Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing ownership.......
2009/8/13 William Anderson : > John Matthews wrote: >> Hi, I wonder if somebody can help. I have uploaded a something to my >> server, I need to change the ownership. I managed to change the folders >> ownership, but not everything inside. >> >> the script I used was >> >> sudo chown www-data:www-data and filename >> >> I think I need to add the -R some where to make it recursive, but not >> sure where to add it. Should it be after the filename, or before. > > command flags almost always go after the command and before the rest of > the parameters. See the appropriate man page for specific usage, as > there are occasionally exceptions. Just to confuse John even more :-), most commands (and all the ones that take 'long options', such as --recursive) can cope with the options being anywhere on the command line. E.g. chown -R www-data: files chown --recursive www-data: files chown www-data: files --recursive chown www-data: files -R are all equivalent (of course, there are other possibilities too :-) This can be handy if you forgot an option on the previous command - I often forget the '-l' to ls, and it's easy to type '-l' or '!! -l' to get what I wanted! There are some commands that are fussy, e.g. tar is a bit picky. But then again, I've had nearly 20 years (argh!) experience with the shell and you eventually pick up the fussy ones when they keep complaining! It always works to put the options straight after the command. Cofion/Regards, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps
This sounds good but no gui is off putting. I want to basiclly add some text to compile an audiobook. On Aug 13, 2009 6:51 PM, "William Anderson" wrote: javadayaz wrote: > i know this is probably a stupid question. But how well does it work? in > your p... I've pointed festival at text from news.bbc.co.uk in the past, and it comes out very well; depends on which voice you use, of course. -n -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.c... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps
javadayaz wrote: > i know this is probably a stupid question. But how well does it work? in > your personal experience. I've pointed festival at text from news.bbc.co.uk in the past, and it comes out very well; depends on which voice you use, of course. -n -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Auto Mounting Network Shares
Rob Beard wrote: > [snip] > > To get round having to use two different connections for inside the > network and outside the network I have setup dnsmasq on my server and > added the hostnames of each machine and the DynDNS domain name to the > /etc/hosts file so they point to the internal IP address. Neat trick. I do something similar, albeit more complex, with bind and views, so the world sees one lookup result while inside my network border, I see a different result :) -n -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing ownership.......
John Matthews wrote: > Hi, I wonder if somebody can help. I have uploaded a something to my > server, I need to change the ownership. I managed to change the folders > ownership, but not everything inside. > > the script I used was > > sudo chown www-data:www-data and filename > > I think I need to add the -R some where to make it recursive, but not > sure where to add it. Should it be after the filename, or before. command flags almost always go after the command and before the rest of the parameters. See the appropriate man page for specific usage, as there are occasionally exceptions. You may want to use -v with chown to see what's being changed. -n -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [Sussex] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales]
On 12 Aug 2009 at 18:20, Harry Rickards wrote: > Thought this might be of interest... > > - Original Message > Subject: [Sussex] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales > This could be which breaks camels back on the idea of software patents > and how very dumb it all is. > It all down to fact that it using XML. Microsoft has be order to stop > selling ALL copies of Word in USA. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8197990.stm > - -- Not quite 'down to the fact that it is using XML', I think. i4i's own press release says, "The jury agreed with i4i that certain versions of Microsoft's Word 2003 and Word 2007 products use “extensible mark up language”, or XML, in a way that infringes i4i’s U.S. Patent No. 5,787,449." Note it says "... uses ... XML, in a way that infringes ..." This is far from saying that the use of XML infringes the patent. I don't know the ins and outs of the judgement, but the patent describes a method of separating the content (raw data) and tags (metadata) into separate files. This is the example in the patent:- A SGML (or XML) document:- The Secret Life of Data Data is hostile. The End is decomposed into:- The Raw Content The Secret Life of DataData is hostile. The End and:- A Metacode Map Element No Element Char Posn 10 2 0 3 23 4 23 539 6 46 The patent describes various advantages of doing this such as a person can produce a version of the document formatted in a particular way (requiring a change to the metadata file) even though they do not have permission to change the content. Personally, I think this is just the sort of patent we need to stop. It describes a fairly simple algorithm that anyone could think up to solve a problem like this and wouldn't think twice about it being the subject of a patent. If this sort of thing is patentable, it makes me wonder how many patents I have infringed in the systems I have designed over the years. Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing ownership.......
2009/8/13 Alan Lord (News) : > On 13/08/09 14:26, John Matthews wrote: >> Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: >>> 2009/8/13 John Matthews: >>> Hi, I wonder if somebody can help. I have uploaded a something to my server, I need to change the ownership. I managed to change the folders ownership, but not everything inside. the script I used was sudo chown www-data:www-data and filename I think I need to add the -R some where to make it recursive, but not sure where to add it. Should it be after the filename, or before. Thank you. John. >>> >>> $ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data datadirectory >>> >>> $ chown --help >>> $ man chown >>> >>> >> Um, thank you very much for the hep. I did actually try that, and it >> didnt make any sense to me. I dont see anywhere there that is similar to >> what you posted. I know its me, as I dont know enough, but sorry about that. >> >> Thank you anyway. >> >> John. >> > > Just for reference, > > you do not need to type both the user and group if they are the same. > > You can shortcut the command to: > > chown -R www-data: directory > > or if you are already in the directory just use a "*", e.g. > > chown -R www-data: * > > > HTH > > Alan > > Ah! Now that /is/ a useful shortcut! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing ownership.......
On 13/08/09 14:26, John Matthews wrote: > Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: >> 2009/8/13 John Matthews: >> >>> Hi, I wonder if somebody can help. I have uploaded a something to my >>> server, I need to change the ownership. I managed to change the folders >>> ownership, but not everything inside. >>> >>> the script I used was >>> >>> sudo chown www-data:www-data and filename >>> >>> I think I need to add the -R some where to make it recursive, but not >>> sure where to add it. Should it be after the filename, or before. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> John. >>> >> >> $ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data datadirectory >> >> $ chown --help >> $ man chown >> >> > Um, thank you very much for the hep. I did actually try that, and it > didnt make any sense to me. I dont see anywhere there that is similar to > what you posted. I know its me, as I dont know enough, but sorry about that. > > Thank you anyway. > > John. > Just for reference, you do not need to type both the user and group if they are the same. You can shortcut the command to: chown -R www-data: directory or if you are already in the directory just use a "*", e.g. chown -R www-data: * HTH Alan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing ownership.......
Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > 2009/8/13 John Matthews : > >> Hi, I wonder if somebody can help. I have uploaded a something to my >> server, I need to change the ownership. I managed to change the folders >> ownership, but not everything inside. >> >> the script I used was >> >> sudo chown www-data:www-data and filename >> >> I think I need to add the -R some where to make it recursive, but not >> sure where to add it. Should it be after the filename, or before. >> >> Thank you. >> >> John. >> > > $ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data datadirectory > > $ chown --help > $ man chown > > Um, thank you very much for the hep. I did actually try that, and it didnt make any sense to me. I dont see anywhere there that is similar to what you posted. I know its me, as I dont know enough, but sorry about that. Thank you anyway. John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing ownership.......
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data -- Josh Holland (key F6067C12) http://joshh.co.uk dutchie on irc.freenode.net http://twitter.com/jshholland http://identi.ca/jshholland signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing ownership.......
2009/8/13 John Matthews : > Hi, I wonder if somebody can help. I have uploaded a something to my > server, I need to change the ownership. I managed to change the folders > ownership, but not everything inside. > > the script I used was > > sudo chown www-data:www-data and filename > > I think I need to add the -R some where to make it recursive, but not > sure where to add it. Should it be after the filename, or before. > > Thank you. > > John. $ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data datadirectory $ chown --help $ man chown -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Changing ownership.......
Hi, I wonder if somebody can help. I have uploaded a something to my server, I need to change the ownership. I managed to change the folders ownership, but not everything inside. the script I used was sudo chown www-data:www-data and filename I think I need to add the -R some where to make it recursive, but not sure where to add it. Should it be after the filename, or before. Thank you. John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps
i know this is probably a stupid question. But how well does it work? in your personal experience. 2009/8/13 Matt Jones > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 7:54 AM, javadayaz wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I want to convert from text to speech. Does anyone know of any free apps > in > > ubuntu that can do this? > > > > Im planning on converting a book from text to speech so i can listen on > my > > DAP. > > > > -- > > Regards > > > > Javad > > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > > > > > There is festival in the repositories- It is a command line app, so > you probably want to read about how to use it. You can specify it to > read out a file, there may be an option to output to a file although > it has been a while since I have used it. > > Hope this helps, > Matt > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Regards Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New GDM login screens for 9.10
On 13/08/09 10:43, Liam Wilson wrote: > For those who haven't seen them, the new boot/login screens have been > unveiled by the art team. I think the do look rather darn sweet! > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo > It is certainly better but personally I thought there were some *really* good ideas discussed on this page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot Al -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] How to connect to a secure wireless n/w using autologin?
I have an EEE, I use autologin to the system, but before it connects to the wireless n/w it asks to open the default keyring, needing a password. Is there anyway of bypassing this? Yes I know it is unsecure, but it is only used in the house, if I use it away I remove the autologin (and the wireless n/w wouldn't be there anyway ;-)) Cheers -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New GDM login screens for 9.10
James Milligan wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> Alan Pope wrote: >> >> >>> 2009/8/13 Rob Beard : >>> >>> >>> Liam Wilson wrote: > For those who haven't seen them, the new boot/login screens have been > unveiled by the art team. I think the do look rather darn sweet! > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo > > > > Ooh I like that, very polished. >>> From what I've seen that's not the final version, but a demo that was >>> put to the art team. >>> >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/2009-August/011206.html >>> >>> >>> >>> Will Ubuntu 9.10 be implementing Plymouth or will it still use USplash? >>> Neither AIUI. >>> >>> We'll have X start very early on and that will provide the splash >>> screen type experience. So no need for usplash or plymouth. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Al. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> I see, well it certainly looks very nice anyway, much better than the >> Windows boot screens. >> >> Rob >> >> > +1!!! > > James > > I read that it uses xSplash, not Usplash or Plymouth, which I guess has something to do with X, and it not being a separate application/process, which may reduce boot times or some other technical stuff. It does look pretty amazing though. What's the new notifications like? Liam -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New GDM login screens for 9.10
Rob Beard wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: > >> 2009/8/13 Rob Beard : >> >> >>> Liam Wilson wrote: >>> >>> For those who haven't seen them, the new boot/login screens have been unveiled by the art team. I think the do look rather darn sweet! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo >>> Ooh I like that, very polished. >>> >>> >>> >> From what I've seen that's not the final version, but a demo that was >> put to the art team. >> >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/2009-August/011206.html >> >> >> >>> Will Ubuntu 9.10 be implementing Plymouth or will it still use USplash? >>> >>> >>> >> Neither AIUI. >> >> We'll have X start very early on and that will provide the splash >> screen type experience. So no need for usplash or plymouth. >> >> Cheers, >> Al. >> >> >> > I see, well it certainly looks very nice anyway, much better than the > Windows boot screens. > > Rob > +1!!! James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New GDM login screens for 9.10
Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/8/13 Rob Beard : > >> Liam Wilson wrote: >> >>> For those who haven't seen them, the new boot/login screens have been >>> unveiled by the art team. I think the do look rather darn sweet! >>> >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo >>> >>> >> Ooh I like that, very polished. >> >> > > From what I've seen that's not the final version, but a demo that was > put to the art team. > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/2009-August/011206.html > > >> Will Ubuntu 9.10 be implementing Plymouth or will it still use USplash? >> >> > > Neither AIUI. > > We'll have X start very early on and that will provide the splash > screen type experience. So no need for usplash or plymouth. > > Cheers, > Al. > > I see, well it certainly looks very nice anyway, much better than the Windows boot screens. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?
2009/8/13 Rowan Berkeley : > On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 at 10:48:03 Neil Greenwood > wrote: >> Sun include a repository for the VirtualBox version that you can get >> from their website. This means that you'll get updates to VirtualBox >> when they're available - better than downloading a version from the >> website and it getting out-of-date, especially for a non-expert user. >> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads >> Halfway down the page it talks about the line to add to >> /etc/apt/sources.list (I actually create a new file in >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox, but that's personal preference >> really). As it recommends at the bottom of that page, install dkms >> too, otherwise a kernel update will break VB. > > But DKMS ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Kernel_Module_Support > - ) requires lots of skills to install and use, as I recall from having > considered it to deal with my non-default interface driver problem. > Ubuntu comes with DKMS preinstalled. Drivers in the repos will take advantage of it automatically (nvidia, fglrx, etc). VirtualBox's drivers work with DKMS with no configuration needed on Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?
2009/8/13 Rowan Berkeley : > But DKMS ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Kernel_Module_Support > - ) requires lots of skills to install and use, as I recall from having > considered it to deal with my non-default interface driver problem. > It doesn't for apps like VirtualBox because they come preconfigured to use it. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New GDM login screens for 9.10
This looks very nice :) I would imagine they are making similar changes to other parts of the desktop UI for consistency. Is this the case? Jai 2009/8/13 Alan Pope : > 2009/8/13 Rob Beard : >> Liam Wilson wrote: >>> For those who haven't seen them, the new boot/login screens have been >>> unveiled by the art team. I think the do look rather darn sweet! >>> >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo >>> >> Ooh I like that, very polished. >> > > From what I've seen that's not the final version, but a demo that was > put to the art team. > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/2009-August/011206.html > >> Will Ubuntu 9.10 be implementing Plymouth or will it still use USplash? >> > > Neither AIUI. > > We'll have X start very early on and that will provide the splash > screen type experience. So no need for usplash or plymouth. > > Cheers, > Al. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?
On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 at 10:48:03 Neil Greenwood wrote: > Sun include a repository for the VirtualBox version that you can get > from their website. This means that you'll get updates to VirtualBox > when they're available - better than downloading a version from the > website and it getting out-of-date, especially for a non-expert user. > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads > Halfway down the page it talks about the line to add to > /etc/apt/sources.list (I actually create a new file in > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox, but that's personal preference > really). As it recommends at the bottom of that page, install dkms > too, otherwise a kernel update will break VB. But DKMS ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Kernel_Module_Support - ) requires lots of skills to install and use, as I recall from having considered it to deal with my non-default interface driver problem. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New GDM login screens for 9.10
2009/8/13 Rob Beard : > Liam Wilson wrote: >> For those who haven't seen them, the new boot/login screens have been >> unveiled by the art team. I think the do look rather darn sweet! >> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo >> > Ooh I like that, very polished. > >From what I've seen that's not the final version, but a demo that was put to the art team. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/2009-August/011206.html > Will Ubuntu 9.10 be implementing Plymouth or will it still use USplash? > Neither AIUI. We'll have X start very early on and that will provide the splash screen type experience. So no need for usplash or plymouth. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New GDM login screens for 9.10
Liam Wilson wrote: > For those who haven't seen them, the new boot/login screens have been > unveiled by the art team. I think the do look rather darn sweet! > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo > Ooh I like that, very polished. Will Ubuntu 9.10 be implementing Plymouth or will it still use USplash? Regards, Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New GDM login screens for 9.10
Liam Wilson wrote: > For those who haven't seen them, the new boot/login screens have been > unveiled by the art team. I think the do look rather darn sweet! > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo > I certainly digg this mature look and I hope the desktop as a whole receives a makeover in the same graphical direction. The developments I have experienced in Karmic so far (such as the new notifications) are very impressive and I'm looking forward to seeing more. -- Steve Pearce -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?
Neil Greenwood wrote: > 2009/8/11 James Milligan : > >> So you might want to stick to a VM for now, enabling USB passthrough. >> Remember to get the download from the website rather than through >> apt-get, so you might want to do this before you get to the computer (as >> you said that there was no internet, IIRC - it might have been on one of >> the forum threads I was reading though). >> > > Sun include a repository for the VirtualBox version that you can get > from their website. This means that you'll get updates to VirtualBox > when they're available - better than downloading a version from the > website and it getting out-of-date, especially for a non-expert user. > > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads > > Halfway down the page it talks about the line to add to > /etc/apt/sources.list (I actually create a new file in > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox, but that's personal preference > really). As it recommends at the bottom of that page, install dkms > too, otherwise a kernel update will break VB. > Didn't know that - I'll add that to my own computer as well - it did indeed seem that the last one made me have to recompile the VB kernel (if that makes sense) > As others have mentioned, there are other virtualisation systems > available, but VB seems to be easy and mostly just works! > Certainly out of all of the times I've used it it seems to have worked - my parents think it's slow compared to a native install, but the thing is, the native install crashes! > >> I guess if he's having issues once it's all set up, he could email the >> list or me, probably the list though, as I'm not experienced on Linux as >> you guys, just the VM running side of it all. >> >> > > Always worth giving him the name of the list as a resource, even if he > doesn't have VM problems! :-) > > > Cofion/Regards, > Neil. > Replies inline James James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.facebook.com/lake54 www.twitter.com/lake54 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?
2009/8/11 James Milligan : > So you might want to stick to a VM for now, enabling USB passthrough. > Remember to get the download from the website rather than through > apt-get, so you might want to do this before you get to the computer (as > you said that there was no internet, IIRC - it might have been on one of > the forum threads I was reading though). Sun include a repository for the VirtualBox version that you can get from their website. This means that you'll get updates to VirtualBox when they're available - better than downloading a version from the website and it getting out-of-date, especially for a non-expert user. http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads Halfway down the page it talks about the line to add to /etc/apt/sources.list (I actually create a new file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox, but that's personal preference really). As it recommends at the bottom of that page, install dkms too, otherwise a kernel update will break VB. As others have mentioned, there are other virtualisation systems available, but VB seems to be easy and mostly just works! > > I guess if he's having issues once it's all set up, he could email the > list or me, probably the list though, as I'm not experienced on Linux as > you guys, just the VM running side of it all. > Always worth giving him the name of the list as a resource, even if he doesn't have VM problems! :-) Cofion/Regards, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] New GDM login screens for 9.10
For those who haven't seen them, the new boot/login screens have been unveiled by the art team. I think the do look rather darn sweet! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 7:54 AM, javadayaz wrote: > Hi, > > I want to convert from text to speech. Does anyone know of any free apps in > ubuntu that can do this? > > Im planning on converting a book from text to speech so i can listen on my > DAP. > > -- > Regards > > Javad > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > There is festival in the repositories- It is a command line app, so you probably want to read about how to use it. You can specify it to read out a file, there may be an option to output to a file although it has been a while since I have used it. Hope this helps, Matt -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps
ok will do. 2009/8/13 Samuel Toogood > --- Original message --- > > From: javadayaz > > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > Sent: 13.8.'09, 8:50 > > > > have you used this? are the results any good? > > > > As its a book that i want to use this for ...i dont want it to sound too > > robotic!! > > > > 2009/8/13 Samuel Toogood > >> --- Original message --- > >>> From: javadayaz > >>> To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > >>> Sent: 13.8.'09, 7:54 > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I want to convert from text to speech. Does anyone know of any free > >>> apps > >>> in ubuntu that can do this? > >>> > >>> Im planning on converting a book from text to speech so i can listen on > >>> my DAP. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Regards > >>> > >>> Javad > >> > >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TextToSpeech should set you on your > >> way. > >> > >> HTH, > >> > >> Sam > >> > >> > >> -- > >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >> > >> > >> > > -- > > Regards > > > > Javad > > Not for a while. I think there are different voices etc. available. I would > try it out and see if it meets your needs. > > Sam > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Regards Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps
--- Original message --- > From: javadayaz > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Sent: 13.8.'09, 8:50 > > have you used this? are the results any good? > > As its a book that i want to use this for ...i dont want it to sound too > robotic!! > > 2009/8/13 Samuel Toogood >> --- Original message --- >>> From: javadayaz >>> To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >>> Sent: 13.8.'09, 7:54 >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I want to convert from text to speech. Does anyone know of any free >>> apps >>> in ubuntu that can do this? >>> >>> Im planning on converting a book from text to speech so i can listen on >>> my DAP. >>> >>> -- >>> Regards >>> >>> Javad >> >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TextToSpeech should set you on your >> way. >> >> HTH, >> >> Sam >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> >> >> > -- > Regards > > Javad Not for a while. I think there are different voices etc. available. I would try it out and see if it meets your needs. Sam -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps
have you used this? are the results any good? As its a book that i want to use this for ...i dont want it to sound too robotic!! 2009/8/13 Samuel Toogood > --- Original message --- > > From: javadayaz > > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > Sent: 13.8.'09, 7:54 > > > > Hi, > > > > I want to convert from text to speech. Does anyone know of any free apps > > in ubuntu that can do this? > > > > Im planning on converting a book from text to speech so i can listen on > > my DAP. > > > > -- > > Regards > > > > Javad > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TextToSpeech should set you on your way. > > HTH, > > Sam > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Regards Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps
--- Original message --- > From: javadayaz > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Sent: 13.8.'09, 7:54 > > Hi, > > I want to convert from text to speech. Does anyone know of any free apps > in ubuntu that can do this? > > Im planning on converting a book from text to speech so i can listen on > my DAP. > > -- > Regards > > Javad https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TextToSpeech should set you on your way. HTH, Sam -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
