adding "metacity --replace" (w/o quotes) to session startup would also
manage it, IIRC.
Steve wrote:
> On Sat, 02 May 2009 22:18:43 +0100
> Andrew Oakley wrote:
>
>
>> Liam Proven wrote:
>>
>>> whatever as my WM. Completely turn off and disable Compiz and
>>> compositing, for all users,
100 Mbit/s? Best guess inside of 3mins.
Harry Rickards wrote:
> On 3 May 2009, at 21:18, David King wrote:
>
>
>> I was watching the BBC News 24 TV programme "Click" broadcast this
>> weekend. When they were testing a 100 Mbit/s broadband connection,
>> they
>> used it to download two copies
On 3 May 2009, at 21:25, Michael Douglas wrote:
>
>
>> 100 Mbit/s? Best guess inside of 3mins.
>>
>> Harry Rickards wrote:
>>
>>> On 3 May 2009, at 21:18, David King wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I was watching the
You're certainly better off than trying to get the Windows 7 Beta, or in
2 days, the RC. It took MSFT about 10hours just to make the thing
available!!!
-- Mehall
Simos Xenitellis wrote:
> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Harry Rickards wrote:
>
>> On 3 May 2009, at 21:18, David King wrote:
That was only one copy, and I was being conservative ;)
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Dave Walker wrote:
> Michael Douglas wrote:
>
>> 100 Mbit/s? Best guess inside of 3mins.
>>
>>
>>
> d...@virgo:~$ time wget
> http://ubuntu-releases.datahop.it/jaunty/ubuntu-9.04-des
Downloads to .mov by default, IIRC get_iplayer has options to have
ffmpeg convert it. I don't bother, I just open up VLC and watch the damn
thing.
-- Mehall
Harry Rickards wrote:
> On 3 May 2009, at 21:35, Simos Xenitellis
> wrote:
>
>
>> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Harry Rickards
>
They also offer R&D TV under the Creative Commons, and via torrent. One
step at a time my friend :D
-- Mehall
Harry Rickards wrote:
> On 3 May 2009, at 21:52, Michael Douglas wrote:
>
>
>> Downloads to .mov by default, IIRC get_iplayer has options to have
>> f
David King wrote:
> I find it only downloads in .mov format (QuickTime).
>
> David King
>
>
>
> Harry Rickards wrote:
>
>> On 3 May 2009, at 21:35, Simos Xenitellis
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Harry Rickards
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
On 3 May
David M wrote:
> Daniel Rhodes-Mumby wrote in gmane.linux.ubuntu.user.british
>
>> On my box running Karmic here, you can press Ctrl-Alt-Del to popup a shutdown
>> menu, although it doesn't offer an option to logout or switch users.
>> I'm pretty sure the shortcut was in Jaunty and Intrepid as
Dell are also paid, as all OEMs are, to bundle crapware with windows
installations. Trial versions of Symantec, etc. This cuts the cost of XP
to nothing or often less than nothing.
Paul Broadhead wrote:
> Alan Pope wrote:
>
>
>> As I understand it (i.e. this may be factually inaccurate) any O
Paul Broadhead wrote:
> Alan Pope wrote:
>
>
>> As I understand it (i.e. this may be factually inaccurate) any OEM
>> wishing to sell Ubuntu branded as Ubuntu needs to pay a license to
>> Canonical for the use of the trademarked name. I believe there are
>> also restrictions upon what you can do
Thomas Ibbotson wrote:
> alan c wrote:
>
> I also use thunderbird with the view set to see threads. I also 'replay'
> the thread by clicking on each message in turn. I find that big threads
> can get quite unwieldly in thunderbird (i.e. when the subject line is
> indented past the end of the sub
mac wrote:
> Anyone seen a physical copy of this, yet?
>
> http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/linux_new_media_launches_ubuntu_user_magazine
>
> mac
>
>
>
Yes.
Hamilton, WH Smith's had a copy.
I think Borders in Glasgow did too? I can't remember.
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mac wrote:
> Michael Douglas wrote:
>
>> mac wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone seen a physical copy of this, yet?
>>>
>> Yes. Hamilton, WH Smith's had a copy. I think Borders in Glasgow did
>> too? I can't remember.
>>
>
&
Stephen Garton wrote:
>
> I'd echo this, I saw it while picking something up for Wifey to read
> in hospital and thought about getting it myself. At that sort of
> price, I could (and did) buy 2 novels to read instead, so it does seem
> a bit steep to me.
>
>
> Steve Garton
> sheepeatingtaz.co.u
Rob Beard wrote:
> Michael Douglas wrote:
>
>> Agreed.
>>
>> I understand why magazine's that come with DVD's of movies, or things
>> like SLES on them, but why spend money printing a dual-sided DVD, when
>> you could just use two single sided
Sean Miller wrote:
> Just to point out that the £25 subscription is only for 4 issues, so
> it's still over £6/copy which seems steep to me.
>
> All Linux magazines seem incredibly pricey - but this one seems to
> take the pricyness to a new level.
>
> Sean
>
Yeah, apparently you've to pay for a
James Milligan wrote:
>
>
> Now, regarding the sound.
>
> I have a Creative Soundblaster XFi Xtreme Gamer card, which wasn't
> picked up by default after installation. I've read on the forum
> somewhere that Creative drivers weren't available (back in 06) - I
> then found and downloaded the
Rob Beard wrote:
> What I would love (not sure if something is available) is a addon for
> Firefox so I can save my bookmarks to a central server (ideally my own
> personal server) and have it shared between my many PCs, at the moment I
> must have about 5 or 6 different sets of bookmarks. Bein
alan c wrote:
> I recently decided to try the proposed Ubuntu One facility, and got
> myself on a waiting list.
>
> Any ideas of timescales please, anyone?
>
I gave up waiting and managed to wangle an invite.
I've not installed it yet (internet issues, and am on W7 atm) but when i
do, i may in
Rob Beard wrote:
> JONATHAN TAYLOR wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> as a newbie I'm in the process of switching over to Ubuntu, and as I
>> run a small business I use MS Visio for my site plans . My question is
>> what is the equivalent in Ubuntu? Also I've just bought a Wacom
>> Bamboo pad, and I've
javadayaz wrote:
> Dont take the Unlimited at face value. The unlimited is 3gb's worth of
> data. Although they do say if you go over your limit you will be
> informed.
> Im with Tmobile. I do occassionaly stream audio but not that much.
T-Mobile are good with their plans.
I don't know about the
Liam,
share me the file and I'll up it to my VPS, with a link from my
frontpage ( http://mehall.co.cc ) meaning people can just share that
link to access it.
- Michael
On 31/01/2010 11:41, Liam Wilson wrote:
Hey everyone, I finished the poster, and I've put it on my Ubuntu one,
as I can't f
That's fine. I'm also having U1 issues atm.
On 31/01/2010 12:10, Liam Wilson wrote:
Michael;
I can't connect to U1 for whatever reason, so I'll email you the
.tar.gz if that's alright.
Liam
On 31 January 2010 11:43, Michael Douglas <mailto:meh...@mehall.co.cc>
Poster, and the tarball, is now accessible from my site,
http://mehall.co.cc , I'm going to add citations to
Ubuntu/Canonical/this LoCo, and to Liam for making the poster.
- Michael
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Using new thread, but replying to Liam:
Negative reinforcement is much more effective than positive, ask any
number of companies, or politicians/election campaigners. Do it right,
so that you seem to have respect for your opponent, but make yourself
seem better, and it's very popular (See: Mac
I suppose by putting other OS' down, we are in turn,
giving Ubuntu a more positive image. To acheive this I guess we could
use the aforementioned idea of someone bieng on hold and then somone
getting an instant reply on the forums for free.
On 31 January 2010 14:30, Michael Doug
I would let someone else confirm, but off the top of my head, using
"full-upgrade" rather than "dist-upgrade" does everything, including all
packages held back?
- Mehall
Mark Fraser wrote:
>On Monday 07 Jun 2010 10:27:57 Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
>> On Monday 07 June 2010 10:23:45 Mark Fraser wr
Cbeebies as homepage and remove the address bar. (so not chrome for browser
then)
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I've not been playing much MC in a while, but can I have a wee invite? I
likely won't play much, but am happy to contribute to the world when I am on
On 3 February 2011 17:57, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 3 February 2011 17:54, Ronnie Tucker wrote:
> > Can I ask how you made the awesome map?
> >
> > M
On 22 Feb 2011 16:28, "Alan Lord (News)" wrote:
>
> Wow!
>
> Hassan, if you are replying to several people in one message then using
@soandso is fine by me. :-)
>
> I do not think we need to be so prescriptive as to require rules about the
syntax of how to reply.
>
> It's the same as top or bottom
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