Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world
On 15/10/10 20:30, Grant Sewell wrote: On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:25:38 +0100 Paul Sutton wrote: On 14/10/10 22:19, Rob Beard wrote: On 14/10/10 22:11, John Stevenson wrote: I am based in South London SW16 and am often in the City. I am happy to cycle around the area if there is somewhere safe to leave my bicycle. Happy to help out with basic support issues when I can. Thank you I presume the idea of this thread is those of us who can offer help to others put down our locations in case anyone else near by needs help? If so, I'm based in Torquay, Devon. I'm currently working in Exeter so I'm happy to pop in and give someone a hand if they're in the Torbay area or in and around Exeter (although it's easier for me to pop and see someone in Exeter during a week day after work). Rob Hi based in Paignton so if there are events in torbay i may be able to get there, however my time is limited in the evenings due to rugby commitments paul., And I'm just down the road in Plymouth. Grant. :) Ditto Grant...am located in Plymouth too. Long time Linux user (since 1999). Prefer debian based distros but often distro-hop. Been using Ubuntu since 4.1 Warty. Happy to help anyone in my locality (PL4) Regards, Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Little project
On Sat, 2010-10-16 at 08:02 +0100, Dan Attwood wrote: Speaking as someone who works in a college IT department you really shouldn't be doing this as you'll break the Terms of Use and you're 'free' period should be spent studying and not on facebook. Also this list shouldn't really be helping hack a system. Speaking as a realist look at eyeos and NX server FreeNX and neatx run over ssh and provide full remote desktops that are much quicker then SSH and X11. There are PPA's for both on launchpad. At the server end (ie home) forward port 80 to port 22 on the machine where freenx/neatx are installed. Regards Dan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world
On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 13:15 +0100, Jim Price wrote: On 15/10/10 08:33, clanlaw wrote: I am near Lampeter, mid Wales. Not a hot spot of Unbuntu fanatics as far as I can tell. I'm the other side of the mountains near Builth, also mid Wales. It is a bit quiet here too, unless I've just failed to find anything local. Meh, if it's any consolation, there's not a great deal going on here in Monmouth either... M. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace matt...@truthisfreedom.org.uk http://www.threedrunkensysadsonthe.net/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world
On 16 October 2010 01:29, Jim Price d1vers...@hotmail.com wrote: On 15/10/10 21:49, Colin Law wrote: On 15 October 2010 13:15, Jim Priced1vers...@hotmail.com wrote: On 15/10/10 08:33, clanlaw wrote: I am near Lampeter, mid Wales. Not a hot spot of Unbuntu fanatics as far as I can tell. I'm the other side of the mountains near Builth, also mid Wales. It is a bit quiet here too, unless I've just failed to find anything local. Wow, only an hour's drive away, you may be my nearest Ubuntu neighbour. :) Google says it's 46 miles by A road. The roads must be better at your end as I only seem to average about 40MPH around here. I am actually in Ffarmers south of Lampeter so already part way there. It takes an hour or so to get to Builth from here on a good day. Perhaps we should start a Mid Wales User Group. I am not sure if two can be called a group though :) Cheers Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer
I am attempting to make the desktop background in gnome change automatically to a random image from a set folder. I know the command I need is gconftool-2 --type=string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename /full/path/to/image/file I have worked this into a basic shell script: time=$1 # time to wait between changing the background in secs while [ : ] do for filepath in `cat list` # list is a list of all files in the backgrounds directory and is the only other non-image file in the folder do echo $filepath # for debug gconftool-2 --type=string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename “$filepath” sleep $time done done however allthough this sets the value (I can see it in the xml configuration file with emacs) the background simply goes to the set colour not the image. is there another value I need to get the background as an image? or is there something wrong with my script? all help appreciated. Jacob Mansfield Programmer -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Openfire
Ah, hadn't tried Empathy. Will explore some time. s/ On 16 Oct 2010 00:47, Tony Pursell a...@princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk wrote: On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 23:11 +0100, Simon Greenwood wrote: Only in the same way as you. Jabber and ... Last time I tried it, Empathy supported video chat with Jabber. Tony -- 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] gnome desktop background changer
On 16 October 2010 10:01, Jacob Mansfield cyberja...@gmail.com wrote: I am attempting to make the desktop background in gnome change automatically to a random image from a set folder. I know the command I need is gconftool-2 --type=string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename /full/path/to/image/file I have worked this into a basic shell script: time=$1 # time to wait between changing the background in secs while [ : ] do for filepath in `cat list` # list is a list of all files in the backgrounds directory and is the only other non-image file in the folder do echo $filepath # for debug gconftool-2 --type=string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename “$filepath” sleep $time done done however allthough this sets the value (I can see it in the xml configuration file with emacs) the background simply goes to the set colour not the image. is there another value I need to get the background as an image? or is there something wrong with my script? all help appreciated. Jacob Mansfield Programmer -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Jacob Have a look at: http://www.itlure.com/2009/11/create-your-own-gnome-background.html Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer
I have over 500 pictures. entering all of their file names by hand isn't an option. Jacob Mansfield Programmer On 16 October 2010 10:27, Steve Fisher xirco...@gmail.com wrote: On 16 October 2010 10:01, Jacob Mansfield cyberja...@gmail.com wrote: I am attempting to make the desktop background in gnome change automatically to a random image from a set folder. I know the command I need is gconftool-2 --type=string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename /full/path/to/image/file I have worked this into a basic shell script: time=$1 # time to wait between changing the background in secs while [ : ] do for filepath in `cat list` # list is a list of all files in the backgrounds directory and is the only other non-image file in the folder do echo $filepath # for debug gconftool-2 --type=string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename “$filepath” sleep $time done done however allthough this sets the value (I can see it in the xml configuration file with emacs) the background simply goes to the set colour not the image. is there another value I need to get the background as an image? or is there something wrong with my script? all help appreciated. Jacob Mansfield Programmer -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Jacob Have a look at: http://www.itlure.com/2009/11/create-your-own-gnome-background.html Steve -- 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] gnome desktop background changer
Thinking out of the box, why not write a script to generate the xml file? I will have a go, but have to nip out for a couple of hours. Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world
I live in North London and work in London Bridge. I've been using Ubuntu since 7.04 and I'm happy to help with basic support issues too. As my day job I design enterprise software solutions so I'm also happy to help out anybody interested in programming. Cheers, Bruno It's really good getting a sense of what people are doing and where :) Paula -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world
I am retired and live in St David's so am part of the Welsh contingent. I have used Ubuntu from day one and that seems a long time ago. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world
Hi Colin, If there isn't already a mid Wales LUG at http://lug.org.uk, it would definitely be worth starting one... After all, if two of you are meeting up, you never know what might happen if you advertise it. That's more-or-less what happened with Stockport Hackspace and we've got about 20 people who come to the various meetings (now re-branded as HACMan) Besides, what's the worst that'll happen? :) All the best, -- Jon The Nice Guy Spriggs On 16 Oct 2010 09:11, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: On 16 October 2010 01:29, Jim Price d1vers...@hotmail.com wrote: On 15/10/10 21:49, Colin Law wr... I am actually in Ffarmers south of Lampeter so already part way there. It takes an hour or so to get to Builth from here on a good day. Perhaps we should start a Mid Wales User Group. I am not sure if two can be called a group though :) Cheers Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubu... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world
On 16 October 2010 13:14, Jon Spriggs j...@sprig.gs wrote: Hi Colin, If there isn't already a mid Wales LUG at http://lug.org.uk, it would definitely be worth starting one... After all, if two of you are meeting up, you never know what might happen if you advertise it. That's more-or-less what happened with Stockport Hackspace and we've got about 20 people who come to the various meetings (now re-branded as HACMan) Besides, what's the worst that'll happen? :) All the best, -- Jon The Nice Guy Spriggs Hi There is a Welsh Ubuntu Loco. Philip -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer
God, this was hard work! But I think it runs, needs testing and all the
paths are hardcoded and need changing.
So I am assembling a directory of jpegs and will report back, but going out
(again) for a while.
#!/bin/bash
rm background-1.xml
echo background background-1.xml
echo starttime background-1.xml
echo year2009/year background-1.xml
echo month08/month background-1.xml
echo day04/day background-1.xml
echo hour00/hour background-1.xml
echo minute00/minute background-1.xml
echo second00/second background-1.xml
echo /starttime background-1.xml
echo !-- This animation will start at midnight. -- background-1.xml
#counter variable
x=1
for file in *
do
#echo $x
if [ $x -eq 1 ]
then
FE='to/usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/'
FE=${FE}$file
FE=${FE}/to
fi
if [ $x -gt 1 ]
then
FT='to/usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/'
FT=${FT}$file
FT=${FT}/to
echo $FT background-1.xml
fi
echo static background-1.xml
echo duration1795.0/duration background-1.xml
FS= file/usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/
FS=${FS}$file
FS=${FS}/file
FR= from/usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/
FR=${FR}$file
FR=${FR}/from
FT= to/usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/
FT=${FT}$file
FT=${FT}/to
echo $FS background-1.xml
echo static background-1.xml
echo duration5.0/duration background-1.xml
echo $FR background-1.xml
echo /transition background-1.xml
#ls $file # Lists all files in $PWD (current directory).
x=$(( $x + 1 ))
#echo $x
done
echo $FE background-1.xml
echo /transition background-1.xml
echo /background background-1.xml
exit 0
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[ubuntu-uk] 10.10 System Freeze Problem
Hi Guys Since clean-installing Xubuntu 10.10 on an Acer 1410 laptop, the system is freezing up once or twice during a daily 8 hour session. The mouse and keyboard become inoperative and, if I disconnect the mouse then reconnect it, the mouse does not light up, suggesting that no power is being fed through the USB port. I've not had 10.10 long enough to observe any particular pattern or scenario that causes the problem. It certainly didn't occur with 10.4. Does anybody know of an existing log file, or application I can use, to help identify the cause? Please bear in mind that, as I have to kill the power before rebooting, any log files may not be closed cleanly. Thanks very much. Nige -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer
On 16/10/10 13:52, Steve Fisher wrote: #!/bin/bash rm background-1.xml I think Heredocs would be easier to read faster here. cat background-1.xml EOF background starttime year2009/year month08/month day04/day hour00/hour minute00/minute second00/second /starttime !-- This animation will start at midnight. -- EOF 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] gnome desktop background changer
you're gonna have to explain a little more than that I'm afraid Jacob Mansfield Programmer On 16 October 2010 16:30, Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/10/10 13:52, Steve Fisher wrote: #!/bin/bash rm background-1.xml I think Heredocs would be easier to read faster here. cat background-1.xml EOF background starttime year2009/year month08/month day04/day hour00/hour minute00/minute second00/second /starttime !-- This animation will start at midnight. -- EOF 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/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer
OK script finished tested and working:
#!/bin/bash
rm background-2.xml
echo background background-2.xml
echo starttime background-2.xml
echo year2009/year background-2.xml
echo month08/month background-2.xml
echo day04/day background-2.xml
echo hour00/hour background-2.xml
echo minute00/minute background-2.xml
echo second00/second background-2.xml
echo /starttime background-2.xml
echo !-- This animation will start at midnight. -- background-2.xml
#counter variable
x=1
for file in *.jpg
do
if [ $x -eq 1 ]
then
FE='to/usr/share/backgrounds/testdir/'
FE=${FE}$file
FE=${FE}/to
fi
if [ $x -gt 1 ]
then
FT='to/usr/share/backgrounds/testdir/'
FT=${FT}$file
FT=${FT}/to
echo $FT background-2.xml
echo /transition background-2.xml
fi
echo static background-2.xml
echo duration1795.0/duration background-2.xml
FS= file/usr/share/backgrounds/testdir/
FS=${FS}$file
FS=${FS}/file
FR= from/usr/share/backgrounds/testdir/
FR=${FR}$file
FR=${FR}/from
FT= to/usr/share/backgrounds/testdir/
FT=${FT}$file
FT=${FT}/to
echo $FS background-2.xml
echo /static background-2.xml
echo transition background-2.xml
echo duration5.0/duration background-2.xml
echo $FR background-2.xml
#ls $file # Lists all files in $PWD (current directory).
x=$(( $x + 1 ))
#echo $x
done
echo $FE background-2.xml
echo /transition background-2.xml
echo /background background-2.xml
exit 0
Change /usr/share/backgrounds/testdir/ to match your directory with search
replace.
Will tart it up with zenity later.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer
On 16/10/10 16:39, Jacob Mansfield wrote: you're gonna have to explain a little more than that I'm afraid Jacob Mansfield Programmer http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/here-docs.html -- 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] gnome desktop background changer
Instructions: 1. Dump a load of jpegs in a directory, I used /usr/backgrounds/testdir 2. Copy the script into the same directory and make it executable. Edit and change path and name of output xml to suite. 3. Open terminal change directory and run script 4. Drag and drop output xml to background section of appearance. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer
Ha Ha Ha http://darkrule.freewebhostx.com/hello/xmlmaker.php http://darkrule.freewebhostx.com/hello/xmlmaker.phpIf only I had read further down the link I originally gave you. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Openfire
On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 1:04 AM, Jon Spriggs j...@sprig.gs wrote: On 16 October 2010 00:47, Tony Pursell a...@princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk wrote: On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 23:11 +0100, Simon Greenwood wrote: Only in the same way as you. Jabber and video isn't that well integrated as yet and there isn't a dedicated client that does that apart from maybe Google Talk. Simon On 15 Oct 2010 22:18, Chris Rowson christopherrow...@gmail.com wrote: Just wondered if anyone on the list is using the Openfire Jabber server? I've been experimenting with it today, trying to get video chat up and running. Although this works with the Red5 plugin enabled on both the Openfire server and the Spark client the result isn't great (small flash based video windows etc). What I'd like to do is use any old Jabber compliant client with the video handled by the client. I have Googled around this but don't seem to be able to find any definitive answer. Anyone know if this is possible? Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Last time I tried it, Empathy supported video chat with Jabber. Tony I concur, Empathy supports it. (Also, in case anyone is interested, OpenFire is the XMPP server that the OneSocialWeb project - a microblogging via XMPP service, backed by Vodaphone, are using) -- Jon The Nice Guy Spriggs Thanks for replying Tony, Jon, Simon. Unfortunately although I get some leeway to put Linux solutions in at the server level (and I'm testing Openfire on the Ubuntu platform at the moment) my employer only has Windows on the desktop. Empathy doesn't have a Windows port at the moment but knowing that you've got video working with Empathy gives me a bit of hope that I can get a decent video solution up and running using something or other. Thanks, Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Openfire
On Sat, 2010-10-16 at 18:16 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 1:04 AM, Jon Spriggs j...@sprig.gs wrote: On 16 October 2010 00:47, Tony Pursell a...@princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk wrote: On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 23:11 +0100, Simon Greenwood wrote: Only in the same way as you. Jabber and video isn't that well integrated as yet and there isn't a dedicated client that does that apart from maybe Google Talk. Simon On 15 Oct 2010 22:18, Chris Rowson christopherrow...@gmail.com wrote: Just wondered if anyone on the list is using the Openfire Jabber server? I've been experimenting with it today, trying to get video chat up and running. Although this works with the Red5 plugin enabled on both the Openfire server and the Spark client the result isn't great (small flash based video windows etc). What I'd like to do is use any old Jabber compliant client with the video handled by the client. I have Googled around this but don't seem to be able to find any definitive answer. Anyone know if this is possible? Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Last time I tried it, Empathy supported video chat with Jabber. Tony I concur, Empathy supports it. (Also, in case anyone is interested, OpenFire is the XMPP server that the OneSocialWeb project - a microblogging via XMPP service, backed by Vodaphone, are using) -- Jon The Nice Guy Spriggs Thanks for replying Tony, Jon, Simon. Unfortunately although I get some leeway to put Linux solutions in at the server level (and I'm testing Openfire on the Ubuntu platform at the moment) my employer only has Windows on the desktop. Empathy doesn't have a Windows port at the moment but knowing that you've got video working with Empathy gives me a bit of hope that I can get a decent video solution up and running using something or other. Thanks, Chris I thought that you were looking for Ubuntu Linux client solutions. I doubt if there will ever be a Windows port of Empathy as it is part of the Gnome project. I you do come across a Windows Jabber client that supports AV, preferably for free, I would love to know so I can get my brother to install it. Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Openfire
On 16/10/10 18:16, Chris Rowson wrote: Empathy doesn't have a Windows port at the moment but knowing that you've got video working with Empathy gives me a bit of hope that I can get a decent video solution up and running using something or other. Good luck. :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Openfire
On 15 October 2010 22:18, Chris Rowson christopherrow...@gmail.com wrote: Just wondered if anyone on the list is using the Openfire Jabber server? Jabber \o/ What I'd like to do is use any old Jabber compliant client with the video handled by the client. I have Googled around this but don't seem to be able to find any definitive answer. The Openfire Red5 plugin as far as I know (I've never used it myself) is non-standard so I don't think it will work with any client other than their own (Spark). The standard Jabber voice/video protocol (Jingle) is server-independent, and should work with any client that supports it. Popular clients I know support it are Empathy, Pidgin, Psi (might be voice only...), and Gajim. Support in many of them is relatively new, the latest Gajim with support may not yet be in the repositories yet for example. Pidgin and Psi both support Windows. Psi might be voice-only at the moment, I haven't tested it myself. In theory Jingle-capable clients shall also be able to communicate with Google Talk clients when Google update it to use the latest version of the protocol, but we'll have to hold on for now... As for choice of server - if you get tired of Openfire I couldn't not recommend the one I work on, Prosody. It's in the repos :) Good luck, Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world
Maidenhead. We use Linux as our weapon of choice at work (RHEL5); we design (and simulate. Oh yes, we simulate a _lot_) silicon chips. -- Matthew Bassett hewb...@gmail.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Openfire
On Sat, 2010-10-16 at 19:42 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote: As for choice of server - if you get tired of Openfire I couldn't not recommend the one I work on, Prosody. It's in the repos :) Matthew can hardly be considered an impartial judge, as he works on Prosody. I however do not work on Prosody, and can be considered impartial: Prosody is the dogs. Trivial to set up and configure, and in my experience bullet proof. I also believe it has pretty high performance and low resource requirements, but since my instance only had 5 users, I am not able to give a particularly exhaustive analysis... (but it did easily fit into a VM with only 112MB of physical memory that was also running Apache, MySQL, Postfix and Dovecot) Regards, Matthew -- Matthew Bassett hewb...@gmail.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world
On Sat, 2010-10-16 at 21:14 +0100, Matthew Bassett wrote: Maidenhead. Just wondered (I think I'm the person that started this thread when I said I was from Nottingham). Just wondered if someone could collate all this and post it on a site somewhere? I would do it, but I don't have write access to an appropriate Ubuntu site. I know some of you do. Regards,Barry. -- Sent from my Dell Netbook using Ubuntu - the window-free environment that gives me real fresh air. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Wanted: Inverness - Support - Where are we in the real world
On 15/10/10 22:31, A J Binnie wrote: On 15 October 2010 21:48, Bill Cummingb...@s0l.co.uk wrote: May as well throw my hat in since I've not seen another Scot in this thread... I'm on the coast in Ayrshire (45 Mins away from Glasgow City Centre) Been using Linux (Ububtu specifically) for the past 3 years. There is another! I'm near Elgin in Morayshire. I don't know of any other Ubuntu users in my neck of the woods. There is a LUG in the area, but their board hasn't been active for a while by the look of it. Gus Wanted: I have some friends in INVERNESS who use Ubuntu after my initial help, but they have some display problems and they are not experienced enough to make best use of phone help. Anyone around Inverness wiling and able, do please contact me? -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world
On 16/10/10 21:34, Barry Drake wrote: On Sat, 2010-10-16 at 21:14 +0100, Matthew Bassett wrote: Maidenhead. Just wondered (I think I'm the person that started this thread when I said I was from Nottingham). Just wondered if someone could collate all this and post it on a site somewhere? I would do it, but I don't have write access to an appropriate Ubuntu site. I know some of you do. Regards, Barry. in a word, yes, but I will start another thread about that. I am from Farnham in Surrey -- Alan Bell The Open Learning Centre Web: http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com Mob: +44 (0)7738 789190 Tel: +44 (0)844 3576000 The Open Learning Centre is a trading name of Bell Lord Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales #05868943. VAT Registration #GB 901 4715 55 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wanted: Inverness - Support - Where are we in the real world
Would help if I could, I'm based near Doncaster though...I went to Ayr once, lovely place :) Could you try to help them via remote assistance as well as phone Al? Daniel On 16 October 2010 21:57, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: On 15/10/10 22:31, A J Binnie wrote: On 15 October 2010 21:48, Bill Cummingb...@s0l.co.uk wrote: May as well throw my hat in since I've not seen another Scot in this thread... I'm on the coast in Ayrshire (45 Mins away from Glasgow City Centre) Been using Linux (Ububtu specifically) for the past 3 years. There is another! I'm near Elgin in Morayshire. I don't know of any other Ubuntu users in my neck of the woods. There is a LUG in the area, but their board hasn't been active for a while by the look of it. Gus Wanted: I have some friends in INVERNESS who use Ubuntu after my initial help, but they have some display problems and they are not experienced enough to make best use of phone help. Anyone around Inverness wiling and able, do please contact me? -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- 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] Support - Where are we in the real world
On Sat, 2010-10-16 at 08:33 +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 13:15 +0100, Jim Price wrote: On 15/10/10 08:33, clanlaw wrote: I am near Lampeter, mid Wales. Not a hot spot of Unbuntu fanatics as far as I can tell. I'm the other side of the mountains near Builth, also mid Wales. It is a bit quiet here too, unless I've just failed to find anything local. Meh, if it's any consolation, there's not a great deal going on here in Monmouth either... M. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace matt...@truthisfreedom.org.uk http://www.threedrunkensysadsonthe.net/ Well I'm just half an hour's drive away from you in Pontypool. There is a South Wales Linux Users Group (SWLUG) who have meetings in Cardiff (although I have never been to them) and we do, of course have the Welsh LoCo (https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-cym) Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wanted: Inverness - Support - Where are we in the real world
On 16 October 2010 21:57, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: Wanted: I have some friends in INVERNESS who use Ubuntu after my initial help, but they have some display problems and they are not experienced enough to make best use of phone help. Anyone around Inverness wiling and able, do please contact me? I'm fairly close to Inverness (40 miles), but I'm not much of an expert. Any time I've had display problems, I've usually just re-installed. If it's something relatively simple, I could have go - I'm fairly comfortable with the command line and editing files, I suppose. Is it a laptop or a desktop machine? If it's the former, I could possibly meet halfway - I'm quite often in Nairn, which is between the two places. Gus -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
