Re: [ubuntu-uk] edubuntu
On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 21:27 +, 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 I'm part of the Iso-testing team I install Edubuntu about 2 dozen times and never had this issue :) -- 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] Buying A Laptop
Hi I would tend to stick to the Ubuntu laptops with Dell, but in most cases you are pretty good with any of the brands. I personally use (K)Ubuntu on a Dell Latitude and a Toshiba (cant remember which one, about 1 year old). The very first thing you need to look at is the Wireless card - check that it is compatible... second thing it the graphics card. Nvidia is well supported, and ATI is supposed to be but i have had problems with them. Intel is also sometimes dodgy. Other than that you are pretty much clear to go with anything (in my opinion). cheers, Michael On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 23:26 +, Russell Green wrote: 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] Buying A Laptop
On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 07:54 +, Kris Douglas wrote: On 14/11/2007, Russell Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 Hi, have a look at some of the Dell laptops, I'm using one of those and they are a sound piece of hardware. They're all at http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/default.aspx?c=ukamp;l=enamp;s=gen I'll second that, I purchased an Inspiron 6400n about a month ago, with Ubuntu Feisty pre-installed. The spec is as follows: Inspiron 6400 N-Series Dual Core Processor T2080 (1.73 GHz 533 MHz FSB 1 MB L2 cache) Wide Sreen 15.4 WXGA (1280x800) Display with TrueLife Memory Dual-Channel 1024MB (2x512) 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM Hard Drive 80GB Serial ATA (5400 RPM) DVD+/-RW (Read/Write) 8X Fixed Internal Battery Primary 9 cell 85W/HR LI-ION Graphics Card Intel Media Accelerator 950 Up to 256MB of shared Memory for N-Series with TV and S-Video Output (supports Compiz) UK Modem Cable and Adapter Internal V.92 Data, Fax, Voice Functions Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-PCI Card (for Dual Core Processor) UK/Irish Internal Keyboard (QWERTY) All for £464.12 including VAT and Delivery The only issue I've had so far is with the S-Video out on the graphics card (not very important to me really) and my only complaint is that it doesn't have bluetooth built in. The battery life is excellent (I'm off to swindon from Kent by coach today and the battery should last me the whole 6 hours of coach travel including the 1hr 10m stopover at Victoria today and on Sunday night on my way home!). It still amazes me that the battery can be showing as 10% when there's 2hrs left! Hope this is of some help, Matt. -- 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)
Hi Mac, On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 06:38 +, Mac wrote: Alan Pope wrote: big snip So the line in sources.list would be:- deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner Al The 7.10 Release Notes say deb http://archive.canonical.com/ gutsy partner Which is right? Or are they both right, so it doesn't matter? Try each and see what happens? 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] sshd died?
Anyone have any idea what to do when sshd has died on your server? I mean without rebooting... I have a server in a remote location, i can't connect with ssh, but other services (VMware server, apache2) are still running and i can connect to them. I also can connect through ssh to its VM guests. Any one know of a way to get in and restart sshd? I don't really want to restart it because it takes 10 minuets to boot and start all the VM's, and they are in use. Any help would be great! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] sshd died?
In essence your issue is that you have no way to get to the command line? So you don't have a console you can run commands from? Obviously if you can run commands sudo /etc/init.d/ssh would probably do it, but not really quite sure how you'd restart a daemon without server access... Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Children DVD (Windows compatible)
Hi Guys I couldn't run a couple of children DVDs (Disney and Baby Einstein) with the Totem Movie Player 2.20 Is there a piece of software I could use to view windows compatible movies games? Many Thanks Pascal ___ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Children DVD (Windows compatible)
You should make sure that libdvd is installed follow this guide: http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2006/12/14/how-to-enable-dvd-playback-ubuntu-510 -6061-610/ Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pascal Khoury Sent: 15 November 2007 14:08 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Children DVD (Windows compatible) Hi Guys I couldn't run a couple of children DVDs (Disney and Baby Einstein) with the Totem Movie Player 2.20 Is there a piece of software I could use to view windows compatible movies games? Many Thanks Pascal _ For ideas on reducing your carbon footprint visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html this month. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] sharing files- Gutsy2Xbox
On Nov 15, 2007 2:33 PM, Javad Ayaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an xbox which ive connected to my media centre (in another room). How can i set up file sharing on this. Ive tried the sharing file option in the menu but for some reason it cannot be saved. i click on share and then ok...but when i go back in it will have disappeared! so how can i share files so i can play it through my XBC? old xbox or 360? If it's an older one, is it modded and running XBMC? If so, which version of XBMC? My xbox mounts my PC's drives using SMB and it works perfectly. -- Steve When one person suffers from a delusion it is insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion. 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] sharing files- Gutsy2Xbox
I have an xbox which ive connected to my media centre (in another room). How can i set up file sharing on this. Ive tried the sharing file option in the menu but for some reason it cannot be saved. i click on share and then ok...but when i go back in it will have disappeared! so how can i share files so i can play it through my XBC? Regards Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] edubuntu
On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 14:00 +, andylockran wrote: Norman, I _really_ like edubuntu so much that it's become my choice for the desktop at home. It was great fun to have friends at uni come with their XP laptops complaining about their speed - and set them up to boot off their network cards onto my edubuntu server. That's only a small part of it. (I find the interactive periodic table far too exciting) - I wish I'd had something like that when I was at school. Enjoy it! 803 Pupils here enjoy it (although we don't use a true edubuntu server, we use just use ubuntu + ltsp4.2 + extra packages installed by edubuntu), and thanks to shipit.edubuntu.org and shipit.ubuntu.com the school library is regularly giving away *ubuntu cd for the masses. even new laptops get xp/vista replaced by an edubuntu workstation. -- - Kind regards Alistair Crust Systems Administrator Skegness Grammar School Vernon Road Skegness PE25 2QS TEL: 01754 61 (ext'852) FAX: 01754 896875 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] sshd died?
Hi If by that you mean using a console cable plugged directly into the server (from a laptop or something) then no. If that's not what you mean, please elaborate, as i would be interested in a backup remote administration method. I've just been thinking that i should maybe install vncserver (firewalled to my ip address, i know vnc has some security issues) as a backup, because you can get a shell through that. Pitty i didn't think of it earlier! Michael On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 14:48 +, Alan Pope wrote: Hi Michael, On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 13:45 +, Michael Holloway wrote: Anyone have any idea what to do when sshd has died on your server? I mean without rebooting... Serial console access is my second method of access to the server. I'm guessing that's not an option here? Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] sshd died?
On Nov 15, 2007 3:48 PM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Michael, On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 15:33 +, Michael Holloway wrote: If by that you mean using a console cable plugged directly into the server (from a laptop or something) then no. Yes, mine is hosted in a datacentre where they provide ssh-to-serial access so that it's possible to administer the server even when there are network/ssh issues such as this. I'd recommend this in the future for you as it gets you out of a number of holes. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ Also, some servers have a built in ILO (Integrated Lights-Out - http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/ilo/index.html). Essentially, it's a separate IP address (sometimes the same IP, different port) that you can use even if the PC is turned off. You connect to it, and it gives you a java applet which shows you a virtual console, in the same way that VMware would. This may even be superior than ssh-to-serial, in that it can help you even if the kernel crashes, machine was turned off, etc. Kris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] XBC related question!
Just wondering if anyone knew of an easy way i could update my XBC which is connected to my Gutsy running pc? Regards Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] sharing files- Gutsy2Xbox
On Nov 15, 2007 3:17 PM, Javad Ayaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes its the older xbox..it has been hardmodded and it does indeed run xbmc...sorry but i dont know which version its using...but i got my xbox modded a few years ago so its prob an old one!!! Sorry - I as not clear. I meant which version of XBMC are you using. I can send you a config file which you can amend to suit your network IP addresses which should mount your drives on your media centre but I'll need to know which version of XBMC you are using first. -- Steve When one person suffers from a delusion it is insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion. 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Porting educational software, was serious advice
Hi Rob, On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 22:14 +, Rob Beard wrote: Alan Pope wrote: 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 :) I'd certainly be interested in getting involved with porting some of the old classic educational software to Linux. I dare say some of the old BBC Micro educational software would be simple enough to re-create. I'd like to have a go at porting Number Painter (http://www.bioeddie.co.uk/Spectrum/pnumpainter.htm) which I remember from school have a go but I'm not very good with graphics. I have received the list from the school and the first one I took a look at has an online demo. It's called Smart Learning ICT (foundation). http://www.smartlearning.co.uk/catalog/samples-eyict.php The demo is a flash based effort. I wouldn't be surprised if the full product was the same but with more content. If that's the case then of course it will be easy to get it running under Linux either using the non-free flash player, or test it under free players like gnash and swfdec. 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] Buying A Laptop
Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 07:54 +, Kris Douglas wrote: On 14/11/2007, Russell Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 Hi, have a look at some of the Dell laptops, I'm using one of those and they are a sound piece of hardware. They're all at http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/default.aspx?c=ukamp;l=enamp;s=gen I'll second that, I purchased an Inspiron 6400n about a month ago, with Ubuntu Feisty pre-installed. The spec is as follows: Inspiron 6400 N-Series Dual Core Processor T2080 (1.73 GHz 533 MHz FSB 1 MB L2 cache) Wide Sreen 15.4 WXGA (1280x800) Display with TrueLife Memory Dual-Channel 1024MB (2x512) 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM Hard Drive 80GB Serial ATA (5400 RPM) DVD+/-RW (Read/Write) 8X Fixed Internal Battery Primary 9 cell 85W/HR LI-ION Graphics Card Intel Media Accelerator 950 Up to 256MB of shared Memory for N-Series with TV and S-Video Output (supports Compiz) UK Modem Cable and Adapter Internal V.92 Data, Fax, Voice Functions Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-PCI Card (for Dual Core Processor) UK/Irish Internal Keyboard (QWERTY) All for £464.12 including VAT and Delivery The only issue I've had so far is with the S-Video out on the graphics card (not very important to me really) and my only complaint is that it doesn't have bluetooth built in. The battery life is excellent (I'm off to swindon from Kent by coach today and the battery should last me the whole 6 hours of coach travel including the 1hr 10m stopover at Victoria today and on Sunday night on my way home!). It still amazes me that the battery can be showing as 10% when there's 2hrs left! Hope this is of some help, Matt. That's a great battery life. I'm lucky if I get 3 hours on my Dell laptop. 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: Yup, tried both the server and desktop versions and both seemed to work okay for me. Now that I have had a nights sleep and the little one has gone off to school I will try again. It is quite possible that I failed to check some language box or other so I will try to be alert. Incidentally, what I saw of Edubuntu impressed me a lot. Norman I was impressed too after having a play with Edubuntu Server. I was really amazed how well it all worked. I've previously played with LTSP on Debian and I couldn't get the sound working. Rob -- 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: snip 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? We will dual boot as the most flexible. 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). What a community spirited thing to do and one which I am sure will be welcomed. Norman :-) well I can't program very well so I thought it might be a way of giving back to the community (and most of the work is done so it's a case of adding things and changing a bit of HTML code which I can manage). Even if I only do copies for my kids to give to their friends at school and in the street it's a start. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] sshd died?
You could always schedule a cron job to restart the sshd every 30 minutes, if your server is a real worry... I don't believe killing the daemon aborts active sessions, so it's a fairly low risk strategy Odd to have to do it, tho... :-o Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] sshd died?
I thought about that... thing is, i have no idea why it has stopped. Its has never happened to me before in 3-4 years of having remote servers, so i wouldn't expect to need a cron job. I think having a cron job is paranoia but then sometimes things do go wrong!!! And of course it still doesn't help me right now cos i cant get in to set the job :) I'm going to the datacentre next week to install a new server anyway, so ill just put up with it till then... On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 17:22 +, Sean Miller wrote: You could always schedule a cron job to restart the sshd every 30 minutes, if your server is a real worry... I don't believe killing the daemon aborts active sessions, so it's a fairly low risk strategy Odd to have to do it, tho... :-o Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] sharing files- Gutsy2Xbox
Javad Ayaz wrote: I have an xbox which ive connected to my media centre (in another room). How can i set up file sharing on this. Ive tried the sharing file option in the menu but for some reason it cannot be saved. i click on share and then ok...but when i go back in it will have disappeared! so how can i share files so i can play it through my XBC? Regards Javad Okay, for a start, what version of the XBOX is it? Is it an original XBOX or an XBOX 360? Not sure about the XBOX360 as I haven't got one, but if you have an original XBOX then you'll need either a mod chip installed or a soft-mod. On the original XBOX, once it's modified to run other software you can install XBOX Media Centre and then get it to connect to SAMBA shares or FTP shares on your Linux box. I'm not sure if I should go into how to mod an XBOX on this list as 1) it's off topic and 2) Microsoft might not approve. There are fairly good guides on the internet. Just do a Google search for XBOX Scene which is a site dedicated to all things XBOX and have tutorials on how to do things. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Porting educational software, was serious advice
Alan Pope wrote: Hi Rob, On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 22:14 +, Rob Beard wrote: Alan Pope wrote: 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 :) I'd certainly be interested in getting involved with porting some of the old classic educational software to Linux. I dare say some of the old BBC Micro educational software would be simple enough to re-create. I'd like to have a go at porting Number Painter (http://www.bioeddie.co.uk/Spectrum/pnumpainter.htm) which I remember from school have a go but I'm not very good with graphics. I have received the list from the school and the first one I took a look at has an online demo. It's called Smart Learning ICT (foundation). http://www.smartlearning.co.uk/catalog/samples-eyict.php The demo is a flash based effort. I wouldn't be surprised if the full product was the same but with more content. If that's the case then of course it will be easy to get it running under Linux either using the non-free flash player, or test it under free players like gnash and swfdec. Cheers, Al. At least Flash and Java are multi platform. I was talking to my other half about education games from when we were younger (when the BBC Micro was in just about every school) and she mentioned a game with a raven. Turns out it's Granny's Garden. I did a google search and they still make it for Windows and Mac! Not sure if they could port it to Linux (of course it won't be free, the Windows version is about £35 for one copy). They're based in Barnstaple so the next time I'm up there I'll see if I can find out where they are. I'm actually tempted to setup a BBC Micro emulator on my PC and let my kids have a play with the games that I used to play at school. Maybe it might be an idea for a separate thread of what games everyone on the list can remember. I vaguely remember one with a sunflower where if you got questions right (maths questions I think) the sunflower grew. Rob -- 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, As someone who tries to get everyone I help off Windows and onto Ubuntu, I've had to come up with some unusual solutions. For most needs excluding 3D graphics I'd recommend installing Windows 2000/XP on a virtual machine. If you switch off system restore and automatic updates in Windows it should run nice and fast even with 192 or 256MB of RAM allocated to it. The nice thing about virtualising it is that you can just close Windows like an ordinary application and it will be paused in the state you left it. You can run it in a window or in full screen mode, it really is almost seamless. Until recently I have been using VMware but recently I've switched to VirtualBox and I'd strongly recommend it over the former (although you will need the freeware closed source edition to get USB device sharing. I don't recommend Wine for most purposes because despite enormous efforts it cannot give you a real Windows environment. Using Windows itself allows you to use nearly any software and it doesn't necessarily need a monster PC to cope. My laptop is a Pentium 4 1.4GHz with 768MB RAM and I run Windows XP and Win98 alongside each other under Ubuntu quite happily. You can also utilise a virtual machine running in the background (say with the freeware VMware server) to have Windows applications running seamingly natively in Ubuntu using terminal services (remote desktop) and a couple of tricks - more info here: http://www.venturecake.com/10-minutes-to-run-every-windows-app-seamlessly-on-your-ubuntu-desktop/ . A similar feat is supposedly possible using VirtualBox alone (article here: http://www.venturecake.com/virtualbox-15-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/) but I haven't tried that yet. With a bit of ingenuity and often some fiddling, you can get even the worst software to run and usually work better than on Windows alone. Regards, Tom 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 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] edubuntu
Alistair, I was at FLOSSiE at the Bolton TIC in 2006 and was really impressed by your work. I've not noticed you on the list before - so here's a quick Well Done from a fan! Andy On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:23:34 +, Alistair Crust [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 14:00 +, andylockran wrote: Norman, I _really_ like edubuntu so much that it's become my choice for the desktop at home. It was great fun to have friends at uni come with their XP laptops complaining about their speed - and set them up to boot off their network cards onto my edubuntu server. That's only a small part of it. (I find the interactive periodic table far too exciting) - I wish I'd had something like that when I was at school. Enjoy it! 803 Pupils here enjoy it (although we don't use a true edubuntu server, we use just use ubuntu + ltsp4.2 + extra packages installed by edubuntu), and thanks to shipit.edubuntu.org and shipit.ubuntu.com the school library is regularly giving away *ubuntu cd for the masses. even new laptops get xp/vista replaced by an edubuntu workstation. -- - Kind regards Alistair Crust Systems Administrator Skegness Grammar School Vernon Road Skegness PE25 2QS TEL: 01754 61 (ext'852) FAX: 01754 896875 -- 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] Children DVD (Windows compatible)
On 15/11/2007, Daniel Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You should make sure that libdvd is installed follow this guide: http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2006/12/14/how-to-enable-dvd-playback-ubuntu-510-6061-610/ Regards, Daniel -- *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Pascal Khoury *Sent:* 15 November 2007 14:08 *To:* ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com *Subject:* [ubuntu-uk] Children DVD (Windows compatible) Hi Guys I couldn't run a couple of children DVDs (Disney and Baby Einstein) with the Totem Movie Player 2.20 Is there a piece of software I could use to view windows compatible movies games? Many Thanks Pascal -- For ideas on reducing your carbon footprint visit Yahoo! For Goodhttp://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.htmlthis month. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ Or you can use VLC, if I'm not mistaken... Although I may be :) -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] What Intel Giveth, Microsoft Taketh Away
I was just passed this very interesting article. http://exo-blog.blogspot.com/2007/09/what-intel-giveth-microsoft-taketh-away.html What Intel giveth, Microsoft taketh away.” Such has been the conventional wisdom surrounding the Windows/Intel (“Wintel”) duopoly since the early days of Windows 95. In practical terms, it means that performance advancements on the hardware side are quickly consumed by the ever-increasing complexity of the Windows/Office code base. Case in point: Microsoft Office 2007 which, when deployed on Windows Vista, consumes over 12x as much memory and nearly 3x as much processing power as the version that graced PCs just 7 short years ago (Office 2000). I'm not advocating that we sit and bitch about Microsoft, but think this is a useful article to show Windows users as part of the why you might want to consider Ubuntu arsenal. 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] sshd died?
Hi Michael, On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 15:33 +, Michael Holloway wrote: If by that you mean using a console cable plugged directly into the server (from a laptop or something) then no. Yes, mine is hosted in a datacentre where they provide ssh-to-serial access so that it's possible to administer the server even when there are network/ssh issues such as this. I'd recommend this in the future for you as it gets you out of a number of holes. 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] Want a £139 ubuntu box from Tescos? ?? Sorry, temporarily out of stock!
Rob Beard wrote: Rohan Omard wrote: 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) Well maybe ASDA might start selling the Everex $200 PC in their stores. All these supermarkets love a good price war and they already sell them in the WalMart stores (who own ASDA). The low cost of the Walmart Everex PC is the obvious eye catching thing, however, the OS and its windowing environment is what also underpins the great viability of this level of PC in the mass market. I tried a gOS live CD yesterday, and liked it so much I wanted to know more, and installed it. It is a master stroke on the everex PC from walmart. The OS is seriously pretty, attractive, and it is simple to use for most basic web stuff, with only a single sign on to google. It is almost as easy to use a kitchen toaster! The low cost is a catalyst, but the gOS is - as they advertise - a real OS for the mass market of users out there. -- 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] Buying A Laptop
On 15/11/2007, Russell Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll second that, I purchased an Inspiron 6400n about a month ago, with Ubuntu Feisty pre-installed. The spec is as follows: Inspiron 6400 N-Series Dual Core Processor T2080 (1.73 GHz 533 MHz FSB 1 MB L2 cache) Wide Sreen 15.4 WXGA (1280x800) Display with TrueLife Memory Dual-Channel 1024MB (2x512) 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM Hard Drive 80GB Serial ATA (5400 RPM) DVD+/-RW (Read/Write) 8X Fixed Internal Battery Primary 9 cell 85W/HR LI-ION Graphics Card Intel Media Accelerator 950 Up to 256MB of shared Memory for N-Series with TV and S-Video Output (supports Compiz) UK Modem Cable and Adapter Internal V.92 Data, Fax, Voice Functions Intel(R) Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-PCI Card (for Dual Core Processor) UK/Irish Internal Keyboard (QWERTY) All for £464.12 including VAT and Delivery The only issue I've had so far is with the S-Video out on the graphics card (not very important to me really) and my only complaint is that it doesn't have bluetooth built in. The battery life is excellent (I'm off to swindon from Kent by coach today and the battery should last me the whole 6 hours of coach travel including the 1hr 10m stopover at Victoria today and on Sunday night on my way home!). It still amazes me that the battery can be showing as 10% when there's 2hrs left! Hope this is of some help, Matt. That's a great battery life. I'm lucky if I get 3 hours on my Dell laptop. Rob The only thing that is putting me off the dell Ubuntu laptops is the processor, if they upgrade it to core 2 duo then my mind would be made up.I ain't very sure about the pentium dual-core. Russell -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ You mean they aren't core2? -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] edubuntu
Yup, tried both the server and desktop versions and both seemed to work okay for me. Now that I have had a nights sleep and the little one has gone off to school I will try again. It is quite possible that I failed to check some language box or other so I will try to be alert. Incidentally, what I saw of Edubuntu impressed me a lot. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] workplacement
cheers andy that was the best email i got in ages. shen andylockran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure if this thread isn't dead (I've had a very long week and not really been checking my personal email address) - but I thought I'd give my two pennies worth. Shen, I first got involved with FLOSS on a voluntary do nothing but read basis by joining a few lists and just learning how the community worked by submerging myself in it. I've not got a computing background whatsoever, I just spend a lot of my teenage years troubleshooting MS problems and doing the odd bit of hardware maintenance. I never took IT past age 14 as it was just too simple - I got my best grade at school in IT though (100% in the course, with a letter home to my parents about my lack of effort). It was an easy course, rather than me being some child prodigy though, unfortunately. Ubuntustudio is a great distribution - I use it on my main PC at home and it's great fun to have such powerful tools at your fingertips for free. I thoroughly recommend it. However, if you're wanting to learn more about the computer and how to fix things, I'd recommend sticking with what you've got and trying to solve the problem. Jumping around distributions to solve kernel panics is a bit like hitting a sledgehammer with a nut. You seem to have a good skillset on your C.V. If you want to build a linux system from the ground up, I thoroughly recommend gentoo (providing you're using a fairly modern machine otherwise you'll spend half the time waiting for things to compile). It taught me a fair bit about the basics underlying a GNU/Linux system. I've also recently had a play with PCBSD (though I'm not a KDE fan so had to give that one a miss). If you do have access to multiple machines - use one as a test bed and just play and play and play with whatever you can find. There's so much to learn (and so little time to do it). My flatmate through University used to call my Linux geekery faffing - but breaking and fixing things is all part of the game. The one OS that I've yet to use (and it's shocking that I've not got round to doing it yet) is Debian. I'm sure other people on this list could advise whether that would be a good system to play with (as it's what ubuntu is based on) yet it's a bit more.. industrial (I think that's the right word). Lastly - support. I don't want to assume anything (so forgive me if I'm oversimplifying things for you) - but mailing lists, and IRC are fantastic resources. The other thing I've learnt is that RTFM is a very _very_ useful thing to do. If you are tasked with using a package - rather than just install it and go for it, read the man pages. It may take a little bit more of your time at the offset, but even the faintest memory can help solving a problem become so much easier. Don't worry about taking it all in at once, but make sure you've at least scan read it before you do anything flying-solo. Anyhow, sorry for the long email - but I like seeing new people working in FLOSS. On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:38:10 -0800 (PST), tryo tas wrote: hi daniel, about abilities i think i learned to be patient while trying to make something out of the scratch pc's i found on the street. i've been studying at ELATT (east london advanced technology training) in hackney computer system maintenance (desktops building and repair) based on the Cisco course.we were logged into the netacademy website and finished that with Comptia A+ certification.at the moment i build my own audio pc and try to run it with Musix and Gentoo which gives me a proper 2.19 kernel panic.i'm installing now ubuntu studio with 2.20 kernel because feisty does the job well. i should know a bit more about scssi.i tried to get an old server (pentium 75 Mhz) running with freebsd and connect 5 boxes with a hub.will pick that up soon again. at school we learned quite theoretically the stuff you need for the CCNA exam like configuring routers and switches via windows 2000 machines.via a good friend who helped me to install my first linux system on my pc (x-evian) i made the lucky jump into open source software which brings up the magic word of command line.i know a bit of vi,not much about developing and programming (just the structure of languages in generell).at the moment i'm studying music technology at lambeth college including digital electronics and mathematics.i'm reading the linux bible and try to get into the real stuff and get my linux machine from scratch.i want to learn open source developement as well to spread the very basics of free access to communication technology because i think that it is totally unacceptable to leave that over to people who make their own business out of it like the microsoft clan. you see i could do with some focussing from too generell blabla to some real world skills that's why i want to get involved. hope that helped a bit cheers shen Daniel
Re: [ubuntu-uk] sharing files- Gutsy2Xbox
Hi Javad, On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 15:17 +, Javad Ayaz wrote: Yes its the older xbox..it has been hardmodded and it does indeed run xbmc...sorry but i dont know which version its using...but i got my xbox modded a few years ago so its prob an old one!!! xbmc has an ftp server built in. You should be able to just ftp the new files over. That's what I did a few weeks ago anyway. I have also set mine to default to xmbc on boot now so it's the default dashboard. I used filezilla to ftp the files over. 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] Buying A Laptop
Dell supports Ubuntu. Toshiba A200 series, Chipset 945, VGA Intel 950 (Sound card doesn't work, so have to install ALSA) Lenovo with Chipset 945 (X1300 still can't run compiz) Acer, some types Compaq V3000 series Taufan Lubis www.taufanlubis.wordpress.com On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 23:26 +, Russell Green wrote: 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] serious advice
Hi Jim, On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 08:44 +, Jim Kissel wrote: Should be here today. Where did you order your's from? RM. If you or anyone you know are working on getting Ubutnu running on the eeePC, please let me/the group know. http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,100567,10006278o-2000331777b,00.htm http://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=233t=427281last=3902234 I probably won't put Ubuntu on it initially, but leave the existing software install for Sophie Clare. Then maybe I'll buy the 10 version when it comes out next year for myself :) 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
Alan Pope wrote: Hi Jim, On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 08:44 +, Jim Kissel wrote: Should be here today. Where did you order your's from? RM. Have they delivered? If not have the given any indication of when they will deliver? Why? I've noticed eBuyer and Dabs are sold out. Dabs shows Due in 3-4 weeks! If you or anyone you know are working on getting Ubutnu running on the eeePC, please let me/the group know. http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,100567,10006278o-2000331777b,00.htm http://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=233t=427281last=3902234 I probably won't put Ubuntu on it initially, but leave the existing software install for Sophie Clare. Then maybe I'll buy the 10 version when it comes out next year for myself :) I too would like a 10 version, though I'm not prepared to wait till the next of forever to get my hands on one. Dabs just delivered my 701 Thursday afternoon. My initial impression of the 701 is it much nicer than the Classmate. Better (bigger) keyboard. The case build quality seems better. -- People choose Microsoft Windows for their PC in the same manner that the citizens of Soviet Russia elected the General Secretary of the Communist Party during the cold war. Jim Kissel Open Source Migrations Limited w: http://www.osml.eu e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] p: +44(0) 8703 301044 m: +44(0) 7976 411 679 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
