[ubuntu-uk] Qreator

Hi I am trying to use the above program Qreator to create qr codes, I can create the code fine, if I select url and enter a url in the box, in the application I see the QR code on the screen, If I then save this, (icon with an arrow pointing towards a disk) i save this to the desktop (png file

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Qreator

On 15 February 2013 11:46, paul sutton wrote: > Hi > > I am trying to use the above program Qreator to create qr codes, I can > create the code fine, if I select url and enter a url in the box, in > the application I see the QR code on the screen, > > If I then save this, (icon with an arrow p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Qreator

On 15/02/13 11:57, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > > > On 15 February 2013 11:46, paul sutton > wrote: > > Hi > > I am trying to use the above program Qreator to create qr codes, > I can > create the code fine, if I select url and enter a url in the box, in >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Qreator

On 15/02/13 11:46, paul sutton wrote: Just wondered if anyone else has / or could try and see if they get the same issue before a bug report is submitted. (if needed) Google is your friend. I just googled for qreator black image and the first hit is:- https://bugs.launchpad.net/qreator/+bug/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

I managed to get back in touch with my luckless friend in Denmark. She said she was thinking of installing Windows 7 on the machine, which she thought would give her access to BIOS. I replied as below. Comments and corrections will be welcome, since after all I know very little. "Windows 7 won

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 13:50, Rowan Berkeley wrote: I managed to get back in touch with my luckless friend in Denmark. She said she was thinking of installing Windows 7 on the machine, which she thought would give her access to BIOS. I replied as below. Comments and corrections will be welcome, since afte

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 13:50, Rowan Berkeley wrote: "Windows 7 won't solve the problem, because it won't give you access to UEFI. What does that mean? UEFI is something which Windows 7, Windows 8, 64-bit Ubuntu, Fedora and probably other Linux distros support. It's baked into the machine just like the B

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 16:44, Alan Pope wrote: On 15/02/13 13:50, Rowan Berkeley wrote: "Windows 7 won't solve the problem, because it won't give you access to UEFI. What does that mean? UEFI is something which Windows 7, Windows 8, 64-bit Ubuntu, Fedora and probably other Linux distros support. It's bak

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 17:31, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On 15/02/13 16:44, Alan Pope wrote: On 15/02/13 13:50, Rowan Berkeley wrote: "Windows 7 won't solve the problem, because it won't give you access to UEFI. What does that mean? UEFI is something which Windows 7, Windows 8, 64-bit Ubuntu, Fedora and prob

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

Thanks for all that, Alan. So, concretely, let's take for instance the >> Compaq machine which I successfully converted from Windows 8 to Ubuntu >> 12.10 using a USB stick. Given that F2 no longer works, and that the >> Windows 8 machinery for getting into UEFI us no longer there, how in fact >> wo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 17:31, Rowan Berkeley wrote: Thanks for all that, Alan. So, concretely, let's take for instance the Compaq machine which I successfully converted from Windows 8 to Ubuntu 12.10 using a USB stick. Given that F2 no longer works, and that the Windows 8 machinery for getting into UEFI us

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 17:34, Gareth France wrote: On 15/02/13 17:31, Rowan Berkeley wrote: Thanks for all that, Alan. So, concretely, let's take for instance the Compaq machine which I successfully converted from Windows 8 to Ubuntu 12.10 using a USB stick. Given that F2 no longer works, and that the Win

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 17:40, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On 15/02/13 17:34, Gareth France wrote: On 15/02/13 17:31, Rowan Berkeley wrote: Thanks for all that, Alan. So, concretely, let's take for instance the Compaq machine which I successfully converted from Windows 8 to Ubuntu 12.10 using a USB stick. Given

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 17:40, Rowan Berkeley wrote: He says: "Windows 8 hardware uses the UEFI replacement for the traditional BIOS, like Macs do. Some solid-state drive-equipped Windows 8 PCs boot so fast that you’d only have a 200 millisecond (that’s 0.2 seconds) window of opportunity to press the key com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15 February 2013 17:40, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On 15/02/13 17:34, Gareth France wrote: >> >> On 15/02/13 17:31, Rowan Berkeley wrote: >>> >>> >>> Thanks for all that, Alan. So, concretely, let's take for instance the >>> Compaq machine which I successfully converted from Windows 8 to Ubuntu >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 17:40, Alan Pope wrote: On 15/02/13 17:31, Rowan Berkeley wrote: Thanks for all that, Alan. So, concretely, let's take for instance the Compaq machine which I successfully converted from Windows 8 to Ubuntu 12.10 using a USB stick. Given that F2 no longer works, and that the Windows

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

On 15/02/13 18:47, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On 15/02/13 17:40, Alan Pope wrote: On 15/02/13 17:31, Rowan Berkeley wrote: Thanks for all that, Alan. So, concretely, let's take for instance the Compaq machine which I successfully converted from Windows 8 to Ubuntu 12.10 using a USB stick. Given that