Re: [ubuntu-uk] Research required ...
On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 20:45 +, Mark wrote: > Not sure if this helps: > http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html Thanks for that. It is going to be very useful especially in ideas to solve the problems our research shows up! Regards,Barry. -- What do you see when you use your Computer? Same old thing? ...There IS a Better Way! Ubuntu! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Research required ...
On 27 December 2010 20:32, Barry Drake wrote: > On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 16:09 +, bod...@googlemail.com wrote: > > You don't need admin access to create a wiki page, just browse to the > pagename you want, then start editing. > > Thanks for that. There is now a Wiki page at: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WindowsCompatibility > > This does sound like a very worthy cause. Can I make a suggestion though. > Any failed attempts should be documented fully, this will then allow others > to attempt the process with some prior knowledge, and might even attract > some people who can create a solution. > > I've placed that in the preamble to the page. Thanks. Please take a > look and by all means feel free to improve the layout. Pretty pages are > not my thing. > -- > What do you see when you use your Computer? Same old thing? > ...There IS a Better Way! Ubuntu! > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > Hi Not sure if this helps: http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html This was my bible when I first started with linux. HTH Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Research required ...
On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 16:09 +, bod...@googlemail.com wrote: > You don't need admin access to create a wiki page, just browse to the > pagename you want, then start editing. Thanks for that. There is now a Wiki page at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WindowsCompatibility > This does sound like a very worthy cause. Can I make a suggestion though. Any > failed attempts should be documented fully, this will then allow others to > attempt the process with some prior knowledge, and might even attract some > people who can create a solution. I've placed that in the preamble to the page. Thanks. Please take a look and by all means feel free to improve the layout. Pretty pages are not my thing. -- What do you see when you use your Computer? Same old thing? ...There IS a Better Way! Ubuntu! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Research required ...
Hi Barry, You don't need admin access to create a wiki page, just browse to the pagename you want, then start editing. This does sound like a very worthy cause. Can I make a suggestion though. Any failed attempts should be documented fully, this will then allow others to attempt the process with some prior knowledge, and might even attract some people who can create a solution. Bodsda Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Barry Drake Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:06:18 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Reply-To: bdr...@crosswire.org, UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Research required ... Those of you on the advertising list will know that Danté Ashton and I have been trying to research easy entry into Ubuntu with the mindset of the average Windows user. Please consider helping with this research. The aim is to pick a particular 'need' and to follow through whether this need can be met under Ubuntu, how easily and how successfully. This use should ideally be one that your Windows friend would have, and preferably a need that you know little about. First take a look at: https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/switching/C/applications-equivalents.html This page may need revision, and certainly needs extending. Rules for research: any necessary packages to be easily and quickly installed without using the commandline. The preference would be to use the Ubuntu Software Centre. If you have a way of meeting the need, but this requires commandline or other methods, please submit this anyway - Ubuntu could incorporate a simple workaround. Any scripts or code you write to make things work could be posted. Stuff like that could easily be part of a package and run on installation without the user being in any way aware of the complexity. When you have done the research, please report on how easy it was to access the information and provide links if a good method is suggested online somewhere. So far, I have researched iPod and iTunes. I have also explored Logos/Libronix as a colleague has over £1000 worth of books in that format. I have to report that Ubuntu is not for him. I have e-mailed Logos and received a reply stating that at present they do not have plans to support our platform. The same was true of Mac until many many Mac users complained to Logos! A niche area, but maybe you'd like to aid that cause? I also did a webcam exercise with my sister. The task was dead easy for me - but incredibly daunting for my sister and it need not have been! That one hardly wants any tweaking but it does need tweaking and properly documenting. Researching iTunes, I found an official Ubuntu document that said iTunes would install under PlayOnLinux. I tested this. Only iTunes 10.6 can be made to work, and it installs crippled. The CD rip and burn facilities don't work. It is official policy that we do not include methods based on Wine or any of its derivatives as these, however good, are not for the Ubuntu newbie. The result of the above is that iTunes can be perfectly replaced and iPods work just fine under Ubuntu with several apps BUT the Apple download store cannot be accessed. Most of you knew that already - I was working in the dark and discovered how hard it was to get information that a newbie could follow. So - lay aside your geekiness for a time, imagine you're a newbie and volunteer to research a particular need. Please state the one you are thinking of pursuing so we don't duplicate the effort. If there's a good response, maybe someone who has admin access to the Canonical or Ubuntu website can set up a Wiki for us to report back on? Hope I'm not treading on any Canonical toes here apologies in advance if I am. Regards,Barry Drake. -- What do you see when you use your Computer? Same old thing? ...There IS a Better Way! Ubuntu! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Research required ...
Those of you on the advertising list will know that Danté Ashton and I have been trying to research easy entry into Ubuntu with the mindset of the average Windows user. Please consider helping with this research. The aim is to pick a particular 'need' and to follow through whether this need can be met under Ubuntu, how easily and how successfully. This use should ideally be one that your Windows friend would have, and preferably a need that you know little about. First take a look at: https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/switching/C/applications-equivalents.html This page may need revision, and certainly needs extending. Rules for research: any necessary packages to be easily and quickly installed without using the commandline. The preference would be to use the Ubuntu Software Centre. If you have a way of meeting the need, but this requires commandline or other methods, please submit this anyway - Ubuntu could incorporate a simple workaround. Any scripts or code you write to make things work could be posted. Stuff like that could easily be part of a package and run on installation without the user being in any way aware of the complexity. When you have done the research, please report on how easy it was to access the information and provide links if a good method is suggested online somewhere. So far, I have researched iPod and iTunes. I have also explored Logos/Libronix as a colleague has over £1000 worth of books in that format. I have to report that Ubuntu is not for him. I have e-mailed Logos and received a reply stating that at present they do not have plans to support our platform. The same was true of Mac until many many Mac users complained to Logos! A niche area, but maybe you'd like to aid that cause? I also did a webcam exercise with my sister. The task was dead easy for me - but incredibly daunting for my sister and it need not have been! That one hardly wants any tweaking but it does need tweaking and properly documenting. Researching iTunes, I found an official Ubuntu document that said iTunes would install under PlayOnLinux. I tested this. Only iTunes 10.6 can be made to work, and it installs crippled. The CD rip and burn facilities don't work. It is official policy that we do not include methods based on Wine or any of its derivatives as these, however good, are not for the Ubuntu newbie. The result of the above is that iTunes can be perfectly replaced and iPods work just fine under Ubuntu with several apps BUT the Apple download store cannot be accessed. Most of you knew that already - I was working in the dark and discovered how hard it was to get information that a newbie could follow. So - lay aside your geekiness for a time, imagine you're a newbie and volunteer to research a particular need. Please state the one you are thinking of pursuing so we don't duplicate the effort. If there's a good response, maybe someone who has admin access to the Canonical or Ubuntu website can set up a Wiki for us to report back on? Hope I'm not treading on any Canonical toes here apologies in advance if I am. Regards,Barry Drake. -- What do you see when you use your Computer? Same old thing? ...There IS a Better Way! Ubuntu! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/