Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity launcher ....
On 23 March 2012 19:54, Neil Greenwood wrote: > It's policy. The decision was made after usability testing, where users got > confused when first maximising a window. "where's the launcher gone now?" > And because the option was being removed, the decision was also made to > remove the code to reduce the maintenance requirements. Treating users as idiots is not a policy, it's a mistake. As soon as I find a distribution worth installing everywhere, I'll be switching. Mint doesn't cut the mustard. I'm a Kubuntu/Lubuntu user on desktop and Ubuntu server but I don't want to anymore, I don't want to have anything with Ubuntu products. I know the PR spin, "it's to make new users' life easy" yada yada yada. But the new users don't discover Linux all by themselves, in most cases someone shows them and I don't want to show and talk about Ubuntu to anyone anymore. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] GPL etc.
On 26 December 2011 10:37, Sean Miller wrote: > I have found this one, however, which looks very nice but it isn't > generic... it's specifically written as a Joomla plug-in Before forking it, contacting the current authors to check if they are happy to move to that way would be a polite move. If so, you can contribute w/o a fork and everyone wins (you won't have to track their changes and possibly maintain & patch their changes into your fork all the time assuming you would like to be remotely compatible, with a diverging code base and they will have a generic CMS editor. If they don't want to, then go ahead, fork it. As long as you follow GPL rules, you're allowed to do that. If you aren't going to distribute it outside your environment at all, you can do anything you like. You don't have to do anything as long as you don't claim their work as yours. That would be unethical. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] That annoying lock-screen ....
On 8 November 2011 22:16, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi there A couple of weeks ago, we were talking about getting rid of > the lock-screen on Ubuntu 11.10 and I've just put 11.10 on a new computer > and can't remember how to do it. Ca someone remind me please? Search for Screen, disable by hitting next to the lock button. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer 5742 laptop compatibility with Ubuntu
On 17 October 2011 07:32, Bob Giles wrote: > Having successfully converted my wife to Ubuntu Linux the time has come to > replace her ageing laptop. I have seen an advert from Dabs offering an Acer > 5742 I5 laptop for £399 inc VAT. (http://goo.gl/zcPyN) This appears to fit > the bill but I have a couple of concerns. I got a similar one (Acer Aspire 5742 Laptop, Core i3 380M) for my mother a couple of months ago and everything appeared to work with Kubuntu 11.04. A couple of people asked if it worked with dual screen and I couldn't test it because it was already off my desk. Now I have managed to test it with a 2nd screen and can report that it works fine (both the VGA and LVDS are 768 pixels high and at 60Hz and I haven't seen any flickering or artifacts, it might be an issue with some other configuration). Their ADSL is pretty ropey and I'm only with them for a couple of days so I'm going to delay the 11.10 upgrade for a while in case there are issues. I managed to leave my Kubuntu installation, any blanks & Knoppix CDs at home so if it goes wrong, the laptop will become unusable until I visit next time so better not to risk it. As a result your mileage might vary with 11.10. She's been quite happy with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS for a while on an older Tosh, this was supposed to replace that one. Unfortunately I didn't want to inflict the bug called Unity to her so I went with Kubuntu. It's been some time since she used something else than the Gnome 2 interface so as a result so far all I heard is complaints! On the other hand, she's getting used to it. For a 70+ year old, that's some progress! Now if only I could convince my father to pick up the news from the internet, not the newspapers! Tried it this week and failed so far. Apparently the newspapers are cheap enough for to be bothered with the keyboard and a mouse. -- Hakan (m1fcj) - http://www.hititgunesi.org "What part of 'ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn' don't you understand?" -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Laptop
On 25 July 2011 11:26, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > Does it have VGA out? Does it suffer from this bug? It does but I haven't tried it, the laptop is destined for my mother and she doesn't have an external screen. She's more than 7 decades old but have been using Ubuntu with Gnome for a long time now, I hope she'll like KDE. :) I'll try to test it for the bug before I hand over the laptop. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Laptop
On 25 July 2011 08:01, Neil Greenwood wrote: > I've had no problems at all with the Intel integrated graphics in my > Dell Inspiron, ever since 7.10 with an upgrade to every version in > between that and 11.04. 4.5 year old Inspiron 9400 and Intel card works fine but has performance problems with KDE's funkiness on compiz. 1 year old Latitude E6410's NVidia is completely unusable with KDE's compiz. Gnome works fine. Go figure. I purchased a cheap Acer (i3 CPU, 4GB ram, integrated gfx) from Ebuyer for 350 and everything works. I was pleasantly surprised. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Geeknic+sci-fi at the british library: reminder?
On 22 July 2011 16:25, Matthew Daubney wrote: > I believe the plan is to meet at Platform 3 3/4 (outside Kings Cross) > where you can run into a wall with your eyes shut if you so wish :) Have fun, it's a quite interesting exhibition. If I wasn't headbanging in High Voltage this weekend I'd consider going again. -- Hakan (m1fcj) - http://www.hititgunesi.org "What part of 'ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn' don't you understand?" -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Oracle 11g Trouble
Hi Dave, On 19 July 2011 15:00, Dave Hanson wrote: > > Steve - mine starts with #! /bin/sh, which from some 'googling' tells me it's > a bourne shell, the Ubuntu variant is bash. So does that mean it cannot be > ran on Ubuntu or is it possible to use a different shell? > Simon - It is for now a 'messing' about project but I would like an 'always > on' stable version if possible, I was quite keen to have it running on Ubuntu > server but for now I'll have a look at that VM until I find a solution. > There was a good guide URL posted a couple of days ago. Did you try that? I am running Oracle 11.2.0.2.0 on 11.04 64 bit w/o a problem. On the other hand, Oracle RDBMS is not supported on Ubuntu, end of story. If you want something stable, move the some platform supported. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Booting to ubuntu with VM, for now -- advice needed
On 13/05/11 07:49, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 07:31 +0100, Hakan Koseoglu wrote: Each process will be still limited to a max of 4GB therefore if your aim is to use more than that inside a process, 64 bit is the better choice. Each process is limited to a max of 2 GB, not 4 GB. The maximum addressable space for a 32-bit pointer (signed) is 2 GB. Thanks for the correction Tyler. That's absolutely correct! I better go and get a cup of coffee before start typing! :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Booting to ubuntu with VM, for now -- advice needed
On 12/05/11 21:17, Avi wrote: Ubuntu ships with PAE support (as do most distros - the kernel's supported it for ever, too), so any 32bit Ubuntu install will be able to address 64GB by default. Each process will be still limited to a max of 4GB therefore if your aim is to use more than that inside a process, 64 bit is the better choice. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] End of Skype on Linux?
On 10 May 2011 14:09, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: > Because publicly-traded companies don't do that to profitable companies > with valuable technology. It doesn't increase shareholder value. Skype is $600+ million in debt and and last year lost $7m more. I wouldn't call that profitable. Even though it works reasonably well, Linux Skype client is lagging Windows and hardly gets regular updates. An MS ownership will definitely be the last nail in the coffin. -- Hakan (m1fcj) - http://www.hititgunesi.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Find a Router's IP address
On 19/10/10 16:54, Cornelius Mostert wrote: > The scenario is as follow: > 1. You have permission to work as Admin on a Lan > 2. You do NOT have any documentation from the previous Admin > 3. You find a router / WiFi Router that is in use and therefore you can > NOT reset it > 4. This router is a "home" / consumer router like Netgear, Linksys, etc. > So not an enterprise router > 5. You need to brows to the routers config web page to make some changes > (you assume the default admin and password for the router) BUT you do > NOT know the IP address > 6. You know the router is NOT a DHCP server > > Now the question is HOW do you find the IP address of the router ??? If it is the router providing the access outside, netstat -nr will show you the route, hence the IP address of the router. If you know which servers/clients are using it as a gateway, run those commands from there. But what then, what will knowing the IP address provide to you, I'm not sure. If the previous admin has walked away with all of the information, I'd treat that router as compromised and take it off the net ASAP and replace it with a known configuration - damn the users, just let them know about the outage. Nmap will attempt to show you any IP addresses on the network with a reasonable distinction of if the device is Netgear, Cisco etc. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
