Re: [ubuntu-uk] please, help me buy a laptop.

2008-06-21 Thread Stephen Courtney
James Grabham wrote: So, is the general consensus, get a Vostro 1000, and live with having to lug a 15.4 inch thing around every day, granted, if the battery on the acers is terrible, it would be pointles lugging anything around. It's getting more and more complicated :) You could

Re: [ubuntu-uk] more questions on Asus Eee

2008-03-18 Thread Stephen Courtney
Kris Douglas wrote: On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Albert Vilella [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Has anyone upgraded the RAM and SD of an Asus Eee? Is it worth buying the low-spec one and upgrading RAM and SD oneself? Any preferred SD brand

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HDD drives... which brand(s)?

2008-02-07 Thread Stephen Courtney
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Matthew Wild wrote: | Hi all, | | What is the general opinion of the best HDD manufacturer? Over the | years I have heard bad about each one in one way or another. | | I'm looking to buy an external HDD. I was disappointed to find that | Maplin only

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2006-10-04 Thread Stephen Courtney
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 STONE COLD wrote: Ok the second thought that I had is that Ubuntu is obviously made with minimum specs in my mind. I don’t have one of those min specs machines, as mentioned above..so is there anyway I can tweak it..like better graphics..faster

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2006-10-04 Thread Stephen Courtney
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 STONE COLD wrote: You might also want to try installing the kernel packages for your particular processor (in Synaptic there are various ones for i686, AMD K7, etc. which are more optimised than the standard i386 ones). It's usually a simple