Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chrome OS
On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:32:26 -, etali wrote: > > Those are just my thoughts. I'm probably not in the target audience for > the thing, but I suspect even casual users would get frustrated with the > limitations of Chrome OS pretty quickly. > I’m not rightly sure Google know who the target audience is. The couple of people I know that I thought may be interested in cloud computing reckon it’s really not that useful. -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chrome OS
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:32 PM, etali wrote: > I'm not convinced by Chrome OS. I don't want to use a computer I don't > have control over and I don't want my data "in the cloud". http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1322.html Nuff said. Sure, if you are the sort of person that actually /makes backups./ But bear in mind that 99.9% of computer users do not know what "software" is, or what web browser they use. Backups never happen. For them, this stuff is ideal. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] MythTV
Have you ran mythtv backend setup to double check the inputs are all correct? If something never works, try re-configuring. Neil Perry 2009/11/23 Norman Silverstone > When I try to run a TV programme I get an error message:- 'MythTV is > using all inputs, but there are no active recordings?' I cannot recall > ever seeing this message before I changed to Ubuntu 9.10 and I would be > grateful if someone could suggest a solution. I have looked on Google > but do not understand what is being suggested. > > Norman > > > -- > 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/
[ubuntu-uk] MythTV
When I try to run a TV programme I get an error message:- 'MythTV is using all inputs, but there are no active recordings?' I cannot recall ever seeing this message before I changed to Ubuntu 9.10 and I would be grateful if someone could suggest a solution. I have looked on Google but do not understand what is being suggested. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chrome OS
Albert Vilella wrote: > I am very excited about this. For what I've read, Google and Canonical > are trying to make sure it will work flawlessly on specific netbook > models. It's a similar model to the Android way of working the details > for every specific smartphone model. I've seen some criticisms around > Android for non being OSS-friendly enough but, to be honest, compared > to the iPhone lock-in model, Android and Chrome OS is the best > competition we can hope for. > > Any comments? > > I'm not convinced by Chrome OS. I don't want to use a computer I don't have control over and I don't want my data "in the cloud". Then again, I'm the only person in my immediate circle of friends who has a primary email address that is hosted on their own mail server and downloads their mail via a real mail client, everyone else uses Google Mail, Yahoo or Hotmail via a webmail interface. Personally I can't stand browser based anything - I have a real usenet and email client, dedicated IM and IRC clients, ftp apps, a twitter client, etc. When I'm forced to use browser based versions of those it drives me crazy. Not to mention doing any serious work on it. How do you edit PDFs? Do any serious programming work? Test things in a virtual machine? Play games that need installing? Those are all things that my netbook can do fairly well. Why would I want to pay for another device that is just a really bad netbook? I might have considered a Chrome OS device as an alternative to accessing the web on my phone or PDA, but I'm sure that the press conference said they were aiming for a device slightly larger than netbooks (because people complained that the standard netbook size was too small to be useable). So it's limited to (in my opinion) near uselessness AND too big to carry around as an extra device? No thanks. My netbook may take longer to boot, but at least it's capable of running powerful applications, and I have full control over what's installed to it, when it's updated, and where all my data lives. Those are just my thoughts. I'm probably not in the target audience for the thing, but I suspect even casual users would get frustrated with the limitations of Chrome OS pretty quickly. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chrome OS
I am very excited about this. For what I've read, Google and Canonical are trying to make sure it will work flawlessly on specific netbook models. It's a similar model to the Android way of working the details for every specific smartphone model. I've seen some criticisms around Android for non being OSS-friendly enough but, to be honest, compared to the iPhone lock-in model, Android and Chrome OS is the best competition we can hope for. Any comments? On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Dave Rice wrote: > and it works fairly well too. > > got it running in VirtualBox but i couldn't get a usb image to install > > still - an intersting bit of kit... > > cheers > > 2009/11/20 Jonathon Fernyhough >> >> 2009/11/20 Alan Pope : >> > 2009/11/20 Jonathon Fernyhough : >> >> There is an Ubuntu-based distro that bundles Chrome. It's link-bait, >> > >> > You're thinking of the one made with the SuSE builder. That's not the >> > same as the real thing. >> > >> > The BBC are _right_. Google Chrome/Chromium OS _is_ based on some >> > Ubuntu underpinnings. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Al. >> > >> >> Well I never... :D >> >> Jonathon >> >> -- >> 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/ > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 9.10 - Power Management
I have a relatively old desktop machine on which I have run many versions of Ubuntu. Having just upgraded from Ubuntu 9.04 to Ubuntu 9.10, most things appear to be working very well and faster than before. However, the Power Management setting to turn the screen off after a set time period is not working. Could someone suggest how this might be investigated and put right, please. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
