Re: [ubuntu-uk] Neat app for downloading youtube videos

2007-10-23 Thread Kris Marsh
On 10/23/07, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just discovered this relatively new application. http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=2172 PyTube is a GUI for the use of downloading YouTube videos and convert them to varios selected format. Nice simple interface and converts to more

[ubuntu-uk] Tesco are advertising an Ubuntu machine on their web site

2007-10-23 Thread Rob Wood
Just in case you have missed this... http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-3224/btnResultSort.x=509/btnResultSort.y=291.aspx -- Contact information: Rob Wood Office 0845-869-2085 Alternative

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tesco are advertising an Ubuntu machine on their web site

2007-10-23 Thread Gaurav Patel
Excellent find... Today Tesco, tomorrow, the world! On 23/10/2007, Rob Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just in case you have missed this... http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-3224/btnResultSort.x=509/btnResultSort.y=291.aspx --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tesco are advertising an Ubuntu machine on their web site

2007-10-23 Thread Kirrus
I've dugg it @ http://digg.com/linux_unix/Tesco_Direct_sells_machines_with_Linux Already been done, and got popular: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Tesco_Every_little_helps :) -- Blog: www.kirrus.co.uk RPGs: Captain Senaris Vlenn, CO, USS Sarek Lt Aieron Peters, XO DS5 --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tesco are advertising an Ubuntu machine on their web site

2007-10-23 Thread Kris Marsh
On 10/23/07, Kirrus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've dugg it @ http://digg.com/linux_unix/Tesco_Direct_sells_machines_with_Linux Already been done, and got popular: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Tesco_Every_little_helps :) -- Blog: www.kirrus.co.uk RPGs: Captain Senaris Vlenn, CO, USS

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tesco are advertising an Ubuntu machine on their web site

2007-10-23 Thread Matthew Larsen
Yeah, I saw that and noticed it didn't actually go direct to the Tesco link, so dugg it again. I'd rather read news than news about news :-) Baah thats just Digg. I used to read it like mad but then that AACS business came along and put me off them for good. Never was the same after that, never

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Open Week

2007-10-23 Thread Alan Pope
Just realised this hasn't been announced on our mailing list.. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek Ubuntu Open Week is a series of online workshops where you can: * learn about the Ubuntu landscape * talk to some of the key developers from the Ubuntu project

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Difference between Admin and Root?

2007-10-23 Thread Tony Arnold
Daniel, On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 09:45 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote: OS X is not a linux its BSD, Linux and BSD are both modeled(via other OSs) on unix which is why they share features like sudo, root, commands as well as the directory structure. My understanding is that the name 'Linux' really

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Alan Pope
Hi, On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 14:36 +0100, Peter Lewis wrote: I can't help thinking that if there isn't even an interest in nvidia opening up their drivers / specs, then I really don't want to be buying something from them. Indeed. I previously bought a laptop with an Nvidia chipset and a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Peter Lewis
On Tuesday 23 October 2007 at 15:38:58 Alan Pope wrote: On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 14:36 +0100, Peter Lewis wrote: I can't help thinking that if there isn't even an interest in nvidia opening up their drivers / specs, then I really don't want to be buying something from them. Indeed. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Kirrus
- Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 14:36 +0100, Peter Lewis wrote: I can't help thinking that if there isn't even an interest in nvidia opening up their drivers / specs, then I really don't want to be buying something from them. Indeed. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Alan Pope
Hi, On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 15:58 +0100, Kirrus wrote: I guess this is the difference between the two camps: a) Want all software hardware to be free/OSS b) Want their computer working 100% without fuss, or caring about OSS stuff c) Want to support free and open software and where

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Matt On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 15:17 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote: It would be nice if the drivers are open source, but it shouldn't affect your buying decision that much, as long as they have linux drivers! And they are pretty good linux drivers for Nvidia, ATI's linux drivers are a mess. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Kirrus
Hello, - Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip c) Want to support free and open software and where available will use it, but sometimes will be pragmatic and use proprietary if there is no reasonable alternative. ..is more my camp. And b) doesn't always apply even with the nvidia

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Difference between Admin and Root?

2007-10-23 Thread Sean Miller
OS-X is a derivative of Unix, not Linux. The fact that they might appear functionally similar belies the fact that Linus created a completely new Operating System. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Alternative to Windows?

2007-10-23 Thread Ian Pascoe
Ah, the problems of writing and forgetting to use that spell checker! Thanks for all the comments - I'll work on it and re-post later. E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of norman Sent: 21 October 2007 19:59 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Gutsy Upgrade - disappointing

2007-10-23 Thread Ian Pascoe
Just to share my experiences, I've already ranted on the other relevant lists, but thought you might be interested and could offer some guidelines to prevent this next time. My original installation was 6.10. and I upgraded successfully to 7.04 with no problems using update manager. Decided to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Difference between Admin and Root?

2007-10-23 Thread Kirrus
OSX comprises parts of FreeBSD (Unix), Part NeXT (dead ex-Jobs software/hardware company, like apple, just smaller), and Part other stuff. Apple are pulling together a number of different open-source cores, including stuff spawned from the Linux world. OSX is not running on a Linux Kernel.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu install to USB and existing XP

2007-10-23 Thread Steve Miller
On 22/10/2007, Andrew Barber wrote: Hi there, I've had a play with 7.10 and it looks very good indeed; a lot of hard work has gone into creating it and it works very well indeed. There seems to be a problem though for XP users who download the CD and attempt to install it on an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread Rhys Morgan
Virgin is definitely the one for cable and ive never had any trouble with pipex for adsl. Is anyone using sky as i will be moving to sky in my new house apparently between 8 and 16mb. Rhys -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread STONE COLD
im with virgin! a few months ago my pc broke down so didnt use any BB. In the meantime i heard some scare stories from virgin customers... when i got a new pc i was expecting the worse..but contrary to that they have still been good... best of all no limits on DLing! £20 for line and phone!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread Matthew Daubney
Alan Pope wrote: Hi Jai. On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 21:55 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote: I figured this would be an interesting topic for people to discuss. We're all from the UK so it should work nicely. What is the best Internet Service Provider in your opinion and why? Please state whether it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread Adam Bagnall
Alan Pope wrote: Hi Jai. On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 21:55 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote: I figured this would be an interesting topic for people to discuss. We're all from the UK so it should work nicely. What is the best Internet Service Provider in your opinion and why? Please state whether it

[ubuntu-uk] Idea: UbuCon UK

2007-10-23 Thread John Levin
As I'm envious of things like the Ontario Linux Fest http://onlinux.ca/ the UbuCon in Germany http://the-space-station.com/blog/?p=14 and the Ohio Linux fest http://blue-gnu.biz/content/2007_ohio_linuxfest_penguin_colony_gathers_again I'd like to suggest that the Ubntu-UK Loco Team organise an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Open Week

2007-10-23 Thread Andrew Barber
On 23/10/2007, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just realised this hasn't been announced on our mailing list.. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek Ubuntu Open Week is a series of online workshops where you can: * learn about the Ubuntu landscape * talk to some of the key

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread Andrew Barber
On 23/10/2007, John Levin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Martin Peeks wrote: Hi, Jai Harrison wrote: Hey Guys, I figured this would be an interesting topic for people to discuss. We're all from the UK so it should work nicely. What is the best Internet Service Provider in your opinion

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Idea: UbuCon UK

2007-10-23 Thread Matthew Wild
On 10/24/07, John Levin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wouldn't you give up a weekend for such madness? John Me... certainly! Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Idea: UbuCon UK

2007-10-23 Thread Andrew Barber
On 24/10/2007, Matthew Wild [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/24/07, John Levin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wouldn't you give up a weekend for such madness? John Me... certainly! Matthew. I think this would be a great idea. It would be fun for all. Could also get many more users involved