Re: [ubuntu-uk] Error in google chrome abotu flashplaer

[John Stevenson]

On 11 May 2010 13:51, John Matthews  wrote:

> It seems that I might have found one reason why I cant play some flash
> movies on Ubuntu. In Google Chrome and Chromium at least.
>
> The past day or so, I have been getting an error saying
>
> the following plugin has crashed : /opt/google/chrome/libgcflashplayer.so
>
> Is there anyway I can get around this please?
>
> John
>
>
Hello John,
The error suggests you have installed chromium locally.  Perhaps something
did not quite go right with the install or you have a buggy version
installed in /opt/google/chrome

I prefer to use chromium from the personal package archive
https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/ppa.
Try install chromium from the ppa and remove the local copy (or take it out
of your command path).

I have been able to run sites such as the bbc iplayer without any problems
using the ppa repository.  I dont update every day though.

Hope this helps.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-manual

[John Stevenson]

On 11 May 2010 21:27, Luke-Jennings  wrote:

> On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 11:52 +0100, pmgazz wrote:
> > Luke - just to let you know how much your team's work will be
> > appreciated by the voluntary sector who really need manuals but can't
> > afford to pay the earth for them. It really makes a difference.
>
> I have passed your thanks on to the team. We have Benjamin Humphreys to
> thank for starting and leading the project.
>
> Luke


I too would like to add my greatful thanks for all who worked on the Ubuntu
manual.  I have started brining together a number of  local students,
developers and testers who are interested in open source and getting them up
and running with Ubuntu, most of them for the first time.

It was so much easier to do this with the work everyone has done on the
Ubuntu manual and everyone who came to the release party I ran went away
very happy and all running Ubuntu.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] When buying a new pc...

[Markie]

> Live CDs: For people who are still upset that you can't go into a computer
> shop and type
>
> 10 PRINT "ARSE"
> 20 GOTO 10
>
> any more...
>

ROFL! ...brings back some memories of being a kid there...
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-manual

[Luke-Jennings]

On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 11:52 +0100, pmgazz wrote:
> Luke - just to let you know how much your team's work will be 
> appreciated by the voluntary sector who really need manuals but can't 
> afford to pay the earth for them. It really makes a difference.

I have passed your thanks on to the team. We have Benjamin Humphreys to
thank for starting and leading the project. 

Luke
> Paula
> 
> On 11/05/10 07:19, Mark Fraser wrote:
> > On Monday 10 May 2010 19:04:34 Luke-Jennings wrote:
> >
> >> Hello
> >>
> >> I am one of the team members, I don't know if you are aware but you can
> >> buy it printed on lulu [1], this is the US English version . This may be
> >> cheaper depending on how many you want. (Do feel free to print your own)
> >> When I purchased my copy I used the code FREESHIP and it all came to
> >> £5.17 for one copy. I don't know if the code still works but it is worth
> >> a go.
> >>  
> > Any idea when the UK English edition will be released?
> >
> >
> 



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Re: [ubuntu-uk] When buying a new pc...

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Isabell Long wrote:
> On 11 May 2010 16:40, Dianne Reuby  wrote:
>> On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 16:33 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I've never tried, but it'd probably be a laugh to go to PC World with
>>> a bunch of live CDs, insert them into the PCs and reboot them
>>> (observing the resultant chaos).
>>>
>> What an excellent suggestion for a launch party. :)
> 
> Hahaha!  That could work pretty well actually couldn't it? :P
> 


Could, do or you could ask if a certaih PC runs linux, and just happen
to have a live cd to hand to insert and find out, after asking,  as in
lets find out shall we.

If you were in a position to make a purchase but refuse to buy unless it
runs Linux properly,  in the current climate and to make a sale they may
let you,  it may however be worth doing some homework first,  going in
or several people going in over a period of time and seeing which staff
are Linux aware and know what they are talking about,  then go in and
ask them,

you may find they are more co-operative.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] When buying a new pc...

[Tim Dobson]

On 11/05/10 16:43, Isabell Long wrote:
> On 11 May 2010 16:40, Dianne Reuby  wrote:
>> On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 16:33 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I've never tried, but it'd probably be a laugh to go to PC World with
>>> a bunch of live CDs, insert them into the PCs and reboot them
>>> (observing the resultant chaos).
>>>
>>
>> What an excellent suggestion for a launch party. :)
> 
> Hahaha!  That could work pretty well actually couldn't it? :P
> 

Please can someone secretly film a LUG doing this...

It'd make epic entertainment!

:)

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] When buying a new pc...

[Dave Smith]

I work in an independent store.  We would definitely - but I am going to
PC world tonight just to find out, heheh!!

 

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] When buying a new pc...

[John Stevenson]

On 11 May 2010 15:10, Markie  wrote:

> Lets say your want to buy a new PC and keep the bundled windows etc on
> there, but you wish to install Ubuntu into a new partition / disc. If you
> cant find anyone whos used your PC with Ubuntu before and you dont find it
> listed here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport, then would you /
> could you go to the store with your live CD and try it out to make sure your
> not going to have any hardware compatibility issues?
>
> Has anyone done this? What was the reaction from the store when you asked?
>
> Thanks
>
> Markie
>

Hello Markie,
For a PC, I always build my own, but still need to check out the hardware
pieces especially the graphics card.  Google usually has the answers,
although I do look through the Ubuntu hardware forums as well.

A rule of thumb I use is not to get something that is too new, as its most
like to be supported if its over 6 months old.  This gives the community
time to find workarounds for any tricky hardware.

If you can find a shop that will let you stick in a cd or USB stick with
Ubuntu on then that would be a good test.  However, it is sometimes the
wireless card that causes problems, so you should still Google the PC
specification to see if people have raised errors.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] When buying a new pc...

[Isabell Long]

On 11 May 2010 16:40, Dianne Reuby  wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 16:33 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
>
>
>>
>> I've never tried, but it'd probably be a laugh to go to PC World with
>> a bunch of live CDs, insert them into the PCs and reboot them
>> (observing the resultant chaos).
>>
>
> What an excellent suggestion for a launch party. :)

Hahaha!  That could work pretty well actually couldn't it? :P

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] When buying a new pc...

[jim.cameron]

Chris Rowson:
> I've never tried, but it'd probably be a laugh to go to PC
> World with a bunch of live CDs, insert them into the PCs and
> reboot them (observing the resultant chaos).

Live CDs: For people who are still upset that you can't go into a computer shop 
and type

10 PRINT "ARSE"
20 GOTO 10

any more...

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] When buying a new pc...

[Paul Morgan-Roach]

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Chris Rowson
wrote:

>
> I've never tried, but it'd probably be a laugh to go to PC World with a
> bunch of live CDs, insert them into the PCs and reboot them (observing the
> resultant chaos).
>
> Chris
>
> I can't remember what the correct terminology, but there was a bit of a
flood of "linux activism/terrorism" a few years back when it was not
uncommon for people to do precisely that with Knoppix LiveCD's :)
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] When buying a new pc...

[Dianne Reuby]

On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 16:33 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:


> 
> I've never tried, but it'd probably be a laugh to go to PC World with
> a bunch of live CDs, insert them into the PCs and reboot them
> (observing the resultant chaos).
> 

What an excellent suggestion for a launch party. :)

Dianne




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Re: [ubuntu-uk] When buying a new pc...

[Chris Rowson]

> Lets say your want to buy a new PC and keep the bundled windows etc on
> there, but you wish to install Ubuntu into a new partition / disc. If you
> cant find anyone whos used your PC with Ubuntu before and you dont find it
> listed here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport, then would you /
> could you go to the store with your live CD and try it out to make sure your
> not going to have any hardware compatibility issues?
>
> Has anyone done this? What was the reaction from the store when you asked?
>
> Thanks
>
> Markie
>

I've never tried, but it'd probably be a laugh to go to PC World with a
bunch of live CDs, insert them into the PCs and reboot them (observing the
resultant chaos).

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice

[Rob Beard]

On 11/05/10 15:07, Simon Swaysland wrote:
>
>
> On 11 May 2010 14:56, Adam Bagnall  > wrote:
>
> If you're planning to go the revo route the dual core ones are £180
> on ebuyer at the moment http://www.ebuyer.com/product/182588 Yup,
> yet another post for a revo on hotukdeals...
>
> --
>
> I was originally going to go down the XBOX360 route, but after much
> deliberation I thought the Revo route looked better. I've already got a
> PS3 and a Wii in the other room so I don't think I need another console.
> Or maybe I do!
>

 From experience (of having an XBOX360, Wii and PS3), out of the three 
the PS3 is the best of the three for media playback.

The XBOX360 is just too noisy for my liking (I have an XBOX360 Elite 
bought back in June last year, I don't think it's the Jasper motherboard 
but the one before it).

I also found that the XBOX is fussy about what it streams.  Windows 
Media format files play perfectly well (and are really good quality, 
Windows Media 5.1 audio is automatically converted to Dolby Digital 
5.1).  However most other media tends to need transcoding which is fine 
is you have a quickish PC to do that but I tend to leave the PC off when 
watching media.  It can also stream from Windows Media Centre but again 
I've found the transcoding awful quality.  This is using uPNP from PS3 
Media Server (which supports the XBOX360 and PS3).

The PS3 on the other hand will happily accept Divx/Xvid video files 
streamed from PS3 Media Server and it's also possible to transcode h264 
videos on the fly (it basically changes the container from a MKV file to 
a VOB which the PS3 supports, the h264 codec itself is already 
supported).  I find my PS3 can play just about anything I can throw at 
it when I use PS3 Media Server.

Where the Wii is concerned, I've got it soft-modded for homebrew and I 
have played some standard definition stuff in Mplayer on it and also 
streamed internet radio but it's not a patch on the original XBOX which 
we'd still be using if it wasn't for the fact that we now have a HDTV. 
In fact we have about 4 XBOX consoles (having been given two of them) 
and my step-kids up north have a soft-modded XBOX which also runs XBMC 
as a DVD/media player.

If I was going to build a dedicated media PC now (after my old one died 
last year) I'd probably go down the Revo route myself but also install 
MythTV to record the TV (I only have basic Virgin cable and Freeview). 
Saying that though, I'm sure I read somewhere that XBMC can connect to 
MythTV to play back recorded shows.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Error in google chrome abotu flashplaer

[Markie]

I googled your error and on the second or third hit I got this

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=40221

There may be something in there which helps you

Mark

On 11 May 2010 13:51, John Matthews  wrote:

> It seems that I might have found one reason why I cant play some flash
> movies on Ubuntu. In Google Chrome and Chromium at least.
>
> The past day or so, I have been getting an error saying
>
> the following plugin has crashed : /opt/google/chrome/libgcflashplayer.so
>
> Is there anyway I can get around this please?
>
> John
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice

[javadayaz]

i WILL be going down the revo route...connected to my phone. i will just set
up my phone as a VLC remote...and just use that play music/vids!

On 11 May 2010 15:07, Simon Swaysland  wrote:

>
>
> On 11 May 2010 14:56, Adam Bagnall  wrote:
>
>> If you're planning to go the revo route the dual core ones are £180 on
>> ebuyer at the moment http://www.ebuyer.com/product/182588 Yup, yet
>> another post for a revo on hotukdeals...
>>
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>> I was originally going to go down the XBOX360 route, but after much
> deliberation I thought the Revo route looked better. I've already got a PS3
> and a Wii in the other room so I don't think I need another console. Or
> maybe I do!
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[ubuntu-uk] When buying a new pc...

[Markie]

Lets say your want to buy a new PC and keep the bundled windows etc on
there, but you wish to install Ubuntu into a new partition / disc. If you
cant find anyone whos used your PC with Ubuntu before and you dont find it
listed here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport, then would you / could
you go to the store with your live CD and try it out to make sure your not
going to have any hardware compatibility issues?

Has anyone done this? What was the reaction from the store when you asked?

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice

[Simon Swaysland]

On 11 May 2010 14:56, Adam Bagnall  wrote:

> If you're planning to go the revo route the dual core ones are £180 on
> ebuyer at the moment http://www.ebuyer.com/product/182588 Yup, yet another
> post for a revo on hotukdeals...
>
> --
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> I was originally going to go down the XBOX360 route, but after much
deliberation I thought the Revo route looked better. I've already got a PS3
and a Wii in the other room so I don't think I need another console. Or
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice

[Adam Bagnall]

If you're planning to go the revo route the dual core ones are £180 on
ebuyer at the moment http://www.ebuyer.com/product/182588 Yup, yet another
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice

[Paul Morgan-Roach]

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Stephen Garton wrote:

>
> That's a fair point, I also used to run XBMC on an original xbox.
>


I can also vouch for XBMC on the original Xbox and also on a custom desktop
PC.  XBMC supports remote control via a browser (so fine on an iPhone and
N900, or anything else with a decent browser), and also runs a upnp server
as well (so other XBMC boxes around the house, the joggler and N900 play
media stored on it).
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice

[Stephen Garton]

On 11 May 2010 14:18, Liam Proven  wrote:
> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Dan Fish  wrote:
>
>> I'd certainly vouch for XBMC on a revo. I'm using a 'generic' windows
>> MCE remote from Maplin with it. Watching 1080p with no probs and the
>> wife and kids are very happy with it. I experienced a few 'quirks' on
>> setting it up but there's loads of info on the web - one tip that took
>> me ages to find - you need to turn off compiz or you get vertical
>> tearing on some videos.
>
> For what it's worth, I'm running XBMC on an actual Xbox, as in, what
> it was originally designed for. :¬) It works beautifully, was quite
> easy to set up - it only requires a softmod, it wasn't necessary to
> open the case - and the hardware was free. The bits to mod it cost me
> about £12 on eBay.
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That's a fair point, I also used to run XBMC on an original xbox. I
paid a guy on ebay £25 to mod and install XBMC for me, and the xbox
also only cost me £50 from ebay ~4 years ago! I moved to a PC-based
solution as I wanted to use it as a general file server for the house
as well. The xbox still works just fine - My mum & dad have it set up
in their living room now!

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice

[Liam Proven]

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Dan Fish  wrote:

> I'd certainly vouch for XBMC on a revo. I'm using a 'generic' windows
> MCE remote from Maplin with it. Watching 1080p with no probs and the
> wife and kids are very happy with it. I experienced a few 'quirks' on
> setting it up but there's loads of info on the web - one tip that took
> me ages to find - you need to turn off compiz or you get vertical
> tearing on some videos.

For what it's worth, I'm running XBMC on an actual Xbox, as in, what
it was originally designed for. :¬) It works beautifully, was quite
easy to set up - it only requires a softmod, it wasn't necessary to
open the case - and the hardware was free. The bits to mod it cost me
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on old box ....

[Dan Attwood]

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice

[Dan Fish]

On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 13:38 +0100, Stephen Garton wrote:
> On 11 May 2010 13:33, Simon Swaysland  wrote:
> > I want it to support as many video formats as possible, mp4, avi etc
> >
> > I hadn't thought of Boxee, I've used it in the past on my AppleTV
> >
> >
> >> What media are you going to be using it for? I am currently running
> >> Boxee (www.boxee.tv) on a Lucid-based media centre. I use my either a
> >> wireless keyboard, my iPhone or my Android phone (last two both over
> >> wifi) to control it. I believe Boxee works fine with HD (my machine
> >> isn't up to it, so I cannot confirm or deny), and my wife uses the
> >> front end without problem.
> >>
> >> Hope That Helps,
> >>
> >> Steve Garton
> >> http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk
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> Boxee running on a revo...
> 
> http://popey.com/blog/?s=boxee
> 
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> http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk
> 
I'd certainly vouch for XBMC on a revo. I'm using a 'generic' windows
MCE remote from Maplin with it. Watching 1080p with no probs and the
wife and kids are very happy with it. I experienced a few 'quirks' on
setting it up but there's loads of info on the web - one tip that took
me ages to find - you need to turn off compiz or you get vertical
tearing on some videos.

Have Fun

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on old box ....

[NTLWorld]

Hi there .
Yesterday I took the old box to the non-geek lady I mentioned.  I spent
about half an hour showing her round Ubuntu Netbook Remix set up with
the Gnome desktop as default.  I went back later as there was a minor
hitch with the printer, and she had written several job-applications
ready to print out, and downloaded various job application forms.  She
has been sending and receiving e-mails like an expert, and generally
doing everything she wants to do.  I'm amazed!

She says she finds Ubuntu much easier than Windows 98 (well, I think it
is).  Ubuntu has clearly reached the point that it is for the average
user.  Exciting really!

Regards,
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[ubuntu-uk] Error in google chrome abotu flashplaer

[John Matthews]

It seems that I might have found one reason why I cant play some flash 
movies on Ubuntu. In Google Chrome and Chromium at least.

The past day or so, I have been getting an error saying

the following plugin has crashed : /opt/google/chrome/libgcflashplayer.so

Is there anyway I can get around this please?

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice

[Stephen Garton]

On 11 May 2010 13:33, Simon Swaysland  wrote:
> I want it to support as many video formats as possible, mp4, avi etc
>
> I hadn't thought of Boxee, I've used it in the past on my AppleTV
>
>
>> What media are you going to be using it for? I am currently running
>> Boxee (www.boxee.tv) on a Lucid-based media centre. I use my either a
>> wireless keyboard, my iPhone or my Android phone (last two both over
>> wifi) to control it. I believe Boxee works fine with HD (my machine
>> isn't up to it, so I cannot confirm or deny), and my wife uses the
>> front end without problem.
>>
>> Hope That Helps,
>>
>> Steve Garton
>> http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk
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While he's at UDS, I'll point out that popey has a few blog posts on
Boxee running on a revo...

http://popey.com/blog/?s=boxee

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice

[Simon Swaysland]

I want it to support as many video formats as possible, mp4, avi etc

I hadn't thought of Boxee, I've used it in the past on my AppleTV


What media are you going to be using it for? I am currently running
> Boxee (www.boxee.tv) on a Lucid-based media centre. I use my either a
> wireless keyboard, my iPhone or my Android phone (last two both over
> wifi) to control it. I believe Boxee works fine with HD (my machine
> isn't up to it, so I cannot confirm or deny), and my wife uses the
> front end without problem.
>
> Hope That Helps,
>
> Steve Garton
> http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice

[javadayaz]

This is a good form factor ...especially if you want to hide the machine
behind your wall tellythen control VLC via your phone.

I will be looking at this topic with interest as i am intending to buy
something for my living room too

On 11 May 2010 12:27, Stephen Garton  wrote:

> On 11 May 2010 12:18, Simon Swaysland  wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm after some advice as to which system to buy and any issues I should
> look
> > out for when setting it up.
> >
> > I have a budget of around £300 for a media box which will be directly
> > connected to a TV. I would prefer to buy a pre-built system, something
> like
> > Acer Aspire Revo (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172706) would be good
> and
> > then install Lucid.
> >
> > My main requirements are;
> >
> > 1. Output via HDMI
> > 2. Small form factor.
> > 3. WLAN.
> > 4. Easy to use front-end (wife and kids will be main users)
> > 5. Wireless keyboard and mouse.
> > 6. Remote control would be great.
> >
> > I don't need a PVR as I already have Sky+.
> >
> > All suggestions welcome.
> >
> > Simon Swaysland.
> >
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>
> What media are you going to be using it for? I am currently running
> Boxee (www.boxee.tv) on a Lucid-based media centre. I use my either a
> wireless keyboard, my iPhone or my Android phone (last two both over
> wifi) to control it. I believe Boxee works fine with HD (my machine
> isn't up to it, so I cannot confirm or deny), and my wife uses the
> front end without problem.
>
> Hope That Helps,
>
> Steve Garton
> http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice

[Stephen Garton]

On 11 May 2010 12:18, Simon Swaysland  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm after some advice as to which system to buy and any issues I should look
> out for when setting it up.
>
> I have a budget of around £300 for a media box which will be directly
> connected to a TV. I would prefer to buy a pre-built system, something like
> Acer Aspire Revo (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172706) would be good and
> then install Lucid.
>
> My main requirements are;
>
> 1. Output via HDMI
> 2. Small form factor.
> 3. WLAN.
> 4. Easy to use front-end (wife and kids will be main users)
> 5. Wireless keyboard and mouse.
> 6. Remote control would be great.
>
> I don't need a PVR as I already have Sky+.
>
> All suggestions welcome.
>
> Simon Swaysland.
>
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What media are you going to be using it for? I am currently running
Boxee (www.boxee.tv) on a Lucid-based media centre. I use my either a
wireless keyboard, my iPhone or my Android phone (last two both over
wifi) to control it. I believe Boxee works fine with HD (my machine
isn't up to it, so I cannot confirm or deny), and my wife uses the
front end without problem.

Hope That Helps,

Steve Garton
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice

[Tyler J. Wagner]

> I have a budget of around £300 for a media box which will be directly
> connected to a TV. I would prefer to buy a pre-built system, something like
> Acer Aspire Revo (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172706) would be good and
> then install Lucid.

That's exactly the hardware I was going to recommend.

For keyboard, I use:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Keysonic-Wireless-Keyboard-Integrated-
Frequency/dp/B000L10Y5E/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1239806171&sr=8-2

It's not the best, and keep the receiver out in the open to avoid 
interference.  I keep the PC in a cabinet and use a long USB cable.  But it 
works well and is pleasantly small.

Tyler

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[ubuntu-uk] Media Centre Advice

[Simon Swaysland]

Hi,

I'm after some advice as to which system to buy and any issues I should look
out for when setting it up.

I have a budget of around £300 for a media box which will be directly
connected to a TV. I would prefer to buy a pre-built system, something like
Acer Aspire Revo (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172706) would be good and
then install Lucid.

My main requirements are;

1. Output via HDMI
2. Small form factor.
3. WLAN.
4. Easy to use front-end (wife and kids will be main users)
5. Wireless keyboard and mouse.
6. Remote control would be great.

I don't need a PVR as I already have Sky+.

All suggestions welcome.

Simon Swaysland.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-manual

[pmgazz]

Luke - just to let you know how much your team's work will be 
appreciated by the voluntary sector who really need manuals but can't 
afford to pay the earth for them. It really makes a difference.

Paula

On 11/05/10 07:19, Mark Fraser wrote:
> On Monday 10 May 2010 19:04:34 Luke-Jennings wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> I am one of the team members, I don't know if you are aware but you can
>> buy it printed on lulu [1], this is the US English version . This may be
>> cheaper depending on how many you want. (Do feel free to print your own)
>> When I purchased my copy I used the code FREESHIP and it all came to
>> £5.17 for one copy. I don't know if the code still works but it is worth
>> a go.
>>  
> Any idea when the UK English edition will be released?
>
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