Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Daniel Case
we have a pad with all the links (including that one) on it: http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/Joggler :) Daniel On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Les wrote: > Is this any good to anyone? > > http://hackthejoggler.freeforums.org/index.php > > On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 22:04 +0100, Daniel Case wrote: >> Inst

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Les
Is this any good to anyone? http://hackthejoggler.freeforums.org/index.php On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 22:04 +0100, Daniel Case wrote: > Install Ubuntu Netbook onto a USB and boot from it, then go a clone of > the current hard-drive into a network location, that should do it :) > > ~Daniel > > On Wed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Les
Good thinking there mate, cheers. On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 22:04 +0100, Daniel Case wrote: > Install Ubuntu Netbook onto a USB and boot from it, then go a clone of > the current hard-drive into a network location, that should do it :) > > ~Daniel > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Les wrote: > > I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Daniel Case
Install Ubuntu Netbook onto a USB and boot from it, then go a clone of the current hard-drive into a network location, that should do it :) ~Daniel On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Les wrote: > I'll be getting one of these little beauties later in the week. > > Is it possible to backup the defaul

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Les
I'll be getting one of these little beauties later in the week. Is it possible to backup the default OS, in case the Ubuntu install goes wrong? On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 21:10 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote: > On 7 April 2010 10:06, Bruno Girin wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 08:15 +0100, Paul Morgan-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 7 April 2010 10:06, Bruno Girin wrote: > On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 08:15 +0100, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote: >> I got the same - so Online appears to be the way forward, if they're >> fulfilling orders on a next-day delivery basis :) > > I must have been unlucky then. I ordered it online yesterday and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Daniel Case
Have you changed the permissions of the directory to 755? ~Daniel On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Alan Pope wrote: > On 7 April 2010 19:33, Daniel Case wrote: >> I have also got telnet to work, had a look around the files, it seems >> like it supports SSH too, not sure how to start it though. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Alan Pope
On 7 April 2010 19:33, Daniel Case wrote: > I have also got telnet to work, had a look around the files, it seems > like it supports SSH too, not sure how to start it though. > I've made some notes on the etherpad.. http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/Joggler I have sshd running but can't ssh in just now.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

2010-04-07 Thread Daniel Case
Open source threatens capitalismwhat the hell :S More like "It threatens out business so we dont like it" I thought competition was meant to be good for the economy?? On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:53 PM, John Matthews wrote: > The problem is, you do that, and you get this happen, which is what I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Daniel Case
I have also got telnet to work, had a look around the files, it seems like it supports SSH too, not sure how to start it though. ~Daniel On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Mark Fraser wrote: > On Wednesday 07 Apr 2010 15:11:27 Jamie Bennett wrote: >> On 7 Apr 2010, at 14:49, Mark Fraser wrote: >> >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPhone software....

2010-04-07 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 07/04/10 07:44, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 07/04/10 01:28, John Matthews wrote: >> I just got myself an iPhone today, and was wondering, is there software >> fort it on Ubuntu? If so can somebody point me in the right direction? >> Hopefully for a novice to install. > > Hi John, > > I doubt th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 60, Issue 11

2010-04-07 Thread Alan Pope
On 7 April 2010 18:55, Dave Morley wrote: > I'm sure it'll be cheaper to buy a blackmarket gun you know ;) I appreciate this was meant as humorous, but lets not go down this direction. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 60, Issue 11

2010-04-07 Thread Dave Morley
On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 18:52 +0100, Teej wrote: > Why not have several Windows users chip in a few quid too! Stupid enough > to pay for it in the first place, might get him a place in the > Seychelles!! ;) > > I'm sure it'll be cheaper to buy a blackmarket gun you know ;) -- Seek That Thy Might K

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 60, Issue 11

2010-04-07 Thread Teej
Why not have several Windows users chip in a few quid too! Stupid enough to pay for it in the first place, might get him a place in the Seychelles!! ;) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

2010-04-07 Thread John Matthews
The problem is, you do that, and you get this happen, which is what I posted about earlier this week. http://mashable.com/2010/02/24/open-source-threatens-capitalism/ It seems that Open source is a threat to capitalism, and those who are loosing money because of it, are beginning to fight back.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

2010-04-07 Thread pa...@fossbox.org.uk
lol / www.fossbox.org.uk pa...@fossbox.org.uk Tel: 020 7481 8479 Skype: bastubis / jim.came...@buhlersortex.com wrote: >> On 6 April 2010 23:18, doug livesey wrote: >> >>> And if you're as appalled as other people, this may come in >>> handy: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/speakout/extr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 07 Apr 2010 15:11:27 Jamie Bennett wrote: > On 7 Apr 2010, at 14:49, Mark Fraser wrote: > > On Tuesday 06 Apr 2010 00:03:20 Alan Pope wrote: > >> No, not that Apple thing, but the O2 Joggler. > >> > >> 50 quid (for 14 days from 2nd April) and free delivery gets you a 7 > >> inch touch

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

2010-04-07 Thread James Thomas
What a fabulous idea! :) Shame I think the irony would be lost in the chambers... On 7 April 2010 15:22, Daniel Case wrote: > Hahaha ^^ > > I'm in > > ~Daniel > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 3:20 PM, wrote: > >> On 6 April 2010 23:18, doug livesey wrote: > >> > And if you're as appalled as othe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

2010-04-07 Thread Daniel Case
Hahaha ^^ I'm in ~Daniel On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 3:20 PM, wrote: >> On 6 April 2010 23:18, doug livesey wrote: >> > And if you're as appalled as other people, this may come in >> > handy: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/speakout/extremeinternetl >> > You never know -- democracy might actually

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

2010-04-07 Thread jim.cameron
> On 6 April 2010 23:18, doug livesey wrote: > > And if you're as appalled as other people, this may come in > > handy: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/speakout/extremeinternetl > > You never know -- democracy might actually work. > > I know, I know ... > > > Ok I've emailed my MP. Most likely t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More bug triagers wanted to talk about your experiences

2010-04-07 Thread Thomas Ibbotson
On 7 April 2010 15:00, Rob Beard wrote: > On 07/04/2010 14:37, Matthew Revell wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm looking I want to learn more about how and why people triage bugs, >> whether that’s in Launchpad or another bug tracker. >> >> > Sorry I'm possibly being a bit thick here, when you say triage

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Jamie Bennett
On 7 Apr 2010, at 14:49, Mark Fraser wrote: > On Tuesday 06 Apr 2010 00:03:20 Alan Pope wrote: >> No, not that Apple thing, but the O2 Joggler. >> >> 50 quid (for 14 days from 2nd April) and free delivery gets you a 7 >> inch touch screen device with:- >> >> 1.3GHz Intel Atom CPU >> 1GB storage

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More bug triagers wanted to talk about your experiences

2010-04-07 Thread Rob Beard
On 07/04/2010 14:37, Matthew Revell wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking I want to learn more about how and why people triage bugs, > whether that’s in Launchpad or another bug tracker. > > Sorry I'm possibly being a bit thick here, when you say triage bugs, do you mean just reporting them or does

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Mark Fraser
On Tuesday 06 Apr 2010 00:03:20 Alan Pope wrote: > No, not that Apple thing, but the O2 Joggler. > > 50 quid (for 14 days from 2nd April) and free delivery gets you a 7 > inch touch screen device with:- > > 1.3GHz Intel Atom CPU > 1GB storage > 512MB RAM > Wired ethernet > Broadcom b/g/n WiFi > A

[ubuntu-uk] More bug triagers wanted to talk about your experiences

2010-04-07 Thread Matthew Revell
Hello, I'm looking I want to learn more about how and why people triage bugs, whether that’s in Launchpad or another bug tracker. So, I’m on the hunt, again, for people who often triage bugs to come to either London or UDS in Brussels to tell me more about their experience. If we get two or thre

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Card

2010-04-07 Thread pa...@fossbox.org.uk
Most recent chips will at least work with the open driver. With gdm it can be pot luck how much hassle you get as it sometimes doesn't pick up NVIDIA chips correctly even when they have Linux drivers. On half a dozen boxes with chips that actually are supported, I've still had to faff about with di

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

2010-04-07 Thread pa...@fossbox.org.uk
I emailed and phoned my MP last week and blogged on it - the 38 Degrees campaign is why questions are suddenly being asked but since entertainment industry cartels have dictated UK government internet policy with an iron fist since Labour originally signed away democracy to Murdoch as the price of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPhone software....

2010-04-07 Thread Dave Morley
On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 08:55 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > On 7 April 2010 01:28, John Matthews wrote: > > I just got myself an iPhone today, and was wondering, is there software > > fort it on Ubuntu? If so can somebody point me in the right direction? > > Hopefully for a novice to install. > > > > T

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Card

2010-04-07 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 07/04/10 09:58, Jon Farmer wrote: > On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 08:59 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > >> ATI have been making big moves toward supporting linux and also open >> sourcing much of the driver code. They just recently announced a new >> driver that will support the brand new OpenGL 4.0 sp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

2010-04-07 Thread Paul Morgan-Roach
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Ashley Whetter < ashley.whet...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I've also emailed my MP. A good site for messaging your MP was on the > Ubuntu uk podcast: www.writetothem.com. The third hearing of the bill > should be on BBC Parliament today but I'm not sure what time it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gadget Show Live Meet-Up

2010-04-07 Thread javadayaz
Slightly off topicbut i wish i won those awesome competitions they have every week!!! :) On 7 April 2010 10:46, Ashley Whetter wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > There is a Doodle poll set up, ( http://doodle.com/fsm46vwinihs5zdf ), > > but I shall enquire as to whe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gadget Show Live Meet-Up

2010-04-07 Thread Harry Rickards
On 7 April 2010 10:46, Ashley Whetter wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 >> >> There is a Doodle poll set up, ( http://doodle.com/fsm46vwinihs5zdf ), >> >> but I shall enquire as to whether this could be posted to the >> >> ubuntu-uk >> >> wiki, as most people would be able t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

2010-04-07 Thread Harry Rickards
On 7 April 2010 10:37, Ashley Whetter wrote: >> > On 6 April 2010 23:18, doug livesey wrote: >> > And if you're as appalled as other people, this may come in >> > handy: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/speakout/extremeinternetl >> > You never know -- democracy might actually work. >> > I know, I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gadget Show Live Meet-Up

2010-04-07 Thread Ashley Whetter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 There is a Doodle poll set up, ( http://doodle.com/fsm46vwinihs5zdf ), but I shall enquire as to whether this could be posted to the ubuntu-uk wiki, as most people would be able to see it there... > It's a shame that i wont see you there... Lets h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

2010-04-07 Thread Ashley Whetter
> > > On 6 April 2010 23:18, doug livesey wrote: > > And if you're as appalled as other people, this may come in > > handy: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/speakout/extremeinternetl > > You never know -- democracy might actually work. > > I know, I know ... > > > Ok I've emailed my MP. I've als

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 08:15 +0100, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Alan Lord (News) > wrote: > > > I ordered one yesterday on-line and I had a dispatch email > yesterday > evening saying it will be with me today. Not bad at

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Card

2010-04-07 Thread Gordon Allott
On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 08:59 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > If it just for the Compiz effects and user interface then almost any > modern chipset should work just fine and "out-of-the-box". There are > (were) some issues with one of the intel chipsets (gma950?) but I am not > sure if that has b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Card

2010-04-07 Thread John Stevenson
Hello Jon, Why not just buy a PC with linux preinstalled? Or better still, keep the existing hardware and run Ubnutu on it as it should work more efficiently than what they already have, possibly using xbuntu if the hardware is really old. You can of course run Ubuntu live from CD, but its a bett

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Card

2010-04-07 Thread Jon Farmer
On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 08:59 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > ATI have been making big moves toward supporting linux and also open > sourcing much of the driver code. They just recently announced a new > driver that will support the brand new OpenGL 4.0 specification > simultaneously across Wind

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

2010-04-07 Thread Thomas Ibbotson
On 6 April 2010 23:18, doug livesey wrote: > And if you're as appalled as other people, this may come in > handy: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/speakout/extremeinternetl > You never know -- democracy might actually work. > I know, I know ... > Ok I've emailed my MP. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Card

2010-04-07 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 07/04/10 08:38, Jon Farmer wrote: > Hi > > I have been asked by a charity I work with to recommend some new PC to > replace some of their older machines. They are keen to give Ubuntu a try > after hearing me evangelize about it. > > I am looking for the install process to go as smooth as possibl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPhone software....

2010-04-07 Thread Alan Pope
On 7 April 2010 01:28, John Matthews wrote: > I just got myself an iPhone today, and was wondering, is there software > fort it on Ubuntu? If so can somebody point me in the right direction? > Hopefully for a novice to install. > The nice little bot in our irc channel says:- 08:53:08 < popey> !i

[ubuntu-uk] Video Card

2010-04-07 Thread Jon Farmer
Hi I have been asked by a charity I work with to recommend some new PC to replace some of their older machines. They are keen to give Ubuntu a try after hearing me evangelize about it. I am looking for the install process to go as smooth as possible and the one area I am unsure of is the video di

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Paul Morgan-Roach
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > > I ordered one yesterday on-line and I had a dispatch email yesterday > evening saying it will be with me today. Not bad at all at just £49.99 > inc VAT and Shipping. > > Cheers > > Al > > I got the same - so Online appears to be the way f