Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: (Nanny) OGG Files
On 23/02/2008, Ian Pascoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to try and find a plug in for eithre Windows Media or REAL that will play (Nanny) OGG audio files - anyone know of any and where to get them? Try: http://vorbis.com/ Windows setup details: http://vorbis.com/setup_windows/ WMP uses direct show so you can use: http://www.illiminable.com/ogg/downloads.html#stable As for Realplayer I'm not sure the plugin is finished yet. Have you considered VLC? Andy -- Computers are like air conditioners. Both stop working, if you open windows. -- Adam Heath -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Switched hard drives
Chris Rowson wrote: Hi people l do hope that this hasn't been asked too many times before.. l have 2 hard drives in my machine, 1 with windows 2k and the other with Ubuntu on it. l've tried having them both connected to the same ribbon and rebooting with either of the 2 hard drives powered. Sadly it doesn't seem to work so l wonder whether there's a solution..Both drives are set as masters.. l don't want to have both OSs on the same hard drive Please could someone offer a solution I'm assuming you've got a boot loader (Windows - NT loader I think? - or GRUB for Linux) installed on one of the hard drives. You'll need this on the bootable drive so that your PC knows where the operating system resides. Chris Many thanks for the info Guys.. l did try setting both to masters, installing a switch on the -ve rail of the 2 molexes. Sadly it didn't work :( Andy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?
Hi People l'm interested to know whether there is a Linux alternative to Sage.. l might be able to get my wife to start using Ubuntu if there's something available that will allow her to import customers data properly. __ Andy - Salisbury The wrong side of 40 but having fun with Linux Thanks http://ubuntuforums.org/post_thanks.php?do=post_thanks_addp=4401348 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?
GNU Cash might be what you're looking for: http://www.gnucash.org/ I haven't personally used it so I can't comment on it, sorry. David. On 25/02/2008, Andy Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi People l'm interested to know whether there is a Linux alternative to Sage.. l might be able to get my wife to start using Ubuntu if there's something available that will allow her to import customers data properly. __ Andy - Salisbury The wrong side of 40 but having fun with Linux Thanks http://ubuntuforums.org/post_thanks.php?do=post_thanks_addp=4401348 -- 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] Accounting software ?
Oh, I also meant to say GNU Cash is available in the Ubuntu repositories, along with another money program called Grisbi. You can find them both in Add/Remove. David. On 25/02/2008, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GNU Cash might be what you're looking for: http://www.gnucash.org/ I haven't personally used it so I can't comment on it, sorry. David. On 25/02/2008, Andy Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi People l'm interested to know whether there is a Linux alternative to Sage.. l might be able to get my wife to start using Ubuntu if there's something available that will allow her to import customers data properly. __ Andy - Salisbury The wrong side of 40 but having fun with Linux Thanks http://ubuntuforums.org/post_thanks.php?do=post_thanks_addp=4401348 -- 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] Switched hard drives
Andy Watts wrote: Chris Rowson wrote: l have 2 hard drives in my machine, 1 with windows 2k and the other with Ubuntu on it. l've tried having them both connected to the same ribbon and rebooting with either of the 2 hard drives powered. Sadly it doesn't seem to work so l wonder whether there's a solution..Both drives are set as masters.. l don't want to have both OSs on the same hard drive Okay, that tells us what you DON'T want to do. ;-) What is it that you DO want to do? * Dual boot using separate hard drives? * Have removable drives? * Something else? What? Also... are you using IDE/ATA drives (wide flat ribbon) or SATA (thin cable)? I'm assuming you've got a boot loader (Windows - NT loader I think? - or GRUB for Linux) installed on one of the hard drives. You'll need this on the bootable drive so that your PC knows where the operating system resides. I think Andy might be trying to switch off (electrically) one or other IDE hard drives... if so, a boot loader on only one of those drives won't help. I suspect Andy is fundamentally misunderstanding the relationship between master/slave and boot options. I suspect Andy thinks a drive has to be master to be bootable (which is incorrect). l did try setting both to masters, installing a switch on the -ve rail of the 2 molexes. Sadly it didn't work :( Yeah, that really won't. Why have you set them both as masters on the same cable? * You want removable drives (because you're clever, and you might want to move the drive to another PC one day), or you want to be able to entirely switch off a drive (because you're trying to run on the absolute minimum current draw, perhaps because your machine is running from 12V DC battery such as a car or van, or because you're just REALLY stingy with the electricity bill) In this case, buy a removable drive caddy or a USB external drive enclosure. Removable caddies are about ten quid and fit into a 5.25 CD/DVD slot. (Note that the environmental cost of manufacturing the caddy will vastly exceed the environmental cost of leaving the second drive switched on, in case you think this is some kind of green option; unused drives will switch into low-power mode anyway) * You want to dual boot in the traditional manner Set one as master and put your boot loader on it, such as GRUB. Configure this one boot loader to offer the option to boot off either drive. See the GRUB documentation or ask here for more help configuring GRUB across two drives (clue: HD0, HD1). Set the other as slave. You won't need a boot loader on the slave, since the boot loader on the master drive will be able to boot off either drive (and indeed off any other connected bootable device). * You want to dual boot through BIOS (because you hate configuring boot loaders, and your BIOS offers a simple boot menu such as Dell's F12 option, and you're just a bit awkward like that) Set one as master and the other as slave. The BIOS boot options will allow you to boot off drive 0, drive 1 etc. Note that this still won't allow you to switch off the unused drive whilst the PC is running. But it will allow you to remove/disconnect the slave drive (but not the master) once the PC is switched off. * You don't want removable drives but you are determined to have two bootable drives that are masters (because both of the hard drives have had their master/slave jumpers permanently forced into the master position in an unfortunate but surprisingly selective accident with a soldering iron / tube of superglue / welding rod, OR, your hard drives are set to master by default and you've lost the jumpers) Install the drives on separate cables. Change the jumpers on your CD/DVD drive to be a slave. (I have some spare hard drive jumpers if you want one? Send an SAE to A Oakley, 7 Frampton Cottages, GL20 8NX) -- Andrew Oakley -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software Freedom Day 2008
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul Mellors wrote: - Original Message - From: Ciaran Mooney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 11:48 PM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software Freedom Day 2008 Hi, I'll organise a Birmingham Team again. But this year I want MORE! :) If your in the Midlands and want to help, email me. Ciarán On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Pope wrote: It's that time again! Ok, it isn't, but it's worth mentioning that Software Freedom Day 2008 is on 20th September this year. Just a heads up so you might want to put it in your diary and start thinking about what we can do this year. Cheers, Al. Well in Devon Cornwall (if the Devon Cornwall LUG can agree!) we may be having three events running on the day, one in Penzance, one in Plymouth and another in Exeter. Of course this is currently in theory, actually pulling it off is another matter! Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ Ciaran, If I'm about I should be glad to help. I'll hopefully see you at a SBLUG meeting before then too. Regards, Andy -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHwtnEauMjEM4rxIQRAtQBAKCvJ/nBu9XgfismoPtze5VDwC42kQCgtzNF 3hzFGHBPz5qTAsrnsszfUws= =CBbn -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Remote Desktop Sharing
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Guys, I just thought I'd give a heads up on Remote Desktop. A Manchester-based company are going to release their remote desktop connection software on ubuntu. It's already got mac and windows clients in BETA - and they're currently working on the installer for ubuntu. This should be released soon. I tried out the client between a mac and a XP machine - and it works well. Performance isn't better than anything else I've tried (NX, VNC) and the interface is nice and simple. Just thought it's the sort of software we like to see.. (soon-to-be) proper cross-platform stuff. Regards, Andy -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHwt1CauMjEM4rxIQRAqh+AJ9LkTyE2P4YTX7fP8N3UpoPCSHpWACgnfDy Pz08hgAbMAOr+pKk7NcXiCk= =6u30 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Stage6 shutting down!!!
http://www.stage6.com/ Im devastated!!! :( -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Desktop Sharing
something that will work from a browser without having to install anything (im at work!!dont want the man to find out :) )will be nice Regards Javad On 25/02/2008, andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Guys, I just thought I'd give a heads up on Remote Desktop. A Manchester-based company are going to release their remote desktop connection software on ubuntu. It's already got mac and windows clients in BETA - and they're currently working on the installer for ubuntu. This should be released soon. I tried out the client between a mac and a XP machine - and it works well. Performance isn't better than anything else I've tried (NX, VNC) and the interface is nice and simple. Just thought it's the sort of software we like to see.. (soon-to-be) proper cross-platform stuff. Regards, Andy -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHwt1CauMjEM4rxIQRAqh+AJ9LkTyE2P4YTX7fP8N3UpoPCSHpWACgnfDy Pz08hgAbMAOr+pKk7NcXiCk= =6u30 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- 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] Remote Desktop Sharing
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 03:22:42PM +, andy wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Guys, I just thought I'd give a heads up on Remote Desktop. A Manchester-based company are going to release their remote desktop connection software on ubuntu. It's already got mac and windows clients in BETA - and they're currently working on the installer for ubuntu. This should be released soon. URL? Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Desktop Sharing
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alan Pope wrote: On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 03:22:42PM +, andy wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Guys, I just thought I'd give a heads up on Remote Desktop. A Manchester-based company are going to release their remote desktop connection software on ubuntu. It's already got mac and windows clients in BETA - and they're currently working on the installer for ubuntu. This should be released soon. URL? Cheers, Al. www.yuuguu.com ;) Andy. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHwuHtauMjEM4rxIQRApE+AJ43VlFss44DQiMAbm5HhnOe911y9QCfcgzn 6E7bMwrbLsCMxz7TpRG1qJI= =hl/X -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Desktop Sharing
Quoting andy [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I just thought I'd give a heads up on Remote Desktop. A Manchester-based company are going to release their remote desktop connection software on ubuntu. It's already got mac and windows clients in BETA - and they're currently working on the installer for ubuntu. This should be released soon. Interesting, it it Open Source or Proprietory? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stage6 shutting down!!!
On Monday 25 February 2008 15:28:32 Javad Ayaz wrote: http://www.stage6.com/ Im devastated!!! :( So am I now, I hadn't heard about that site until you just told me :( -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?
On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 14:09 +, David wrote: GNU Cash might be what you're looking for: http://www.gnucash.org/ I haven't personally used it so I can't comment on it, sorry. David. On 25/02/2008, Andy Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi People l'm interested to know whether there is a Linux alternative to Sage.. l might be able to get my wife to start using Ubuntu if there's something available that will allow her to import customers data properly. Hi, I'm sorry to say that GNUCash is nowhere near an alternative to Sage. It is a very good program and can be used for personal or sole trader accounts, but it hasn't been any good for my needs when preparing UK Limited Company Accounts. As I haven't found anything else suitable for accounts on linux I'm still having to dual boot my computer into Sage every time I need to work on the accounts :( If anybody else can contradict me on this I'd be really pleased, as Sage is the only windows program that I can't find a linux alternative for. Josh -- My PGP public key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x3E4E0E21 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] Accounting software ?
l'm interested to know whether there is a Linux alternative to Sage.. l might be able to get my wife to start using Ubuntu if there's something available that will allow her to import customers data properly. I asked this question when I first started Ubuntu what now seems years ago. So far, I have not come across an equivalent to Sage working on Linux. I seem to recall that there was some talk of a software development in South Africa but know no more. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Desktop Sharing
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: Quoting andy [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I just thought I'd give a heads up on Remote Desktop. A Manchester-based company are going to release their remote desktop connection software on ubuntu. It's already got mac and windows clients in BETA - and they're currently working on the installer for ubuntu. This should be released soon. Interesting, it it Open Source or Proprietory? Rob They are proprietary, but... - From their site: Business model When we say free we mean free. The only thing that will cost you money is dialling our voice conferencing service, but even that is cheap (its 90% cheaper than BT over the UK for example). We have some cool new features coming out soon that we'll ask you to pay some money for if you really want them, but what you are using now will always be free. So enjoy! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHwutAauMjEM4rxIQRAqRQAJ9gdlk74W2wVPCTqts4V/XUEj3UgACfeW90 qIvF/x7Q8pkkufvdvTfZHtk= =HA4G -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Desktop Sharing
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 03:42:38PM +, andy wrote: www.yuuguu.com Looks like you can pick apart the windows version, grab the java jar file and run it under linux already.. http://www.yuuguu.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=259 Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stage6 shutting down!!!
Sad news, I was sorta expecting for them to be shutdown soon anyway because of the content on it. Russell -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?
Norman you mean turbocash, which has now got a much nicer looking port called osfinancials, however neither run on linux(not even in wine) although they are opensource, I have spent many hours searching for an alternative to sage and have never found anything suitable, the best I have found is osfinancials. Regards, Daniel l'm interested to know whether there is a Linux alternative to Sage.. l might be able to get my wife to start using Ubuntu if there's something available that will allow her to import customers data properly. I asked this question when I first started Ubuntu what now seems years ago. So far, I have not come across an equivalent to Sage working on Linux. I seem to recall that there was some talk of a software development in South Africa but know no more. 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] Accounting software ?
On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 18:59 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Norman you mean turbocash, which has now got a much nicer looking port called osfinancials, however neither run on linux(not even in wine) although they are opensource, I have spent many hours searching for an alternative to sage and have never found anything suitable, the best I have found is osfinancials. Thank you for that piece of information. I taught the use of Sage for Accounting for several years and wish that there was a Linux answer. I suppose the strength of Sage is that it has developed over many years. There was even a version which ran on the old Amstrad 256. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stage6 shutting down!!!
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Russell Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sad news, I was sorta expecting for them to be shutdown soon anyway because of the content on it. Russell -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ God damnit, I'm watching Star Trek on it right now :( -- 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] Remote Desktop Sharing
andy wrote: They are proprietary, but... - From their site: Business model When we say free we mean free. The only thing that will cost you money is dialling our voice conferencing service, but even that is cheap (its 90% cheaper than BT over the UK for example). We have some cool new features coming out soon that we'll ask you to pay some money for if you really want them, but what you are using now will always be free. So enjoy! So it's free as in beer but not speech. Hmmm... not sure why I should switch from what I'm using already (FreeNX) but looking at the site, I can see it's uses (for one, someone who I know who runs Windows, lives in North Wales and wants remote support but doesn't know how to send an e-mail, let alone open ports on a router's firewall!) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu Hardy swirly wallpaper - wow!
I really like the Hardy (alpha 5) Kubuntu curly swirly wallpaper. 6.06 (misty bubbles) was not bad, it had a level of subtlety and mystery which I appreciated, but since then I have been a bit unhappy with the un inspired defaults - which live CD users get. This Kubuntu alpha 5 has what looks like a fractal series based wallpaper. I am a fan of this one! -- 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] Accounting software ?
Does sage maybe work with wine? --- Andrew A. Barber On 25 Feb 2008, at 16:31, Joshua Scotton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 14:09 +, David wrote: GNU Cash might be what you're looking for: http://www.gnucash.org/ I haven't personally used it so I can't comment on it, sorry. David. On 25/02/2008, Andy Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi People l'm interested to know whether there is a Linux alternative to Sage.. l might be able to get my wife to start using Ubuntu if there's something available that will allow her to import customers data properly. Hi, I'm sorry to say that GNUCash is nowhere near an alternative to Sage. It is a very good program and can be used for personal or sole trader accounts, but it hasn't been any good for my needs when preparing UK Limited Company Accounts. As I haven't found anything else suitable for accounts on linux I'm still having to dual boot my computer into Sage every time I need to work on the accounts :( If anybody else can contradict me on this I'd be really pleased, as Sage is the only windows program that I can't find a linux alternative for. Josh -- My PGP public key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x3E4E0E21 -- 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] Half decent Motherboard (With on-board graphics, if not Id need a card included in this), RAM and CPU for 50 quidish?
Righty ho With my recent offer of a 17-inch monitor which runs at 1400 x 800 for free from a mate, I decided Its finally time to cough up some dough, and build that multimedia PC that Ive wanted to build for ages. I found a great desktop case for 24 pounds. Awesome. Ill order it on the 1st (when I get the first lot of money for this XD) I already said Ive got a monitor. Now I have about 50 quid to get the insides... I was thinking 1.8GHz with 512MB RAM and geforce 5ish... Any Ideas. Ebays the obvious option, but anywhere else? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Half decent Motherboard (With on-board graphics, if not Id need a card included in this), RAM and CPU for 50 quidish?
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 02:08:49PM -0800, James Grabham wrote: I was thinking 1.8GHz with 512MB RAM and geforce 5ish... Any Ideas. Ebays the obvious option, but anywhere else? Novatech have some bundle deals but they're out of your price range. http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/bundles.html?price=1 Worth a look if you can scrounge more cash :) Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?
On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 19:23 +, Andrew Barber wrote: Does sage maybe work with wine? Probably, but do you really want to trust your financial data to what would be an emulated (hence buggy, as most wine emulated programs do not work perfectly) and completely unsupported and non-guaranteed program? Josh -- My PGP public key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x3E4E0E21 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] Half decent Motherboard (With on-board graphics, if not Id need a card included in this), RAM and CPU for 50 quidish?
Haha, the cheapest one on there was the same spec as my main PC!! And 1.4GHz would probs do btw... Oh, and the board has to be mATX to fit the case. =[ On 2/25/08, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 02:08:49PM -0800, James Grabham wrote: I was thinking 1.8GHz with 512MB RAM and geforce 5ish... Any Ideas. Ebays the obvious option, but anywhere else? Novatech have some bundle deals but they're out of your price range. http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/bundles.html?price=1 Worth a look if you can scrounge more cash :) Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Mr JE Grabham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?
Hi Joshua, Joshua Scotton wrote: I'm sorry to say that GNUCash is nowhere near an alternative to Sage. It is a very good program and can be used for personal or sole trader accounts, but it hasn't been any good for my needs when preparing UK Limited Company Accounts. As I haven't found anything else suitable for accounts on linux I'm still having to dual boot my computer into Sage every time I need to work on the accounts :( Have you looked at LedgerSMB[1] at all? I have to admit that the whole business of accounting is something of a black art to me, so I wouldn't know a good accounting package if it slapped me in the face with a purchase ledger, but many years ago I started a project to create just such a package to help my wife keep track of her business accounts in the hope that there would be other people who knew more about accounting and wanted to scratch that itch. That didn't really work out for me, but LedgerSMB (and the project it forked from, SQL-Ledger [2]) looks to have developed into the project I'd hoped to create. HTH, JT [1] http://www.ledgersmb.org/ [2] http://www.sql-ledger.com/ -- ---+ James Tait, BSc|xmpp:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Programmer and Free Software advocate | VoIP: +44 (0)870 490 2407 ---+ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Half decent Motherboard (With on-board graphics, if not Id need a card included in this), RAM and CPU for 50 quidish?
WOW Small desktop case (inc PSU) AM2 motherboard (Nforce, with geforce 6100 (Which I know is a great setup) Sempron - 2Ghz 512MB RAM inc del and vat 85 quidish I maight wait a few weeks and do this, esspecially since then when I upgrade my main pc, I can shove my Athlon X2 in this Thanks!!! On 2/25/08, Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:25 PM, James Grabham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Haha, the cheapest one on there was the same spec as my main PC!! And 1.4GHz would probs do btw... Oh, and the board has to be mATX to fit the case. =[ On 2/25/08, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 02:08:49PM -0800, James Grabham wrote: I was thinking 1.8GHz with 512MB RAM and geforce 5ish... Any Ideas. Ebays the obvious option, but anywhere else? Novatech have some bundle deals but they're out of your price range. http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/bundles.html?price=1 Worth a look if you can scrounge more cash :) Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Mr JE Grabham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ have a poke around on Aria, might be able to hook a bargain with a gb of ram for 11 quid, a motherboard for 25 and some other bits and bobs.. -- 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/ -- Mr JE Grabham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Half decent Motherboard (With on-board graphics, if not Id need a card included in this), RAM and CPU for 50 quidish?
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:54 PM, James Grabham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: WOW Small desktop case (inc PSU) AM2 motherboard (Nforce, with geforce 6100 (Which I know is a great setup) Sempron - 2Ghz 512MB RAM inc del and vat 85 quidish I maight wait a few weeks and do this, esspecially since then when I upgrade my main pc, I can shove my Athlon X2 in this Thanks!!! On 2/25/08, Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:25 PM, James Grabham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Haha, the cheapest one on there was the same spec as my main PC!! And 1.4GHz would probs do btw... Oh, and the board has to be mATX to fit the case. =[ On 2/25/08, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 02:08:49PM -0800, James Grabham wrote: I was thinking 1.8GHz with 512MB RAM and geforce 5ish... Any Ideas. Ebays the obvious option, but anywhere else? Novatech have some bundle deals but they're out of your price range. http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/bundles.html?price=1 Worth a look if you can scrounge more cash :) Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Mr JE Grabham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ have a poke around on Aria, might be able to hook a bargain with a gb of ram for 11 quid, a motherboard for 25 and some other bits and bobs.. -- 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/ -- Mr JE Grabham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ That sounds pretty good, where's that? -- 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] Accounting software ?
On 25/02/2008, Joshua Scotton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 19:23 +, Andrew Barber wrote: Does sage maybe work with wine? Probably, but do you really want to trust your financial data to what would be an emulated (hence buggy, as most wine emulated programs do not work perfectly) and completely unsupported and non-guaranteed program? Josh I've got Sage Line 50 to work on top of wine, but it's not ideal as it just isn't as responsive as on Windows, and as you say many are reluctant to rely on it. The installer doesn't work but you can scrape an installed copy from a Windows machine. I really know very little about business accounting but I'd love to see a Linux alternative to Sage; it's one of the few small business apps stopping many companies making the big switch. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Half decent Motherboard (With on-board graphics, if not Id need a card included in this), RAM and CPU for 50 quidish?
James Grabham wrote: Righty ho With my recent offer of a 17-inch monitor which runs at 1400 x 800 for free from a mate, I decided Its finally time to cough up some dough, and build that multimedia PC that Ive wanted to build for ages. I found a great desktop case for 24 pounds. Awesome. Ill order it on the 1st (when I get the first lot of money for this XD) I already said Ive got a monitor. Now I have about 50 quid to get the insides... I was thinking 1.8GHz with 512MB RAM and geforce 5ish... Any Ideas. Ebays the obvious option, but anywhere else? What CPU are you looking at? AMD or Intel? You can get some fairly reasonable AMD boards from about £30 with dual core Athlon X2's starting at about £40. Or on the Intel side, the MSI P35-Neo2 board is pretty good and comes in around £50 (I have the P35-Neo2 FSIR with heatpipes on it which I think was about £60 and it will support up to the latest quad core CPUs (although saying that, when it comes to upgrading, sods law Intel will have brought out their new line of CPUs on a different socket). Memory for either board would be DDR2 which is dirt cheap at the moment, I think you're looking at about £10 per gig (buy the memory in matched pair kits, that way you know they'll work in dual channel mode). You should be able to pickup a cheapo Geforce 5 series or 7 series for about £25. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Half decent Motherboard (With on-board graphics, if not Id need a card included in this), RAM and CPU for 50 quidish?
James Grabham wrote: Haha, the cheapest one on there was the same spec as my main PC!! And 1.4GHz would probs do btw... Oh, and the board has to be mATX to fit the case. =[ How about this board at £28.28 from eBuyer.com http://www.ebuyer.com/product/126138 This CPU at £21.99 also from eBuyer.com (for about £3 less you could get a slower Sempron, or for about £7 more, a dual core Athlon X2) http://www.ebuyer.com/product/133379 This memory at £16.27 (it's 2 x 512MB DIMMs but not much difference to 2 x 256MB) http://www.ebuyer.com/product/91126 Does the case come with a PSU? If not... this might do the job (it's cheap and probably noisy, but wouldn't stretch your budget) at £5.99 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/20083 Oh and you'd need a CPU fan (cheap one for £3.99)... http://www.ebuyer.com/product/116047 Comes in at about £26 over budget. Otherwise, you might be worth trying eBay for second hand components. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
