Re: How to install ubuntu server edition?
I don't think there is anything wrong with the question, I just think this mailing list is generally a little bit more higher up on the technical food chain for such and it's kind of expected that you'd have sorted all the really trivial stuff out by yourself or on the forums/irc etc. T. On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Daniel Mons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Julius wrote: | Hey guys need help how to install ubuntu server edition? I'm not entirely sure how to respond to this seriously. Step 1) Download Ubuntu Server iso, burn to CDROM Step 2) Ensure your computer can boot from CDROM, and set BIOS to do so Step 3) Insert Ubuntu Server CDROM Step 4) Turn computer on Step 5) Follow plain english prompts. Did that really need explanation? If you're stuck on a particular part of the install, perhaps giving detailed information about where you are stuck and what you need answered would help. There's also the official Ubuntu documentation, which details each step of the process. Considering various individuals put a great deal of effort into writing it, you might want to put similar effort into reading it: https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/index.html Also, you might get better responses emailing from a computer with a mail client and keyboard, rather than continually sending messages to the mailing list from your mobile device. Sorry if this seems a little narky, but these posts are getting a touch ridiculous. There are plenty of people here willing to help you, if you're willing to first help yourself. - -Dan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIZZDkeFJDv0P9Qb8RArV1AKCT7fu4BeK1lUxuj2jhSK/k4625gwCfRxLG wcEZs8o4g8qt2MvJJVPFO9g= =ygJA -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- When one burns ones bridges, what a very nice fire it makes. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Partition Help
Simple fix for grub is: ALT+F2 gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst Edit partition number Remove unwanted boot descriptors cheers 2008/6/28 Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I forgot to mention that Hardy is located on the second partition. I was worried that that there may be an issue because Hardy wouldn't be physically located at the beginning of the drive. Also, would Grub recognise the changes? Thanks. Simon Message: 10 Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:44:22 +1000 From: Null Ack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Partition Help To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I would think you should be able to simply delete the unwanted partition and resize the one you want but to be safe Id backup the data beforehand :) 2008/6/28 Simon Ives [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've got a, hopefully, simple question regarding the partitions on my system. I have two equal size partitions (ext3) with the first containing Gutsy and the second Hardy. I no longer need Gutsy and would like to have just a single partition with Hardy. I don't want to remove the Hardy install that I already have. ?Can I simply use a tool such as GParted to accomplish this or is there some other process that's better/easier? Thanks. Simon. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: How can I edit the text of a PDF file without having the source file of it?
Hello Sridhar and All Australian Ubuntu Users,
I visited the [2] site you mention below, eg:
[2] Open source, java: http://www.pdfsam.org/?page_id=10
And it _sounds_like_ a good idea. However, when I went to download the
executable version, I could only see a M$ Windows installable version and I
think also there was a Macintosh version there too. I downloaded the M$
Windows version and it appears to have run and installed correctly using
WINE. However, when I use the WINE menu to run the program nothing seems to
happen.
I also downloaded the java source code for the above program. Unfortunately,
even though the source file *appear* to be included, I don't know how to
compile it, and there seems to be no instructions included with the source
files.
This is rapidly seeming to be one job that will go into my too hard
basket. *SMILE*
Someone mentioned that OpenOffice.org 3.0 *should* be able to edit PDF
files. I'm thinking that maybe my best option will be for me to wait for OO
3 to be released and try it.
Thank you for the info and efforts you have made to try to help me with this
problem. *SMILE*
Fond Regards,
Peter Eric (aka 'pew') Williams
from North Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
2008/6/23 Hamish Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 at 15:40, Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Ubuntu-Australia ppl,
{ I apologize for waffling on (below) however I figured that I was best
for
me to supply too much info rather than not enough. }
I have a PDF file (eg an Adobe Portable Document Format) file which I
authored quite a long time ago... back when I was using M$ Windows XP
Home
Edition as my Operating System. I now wish to edit the PDF file, however
I
don't know where the source document is, or whether I even HAVE the
source
file. From memory, the file was written using Micro$oft Word, and
probably
printed with PDF995 (M$ Windows print driver which creates PDF
documents).
[ eg PDF995 is available from the website www.pdf995.com ]
PDF is primarily an export format - it was never designed to be edited.
However, there are some tools out there which can do it - pdfedit and the
soon-to-be-released OpenOffice.org 3.0 spring to mind.
It is possible to treat a PDF like a canvas and draw a white box with new
text over the old text. This is usually done programmatically and can take a
lot of fiddling.
It would also be possible to splice the original PDF with a new page
replacing the one with the old url. This is probably the easiest approach.
PDF::Reuse [1] will do this for you in perl but its API is reasonably
complicated, there may also be GUI tools for this including PDF Split and
Merge [2]. Extract pages 1 to 4 and 6 to 16. Create a new page 5, merge back
together.
[1]
http://search.cpan.org/~nsharrock/PDF-Extract-3.02/lib/PDF/Extract.pmhttp://search.cpan.org/%7Ensharrock/PDF-Extract-3.02/lib/PDF/Extract.pm
[2] Open source, java: http://www.pdfsam.org/?page_id=10
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Fond Regards,
Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS
My free website is:
http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs
(please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.)
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Re: How can I edit the text of a PDF file without having the source file of it?
Hi Sridhar and fellow Australian Ubuntu users, Firstly, Sridhar, I'd like to thank you for your supportive and informative emails and giving me good advice on what to try. The Good News is that I *found the source file* -- it was a Micro$oft Word format document which I had authored in Sept 2005 (which I knew from the document's filename), and it was saved on my system without me realizing that it was saved. I examined the properties of the PDF file I had and that told me the title of my M$ Word document. A quick search and it was found... lurking in a sub-directory of my Home directory. The main work remaining for my document was to replace the crappy M$ Windows Fonts with Linux Ubuntu fonts -- which is easy compared to the PDF extracting dramas which I was thinking I'd need to do, if I did not find the original document. Thank you again for all your help! Fond Regards, PEW From Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 2008/6/29 Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 at 05:51, Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone mentioned that OpenOffice.org 3.0 *should* be able to edit PDF files. I'm thinking that maybe my best option will be for me to wait for OO 3 to be released and try it. You can try it now if you like: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/pdf_import_first_milestone_reached?intcmp=1549 You'll need to get the OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta for that extension to work. Keep in mind that it's all still a work in progress, so it won't be smooth as silk yet. More info at http://www.oooninja.com/2008/03/openofficeorg-30-new-features.html PDF importing is far from easy, since the format was never designed for it. The general way to do things is to use the OpenDocument formats for editing, and PDF for exporting. The approach I'd take is: 1. import your PDF 2. save as an OpenDocument format and edit there 3. when you're done, export to PDF 4. keep the OpenDocument version around for editing in the future -- What is the sound of one hand typing? -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Synaptic and Picasa
Finally I have, with everyone's help, had the problem resolved. Both Synaptic and Picasa are working beautifully. I am very much wiser and very happy. I will be a little more careful what I do in future. Thank you all, Dave W -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
