On 08/05/13 16:27, Barry Drake wrote:
On 08/05/13 15:38, Liam Proven wrote:
Is this on your live work machine? If so, that was, er, brave of you.
Sounds like it could be a theme problem. Try resetting the theme in
Appearance.
Work machine yes - but as always, I have the testing version dual
bo
Hi!
I have a Lenovo U410 on which I would like to dual-boot Ubuntu 13.04.
I've run it up on a live flash drive, everything works OK.
When it comes to the actual install I'm a bit nervous as although I'm
fairly competent with both Linux and Windows, I've never had a machine
with SSD/HDD in a "
On 05/06/2013 01:55 PM, Barry Drake wrote:
On 02/05/13 16:14, alan c wrote:
I have often got undesirable responses from almost ANY 'shops' selling
PCs, although I have not tried much now that Android is blossoming so
well, and Chromebooks.
I have posted my actions in full at: Ubuntu bug #1 - s
On 2013-05-09 10:39, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> I find it very interesting that nearly four years ago, when I bought my
> Toshiba Netbook with Ubuntu Remix from Dixons, they were selling like hot
> cakes, far better than the equivalent Windows machines.
> Then suddenly, overnight, they disappea
Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> When it comes to the actual install I'm a bit nervous as although
> I'm fairly competent with both Linux and Windows, I've never had a
> machine with SSD/HDD in a "false" raid like this before, it's only
> two months old, and I've never had a machine where I didn't ha
On 09/05/13 10:51, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
On 2013-05-09 10:39, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
I find it very interesting that nearly four years ago, when I bought my
Toshiba Netbook with Ubuntu Remix from Dixons, they were selling like hot
cakes, far better than the equivalent Windows machines.
Th
I thought I would just bring the experiences I'm having with Packard
Bell / Acer to everyone's attention. I've been unhappy with my laptop
since the day I got it and it seems to be falling apart very rapidly. I
have been trying to get it looked at but it's like pulling teeth!
Oddly enough linu
On 9 May 2013 11:53, Gareth France wrote:
> I thought I would just bring the experiences I'm having with Packard Bell /
> Acer to everyone's attention. I've been unhappy with my laptop since the day
> I got it and it seems to be falling apart very rapidly. I have been trying
> to get it looked at
On 09/05/13 12:07, Colin Law wrote:
On 9 May 2013 11:53, Gareth France wrote:
I thought I would just bring the experiences I'm having with Packard Bell /
Acer to everyone's attention. I've been unhappy with my laptop since the day
I got it and it seems to be falling apart very rapidly. I have b
On 09/05/2013 10:39, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
On 05/06/2013 01:55 PM, Barry Drake wrote:
On 02/05/13 16:14, alan c wrote:
I have often got undesirable responses from almost ANY 'shops' selling
PCs, although I have not tried much now that Android is blossoming so
well, and Chromebooks.
I h
On 09/05/13 11:09, pete smout wrote:
> On 09/05/13 10:51, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
>> On 2013-05-09 10:39, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
>>> I find it very interesting that nearly four years ago, when I bought my
>>> Toshiba Netbook with Ubuntu Remix from Dixons, they were selling
>>> like hot
>>> cak
On 09/05/13 13:00, Paul Sutton wrote:
On 09/05/13 11:09, pete smout wrote:
On 09/05/13 10:51, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
On 2013-05-09 10:39, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
I find it very interesting that nearly four years ago, when I bought my
Toshiba Netbook with Ubuntu Remix from Dixons, they wer
On 09/05/13 13:00, Paul Sutton wrote:
Taking on the big boys is a big job, helping the smaller shops expand
what they offer may be the way forward. and it helps local small shops
which the high street needs too. If a small store offers something
unique then it helps them generate new customer i
On 09/05/13 13:35, Barry Drake wrote:
On 09/05/13 13:00, Paul Sutton wrote:
Taking on the big boys is a big job, helping the smaller shops expand
what they offer may be the way forward. and it helps local small shops
which the high street needs too. If a small store offers something
unique then
On 9 May 2013 11:53, Gareth France wrote:
> I thought I would just bring the experiences I'm having with Packard Bell /
> Acer to everyone's attention. I've been unhappy with my laptop since the day
> I got it and it seems to be falling apart very rapidly. I have been trying
> to get it looked at
On 9 May 2013 12:14, Gareth France wrote:
>>
> I don't have anything 500gb in size to do a full backup onto
I am sorry, but - WTF?
And you call yourself an IT technician? If you don't have anything to
backup onto, you're not a pro.
Secondly, any pro with 10% of a clue wouldn't buy Packard Bell
I can also attest to issues with Packard Bell support. After having to RMA
a laptop 3 times for the same issue (hard drive failures, all within the
warranty period), I was finally placated when I got a full refund as
compensation... for them losing my laptop at the service center. Avoid at
all cost
Gareth
While I think that Liam Proven's "robust" manner does him no credit, his advice
is largely valid. If you don't allow Packard Bell, or any company acting on
their behalf, access to the computer in its original physical configuration
then you are not enabling them to comply with the terms
Gareth France wrote:
> I don't have anything 500gb in size to do a full backup onto and I'm
> not comfortable handing out my business' data at all.
I don't understand this. Surely if you need it backed up it already
is, and if you don't need it backed up you can just blitz the drive
and send the l
With the price of my favourite gizmo at a rediculously low price [1] (I
have two of them). Just go and grab a 2.5 / 3.5" drive of your need. The
device is an awesome addition to any 'tool kit'.
Regards,
Phill.
1.
http://www.everydaysource.com/product/usb-2-0-to-ide-sata-converter-cable/PCABUSBX00
On 09/05/13 15:13, Liam Proven wrote:
On 9 May 2013 12:14, Gareth France wrote:
I don't have anything 500gb in size to do a full backup onto
I am sorry, but - WTF?
And you call yourself an IT technician? If you don't have anything to
backup onto, you're not a pro.
Secondly, any pro with 10%
On 09/05/13 16:34, Avi Greenbury wrote:
Gareth France wrote:
I don't have anything 500gb in size to do a full backup onto and I'm
not comfortable handing out my business' data at all.
I don't understand this. Surely if you need it backed up it already
is, and if you don't need it backed up you
Just to update everyone. I've had a further look at [1] and seems to have
several reports of the PSU setting alight. Thankfully, the model I got is
now back in stock from my original supplier [2] It pays to read the reviews!
Regards,
Phill.
1.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B001OORMVQ/re
On 9 May 2013 16:36, Gareth France wrote:
884
>>
> I have used saynoto0870 and got nowhere. Calling the numbers listed resulted
> in me being told to use the website support, which I have been. I have been
> an IT technician however insulting my technical ability based on my
> financial circumstan
On 9 May 2013 16:25, Nigel Verity wrote:
> Gareth
>
> While I think that Liam Proven's "robust" manner does him no credit
Yeah, I get that a lot. :¬D
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On 09/05/13 18:03, Liam Proven wrote:
On 9 May 2013 16:36, Gareth France wrote:
884
I have used saynoto0870 and got nowhere. Calling the numbers listed resulted
in me being told to use the website support, which I have been. I have been
an IT technician however insulting my technical ability ba
On 9 May 2013 18:06, Gareth France wrote:
> On 09/05/13 18:03, Liam Proven wrote:
>>
>> On 9 May 2013 16:36, Gareth France wrote:
>> 884
>>>
>>> I have used saynoto0870 and got nowhere. Calling the numbers listed
>>> resulted
>>> in me being told to use the website support, which I have been. I h
I am not looking down upon you. I am a fairly penniless freelancer
myself, as my business has suffered dramatically from the credit
crunch.
But what I am trying to point out to you is that you are acting in an
irrational and unfair fashion. The company is trying to help you, but
you are not pla
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Gareth France wrote:
> I thought I would just bring the experiences I'm having with Packard Bell /
> Acer to everyone's attention. I've been unhappy with my laptop since the day
> I got it and it seems to be falling apart very rapidly. I have been trying
> to get i
On 09/05/13 18:38, William Anderson wrote:
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Gareth France wrote:
I thought I would just bring the experiences I'm having with Packard Bell /
Acer to everyone's attention. I've been unhappy with my laptop since the day
I got it and it seems to be falling apart ver
On 09/05/13 18:38, William Anderson wrote:
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Gareth France wrote:
I thought I would just bring the experiences I'm having with Packard Bell /
Acer to everyone's attention. I've been unhappy with my laptop since the day
I got it and it seems to be falling apart ver
On 09/05/13 18:46, Gareth France wrote:
On 09/05/13 18:38, William Anderson wrote:
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Gareth France
wrote:
I thought I would just bring the experiences I'm having with Packard
Bell /
Acer to everyone's attention. I've been unhappy with my laptop since
the day
I go
On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 09:39 +, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> I find it very interesting that nearly four years ago, when I bought
> my Toshiba Netbook with Ubuntu Remix from Dixons, they were selling
> like hot cakes, far better than the equivalent Windows machines.
> Then suddenly, overnight,
[1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/rsync
On 9 May 2013 19:27, Phill Whiteside wrote:
> For updating a backup, rsync[1] may be of help. (I'm a tester so use zsync
> but I believe that is better tuned for us updating iso's as it has a
> separate link). Rsync is pretty much ideally suited for yo
For updating a backup, rsync[1] may be of help. (I'm a tester so use zsync
but I believe that is better tuned for us updating iso's as it has a
separate link). Rsync is pretty much ideally suited for you need. It will
only update files that need updating.
Regards,
Phill.
On 9 May 2013 19:04, pet
On 09/05/13 19:27, Phill Whiteside wrote:
For updating a backup, rsync[1] may be of help. (I'm a tester so use
zsync but I believe that is better tuned for us updating iso's as it
has a separate link). Rsync is pretty much ideally suited for you
need. It will only update files that need updatin
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Gareth France wrote:
> I'll be using a desktop for the duration the machine is away. I have been
> looking at incremental backup solutions. What I'd like to do is setup a
> system where it connects to an FTP server and only backs up the data that
> has changed since
speaking of which (I have kimsufi)
I think I need to have tidy up :)
Alloc PE / Size 454400 / 1.73 TiB
Free PE / Size 19842 / 77.51 GiB
How could I EVER use up the best part of a 2TB disk!!!
Regards,
Phill.
On 9 May 2013 19:51, William Anderson wrote:
> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at
On 09/05/13 19:51, William Anderson wrote:
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Gareth France wrote:
I'll be using a desktop for the duration the machine is away. I have been
looking at incremental backup solutions. What I'd like to do is setup a
system where it connects to an FTP server and only ba
scp[1] is more powerful than ftp.
sftp (which most can support) or better vsftp (which some servers support)
are about as safe. ftp is akin to when we used rcp with no encryption and
little check of 'who' that is why it supports anonymous.
That is a very quick 101 on ftp, so before ubuntu-uk goes
William Anderson wrote:
> Don't use FTP unless you plan to pre-encrypt the backup first (since
> you will be sending the data in the clear;
Even if you encrypt the data, you'd still be sending credentials in
the clear if you use FTP.
But, fortunately it's not the 1970s any more and so you can use
Phill Whiteside wrote:
> sftp (which most can support) or better vsftp (which some servers support) are
vsftp is an FTP daemon, it's got nothing much to do with sftp.
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The problem with not resolving bug #1 stares me in the face. That being
the fact that EEC, UsA? etc are prepared to force Microsoft to offer
more than their own browser... but are not prepared to take on the real
monopoly. That being the fact that manufactures should offer a dual
boot at purchase.
On 09/05/13 12:34, scoundrel50a wrote:
On 09/05/2013 10:39, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
On 05/06/2013 01:55 PM, Barry Drake wrote:
On 02/05/13 16:14, alan c wrote:
I have often got undesirable responses from almost ANY 'shops' selling
PCs, although I have not tried much now that Android is bl
On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 21:51 +0100, alan c wrote:
> It was a relaxed conversation. He simply asked
> 'Can I sell it?'
Back to basics... he believed his company made money by selling
Windows... what if he were told he could sell his machines for less by
not paying/forcing Ms licenses?
A can of wo
On 09/05/13 21:51, alan c wrote:
A few years ago, I requested, and was granted, a chat with the Manager
of PCWorld (Reading). I asked if I could do a small demo of (Ubuntu)
near the door one weekend, and hand out leaflets. I showed one of my
(computer fair) leaflets. It was a relaxed conversat
On 09/05/13 19:16, SuperEngineer wrote:
On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 09:39 +, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
I find it very interesting that nearly four years ago, when I bought
my Toshiba Netbook with Ubuntu Remix from Dixons, they were selling
like hot cakes, far better than the equivalent Windows
If you extended this to the open market as a whole, then every washing
machine should have alternative operating systems.
No, it's not something I subscribe to.
If a "manufacturer" wishes to go with Windows, then that's fine.
If Ubuntu wants to become "the OS of choice" then let's PERSUADE rathe
On 09/05/13 22:18, Sean Miller wrote:
let's PERSUADE rather than force
Sean - an excerpt from another post related to this sent my moi...
> I occasionally go back to same store - not a Linux machine in sight.
> Those in the know at the store share my disappointment - but the average
> comment i
Hi all, just following up on this post:
"I would also suggest though that if you had no issues on Quantal but
are in Raring that it may be a kernel issue. Just because it is
stable for everyone else doesn't mean it is for that particular
machine, So I would file a bug first and see if there is a
On 09/05/13 22:18, Sean Miller wrote:
If you extended this to the open market as a whole, then every washing
machine should have alternative operating systems.
No, it's not something I subscribe to.
If a "manufacturer" wishes to go with Windows, then that's fine.
If Ubuntu wants to become "th
On 09/05/13 22:18, Sean Miller wrote:
If Ubuntu wants to become "the OS of choice" then let's PERSUADE rather
than force people to provide an option
Pre installation is a significant factor, as is investment, and risk,
and several other aspects too, in the story. A head-on confrontation
with
On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 22:38 +0100, alan c wrote:
> I would suggest that -public- lists where strategy is formulated to
> take over the world, or whatever, might be seen as just a little,
> well, naive, when the competition is such as we find. It is more than
> easy to steer (a very polite way to
:: SIGH ::
start at https://help.ubuntu.com/13.04/serverguide/ftp-server.html and then
continue on?
I'm not going to persue this 'argument'. Go work it out for your selves. I
only pop in here rarely, the conversations from the last couple of threads
enforce that.
you are totally wrong in lambast
I suppose it depends what's available on the platform. Looking at schools and
colleges on the UK the vast majority run Windows XP or 7. That's not
necessarily because of the technical staff who are often perfectly capable of
using and managing a GNU/Linux system or set of systems, not is it sayi
XP is going to be dead, no security updates. Lubuntu has realised this, we
are asking xubutu and kubuntu to come on board. The initial one was just
lubuntu, it is now open to all the flavours to get on board with this, For
schools / colleges? Use Edubutnu, or is there no one in UK who knows of it?
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 11:04 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
> [snip]
>
> I'm not going to persue this 'argument'. Go work it out for your selves. I
> only pop in here rarely, the conversations from the last couple of threads
> enforce that.
>
> you are totally wrong in lambasting some one who has limi
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Gareth France wrote:
> I'll bare the ftp advice in mind and I agree you do get what you pay for,
> but that doesn't make it any less frustrating, especially when they treat
> you like an idiot when you know full well what the problem is.
I don't believe they were t
On 09/05/13 22:30, SuperEngineer wrote:
On
09/05/13 22:18, Sean Miller wrote:
If you extended this to the open market as
a whole, then every washing machine should have alternative
operating systems.
No, it's not
On 9 May 2013 12:14, Gareth France wrote:
> ...
> I don't have anything 500gb in size to do a full backup onto and I'm not
> comfortable handing out my business' data at all.
You can use something like clonezilla to do the backup. This backs up
only the used portion of the disc and also compress
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