Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..
Knew i wouldnt be able to hold out for long, just bought one! On 8 April 2010 21:28, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: I have sent the email, its currently awaiting approval, the alsa sh file asked me if i wanted to upload it the second time round, so it is now located here: http://alsa-project.org/db/?f=4012bb42964e3c87ae7ff4e0561d9ee9d3eb5e2c Versions and everything, thats what i gave the devel list. ~Daniel -- 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] [Fwd: [backstage] Open Source Show And Tell]
I don't know if people have already seen this but it might be cool to go to for people in the south east. Original Message Subject: [backstage] Open Source Show And Tell Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 12:50:42 +0100 From: Phil Whitehouse phil.whiteho...@gmail.com Reply-To: backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk To: backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk Apologies for the mass mailing, but I'm organising a (free) event next week that might well interest some of the readers on this list. It's the Open Source Show And Tell, takes place at our offices near Borough Market in London, and everyone is welcome. You can find out more here: http://www.ossat.org http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5393063/ Cheers, Phil -- http://philwhitehouse.blogspot.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..
Just bought my Joggler online. Talking to assistant in O2 shop, she was saying they are sold out in all the shops in London. New deliveries are expected on Thurdsay apparently. -- John Stevenson jr0cket.com leanagilemachine.com Tel: 07909 835 008 Excellent BDD immersion workshop at Skills Matter starts from February 2010 http://bit.ly/6MwtIW -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill
On 8 April 2010 11:25, Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmtoday/cmdebate/32.htm I got an error loading that URL, given it has cmtoday in it I guess it may only be valid on the day the debate is held. The following link has the list of who voted Yes and who voted No: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmhansrd/cm100407/debtext/100407-0032.htm#1004088001556 189 MPs voted Yes (Aye), 47 voted No (Noe). There are 646 MPs so most of them couldn't even be bothered to vote. Andy -- $ fortune bug, n: A son of a glitch. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill
Andy wrote: snip 189 MPs voted Yes (Aye), 47 voted No (Noe). There are 646 MPs so most of them couldn't even be bothered to vote. Worse yet, according to press reports many of those who voted did not attend the preceding debate. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill
On 09/04/10 16:58, mac wrote: Andy wrote: snip 189 MPs voted Yes (Aye), 47 voted No (Noe). There are 646 MPs so most of them couldn't even be bothered to vote. Worse yet, according to press reports many of those who voted did not attend the preceding debate. Most of the voters were Labour. Only about 5% of the tories voted at all (9 IIRC) and the Liberals were almost all the No votes. Directhex (Jo Shields) tweeted some numbers on this yesterday. Quite interesting. Al -- The Open Learning Centre http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill
On 9 April 2010 16:58, mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote: Andy wrote: snip 189 MPs voted Yes (Aye), 47 voted No (Noe). There are 646 MPs so most of them couldn't even be bothered to vote. Worse yet, according to press reports many of those who voted did not attend the preceding debate. mac Granted this is bad, but how bad is it? This is the only vote I've ever followed closely so I have no idea whether this is normal or whether it is out of the ordinary. Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill
Andy: 189 MPs voted Yes (Aye), 47 voted No (Noe). The majority of whom weren't present at the debate. You might very well think the bill was railroaded through by whatever MPs the whips could round up and herd into the chamber to vote the party line without even hearing it; I couldn't possibly comment. There are 646 MPs so most of them couldn't even be bothered to vote. And some 20,000 letters and emails in opposition, according to 38degrees. On average, that's more than 30 each. Surely there's only so many times you can send out a form letter full of platitudes before you start to think, maybe people /don't want/ this thing to pass? So what can we do now? Donate to the Pirate Party (unfortunately, there is no pirate candidate in my constituency), donate to the Open Rights Group, email our candidates, buttonhole them when they come round canvassing ... anything else? I was somewhat heartened to see that the front page article in today's Metro was strongly critical (in so far as a newspaper article can be in these days of journalistic balance) both of the bill and the appallingly undemocratic way it was rammed through Parliament. 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] 3G wireless on 9.10 or 10.4
Long time listener, first time caller Have acer aspire one netbook with 9.10. I have until now been using a phone with an app to convert 3G to 802.11g but the cost per MB through a phone just isn't comparable to the cost per MB through a dongle. So I want to switch to a dongle. (As an aside, why the blinkin flip?? This has actually quite annoyed me; why a MB delivered through 3G to a phone cost soo much more than a MB delivered through 3G to a dongle). I would like to use Orange and they say the dongle does not support Linux. I suspect the dongle does, and orange are choosing not to (whereas another of the big five have set up a repository to support their dongles). From what I have read online, some folk have had some success with some dongle models. Anyone using a dongle from orange with an ubuntu netbook? Which model dongle did you use? Or which service provider seems the most Linux friendly? Cheers Dave Smith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPhone software....
Hi everybody, I just wanted to say sorry for taking so long to get back to you. I wanted to be sure I had done verything I cuold to get this working before I posted. Not had much success to get it working on Karmic, I can get Rhythmbox to see the phone, but I cant get anything else to work. The icon that is supposed to appear on the desktop doesnt appear. Tried everything to get it to work, but I just dont understand enough of what is being asked, to attempt to try anymore. On my notebook, which has Lucid on it, it seems to work out of the box, I didnt have to install anything. The only problem is, I have music on the netbook, but it needs to be converted to whatever iPlayer works with, and dont know how to get that to work. I did watch part of the video, which I really appreciate by the way, that was very helpful, and will watch it all as soon as I can. Is there any way to convert in Ubuntu? Thank you for all your help, I really appreciate it. John On 08/04/10 23:26, Chris Rowson wrote: Here I go, eating some humble pie. popey just posted a link to an *amazing* video of Lucid Lynx (10.04) doing things to, and having things done by, an iPhone. Watch and wonder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGf4i_kxqRU Al Wow, that's impressive :-) -- Ubuntu User #30817 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill
On 09/04/10 17:06, jim.came...@buhlersortex.com wrote: Andy: 189 MPs voted Yes (Aye), 47 voted No (Noe). The majority of whom weren't present at the debate. You might very well think the bill was railroaded through by whatever MPs the whips could round up and herd into the chamber to vote the party line without even hearing it; I couldn't possibly comment. There are 646 MPs so most of them couldn't even be bothered to vote. Sounds like a right shambles. I contacted my local MP who I see on the list didn't vote at all, kinda makes me wonder if there is any point in MP's if they don't listen to the constituents. And some 20,000 letters and emails in opposition, according to 38degrees. On average, that's more than 30 each. Surely there's only so many times you can send out a form letter full of platitudes before you start to think, maybe people /don't want/ this thing to pass? Yep, I dare say any normal person would think... hang on a minute, maybe they have a point, but these are MP's. So what can we do now? Donate to the Pirate Party (unfortunately, there is no pirate candidate in my constituency), donate to the Open Rights Group, email our candidates, buttonhole them when they come round canvassing ... anything else? I'll certainly look at mentioning it to the candidates in my constituency, I wonder if it's worth contacting the local press for instance mentioning that I contacted my local MP but they didn't vote (either they couldn't be bothered or they had good reason not to vote, I'd certainly like to know either way). I was somewhat heartened to see that the front page article in today's Metro was strongly critical (in so far as a newspaper article can be in these days of journalistic balance) both of the bill and the appallingly undemocratic way it was rammed through Parliament. It's a shame that I can't get the Metro newspaper down here, at least I haven't seen it (last time I saw it was when I was working in Sheffield). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 3G wireless on 9.10 or 10.4
On 09/04/10 17:24, Dave Smith wrote: Long time listener, first time caller Hello Dave, snip / Anyone using a dongle from orange with an ubuntu netbook? Which model dongle did you use? Or which service provider seems the most Linux friendly? Most recent dongles will work out of the box with Ubuntu. I have an Option Icon 225 3G dongle from Orange that I have been using for over about 18months or so and it works just fine. Most of the Huawei and other makes work fine too from what I can tell. None of the providers will probably have a clue what you are talking about when you say Linux. They are not trained. We are here though :-) Cheers Al -- The Open Learning Centre http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 3G wireless on 9.10 or 10.4
On 9 Apr 2010 at 17:24, Dave Smith wrote: I would like to use Orange and they say the dongle does not support Linux. My wife's got a Vodaphone dongle which works OK on my Ubuntu powered EEEPC. I think the 'does not support Linux' comes mainly from the bundled Windows app that comes with them. This will tell you, among other things, how much credit you have (if its a Pay as you Go one) and what your useage is. But you can usually get this stuff on line from the telcos website. Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 3G wireless on 9.10 or 10.4
On 9 April 2010 17:24, Dave Smith d...@p3computers.com wrote: Anyone using a dongle from orange with an ubuntu netbook? Which model dongle did you use? Or which service provider seems the most Linux friendly? I bought a Huwei dongle from 3 and Linux handles it significantly better than windows does. Plug it in and it should show up the network manager drop down straight away. I've no experience with other networks. Gus -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] 3G wireless on 9.10 or 10.4
I have exactly the same arrangement. I have used dongles from BT, Vodafone and 3 without much difficulty. But there is a clear winner in terms of being OSS/Linux friendly. Vodafone have the Betavine project which is fully backed by the company and produces open source device support - including dongle drivers and monitoring software packedged for many distros. I use it and it's a good effort that voda should be commended for. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gadget Show Live Meet-Up
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 For those of you who still haven't gone, the show was great! There were 2 stalls with linux that I saw. One was from the Open University showing that you can run Ubuntu on a 5 year old PC with the same speed as modern windows. The other was just a pda with Ubuntu on. Ashley -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLv3GEAAoJEBrkFW1YytrkFwsIAKw4PaM1Lqo04Rh36ty5VQfG zKHrMgZsV9f44ajhhJv+ir/uMaDlWKmJFjzCHVg5BTKch8PQ5RKz7AND1nrMvEmR U9dHIZyA1N/qasf4PIC0J961p/xo9evSRbQofO06E5vp6P6qp1agGiGWR/tQ2aa6 wBmc4C6wPSkbkiEeXXFNfPL8GluyLg3EAVB4rAsqGbM9SEv3nXUIaVU5f1piAKcZ yncNjcTZOalsH/BNwPqo94k+94flOJ+19XqlDoLR+GRpeRL51uKX3bP5heKQpuYH 2dWEo4wcg91uzsX4jy/2xu+ClCWRe2j+ly3GjZcosN2WR5hQmP4N9nDyV+pjpLI= =nMc/ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 3G wireless on 9.10 or 10.4
I would like to use Orange and they say the dongle does not support Linux. I suspect the dongle does, and orange are choosing not to (whereas another of the big five have set up a repository to support their dongles). From what I have read online, some folk have had some success with some dongle models. Hi Dave, If it helps at all i was seriously impressed to find my USB dongle from O2 worked out of the box on Ubuntu (Karmic)as soon as i plugged it in another option appeared in the network manager applet. On Fedora 11 it was very easy to set up as well. hope this helps. P -- Sent from my Nokia N900 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill
On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:29:08 +0100, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: It's a shame that I can't get the Metro newspaper down here, at least I haven't seen it (last time I saw it was when I was working in Sheffield). Rob http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/820835-digital-economy-bill-passes-as-critics-warn-of-catastrophic-disaster -- Steve (Yorvyk) http://www.lubuntu.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
