Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu's Plans To Implement UEFI SecureBoot: No GRUB2

2012-06-22 Thread Chris Fox 
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On 22/06/2012 17:26, mac wrote:
> Just saw this...
> 
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEyNDY
> 
> 
> 

Some less ad-plastered links, direct from the horses' mouths:

http://blog.canonical.com/2012/06/22/an-update-on-ubuntu-and-secure-boot/

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2012-June/035445.html

And to hopefully pre-empt some of the FUD from the last time this came
up...

- - on x86, users WILL have a boot option to add trusted keys (e.g.
Canonical's)
- - on x86, users WILL have a boot option to disable safeboot entirely
if they wish
- - on ARM, a locked-down (i.e. Win8 only) implementation will only be
required for products shipping with Win8 pre-loaded - so not Android
tablets, etc.

Personally my only concern is that "[Canonical] will be requiring that
the standard Microsoft key be present in the Ubuntu certification
process". I'd rather be able to replace the pre-loaded MS key with
Ubuntu's own, and install/run an entirely MS-free system if I wished.
But I can understand the desire for it to "just work".

Chris
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread Chris Fox 

On 22/06/12 07:38, richard wrote:

On 21/06/12 17:47, john wrote:

Thought that this may be interesting :

ww.h-online.com/open/news/item/Dell-to-bring-Ubuntu-laptops-to-850-retail-stores-in-India-1620657.html


John


so why not sell them here too ?



From what I recall, they did for a while and it was a monumental
failure. Perhaps it was before its time, perhaps Dell didn't do a good
enough job of marketing it, but either way I think they did it for a
while and then binned the idea.

Personally I'd like to see someone try it again. The big stumbling
block, I think, isn't telling Joe Public that Ubuntu is better than
Windows: They can figure that out for themselves, and if they can't then
maybe for them Ubuntu /isn't/ better.

What Dell, or PC World, or whoever tries this at a national level needs
to educate your average home user about is that Ubuntu is different, and
isn't compatible with Windows, and why. I vaguely recall stories from
the last time someone tried selling pre-loaded Linux laptops to Joe
Public that a number of users were returning them as "faulty" because
their Windows software didn't work.

Good luck to the chap who posted to this list a few days ago trying to 
do the same thing - I hope it's a big success.


Cheers,
Chris

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please

2012-06-10 Thread Chris Fox 
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On 10/06/2012 14:44, John Davis wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am sorry this is not Ubuntu related but could any offer some help
> for a novice web site builder ?
> 
> 
> I have made a web site with a main page, gallery page and an image
> folder.
> 
> When working in Notepad++ I have no problem opening the pages in a 
> browser but I am unsure of how to make sure they are all linked
> together and uploaded.
> 
> When I have looked on "local host" sometimes the photos have been 
> missing and I assume that file naming is to blame.
> 
> My question is how to name the files,
> 
> I assume opening page is index.html
> 
> 2 nd page is  gallery.htm
> 
> and photos  .images
> 
> 
> Can someone help me with this. Do I have to put all these files in
> a folder to upload.
> 
> I have bought loads of books but none cover this bit !
> 
> Many thanks
> 
> John
> 

Hi John,

Do you have an URL we can visit and check?

As you mentioned localhost, I'm assuming you're trying to view your
website on a web server (Apache, or similar) running on your own PC.
In that case, you'll need to copy all of the files into the
appropriate folder which Apache uses as it's main folder. For Apache
installed through the software centre in Ubuntu, this is /var/www/ but
other implementations may vary.

I'd also check that the names you've used in your HTML code is
correctly pointing to the files you're trying to reference. In
particular, take care of the file extensions - you've mentioned
"index.html" but "gallery.htm" (no 'l').

Good luck,
Chris


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Clonezilla to image thinkpad hard drive before installing Ubuntu

2012-06-08 Thread Chris Fox 
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On 08/06/2012 17:05, kpb wrote:

> Leaving the 21 GB restore partition is no hassle, I have
> difficulty using more than about 5Gb for data, but my understanding
> is no thinkvantage because of Grub, so no restore from hard drive?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 

I can't comment on the thinkpad in particular, but GRUB on my HP laptop
gives separate boot options for the Vista partition and the HP Restore
partition.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Heads up: Fedora pays Microsoft

2012-06-01 Thread Chris Fox 
Unlikely, considering that (as I understand it) the option to disable UEFI
and/or load other keys is listed as a requirement in the specification (for
x86 at least).

For ARM, this functionality won't be included on devices shipping with
win8. So yeah it'll need to be hacked in order to install another OS.
Whether it'd fall under the scope of DRM circumvention would need a lawyer
in your jurisdiction but the intention of UEFI is only to prevent unsigned
code reaching the hardware, not copyright protection.

C
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Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Heads up: Fedora pays Microsoft

I think that was one of the reasons for Fedora's deal with Microsoft.
Getting a user to manually change the BIOS to remove this "protection" may
be seen as a type of DRM Circumvention which can be illegal in some
countries.

Or would this not come under those laws?


On 1 June 2012 11:54, Bea Groves  wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I've sent an email on the matter to my colleagues at the Institute for
> Learning as a heads-up to an issue that may well impact on the curriculum
> offered in FE colleges as time goes on. It's worth spreading the word on
> this to all parties that might be affected by it; the more we're aware the
> more we can protest.
>
>
> On 01/06/12 11:28, paul sutton wrote:
>
>> On 01/06/12 07:48, alan c wrote:
>>
>>>  From the Bad News department:
>>>
>>> Lockdown: free/open OS maker pays Microsoft ransom for the right to
>>> boot on users' computers
>>> By Cory Doctorow May 31
>>> http://boingboing.net/2012/05/**31/lockdown-freeopen-os-maker-**p.html
>>>
>>>  Ok forwarded the link to my local MP and while the issues are technical
>> i have tried to argue or at least say that we should have fairness and
>> if we want to run other systems we should be able to.
>>
>> Also made a point in saying thast many universities / industries use
>> Linux for their work,  as well as Linux being used for film CGI,
>>
>> Not sure if this helps but I really don't know what else i can do,   A
>> lot of users probably won't even notice,  until it's too late.
>>
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Heads up: Fedora pays Microsoft

2012-06-01 Thread Chris Fox 
It'll affect any motherboard manufacturers who want their boards to
be 'Win8 certified'.

In practice, the current spec requires it to be disableable from the
boot menu. However, Joe Bloggs isn't going to be comfortable messing in
the bios to install a non MS OS, and it's (in some people 's opinion) a
slippery slope to more restricted implementations in the future.
From: surfer
Sent: 01/06/2012 09:16
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Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Heads up: Fedora pays Microsoft
Does this merely concern HP and Dell machines or will it affect my cut
price bare bones machines I order from Novatech?

Patrick Mulvey


On Fri, 2012-06-01 at 08:06 +0100, alan c wrote:
> On 01/06/12 08:02, mac wrote:
> > On 1 Jun 2012, at 07:48, alan c  wrote:
> >
> >>   From the Bad News department:
> >>
> >>  Lockdown: free/open OS maker pays Microsoft ransom for the right to boot 
> >> on users' computers
> >>  By Cory Doctorow May 31
> >>  http://boingboing.net/2012/05/31/lockdown-freeopen-os-maker-p.html
> >
> > This is the sort of anti-competitive, monopolist behaviour from Microsoft 
> > that the EU should take action to stop. Again. :(
>
> Other things being equal, (which they are not) it significantly
> affects dual boot possibilities.
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] SATA Hdd Problem.

2007-11-12 Thread Chris Fox 
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:41:37 +
> From: "Sean Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please can someone look at this and try to
>   help SATA Hdd Problem.
> To: "British Ubuntu Talk" 

> There is an implication in your posting, Rohan, that people like Alan have
> somehow failed you... this is not technically a support list, rather a team
> list for promoting Ubuntu in the UK... whilst people on here try hard to
> help when others require it there are other lists (eg. the main Ubuntu
> community one) that have far more members which might satisfy your
> requirements better... I apologise for my slightly bad-natured comment about
> name dropping... I just see no benefit in saying "I've spoken to  and
> " at the start of every post.

Rohan,

You may want to consider asking a question at
http://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu - this will open your question to a
wider group of people, in a setting which is intended for answering
support questions like yours.

Cheers,

Chris

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] k3b

2007-10-19 Thread Chris Fox 
Stephen Garton wrote:
> Hi Ted
> 
> Ted wrote:
>> Copying audio files with k3b I drag the files to be copied and the 
>> titles show up ok
>> but the titles do not show on the resulting disk just track 1 track 2 
>> etc. Is there a way to get
>> k3b to show the titles on the burned disk ?
>>
> 
> In the burn dialogue, there is a tab called CD-text. GO to this tab, and
> enable. It will only display the text on CD-text enalbled players though.
> 
> (I assume you were talking about an audio CD, not a data CD?)
> 

Does k3b use CD-Text? I thought that most apps used CDDB, which queries
the track info from the internet rather than storing it on the disc...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cddb

Cheers,

Chris


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice for the future

2007-10-17 Thread Chris Fox 
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Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> Matt - No Degree (although working towards one in CompSci with the OU) -
> Technical Manager for an Open Source consultancy in Kent.

Matt,

Me too! Slightly off-topic but how are you finding the OU's courses with
regards to Linux?

(Keeping on topic - Chris, currently studying for a OU Computing degree,
unemployed^H^H^H^H^H "Occupationally Challenged"!)

Cheers,

Chris

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice for the future

2007-10-17 Thread Chris Fox 
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Dave Walker wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 23:04 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote:
>> I'm eighteen years old and I am on the second year of a BTEC National
>> Diploma for IT Practitioners. I'm looking at achieving either a DDM
>> (320 UCAS points) or DMM (280 UCAS points) at the end of the course. I
>> want to do Computer Science at University but I all of the good ones
>> want A level maths (which is something I don't have).
>>
>> I'm wondering if I should take a university that doesn't need A level
>> maths, take A level maths and then University afterwards or just
>> generally give up and take another direction in life... I'm feeling
>> pretty lost and I figured that some of you must have gone through a
>> similar education path in the past.

> Whatever you chose, don't get despondent - if you want to go to
> university there is normally a way in.  Keep us posted on what happens,
> and good luck.

Just to throw an alternative out there - For reasons failing
understanding I stupidly studied Law at uni before I realised that I
actually didn't want to be a lawyer and that I should have studied CS
instead.

So, I'm currently doing BSc (Hons) Computing[1] with the Open
University. The course mostly teaches OOP and Java, with some more
theoretical CS included too. There are no entry requirements and
obviously because it's the OU you can take it at your own pace (for
example, if you wanted to work or do some internships while you study).

It'd be nice to hear from anyone on the list who has any opinions about
OU degrees compared to degrees from residential universities, especially
with regards to how they're viewed by employers.

Cheers,

Chris

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