Re: Ubuntu Unity desktop

[Chris Debenham]

There are many articles about this (such as
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ubuntu-gnome-unity-similarities/ )
Basically the newer Ubuntu makes gnome look and act pretty much the same as
unity was.
Give it a try and you may be pleasantly surprised

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On 4 Dec. 2017 12:18 pm, "Geoffrey Combes"  wrote:

> I have been asked what do I think of Ubuntu's Gnome desktop. I am using
> 16.04 LTS and will continue to do so until it is no longer supported.
>
> I like the Unity desktop. All my favourite programs are quickly accessed
> from the toolbar at left and others can be found in Dash. Unity gives me
> fast access to programs and I would be disappointed at losing it. Is there
> a choice?
>
> Please tell me what is going on.
>
> Geoffrey Combes
>
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Re: Installing distro iso images

[Chris Debenham]

An iso file is actually a DVD/CD image rather than a disk image and so
can't be directly written to a disk via dd.
Instead use something like 'usb-creator' to take the iso image and put it
on the disk in the right layout etc.
Check out https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick for
more information

Chris

On 17 August 2017 at 11:15, Geoffrey Combes  wrote:

> Recently I have downloaded Linus iso images and loaded them to storage
> disks. The first was lubuntu to a TF card to be used with an OrangePi One
> and the second, this week, ubuntu 17.04 to one of my desktop PC's HDDs. I
> used the standard terminal command for this loading procedure. For example,
> with the iso on the desktop the terminal command was: sudo dd bs=4M
> if=~/Desktop/ubuntu-17.04-desktop-i386.iso of=/dev/sdb1
>
> My PC confirmed that the operating systems were properly installed on
> their respective storage media but neither would boot. For 17.04 my PC gave
> a reason for not booting, viz. "isolinux.bin is missing', which is not true
> as the file is in the iso. My question is: Have I left something out in the
> installing procedure? Or any other suggestions.
>
> By the way, my reason for obtaining the 17.04 image was to replace
> 16.04LTS which has developed a fault - both the Updating and Ubuntu
> Software apps have stopped working (a first time event for me).  This
> leaves me in a 'Catch 22' situation. As the 17.04 iso image won't boot I
> have ordered a 32-bit disk from Peter Baker using the on-line source
> ubuntu.net.au.
>
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Re: virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies

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On 21 June 2012 13:08, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote:


 
  From: Chris Debenham ch...@adebenham.com
 To: Boden Matthews boden.matth...@gmail.com
 Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com
 Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2012 10:02 AM
 Subject: Re: virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies
 
 
 * Call them out on this all being a scam (in the process have had threats
 and rather bad language shouted at me)
 


 I've actually done that one.  I was at my father-in-laws house - he's 90
 and has never even owned a computer.

 The person (female) did not get abusive, but rather got upset and admitted
 that it was a scam.  Surprise!  I like to think it might have been a life
 changing experience for her  ;-)

 I like the idea of letting them have access to a VM, just to see what will
 happen though.  I'd be a little concerned about all the other computers on
 the same router though - some of them (the wife's) are Windows computers.


I have actually tried this before.
I setup a virtualmachine and put it in it's very own VLAN (so can't access
other machines)  I also setup routing so it was the default destination for
a while.
They get you to go through a few steps to show some 'errors' (which are not
really a problem)
Then they get you to go to a website and install a remote-access
application to they can access your system directly
(note that some of the the webpages they can refer you to even have a nice
big warning about scams :) )
After this they futz around a bit 'cleaning' the system.
At this point it is all pretty innocuous.
The big problem is that after all this the call ends - but the
remote-access software is still installed!
I left the VM running for a few days and kept an eye on it (with wireshark
running on host to track network connections to the VM)
Nothing much happened that day - but the next evening around 9pm there was
a connection to the remote-access software and someone spent a while
looking around on the computer.
They did things like looking for documents, and checking browser
history/password store.
Since the VM was a clean install they didn't find anything and left after a
while.
At this point I shutdown the VM and got rid of that VLAN/routing setup
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Re: virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies

[Chris Debenham]

We generally tell them we are running linux (or solaris).
I was quite surprised one time when one of them even knew what linux was!!
(most just don't understand at all)
For a period of time we were getting on average 5 calls a week - we still
get the occasional but only 1 a week or so.
Depending on how much time I have I sometimes 'play' for a bit ;)

Some of my personal favourite ways to mess with them are:
* Spent a few minutes trying to load up the control panel on my microwave
* Tried to sell them my car
* Tried to convince them to move to a better customer management system so
that they could reduce costs and improve productivity (I work for a company
which does CMS stuff so even suggested a few products and referred them to
our consulting services number ;) )
* Sang the national anthem (both verses)
* Told them I don't understand computers good and so would pass them onto
my son (who is 12 months old and had a lovely 'conversation' with them)
* Followed their instruction on my ubuntu box and acted all confused when
it did not match what they were saying it should look like
* Transferred them to our household 'technical support' person (me with
different voice) who was too busy so he transferred them to remote support
(me - new voice again) who was in the wrong group so he transferred them to
management (my wife)  She said this was an IT issue and transferred back to
the original person.  By this time the person on the other end hung up.
* Pretended to be an automated phone system (Say support for IT support,
say sales for Sales etc) with really back voice recognition which kept
messing it up
* Told them that what they are doing is wrong and offered to pray with them
about this
* Call them out on this all being a scam (in the process have had threats
and rather bad language shouted at me)

There are many, many other things to do - any other people have favourite
responses?

Chris

On 20 June 2012 22:22, Boden Matthews boden.matth...@gmail.com wrote:

 Last time they called I told them I had a Mac (They claimed to be from
 Microsoft). I don't actually have a Mac, but it makes them hang up :D

 Regards,
 Boden Matthews,
 http://bodenm.wordpress.com



 On 20 June 2012 22:20, Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au wrote:

 'We have been getting phone calls say your computer has a problem...
 Most time I just hand up. But I've been think of give these caller a 10
 question or some wacky replies

  1 What Operating System I am I using?
  2 What's my local/network IP address?
  3 What's my router's IP address?
  4 What's my Internet IP address?

  * Must be my Atari 2600, How did that get on the Internet?
  * let me drag out my PDP-10 do you want to debug that for me?
  * Where my ARPANET IMP?
 '
 I am wondering what question or wacky replies would you come up with?

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Re: virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies

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On 21 June 2012 13:08, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote:


 
  From: Chris Debenham ch...@adebenham.com
 To: Boden Matthews boden.matth...@gmail.com
 Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com
 Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2012 10:02 AM
 Subject: Re: virus phone call scam: question/wacky replies
 
 
 * Call them out on this all being a scam (in the process have had threats
 and rather bad language shouted at me)
 


 I've actually done that one.  I was at my father-in-laws house - he's 90
 and has never even owned a computer.

 The person (female) did not get abusive, but rather got upset and admitted
 that it was a scam.  Surprise!  I like to think it might have been a life
 changing experience for her  ;-)

 I like the idea of letting them have access to a VM, just to see what will
 happen though.  I'd be a little concerned about all the other computers on
 the same router though - some of them (the wife's) are Windows computers.


I have actually tried this before.
I setup a virtualmachine and put it in it's very own VLAN (so can't access
other machines)  I also setup routing so it was the default destination for
a while.
They get you to go through a few steps to show some 'errors' (which are not
really a problem)
Then they get you to go to a website and install a remote-access
application to they can access your system directly
(note that some of the the webpages they can refer you to even have a nice
big warning about scams :) )
After this they futz around a bit 'cleaning' the system.
At this point it is all pretty innocuous.
The big problem is that after all this the call ends - but the
remote-access software is still installed!
I left the VM running for a few days and kept an eye on it (with wireshark
running on host to track network connections to the VM)
Nothing much happened that day - but the next evening around 9pm there was
a connection to the remote-access software and someone spent a while
looking around on the computer.
They did things like looking for documents, and checking browser
history/password store.
Since the VM was a clean install they didn't find anything and left after a
while.
At this point I shutdown the VM and got rid of that VLAN/routing setup
I also blacklisted the IP range involved just in case ;)

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Re: Bug 1

[Chris Debenham]

On 10 April 2011 09:52, danyJ danyj...@yahoo.com.au wrote:
 On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:32:49 +1000
 peter goggin petergog...@bigpond.com wrote:
 If the next main release does not support Gnome then I will probably
 look at other Linux options.

 It will not be available by default in Ubuntu 11.10.  But there will still 
 be Kubuntu, or most likely Gnome
 will still be installable aferwards.

Actually - it will be there, installed and ready - you just have to
choose Ubuntu Classic as your session type :)

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Re: Bug 1

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On 10 April 2011 17:33, Chris Debenham ch...@adebenham.com wrote:
 On 10 April 2011 09:52, danyJ danyj...@yahoo.com.au wrote:
 On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:32:49 +1000
 peter goggin petergog...@bigpond.com wrote:
 If the next main release does not support Gnome then I will probably
 look at other Linux options.

 It will not be available by default in Ubuntu 11.10.  But there will still 
 be Kubuntu, or most likely Gnome
 will still be installable aferwards.

 Actually - it will be there, installed and ready - you just have to
 choose Ubuntu Classic as your session type :)

Whoops - meant in 11.04 - as far as I've heard for 11.10 it is still
'up in the air'

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Re: transfer/copy movie

[Chris Debenham]

May I recommend 'Handbrake' (www.handbrake.fr) as a very good DVD ripper/encoder
There is a PPA available at https://launchpad.net/~handbrake-ubuntu/+archive/ppa

On 14 December 2010 08:36, terry brot...@gmail.com wrote:
 Sorry about the confusion I should have said that I have the dvd but
 all I want to do is put a copy on my external hard drive so I can take
 it with me and not have to carry all the DVD'S.

 TERRY



 On Dec 13, 6:43 pm, Paul Gear p...@libertysys.com.au wrote:
 On 12/12/10 14:03, 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..

 I use the dvdbackup command line utility - it's available in universe.

  paul.vcf
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Re: Peculiar effect with keyboard -again

[Chris Debenham]

Maybe try going to the Keyboard properties menu item (under 'Settings'
from memory) and check that the correct keyboard layout is specified
(or that there even is one)

On 13 July 2010 12:19, Simone Bowskill sim...@tpg.com.au wrote:
 Hello All

 Forgot to say before that I am using Lucid Lynx.


 I am sending this from my Wife's computer because of the effect
 explained below:

 On start up, I reach the normal login screen and can log in normally -
 from the keyboard.
 When the full normal window manager display comes up the keyboard goes
 dead - the mouse is OK.
 I then restarted and selected repair broken packages, then normal
 start - the same effect was present - no keyboard.
 Restarted again but entered terminal mode - the keyboard behaved perfectly.
 Exchanged the keyboard with one that is OK (the one I am sending this
 message on) - same result as before.

 It would seem that when the X-server/window manager starts, the keyboard
 becomes disabled.

 Has anyone any ideas what would cause this and how I can fix it ??

 Many thanks in anticipation

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Re: Firefox has taken over my Directory Tree!

[Chris Debenham]

The other option is to load up nautilus and then right-click on a
folder and choose Open with other Applications
Then find/select File Browser and make sure that that the Remember
this appication checkbox is selected.


On 2 June 2010 14:14, Andre Mangan andreman...@gmail.com wrote:


 On 2 June 2010 13:55, WasserLand dw...@optusnet.com.au wrote:

 Thank you Andre,

 But . . . just before I complete the exercise my inode line reads as
 follows:


 inode/directory=totem-xine.desktop;mplayer.desktop;firefox.desktop;vlc.desktop;gthumb.desktop;nautilus-folder-handler.desktop;nautilus-browser.desktop;

 Are you saying that I should replace all of that with:
 nautilus-folder-handler.desktop;
 Or do I insert that statement?

 Dave W




 Since nautilus-folder-handler.desktop; is already mentioned in that line,
 cut and paste it so that it is the first item next to the = sign.  Save the
 file before exit.

 If that does not do the trick, delete the firefox.desktop; entry and save
 before exit.

 Andre



 On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 11:05 +1000, Andre Mangan wrote:
 
 
  On 1 June 2010 16:23, WasserLand dw...@optusnet.com.au wrote:
          Okay, I seem to have partially solved it:-
 
          I need to go: PlacesComputerFileSystemHomeetc to get to
          my file
          system.  How do I make that a default?
 
          Dave W
 
 
  A partial solution is not a complete solution!  Try this one:
 
  In a terminal type: cat .local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
 
  look for a line that reads: inode/directory=firefox.;
 
  When you are sure that you have found it, make a note of the line
  number and then type:
 
  sudo gedit .local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
 
  substitute nautilus-folder-handler.desktop;  (without the quotes)
  after the = sign
 
  Save and exit.
 
  Andre
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
          On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 15:59 +1000, WasserLand wrote:
           Ubuntu 10.04.
          
           I go to PlacesHome and the directory opens in Firefox.  It
          presents as
           a page and is headed: Index of file:///home/. . . . etc.
           I can't open
           files or do anything with them.  a right click presents a
          dialogue box
           offering to copy link and other link alternatives.
          
           I've hunted high and low for the inevitable tick that I can
          un-tick to
           get things back to normal.
          
           Does someone have the solution, please
          
           Dave W
          
          
 
 
 
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Re: media centre build

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I use an ASRock ION 330 for media centre duties (replacing a mac mini)
Costs about $350 - just add disk and a usb tuner or two and you have a
decent machine capable of playing High Def media via HDMI (I can play
1080p without too much issue - generally about 40% cpu usage when
playing HD stuff - less for over-the-air HD stuff)
It only takes one internal disk, but add an external drive if you need
more space.

On 18 April 2010 06:24, bryn mitchell bryn_mitch...@yahoo.com.au wrote:

 I am going to get / build a media centre. I could buy a MAC Mini which seems
 just about ready to go out of the box or I could go thru the project of a
 Linux equivalent.
 I want to access the net, rip and play (thru a sound system) music, record
 and replay digital TV, play DVD's / Blue Ray, etc thru a Panasonic Viera
 wide screen plasma.
 This is something I would be happy to spend a couple of weeks on and off to
 complete but not a couple of months to get right. It also needs to work
 right every time or it will fall flat with the missus and kids.
 I have done some reading about Myth TV and it's variants and other
 applications such as Boxee and XBMC but my real sticking point is hardware.
 I got a quote from a local shop to build a box that would suit Win 7 and I
 assume that would also be adequate for a Linux equivalent but the cost was
 about $2500, about $1000 more expensive than a MAC Mini solution. For me,
 the real seller of a Linux system would be to do it on the cheap but as I
 said before I don't want to spend all my time (I am time poor) buying
 hardware and then buying more hardware because it doesn't work or endlessly
 trouble shooting a dodgy set up.
 Ideally I think my best scenario would be to buy a used PC and just add
 appropriate hardware such as a tuner card, graphics card etc but I don't
 know what to buy (or for that matter where to buy). Also fan noise etc is
 any issue I believe.
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Re: media centre build

[Chris Debenham]

On 18 April 2010 21:57, bryn mitchell bryn_mitch...@yahoo.com.au wrote:
 Thanks Chris.
 What OS and Multi Media applications do you use.

I run MythTV on mythbuntu (http://mythbuntu.org/)

 Do you;
* access the Internet - yes - via mythnet
* burn media (such as TV shows) to DVD - yes, via 'mythBurn' which
integrates into mythtv
* rip to MP3 - yes, mythtv can do this natively as well
* view photo's - yes
* edit home video - no, I do video editing on a different machine
generally (one connected to a keyboard/mouse instead of just a remote
control) but there is nothing precluding doing video editing on this
machine as it is faster than my actual desktop anyway :-)

 Do you use a wireless network connection and if so what brand of card/USB (I 
 assume it's USB).

I actually use wired gigabit ethernet (since I store most of my media
on a separate machine) but as long as you are not streaming high-def
content over the network then wireless is fine.
I actually do stream standard-def over wireless to my laptop on
occassion and it works fine.


 
 From: Chris Debenham ch...@adebenham.com
 To: bryn mitchell b...@mitchells.id.au
 Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com
 Sent: Sun, 18 April, 2010 6:20:55 PM
 Subject: Re: media centre build

 I use an ASRock ION 330 for media centre duties (replacing a mac mini)
 Costs about $350 - just add disk and a usb tuner or two and you have a
 decent machine capable of playing High Def media via HDMI (I can play
 1080p without too much issue - generally about 40% cpu usage when
 playing HD stuff - less for over-the-air HD stuff)
 It only takes one internal disk, but add an external drive if you need
 more space.

 On 18 April 2010 06:24, bryn mitchell bryn_mitch...@yahoo.com.au wrote:

 I am going to get / build a media centre. I could buy a MAC Mini which
 seems
 just about ready to go out of the box or I could go thru the project of a
 Linux equivalent.
 I want to access the net, rip and play (thru a sound system) music, record
 and replay digital TV, play DVD's / Blue Ray, etc thru a Panasonic Viera
 wide screen plasma.
 This is something I would be happy to spend a couple of weeks on and off
 to
 complete but not a couple of months to get right. It also needs to work
 right every time or it will fall flat with the missus and kids.
 I have done some reading about Myth TV and it's variants and other
 applications such as Boxee and XBMC but my real sticking point is
 hardware.
 I got a quote from a local shop to build a box that would suit Win 7 and I
 assume that would also be adequate for a Linux equivalent but the cost was
 about $2500, about $1000 more expensive than a MAC Mini solution. For me,
 the real seller of a Linux system would be to do it on the cheap but as I
 said before I don't want to spend all my time (I am time poor) buying
 hardware and then buying more hardware because it doesn't work or
 endlessly
 trouble shooting a dodgy set up.
 Ideally I think my best scenario would be to buy a used PC and just add
 appropriate hardware such as a tuner card, graphics card etc but I don't
 know what to buy (or for that matter where to buy). Also fan noise etc is
 any issue I believe.
 Interested in any opinions,

 Regards.
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Re: digital HDTV tuner card's

[Chris Debenham]

If you want a dual-tuner card I'd recommend the PS3 PlayTV usb tuner.
Works out of the box, dual-tuner, usb connection and they all have the
same tuner stuff (I've had problems in the past with devices which the
web says that they work but it turns out the manufacturer changed the
internals while keeping the packaging/part number the same)

On 27 February 2010 17:08, Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com wrote:
 On Sat, 2010-02-27 at 13:05 +1100, Giles Richardson wrote:
 was looking at getting a tv but have nowhere to put it and cant rely
 afford one as have just bought a new computer so i was wondering if
 anyone can recommend a HDTV card that works straight out of the box
 with MithTV under karmic.

 If you just want to watch tv on the PC, I'd recommend me tv over
 mythtv, it is a lot easier to get setup.  It also supports scheduled
 recording with sane file names too.

 I use me tv with a Leadtek WinFast DTV Dongle, which is a usb stick
 with a single digital tuner in it.  Works a treat.  Sorry I don't have
 the packaging to give you more info on it.  Here is the lsusb output
 ID 0413:6f00 Leadtek Research, Inc. WinFast DTV Dongle (STK7700P based)

 Depending on the store you go to you _may_ be able to plug it into a
 laptop and test it.

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Re: Creating A Linux Disro - Need Programmers, Disginers etc!

[Chris Debenham]

I think the responses can be better understood if we reframe them into
another context.
What the original poster did is the equivalent of asking a group of
commodore fans to help work on designing the next falcon :-)
When you look at it like that it is much easier to understand the responses ;-)

2009/11/15 Skythra skyt...@gmail.com:
 Yeah i'll be unsubscribing from this mailing list after reading this
 particular topic. This is a community bent on some form of elitism for
 god knows what purpose. Justify it how you may, I feel repulsed by
 people's responses here.

 I'm not agreeing with the opening poster or his methods, but lets
 break down some people here:

 Dave Hall - A person who clearly never ever considered ever helping
 out on this project went on to criticize it. Why? God knows. He found
 points he didn't like and made them out to be critical flaws. If the
 conditions don't suit you, just don't do it. You don't need to go on
 some self gratified justification about how much better your time is
 worth then contributing. And he snidely ends in good luck.

 Bwright - A person who never considered ever helping out, but still
 felt like his opinion on the project was somehow necessary too. He
 then puts words in the mouth of the opening poster, interpreting
 whatever he felt like to help justify his position on the matter. He
 also suggests that the poster is arrogant, but I'm not so sure he read
 what he wrote. The same could be easily said to him. Although
 ignorance is probably what I'd choose. There's a lot of work in
 creating a distribution. I'm not so sure it's something that you'd
 make yourself and then ask for help. Rather it's something you look
 for people of similar interest and gauge the viability of it as a
 project. Your contribution to the linux community I can see is about
 as deep as a few posts a week on a public forum. As a member of the
 linux community, i thank you for your generous time in using the
 community's product.

 Aryan - A incredibly insightful person who is more than happy enough
 to get caught up over grammer and spelling rather then contribute
 meaningfully to the topic. While criticizing the opening poster, i
 wonder if he himself considered whether or not his time was actually
 assisting or not.


 Anyway i know i havn't exactly given a lot so you're probably not sad
 to see me go, but on the other hand I feel terrible about sharing the
 good word about ubuntu and suggesting to others to join in, even so
 far as to install it on both parents PC's and laptops, my significant
 others laptop and several friends PCs. I'm loathe to think about them
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Re: Help with Graphics Problem on New Machine using Koala

[Chris Debenham]

No extra drivers/changes to xorg should be needed - intel graphics
should work 'out-of-the-box'.  In fact you can probably just remove
/etc/X11/xorg.conf if you have created one.
Since you are asking this I'm guessing that Xorg did not load up
properly - what did come up when you booted?
Were there any errors displayed?

2009/11/12 OPM595 opm...@yahoo.com.au:
 Oh, Ok. So, according to the last few responses, I maybe able to resolve
 the problem with what I currently have?
 Games? No. Unless, there's a 3D  shoot 'em version of Sudoku. I have my
 doubts. :)
 So, where to from here? Make changes to my Xorg or something along those
 lines? Download additional drivers? As mentioned, I'm a little
 inexperienced in this area.

 As always, any assistance is very much appreciated.

 Regards,
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Re: ubuntu installation

[Chris Debenham]

If you use the standard ubuntu install it already includes openoffice for
office tasks, along with evince for pdf reading
Evolution is there for mail/calendar and there is pretty much everything
else you need on an average day already installed.
If you want to add anything more you can use the 'add/remove software' menu
item to automatically download and install whatever you want

2008/10/2 Blindraven [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 It will comes with everything you need to get started, and is extremely
 easy to install.
 Regarding Microsoft Word, Excell, PDF documents and the rest - Just get
 open office.

 You can obtain Open Office here -
 http://download.openoffice.org/other.html  Download the English .deb

 For a simple .pdf viewer I'd go KPDF but it's a matter of preference
 really.

 I used to use http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/overview.html to get
 myself up and running but there is a  more up to date alternative called
 Ultimatix (which I won't link) but a lot of elitists do not like as as it
 does thing's in a way contrary to how they think things should be done. Even
 if it does not really, except for vastly insignificant minority - do
 anything but save you time and ease the transition process.

 your call.

 Have fun.


 On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Amos Koh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi there ,

 I wished to switched from windows XP  to a linux OS.
 After some googleing , people said ubuntu is the most popular.

 the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition OS is just one disc.
 while many others , like Fedora , has 5 to 6 discs.


 my question is does this one single disc contain all the things i need
  for the installation ?

 i need the normal stuffs like a browser , email , network connection
 read MS Words , Excel , etc  and PDF files.

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Re: Digital TV hardware?

[Chris Debenham]

I am currently using a Hauppauge Nova-T 500 Dual DVB-T card in my Mythtv
box.  I can't remember how much it cost because I got it a while ago but
I think it was around $150 or less.
Standard Gutsy install and it works okay, no special drivers required -
but occasionally I get usb disconnects (the card is a pci card but the
tuners turn up as usb-tuners) which causes mythtv to stop recording.
To get around this I setup 'monit' to monitor the messages log and
restart the dvb card whenever this happens.

Chris

On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 13:01 +1000, Morgan Storey wrote:
 Next question which dual port tv cards are Ubuntu/Linux compatible, or
 someone has had some experience with could maybe comment?
 
 On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Owen Townend
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 
 On 11/04/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I'm running a Yuan PG300 PCI DVB-T card (also called a
 Stratford PG300).  It cost me $55, and happily decodes
 all Australian free-to-air DVB-T channels (including
 hi-def channels, although you will need a fairly beefy
 PC to view them).
 
 It works out of the box in Gutsy.  Pre-gutsy you
 needed to manually feed a card number while loading
 the kernel module, but it still worked fine.
 
 I'm currently running mine in a Mythbuntu machine
 (MythTV / XFCE4 / Xubuntu mish-mash project) as a
 homebrew PVR.  MythTV's web interface makes it trivial
 to schedule recordings (MythTV can pull TV schedules
 from the EIT broadcast over DVB-T).  Recorded shows
 can be transcoded (XVid is my codec of choice) and
 copied off to other machines in the house with
 ease.  Very cool little project.
 
 I'll be buying another identical card shortly, as the
 family are starting to see how easy the MythTV box is
 to use, and the inevitable is occurring: people want
 to record multiple channels at once, which means
 needing another card. :)
 
 -Dan
 
 Hey,
  Dual tuner cards are now only ~$100[1], I think if I were to
 buy 
 another it'd be just as easy to get one of these.
  Interesting note:
 A mate who has one noted that his PCI card is 
 actually detected as a USB hub with the two tuner modules
 hanging off it.
 
 cheers,
 Owen.
 
 [1] At least at places like msy/itestate/fluidtek
 
 
   On Fri Apr 11  9:48 , Paul Gear  sent:
 
 
 Anyone know any good digital tuner hardware (PCI,
 USB, or otherwise)
 
 that works with Ubuntu?  I don't want to spend money
 on a new TV.  :-)
 
 
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Re: Digital TV hardware?

[Chris Debenham]

On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 11:40 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On Mon Apr 14 11:12 , Senectus .  sent:
 
 Sorry for entering this so late, but Daniel can you give me an idea of
 what sized machines you're talking about?
 To be able to record 2 channels at once and view a recording?
 
 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVB-T
 
 The only thing my little AthlonXP can't do is decode (ie: playback) of 
 realtime hi-def channels.  It tends to drop frames every 5 seconds or so.  
 But whenever I record hi-def channels (remembering again that recording them 
 merely throws them at the disk, and doesn't do any encoding/decoding), I then 
 transcode them in non-realitme AFTER they are recorded (and again, at low CPU 
 priority), which also resizes the frames to a lower resolution, which then 
 lets me watch hi-def shows (I use the quotes there because they are 
 downscaled from their original hi-def resolutions, and are no longer truly 
 hi-def).  Now that Channel 10 and others here in Australia are showing 
 different content on their hi-def channels to their standard-def channels, 
 it's nice to have the freedom to watch them without needing a hi-def TV nor 
 fast computer to decode them.
 11. :)
 
 -Dan
 

I am running Mythtv on an AMD Athlon 2600+ and it can record 2 channels
while playing back a recording without issue.
It can record and playback one hi-def channel, but the playback gets a
bit jumpy if another recording starts at the sametime (most likely due
to slow harddisk rather than cpu as the cpu usage stays pretty low)  The
jumpiness can probably be got around by using multiple disks to store
the recordings, or just faster disks :-)

Chris


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Re: Please help me to understand commands for the Gnome-VFS-Obexftp program.

[Chris Debenham]

On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 13:20 +1100, pew_from_hobart wrote:
 
 Dear UBUNTU People,
 
 This email's subject says it all: 
 Please help me to understand commands for the Gnome-VFS-Obexftp
 program
 
 This is a bit complicated so I'll try to get my facts correct. *SMILE*
 
 I will happily supply more technical details as requested. (As long as
 I myself can work out what you need to know)
 
 ( I'm still only a newbie at Linux UBUNTU ... however, I love it. I
 think that UBUNTU is superior to M$ Windows in so many ways!!! )
 
 I'm trying to install software which will let me use a small device
 called a USB Bluetooth Dongle (which I currently have plugged into
 one of my computer's USB ports) communicate with my new SAGEM my411x
 mobile phone.

... whole bunch clipped ...

 I think the program installed okay... but I don't know how to test it
 or the commands to use to operate the software.

You don't actually use gnome-vfs stuff directly.  It is used by gnome
applications such as nautilus.
In the case of gnome-vfs-obexftp you can go to nautilus and enter
obex://[00:00:00:00:00:00]/
Replace 00:00:00:00:00:00 with the id of your device.
An easier way to go is to install 'gnome-bluez' and 'gnome-bluetooth'
then the next time you login a new icon will appear in the system tray
(on your panel bar) that looks like the bluetooth logo.
From this you can search for bluetooth devices, authenticate to them and
then let it load the right path in nautilus.

Chris



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