Re: [ubuntu-uk] netbook wifi traffic disconnects all
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:28, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: > > I'd really like to know if you could cap the wifi speed for everything > > Try: iwconfig wlan0 rate 1M (replace wlan0 with your interface's name) man iwconfig for more options. A -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Low power 2-drive NAS box that can run Ubuntu?
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:04, Andrew Oakley wrote: > I'm looking for a low power NAS box that supports: > > * Two SATA hard drives up to 2TB each in RAID1 mirroring > * Runs Ubuntu Server or can be flashed/reinstalled to run a variant of > Ubuntu (or failing that, Debian) - in particular, must be able to run > cron/at jobs, must be able to do overnight large file transfers and torrents > * Is low power (I already have an miditower Linux server... it uses too > much power and does too little to warrant 24/7 ATX PSU power consumption) > * Is silent or near-silent (may be situated in spare bedroom that is > frequently occupied) > * Can operate in a dusty environment (may be situated in loft with dust and > occasional spiders) > * Ideally has E-SATA and USB2 ports for occasionally connecting external > drives > * Ideally budget of £50-£100 (without drives, I already have the 2 drives) > but up to £150 if outstanding > > The Netgear ReadyNAS series runs some derivative of Debian internally and works well with both Windows, Ubuntu and PS3 boxes in our house. SSH and root access available for the advanced tinkerer but the default settings allow more than enough tweaking without voiding warranty. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001O35S7M/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Song Pro or similar
You might be able to do something (limited) similar to SongPro using OpenOffice Presentation. Alternatively, check out the Ubuntu Christian Edition forum - there are loads of people discussing your use case example here: http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=168 http://www.whatwouldjesusdownload.com/christianubuntu/wiki/doku.php A 2009/3/6 red > My house mate tonight has finaly taken the step to the world of Unbuntu! > > He is going to use Audacity to do live recording at Uni Christian Union, > but we also need an application the we can import Christian worship song > on and do live updating. We connect this through a projector! > > Can any one help with knowledge base of software that we can use. > > Shalom > > Rik > > -- >15 Stanley Place, Lancaster, LA1 5PN > rik_bol...@btinternet.com - 07866439588 > > > -- > 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] Skype with video now on linux
Users and Maintainers of video drivers around the world, take note: Skype is now in beta with video support. I foresee a rush of bugs and launchpad requests for video drivers as people dig out old webcams out of the closet (I will!) Long awaited, despite it's non-free status, let's take it as a symptom that linux has a larger user base than BBC insinuates... Announcement: http://share.skype.com/sites/linux/2007/11/skype_20_beta_for_linux_with_video.html Changelog: https://developer.skype.com/LinuxSkype Download .deb that's click and play to install in Ubuntu: http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu -- Anders Jacobsen www.extrospection.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] MythTV Hardware
Darren check out the following websites: http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Video http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2176025602905109829&hl=en http://fiire.com/ Kind regards, Anders On 9/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I've consulted the MythTV wiki and got some ideas but I was wondering if > anyone else had any experience with getting a MythTV 'house' set up. > > I'm going to be moving very soon and I've got a 50" Samsung plasma > planned with a MythTV front end set-top-box type PC connected to it. > > Then I want small LCD panels in the kitchen / other rooms etc to be able > to access the recorded video / media / live tv etc. I know this won't be > possible unless I have a PC connected to the TVs so I will have to make > do with normal digital reception on these... unless I can find a cheap > media extender than supports MythTV. Anyone heard of one? > > I know that when I turn the main TV and the Myth front-end PC it can't > take long for TV to appear otherwise it will get very infuriating very > quickly. This means I have to get hardware that supports ACPI perfectly > so Ubuntu ACPI will work with it and I can keep doing standby/resume > every time I want to watch TV/turn it off. Can anyone recommend a decent > barebones / mainboard / whole set up that will work this way? It has to > be very quiet too. I don't really want anything louder than my Wii so > about 20dB is my max noise. > > I'm just looking for ideas and personal experiences TBH and any input > would be appreciated. This seems to be something everyone is trying to > do at the moment and getting some info together may be a good idea. > > Darren > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] missing punctuation in ubuntu
On 8/3/07, michaelweaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What seems to happen is that the letter following an Apostrophe > disappears I think or the writing appears without the Apostrophe. Perhaps you have some weird keyboard settings switched on? Check this special menu screen and see if there's anything that would indicate such behaviour: http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2007/06/05/how_to_get_special_characters_easily_in_ubuntu.html http://www.debianadmin.com/special-characters-made-easier-in-ubuntu.html Regards, Anders -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Adopt a Penguin
Of course, Google leads us straight to the options: http://www.zsl.org/shop/london-zoo-adoptions/adopt-a-rockhopper-penguin-at-london-zoo/product.html for a more corporate approach (probably overkill for these purposes) there's always ZSL Corporate: http://www.zsl.org/info/corporate/ A On 7/11/07, Matthew Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey all Rob Beard suggested in a thread about adopting a penguin at a zoo, and I personally think its a fantastic idea! Thus I started this thread to garner interest and maybe actually do it, what's everyone's views? I was thinking we could adopt it and call him/her 'ubuntu' instead of tux (tux just seems lame) and we could hold events with the penguin to advertise ubuntu and use him/her in our own marketing. Plus it would be awesome! :) Regards, -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype
Robin, as reported here: http://share.skype.com/sites/linux/2007/06/skype_for_linux_14_beta.html you can submit bugs here: https://developer.skype.com/jira/browse/SCL Your big sounds like this one: https://developer.skype.com/jira/browse/SCL-62 This means you have a Skype client already running that is locking the data files. When you click the Close button on the Skype client, it continues to run in system tray. On systems without a system tray, this behaviour can be unpredictable. Try opening a console and typing "killall skype", if you don't get an error, then the previous instance was killed and you can start it again. On 7/2/07, Robin Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have downloaded the latest version of Skype but after I have typed in my password and clicked on "Sign in" I get the following error message, "Database failure". But, not every time. Sometimes I actually do get "signed in" and am able to use Skype. I have put my problem to Skype but I am fobbed off with a reply that the problem is covered in their FAQs. Not that I can find it there. I expect with some 8 million customers it will take a very small proportion of them to email a query to swamp their customer services. Any suggestions? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Anders Jacobsen www.extrospection.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell & Ubuntu - gradually looking more hopeful
On 6/30/07, Mark Jose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thursday 28 June 2007 14:58, Rob Beard wrote: > > Of course there isn't anything stopping you buying a standard Dell > notebook and just getting shot of Windows. > I for one object to being forced to pay for something I don't use. Buying a machine with Windows pre-installed is a) Helping to swell Microsofts coffers with my money - something I am opposed to and b) Artificially adding to the number of Windows Vista users. That allows Microsoft to continue bragging about how well Vista sales are going. Why not just buy the laptop, then refuse the license and get your money back: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/110706-dell-windows.html http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/23198/ Or buy a laptop from a vendor who offers non-Microsoft options (several have been discussed on this list in the past?) Cheers, Anders -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] What's happened to all the Linux Mags? "WHSmiths Watch"
I bought and read the official ubuntu guide [1] and thought it was pretty good. Don't think it's up to date with Edgy and Feisty updates, but covers all the basics from installation to user maintenance and most basics: [1] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Official-Ubuntu-Book-Benjamin-Hill/dp/0132435942/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/026-4653593-7381217?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182518029&sr=8-1 On 6/22/07, Saltire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Howard Berry Sent: 22 June 2007 10:40 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] What's happened to all the Linux Mags? "WHSmiths Watch" Hello everyone, As the is a nation wide listing, I wondered if my experience was replicated in the rest of the country. The plethora of "buy new cool Vista magazines" seems to elbowing the three Linux magazines out of existence in Wolverhampton and Bridgnorth. My main concern is that my favourite magazine "Linux User and Developer", to which I have subscribed for a couple of years, seems to have gone very ominously silent: no replies to emails, no replies to telephone messages. The web site is still functioning although cobwebs seem to be gathering on it. Is it me that they don't like, or have they gone belly down?? -- Regard, Howard Supporting Open Source Software. http://www.fsf.org/ And Open Standards http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ I have had a similar experience. Being new to Ubuntu I thought I would buy a Linux magazine or two. I couldn't find a trace of any Linux magazine in central Edinburgh. I know I have seen a couple on newsstands in the past. Incidentally, I noticed that amazon.co.uk has many books about Ubuntu and I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good beginner's title. Stuart -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Anders Jacobsen http://www.extrospection.com/ Tel: +44788216 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / skype:andersja -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Buying from and supporting Linux Hardware Suppliers
Try http://efficientpc.co.uk/ On 6/20/07, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: can someone supply me with contact details (a website will do nicely!) of a company that are preferably based in the UK and supply servers/desktops that will run linux or come pre-installed with Linux? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Searching for a Killer App
Google says: Scribus does not support importing Microsoft Publisher documents. There are no current plans to add support for it. The reasons are here: FAQ-Importing FAQ <http://www.scribus.net/index.php?name=FAQ&id_cat=3#q19> You may be able to import an approximation of the document by following this process: - Open your document in Publisher - Go to menu Edit --> Select All (Ctrl+A) - Go to menu Edit --> Copy (Ctrl+C) - Open Microsoft Word - Go to menu Edit --> Paste (Ctrl+V) - Save your Word document (eg. file.doc) - Open it in OpenOffice - In OpenOffice go to File --> Save as in OpenOffice Writer format (eg. file.sxw) - In OpenOffice with sxw file go to File --> Save as in OpenOffice Draw format (eg. file.sxd) - In Scribus File --> Import --> OpenOffice Draw file Alternately, it may be better to export the plain text content from the Publisher document (you can use MS Word to save it as plain text, or you can use OO.o to open a word doc and save an OO.o doc so Scribus can preserve some of the text formatting), then recreate the document from that and the images used in the original. There are also some "Publisher to Scribus"<http://anne.julienne.org/P2S/Pub2Scribus.pdf>tutorials with tips on how to reproduce BorderArt and Clip Art when switching from Publisher to Scribus. http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Import_Publisher_to_Scribus On 6/17/07, Ian Pascoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I presume that there isn't a Scribus add-in that allows for direct import of FP files circumnavigating the need for all this file format changing? Addmitedly I've done a quick Google and can't find anything. E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rob Beard Sent: 14 June 2007 21:09 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Searching for a Killer App Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > Hi all, > > I've managed to convince my parents that Ubuntu is for them (My mum just got a new laptop with Vista and Office 2007 and thinks that it is completely unintuitive!) however there is one issue. > > They use Microsoft Publisher. > > Whilst there are many tools out there that will act as a replacement, I am unable to find a program that will load and save MS Pub files. > > Can anyone help? > > Thanks, > > M. > -- I'm not sure if this will help but could they run Publisher and OOo or Scribus on Windows and select everything on the page, copy it and paste it into OOo? Other than that, they could try using something like PDF Creator on Windows which as far as I know will export into EPS/PS format. Even if it doesn't, you should be able to use something like pdf2ps to convert the document into PS format which can then be imported (hopefully) into Scribus and then copied and pasted into OOo. I think PDF creator also has the option to create PNG/JPG/BMP/TIF etc files, so if all else fails they could get the whole page as an image which can easily be imported into OOo. I went down the PDF2PS route the other day. I was after a high quality logo for the company I work for. Luckily I found a PDF copy of a business card which I was able to convert to PDF, import into Scribus and then copy and paste into Inkscape to make an SVG version. Looked great when it was finally imported into OOo, much better than the JPG copies that were available to me. Hope this helps anyway. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Anders Jacobsen http://www.extrospection.com/ skype:andersja -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] How to grow the user base amoung 'normal' users...
So this idea occurred to me while I was flicking through some leaflets I got in the post: What is we gave free training, certification and incentives to all the numerous pay-per-incident support companies that daily help Windows users with viruses, adware, basic stuff? There's GeekSquad, there's Computer Troubleshooters and there's numerous local shops doing similar stuff: http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2007/06/08/growing_the_open_source_footprint_organically.html -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Multiple Desktops
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop then select KDE as environment when you're logging in. You'll be asked if you want it to be your default: you can say "just this time" and experiment away. On 5/25/07, Ian Pascoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Folks Up to now I've been a dedicated follower of Gnome, well almost a year now, and thought it'd be fun to try KDE and maybe a couple of the other esoteric desktops out there. My question is what is the best way to, initially, have both KDE and Gnome on the same PC without them trying to interfere with one another. My initial thoughts were to set up a new user specifically for KDE but I don't know if that'd work, or indeed whether when doing things like updating if the system would get it's nickers in a twist trying to update both desktops. And for that matter, when I've had enough of one particular desktop and removed it, would it also remove dependencies required by the other(s). Actually, having written this down, the logical thing to do would be to have two totally seperate installations, but I don't know! Thoughts? Ian -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] new scanner
I use a HP Photosmart multi-function printer with great success. Check out a list of supported ones on http://hplip.sourceforge.net/ http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/index.html Both scanning an printing (colour and B/W) works perfectly fine on Ubuntu Feisty. Cheers, Anders On 5/22/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I must have a working scanner so could some kind person tell of a scanner which positively works on 7.04. I would rather buy a new one than downgrade to 6.10 or wait several months until the next version of Ubuntu. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Anders Jacobsen http://www.extrospection.com/ skype:andersja -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
