Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites
On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 09:41:42 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 17/06/11 14:33, Jon Reynolds wrote: I've just had a look at my little un's school website and the first thing that stop you doing anything useful, i.e. like using the navigation menu, is the fact that for some (cannot imagine) reason, it is required to install Java on your machine, just so you can use the navigation links?? WHY would they do this? Is this a serious case for giving someone some education? The simplest of things - a navmenu, why should I install (and run) Java just to access a menu to another (probably) static web page?!? http://www.harlingtonlower.beds.sch.uk/ (created in FrontPage) That is an abysmal website - looks like something from the early days of the Internet... The validator doesn't like it much either: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harlingtonlower.beds.sch.uk%2F+charset=%28detect+automatically%29doctype=Inlinegroup=0 http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harlingtonlower.beds.sch.uk%2Fprofile=css21usermedium=allwarning=1vextwarning=lang=en There are quite a few MSO objects scattered around the code. Bleugy -- The Open Learning Centre http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com Well I was thinking perhaps I should approach them and offer to do them a new website (my contribution towards PTA and all that) :) I think a very simple Drupal installation would be worlds apart from what they have today. -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites
On 20/06/11 08:26, Jon Reynolds wrote: On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:04:42 +0100, Yorvyk wrote: I wouldn't send kids there, as Mr Archer seems to be rather nasty. He's responsible for racist incidents. I don't know who Mr Archer is but what do you back up your accusations with? I think he's just poking fun at the working/layout of the 'Our Staff' page, rather then making a genuine accusation of anything. -- Avi -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites
On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:32:20 +0100, Avi Greenbury wrote: On 20/06/11 08:26, Jon Reynolds wrote: On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:04:42 +0100, Yorvyk wrote: I wouldn't send kids there, as Mr Archer seems to be rather nasty. He's responsible for racist incidents. I don't know who Mr Archer is but what do you back up your accusations with? I think he's just poking fun at the working/layout of the 'Our Staff' page, rather then making a genuine accusation of anything. -- Avi Oh... :) I wouldn't know, I cant get to the Our Staff page as I don't have Java installed on this PC, ha ha! -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites
Mr. D. Archer Y4 Beech Curriculum, Racist Incidents, Literacy, Music, Mentor, KS2 liaison ^^ as above, from website!! I think I commented too on the fact that having a teacher responsible for racist incidents suggested that they must have some history in that school with such is it a very ethnically diverse area? Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites
On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:46:10 +0100, Sean Miller wrote: Mr. D. Archer Y4 Beech Curriculum, Racist Incidents, Literacy, Music, Mentor, KS2 liaison ^^ as above, from website!! I think I commented too on the fact that having a teacher responsible for racist incidents suggested that they must have some history in that school with such is it a very ethnically diverse area? Sean No, not at all really. Surprised. Its only a Lower school, Reception and Infants, not as far as Juniors. Its a small village school. -- Jon Reynolds (j0nr) http://www.jcrdevelopments.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites
On 20/06/11 08:46, Sean Miller wrote: Mr. D. Archer Y4 Beech Curriculum, Racist Incidents, Literacy, Music, Mentor, KS2 liaison ^^ as above, from website!! I think I commented too on the fact that having a teacher responsible for racist incidents suggested that they must have some history in that school with such is it a very ethnically diverse area? Sean perhaps someone should e-mail the school from an outsiders point of view and let them know so they can clarify or make it clearer on the site, it easy to write something that looks fine to the person writing it but then to someone else can be interpreted differently. i have done this before when I find mistakes and in most cases people are thankful for my input. paul -- Paul Sutton Cert SLPS (Opeu http://www.zleap.net 17th September 2011 - Software freedom day -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites
O n Mon, 2011-06-20 at 08:27 +0100, Jon Reynolds wrote: Well I was thinking perhaps I should approach them and offer to do them a new website (my contribution towards PTA and all that) :) I think a very simple Drupal installation would be worlds apart from what they have today. now that sounds like a good idea - perhaps this would be a way for all of you who are parents to talk to your children's schools about open source - if the websites are badly designed or could do with a make-over then why not offer to help and then you'll meet the staff responsible for ICT and you can talk to them about Ubuntu and FOSS - and if you are not a parent you can still offer to help. This loco could provide some back-up support for members who want to do this and/or create some guidelines for schools along the lines of website do's and don'ts (incorporating the criticisms made in this thread) in a simple and positive way plus suggestions of FOSS software schools could use and a plug for Ubuntu. Anyone interested? Sarah -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites
On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:32:20 +0100 Avi Greenbury li...@avi.co wrote: On 20/06/11 08:26, Jon Reynolds wrote: On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:04:42 +0100, Yorvyk wrote: I wouldn't send kids there, as Mr Archer seems to be rather nasty. He's responsible for racist incidents. I don't know who Mr Archer is but what do you back up your accusations with? I think he's just poking fun at the working/layout of the 'Our Staff' page, rather then making a genuine accusation of anything. That was my intention, perhaps I should have put a smiley in there. -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites
Sarah Chard wrote: On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 08:27 +0100, Jon Reynolds wrote: Well I was thinking perhaps I should approach them and offer to do them a new website (my contribution towards PTA and all that) :) I think a very simple Drupal installation would be worlds apart from what they have today. now that sounds like a good idea - perhaps this would be a way for all of you who are parents to talk to your children's schools about open source - if the websites are badly designed or could do with a make-over then why not offer to help This must be a pretty common problem - most schools, I imagine, want roughly the same bits and pieces on their site. Does there not already exist a plug-and-play school website where, as Wordpress is for blogs, they can just install it and get a quite agreeable website in about fifteen minutes? Perhaps a drupal module or something is a better place to do it? Either way I'd rather see concerted effort to solve what is apparently an endemic problem than individuals individually patching its symptoms. -- Avi -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites
On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:56:34 +0100 Jon Reynolds maill...@jcrdevelopments.com wrote: On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:46:10 +0100, Sean Miller wrote: Mr. D. Archer Y4 Beech Curriculum, Racist Incidents, Literacy, Music, Mentor, KS2 liaison ^^ as above, from website!! I think I commented too on the fact that having a teacher responsible for racist incidents suggested that they must have some history in that school with such is it a very ethnically diverse area? Sean No, not at all really. Surprised. Its only a Lower school, Reception and Infants, not as far as Juniors. Its a small village school. Apparently all schools have to to have somebody responsible for racist incidents -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Dropbox type solutions....
Good Afternoon All, I'm thinking of creating my own Dropbox type file storage at home (For no other reason than I'm tight!) I did some quick googling but the only thing's I can find are cloud based which seems a bit excessive. To summarise what I'm after: - The storage must be accessible from any browser as many networks block ftp ports etc or only have 80 443 open. - Have individual profile spaces (So, Storage limits can be applied to a particular user, other users cannot access files that are not their own, that sort of thing) - Not have speed restrictions, the transfers must be as quick as the network allows. I wondered if anyone has done anything similar, the 2GB on Dropbox doesn't take long to fill and I don't really fancy having multiple accounts with different companies etc. -- Best Regards, Dave Hanson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dropbox type solutions....
What about: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/06/stable-sparkleshare-02-released-with.html Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dropbox type solutions....
That looks perfect, I'll shall read some tutorials/reviews on how to get it up and running - Thanks. [Note to self, must research properly before wasting peoples time on here] On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Steve Fisher xirco...@gmail.com wrote: What about: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/06/stable-sparkleshare-02-released-with.html Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Best Regards, Dave Hanson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dropbox type solutions....
On 20 June 2011 12:38, Dave Hanson d...@hansonforensics.co.uk wrote: That looks perfect, I'll shall read some tutorials/reviews on how to get it up and running - Thanks. [Note to self, must research properly before wasting peoples time on here] Be careful with Sparkleshare though, it's basically an interface for Github and doesn't really provide cloud style storage. There's nothing easy to use out there as far as I can see. There are things like Walrus, which I *assume* is still in Ubuntu cloud server, and OpenStack Object Storage, which is the open source version of Rackspace Cloud Files, and indeed Twisted Storage, but all need a fair bit of work to set up. s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood Is this your sanderling? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dropbox type solutions....
Oh I see, Thanks Simon. Nothings ever easy though is it to be fair, I'll have to spend some serious time to see what will work for me I think. Dave On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.comwrote: On 20 June 2011 12:38, Dave Hanson d...@hansonforensics.co.uk wrote: That looks perfect, I'll shall read some tutorials/reviews on how to get it up and running - Thanks. [Note to self, must research properly before wasting peoples time on here] Be careful with Sparkleshare though, it's basically an interface for Github and doesn't really provide cloud style storage. There's nothing easy to use out there as far as I can see. There are things like Walrus, which I *assume* is still in Ubuntu cloud server, and OpenStack Object Storage, which is the open source version of Rackspace Cloud Files, and indeed Twisted Storage, but all need a fair bit of work to set up. s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood Is this your sanderling? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Best Regards, Dave Hanson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dropbox type solutions....
Dave Hanson wrote: To summarise what I'm after: - The storage must be accessible from any browser as many networks block ftp ports etc or only have 80 443 open. - Have individual profile spaces (So, Storage limits can be applied to a particular user, other users cannot access files that are not their own, that sort of thing) - Not have speed restrictions, the transfers must be as quick as the network allows. My first, entirely uncloudy, thought is to have sshd listen on port 80, a web server on 443 and write a client (a short bash or perl script) that rsyncs stuff over ssh. I might be highlighting my unfamiliarity with dropbox, however. -- Avi -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dropbox type solutions....
Avi, I was thinking of something like that as a basic solution too but didn't know where to start to be honest, I have shellinabox running so I suppose a script which allows a file to be uploaded and transferred would suffice. The storage could then be limited by adding limits per users on the server itself. I have always meant to learn python or similar so I suppose now would be a good time to start, it can't be any worse than doing this lot: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEC/CDInstall :) Dave On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Avi Greenbury li...@avi.co wrote: Dave Hanson wrote: To summarise what I'm after: - The storage must be accessible from any browser as many networks block ftp ports etc or only have 80 443 open. - Have individual profile spaces (So, Storage limits can be applied to a particular user, other users cannot access files that are not their own, that sort of thing) - Not have speed restrictions, the transfers must be as quick as the network allows. My first, entirely uncloudy, thought is to have sshd listen on port 80, a web server on 443 and write a client (a short bash or perl script) that rsyncs stuff over ssh. I might be highlighting my unfamiliarity with dropbox, however. -- Avi -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ukhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Best Regards, Dave Hanson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dropbox type solutions....
On 20 June 2011 13:04, Dave Hanson d...@hansonforensics.co.uk wrote: Avi, I was thinking of something like that as a basic solution too but didn't know where to start to be honest, I have shellinabox running so I suppose a script which allows a file to be uploaded and transferred would suffice. The storage could then be limited by adding limits per users on the server itself. I have always meant to learn python or similar so I suppose now would be a good time to start, it can't be any worse than doing this lot: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEC/CDInstall :) I've been thinking about writing something with inotify and rsync as I want something similar at home but I just don't have the time at the moment and ideally there would be a better implementation of rsync in python. Maybe when I have a spare couple of days... s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood Is this your sanderling? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dropbox type solutions....
Thanks - I've been trying to get my head around the horde3 installation, not recommended - It's an absolute nightmare, I've given up I'm afraid. I'll have a look at OwnCloud Dave On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Jon Spriggs j...@sprig.gs wrote: On 20 June 2011 12:31, Dave Hanson d...@hansonforensics.co.uk wrote: Good Afternoon All, I'm thinking of creating my own Dropbox type file storage at home (For no other reason than I'm tight!) I did some quick googling but the only thing's I can find are cloud based which seems a bit excessive. To summarise what I'm after: The storage must be accessible from any browser as many networks block ftp ports etc or only have 80 443 open. Have individual profile spaces (So, Storage limits can be applied to a particular user, other users cannot access files that are not their own, that sort of thing) Not have speed restrictions, the transfers must be as quick as the network allows. I wondered if anyone has done anything similar, the 2GB on Dropbox doesn't take long to fill and I don't really fancy having multiple accounts with different companies etc. -- Best Regards, Dave Hanson Consider one of the following: 1) Apache with mod_dav_svn (pro: uses Subversion to provide versioning of your files, con: uses Subversion, which might be overkill for what you need, also, multi-machine access may be a bit wonky) 2) OwnCloud (a KDE project, exposing WebDav data) (pro: It's a set of PHP scripts, which means you probably will be able to deploy it anywhere, con: relatively new to the game, not all proxies will permit the extended requests needed for WebDav, doesn't give you any version control) 3) Horde's Gollem module, which provides webdav, XMLRPC and a full HTTP interface (pro: Horde is pretty rock solid, having WebDav as well as XMLRPC access should get you over most hurdles, and where it doesn't, you've got HTTP access, It also has drivers for SQL based storage, FTP, SSH, or local file system access which means you can pretty much use any back-end you want as well con: Horde is a bit of a bugger to configure, and Gollem will take some tweaking as well.) None of these will be a drop-in replacement, but they are all things I've toyed with in the past. Hope that helps! -- Jon The Nice Guy Spriggs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Best Regards, Dave Hanson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dropbox type solutions....
+1 for OwnCloud - perfect, 2 min install. From the wiki it also has an auto sync facility in progress. Thanks for all your help guys. Dave On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Jon Spriggs j...@sprig.gs wrote: On 20 June 2011 12:31, Dave Hanson d...@hansonforensics.co.uk wrote: Good Afternoon All, I'm thinking of creating my own Dropbox type file storage at home (For no other reason than I'm tight!) I did some quick googling but the only thing's I can find are cloud based which seems a bit excessive. To summarise what I'm after: The storage must be accessible from any browser as many networks block ftp ports etc or only have 80 443 open. Have individual profile spaces (So, Storage limits can be applied to a particular user, other users cannot access files that are not their own, that sort of thing) Not have speed restrictions, the transfers must be as quick as the network allows. I wondered if anyone has done anything similar, the 2GB on Dropbox doesn't take long to fill and I don't really fancy having multiple accounts with different companies etc. -- Best Regards, Dave Hanson Consider one of the following: 1) Apache with mod_dav_svn (pro: uses Subversion to provide versioning of your files, con: uses Subversion, which might be overkill for what you need, also, multi-machine access may be a bit wonky) 2) OwnCloud (a KDE project, exposing WebDav data) (pro: It's a set of PHP scripts, which means you probably will be able to deploy it anywhere, con: relatively new to the game, not all proxies will permit the extended requests needed for WebDav, doesn't give you any version control) 3) Horde's Gollem module, which provides webdav, XMLRPC and a full HTTP interface (pro: Horde is pretty rock solid, having WebDav as well as XMLRPC access should get you over most hurdles, and where it doesn't, you've got HTTP access, It also has drivers for SQL based storage, FTP, SSH, or local file system access which means you can pretty much use any back-end you want as well con: Horde is a bit of a bugger to configure, and Gollem will take some tweaking as well.) None of these will be a drop-in replacement, but they are all things I've toyed with in the past. Hope that helps! -- Jon The Nice Guy Spriggs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Best Regards, Dave Hanson -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dropbox type solutions....
On 20 June 2011 12:49, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: Be careful with Sparkleshare though, it's basically an interface for Github and doesn't really provide cloud style storage. There's nothing easy to use out there as far as I can see. [snip] Actually sparkleshare works with any remote git repository, not just github, so it's quite simple to set up your own hosting for it (just ssh access to somewhere will do). It also plays nicely with things like gitolite if you want share directories with others. As I understand backends other than git are being worked on (not with the intention of replacing git, though) as is a web interface. -- Matt Wheeler m...@funkyhat.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Off topic - RAM
Dear All Apologies for an off-topic query but I’m looking for old PC RAM someone might have that they’re willing to sell or at least know of a decent vendor. A little while ago, I bought a second hand PC as a general purpose family machine. It came with a 2.4Ghz processor but only 512Mb RAM. A little digging revealed the mother board can handle up to 2Gb RAM (utilising 2 slots) but I’m restricted to DDRPC2700 or DDRPC3200. To date, the few vendors who do offer this do so at price that seems silly compared to how much I paid for the machine (about £50 for the PC while the RAM is quoted at £40 - £50). If anyone has something like this they’re willing to part with at a nice price or know of a good vendor, I’d really appreciate it Mind you, I could very well somewhat naïve in my expectations in which case you can tell me to go whistle. Thanks in advance Bruce -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Off topic - RAM
Hi Bruce, I just took a quick look on Amazon and I've seen some 1GB RAM sticks for around £15-20, if that's a price you'd be looking for? Thanks and Regards, Liam Gallear On 20 Jun 2011, at 15:16, Bruce Beardall bruc...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All Apologies for an off-topic query but I’m looking for old PC RAM someone might have that they’re willing to sell or at least know of a decent vendor. A little while ago, I bought a second hand PC as a general purpose family machine. It came with a 2.4Ghz processor but only 512Mb RAM. A little digging revealed the mother board can handle up to 2Gb RAM (utilising 2 slots) but I’m restricted to DDRPC2700 or DDRPC3200. To date, the few vendors who do offer this do so at price that seems silly compared to how much I paid for the machine (about £50 for the PC while the RAM is quoted at £40 - £50). If anyone has something like this they’re willing to part with at a nice price or know of a good vendor, I’d really appreciate it Mind you, I could very well somewhat naïve in my expectations in which case you can tell me to go whistle. Thanks in advance Bruce -- 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] Off topic - RAM
Thanks Liam They didn't have them before but I suppose new stock is now available. I'll have a look. Cheers Bruce On 20 June 2011 15:34, Liam Gallear liam.gall...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Bruce, I just took a quick look on Amazon and I've seen some 1GB RAM sticks for around £15-20, if that's a price you'd be looking for? Thanks and Regards, Liam Gallear On 20 Jun 2011, at 15:16, Bruce Beardall bruc...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All Apologies for an off-topic query but I’m looking for old PC RAM someone might have that they’re willing to sell or at least know of a decent vendor. A little while ago, I bought a second hand PC as a general purpose family machine. It came with a 2.4Ghz processor but only 512Mb RAM. A little digging revealed the mother board can handle up to 2Gb RAM (utilising 2 slots) but I’m restricted to DDRPC2700 or DDRPC3200. To date, the few vendors who do offer this do so at price that seems silly compared to how much I paid for the machine (about £50 for the PC while the RAM is quoted at £40 - £50). If anyone has something like this they’re willing to part with at a nice price or know of a good vendor, I’d really appreciate it Mind you, I could very well somewhat naïve in my expectations in which case you can tell me to go whistle. Thanks in advance Bruce -- 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/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Off topic - RAM
Will have a look, was clearing the attic yesterday and I saw some old ram, but I think they were only 256mb (2 off). Whats in it and does it have to be matched pairs? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Off topic - RAM
Hi Steve That's pretty much what I've got at the moment: two slots filled with 256mb each, so I'll be looking for pairs of RAM up to 1gig each. Cheers Bruce On 20 June 2011 15:58, Steve Fisher xirco...@gmail.com wrote: Will have a look, was clearing the attic yesterday and I saw some old ram, but I think they were only 256mb (2 off). Whats in it and does it have to be matched pairs? -- 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] Off topic - RAM
On 20/06/11 15:16, Bruce Beardall wrote: Dear All Apologies for an off-topic query but I�m looking for old PC RAM someone might have that they�re willing to sell or at least know of a decent vendor. A little while ago, I bought a second hand PC as a general purpose family machine. It came with a 2.4Ghz processor but only 512Mb RAM. A little digging revealed the mother board can handle up to 2Gb RAM (utilising 2 slots) but I�m restricted to DDRPC2700 or DDRPC3200. To date, the few vendors who do offer this do so at price that seems silly compared to how much I paid for the machine (about �50 for the PC while the RAM is quoted at �40 - �50). If anyone has something like this they�re willing to part with at a nice price or know of a good vendor, I�d really appreciate it Mind you, I could very well somewhat na�ve in my expectations in which case you can tell me to go whistle. I noticed play.com have their own brand 1GB PC2700 DDR 333Mhz 184pin DIMM on sale for £16.99, although I think the sale might end today. That is a quarter of what I used to pay for DDR400 when it was current, although I used to buy 256 or 512 MB DIMMS, as there was always a premium on the 1gig ones. The only spare I have is 256MB. -- JimP -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Off topic - RAM
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Bruce Beardall bruc...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All Apologies for an off-topic query but I’m looking for old PC RAM someone might have that they’re willing to sell or at least know of a decent vendor. A little while ago, I bought a second hand PC as a general purpose family machine. It came with a 2.4Ghz processor but only 512Mb RAM. A little digging revealed the mother board can handle up to 2Gb RAM (utilising 2 slots) but I’m restricted to DDRPC2700 or DDRPC3200. Pretty sure I have 3 gig of PC3200 RAM which you can have Bruce. Send over an address and I'll post it over. -- Steve When one person suffers from a delusion it is insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Off topic - RAM
Thanks Jim and thanks all! It looks like Steve Flynn has got me sorted. Thanks again B On 20 June 2011 17:09, Jim Price d1vers...@hotmail.com wrote: On 20/06/11 15:16, Bruce Beardall wrote: Dear All Apologies for an off-topic query but I�m looking for old PC RAM someone might have that they�re willing to sell or at least know of a decent vendor. A little while ago, I bought a second hand PC as a general purpose family machine. It came with a 2.4Ghz processor but only 512Mb RAM. A little digging revealed the mother board can handle up to 2Gb RAM (utilising 2 slots) but I�m restricted to DDRPC2700 or DDRPC3200. To date, the few vendors who do offer this do so at price that seems silly compared to how much I paid for the machine (about �50 for the PC while the RAM is quoted at �40 - �50). If anyone has something like this they�re willing to part with at a nice price or know of a good vendor, I�d really appreciate it Mind you, I could very well somewhat na�ve in my expectations in which case you can tell me to go whistle. I noticed play.com have their own brand 1GB PC2700 DDR 333Mhz 184pin DIMM on sale for £16.99, although I think the sale might end today. That is a quarter of what I used to pay for DDR400 when it was current, although I used to buy 256 or 512 MB DIMMS, as there was always a premium on the 1gig ones. The only spare I have is 256MB. -- JimP -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ukhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
