Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-10 Thread alan c
Norman Silverstone wrote: >> > I have the pleasant task over the Winter months to start to scan in a few >> > thousand 35mm colour negatives. >> >> What scanning techniques, or equipment are you using please? > > I have an attachment that I fix to my point ? I do not understand this, sorry, is i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/11/10 Norman Silverstone : > On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 06:46 +, Alan Bell wrote: >> Ian Pascoe wrote: >> > Evening all >> > >> > I have the pleasant task over the Winter months to start to scan in a few >> > thousand 35mm colour negatives. >> > >> > However, before I start I wonder if anyone k

[ubuntu-uk] Using a 3G modem as a fallback

2009-11-10 Thread Andrew Oakley
I'm moving out of The Sticks, slightly to the west of nowhere in the Cotswolds - which nevertheless already has 2.5Mbit ADSL - to the urban metropolis that is a satellite village near Tewkesbury. With this comes wonders of the modern age, the likes of which I have never experienced near my home, su

[ubuntu-uk] Problem With USB Pen Drives/SD Cards - Xubuntu 9.10

2009-11-10 Thread Nigel Verity
Hi I have installed Xubuntu 9.10 on both my Acer 1410 laptop and my Compaq desktop. When I copy files to a USB drive or an SD card they usually arrive on the target drive as 0 bytes. This does not seem to be dependent on the file type or size. The fact that it doesn't happen every single time

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using a 3G modem as a fallback

2009-11-10 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:09:10AM -, Andrew Oakley wrote: > The last bit is probably the bit that I'm having the most trouble with. > Once the 3G is up, it is entirely possible that I could ping my ADSL > ISP's gateway from the 3G connection. So simply getting a reply from the > ping test is n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem With USB Pen Drives/SD Cards - Xubuntu 9.10

2009-11-10 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:25:24AM +, Nigel Verity wrote: > I have installed Xubuntu 9.10 on both my Acer 1410 laptop and my > Compaq desktop. When I copy files to a USB drive or an SD card they > usually arrive on the target drive as 0 bytes. This does not seem to > be dependent on the file t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-10 Thread Norman Silverstone
< snip > > >> What scanning techniques, or equipment are you using please? > > > > I have an attachment that I fix to my point > > ? I do not understand this, sorry, is it a typo? I am very sorry, I must have been half asleep. I bought an attachment for may camera from a supplier in USA which e

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using a 3G modem as a fallback

2009-11-10 Thread Colin Law
2009/11/10 Andrew Oakley : > I'm moving out of The Sticks, slightly to the west of nowhere in the > Cotswolds - which nevertheless already has 2.5Mbit ADSL - to the urban > metropolis that is a satellite village near Tewkesbury. With this comes > wonders of the modern age, the likes of which I have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using a 3G modem as a fallback

2009-11-10 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
2009/11/10 Colin Law : > 2009/11/10 Andrew Oakley : >> I'm moving out of The Sticks, slightly to the west of nowhere in the >> Cotswolds - which nevertheless already has 2.5Mbit ADSL - to the urban >> metropolis that is a satellite village near Tewkesbury. With this comes >> wonders of the modern a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-10 Thread Norman Silverstone
> >> > I have the pleasant task over the Winter months to start to scan in a few > >> > thousand 35mm colour negatives. > >> > > >> > However, before I start I wonder if anyone knows of anything that will > >> > turn > >> > a digitised colour negative into a colour positive. I've wandered > >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-10 Thread Norman Silverstone
> > I have the pleasant task over the Winter months to start to scan in a few > > thousand 35mm colour negatives. f you are interested I have been restoring old colour slides and colour negatives for quite some time and there are some examples of the results to be found on:- http://www.23hq.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not a good press

2009-11-10 Thread Gordon
Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/11/3 mac : >> Sean Miller wrote: >>> Maybe it is time to ask the question again -- is the 6-month cycle too >>> ambitious? >> You do have to wonder about the PR cost, don't you? >> > > Note that there are also people saying their upgrade went smoothly.. > The upgrade on m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not a good press

2009-11-10 Thread Rob Beard
On 10/11/2009 11:46, Gordon wrote: > The upgrade on my Netbook from 9.04 Remix to 9.10 Remix using the > automatic update path via Update Manager went fine - all works! > (Except for the now known problem of 9.10 having a broken Samba > implementation that disallows access to Windows 7 shares)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not a good press

2009-11-10 Thread Gordon
Rob Beard wrote: > On 10/11/2009 11:46, Gordon wrote: >> The upgrade on my Netbook from 9.04 Remix to 9.10 Remix using the >> automatic update path via Update Manager went fine - all works! >> (Except for the now known problem of 9.10 having a broken Samba >> implementation that disallows access to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not a good press

2009-11-10 Thread Rob Beard
On 10/11/2009 12:35, Gordon wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> On 10/11/2009 11:46, Gordon wrote: >> >>> The upgrade on my Netbook from 9.04 Remix to 9.10 Remix using the >>> automatic update path via Update Manager went fine - all works! >>> (Except for the now known problem of 9.10 having a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not a good press

2009-11-10 Thread Gordon
Rob Beard wrote: > On 10/11/2009 12:35, Gordon wrote: >> Rob Beard wrote: >> >>> On 10/11/2009 11:46, Gordon wrote: >>> The upgrade on my Netbook from 9.04 Remix to 9.10 Remix using the automatic update path via Update Manager went fine - all works! (Except for the now know

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-10 Thread Ian Pascoe
Thanks to all who replied. I'll spend some time over the weekend looking at the various links supplied. I've purchased a standalone slide and negative scanner that was posted to this list during the Summer. I've gone for this one as it has the option to either scan directly into the PC or if the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using a 3G modem as a fallback

2009-11-10 Thread LeeGroups
> The new house will be on a relatively new-build estate - is it likely > that the ADSL connection will be so reliable as to be not worth having > a fallback at all? LoL - That's what a mate of mine said a couple of years ago when he moved to a new estate in Milton Keynes... Nice shiney house,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using a 3G modem as a fallback

2009-11-10 Thread Rob Beard
LeeGroups wrote: >> The new house will be on a relatively new-build estate - is it likely >> that the ADSL connection will be so reliable as to be not worth having >> a fallback at all? >> > > LoL - That's what a mate of mine said a couple of years ago when he > moved to a new estate in Mil