Re: [ubuntu-uk] please, help me buy a laptop.
Kris Douglas wrote: On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 10:22 PM, James Grabham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, I'm not allowed to use it till the 29th (My birthday) anyway. If the postie is nice he will bring it on the day ;) And gift wrapped too :-) From my experience too, Dell are pretty quick, sometimes they've really surprised me on how quick they have delivered desktops and laptops. If it's a standard build chances are they'd have stock ready to be sent out. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] please, help me buy a laptop.
It is. It's the £299 one on the 1510 page; I didn't adjust it at all. Thanks to everyone for their help - much appreciated. And gift wrapped too :-) From my experience too, Dell are pretty quick, sometimes they've really surprised me on how quick they have delivered desktops and laptops. If it's a standard build chances are they'd have stock ready to be sent out. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] any Electronics experts here?
Any electronic experts here? I have a few questions regarding something...and would like some advice and thoughts on this As this a non ubuntu related topic please email me directly. Thanks Regards Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sir Alan Sugar: it's too late for Linux
On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 5:16 PM, LeeGroups [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: History shows that whatever starts in the business and back-end world ends up finding it's way through the servers, to the corporate desktops, and then finally down to home desktops. -- Really? Like what? Lee My words were somewhat malformed :-) I meant to say more broadly that technology tends to start in businesses and governments - where price and sometimes size is prohibitive, and then trickles towards the smaller enterprises and finally into the home. Computers, fax, the Internet, mobile phones, etc, Kris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] any Electronics experts here?
What sort of questions do you have? Cheers Chris 2008/6/23 Javad Ayaz [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Any electronic experts here? I have a few questions regarding something...and would like some advice and thoughts on this As this a non ubuntu related topic please email me directly. Thanks Regards Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] please, help me buy a laptop.
It is. It's the £299 one on the 1510 page; I didn't adjust it at all. Thanks to everyone for their help - much appreciated. Of course, you have to submit us a full review :) -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Company No. 6135915 Registered in England -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] please, help me buy a laptop.
Well of course, especially considering the lack of reviews on the web. On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is. It's the £299 one on the 1510 page; I didn't adjust it at all. Thanks to everyone for their help - much appreciated. Of course, you have to submit us a full review :) -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Company No. 6135915 Registered in England -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Mr JE Grabham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] please, help me buy a laptop.
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:00 PM, James Grabham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well of course, especially considering the lack of reviews on the web. On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is. It's the £299 one on the 1510 page; I didn't adjust it at all. Thanks to everyone for their help - much appreciated. Of course, you have to submit us a full review :) -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Company No. 6135915 Registered in England http://www.notebookreview.com/ :) Good website, It's how I got round to ordering an XPS. -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Company No. 6135915 Registered in England -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] please, help me buy a laptop.
Yes, I found that, I think there was about one paragraph on it. On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:00 PM, James Grabham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well of course, especially considering the lack of reviews on the web. On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is. It's the £299 one on the 1510 page; I didn't adjust it at all. Thanks to everyone for their help - much appreciated. Of course, you have to submit us a full review :) -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Company No. 6135915 Registered in England http://www.notebookreview.com/ :) Good website, It's how I got round to ordering an XPS. -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Company No. 6135915 Registered in England -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Mr JE Grabham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] please, help me buy a laptop.
It is. It's the £299 one on the 1510 page; I didn't adjust it at all. Thanks to everyone for their help - much appreciated. Of course, you have to submit us a full review :) LoL... I can do that now if you want... I got one last week... Everything just works* desktop special effects too, even the optional extras of the webcam and the bluetooth module work... Lee *OK, I have two slight niggles... 1) The blue led that says the wireless lan is on doesn't light up wireless networking works just fine, but no light... 2) The refresh on the optional built in webcam is a bit slow, but I can't find a way to lower the resolution, but I guess that's a software application issue, rather than hardware or drivers. But apart from those, IT ROCKS :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] please, help me buy a laptop.
2) The refresh on the optional built in webcam is a bit slow, but I can't find a way to lower the resolution, but I guess that's a software application issue, rather than hardware or drivers. Does it look strange on Cheese? Or in VLC? The XPS M1530's looks fantastic. -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Company No. 6135915 Registered in England -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] please, help me buy a laptop.
Great, do the multimedia buttons work? On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 2:34 PM, LeeGroups [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is. It's the £299 one on the 1510 page; I didn't adjust it at all. Thanks to everyone for their help - much appreciated. Of course, you have to submit us a full review :) LoL... I can do that now if you want... I got one last week... Everything just works* desktop special effects too, even the optional extras of the webcam and the bluetooth module work... Lee *OK, I have two slight niggles... 1) The blue led that says the wireless lan is on doesn't light up wireless networking works just fine, but no light... 2) The refresh on the optional built in webcam is a bit slow, but I can't find a way to lower the resolution, but I guess that's a software application issue, rather than hardware or drivers. But apart from those, IT ROCKS :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Mr JE Grabham jgrabham.co.nr -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] please, help me buy a laptop.
James Grabham wrote: Great, do the multimedia buttons work? They work fine on our Inspirons - a 1525 and an older 6400. So every reason to assume they will on yours. Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] please, help me buy a laptop.
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James Grabham wrote: Great, do the multimedia buttons work? They work fine on our Inspirons - a 1525 and an older 6400. So every reason to assume they will on yours. Mac XPS and Inspiron 6400 work fine for me. -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Company No. 6135915 Registered in England -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Copying files from a reiser3 partition to LVM problem
I don't know about Reiser, but on other file systems you can specifiy the block/cluster size, if this isn't the same on both of your filesystems, then there would be more slack space on the destination, which would have the effect you're seeing... That's the thing. Both filesystems are exactly the same. Why is it using more space? Is it something to do with the way LVM allocates space? This is driving me nuts... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Copying files from a reiser3 partition to LVM problem
Mark Allison wrote: I don't know about Reiser, but on other file systems you can specifiy the block/cluster size, if this isn't the same on both of your filesystems, then there would be more slack space on the destination, which would have the effect you're seeing... That's the thing. Both filesystems are exactly the same. Why is it using more space? Is it something to do with the way LVM allocates space? This is driving me nuts... They've got both the same block size? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] please, help me buy a laptop.
2008/6/21 Andrew Oakley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: James Grabham wrote: Dell Vostro 1310?- business grade, should have decent compatibility- They start at £250, plus VAT, plus £60 delivery! Far too expensive, shame, I'd love one. Ring them. Explain your total budget is £300 and not a penny more. They'll almost certainly knock the price down, especially this time of year (the business people who buy laptops in bulk are on holiday this time of year, and the home market doesn't pick up till nearer Christmas). Be cheeky and ask if they can throw in dual core AND delivery for 300 notes. Mention you're happy to have Vista Home (it's not like you'll be running DX10 games on a low-end desktop), since you plan to dual-boot into Ubuntu anyway. I've had a Dell Inspiron 1520 for about 6 months now, total Ubuntu bliss; everything works. Dell even gave free laptops to Ubuntu developers for Hardy development. A friend at work has a Vostron, they're lovely solid reliable machines. And with Dell you know the hardware drivers will work with Ubuntu. -- Andrew Oakley I have a Dell Inspiron 1525, all great upgraded very easily to Hardy Heron. But I don't play games etcI think it started at £299 then I got rid of the Celeron processor for something else- my son changed it for something else Dell was offering so it came out a bit higher. Caroline -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- --- London School of Puppetry www.londonschoolofpuppetry.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fresh Installs
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 10:51 PM, Ian Pascoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have various periphials that get attached / detached , as you do, and was trying to figure out whether the best way was to have them all connected during the installation process so that any necessary drivers / packages are got then, or do the fresh install with the bear minimum attached, and add the necessary bits and pieces as required? It doesn't make any difference afaik. All drivers are installed and then loaded dynamically at run-time or when something is plugged in. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fresh Installs
Ian Pascoe wrote: Folks Some advice please For various reasons I'm going to do a fresh install of Hearty once the next LTS release is published. As I didn't do the install on the desktop originally, I need a little guidance. I have various periphials that get attached / detached , as you do, and was trying to figure out whether the best way was to have them all connected during the installation process so that any necessary drivers / packages are got then, or do the fresh install with the bear minimum attached, and add the necessary bits and pieces as required? By periphials I include such things as printers / USB Drives / sticks, PDA, etc etc Cheers Ian You can add printers afterwards, chances are if you have something like a HP or Epson printer then the drivers will be built into the OS. If it's USB then it should also be detected and configured for you. You might also want any USB hard drives that you normally have plugged in attached as you should be able to specify the mount point for them at installation (just be careful not to format them), but again it's not a major task to add them afterwards. As far as the PDA is concerned, not sure on that. I have a Palm V with a serial cradle and I had to manually specify that I had it attached to get it to work. I think you'll find that most if not all of your hardware will have drivers built in if you're lucky (might be an issue with some wireless devices). From experience though, most things when plugged in are detected, the driver loads and it works first time (and within a couple of seconds which is quicker in Ubuntu than it is in Windows for me!). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Copying files from a reiser3 partition to LVM problem
Mark Allison wrote: They've got both the same block size? The LVM: /sbin/debugreiserfs /dev/mapper/backupvg-backuplv | grep Blocksize debugreiserfs 3.6.19 (2003 www.namesys.com) Blocksize: 4096 The original (source) partition: /sbin/debugreiserfs /dev/sdc1 | grep Blocksize debugreiserfs 3.6.19 (2003 www.namesys.com) Blocksize: 4096 Now that is strange. I'd expect it if they were different block sizes, and possibly if they were different file systems but not if they're the same filesystem. I'm stumped for ideas. Have you tried backing up to an ext3 filesystem? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Copying files from a reiser3 partition to LVM problem
Now that is strange. I'd expect it if they were different block sizes, and possibly if they were different file systems but not if they're the same filesystem. I'm stumped for ideas. Have you tried backing up to an ext3 filesystem? I'm creating an ext3 filesystem with a block size of 1024. Hopefully the smaller block size will reduce wastage as I have lots of small files. Thanks for your time. Will let you know tomorrow how this one works out. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
