2009/10/21 James Milligan :
> Did anyone else watch BBC News this morning?
>
> Whilst showing off Windows 7, the tech correspondent showed a Mac with
> Safari open on ubuntu.com
>
> Didn't actually mention the name etc, but said about other OSes.
>
> James
I have not had time to read it yet,
http
You may already have spotted this:
* Dell unveils exclusive Microsoft-branded Ubuntu OS
Mix up a penguin
http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/26/dell_linux_windows_ubuntu/
Good old Dell. With friends like this... ;-)
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2009/10/27 Philip Stubbs :
> 2009/10/21 James Milligan :
>> Did anyone else watch BBC News this morning?
>>
>> Whilst showing off Windows 7, the tech correspondent showed a Mac with
>> Safari open on ubuntu.com
>>
>> Didn't actually mention the name etc, but said about other OSes.
>>
>> James
>
> I
Erm, why would being "new to using computers" mean you'd be better to
choose Windows??
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/windows_or_ubuntu?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs
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I hate Dell...
"With an UBUNTU operating system you must use open source programmes:
* Some open source software requires intermediate or advanced
technical knowledge to use
* Most open source programmes are not compatible with Microsoft programmes
* You will need to learn how to use
Hi
My laptop (Celeron M 1.4, 750 MB of RAM) ran YouTube videos, etc., fine
under Windows XP. Now, under Jaunty - which is otherwise great - videos are
just a blurry, slowly stuttering mess.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
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I agree about the theme... why can't Ubuntu install something that is
at least slightly pleasant on the eye??
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Why do none of these programmes ever mention Wine?
It's simply not true that you can't run Microsoft programs on Ubuntu
-- is the BBC sponsored by Apple and Microsoft or what???
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On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:00 AM, Sean Miller wrote:
> Why do none of these programmes ever mention Wine?
Come to think of it, why isn't Wine installed by default??
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Lucy wrote:
> 2009/10/27 Philip Stubbs :
>
>> 2009/10/21 James Milligan :
>>
>>> Did anyone else watch BBC News this morning?
>>>
>>> Whilst showing off Windows 7, the tech correspondent showed a Mac with
>>> Safari open on ubuntu.com
>>>
>>> Didn't actually mention the name etc, but said a
On 27/10/09 08:13, Daniel Drummond wrote:
> If that guy was from Canonical, perhaps they should think about retraining:-
>
> /"For the first time in 20 years you can buy Ubuntu pre-installed from
> more than one manufacturer," he said. "That's an extraordinary story."
>
> /A stupid statement consi
Hi,
I've been asked to forward this message, it's looking like we are going
to have some great release parties!
Kind Regards,
Dave Walker
**
I just want to let you know and remind you about Hull LUG's Ubuntu
release party which
Sean Miller wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:00 AM, Sean Miller wrote:
>> Why do none of these programmes ever mention Wine?
>
> Come to think of it, why isn't Wine installed by default??
I don't know if there are any "official" reasons, but here are some
possibilities
* It's ugly
* It doesn'
>
> I also had similar problems. Disabled IPv6 in Firefox. It's very bad
> that this bug is present so close to release. I hope that this is
> sorted before Thursday.
>
> Personally I have found Karmic to be pretty much unusable on both
> machines I tested it on. :-(
On the other hand, I've
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> On 27/10/09 08:13, Daniel Drummond wrote:
>
>> If that guy was from Canonical, perhaps they should think about retraining:-
>>
>> /"For the first time in 20 years you can buy Ubuntu pre-installed from
>> more than one manufacturer," he sa
On 27/10/09 08:48, Sean Miller wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Alan Lord (News)
> wrote:
>> On 27/10/09 08:13, Daniel Drummond wrote:
>>
>>> If that guy was from Canonical, perhaps they should think about retraining:-
>>>
>>> /"For the first time in 20 years you can buy Ubuntu pre-inst
Daniel Drummond wrote:
>> 2009/10/27 Philip Stubbs :
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8326264.stm?ls
> /"Some of the security is through obscurity but it's also better by
> design," he said./
>
>
> Just doesn't make sense at all. Surely as it is an open-source system,
> there is no o
Sean Miller wrote:
> Why do none of these programmes ever mention Wine?
>
> It's simply not true that you can't run Microsoft programs on Ubuntu
> -- is the BBC sponsored by Apple and Microsoft or what???
>
> Sean
>
>
Well I don't think you can blame the BBC for that one. Chris Kenyon is
Canonic
On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:13:52 +, Chris Rowson
wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm trying out karmic, and the networking seems to be broken on both my
>>> Lenovo N500 laptop and VMWare Fusion virtual machine atop of OS X Snow
>>> Leopard.
>>>
>>> It claims to be connected, and I can log into my router,
I will only install Karmic again if it promises me it won't tell me my
hard drive is dying.
Jaunty has never done, and if it is dying I'd honestly rather not know.
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On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:32:49 +, Sean Miller
wrote:
> I will only install Karmic again if it promises me it won't tell me my
> hard drive is dying.
>
> Jaunty has never done, and if it is dying I'd honestly rather not know.
>
> Sean
That's one thing I'd definatley want to know! Make sure y
On 27/10/2009 08:47, LeeGroups wrote:
>
>
>
>>
>> I also had similar problems. Disabled IPv6 in Firefox. It's very bad
>> that this bug is present so close to release. I hope that this is
>> sorted before Thursday.
>>
>> Personally I have found Karmic to be pretty much unusable on both
>> machines
On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 09:29 +, Matt Daubney wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:13:52 +, Chris Rowson
> wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I'm trying out karmic, and the networking seems to be broken on both my
> >>> Lenovo N500 laptop and VMWare Fusion virtual machine atop of OS X Snow
> >>> Leopar
Sean Miller wrote:
> Erm, why would being "new to using computers" mean you'd be better to
> choose Windows??
>
> http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/windows_or_ubuntu?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs
>
> Sean
>
>
While I agree that page is terribly written, and in places, plain wron
Sean Miller wrote:
> I hate Dell...
>
> "With an UBUNTU operating system you must use open source programmes:
>
> * Some open source software requires intermediate or advanced
> technical knowledge to use
> * Most open source programmes are not compatible with Microsoft programmes
> * Y
John Levin wrote:
> On 27/10/2009 08:47, LeeGroups wrote:
>
>>
>
> I've now gone back to Jaunty. This is the first time that any Ubuntu
> version hasn't got online "out of the box" for me. Very disappointing.
>
> John
>
>
>
I've only just subscribed to this list. How long ago did you downlo
And Dell cannot even spell. A computer program (not programme) but a TV
programme.
And of the two pictures, the one for Ubuntu looks like an easier system
and more attractive.
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/windows_or_ubuntu?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs
David King
Sean M
etali wrote:
> John Levin wrote:
>> On 27/10/2009 08:47, LeeGroups wrote:
>>
>> I've now gone back to Jaunty. This is the first time that any Ubuntu
>> version hasn't got online "out of the box" for me. Very disappointing.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>>
> I've only just subscribed to this list. How lo
2009/10/27 Paul Webster :
> Hi
> My laptop (Celeron M 1.4, 750 MB of RAM) ran YouTube videos, etc., fine
> under Windows XP. Now, under Jaunty - which is otherwise great - videos are
> just a blurry, slowly stuttering mess.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Paul Webster
>
> --
> Paul W
Lucy wrote:
> 2009/10/27 Philip Stubbs :
>
>> 2009/10/21 James Milligan :
>>
>>> Did anyone else watch BBC News this morning?
>>>
>>> Whilst showing off Windows 7, the tech correspondent showed a Mac with
>>> Safari open on ubuntu.com
>>>
>>> Didn't actually mention the name etc, but said a
>
> On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:13:52 +, Chris Rowson
> wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I'm trying out karmic, and the networking seems to be broken on both my
> >>> Lenovo N500 laptop and VMWare Fusion virtual machine atop of OS X Snow
> >>> Leopard.
> >>>
> >>> It claims to be connected, and I can l
Sean Miller wrote:
> Why do none of these programmes ever mention Wine?
>
> It's simply not true that you can't run Microsoft programs on Ubuntu
> -- is the BBC sponsored by Apple and Microsoft or what???
>
> Sean
>
>
Well wine isn't perfect. A fair few applications don't work very well
or not
Matt Daubney wrote:
> I've been running Karmic since about Alpha 5 and had very few problems. The
> RC (on the 3 machines I'm running anyway) seems to be quite stable. The
> performance improvements are quite startling, especially the boot time on
> my laptop.
>
> If you have found some problems,
Sean Miller wrote:
> I will only install Karmic again if it promises me it won't tell me my
> hard drive is dying.
>
> Jaunty has never done, and if it is dying I'd honestly rather not know.
>
> Sean
>
>
Surely it's good to know so you can make sure you have up to date
backups. I've just had a
2009/10/27 Rob Beard :
> One thing I was wondering though, when I login, Firefox pops up with an
> Ubuntu One/Launchpad login page. Is there any way of stopping this
> popping up every time?
>
> Rob
>
>
You could remove Ubuntu One from the list of Startup Applications, or
remove ubuntu-one comple
Rob Beard wrote:
> Sean Miller wrote:
>
>> I will only install Karmic again if it promises me it won't tell me my
>> hard drive is dying.
>>
>> Jaunty has never done, and if it is dying I'd honestly rather not know.
>>
>> Sean
>>
>>
>>
> Surely it's good to know so you can make sure you
Jonathon Fernyhough wrote:
> 2009/10/27 Rob Beard :
>
>> One thing I was wondering though, when I login, Firefox pops up with an
>> Ubuntu One/Launchpad login page. Is there any way of stopping this
>> popping up every time?
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
>
> You could remove Ubuntu One from the list of
Thomas Ibbotson wrote:
> -Then you'll have to find those drivers for your hardware (if they
> exist) and install them,
Actually not so in my experience. MS seems to have tsken a leaf out of
Ubuntu's book. The only driver that did NOT come with Windows 7 for my 2
y/o Toshiba Satellite was my prin
2009/10/27 Rob Beard :
> Jonathon Fernyhough wrote:
>> 2009/10/27 Rob Beard :
>>
>>> One thing I was wondering though, when I login, Firefox pops up with an
>>> Ubuntu One/Launchpad login page. Is there any way of stopping this
>>> popping up every time?
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>>
>>
>> You could remove
Gordon wrote:
> Thomas Ibbotson wrote:
>
>> -Then you'll have to find those drivers for your hardware (if they
>> exist) and install them,
>
> Actually not so in my experience. MS seems to have tsken a leaf out of
> Ubuntu's book. The only driver that did NOT come with Windows 7 for my 2
> y/o T
Dean Sas wrote:
> Daniel Drummond wrote:
>
>>> 2009/10/27 Philip Stubbs :
>>>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8326264.stm?ls
>
>
>> /"Some of the security is through obscurity but it's also better by
>> design," he said./
>>
>>
>> Just doesn't make sense at al
On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 12:45 +, Gordon wrote:
> Actually not so in my experience. MS seems to have tsken a leaf out of
> Ubuntu's book. The only driver that did NOT come with Windows 7 for my 2
> y/o Toshiba Satellite was my printereverything else justworked!
>
I will second that. Ever
Hey all;
I've set up a nice little home network with my 9.04 laptop and my XP box
using samba. The only problem I have is that whilst the connection works
fine after booting up my 9.04 (Which is the client), I can access my
files on the XP server and vice-versa for about 20-30 minutes, and then
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:57, Daniel Drummond wrote:
> Dean Sas wrote:
>> Daniel Drummond wrote:
>>
2009/10/27 Philip Stubbs :
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8326264.stm?ls
>
>>
>>
>>> /"Some of the security is through obscurity but it's also better by
>>> design," he s
Hey all;
I've set up a nice little home network with my 9.04 laptop and my XP box
using samba. The only problem I have is that whilst the connection works
fine after booting up my 9.04 (Which is the client), I can access my files
on the XP server and vice-versa for about 20-30 minutes, and then th
On the XP Box, right click on My Computer, and then select Manage.
In there you should be able to see Shared Folders and Sessions. Check that
the number of sessions does not exceed 10 - as I've seen smbclient not
release connections previously, and XP will only allow 10 concurrent
connections
For anyone who is signed up to the SitePoint newsletter, you may have just
received an article on how to set up your own virtualized dev server on a
Windows PC, using Ubuntu Server 9.04
Here's the link (HTML) for anyone who is interested:
http://www.sitepoint.com/newsletter/viewissue.php?id=3&iss
Yeah, I clicked 'Manage' and under Shared Folders -> Sessions, nothing came
up!
2009/10/27 Paul Roach
> On the XP Box, right click on My Computer, and then select Manage.
>
> In there you should be able to see Shared Folders and Sessions. Check that
> the number of sessions does not exceed 10 -
Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> On 27/10/09 08:13, Daniel Drummond wrote:
>
>> If that guy was from Canonical, perhaps they should think about retraining:-
>>
>> /"For the first time in 20 years you can buy Ubuntu pre-installed from
>> more than one manufacturer," he said. "That's an extraordinary story
On 27/10/2009 10:20, etali wrote:
> John Levin wrote:
>> On 27/10/2009 08:47, LeeGroups wrote:
>>
>>>
>>
>> I've now gone back to Jaunty. This is the first time that any Ubuntu
>> version hasn't got online "out of the box" for me. Very disappointing.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>>
> I've only just subscribed
On 27/10/2009 12:31, Daniel Drummond wrote:
>>
> This is due to the inclusion of drive monitoring tools in Karmic. They
> weren't present in Jaunty, which is why you only found out when you
> installed Karmic. I've had a warning up about one of my drives, but it
> is pretty much brand new, and h
2009/10/27 Daniel Drummond :
> This is due to the inclusion of drive monitoring tools in Karmic. They
> weren't present in Jaunty, which is why you only found out when you
> installed Karmic. I've had a warning up about one of my drives, but it
> is pretty much brand new, and hasn't been used muc
2009/10/27 John Levin :
> What tools are these? And are they available for Jaunty, if not
> installed by default? OS X has something similar (the name escapes me
> atm) which has saved my proverbial bacon before.
>
gnome-disk-utility. I don't believe it's in Jaunty, only karmic
onwards. It was dev
2009/10/27 Rob Beard :
> I've already signed up for an account, I just can't be bothered to enter
> my login details every time I login. I'd have thought it would just
> remember the details in the application itself (like how Network Manager
> remembers my wireless network key).
>
You shouldn't
> The moral I take from this is - the more Ubuntu is used, anywhere, the
> closer we get to the tipping point.
>
> I have introduced three friends in recent months to Linux Emporium,
> because they wanted an Ubuntu only Laptop from a retail friendly
> source. Three purchases. LE is giving an imp
2009/10/27 Rob Beard :
> Sean Miller wrote:
>> Why do none of these programmes ever mention Wine?
>>
>> It's simply not true that you can't run Microsoft programs on Ubuntu
>> -- is the BBC sponsored by Apple and Microsoft or what???
>>
>> Sean
>>
>>
> Well wine isn't perfect. A fair few applicati
Paul Roach wrote:
>> The moral I take from this is - the more Ubuntu is used, anywhere, the
>> closer we get to the tipping point.
>>
>> I have introduced three friends in recent months to Linux Emporium,
>> because they wanted an Ubuntu only Laptop from a retail friendly
>> source. Three purchas
A review and comparison, from someone who is used to using Windows,
MAC and Ubuntu.
Ubuntu comes out pretty well, given that GNU/Linux is a best kept
secret on the high street!
I saw the title and thought I ought to read it, knowing I might not
enjoy it as much I would want to.
But, it is not bad
Hi,
Is the venue open to the great unwashed public, or is it invite only?
Thanks,
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I wrote asking for help with the sound card on a HP Pavilion pc. I
decided to install the beta version 9.10 and hey presto, the sound works
straight from the install and also this is the first time that the
printer (also HP) has worked from an install.
I think this is a superb distro and far super
john wrote:
> I wrote asking for help with the sound card on a HP Pavilion pc. I
> decided to install the beta version 9.10 and hey presto, the sound works
> straight from the install and also this is the first time that the
> printer (also HP) has worked from an install.
>
> I think this is a supe
Hi all,
Bought my mother a new canon iP4600 printer the other day to go on her new
Mesh pc (with Jaunty installed.) I updated the machine with the latest of
the updates but for some strange reason it refuses to print. I uninstalled
the printer and had jaunty reinstall it, print a test page but aft
This is a reminder that Manchester will be celebrating the release of
Ubuntu 9.10,
Karmic Koala with a release party.
The event will be at the Pitcher & Piano on Deansgate Locks from 6pm
until late on Friday 30th October. That's the day after the official
release. The party is free to attend and n
Jon Taylor wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Bought my mother a new canon iP4600 printer the other day to go on her
> new Mesh pc (with Jaunty installed.) I updated the machine with the
> latest of the updates but for some strange reason it refuses to print.
> I uninstalled the printer and had jaunty reins
Joseph Hughes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is the venue open to the great unwashed public, or is it invite only?
>
> Thanks,
> Joseph
open to all. (washing first is advised though)
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Sounds like my company's dress code.
"We have no dress code, but we prefer you to be dressed."
2009/10/27 Alan Bell :
> Joseph Hughes wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is the venue open to the great unwashed public, or is it invite only?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Joseph
> open to all. (washing first is advised though)
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> From: Alan Bell
> To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> Sent: 27.10.'09, 20:22
>
> Joseph Hughes wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is the venue open to the great unwashed public, or is it invite only?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Joseph
> open to all. (washing first is advised though)
>
> Ala
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