Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

On 24 May 2010 18:00, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > I got several useful emails full of advice from Linux Emporium about the > various partitions on my internal hard disk. Apparently the unused > partition is there so that the user can install two operating systems > side by side if they so wish. They s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 67

On 25 May 2010 06:48, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > I'm not quite clear about the process of switching from the old swap > partition to the new one, Aymeric. I expect if the machine finds itself > without any swap partition at all it will die a horrible death Nope. Most computers can run just fine with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?

Colin McCarthy wrote: > Smart Technologys the makers of 'SmartBoards' one of the two popular > interactive whiteboards already do a linux client. Its almost exactly the > same as the windows version and works perfectly. I have used to many times at > our LUG meeting which occasionally meets in a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?

On 25/05/10 07:44, Colin McCarthy wrote: > Smart Technologys the makers of 'SmartBoards' one of the two popular > interactive whiteboards already do a linux client. Its almost exactly the > same as the windows version and works perfectly. I have used to many times at > our LUG meeting which occa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?

On 24 May 2010 22:00, Bruno Girin wrote: > Hi all, > > I have no idea what sort of software a school needs but I suspect > something like: >      * Office software; They use MS Office because they pay for it. If they don't buy something they lose the money. >      * Some sort of basic ERP; SIMS.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?

Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > > > I think what I'm saying is that schools are just like any other SME > and should be treated the same, not as their own special, idealised, > case. > yeah, they have the same issues as any SME, and we have solutions for them. We just can't trade with them as easi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?

Hi all, I work for a secondary school in the Midlands as an ICT Technician. I saw the news regarding BECTA and was rather shocked to see it go (in fact only two months back I applied for a job with them - I feel for the people who will lose their jobs, but I'm glad I wasn't offered one)! The scho

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 67

On Tuesday 25 May 2010 08:13:19 Alan Pope wrote: > On 25 May 2010 06:48, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > > I'm not quite clear about the process of switching from the old swap > > partition to the new one, Aymeric. I expect if the machine finds itself > > without any swap partition at all it will die a ho

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 67

On 25 May 2010 09:56, Mark Fraser wrote: > IIRC You also have to make sure that /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume also > points to the new swap partition and then update initramfs. Not if you use the method I suggested of moving the swap partition down the disk rather than dropping/recreating it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 08:53 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > You could boot from a live Ubuntu CD and use gparted to:- > Delete sda2 (the unwanted partition). > Move sda3 down (to the left, nearer the start) of the disk > Move sda4 down the disk > Grow sda4 up the disk > Grow sda5 inside sda4 up the disk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

On 25 May 2010 10:02, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > ha, well, if there's no risk of imminent fatality, I shall do it at some > point. But why would I want to 'boot from a live Ubuntu CD'? Because the operation I described requires you to be changing data on partitions that cannot be mounted whilst you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?

I worked as an ICT teacher last year and we mostly taught based on MS Office - it seemed that this was mostly driven by the Head of Department. I was allowed to teach Python to Year 9 for a term though. At GCSE level we mainly taught OCR Nationals, which required all work or evidence to printed out

[ubuntu-uk] Improving Support

Hello, First of all a brief apology for not sorting this out sooner, moving house has taken somewhat longer than I originally intended. I'm hoping to start getting things back on track now. Secondly, thanks to the people who turned up to my (frankly awful) talk at Oggcamp on this subject. Next ti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

On 25 May 2010 10:22, Alan Pope wrote: > On 25 May 2010 10:02, Rowan Berkeley wrote: >> ha, well, if there's no risk of imminent fatality, I shall do it at some >> point. But why would I want to 'boot from a live Ubuntu CD'? > > Because the operation I described requires you to be changing data o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 10:34 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > At no point did I suggest reinstallation or 'destroying' anything. I'm > merely describing the process of _moving_ partitions around on the > disk, and expanding partitions to allow them to use the newly > available space made by deleting an un

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

On 25 May 2010 11:06, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > Ah, right. For some reason I thought you were talking about reinstalling > everything from scratch, from the Live CD. But if I have understood > correctly, I can achieve my purposes without ever having to unmount > sda1, which is the boot volume. I can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

On 25 May 2010 11:06, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 10:34 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: >> At no point did I suggest reinstallation or 'destroying' anything. I'm >> merely describing the process of _moving_ partitions around on the >> disk, and expanding partitions to allow them to use

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome Shell

This might only work however if you set it as your default gnome-panel > provider? > > I get the notifications in the top right corner when I get a new email. Thanks, and how do you go about setting that? Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?

Here's a pretty well researched post by Glyn Moody on why he thinks Becta was really bad for FOSS in schools. http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=2978 Al -- The Open Learning Centre http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com htt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 12:00 +0100, Colin Law wrote: > Just to clarify to the OP, when a partition is moved using gparted the > data in the partition is moved with it, so this can be done without > affecting an existing system. It is always wise to ensure backups are > up to date before embarking

[ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it connect to Ubuntu? Thank you. John -- Ubuntu User #30817 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

On 25 May 2010 12:44, John Matthews wrote: > I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it > connect to Ubuntu? > > Thank you. > > John > > -- > Ubuntu User #30817 > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

I have the Google G1, also made by HTC. There a few music apps which will detect your phone...and sync as well On 25 May 2010 12:44, John Matthews wrote: > I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it > connect to Ubuntu? > > Thank you. > > John > > -- > Ubuntu User #3081

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

I don't have a htc desire but I imagine it's the same for most android phones. With my nexus one I just connect the USB cable, press 'mount' on the USB notification on the phone and it appears in Ubuntu as a memory stick does. Ashley On 25 May 2010 12:45, "John Matthews" wrote: I bought the HTC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

On 25 May 2010 12:44, John Matthews wrote: > I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it > connect to Ubuntu? > > Thank you. > > John > It looks like there is some integration http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJMdTYek8Cs but would like to know what Android phones work well

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

Quoting John Matthews : > I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it > connect to Ubuntu? > > Thank you. > > John Depends what you mean by "connect"? Do you want to sync email? Copy files? Transfer Music? access the phone's shell? Please provide more information! :)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?

On 25 May 2010 12:05, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > Here's a pretty well researched post by Glyn Moody on why he thinks > Becta was really bad for FOSS in schools. > > > http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=2978 > > Al > > He's broadly correct but in the end BECT

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

On 25 May 2010 12:44, John Matthews wrote: > I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it > connect to Ubuntu? > > Thank you. > > I would use Google sync tools with Evolution or Thunderbird and Lightning for desktop, and possibly Songbird with FolderSync for music and photo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

On 25 May 2010 12:29, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 12:00 +0100, Colin Law > wrote: >> Just to clarify to the OP, when a partition is moved using gparted the >> data in the partition is moved with it, so this can be done without >> affecting an existing system.  It is always wise

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

On 25 May 2010 13:06, Colin Law wrote: > It won't be mounted, when you boot off the live CD nothing on your > hard disk will be mounted.  It will not be using the swap there.  You > can boot off the live CD with no disk at all, or even one with Windows > on it! > > Colin I believe the live CD au

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

On 25 May 2010 13:14, Andrew Turner wrote: >  I believe the live CD automatically mounts the swap partition on the > hard drive, if one exists, so it will still need to be unmounted if > you want to move it etc. At least, it used to. > This is true, but gparted wont let you monkey with it whilst

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 71

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 13:06 +0100, Colin Law wrote: > On 25 May 2010 12:29, Rowan Berkeley > wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 12:00 +0100, Colin Law > > > wrote: > >> Just to clarify to the OP, when a partition is moved using gparted > >> the data in the partition is moved with it, so this can b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

Hang it, I forgot to change the subject line yet again. This is such a nuisance. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 13:36 +0100, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > Hang it, I forgot to change the subject line yet again. This is such a > nuisance. > > If you go to the list below you can change the option from digest to all mail (or something similar) Then if you set TB or Evo group by threads it'll b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 71

On 25 May 2010 13:34, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 13:06 +0100, Colin Law > wrote: >> On 25 May 2010 12:29, Rowan Berkeley >> wrote: >> > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 12:00 +0100, Colin Law >> >> > wrote: >> >> Just to clarify to the OP, when a partition is moved using gparted >> >> t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 71

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 13:06 +0100, Colin Law > wrote: >> On 25 May 2010 12:29, Rowan Berkeley >> wrote: >> > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 12:00 +0100, Colin Law >> >> > wrote: >> >> Just to clarify to the OP, when a partition is moved using gpar

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 71

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 14:43 +0100, Liam Proven wrote: > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Rowan Berkeley > wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 13:06 +0100, Colin Law > > wrote: > >> On 25 May 2010 12:29, Rowan Berkeley > >> wrote: > >> > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 12:00 +0100, Colin Law > >> > >> > wrot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

On 25/05/10 13:03, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 25 May 2010 12:44, John Matthews > wrote: I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it connect to Ubuntu? Thank you. I would use Google sync tools with Evolution or Thunderbird and Ligh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

updates for what exactly? On 25 May 2010 15:50, John Matthews wrote: > On 25/05/10 13:03, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > > > On 25 May 2010 12:44, John Matthews wrote: > >> I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it >> connect to Ubuntu? >> >> Thank you. >> >> > I would u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

On 25/05/2010 15:50, John Matthews wrote: Snip > > Hi Everybody, > > thank you so much for your help. That worked, I was able to upload the > pics to my HD via the filesystem using the USB. It still means though > that you have to use windows for updates and things, yes? > > John > > -- > Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

On 25 May 2010 15:50, John Matthews wrote: > On 25/05/10 13:03, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > > > On 25 May 2010 12:44, John Matthews wrote: > >> I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it >> connect to Ubuntu? >> >> Thank you. >> >> > I would use Google sync tools with E

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

On 25 May 2010 15:50, John Matthews wrote: > On 25/05/10 13:03, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > On 25 May 2010 12:44, John Matthews wrote: >> >> I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it >> connect to Ubuntu? >> >> Thank you. >> > > I would use Google sync tools with Evolutio

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

Hi If you mean update the phone then you will get notifications on the phone for app and android updates and it will update them using 3G/wifi if you let it update, therefore no you won't need windows to update the phone. Ashley On 25 May 2010 15:50, "John Matthews" wrote: On 25/05/10 13:03, Si

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

or you can use dropbox on box the andoid phone and ubuntu pc...no need to connect! On 25 May 2010 15:54, David Jones wrote: > > > On 25/05/2010 15:50, John Matthews wrote: > Snip > > > > Hi Everybody, > > > > thank you so much for your help. That worked, I was able to upload the > > pics to my H

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

On 25/05/10 15:56, Stephen Garton wrote: > On 25 May 2010 15:50, John Matthews wrote: > >> On 25/05/10 13:03, Simon Greenwood wrote: >> >> On 25 May 2010 12:44, John Matthews wrote: >> >>> I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it >>> connect to Ubuntu? >>> >>>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 15:50 +0100, Daniel Drummond wrote: > Actually Rowan, ask all the questions you want. You are learning > here. The livecd offers no benefits to the process, in fact using an > up to date system, rather than an out-of-date livecd may be a better > idea, if purely for any bugf

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 16:11 +0100, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 15:50 +0100, Daniel Drummond > wrote: > > Actually Rowan, ask all the questions you want. You are learning > > here. The livecd offers no benefits to the process, in fact using an > > up to date system, rather than a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

AFAIK the iso is a LiveCD - I'm sure I've used it in that way before now. Joe -Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Rowan Berkeley Sent: 25 May 2010 16:12 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox in Lucid? I can play pre-watershed items, but others give another flash window which lets me choose whether I want a PIN or not. Whichever option I choose, it tells me my security settings don't allow me to store flash cookies, and do I want to modify them

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

On 25 May 2010 17:38, Dianne Reuby wrote: > Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox in Lucid? I can play > pre-watershed items, but others give another flash window which lets me > choose whether I want a PIN or not. Whichever option I choose, it tells > me my security settings don't allow me t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 18:14 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: > Confirmed, I've got the same problem. Is the program you want on seesaw.com? > No, but thanks for the link - haven't seen that one before. Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 18:14 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: > On 25 May 2010 17:38, Dianne Reuby wrote: > > Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox in Lucid? I can play > > pre-watershed items, but others give another flash window which lets me > > choose whether I want a PIN or not. Whichever opt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 71

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 15:35 +0100, Daniel Drummond wrote: > Actually Rowan, ask all the questions you want. You are learning here. This is very true. > The livecd offers no benefits to the process, in fact using an up to > date system, rather than an out-of-date livecd may be a better idea, if

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

On 25 May 2010 19:05, Bruno Girin wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 18:14 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: >> On 25 May 2010 17:38, Dianne Reuby wrote: >> > Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox in Lucid? I can play >> > pre-watershed items, but others give another flash window which lets me >> > c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 19:17 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: > On 25 May 2010 19:05, Bruno Girin wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 18:14 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: > >> On 25 May 2010 17:38, Dianne Reuby wrote: > >> > Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox in Lucid? I can play > >> > pre-watersh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

On 25 May 2010 19:56, Bruno Girin wrote: > ... > The w32codecs package seems to not be in Lucid anymore. I think it is in medibuntu. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome Shell

Have a look at this wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/gnomeshell I have been adding to it about gnome shell. It should contain all the info you need. The bit you need is right at the bottom. You might, depending on how risky you want to live use this ppa: https://edge.launchpad.net/~ricotz/+archi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 71

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 19:05 +0100, Matthew Daubney wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 15:35 +0100, Daniel Drummond wrote: > > > Actually Rowan, ask all the questions you want. You are learning here. > > This is very true. > > > The livecd offers no benefits to the process, in fact using an up to >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 17:38 +0100, Dianne Reuby wrote: > Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox in Lucid? I can play > pre-watershed items, but others give another flash window which lets me > choose whether I want a PIN or not. Whichever option I choose, it tells > me my security settings don'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 71

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 20:57 +0100, Daniel Drummond wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 19:05 +0100, Matthew Daubney wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 15:35 +0100, Daniel Drummond wrote: > > > > > Actually Rowan, ask all the questions you want. You are learning here. > > > > This is very true. > > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using ITV Player

On 25 May 2010, at 21:08, Jon Farmer wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 17:38 +0100, Dianne Reuby wrote: >> Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox in Lucid? I can play >> pre-watershed items, but others give another flash window which >> lets me >> choose whether I want a PIN or not. Whichever

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 20:58 +0100, Matthew Daubney wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 15:35 +0100, Daniel Drummond wrote: > > The livecd offers no benefits to the process, in fact using an up to > > date system, rather than an out-of-date livecd may be a better idea, > > if purely for any bugfixes tha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

On Tuesday 25 May 2010 15:54:36 David Jones wrote: > On 25/05/2010 15:50, John Matthews wrote: > Snip > > > Hi Everybody, > > > > thank you so much for your help. That worked, I was able to upload the > > pics to my HD via the filesystem using the USB. It still means though > > that you have to u

[ubuntu-uk] Updating phone ROM was: HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

On 26 May 2010 07:50, Mark Fraser wrote: > On Tuesday 25 May 2010 15:54:36 David Jones wrote: >> Any updates/application installs are done over the air using the phones >> normal 3G internet connection. > > That's not entirely true. If you need to upgrade the ROM in your phone then > you'll only b