OS, he said that 'people' just want something that works, and > don't have to fuss about with it. so

[ubuntu-uk] linux & viruses

2009-10-21 Thread Peter Adam Kelly
Dia duit ar maidin, I was thinking this morning (which is quite exceptional for me at such an early hour, but that's another story haha) that a large distro user base like ubuntu's is great, it standardizes things and all that, but I was left wondering maybe having so many people using one distro

[ubuntu-uk] linux & viruses

2009-10-21 Thread Peter Adam Kelly
sorry about the spelling in my last post, I didn't spell check and I struggle with dyslexia. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IBM & Ubuntu - but what about Lotus?

2009-10-21 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 mac wrote: > I guess you may have seen this interesting development: > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/20/ibm_canonical_ubuntu_lotus_us_package/ > > The mention of the Lotus suite made me wonder if any of us have tried > it, and could give an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] linux & viruses

2009-10-21 Thread Tony Arnold
Peter, Peter Adam Kelly wrote: > I was thinking this morning (which is quite exceptional for me at such > an early hour, but that's another story haha) that a large distro user > base like ubuntu's is great, it standardizes things and all that, but I > was left wondering maybe having so many peop

Re: [ubuntu-uk] linux & viruses

2009-10-21 Thread Tony Travis
Tony Arnold wrote: > [...] > Having said, that Linux is not immune from the hackers. My experience is > that most incidents with Linux machines have been down to week or > default passwords. Hackers can then get in and use the machine to scan > other machines for weaknesses. My guess is if you put

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-21 Thread alan c
Paul Sutton wrote: > James Milligan wrote: >> Apologies - sent that a little early! > >> He did go on to talk about it a little bit, but it did come across as >> a geek OS, he said that 'people' just want something that works, and >> don't have to fuss about with it. > > so do I hence I use L

Re: [ubuntu-uk] linux & viruses

2009-10-21 Thread alan c
Tony Arnold wrote: > Peter, > > Peter Adam Kelly wrote: > >> I was thinking this morning (which is quite exceptional for me at such >> an early hour, but that's another story haha) that a large distro user >> base like ubuntu's is great, it standardizes things and all that, but I >> was left wond

Re: [ubuntu-uk] linux & viruses

2009-10-21 Thread Tony Arnold
Alan, alan c wrote: >> The other is that users > > [in Ubuntu, unlike typical Windows users,] > >> tend > > [NOT] > >> to be logged in as root all the time, so it's much harder to >> compromise system files, although some argue the users' data is still >> vulnerable which is much more valuab

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IBM & Ubuntu - but what about Lotus?

2009-10-21 Thread Matt Jones
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Rob Beard wrote: > Paul Roach wrote: >> It's an interesting development and perhaps brings Ubuntu one step >> closer to providing support for an application that can genuinely >> compete with MS Exchange (the sole reason why we still have an Active >> Directory env

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-21 Thread Liam Wilson
Neil Greenwood wrote: > 2009/10/21 James Milligan : > >> Apologies - sent that a little early! >> >> He did go on to talk about it a little bit, but it did come across as >> a geek OS, he said that 'people' just want something that works, and >> don't have to fuss about with it. >> >> All in all

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-21 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Liam Wilson wrote: > Neil Greenwood wrote: >> 2009/10/21 James Milligan : >> >>> Apologies - sent that a little early! >>> >>> He did go on to talk about it a little bit, but it did come across as >>> a geek OS, he said that 'people' just want somet

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-21 Thread Liam Wilson
Paul Sutton wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Liam Wilson wrote: > >> Neil Greenwood wrote: >> >>> 2009/10/21 James Milligan : >>> >>> Apologies - sent that a little early! He did go on to talk about it a little bit, but it did come across

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-21 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Linux got a mention on the lunch time news, well it showed tux, and the google and apple logos, as alternatives, but didn't say much about em regarding product placement you notice how you see more macs on TV programmes, these days, Paul -BEGIN

[ubuntu-uk] BBC Radio 4 and Bansee

2009-10-21 Thread Liam Wilson
How do I add BBC Radio 4 to Banshee? E.I; the Stream URL, etc? I'd just find this much easier than having to open the web page every time, that's all :) Many thanks Liam -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Radio 4 and Bansee

2009-10-21 Thread Tony Arnold
Liam, Liam Wilson wrote: > How do I add BBC Radio 4 to Banshee? E.I; the Stream URL, etc? I've added it to RhythmBOx using the following URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/wm_asx/aod/radio4.asx HTH. Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold,Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 Head of IT Secur

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Radio 4 and Bansee

2009-10-21 Thread Liam Wilson
Tony Arnold wrote: > Liam, > > Liam Wilson wrote: > >> How do I add BBC Radio 4 to Banshee? E.I; the Stream URL, etc? >> > > I've added it to RhythmBOx using the following URL: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/wm_asx/aod/radio4.asx > > HTH. > > Regards, > Tony. > Yeah, that worked great!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-21 Thread Alan Bell
Paul Sutton wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Linux got a mention on the lunch time news, well it showed tux, and the > google and apple logos, as alternatives, but didn't say much about em > well it is Microsoft's big day (well it is tomorrow, they seem to have jum

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-21 Thread Jamie Bennett
On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 19:08 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: > also go to any conference on anything. Look at the percentage of Macs in > the audience, look at the percentage of laptops that get put on the > podium that are Macs. It is going up. Linux is too, but Macs are more > spottable. At the ELC (e

Re: [ubuntu-uk] linux & viruses

2009-10-21 Thread Peter Adam Kelly
Thanks loads for the info, I am brushing up on my knowledge of network security, I have some Ubuntu dedicated and VPS servers and of course I want them as strong as can be, any more links or info would be appreciated. Cheers -- Regards Peter Adam Kelly -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-21 Thread LeeGroups
it may be worth clicking on feedback adn commenting, That page got right up my nose -- Firstly, "computer program" isn't spelt "programme", that would be a "television programme". Secondly, given the number of Windows users who use Open Office, Firefox and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-21 Thread Tony Pursell
On 21 Oct 2009 at 22:29, LeeGroups wrote: > > > That page got right up my nose > > -- > Firstly, "computer program" isn't spelt "programme", that would be a > "television programme". Use of the word 'program' for computer program was in a book I used to have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] linux & viruses

2009-10-21 Thread Matt Wheeler
2009/10/21 Peter Adam Kelly : > Thanks loads for the info, > > I am brushing up on my knowledge of network security, I have some Ubuntu > dedicated and VPS servers and of course I want them as strong as can be, any > more links or info would be appreciated. > > Cheers Something which I've suggeste