Indians get lesson on 'dumb' Aussies

Australia is the world's "dumbest continent" where people "drink constantly" and are "quite racist", according to training at Indian call centres. Staff are taught "how to act Australian" and are told to "speak slowly" because Australians tend to be technologically "backwards". [Full story]

Re: Unity Desktop

On 23/05/11 23:07, Peter Kukums wrote: Hi folks, I was concerned about the Unity desktop for use by PC beginners, but having used it for a while now I find it is not as bad as previously discussed on this forum. However, I find one behaviour which would be confusing for beginners. Opening d

Re: Unity

On 23/05/11 23:24, tridecet...@gawab.com wrote: I installed Natty a few days ago and I must say I can't stand it. I sympathise - I know the feeling :-( . I have been experimenting with LXDE and other options (because GNOME 3 is nearly as bad as unity) The key word here is "nearly" as bad.

Re: natty release party melbourne

On 13/04/2011 22:33, Robert Parker wrote: On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Basil Chupin wrote: Just a question aimed at all such proposed "Whoopee Parties" in Australia: are you also going to inform everyone that the gnome DE is to be replaced by Unity in 6 months time (and with

Re: natty release party melbourne

On 13/04/2011 09:22, peter baker wrote: hey guys here is my suggestion for a natty release party here in melbourne (sorry if someone has already suggested a time/place) if there are no objections I will update https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects/NattyReleaseParties when: 3pm sat 30

Re: windows7 dual boot

On 11/04/2011 10:30, Peter Watts wrote: I have read somewhere that MINT will not be using Unity, This an other distros built on Ubuntu my be a better option. Thanks Peter Mint is simply a re-work of Ubuntu. However, I also did read somewhere that it will have a fork which will maintain and c

Re: Bug 1

On 10/04/2011 11:02, Peter Kukums wrote: This issue concerns me greatly as I have spent the past few years converting beginners frustrated with Windows crashing, virus attacks and other concerns to the peaceful, stable world of Ubuntu. As beginners they would have no idea of how to change back

Re: 11.04

On 09/04/2011 11:04, Paul Gear wrote: On 08/04/11 12:01, Daniel Jitnah wrote: ... I am back to using 11.04 with Gnome and I think it is great. Yes I think there will be a lot of disatisfied users. But they will always be able to go back to Gnome. But 11.10 will be the issue when Gnome will

Re: windows7 dual boot

On 09/04/2011 09:54, Basil Chupin wrote: On 09/04/2011 09:08, Adrian J de Bruyn wrote: G'day all Being a newbie I might be asking for something resolved long ago. I tried to install 10.10 alongside windows7. But no success. It installs all right, I think, but when booting it reverts ba

Re: windows7 dual boot

On 09/04/2011 09:08, Adrian J de Bruyn wrote: G'day all Being a newbie I might be asking for something resolved long ago. I tried to install 10.10 alongside windows7. But no success. It installs all right, I think, but when booting it reverts back to Windows without giving me a choice. What am I

Re: 11.04

On 08/04/11 14:04, Boden Matthews wrote: Unity, bloody Unity! It's ugly, horrible and naff, get rid of it! If you install GNOME and remove Unity at the same time, GNOME works perfectly. Regards, Boden Matthews Sent from my DET craptop Gnome is not QUITE the same as in Maverick but it is certa

Re: 11.04

On 07/04/2011 23:43, IKT wrote: Heya, Has anyone been mucking around with 11.04? What do you think of it so far? - ikt If you stay away from Unity then it is acceptable. BC -- "I believe what I am programmed to believe." A robot in Futuruma -- ubuntu-au mailing list

Re: If you are using iinet as your ISP.... A FOLLOW-UP

On 07/01/2011 20:01, Basil Chupin wrote: ...and are using VoIP service and have tried to call in the past month or so a 13XX phone number, check your Invoice from iinet for your VoIP account to see if they are charging you 20c for calls to 13X numbers which never ever got connected (ie

If you are using iinet as your ISP....

...and are using VoIP service and have tried to call in the past month or so a 13XX phone number, check your Invoice from iinet for your VoIP account to see if they are charging you 20c for calls to 13X numbers which never ever got connected (ie, all you got was an engaged tone). I ju

Re: transfer/copy movie

On 12/12/2010 15:23, Basil Chupin wrote: > On 12/12/2010 15:03, terry wrote: >> Hi all can anyone suggest a program or way to copy movies from my dvd >> drive to my external hard drive, tried a few ways but no success yet.. >> >> Thanks >> >> Terry >> &

Re: transfer/copy movie

On 12/12/2010 15:03, terry wrote: > Hi all can anyone suggest a program or way to copy movies from my dvd > drive to my external hard drive, tried a few ways but no success yet.. > > Thanks > > Terry > k9copy (and if you want to burn it then burn it with k3b.)[1] In k9copy specify the destination

Re: How to work with a headset and speakers

On 22/11/2010 11:12, Paul Whipp wrote: > Hi there, > > I have an annoying Ubuntu problem: > > I use my Ubuntu desktop for work and for good quality VOIP I use a > Logitech wireless headset that works very well. I also have the usual > sound card/speakers connected. > > If I get a skype call and I

Re: Mounting Floppies

eve this. > I'm sure some LINUX guru will see this as a challenge and come up with > the answer. > Cheers > David > > On 03/11/10 20:32, Basil Chupin wrote: > >> On 03/11/2010 18:58, David Bowskill wrote: >> >> >>> Hello All >>>

Re: [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: Re: bookmarks in firefox]]

On 06/11/2010 09:22, David Johnson wrote: Re: [Fwd: Re: bookmarks in firefox].eml Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: bookmarks in firefox] From: David Johnson Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:29:11 +1100 To: David Johnson Hi Rob and others. The bookmarks are not staying after closing firefox. Each day wh

Re: Mounting Floppies

On 04/11/2010 15:42, Paul Gear wrote: On 04/11/10 09:13, Matthew Hannigan wrote: If you just want to get some stuff of floppy, just use mtools. Don't bother mounting This is good advice. Get the stuff off with mtools, then forget about the floppies! :-) Normally would be the cas

Re: Mounting Floppies

On 03/11/2010 23:16, David Bowskill wrote: > Thanks Basil > I can't seem to find the previous correspondence (have searched back as > far as May). > There seems to be some very basic bug since according to fstab anyone > can mount the floppy - and it seems to partially achieve this. > I'm sure some

Re: Mounting Floppies

On 03/11/2010 18:58, David Bowskill wrote: > Hello All > I was cleaning up when I came across some old floppies with stuff I > wished to read. > > Ubuntu 10.04 would not mount the floppy although the drive light cam on > for a short while and the drive 'clicked'. > > The file /etc/fstab includes th

Re: Ubuntu - never again - please read

On 05/09/2010 17:43, Rob Dawson wrote: > On 05/09/10 14:58, James Takac wrote: > >> Hi Terry >> >> On Sunday 05 September 2010 13:48:51 Terry Brock wrote: >> >> >>> I use ubuntu on both of my computers and except for normal hicups I have >>> found it to work every time I think that whoeve

Re: Ubuntu - never again - please read.

On 03/09/2010 23:26, Mark Hill wrote: Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Once only have I actually had Ubuntu install cleanly and run (dual boot with Win XP). The Ubuntu version was from memory, 8.04 and not a serious contender to Windows in my humble opinion. I tried very recently and again today with

Zoo Weekly dubs Stephen Conroy 'dumbest MP'

*COMMUNICATIONS Minister Stephen Conroy is on the receiving end of another dishonourable award, after being dubbed Australia's dumbest politician in a magazine survey. * /Zoo Weekly/ magazine conducted the online survey of 1200 voters to dub Senator Conroy the dumbest politician, followed by F

Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall

On 17/07/10 15:25, Scott Evans wrote: > The main thing is that unless you need ANY ports open on your > modem/router then you are fin behind the NAT you only expose yourself if > you are running a service that requires something/someone to connect to > it. Also unless you are on a fixed IP from you

Re: How many linux users?

On 25/07/10 22:48, IKT wrote: On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Basil Chupin <mailto:blchu...@iinet.net.au>> wrote: On 25/07/10 22:01, Tom Sparks wrote: > if there are 12 million ubuntu users > How many linux users are there? > > You asking this beca

Re: How many linux users?

On 25/07/10 22:01, Tom Sparks wrote: > if there are 12 million ubuntu users > How many linux users are there? > > You asking this because you have a school project to complete or because you are a seeker of truth and a statistics zealot? :-) . BC -- A man kept complaining about not having

Re: Why haven't we seen this?

On 23/07/10 17:21, Paul Gear wrote: > On 23/07/10 14:18, Basil Chupin wrote: >> FWDed from another Ubuntu mail list: >> >> >> QUOTE >> >> So much goodness where has this been hiding? >> >> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/07/best-advert

Re: Why haven't we seen this?

On 23/07/10 15:22, Tom Sparks wrote: > --- On Fri, 23/7/10, Basil Chupin wrote: > > >> From: Basil Chupin >> Subject: Why haven't we seen this? >> To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com >> Received: Friday, 23 July, 2010, 2:18 PM >> FWDed from another Ub

Why haven't we seen this?

FWDed from another Ubuntu mail list: QUOTE So much goodness where has this been hiding? http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/07/best-advert-for-ubuntu-you-probably.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29 UNQUOTE BC -- And God created Woman; an

Re: DVB card

On 14/07/10 16:49, Tony Addis wrote: Hi, I want to run Me TV and am not sure if I have a DVB card on my computer, how do I find out? Tony Tony, I have sent you 3 e-mails (off the list) in response to your private post to me. Have you received my posts (or have they gone missing)? BC --

Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall

On 17/07/10 12:35, Peter Garrett wrote: On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:07:00 +1000 Basil Chupin wrote: If a router doesn't respond to an ICMP ping then it does not exist. Right? Or is this wrong? From the headers of your mail: Received: from unknown (HELO [192.16

Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall

On 15/07/10 17:52, Callan Jefferson Davies wrote: >> And now I am absolutely confused and in the state of wonder. >> >> When I went broadband (from dial-up) I bought a Netgear modem/router >> >> Then I went from ADSL to ADSL2+, still with TPG, and was supplied with a >> Zyxel ADSL2+ modem/route

Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall

On 15/07/10 16:44, Callan Jefferson Davies wrote: >> Some time ago when I was dual-booting with XP and used XP on the 'net, I >> had Zone Alarm installed. This had a setting where incoming pings from >> WAN, but not LAN, were not responded to. >> > > > Hi Basil, > > That sounds a little weird

Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall

On 15/07/10 00:08, Sam Jackson wrote: Hiya Basil, On 14/07/2010, at 10:05 PM, Basil Chupin wrote: The question now is: does anyone know which parameter in this Netcomm I need to play with - and what are the settings - to stop these responses to pings, please? I'm not familiar with

Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall

On 15/07/10 11:25, Dale wrote: On 15 July 2010 10:40, Basil Chupin wrote: On 15/07/10 10:13, Callan Jefferson Davies wrote: My advice: ignore grc.com. :-) I'll pipe up here and agree with that statement - there's absolutely no need to go blocking pings. I w

Re: HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall

On 15/07/10 10:13, Callan Jefferson Davies wrote: >> My advice: ignore grc.com. :-) >> > > I'll pipe up here and agree with that statement - there's absolutely no > need to go blocking pings. > > I work for an ISP (Adam in Adelaide) and get this question a lot from > customers, and also talk

HOW TO: Netcomm NB9WMAXX and Firewall

In the very early hours of this morning (Wednesday) we had here in Canberra one hell of a wind 'storm' with the result that one of our neighbour' trees was bought down and short-circuited 2 phases of the power lines. The power surge took out my modem's power unit. Today, as replacement, I boug

Re: DVB card

On 14/07/10 16:49, Tony Addis wrote: Hi, I want to run Me TV and am not sure if I have a DVB card on my computer, how do I find out? Tony sudo lshw and look for an entry for a DVB card. But if you don't know whether you have one then probably you don't. One other way is to run kaffeine,

Re: Problems with printing

On 07/07/10 17:19, David Bowskill wrote: Hello All I have a problem with printing under /Lucid Lynx. /My printer is an HP1200 with 72Mbytes of RAM ( the maximum). Printing is extremely slow (many minutes a page) and the job often terminates before completion. I always select 'urgent' and the

Re: Seeking help for install ubuntu and remove suse

On 01/07/10 22:41, Jay wrote: > Dear friends, > > I am new to ubuntu and the group. I am seeking help on the > installation of ubuntu and removing suse. Can some body guide me or > help me to install. > > Thank you > > JAY > You install Ubuntu right over where SuSE is sitting and SuSE will be

Weather Bureau uses Linux to cut VM licensing

Shift to Linux saves on new project deployment. The Bureau of Meteorology claims to have saved considerable sums on software licensing by embracing open source software during a server virtualisation drive. When the Bureau of Meteorology shifted to using server virtualisation, one major

Re: Problem with Ubuntu Linux system

On 24/06/10 23:21, Peter Goggin wrote: My Linux system has developed a problem. It boots to the login stage but is very unresponsive. Eventually it completes the login but remains unresponsive. The disk activity light remains on and the system remains very sluggish. Is this a disk problem or

Re: Tips?: hardware... media playback d evice

On 21/06/10 22:14, David wrote: > Hi, > > I don't know much about hardware. I'd be grateful for some advice on > what device to buy with which I can play back digital music files > through a conventional hifi amplifier, a device that either has a hard > drive or can be connected to an external hard

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

On 15/06/10 19:26, David Fawcett wrote: On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Tom Sparks > wrote: --- On *Tue, 15/6/10, David Fawcett /mailto:omniw...@gmail.com>>/* wrote: From: David Fawcett mailto:omniw...@gmail.com>> Subject: Re: ubuntu

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

On 15/06/10 15:33, Tom Sparks wrote: > --- On Tue, 15/6/10, Paul Schulz wrote: > > >> From: Paul Schulz >> Subject: Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe >> To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com >> Received: Tuesday, 15 June, 2010, 10:21 AM >> You can install Ubuntu on a USB stick >> and boot from that. >> >>

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

f the USB stick - you would probably want to use one of the fastest around (Corsair) for which you would be paying ~$31 + freight from Sydney. BC > Cheers, > Paul > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Basil Chupin wrote: > >> On 14/06/10

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

On 14/06/10 16:34, Paul Gear wrote: > On 14/06/10 16:31, Basil Chupin wrote: >> ... >>> Deep Freeze is available for Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, >>> so it's likely that it could be hacked (possibly only with Faronics' >>> involvement)

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

On 14/06/10 16:20, Paul Gear wrote: > On 14/06/10 15:07, Mitch Towner wrote: >> ... currently we use a program called Deep Freeze (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Freeze_%28software%29 ) on our windows computers the close likeness I seen is the ubuntu LiveCD >>>

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

On 14/06/10 10:40, Tom Sparks wrote: > --- On Mon, 14/6/10, Tom Sparks wrote: > > >> From: Tom Sparks >> Subject: Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe >> To: "Basil Chupin" >> Received: Monday, 14 June, 2010, 10:37 AM >> --- On Sun, 13/6/10, Basil

Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe

On 13/06/10 19:09, Tom Sparks wrote: > I am wondering if there is a version of ubuntu for an internet cafe? > Is there a installable read-only (liveCD like) version of ubuntu? > I don't understandthe Ubuntu CD is a Live CD using which you can run Ubuntu to do most, but not all, things or

Re: Problems after last kernel update

On 07/06/10 16:21, Peter Kukums wrote: Hi there, yesterday my system updated the kernel to version 2.6.32-22-generic-pae Ever since then the Virtualbox driver won't load and cups won't start on boot up. I realise that I can start them from the command line each time, but that is a pain. Has

Re: Ubuntu-AU wiki page

On 05/06/10 21:13, Jared Norris wrote: Good morning/afternoon/evening Ubuntu-AU'ers As I have been going through and cleaning up a lot of the wiki lately (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam) I have had quite a few people coming to me suggesting that the front page itself was also due for a r

Re: An interesting variant of Lucid 10.04 - Ultimate Edition v2.6

On 12/05/10 20:25, Melissa Draper wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 22:55 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote: > >> I have just downloaded this DVD iso and yet to install but it does sound >> interesting. >> >> > If this is anything like the last time I looked at it

An interesting variant of Lucid 10.04 - Ultimate Edition v2.6

I have just downloaded this DVD iso and yet to install but it does sound interesting. What is Ultimate Edition 2.6? Ultimate Edition was built off Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04, I am going to start off with some of the finer points. It will be my main O/S for some time to come. It is lightning fas

Re: Thai language in Ubuntu 10.4

On 08/05/10 07:36, Robert Parker wrote: > Folks, > > I would like to be able to switch between Thai and English in the > system menus if that is possible. I have no problems switching between > Thai and English in the different applications. > > Clues anyone? > I don't but a useful URL to have

Re: help

On 07/05/10 11:51, Kym Mickan wrote: /is this where I can ask for help as I'm new at this ubuntu stuff and having some headaches./ Yep, at least one of the places. One other would be the ubuntu mail list (to which you need to subscribe here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglist