[ubuntu-uk] Is it today Koala comes out?????
Just wondered when Koala was due out. Have tried a forced upgrade using altf2 it is still showing a beta version. Is that correct or will it be changed today. Kojm -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Liverpool Linux User Group Meeting - 4th Nov 2009
Sorry if you've received this announcement multiple times, it is being distributed to numerous mailing lists. --- Date Wed November 4th, 2009 from 7:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Liverpool Social Centre, 96 Bold Street, Liverpool, England L1 4HY Speaker: Simon Johnson, and Andrew Williams Liverpool Linux User Group are a group of Linux and open source software users that meet on the first Wednesday of the month. If no talk is organised then we will usually organise a “open stage” for people to discuss projects, current news, or just to rant. Main Talk This month, depending on the time, we may have two talks. Simon Johnson will be giving his flying talk on building computers from scratch, from the logic gates upwards. In addition, Andrew Williams will be giving a quick talk on contributing to open source projects, what are the pitfalls and why even non-programmers should give their time to a project. Open Stage As per usual, time will be allocated to the end of the talk for anyone to give a five minute talk on any subject. If you want some time just drop me a mail or grab me on the day. Doors are usually open before 7:00pm if people want to meet up in the centre, The Liverpool Social Centre is two doors up from Forbidden Planet and is the right-hand door at the front of “News From Nowhere”. Check the window for a handy Liverpool LUG sign, which will indicate we are there and not still at the pub. Press the white doorbell for access (the one marked basement) and someone will come up and open the door for you. This month we're sharing the location with a book group, so be aware if someone strange opens the door for you. Ask for the Linux group and you should be OK. After any talks are finished will usually stay in the meeting area until 8:00pm then head out to a local pub, The pub varies from month to month and usually depends on the size of the crowd. If you arrive late and unsure of where we are then give one of the contacts a ring. Website: http://livlug.org.uk/ Meeting Details: http://livlug.org.uk/meetings:2009_november Upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4809847 Geekery.in: http://www.geekery.in/liverpool/events/2009/11/04/liverpool-linux-user-group-meeting -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is it today Koala comes out?????
2009/10/29 John Matthews jake...@sky.com: Just wondered when Koala was due out. Have tried a forced upgrade using altf2 it is still showing a beta version. Is that correct or will it be changed today. Today is the day, yes. I'd recommend you subscribe to the Ubuntu Announce mailing list so you know as soon as it's out. https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is it today Koala comes out?????
John, John Matthews wrote: Just wondered when Koala was due out. Have tried a forced upgrade using altf2 it is still showing a beta version. Is that correct or will it be changed today. Yes, the final version will be made available some time today. It's usually not until midday or so that it appears. If you've upgraded this morning or yesterday, then there is unlikely to much difference to what you have and the final release, so you are pretty much there already! Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold,Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 Head of IT Security,Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 Manchester M13 9PL. Email: tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is it today Koala comes out?????
John Matthews wrote: Just wondered when Koala was due out. Have tried a forced upgrade using altf2 it is still showing a beta version. Is that correct or will it be changed today. Kojm it will be announced today, which could mean any time, including times which are tomorrow in some time zones. Personally my guess would be an announcement just prior to the Canonical crew leaving Millbank for the London party. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is it today Koala comes out?????
John Matthews wrote: Just wondered when Koala was due out. Have tried a forced upgrade using altf2 it is still showing a beta version. Is that correct or will it be changed today. Kojm I don't thin Karmic is actually out _YET_ Usually, it's released about 12-ish, if I'm right? Something to do with American times, I heard once. Liam -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is it today Koala comes out?????
Alan Pope wrote: 2009/10/29 John Matthews jake...@sky.com: Just wondered when Koala was due out. Have tried a forced upgrade using altf2 it is still showing a beta version. Is that correct or will it be changed today. Today is the day, yes. I'd recommend you subscribe to the Ubuntu Announce mailing list so you know as soon as it's out. https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce Cheers, Al. Don't suppose anyone is attending the IRC release party at #ubuntu-release-party on freenode, are they? :P Liam * * -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is it today Koala comes out?????
Quoting Lucy lucybrid...@gmail.com: 2009/10/29 Tony Arnold tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk: John, John Matthews wrote: Just wondered when Koala was due out. Have tried a forced upgrade using altf2 it is still showing a beta version. Is that correct or will it be changed today. Yes, the final version will be made available some time today. It's usually not until midday or so that it appears. If you've upgraded this morning or yesterday, then there is unlikely to much difference to what you have and the final release, so you are pretty much there already! More importantly, should I upgrade my work machine the moment Karmic comes out or should I be sensible and wait a few days/weeks? I'm very much looking forward to trying it out. I've not tried any of the pre-release versions this time. *bounces* Personal choice I guess. I'm running it here on my work (intel/NVidia-based) macbook and it works great, I've not had any issues. I've been running it for about a week and no problems so far. M. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace matt...@truthisfreedom.org.uk http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] bootable USB drive
Steve wrote: [...] Thank you Liam :-) I never thought to try that, it works on an old P4 machine I have. Sadly that option, or any other USB boot option, isn’t available on any of the PIII machines I have. Hello, Steve. You can boot Ubuntu on a USB-stick indirectly from a CD: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/category/usb-boot-cds/ Bye, Tony. -- Dr. A.J.Travis, University of Aberdeen, Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK tel +44(0)1224 712751, fax +44(0)1224 716687, http://www.rowett.ac.uk mailto:a.tra...@abdn.ac.uk, http://bioinformatics.rri.sari.ac.uk/~ajt -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is it today Koala comes out?????
On Thu, 2009-10-29 at 10:09 +, Lucy wrote: More importantly, should I upgrade my work machine the moment Karmic comes out or should I be sensible and wait a few days/weeks? I'm very much looking forward to trying it out. I've not tried any of the pre-release versions this time. *bounces* Been using it since the early alpha's here, no problems. we work really hard on making things not destroy your machine ;) might be a few UI bugs maybe, but it won't break your system. at any rate, grab a live cd/usb and try the live version just incase there are hardware problems -- Gordon Allott gord.all...@canonical.com Canonical signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is it today Koala comes out?????
Lucy, Lucy wrote: More importantly, should I upgrade my work machine the moment Karmic comes out or should I be sensible and wait a few days/weeks? I guess it depends on how well the servers deal with the sudden rush of everyone upgrading! My head says I should wait a few days but my lack of patience probably means I'll do it today or tomorrow:-) I'm very much looking forward to trying it out. I've not tried any of the pre-release versions this time. *bounces* Had it on my laptop for a while. Works fine with no problems. Intel graphics drivers are infinitely better so all the compiz bells and whistles work very nicely now. Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold,Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 Head of IT Security,Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 Manchester M13 9PL. Email: tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is it today Koala comes out?????
Likewise here - been running the RC and can report that it's been pretty seamless on all the hardware i've thrown it at. Probably the least hassle I've had from any release yet. I'll be testing the server edition in a few VM's in due course for fairly innocuous stuff (Nagios, etc) but will wait until the download frenzy has finished for that... If it boots off my RAID array out of the box I will be happy. (Haven't had time to try out the prerelease, I might have a go at installing the release tomorrow.) jim -- Jim Cameron Software Engineer Buhler Sortex Limited Research and Development Department 20 Atlantis Avenue London E16 2BF Registered in England No. 434274 T +44(0)20 7055 7607 F +44(0)20 7055 7701 Mail to: jim.came...@buhlersortex.com www.buhlersortex.com This e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential, may be legally privileged and is designated exclusively for the intended recipient. Access by any other person is not authorised. Any disclosure of this e-mail or of names of persons mentioned therein as well as any storing, copying, distribution and dissemination is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail and notify the sender by phone or by e-mail. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] 9.10 released
You probably already knew, but the Ubuntu homepage has changed for 9.10 Koala appears to have been officially released! James attachment: lake54.vcf-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Updating previous ISO with zsync
Hi folks, I've just checked the Virgin Media mirror and it appears it hasn't been updated for Ubuntu 9.10 (it still has the RC version at the moment). I remember reading something possibly a few days ago about being able to update the old image to the new image using zsync so it only downloads the changes. I just wondered if anyone knew how to do this? Ta, Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 released
2009/10/29 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk: Great, just in time, I'm just about to sort a PC out and was going to install 9.04. Guess it'll get 9.10 instead :-) Use the torrents if you can:- http://popey.com/karmic_torrents/ Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 released
2009/10/29 Alan Pope a...@popey.com: 2009/10/29 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk: Great, just in time, I'm just about to sort a PC out and was going to install 9.04. Guess it'll get 9.10 instead :-) Use the torrents if you can:- http://popey.com/karmic_torrents/ 'Gentlemen, start your BitTorrent's!' :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 released
On 29/10/2009 15:40, James Milligan wrote: On 29/10/2009 15:26, Rob Beard wrote: Philip Stubbs wrote: 2009/10/29 Alan Popea...@popey.com: 2009/10/29 Rob Beardr...@esdelle.co.uk: Great, just in time, I'm just about to sort a PC out and was going to install 9.04. Guess it'll get 9.10 instead :-) Use the torrents if you can:- http://popey.com/karmic_torrents/ 'Gentlemen, start your BitTorrent's!' :-) Yep, I've plumped for that option. I was hoping for a speedy download via torrents but I'm getting about 100k a sec, far cry from the 2 Meg a sec I normally get. Oh well, I'll make some lunch and have a cup of tea, it should be done in an hour or two and it's no major hurry. :-) I feel sorry for those poor servers though, bet they're going to get hammered over the next couple of days. Rob Per torrent I'm getting ~150 a piece for desktop and server, whilst it's around 50-80 for the alternate ISO. James (Apologies for top post signature before - I reset Thunderbird the other day and I keep forgetting to not include various bits and bobs on the list - I need to get a new account set up for it all). -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 released
2009/10/29 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk: Yep, I've plumped for that option. I was hoping for a speedy download via torrents but I'm getting about 100k a sec, far cry from the 2 Meg a sec I normally get. Oh well, I'll make some lunch and have a cup of tea, it should be done in an hour or two and it's no major hurry. :-) http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/releases.ubuntu.com/9.10/ Is nice and spritely :) Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 released
James Milligan wrote: Per torrent I'm getting ~150 a piece for desktop and server, whilst it's around 50-80 for the alternate ISO. James I got up to 600KB/sec, although I've stopped it for a minute so I can... puts on flame retardant jacket ...download Windows 7 runs and hides My other half is a student (well technically, she still has a student e-mail account) and at £30 I thought it was too good to miss upgrading her PC from Windows XP. I have tried to convince her to use Ubuntu although she's not having any of it. Maybe now 9.10 has been released I could maybe convince her. When Windows 7 has finished downloading I'll continue with Ubuntu and leave it seeding for a bit (albeit slowly as I don't want to be hit by the fair usage on Virgin, although after 9pm I'll leave it seeding all night at 70KB/sec or so to do my bit). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 released
Alan Pope wrote: http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/releases.ubuntu.com/9.10/ Is nice and spritely :) Cheers, Al. Ahh I'll grab the server and alternative ISOs from there later. I did wonder, now you can do a full disk encryption on the Alternative CD, does that cover the Server install too, and is it possible to use software raid and full disc encryption? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Updating previous ISO with zsync
`zsync -i ubuntuold.iso http://final.iso` Replace the names, ofcourse. Neil Perry 2009/10/29 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk Hi folks, I've just checked the Virgin Media mirror and it appears it hasn't been updated for Ubuntu 9.10 (it still has the RC version at the moment). I remember reading something possibly a few days ago about being able to update the old image to the new image using zsync so it only downloads the changes. I just wondered if anyone knew how to do this? Ta, Rob -- 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] 9.10 released
2009/10/29 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk: I did wonder, now you can do a full disk encryption on the Alternative CD, You could do that in previous releases too. does that cover the Server install too, and is it possible to use software raid and full disc encryption? I don't see why not. LUKS on top of MD sounds fun. Be interested to find out :) Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Netbook Remix USB Stick Version
I recall downloading a stick image rather than an iso...(many netbooks do not have cd drives) Any hotlinks for this cos I cant find any... Thanks all -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Netbook Remix USB Stick Version
2009/10/29 jim murphy murpc...@gmail.com: I recall downloading a stick image rather than an iso...(many netbooks do not have cd drives) http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/releases.ubuntu.com/9.10/ http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/releases.ubuntu.com/9.10/ubuntu-9.10-netbook-remix-i386.iso It's not a stick image it's an ISO, I guess because they realised people couldn't figure out how to put an IMG on a USB stick :S Just use unetbootin or USB startup disk creator (in Ubuntu) to make the USB stick from that ISO. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 released
Alan Pope wrote: 2009/10/29 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk: I did wonder, now you can do a full disk encryption on the Alternative CD, You could do that in previous releases too. does that cover the Server install too, and is it possible to use software raid and full disc encryption? I don't see why not. LUKS on top of MD sounds fun. Be interested to find out :) I Cheers, Al. I'll have to have a play and see :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 released
On 29/10/2009 16:41, Rob Beard wrote: Alan Pope wrote: 2009/10/29 Rob Beardr...@esdelle.co.uk: I did wonder, now you can do a full disk encryption on the Alternative CD, You could do that in previous releases too. does that cover the Server install too, and is it possible to use software raid and full disc encryption? I don't see why not. LUKS on top of MD sounds fun. Be interested to find out :) I Cheers, Al. I'll have to have a play and see :-) Rob As there are a fair few people on the torrents, is there anything that I can do on my shared hosting sites to speed things up perhaps? I don't know how I could do something though, or if it would benefit anyone! Feel free to reply off-list James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 released
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I don't see why not. LUKS on top of MD sounds fun. Be interested to find out :) I Cheers, Al. Do people no longer speak English, the above is meaningless. Paul -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkrp2ksACgkQaggq1k2FJq1CggCeObatWfCSOZfpBTwWS39YMtaQ cvMAn0CdXFdx87/11JskP6mIiKhVw10a =iRNB -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 released
Paul Sutton wrote: I don't see why not. LUKS on top of MD sounds fun. Be interested to find out :) I Cheers, Al. Do people no longer speak English, the above is meaningless. Paul I understand it, I think. I gather LUKS is the encryption system that Ubuntu uses, MD is Software RAID. Software RAID devices are MD devices. So I think what Alan is saying, it sounds like fun trying to encrypt a Software RAID device, although I'm kicking myself now for not pushing one of my clients to pay an extra £70 for a hardware raid controller on the Dell server they just ordered. Oh well. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 released
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: Paul Sutton wrote: I don't see why not. LUKS on top of MD sounds fun. Be interested to find out :) I Cheers, Al. Do people no longer speak English, the above is meaningless. Paul I understand it, I think. I gather LUKS is the encryption system that Ubuntu uses, MD is Software RAID. Software RAID devices are MD devices. So I think what Alan is saying, it sounds like fun trying to encrypt a Software RAID device, although I'm kicking myself now for not pushing one of my clients to pay an extra £70 for a hardware raid controller on the Dell server they just ordered. Oh well. Rob Ok my point was more and similar to what someone said on the lug list a while back, posts or some are very technical and put new users off, Paul - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Ubuntu 9.10 is out : Visit www.ubuntu.com for details -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkrp3kcACgkQaggq1k2FJq07HgCeJPoIYYLJZAOdLGZ0+6f7SV/2 P/QAn0vZiVaL8qH0gbtMeotlZgHycCVh =aFs1 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 released
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 06:26:26PM +, Paul Sutton wrote: Rob Beard wrote: Paul Sutton wrote: I don't see why not. LUKS on top of MD sounds fun. Be interested to find out :) Al. Do people no longer speak English, the above is meaningless. [...] Ok my point was more and similar to what someone said on the lug list a while back, posts or some are very technical and put new users off, Hear hear, I would like to see a video of popey explaining software RAID and disk encryption using only the medium of mime, none of these complicated word things. Cheers, Andy 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] 9.10 released
Andy Smith wrote: Ok my point was more and similar to what someone said on the lug list a while back, posts or some are very technical and put new users off, Hear hear, I would like to see a video of popey explaining software RAID and disk encryption using only the medium of mime, none of these complicated word things. Cheers, Andy I wouldn't be surprised if they isn't a screencast for that :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is it today Koala comes out?????
Alan Pope wrote: 2009/10/29 John Matthews jake...@sky.com: Just wondered when Koala was due out. Have tried a forced upgrade using altf2 it is still showing a beta version. Is that correct or will it be changed today. Today is the day, yes. I'd recommend you subscribe to the Ubuntu Announce mailing list so you know as soon as it's out. https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce Cheers, Al. Well, I just upgraded my netbook, and everything went really well. Its odd, considering I still cant use the PlacesNetwork, it is still not able to find anything, and I still get the error message, cant mount. I have tried everything. I am still wondering if something is missing in the upgrade. My netbook can see the laptop, and the windows partition on the laptop, using 9.10, plus it can see the windows machine, and I didnt have to do anything to it. Worked as soon as 9.10 was installed, so I wonder why it wont do the same with the laptop. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic screen resolution problems
I have installed Karmic alongside Jaunty on a computer with an Intel graphics chipset, but in Karmic the screen resolution is limited to 800 x 600. Are there still problems with the Intel graphics driver? Is there an easy way to revert to an earlier version which will give the same screen resolution that I get in Jaunty, which is 1152 x 864? I do have some reason to suspect that there might be a hardware problem, as I think I was getting a slightly higher resolution than that until the display threw a wobbly a few months ago. Also,I am surprised to find that GRUB takes much longer to load than before. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Setting Up an Ubuntu network?
Hey, I have 2 computers Running Ubuntu 9.04 (soon to be 9.10) Thing is, ones a laptop, and the others a netbook running UNR. They're currently connected to a XP server via Samba, But I'd like to set up a Linux network between the laptop and the netbook, with the Laptop as the client. How would I go about this, as I know nothing of Ubuntu networking. Many thanks; Liam -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic screen resolution problems
Les Cunningham wrote: I have installed Karmic alongside Jaunty on a computer with an Intel graphics chipset, but in Karmic the screen resolution is limited to 800 x 600. Are there still problems with the Intel graphics driver? Is there an easy way to revert to an earlier version which will give the same screen resolution that I get in Jaunty, which is 1152 x 864? I do have some reason to suspect that there might be a hardware problem, as I think I was getting a slightly higher resolution than that until the display threw a wobbly a few months ago. I've found booting from a Live USB image, that the Intel drivers are much better (for me at least) on my notebook. Compiz works well again and it's nice and quick. However, I also installed Karmic on an older PC (Athlon XP 2000+ with 512MB Ram and NVidia integrated graphics which according to lspci are Geforce 2MX integrated graphics). When booting from the live CD it prompted me that proprietory drivers were available for my video card, however once installed it's stuck at 800x600 and opening the Hardware Drivers application suggests that I don't need any drivers. I dunno, maybe it's a bug, I'm going to have a play with xorg.conf and see what happens. Also,I am surprised to find that GRUB takes much longer to load than before Yeah I found that, seems that it takes about 1 to 2 seconds to come up with a message saying GRUB Loading (or something along those lines) whereas before it was pretty much instant loading. Booting on the Athlon XP wasn't overly quick but I'm putting that down to old hardware. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
