Re: [ubuntu-uk] memory lane, was: Please can someone look at this and try to help
I most certainly do. I was in Microland on the day they opened and on the day they closed. On the opening day I bought Jetpac and on the closing day I picked up a few bits for my Amiga - a genlock, some video editing software which they threw in for free and a BBC BASIC package iirc. I remember watching Stuart sitting there smoking away whilst playing with an Amiga and thinking that I really must get one when I could afford it. I didn't buy my Amiga from them, that was Athene down in Gosport, but I did get my GVP SCSI HD card with memory upgrade and a Workbench 2.05 upgrade from there. Amazingly they were the best prices I could find. One of the main staff there (other than Stuart and Bob) is now working at PC World, and when I spoke to him a while back he said that Stuart and Bob had recently moved from Cornwall to France. I still regret not splashing out on the Memotech MTX computer they had when they were closing down. Unfortunately I decided to think about it and when I went back it had gone :( The Baytree Bookshop was another favourite haunt of mine. I remember see the Sam Coupe there and thinking it was interesting. I seem to remember getting a dot matrix printer from them once, and I bought a copy of The Hobbit for my Spectrum there too. The bookshop is still there, but not the computer section sadly. I have rather too many retro computers now, and several BBC Micros, including one with the trackball, SCSI interface and Philips LVD player, along with the BBC Doomsday project disks. I take it you were local to Waterlooville back then. I was at Crookhorn when Microland opened, and working at IBM iirc when the closed. Still here, as you clearly noted :) Wow, small world etc! I assume you mean Crookhorn Comprehensive School - I was there from, er, 1984 til 1988, then at South Downs College. I now live in Shropshire. What year did Microland open/close? I used to get my BBC and Amiga software there, too. I remember buying Elite from Microland, Revs from the Baytree, and also queuing up at Microland on the day of release for Elite II. I was so excited, shame it never quite lived up to expectations. Andrew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] memory lane, was: Please can someone look at this and try to help
Paul Tansom wrote: ** Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-11-12 20:04]: James Grabham wrote: You're all really old, I cant remember before my familys 486 with DOS 6.22 and win 3.11 for workgroups (I was born in 1992!!) lol I know my Mum had a computer before that, but I cant remember it - I found its dot matrix printer in the loft a while ago though. Ahh, if it came with a Dot Matrix printer it would be an Amstrad PCW. Ahh, those were the days. I loved Amstrad (Locomotive) Logo on CPM. ** end quote [Rob Beard] I took a lot of stick when the Amstrad CPC464 came out and I bought one to replace my Spectrum. I started with a ZX81, then Spectrum, but the Amstrad really got me into using computers seriously. I had an Amstrad CPC464 for a while too. After my Atari died we got another one and that died too. This was in less than a year. We then got a Spectrum +3 for a week but my dad thought the quality was rubbish (not sure what he was expecting!) and then he got a CPC464 with green screen monitor. That's what got me into programming. We then upgraded to a CPC664 which was luxury loading games off disc. Still with a green screen monitor though :-( Before that it was just games and programming. I used the Amstrad with a ROM box loaded with wonderful software from Arnor to run a sailing club database and print off labels - much easier than a hand bander thing we had been using. I upgraded to a CPC6128 to get me through my degree with the aid of CP/M with Logo, Supercalc and Borland Turbo Pascal (helpfully copied onto 3 disks for my be a local computer store). I also got some work done on my car in return for helping out a mechanic friend with his PCW. That sounds cool. I remember seeing adverts for ROM boxes but didn't understand that much about them at the time and couldn't afford them. I vaguely remember the old Datel Electronics adverts for things like 256K memory upgrades and 'silicon discs'. Protext (all hail the best word processor ever written) followed me onto my Amiga (mouse, GUI, eeek!) and I used that and DPaint to produce a 'brochure' for the IBM lab I was working in at the time. They wanted to do one, but when they talked to the in marketing department and looked into in house publishing decided it couldn't be done economically. I came in the following day with a printout from my Amiga and costings from a local printers that changed their minds. What did IBM know about getting work done on computers?! Then this horrible x86 architecture with DOS and Windows started getting popular and took all the fun out of computers. Praise be to Linux, without which I would have given up on computers long ago. :-) I'd say PC's started getting a bit boring with the advent of Plug Play. Then everyone was buying Packard Bell PCs from PC World and becoming 'experts' over night. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] serious advice
Damn you Daniel! You beat me too it! Ciarán -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] serious advice
Why not buy an asus laptop with linux on it and introduce her to linux games, there are a number of education ones for linux also. Or if you do want to still use linux/oss, why not look at reactos? You didn't say how much your wanting to spend, you could get the ubuntu box from tescos and stick a copy of windows on it if she really needs to use it. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 14 November 2007 09:51 To: ubuntu-uk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] serious advice I am contemplating buying my 9 year old granddaughter a new PC for Christmas. Presently, she has a fairly old PC and has been using Windows both at home and at school. (I hear cries of shame). She is of course familiar with Ubuntu when she uses my machine and it would be my intention to wean her onto Ubuntu on her new machine. Where I need advice is in selecting the best way to enable her to join in with her classmates, if and when she may need to, with regard to such things as educational games and suchlike which do not play on Linux. I know of Wine and Crossover Office but neither of these appear to be what is needed. So, fellow Ubuntu users, what would you advise an old codger to do. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] serious advice
I am contemplating buying my 9 year old granddaughter a new PC for Christmas. Presently, she has a fairly old PC and has been using Windows both at home and at school. (I hear cries of shame). She is of course familiar with Ubuntu when she uses my machine and it would be my intention to wean her onto Ubuntu on her new machine. Where I need advice is in selecting the best way to enable her to join in with her classmates, if and when she may need to, with regard to such things as educational games and suchlike which do not play on Linux. I know of Wine and Crossover Office but neither of these appear to be what is needed. So, fellow Ubuntu users, what would you advise an old codger to do. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] serious advice
You've already mentioned the two ways of getting the Windows games to work on linux. More help could be given if we knew what programs that would be needed to be shoe-horned into Ubuntu. If your thinking of a PC, why not something like the ASUS Eee with Edubuntu installed? I can imagine one scenario where all her friends would like an Asus Eee too, as it has all the whizz-bang fun educational games. Just a thought. Good luck. Ciarán On Nov 14, 2007 9:50 AM, norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am contemplating buying my 9 year old granddaughter a new PC for Christmas. Presently, she has a fairly old PC and has been using Windows both at home and at school. (I hear cries of shame). She is of course familiar with Ubuntu when she uses my machine and it would be my intention to wean her onto Ubuntu on her new machine. Where I need advice is in selecting the best way to enable her to join in with her classmates, if and when she may need to, with regard to such things as educational games and suchlike which do not play on Linux. I know of Wine and Crossover Office but neither of these appear to be what is needed. So, fellow Ubuntu users, what would you advise an old codger to do. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] serious advice
norman wrote: I am contemplating buying my 9 year old granddaughter a new PC for Christmas. Presently, she has a fairly old PC and has been using Windows both at home and at school. (I hear cries of shame). She is of course familiar with Ubuntu when she uses my machine and it would be my intention to wean her onto Ubuntu on her new machine. Where I need advice is in selecting the best way to enable her to join in with her classmates, if and when she may need to, with regard to such things as educational games and suchlike which do not play on Linux. I know of Wine and Crossover Office but neither of these appear to be what is needed. So, fellow Ubuntu users, what would you advise an old codger to do. Norman I'm not sure if this is what you're after, but I used to use Cedega for some games. It's worth is a bit patchy though If games are going to be a problem, dual boot the machine and put Edubuntu as the primary boot option. Windows is only really good for games after all (thats all my windows box is used for really!). -Matt Daubney -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] serious advice
Hi Norman, On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 09:50 +, norman wrote: I am contemplating buying my 9 year old granddaughter a new PC for Christmas. Presently, she has a fairly old PC and has been using Windows both at home and at school. I have a policy of not supporting Windows on friends and families computers. There are a couple of exceptions to this, but I won't take on new people and certainly wont touch vista. The reason I mention this is because one of the exceptions is my sister who has 3 daughters. They have a PC which I supplied them with XP installed. I didn't give them Ubuntu because the girls wanted to play a lot of (non-educational) games on it that I knew would not work under WINE. I also know that the thought of installing them inside a Windows virtual machine under Linux would be too difficult for them, and the PC wasn't beefy enough to do that anyway, and under a VM the guest has no access to the 3D hardware. I also didn't dual boot because I'd be pretty sure that the Linux partition would probably not get used that much. (I hear cries of shame). She is of course familiar with Ubuntu when she uses my machine and it would be my intention to wean her onto Ubuntu on her new machine. Where I need advice is in selecting the best way to enable her to join in with her classmates, if and when she may need to, with regard to such things as educational games and suchlike which do not play on Linux. I am in a similar quandary with my own daughter. She is 4 and has just started school this term. In school they have a windows PC in the classroom on which she plays various educational games. At home she rarely uses a computer at all. She has done a little typing here and there and played some online flash games, but not much more than that. I have ordered a couple of Asus Eee PCs, one for my wife to use and one for Sophie. I wanted to get something small and lightweight which runs normal software. I have just called the school to get a list of all the software that Sophie uses, and if it's any good I'll see if I can get it working under WINE, or get someone to write an alternative in python so everyone can benefit :) Hope that helps. Cheers, Al. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] serious advice
On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 09:50 +, norman wrote: I am contemplating buying my 9 year old granddaughter a new PC for Christmas. Presently, she has a fairly old PC and has been using Windows both at home and at school. (I hear cries of shame). She is of course familiar with Ubuntu when she uses my machine and it would be my intention to wean her onto Ubuntu on her new machine. Where I need advice is in selecting the best way to enable her to join in with her classmates, if and when she may need to, with regard to such things as educational games and suchlike which do not play on Linux. I know of Wine and Crossover Office but neither of these appear to be what is needed. So, fellow Ubuntu users, what would you advise an old codger to do. Norman Why not install Ubuntu/Edubuntu in dual boot on the machine she already has and ask her which she prefers? A lot of the on line edu game run in flash which is available. This only leaves the cd based games. Wine should run the majority of them as they don't actual pull that much power from the system so why not try them on your machine and when your happy that they work transfer them to your daughters. -- Seek That Thy Might Know signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] serious advice
norman wrote: I am contemplating buying my 9 year old granddaughter a new PC for Christmas. Presently, she has a fairly old PC and has been using Windows both at home and at school. (I hear cries of shame). She is of course familiar with Ubuntu when she uses my machine and it would be my intention to wean her onto Ubuntu on her new machine. Where I need advice is in selecting the best way to enable her to join in with her classmates, if and when she may need to, with regard to such things as educational games and suchlike which do not play on Linux. I know of Wine and Crossover Office but neither of these appear to be what is needed. So, fellow Ubuntu users, what would you advise an old codger to do. There are a lot of educational and similar games for ubuntu, however, they will not be the *same* stuff that she sees her friends using, and she may feel left out, however good the OS is that she is using. What will happen is that her friends' PCs will often give problems in many ways, while the ubuntu will be reliable and stable. The 'ubuntu only' option is an ambitious one, unless you are very nearby and in very frequent contact. Since she is not in your immediate household you might have difficulty being close enough for immediate support - if something needs to be configured in ubuntu for example. If you are not careful a situation will arise where she does not know enough to continue using ubuntu exclusively and becomes disappointed (socially) and gives it up completely. A solution I would consider is to use an xp machine with ubuntu as default in dual boot, and with a lot of space. The practical problem will be to get xp because the retail pressure is on vista now. Any internet related activities can be arranged for ubuntu - firefox, email, pidgin messenger etc, and also as many games as you can find. The remainder can be windows, if necessary. Which ever machine you decide upon, get comments about its capabilty with ubuntu (and compiz - it is fun!), and if relevant, windows. -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] serious advice
Lots of excellent advice, thank you. To make things quite clear my granddaughter is cared for by my wife and myself so there is no distance factor. She has a very good monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc so I was contemplating buying just a box. If I got one the same as I use there would be no compatibility problems and she has a wireless link via my router for her internet needs. Additionally, she could have use of both a laser printer for her text work and a colour printer for any arty crafty stuff she wanted to do. As with lots of children the main difficulty to be overcome is being able to fire her interest sufficiently so that she will enjoy sitting at and using her computer. Without this, sitting on your own can be very off putting. I would hope that with email, internet and interesting software (she is already starting to be interested in Gimp) she will not need windows. Thanks again Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu users in High Wycombe area
Hi folks, This morning I popped into see my latest convert to Ubuntu who was having a bit of trouble printing labels off on her printer. While I was there she asked if I could answer a technical question for her Brother-in-law. So I got talking to her Brother-in-law and he mentioned how he got a virus on his laptop a while back. I mentioned about Ubuntu which he could see running. He seemed quite interested when I mentioned about the fact that Ubuntu doesn't suffer from the same sort of problems as Windows. I also mentioned the work I'm involved with in getting some computers running Ubuntu (LTSP server clients) into a local community centre. Now the problem is, he lives in High Wycombe which is a little far for me to commute to. I am planning on popping a CD into him later on (as he's staying locally to me for a couple of days) so he can have a look at Ubuntu, I just wondered if there was anyone in the High Wycombe area who would possibly be interested in giving him a bit of help, and maybe even getting involved with installing an LTSP Server clients in a local chuch/community centre there? (he sounded interested in the idea when I mentioned it). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] serious advice
Well just buy a desktop from tescos then and use that, nows the time for her to learn, otherwise she might be stuck like the rest of the blind windows users. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 14 November 2007 11:52 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] serious advice Lots of excellent advice, thank you. To make things quite clear my granddaughter is cared for by my wife and myself so there is no distance factor. She has a very good monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc so I was contemplating buying just a box. If I got one the same as I use there would be no compatibility problems and she has a wireless link via my router for her internet needs. Additionally, she could have use of both a laser printer for her text work and a colour printer for any arty crafty stuff she wanted to do. As with lots of children the main difficulty to be overcome is being able to fire her interest sufficiently so that she will enjoy sitting at and using her computer. Without this, sitting on your own can be very off putting. I would hope that with email, internet and interesting software (she is already starting to be interested in Gimp) she will not need windows. Thanks again Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] workplacement
Where abouts are you? Are you wanting to help with a project or work for a company? Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tryo tas Sent: 14 November 2007 16:24 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] workplacement hi, i'm looking for a kind of workplacement in an open source project.i did the a+ exam last year which is WINDOWS TOTAL and after that a cisco based course in networking.that's how i got in the computerworld but i want to work with open source only now and am therefor looking for some hands on experience. anybody out there who needs a helping hand? cheers shen _ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51443/*http:/www.yahoo.com/r/hs your homepage. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] workplacement
hi, i'm looking for a kind of workplacement in an open source project.i did the a+ exam last year which is WINDOWS TOTAL and after that a cisco based course in networking.that's how i got in the computerworld but i want to work with open source only now and am therefor looking for some hands on experience. anybody out there who needs a helping hand? cheers shen - Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage.-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bloatware was memory lane
On 12/11/2007, Ian Pascoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Norman [snip] However, I wonder how much bloat would disappear if developers had to go back to programming in machine language and not through a nice interpreted language like C, Python, Java etc Quite a lot of the bloat would disappear, but it would be replaced by a load more bugs, given today's marketing-driven deadlines (my boss asked me the other day: How long will this take, bearing in mind I know when it needs to ship?) and the write-only nature of assembler... Hwyl, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] serious advice
To continue the saga, I introduced my granddaughter to Edubuntu this evening and, after assuring her that I would keep windows for her games etc., she asked me there and then to do it. Her machine is fairly old and somewhat slow so I expect to be in for a long session. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Getting my VFD (case VFD) to work
Javad Ayaz wrote: Ok i know ive asked this question before but i havnt found a solution..so im going to ask again! Is there any way i can take advantage of the VFD in my case...My case is a thermaltake mozart sx and it came with the Soundgraph imon software. This software enabled my pc to display various info on a vfd! Does anyone know how i can utilize this in gutsy? Hoping someone can help!!! Javad I'm sure I had a look last time and couldn't find anything. What sort of connection is it? I was going to suggest, if it's serial (rather than USB) could you try sending random stuff to /dev/ttySX (replace X with the serial port it's connected to, e.g ttyS0 for Serial Port 1, ttyS1 for Serial Port 2 etc). Other than that, have you tried the manufacturer? Might be worth a shot? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: My computer is running very very slowly
On 14/11/2007, Kirrus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - London School of Puppetry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip If your computer stays slow, or if you haven't upgraded to gutsy, whilst your computer is slow, please can you open a terminal, type the command top, and then hit the letter q. Copy and paste what is in that window into an email. snip Tasks: 107 total, 2 running, 105 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 35.5%us, 7.3%sy, 9.2%ni, 25.8%id, 21.7%wa, 0.2%hi, 0.3%si, 0.0%st Mem: 254916k total, 249768k used, 5148k free, 8264k buffers Swap: 738948k total, 75760k used, 663188k free, 64184k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 6684 castellb 15 0 2356 1052 792 R 3.8 0.4 0: 00.05 top 5593 castellb 15 0 20044 7664 6904 S 1.9 3.0 0:18.96 bubblemon-gnome 1 root 25 0 2952 1816 496 S 0.0 0.7 0:02.65 init 2 root 16 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd 3 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0 4 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0 5 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0 6 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 events/0 7 root 18 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 khelper Here it isthanks (Kirrus - Note, I have forwarded this to the list, as it was sent to my mail address) Thanks- I don't how that happened. Caroline -- Blog: kirrus.co.uk Work: encryptec.net RPGs: Captain Senaris Vlenn, CO, USS Sarek Lt Aieron Peters, XO DS5 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- --- London School of Puppetry www.londonschoolofpuppetry.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Getting my VFD (case VFD) to work
the manuf only does windows...and unfortunately its only connected via a usb! thanks for looking before...and again now! On 14/11/2007, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Javad Ayaz wrote: Ok i know ive asked this question before but i havnt found a solution..so im going to ask again! Is there any way i can take advantage of the VFD in my case...My case is a thermaltake mozart sx and it came with the Soundgraph imon software. This software enabled my pc to display various info on a vfd! Does anyone know how i can utilize this in gutsy? Hoping someone can help!!! Javad I'm sure I had a look last time and couldn't find anything. What sort of connection is it? I was going to suggest, if it's serial (rather than USB) could you try sending random stuff to /dev/ttySX (replace X with the serial port it's connected to, e.g ttyS0 for Serial Port 1, ttyS1 for Serial Port 2 etc). Other than that, have you tried the manufacturer? Might be worth a shot? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] edubuntu
norman wrote:
Has anybody here installed Edubuntu, please and, if so, did you have any
problems? I tried this evening and everything went well until I came to
type in names and so forth. Instead of appearing in English everything I
had typed came in what looked like Arabic. Nothing in life runs
smoothly.
It rather sounds as if you inadvertently chose a non english language!
I have installed a number of edubuntu. They install just like
ubuntu/kubuntu and use gnome just as straight ubuntu does.
They are aimed at children so the artwork is a bit more fancy. They
also are geared for a client ('workstation') and server arrangement -
for a class full of children if needed. I have only needed to use them
as a stand alone PC - that is 'workstation'.
--
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Getting my VFD (case VFD) to work
Javad Ayaz wrote: Ok i know ive asked this question before but i havnt found a solution..so im going to ask again! Is there any way i can take advantage of the VFD in my case...My case is a thermaltake mozart sx and it came with the Soundgraph imon software. This software enabled my pc to display various info on a vfd! Does anyone know how i can utilize this in gutsy? Hoping someone can help!!! Javad Hi Javad, Done a bit more searching and found this on the Phronix forums... http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?p=17515 If you look at the last post on the page, it seems that it is supported by the drivers I posted a link to. Hope this all helps. By the way, how much did the case cost and where did you get it from (if you don't mind me asking?). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] edubuntu
norman wrote: Has anybody here installed Edubuntu, please and, if so, did you have any problems? I tried this evening and everything went well until I came to type in names and so forth. Instead of appearing in English everything I had typed came in what looked like Arabic. Nothing in life runs smoothly. Norman Yup, tried both the server and desktop versions and both seemed to work okay for me. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] workplacement
Ok, what afre your skills and abilities? Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tryo tas Sent: 14 November 2007 21:37 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] workplacement hi matt, i'm living in stepney green,london but would consider some travelling. cheers shen Matthew Macdonald-Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting tryo tas : hi, i'm looking for a kind of workplacement in an open source project.i did the a+ exam last year which is WINDOWS TOTAL and after that a cisco based course in networking.that's how i got in the computerworld but i want to work with open source only now and am therefor looking for some hands on experience. anybody out there who needs a helping hand? cheers shen Shen, where abouts in the UK are you based? Regards, Matt. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace Group Co-Ordinator Thanet Linux User Group http://www.thanet.lug.org.uk/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG KEY: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xFEA1BC16 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ _ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51732/*http:/overview.mail.yahoo.com/ how. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing RealPlayer in Gutsy (Re: RealMedia streams (rtsp:) in Gutsy)
On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 20:50 +, Neil Greenwood wrote: On 12/11/2007, Greg K Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adding deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper commercial in Software Sources returns: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper/Release: Unable to find expected entry commercial/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?) Have you tried deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy commercial The commercial repository was never in archive.ubuntu.com. It was on a Canonical server (ok, technically they both are but you know what I mean). http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy - note no commerical http://archive.canonical.com/dists/gutsy - has a partner section which is the new name for the commerical section. The only thing in it at the moment is opera:- http://archive.canonical.com/dists/gutsy/partner/binary-i386/Packages.gz So the line in sources.list would be:- deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner Cheers, Al. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: My computer is running very very slowly
- London School of Puppetry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip If your computer stays slow, or if you haven't upgraded to gutsy, whilst your computer is slow, please can you open a terminal, type the command top, and then hit the letter q. Copy and paste what is in that window into an email. snip Tasks: 107 total, 2 running, 105 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 35.5%us, 7.3%sy, 9.2%ni, 25.8%id, 21.7%wa, 0.2%hi, 0.3%si, 0.0%st Mem: 254916k total, 249768k used, 5148k free, 8264k buffers Swap: 738948k total, 75760k used, 663188k free, 64184k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 6684 castellb 15 0 2356 1052 792 R 3.8 0.4 0: 00.05 top 5593 castellb 15 0 20044 7664 6904 S 1.9 3.0 0:18.96 bubblemon-gnome 1 root 25 0 2952 1816 496 S 0.0 0.7 0:02.65 init 2 root 16 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd 3 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0 4 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0 5 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0 6 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 events/0 7 root 18 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 khelper Here it isthanks (Kirrus - Note, I have forwarded this to the list, as it was sent to my mail address) -- Blog: kirrus.co.uk Work: encryptec.net RPGs: Captain Senaris Vlenn, CO, USS Sarek Lt Aieron Peters, XO DS5 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] serious advice
Dave Morley wrote: On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 09:50 +, norman wrote: I am contemplating buying my 9 year old granddaughter a new PC for Christmas. Presently, she has a fairly old PC and has been using Windows both at home and at school. (I hear cries of shame). She is of course familiar with Ubuntu when she uses my machine and it would be my intention to wean her onto Ubuntu on her new machine. Where I need advice is in selecting the best way to enable her to join in with her classmates, if and when she may need to, with regard to such things as educational games and suchlike which do not play on Linux. I know of Wine and Crossover Office but neither of these appear to be what is needed. So, fellow Ubuntu users, what would you advise an old codger to do. Norman Why not install Ubuntu/Edubuntu in dual boot on the machine she already has and ask her which she prefers? A lot of the on line edu game run in flash which is available. This only leaves the cd based games. Wine should run the majority of them as they don't actual pull that much power from the system so why not try them on your machine and when your happy that they work transfer them to your daughters. I've found that educational games are a mixed bag (I have three daughters aged 7, 5 and 18 months). I have one set of educational programs called something like 'PC Click and Learn' which is created using some Macromedia package (not Flash or Shockwave, I think it's Authorware or something like that). These programs wouldn't work under Wine. I got sound but no graphics. On the other hand I have a Reader Rabbit Keystage CD from about 1999/2000 and that works well (apart from no music unless I setup Timidity). Would it not be possible to install something like VirtualBox and then run Windows 98 or XP on top of that, or as mentioned before, dual boot XP and Ubuntu? Maybe you could give her a few copies of The OpenEducationDisc to give out to her friends as Christmas presents? They could all then get to grips with things like TuxPaint, TuxTyping and TuxMath (actually, I'm not sure if they're all on there, I've been working on a custom branded OpenDisc of my own which I'm going to distribute in my local area). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] edubuntu
Has anybody here installed Edubuntu, please and, if so, did you have any problems? I tried this evening and everything went well until I came to type in names and so forth. Instead of appearing in English everything I had typed came in what looked like Arabic. Nothing in life runs smoothly. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing RealPlayer in Gutsy (Re: RealMedia streams (rtsp:) in Gutsy)
On 12/11/2007, Greg K Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adding deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper commercial in Software Sources returns: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper/Release: Unable to find expected entry commercial/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?) Have you tried deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy commercial ? Hwyl, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] edubuntu
On 14/11/2007, alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
norman wrote:
Has anybody here installed Edubuntu, please and, if so, did you have any
problems? I tried this evening and everything went well until I came to
type in names and so forth. Instead of appearing in English everything I
had typed came in what looked like Arabic. Nothing in life runs
smoothly.
It rather sounds as if you inadvertently chose a non english language!
I have installed a number of edubuntu. They install just like
ubuntu/kubuntu and use gnome just as straight ubuntu does.
They are aimed at children so the artwork is a bit more fancy. They
also are geared for a client ('workstation') and server arrangement -
for a class full of children if needed. I have only needed to use them
as a stand alone PC - that is 'workstation'.
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My son installed Edubuntu in a school library where he was working- no
problems, he was very enthusiastichowever the school was in the grip of
North Yorkshire and their fascination for Windows and throwing away public
money on it...and after he left I am sure they relapsed...sorry am off
the point .he had no problems.
Caroline
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Getting my VFD (case VFD) to work
Javad Ayaz wrote: Ok i know ive asked this question before but i havnt found a solution..so im going to ask again! Is there any way i can take advantage of the VFD in my case...My case is a thermaltake mozart sx and it came with the Soundgraph imon software. This software enabled my pc to display various info on a vfd! Does anyone know how i can utilize this in gutsy? Hoping someone can help!!! Javad I've just done a Google Search for Soundgraph and Linux (after finding this http://www.virtual-hideout.net/reviews/Soundgraph_iMon_UltraBay/index.shtml which I assume is the same sort of thing as what you case has?). It turns out there are drivers for Linux for the Soundgraph devices. I'm not sure if it would work but it might be worth a try. The drivers can be found here: http://venky.ws/projects/imon/ After seeing that Ultrabay device, I really want to get one when I build a MythTV box. Not sure if I could find a Desktop case with 3 or 4 5.25 external drive bays though. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Open Education Disc (was :Re: serious advice)
Rob Beard wrote: Maybe you could give her a few copies of The OpenEducationDisc to give out to her friends as Christmas presents? They could all then get to grips with things like TuxPaint, TuxTyping and TuxMath (actually, I'm not sure if they're all on there, I've been working on a custom branded OpenDisc of my own which I'm going to distribute in my local area). I'd never heard of the OpenEducationDisc before; a google later gives: http://www.theopendisc.com/education/ It's a version of OpenDisc, which was once The Open CD, launched but a month ago. Version 7.10 (ohh, ubuntu-style release numbering!) has just come out; the list of programs is at: http://www.theopendisc.com/education/?page_id=16 Just a FYI, John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] workplacement
hi matt, i'm living in stepney green,london but would consider some travelling. cheers shen Matthew Macdonald-Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting tryo tas : hi, i'm looking for a kind of workplacement in an open source project.i did the a+ exam last year which is WINDOWS TOTAL and after that a cisco based course in networking.that's how i got in the computerworld but i want to work with open source only now and am therefor looking for some hands on experience. anybody out there who needs a helping hand? cheers shen Shen, where abouts in the UK are you based? Regards, Matt. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace Group Co-Ordinator Thanet Linux User Group http://www.thanet.lug.org.uk/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG KEY: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xFEA1BC16 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ - Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how.-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Want a £139 ubuntu box from Tescos ??? Sorry, temporarily out of stock!
Indeed, there are many pc's with windows mista also out of stock but it is good to know that a least one of the two ubuntu boxes have sold well enough to create a temporary shortage! :D N3m3sis (aka Rohan O'mard) - Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now.-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Buying A Laptop
Hey guys, I'm in the process of buying a new laptop for when I'm not at home, it will ofcouse be running ubuntu.I have a price range of 500 GBP and body got any suggestions or any advice or any laptops they would recommend.I don't travel very much so weight and things like that isn't important.I'm just trying to get as powerful a laptop I can for that kind of price. Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Russell -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] workplacement
hi,i'm living nowadays in stepney green,london.i would prefer to help with a
project but to get some knowledge i would consider every possibility.i don't
think in terms of getting paid.
cheers shen
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Where abouts are you? Are you wanting to help with a project or work for a
company?
Regards,
Daniel
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To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] workplacement
hi,
i'm looking for a kind of workplacement in an open source project.i did the a+
exam last year which is WINDOWS TOTAL and after that a cisco based course in
networking.that's how i got in the computerworld but i want to work with open
source only now and am therefor looking for some hands on experience.
anybody out there who needs a helping hand?
cheers
shen
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Issues with APT installing dependencies?
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 09:44:09PM +, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: Admittedly, I've never tried to package something for .deb before (I was an avid Gentoo user who got bored with watching the software compile before I came to Ubuntu!) so it may be something to do with this, it just seems a bit strange that if I'm installing what appears to be a LAMP stack, apt doesn't allow you to load everything it requires. apt is merely the package management system; it doesn't make policy decisions. (Or, to put it another way, it's just the messenger.) phpgroupware Suggests phpgroupware-email (and other modules), so it's not mandatory. apt does what it's told and doesn't install it by default. If phpgroupware wanted a stronger dependency so that apt would install it by default, it could use Recommends (at least as of hardy) or Depends. A Depends is stronger and would also prevent you from uninstalling the depended-upon package. If you use a more intelligent apt frontend rather than simply apt-get, you should be prompted for suggested packages. Your mistake may be simply that you're using too low-level tools which don't try to help you out as much. The portage system allows you to specify certain flags in /etc/make.conf (although it may have now moved!) as follows: USE=apache2 mysql -X ldap imap The above would allow me to install a complete lampstack along with the servers required for the DB connections and LDAP/IMAP cx simply by typing # emerge -av modphp5 is there anything similar under ubuntu? Well, you won't find things in the same terms; binary package systems work quite differently. At the discretion of the maintainer, optional features may be packaged separately. However, in the case you quote, you can certainly achieve much the same effect since I believe all the necessary components are quite strongly modularised. Install the apache2, mysql-server, php5-mysql, php5-ldap, and php5-imap packages; then future system upgrades will preserve this. (For a prepackaged LAMP server, you may want to try 'sudo tasksel install lamp-server', which happens to fill some of your needs right off the bat.) Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
