Re: [ubuntu-uk] Error during update - duplicate entries

2010-06-05 Thread Byte Soup
> > Tried that, now I get: > Failed to fetch > http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/lucid-getdeb/Release.gpg Could > not connect to archive.getdeb.net:80 (81.92.203.249). - connect (110: > Connection timed out) > Failed to fetch > > http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/lucid-getdeb/games/i18n/

[ubuntu-uk] ISO testing: Kubuntu test points to image not avail?

2010-06-05 Thread Byte Soup
Hi, I was going to start some ISO testing today, and I thought Id run some tests on Kubuntu seeing as there looked like a few needed doing there. I visited this link listing the tests im looking to do http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/test/4221 On the tests you have a link to the image required

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bare Metal virtualization on older Xeon hardware

2010-06-05 Thread Rob Beard
On 04/06/10 23:59, Kris Douglas wrote: > On 4 June 2010 19:28, Rob Beard wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> At work we're looking at server virtualization, both to give us a bit >> more redundancy against hardware failure and also to try and cut down on >> our power requirements a bit by getting shot of so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Error during update - duplicate entries

2010-06-05 Thread Steve
On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 08:12:07 +0100, Byte Soup wrote: >> >> Tried that, now I get: >> Failed to fetch >> http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu/dists/lucid-getdeb/Release.gpg Could >> not connect to archive.getdeb.net:80 (81.92.203.249). - connect (110: >> Connection timed out) >> Failed to fetch >> >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD

2010-06-05 Thread Nigel Verity
Hi Guys I would caution that just because Microsoft (or any other software supplier for that matter) says that a particular action constitutes a copyright infringement does not necessarily make it legally true. For the time being at least, the law of the land ultimately overrides a EULA. Nige

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups

2010-06-05 Thread pmgazz
I like #1 too :) On 03/06/10 17:09, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 03/06/10 13:34, Liam Proven wrote: > > >> #1 is pretty good. The rest, not so much, I'm afraid, at least for me. >> > +1. > > Al > > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Meeting minutes

2010-06-05 Thread pmgazz
Details of an Ubuntu-UK/Canonical event in London on the 13th July focussed on Ubuntu in Business. . . . Exhibiting at non-tech events, such as car boot sales and goat festivals (there is a link to that but you will have to read the minutes to find it) How about VCS (aka NGOs)? I already

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Meeting minutes

2010-06-05 Thread Alan Bell
pmgazz wrote: > >> Details of an Ubuntu-UK/Canonical event in London on the 13th July >> focussed on Ubuntu in Business. . . . > >> Exhibiting at non-tech events, such as car boot sales and goat festivals >> (there is a link to that but you will have to read the minutes to find it) >> > How ab

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Improving Support

2010-06-05 Thread pmgazz
I work with the voluntary sector as a community interest company providing paid support (and end up also giving a lot of free support). Among the networks of orgs who provide MS and proprietary software support to VCS (I think I'm one of 2 providers who seriously supports Ubuntu) there have bee

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Improving Support

2010-06-05 Thread Alan Bell
pmgazz wrote: > I work with the voluntary sector as a community interest company > providing paid support (and end up also giving a lot of free support). > > Among the networks of orgs who provide MS and proprietary software > support to VCS (I think I'm one of 2 providers who seriously supports >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Meeting minutes

2010-06-05 Thread Tony Pursell
On 5 Jun 2010 at 13:50, pmgazz wrote: > > > Details of an Ubuntu-UK/Canonical event in London on the 13th July > > focussed on Ubuntu in Business. . . . > > > Exhibiting at non-tech events, such as car boot sales and goat festivals (there is a link to that but you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Graphics cards..

2010-06-05 Thread John Stevenson
On 5 June 2010 01:26, Daniel Case wrote: > Hi there, > I currently have an Xpress 200 ATI integrated graphics card and am > looking to upgrade to something better (i dual-boot so that i can play > Windows games under Windows) > > What graphics cards would you recommend for both Windows gaming, an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.04 software center - cannot install untrusted packages

2010-06-05 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 4 June 2010 07:31, ByteSoup wrote: > On 03/06/10 15:36, Liam Proven wrote: > > In case of minor APT problems, the first things I do are a clean > followed by purging the cache. This means: > > apt-get clean > apt-get autoclean > > If that doesn't help then I also nuke the APT package cache, whi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Error during update - duplicate entries

2010-06-05 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 3 June 2010 20:06, Dianne Reuby wrote: > I'm getting this error on update: > W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ > lucid/partner Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_partner_binary-i386_Packages) > > I've looked at my sources.l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.04 software center - cannot install untrusted packages

2010-06-05 Thread Byte Soup
> > Just out of interest, which bit solved the problem? > It was this bit apt-get clean apt-get autoclean Thanks -Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups

2010-06-05 Thread Liam Wilson
Just my tuppence; If the podcast team have decided on a (quite frankly, awesome) design, then would it not be a good idea to make the Ubuntu-UK website coherent with that? I mean, currently, the Podcast is run by members of the UK team, and is featured prominently on the first page of the website,