Re: [ubuntu-uk] lexmark z2420

[Daniel Drummond]

Sean Miller wrote:
> This is a long shot... have Googled but can't find anything of use...
>
> Bought a Lexmark z2420 wi-fi printer a couple of days ago, which works
> great on Windows but I can't find any sign of drivers for Linux.
>
> Now I am assuming that I am unlikely to be able to get the thing to
> work directly from Ubuntu (ie. via wireless at 192.168.1.66) so
> instead decided to set it up using Samba, bouncing the prints from
> Linux to the Vista machine and then through the wireless to the
> printer.  This end-to-end connectivity seems to work okay as the
> printer flashes as if it is going to print but, presumably because I
> have the wrong driver on Ubuntu, doesn't.
>
> Has anybody any knowledge of this printer?  In terms of drivers is it,
> perhaps, compatible with one of the Lexmark drivers that come with
> Ubuntu (and if so what one?) or are there any generic drivers that are
> worth trying?
>
> Also, I assume I am correct in that I will need to use the Vista
> machine as a "middleman"?
>
> Sean
>
>   
http://www.openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Lexmark-Z2420

no support at the moment. 

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[ubuntu-uk] lexmark z2420

[Sean Miller]

This is a long shot... have Googled but can't find anything of use...

Bought a Lexmark z2420 wi-fi printer a couple of days ago, which works
great on Windows but I can't find any sign of drivers for Linux.

Now I am assuming that I am unlikely to be able to get the thing to
work directly from Ubuntu (ie. via wireless at 192.168.1.66) so
instead decided to set it up using Samba, bouncing the prints from
Linux to the Vista machine and then through the wireless to the
printer.  This end-to-end connectivity seems to work okay as the
printer flashes as if it is going to print but, presumably because I
have the wrong driver on Ubuntu, doesn't.

Has anybody any knowledge of this printer?  In terms of drivers is it,
perhaps, compatible with one of the Lexmark drivers that come with
Ubuntu (and if so what one?) or are there any generic drivers that are
worth trying?

Also, I assume I am correct in that I will need to use the Vista
machine as a "middleman"?

Sean

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to FF3.5 in Ubuntu

[John Matthews]

Daniel Drummond wrote:
> John Matthews wrote:
>   
>> Hi, thank you for the information.
>>
>> I was just wondering, how do I get it to work, and become my default 
>> browser so that I dont have both, and I dont loose my profile info?
>>
>> John.
>>
>>   
>> 
>
> Not sure if this is the best way to do it, but it accomplished it for me.
>
> open a terminal and type the following commands
>
> cd /usr/bin
> ls -l firefox
>
> you should see that the firefox file is a link to firefox-3.0
>
> then type
>
> sudo rm firefox
> sudo ln -s firefox-3.5 firefox
>
> That will update it so that menu entries will run firefox 3.5 and it 
> should run by default.  However if there are any extensions you rely on, 
> until they have been updated to work with firefox3.5 you won't be able 
> to use them. 
>
> As I said earlier my bookmarks followed me, so I'm not sure why yours 
> didn't.
>
> I did some checking, and this worked on my machine.
>
> Quit all firefox's before starting.
> In your home directory there is a folder called .mozilla  (In the file 
> manager this can be shown by pressing Ctrl-H).  In this directory there 
> should be a "firefox" and "firefox-3.5" directory.  Rename "firefox-3.5" 
> to "firefox-3.5.old", and make a copy of the "firefox" directory, and 
> rename the copy to "firefox-3.5".
>
> In commands:
>
> cd ~/.mozilla
> mv firefox-3.5 firefox-3.5.old
> cp -r firefox firefox-3.5
>
> Then run Firefox, and hopefully all should be well, with all your 
> bookmarks intact.
>
> Dan
>
> ps.  Do you not sleep?  I'm currently in Canada visiting my parents 
> which is why I'm up at this ungodly hour
>
>   
I cant at the moment. Not sleeping very well. Got some health problems 
so keeping me awake with the new meds and change from old ones, its 
getting on my nerves a bit, have hardly had any sleep at all this week.

You lucky thing being in Canada. I would love to go there. Maybe one day. :)

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer problems

[Alan Lord (News)]

On 10/07/09 00:02, Wulfy wrote:
> My printer died so I bought a new one.  It's a Canon PIXMA iP2500.  My
> Kubuntu Jaunty set-up recognises the printer and correctly identifies
> it, but it refuses to talk to it.  Requesting a test page causes the
> lights to flash but no page to appear.

I can't help directly but a Google search 
(http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22Canon+PIXMA+iP2500%22+Ubuntu)threw 
up a link to an Ubuntu Form thread that is called:

"[SOLVED] canon pixma ip2500 not printing"

If you've read this already sorry. But it might be worth reading through 
this and seeing how others managed to fix it.

There are other potentially interesting pages on the Google search too.

HTH

Alan



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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to FF3.5 in Ubuntu

[Daniel Drummond]

John Matthews wrote:
> Hi, thank you for the information.
>
> I was just wondering, how do I get it to work, and become my default 
> browser so that I dont have both, and I dont loose my profile info?
>
> John.
>
>   

Not sure if this is the best way to do it, but it accomplished it for me.

open a terminal and type the following commands

cd /usr/bin
ls -l firefox

you should see that the firefox file is a link to firefox-3.0

then type

sudo rm firefox
sudo ln -s firefox-3.5 firefox

That will update it so that menu entries will run firefox 3.5 and it 
should run by default.  However if there are any extensions you rely on, 
until they have been updated to work with firefox3.5 you won't be able 
to use them. 

As I said earlier my bookmarks followed me, so I'm not sure why yours 
didn't.

I did some checking, and this worked on my machine.

Quit all firefox's before starting.
In your home directory there is a folder called .mozilla  (In the file 
manager this can be shown by pressing Ctrl-H).  In this directory there 
should be a "firefox" and "firefox-3.5" directory.  Rename "firefox-3.5" 
to "firefox-3.5.old", and make a copy of the "firefox" directory, and 
rename the copy to "firefox-3.5".

In commands:

cd ~/.mozilla
mv firefox-3.5 firefox-3.5.old
cp -r firefox firefox-3.5

Then run Firefox, and hopefully all should be well, with all your 
bookmarks intact.

Dan

ps.  Do you not sleep?  I'm currently in Canada visiting my parents 
which is why I'm up at this ungodly hour

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to FF3.5 in Ubuntu

[John Matthews]

Daniel Drummond wrote:
> John Matthews wrote:
>   
>> Um, isnt FF3.5 final release now, I thought I saw it on the internet 
>> they were saying it was final release and if you look in windows it 
>> doesnt have beta after it. I'm not sure about that though.
>> 
> My apologies, checking on 
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/web/firefox-3.5 it seems the 
> repositories now have the finished product.  When I tried it a few days 
> ago they still had the beta version (and an early beta at that).
>
> Firefox 3.5 is being viewed as a major update, that doesn't overwrite a 
> firefox 3 installation.  One of the reasons for this choice is the fact 
> that some extensions will not run in 3.5 without modification. 
> Karmic will have firefox-3.5 as the default browser.  See 
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-karmic-firefox-3.5 
> for details.
>
> Dan
>
>   
Hi, thank you for the information.

I was just wondering, how do I get it to work, and become my default 
browser so that I dont have both, and I dont loose my profile info?

John.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to FF3.5 in Ubuntu

[Daniel Drummond]

John Matthews wrote:
> Um, isnt FF3.5 final release now, I thought I saw it on the internet 
> they were saying it was final release and if you look in windows it 
> doesnt have beta after it. I'm not sure about that though.
My apologies, checking on 
http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/web/firefox-3.5 it seems the 
repositories now have the finished product.  When I tried it a few days 
ago they still had the beta version (and an early beta at that).

Firefox 3.5 is being viewed as a major update, that doesn't overwrite a 
firefox 3 installation.  One of the reasons for this choice is the fact 
that some extensions will not run in 3.5 without modification. 
Karmic will have firefox-3.5 as the default browser.  See 
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-karmic-firefox-3.5 
for details.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to FF3.5 in Ubuntu

[John Matthews]

Daniel Drummond wrote:
> John Matthews wrote:
>   
>> Well, it might be because I am just not used to Ubuntu enough or understand 
>> it enough, but I am thinking along the the same lines as Windows, when you 
>> update FF it automatically updates to the next Version, and keeps your 
>> profile. I tried on my netbook, and it didnt update to 3.5, it installed a 
>> separate version, and didnt include my profile and the addons box would not 
>> show the addons, it said could not load addons. That was recommended or 
>> installed addons. So, I now have two versions of FF on my netbook, and I 
>> dont want that on my netbook or laptop. How come it doesnt update to 3.5, 
>> but keeps it as a separate version?
>>
>> If I uninstall 3.0.11, I will loose my profile on there, how do I keep the 
>> profile and transfer. It seems a bit confusing to me. Sorry. 
>>
>> John.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   
>> 
>
> I don't think Firefox 3.5 is meant to replace Firefox 3 in Jaunty.  Last 
> time I checked Firefox 3.5 in Jaunty was also a beta.
> I am running Karmic and I have installed 3.5 from the repositories, 
> alongside 3 as you said, but I have left 3 on there, and just changed 
> the /usr/bin/firefox symlink to point to /usr/bin/firefox-3.5.  The menu 
> button then runs Firefox 3.5 when you click on it. 
>
> Add-ons may need re-releasing by the original authors to be compatible 
> with 3.5.  As with any new firefox release it takes a little while for 
> the add-on authors to get them sorted.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by profile.  I presume you mean Bookmarks, 
> History and Saved Passwords.  Mine just followed me over.
>
> Dan
>
>   
Hi thank you for your message.

Um, isnt FF3.5 final release now, I thought I saw it on the internet 
they were saying it was final release and if you look in windows it 
doesnt have beta after it. I'm not sure about that though.

As far as profile, that is basically your profile, it brings over 
everything. The addons thing, if you open addons, it opens a box, and 
the first page has Recommended addons and then you have links at the top 
for your addons you have installed, and themes etc. Well, in the 
Recommended bit, it loads recommended addons, but in mine that wont 
load, it says unable to load addons. That's what I meant.

John

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to FF3.5 in Ubuntu

[Daniel Drummond]

John Matthews wrote:
> Well, it might be because I am just not used to Ubuntu enough or understand 
> it enough, but I am thinking along the the same lines as Windows, when you 
> update FF it automatically updates to the next Version, and keeps your 
> profile. I tried on my netbook, and it didnt update to 3.5, it installed a 
> separate version, and didnt include my profile and the addons box would not 
> show the addons, it said could not load addons. That was recommended or 
> installed addons. So, I now have two versions of FF on my netbook, and I dont 
> want that on my netbook or laptop. How come it doesnt update to 3.5, but 
> keeps it as a separate version?
>
> If I uninstall 3.0.11, I will loose my profile on there, how do I keep the 
> profile and transfer. It seems a bit confusing to me. Sorry. 
>
> John.
>
>
>
>
>   

I don't think Firefox 3.5 is meant to replace Firefox 3 in Jaunty.  Last 
time I checked Firefox 3.5 in Jaunty was also a beta.
I am running Karmic and I have installed 3.5 from the repositories, 
alongside 3 as you said, but I have left 3 on there, and just changed 
the /usr/bin/firefox symlink to point to /usr/bin/firefox-3.5.  The menu 
button then runs Firefox 3.5 when you click on it. 

Add-ons may need re-releasing by the original authors to be compatible 
with 3.5.  As with any new firefox release it takes a little while for 
the add-on authors to get them sorted.

I'm not sure what you mean by profile.  I presume you mean Bookmarks, 
History and Saved Passwords.  Mine just followed me over.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to FF3.5 in Ubuntu

[John Matthews]

Steve Cook wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
>
> John Matthews wrote:
>   
>> I tried to upgrade to FF3.5 on my netbook, but it didnt happen, it 
>> installed it seperately, but I couldnt get the Addons section to work, 
>> and a few other things as well, that was without the addons themselves, 
>> they just didnt transfer from the 3.0.11.
>>
>> So how do I go about it without having both versions on my laptop and 
>> netbook.?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> John.
>>
>> 
> If you only want one version just uninstall the other.  As for your
> other problems, you’ll have to provide a bit more information.
>
>   

Well, it might be because I am just not used to Ubuntu enough or understand it 
enough, but I am thinking along the the same lines as Windows, when you update 
FF it automatically updates to the next Version, and keeps your profile. I 
tried on my netbook, and it didnt update to 3.5, it installed a separate 
version, and didnt include my profile and the addons box would not show the 
addons, it said could not load addons. That was recommended or installed 
addons. So, I now have two versions of FF on my netbook, and I dont want that 
on my netbook or laptop. How come it doesnt update to 3.5, but keeps it as a 
separate version?

If I uninstall 3.0.11, I will loose my profile on there, how do I keep the 
profile and transfer. It seems a bit confusing to me. Sorry. 

John.





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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

[Sean Miller]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:30 AM, William Anderson wrote:
> Mike Paglia wrote:
>> I dont understand why use it anyway? Openoffice is just as good and its
>> free!
>
> This attitude irritates me somewhat.  I prefer MS Office (I currently
> use Office 2008 on my mac) to OpenOffice.org, as the former works well
> natively, doesn't consume insane amounts of memory, and isn't fugly :)

I concur... Openoffice is bloatware of the highest order.

If I could be bothered to get an older version of Office working on
wine I would - but I don't use office suites enough to do so.

It's a shame, really, that Sun decided to go down the bloated route,
because the early versions of Openoffice were really quite pleasant to
use; I dread to click on a ".doc" attachment in an e-mail because I
know the machine will whirr and click for ages before I actually get
to see it.

Sean

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

[William Anderson]

Mike Paglia wrote:
> I dont understand why use it anyway? Openoffice is just as good and its
> free!

This attitude irritates me somewhat.  I prefer MS Office (I currently
use Office 2008 on my mac) to OpenOffice.org, as the former works well
natively, doesn't consume insane amounts of memory, and isn't fugly :)

-n

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[ubuntu-uk] Printer problems

[Wulfy]

My printer died so I bought a new one.  It's a Canon PIXMA iP2500.  My 
Kubuntu Jaunty set-up recognises the printer and correctly identifies 
it, but it refuses to talk to it.  Requesting a test page causes the 
lights to flash but no page to appear.

I went to the Canon site and there's a driver for it.  Unfortunately, 
it's a Fedora driver and for i386 architecture and I'm running 64-bit 
Kubuntu.  Alien bombs out with a 'wrong architecture' error.  I even 
tried installing VirtualBox to try and run it under WinXP... I couldn't 
get the USB connection to work.  :@(

Does anyone have any ideas how to get this printer running or is it a 
paper-weight?

wu...@wulfy-desktop:~$ uname -a
Linux wulfy-desktop 2.6.28-13-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 30 22:12:12 
UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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Wulfmann

Wulf Credo:
Respect the elders. Teach the young. Co-operate with the pack.
Play when you can. Hunt when you must. Rest in between.
Share your affections. Voice your opinion. Leave your Mark.
Copyright July 17, 1988 by Del Goetz


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to FF3.5 in Ubuntu

[Steve Cook]

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John Matthews wrote:
> I tried to upgrade to FF3.5 on my netbook, but it didnt happen, it 
> installed it seperately, but I couldnt get the Addons section to work, 
> and a few other things as well, that was without the addons themselves, 
> they just didnt transfer from the 3.0.11.
> 
> So how do I go about it without having both versions on my laptop and 
> netbook.?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> John.
> 
If you only want one version just uninstall the other.  As for your
other problems, you’ll have to provide a bit more information.

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[ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to FF3.5 in Ubuntu

[John Matthews]

I tried to upgrade to FF3.5 on my netbook, but it didnt happen, it 
installed it seperately, but I couldnt get the Addons section to work, 
and a few other things as well, that was without the addons themselves, 
they just didnt transfer from the 3.0.11.

So how do I go about it without having both versions on my laptop and 
netbook.?

Thank you.

John.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

[Tony Pursell]

I have to disagree.  Linux (I mean Ubuntu, of course) IS as friendly a 
Windows. Many things go wrong and are difficult under Windows.  
Word always crashes first time I use it - OpenOffice.org never does.  I 
find a lot of hardware 'just works' under Ubuntu without the tiresome 
'found new hardware' routine.  And I find installing new programs a 
breeze compared with Windows - the repository system makes them 
easy to find, there is often a wide choice and, of course, you never 
have to worry whether you can afford it.

Friendliness, ease of use, etc are not the main battleground between 
Windows and Linux. Familiarity is. Various misconceptions about 
Linux count. For some people like me, there are key program and 
applications that are missing.  But the massive problem for Linux is 
how to get accepted as a must have OS for OEMs to put onto their 
products in place of Windows, without having the commercial clout 
that MS has, which it used to squeeze Linux out of the netbook 
market.

Tony


On 9 Jul 2009 at 20:58, Mike Paglia wrote:

> I must admit I have struggled with windows and Linux from a very early
> stage, as far back as 1992. I just did not want to go down the MS route. I
> have never believed in it so tried early doors of Slackware then Red hat
> blah blah blah. I now have gone over to iMAC which I love because of the
> UNIX back end and of course its not MS (apart from their share holding in
> apple of course).
> I have to say publicly that linux has been a struggle its not for your
> normal windows punter as it takes a bit of thought. I just want to say to
> the linux users out there going the Linux route is not easy, you just cant
> download an application and blindly answer Yes...YesYes you have to
> think about what you are doing. As long as this scenario stays Linux
> platforms will always be in the background. (well so say I)
> 
> Linux needs to be as friendly as Windows without the windows price and shit!
> 
> Ubuntu is a massive step forward but even now not quite up to the windows
> ease of use.
> 
> Remember guys I hate the MS so no flames please
> 
> 
> Mike P
> 
> 
> 
> 2009/7/9 James Milligan 
> 
> > Mike Paglia wrote:
> > > I dont understand why use it anyway? Openoffice is just as good and
> > > its free!
> > >
> > > 2009/7/9 Paul Webster  > > >
> > >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Can I expect Word 2002 to run under Wine (on Jaunty)?
> > >
> > > I tried to install it, but came to a standstill during the
> > > installation, as the Word installer demanded a restart I couldn't
> > > provide.
> > >
> > > Paul W.
> > >
> > Good point Mike! Come to think of it, OOo probably has more features
> > than Word 02 anyway!
> >
> > James
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

[David King]

If I was a millionaire, this would be near the top of my to-do list -- 
build a real dalek, controlled by a PC inside, running Ubuntu or 
something similar, programmed to do dalek things and question any 
visitors to my home.

Anyone interested in building a dalek should probably go to
http://www.projectdalek.co.uk/files/index.html

If you join the forum you get a free manual to build your own dalek.

Or visit
http://www.dalekcity.co.uk/

I have also seen old daleks from either Doctor Who films or the old TV 
series for sale on ebay.


Someone has built a PC shaped like a dalek at
http://www.asqi21.dsl.pipex.com/
and one like a Tardis
http://www.asqi21.dsl.pipex.com/tardis.htm - I love the DVD tray on this
and a car shaped PC running Linux
http://www.asqi21.dsl.pipex.com/



David King



Johnathon Tinsley wrote:
> If only I had the time, money, and knowledge, it would be so cool to
> build a Darlek actually running Ubuntu. Fit-pc[1], plug pc, or something
> like that... That and my 9 year old cousin would love it if he could
> make it do stuff, and record it's voice ;-)
>
>
> [1] http://www.fit-pc.co.uk/
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] G1 phone plans - WAS: Re: Webcam as a security camera

[LeeGroups]

Colin Murphy wrote:
> On Tuesday 07 July 2009 23:10:51 LeeGroups wrote:
> d.
>   
>>> I think I will have to spend a little more and get a bigger battery, very
>>> tempted to go for
>>> http://www.seidioonline.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=BACY26TMG1-BK
>>>   
>> That's expensive, same thing on ebay for less than £9...
>> 
>
> Is it?  The Seidio battery has rave reviews and I've seen much criticism of 
> cheaper offerings.  The 2300 mAh batteries don't seem to have the oomph that 
> their specs would suggest.  Would you 'trust' a cheap 2850 mAh battery in 
> your phone.
>
> The Seidio battery is expensive, and with shipping, a third more so again, 
> but 
> I do think it would complete my G1 nicely.  
A third more? How did you calculate that? The Seidio battery plus 
shipping is $80, or about £45.
The one off ebay is £9 delivered. I see your point about cheap 
batteries, but a good friend of mine has been running an ebay special 
for two months and it's been fine. Run time has easily doubled...



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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Evolution's compulsory GPG routine

[Rowan Berkeley]

I said earlier: "I have gone and deleted the Evo applet from the Gnome
panel, and so I am not getting new email notifications (except for a
momentary balloon). I would like to put the applet back, but it isn't
listed in 'add/remove from panel.' Can anyone tell me how?" I have now
realised that what I had gone and deleted was the entire Window List,
not just the specific applet showing that Evo was running and whether it
had any new mail in its inbox, so I've fixed that.

Vinu, you said: "Somewhere in the repositories is a package that will
unlock your default keyring on login and lock it again when you log out.
I've been using it for quite a while, now." Please try to identify this
and tell us what it is (as well as telling me how you disabled GPG in
the Evo Preferences).

One final question: suppose you have a solid black background on your
desktop, and solid black panels too. Icons will still be visible because
they are now black but coloured, but how can you change the colour of
words that appear in the panel, from black-on-black which is invisible,
to white? I know it can be done, because I somehow managed it on the
Linux Certified machine.  

 


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

[Mike Paglia]

I must admit I have struggled with windows and Linux from a very early
stage, as far back as 1992. I just did not want to go down the MS route. I
have never believed in it so tried early doors of Slackware then Red hat
blah blah blah. I now have gone over to iMAC which I love because of the
UNIX back end and of course its not MS (apart from their share holding in
apple of course).
I have to say publicly that linux has been a struggle its not for your
normal windows punter as it takes a bit of thought. I just want to say to
the linux users out there going the Linux route is not easy, you just cant
download an application and blindly answer Yes...YesYes you have to
think about what you are doing. As long as this scenario stays Linux
platforms will always be in the background. (well so say I)

Linux needs to be as friendly as Windows without the windows price and shit!

Ubuntu is a massive step forward but even now not quite up to the windows
ease of use.

Remember guys I hate the MS so no flames please


Mike P



2009/7/9 James Milligan 

> Mike Paglia wrote:
> > I dont understand why use it anyway? Openoffice is just as good and
> > its free!
> >
> > 2009/7/9 Paul Webster  > >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Can I expect Word 2002 to run under Wine (on Jaunty)?
> >
> > I tried to install it, but came to a standstill during the
> > installation, as the Word installer demanded a restart I couldn't
> > provide.
> >
> > Paul W.
> >
> Good point Mike! Come to think of it, OOo probably has more features
> than Word 02 anyway!
>
> James
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

[James Milligan]

Mike Paglia wrote:
> I dont understand why use it anyway? Openoffice is just as good and 
> its free!
>
> 2009/7/9 Paul Webster  >
>
> Hi
>
> Can I expect Word 2002 to run under Wine (on Jaunty)?
>
> I tried to install it, but came to a standstill during the
> installation, as the Word installer demanded a restart I couldn't
> provide.
>
> Paul W.
>
Good point Mike! Come to think of it, OOo probably has more features 
than Word 02 anyway!

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

[Mike Paglia]

I dont understand why use it anyway? Openoffice is just as good and its
free!

2009/7/9 Paul Webster 

> Hi
>
> Can I expect Word 2002 to run under Wine (on Jaunty)?
>
> I tried to install it, but came to a standstill during the installation, as
> the Word installer demanded a restart I couldn't provide.
>
> Paul W.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

[James Milligan]

Paul Webster wrote:
> Hi
>
> Can I expect Word 2002 to run under Wine (on Jaunty)?
>
> I tried to install it, but came to a standstill during the 
> installation, as the Word installer demanded a restart I couldn't provide.
>
> Paul W.

Hi Paul,

I'm assuming you've already checked out the winehq appdb, but here's the 
link anyway: 
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=520 


It says that the installer was not tested, which is perhaps a bit odd 
but the distro was Gentoo, and the last test date for Ubuntu is 
mid-2006, on 6.06, but it does say that it installs and runs (the test 
for that is here: 
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=520&iTestingId=4113
 
)

The results given were:

*What works*
Installtion The Programm


*What does not*
Vey slow


*What was not tested*
Nearly erverything


*Additional Comments
*

*
*

So again it says it installs but wasn't tested thoroughly.

What restart was it asking for?

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[ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

[Paul Webster]

Hi

Can I expect Word 2002 to run under Wine (on Jaunty)?

I tried to install it, but came to a standstill during the installation, as
the Word installer demanded a restart I couldn't provide.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

[Paul Roach]

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Johnathon Tinsley wrote:

>
>
> If only I had the time, money, and knowledge, it would be so cool to
> build a Darlek actually running Ubuntu. Fit-pc[1], plug pc, or something
> like that... That and my 9 year old cousin would love it if he could
> make it do stuff, and record it's voice ;-)
>
>
> Why not - there's already a dalek webcam on the market!

http://www.slipperybrick.com/2007/10/dalek-webcam/

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

[Johnathon Tinsley]

Harry Rickards wrote:
> William Anderson wrote:
>> David King wrote:
>>> Interesting podcast, entertaining as usual.
>>>
>>> However, I did not hear any references to the Stolen Earth, which title 
>>> I assume you took from a recent Doctor Who episode. But no mention of 
>>> the Doctor or the Daleks...
>>>
>>> I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like?
>> APT GET UPDATE!  APT GET UPDATE!
> 
>> -n
> 
> The Doctor: Do it the Debian way! Use aptitude!
> 

If only I had the time, money, and knowledge, it would be so cool to
build a Darlek actually running Ubuntu. Fit-pc[1], plug pc, or something
like that... That and my 9 year old cousin would love it if he could
make it do stuff, and record it's voice ;-)


[1] http://www.fit-pc.co.uk/



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Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

[Tony Arnold]

William Anderson wrote:
> David King wrote:
>> Interesting podcast, entertaining as usual.
>>
>> However, I did not hear any references to the Stolen Earth, which title 
>> I assume you took from a recent Doctor Who episode. But no mention of 
>> the Doctor or the Daleks...
>>
>> I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like?
> 
> APT GET UPDATE!  APT GET UPDATE!

More like:

xterm -n 8
xterm -n 8


(no it's not quite valid!)

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

[Harry Rickards]

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William Anderson wrote:
> David King wrote:
>> Interesting podcast, entertaining as usual.
>>
>> However, I did not hear any references to the Stolen Earth, which title 
>> I assume you took from a recent Doctor Who episode. But no mention of 
>> the Doctor or the Daleks...
>>
>> I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like?
> 
> APT GET UPDATE!  APT GET UPDATE!
> 
> -n
> 
The Doctor: Do it the Debian way! Use aptitude!

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

[William Anderson]

David King wrote:
> Interesting podcast, entertaining as usual.
> 
> However, I did not hear any references to the Stolen Earth, which title 
> I assume you took from a recent Doctor Who episode. But no mention of 
> the Doctor or the Daleks...
> 
> I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like?

APT GET UPDATE!  APT GET UPDATE!

-n

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic 9.10 Release party

[Harry Rickards]

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Philip Taylor wrote:
> Hello All
> 
> I have added my planned Release party date, to the wiki 
> (wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicReleaseParty) .
> 
> I hope to get abit of feedback about materials and and things i will need for 
> it, like cd's and other things, maybe some other ubuntu things, to give out.
> 


For those of us who can't make an 'irl' (in real life) release party,
does anyone want to have one on IRC where we just do whatever we'd do at
an actual release party?


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Evolution's compulsory GPG routine

[Rowan Berkeley]

On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 15:36 +0100, vinu wrote:

> Assuming it IS gnome-keyring, somewhere in the repositories is a
> package that will unlock your default keyring on login and lock it
> again when you log out, to defeat this very problem.  I've been using
> it for quite a while, now. If, on the other hand, it's the GPG, you
> can disable it in your Evo preferences.

It's just Evo; every time I start it, it says more or less "the
application 'evolution' wants to access the GPG keyring but it is
locked." I have looked a good few times at the Evo preferences but I
cannot see any way to disable this, so, Vinu, please tell me
specifically how to do it.

Also, I have gone and deleted the Evo applet from the Gnome panel, and
so I am not getting new email notifications (except for a momentary
balloon). I would like to put the applet back, but it isn't listed in
'add/remove from panel.' Can anyone tell me how?


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic 9.10 Release party

[Simon Keates]

apologies for including the whole email !!
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic 9.10 Release party (Philip Taylor)

[Philip Taylor]

Thats good to hear, thank you for the correction, :)


On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 03:54:43PM +0100, Simon Keates wrote:
> 1st time actually replying on the list - hope i got it right!
> 
> glad to see there a release party in Banbury! count me in for helping out
> 
> btw... your link's not quite right. should be https://wiki.ubuntu.com/
> KarmicReleaseParties
> 
> regards,
> 
> /Simon
> 
> 
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>   1. Re:  Suggest a graphics card (John Matthews)
>   2.  The Stolen Earth (David King)
>   3. Re:  The Stolen Earth (Alan Pope)
>   4. Re:  Suggest a graphics card (Alan Lord (News))
>   5. Re:  The Stolen Earth (Alan Lord (News))
>   6. Re:  The Stolen Earth (David King)
>   7. Re:  The Stolen Earth (John Matthews)
>   8.  Evolution's compulsory GPG routine (Rowan Berkeley)
>   9. Re:  The Stolen Earth (Alan Pope)
>  10. Re:  Evolution's compulsory GPG routine (Ciar?n Mooney)
>  11. Re:  Evolution's compulsory GPG routine (Vinothan Shankar)
>  12.  Karmic 9.10 Release party (Philip Taylor)
> 
> 
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:19:59 +0100
> From: John Matthews 
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a graphics card
> To: British Ubuntu Talk 
> Message-ID: <4a551b8f.8010...@sky.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> Vinothan Shankar wrote:
> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> > Hash: SHA1
> >
> > Adam Bagnall wrote:
> >
> >> If you're not planning on gaming, just using HD for video and compiz
> >> then a low powered nvidia card would be fine. An nvidia 8400gs only
> >> costs about ?25 from ebuyer and most of them have passive cooling (no
> >> fan and therefore silent). With these nvidia cards you can playback HD
> >> video with very little cpu usage and they are power efficient too.
> >> 
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia_vdpau_gpu&num=
> 1
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Adam.
> >>
> >>
> >> javadayaz wrote:
> >>
> >>> I am thinking of installing a graphics into my machine finally.
> >>>
> >>> Can you please suggest a cheap graphics card?
> >>>
> >>> It must:
> >>>
> >>> PLAY NICE WITH UBUNTU. (easy to set up. no problem with compiz)
> >>> display HD for a screen size of at least 37".
> >>> Not require extra cooling.
> >>>
> >>> Looking forward to your comments!
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Javad
> >>>
> >>
> > Don't talk to me about the 8400GS.  I've got one in my machine, and
> > while it's fine using its VGA output, there's something wrong with the
> > DVI when using NVidia's Linux driver (it was fine when I was still on
> > Windows and it's fine with the free drivers...).  Even when I set the
> > DVI output to a resolution and refresh rate that my monitor specifically
> > says is supported in its manual, I get a "picture mode not supported"
> > message - and i've tried with a TV with a DVI-in as well, just to make
> > sure.  The usual workaround of disabling DynamicTwinView doesn't help
> > either.
> >
> > In short, beware if you want to use DVI.
> >
> > Vinu
> >
> > PS this is _not_ a request for help with it - I can live with VGA.
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> >
> I have a new pc, and it has a Nvidea Something 5500 in it. I say
> something because it was having problems, so it had to go back, so I
> cant remember exactly which one it was. That was just using Windows. I
> am just wondering, would it work with Ubuntu? I have yet to install it.
> Was going to when it came back. Sorry to come in and hyjack the thread,
> but it is a similar question.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:32:55 +0100
> From: David King 
> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth
> To: British Ubuntu Talk 
> Message-ID: <4a551e97.3010...@avoura.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IS

[ubuntu-uk] Karmic RAT Party

[Alan Bell]

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicRATParty


   The Real Ale Train

The Watercress Line  is a small 
steam powered railway line in Hampshire. It runs from Alton Station to 
Alresford 
. 
Alton is the end of the line for scheduled services from Waterloo. Every 
month or so they run an evening special, the Real Ale Train, or RAT.


Basically the train turns into a very very long bar for the evening. 
There are several converted bar carriages and plenty of seating (comfy 
old seating in groups of 4). There is a RAT train on the 7th of 
November, a week after the launch of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. Steam, 
Beer and Software Freedom seems an irresistible combination so we are 
making this one a Karmic Release Party 
.


You need to book your ticket 
 before arriving 
(and fairly soon, they sell out several months in advance), tickets can 
be booked online and cost £10 each. This includes a voucher for your 
first pint. Beer is not "Free as in Beer", but it is just £2/pint


Beards are strictly optional - it may sound like a male dominated event 
(and to be fair, it is) but it has a very friendly atmosphere and all 
are welcome.


Other alcoholic and soft drinks as well as snacks are on sale at the 
on-board buffet. Hot food can be purchased on board the train with 
vegetarian alternatives available. You have to be 18+ to buy beer, but 
there is no age limit (at either end of the scale) for joining in.


The RAT starts at Alton and tootles gently up and down the line a couple 
of times, returning to Alton in time for the 22:44 train back to 
Waterloo. (This is a connecting service, if the RAT is late, the 
mainline train will wait for it)


Dress - something Ubuntu related.



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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic 9.10 Release party (Philip Taylor)

[Simon Keates]

1st time actually replying on the list - hope i got it right!
glad to see there a release party in Banbury! count me in for helping out

btw... your link's not quite right. should be
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicReleaseParties

regards,

/Simon


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>   3. Re:  The Stolen Earth (Alan Pope)
>   4. Re:  Suggest a graphics card (Alan Lord (News))
>   5. Re:  The Stolen Earth (Alan Lord (News))
>   6. Re:  The Stolen Earth (David King)
>   7. Re:  The Stolen Earth (John Matthews)
>   8.  Evolution's compulsory GPG routine (Rowan Berkeley)
>   9. Re:  The Stolen Earth (Alan Pope)
>  10. Re:  Evolution's compulsory GPG routine (Ciar?n Mooney)
>  11. Re:  Evolution's compulsory GPG routine (Vinothan Shankar)
>  12.  Karmic 9.10 Release party (Philip Taylor)
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:19:59 +0100
> From: John Matthews 
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a graphics card
> To: British Ubuntu Talk 
> Message-ID: <4a551b8f.8010...@sky.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Vinothan Shankar wrote:
> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> > Hash: SHA1
> >
> > Adam Bagnall wrote:
> >
> >> If you're not planning on gaming, just using HD for video and compiz
> >> then a low powered nvidia card would be fine. An nvidia 8400gs only
> >> costs about ?25 from ebuyer and most of them have passive cooling (no
> >> fan and therefore silent). With these nvidia cards you can playback HD
> >> video with very little cpu usage and they are power efficient too.
> >>
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia_vdpau_gpu&num=1
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Adam.
> >>
> >>
> >> javadayaz wrote:
> >>
> >>> I am thinking of installing a graphics into my machine finally.
> >>>
> >>> Can you please suggest a cheap graphics card?
> >>>
> >>> It must:
> >>>
> >>> PLAY NICE WITH UBUNTU. (easy to set up. no problem with compiz)
> >>> display HD for a screen size of at least 37".
> >>> Not require extra cooling.
> >>>
> >>> Looking forward to your comments!
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Javad
> >>>
> >>
> > Don't talk to me about the 8400GS.  I've got one in my machine, and
> > while it's fine using its VGA output, there's something wrong with the
> > DVI when using NVidia's Linux driver (it was fine when I was still on
> > Windows and it's fine with the free drivers...).  Even when I set the
> > DVI output to a resolution and refresh rate that my monitor specifically
> > says is supported in its manual, I get a "picture mode not supported"
> > message - and i've tried with a TV with a DVI-in as well, just to make
> > sure.  The usual workaround of disabling DynamicTwinView doesn't help
> > either.
> >
> > In short, beware if you want to use DVI.
> >
> > Vinu
> >
> > PS this is _not_ a request for help with it - I can live with VGA.
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> > =JpRA
> > -END PGP SIGNATURE-
> >
> >
> I have a new pc, and it has a Nvidea Something 5500 in it. I say
> something because it was having problems, so it had to go back, so I
> cant remember exactly which one it was. That was just using Windows. I
> am just wondering, would it work with Ubuntu? I have yet to install it.
> Was going to when it came back. Sorry to come in and hyjack the thread,
> but it is a similar question.
>
> John
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:32:55 +0100
> From: David King 
> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth
> To: British Ubuntu Talk 
> Message-ID: <4a551e97.3010...@avoura.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Interesting podcast, entertaining as usual.
>
> However, I did not hear any references to the Stolen Earth, which title
> I assume you took from a recent Doctor Who episode. But no mention of
> the Doctor or the Daleks...
>
> I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like?
>
>
> David King
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> Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 23:39:44 +0100
> From: Alan Pope 
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth
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> Hi Dav

[ubuntu-uk] Karmic 9.10 Release party

[Philip Taylor]

Hello All

I have added my planned Release party date, to the wiki 
(wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicReleaseParty) .

I hope to get abit of feedback about materials and and things i will need for 
it, like cd's and other things, maybe some other ubuntu things, to give out.

Help would be appreciated.

PHilip Taylor aka brobostigon :)

 

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Evolution's compulsory GPG routine

[Vinothan Shankar]

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1

Ciarán Mooney wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> What you describe sounds more like the Gnome Keyring rather than any
> GPG-based program.
> 
> They keyring is what stores your passwords etc, it is used for WEP/WPA
> keys along with any other password in the system.
> 
> I'm guessing that you have passwords in Evolution to your email
> accounts etc, and these are protected by the Gnome Keyring
> application. Evolution has to request access in someway to be able to
> download your email.
> 
> This is a guess, hope it points you in the right direction.
> 
> Ciarán
> 
Assuming it IS gnome-keyring, somewhere in the repositories is a package
that will unlock your default keyring on login and lock it again when
you log out, to defeat this very problem.  I've been using it for quite
a while, now.

If, on the other hand, it's the GPG, you can disable it in your Evo
preferences.

Vinu
-BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)

iEYEARECAAYFAkpV5WsACgkQKYNUyjOGQGSraACgq2vM3IbvtyiaPUMAOn6hP/DZ
kDYAnRLkg2EMQgR+Y4aRw5ew4VfJ5K7Q
=0JPd
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Evolution's compulsory GPG routine

[Ciarán Mooney]

Hi,

What you describe sounds more like the Gnome Keyring rather than any
GPG-based program.

They keyring is what stores your passwords etc, it is used for WEP/WPA
keys along with any other password in the system.

I'm guessing that you have passwords in Evolution to your email
accounts etc, and these are protected by the Gnome Keyring
application. Evolution has to request access in someway to be able to
download your email.

This is a guess, hope it points you in the right direction.

Ciarán

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

[Alan Pope]

2009/7/9 John Matthews :
> Can I have the URL.I dont have it. Is this something to do with Ubuntu?
>

http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/

:)

Cheers,
Al.

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[ubuntu-uk] Evolution's compulsory GPG routine

[Rowan Berkeley]

Hello everybody. I'm now using my new Linux Emporium Thinkpad, and very
nice it is too -- it accepts Ubuntu updates, without immediately
disabling itself the way the Linux Certified machine used to do.
However, my usual problems with default Ubuntu clients have returned,
especially the compulsory GPG routine in Evolution -- in fact, it's
worse now, because I already created a keyring and code blocks for the
Linux Certified machine, and I do not know whether these are retained at
some database somewhere out there (apart from on that now dead machine,
which I have returned to the suppliers). I simply do not want or need
GPG anyway -- is there no way I can stop Evolution from demanding I run
it every time, or must I keep pressing 'deny' ad infinitum?


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

[John Matthews]

David King wrote:
> Thanks for the reply. I recognise some of the podcast titles as Doctor 
> Who episodes, I guess some of the others are from very old episodes I 
> have long forgotten.
>
>
> David King
>
>
> Alan Pope wrote:
>   
>> Hi David,
>>
>> Thanks for the mail.
>>
>> 2009/7/8 David King :
>>   
>> 
>>> Interesting podcast, entertaining as usual.
>>>
>>> 
>>>   
>> Thanks for that, it certainly motivates us to have positive feedback!
>>
>>   
>> 
>>> However, I did not hear any references to the Stolen Earth, which title
>>> I assume you took from a recent Doctor Who episode. But no mention of
>>> the Doctor or the Daleks...
>>>
>>> 
>>>   
>> :) As you may have noticed, every episode this season is named after a
>> Doctor Who episode :)
>>
>> We try to allude to episode content in the title, the laptop theft
>> section this week led to "Stolen Earth".
>>
>>   
>> 
>>> I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like?
>>>
>>> 
>>>   
>> It would of course exterminate all other operating systems!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Al.
>>
>>   
>> 
>
>   
Can I have the URL.I dont have it. Is this something to do with Ubuntu?

John

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

[David King]

Thanks for the reply. I recognise some of the podcast titles as Doctor 
Who episodes, I guess some of the others are from very old episodes I 
have long forgotten.


David King


Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Thanks for the mail.
>
> 2009/7/8 David King :
>   
>> Interesting podcast, entertaining as usual.
>>
>> 
>
> Thanks for that, it certainly motivates us to have positive feedback!
>
>   
>> However, I did not hear any references to the Stolen Earth, which title
>> I assume you took from a recent Doctor Who episode. But no mention of
>> the Doctor or the Daleks...
>>
>> 
>
> :) As you may have noticed, every episode this season is named after a
> Doctor Who episode :)
>
> We try to allude to episode content in the title, the laptop theft
> section this week led to "Stolen Earth".
>
>   
>> I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like?
>>
>> 
>
> It would of course exterminate all other operating systems!
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
>
>   

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