Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/New Technology Event
On 4 Jun 2010, at 14:10, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: I'm sure we can put a call out to the community, business types and Canonical. I'm sure given this weeks Linaro announment that we can get someone to come along from Canonical/Linaro to talk about Ubuntu-on-ARM. Cheers, Al. Regards, Jamie. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu MID - Still Live
On 12 Apr 2010, at 09:14, Alan Pope wrote: On 12 April 2010 09:08, Cornelius Mostert corneliusmost...@googlemail.com wrote: It looks like Ubuntu MID is not live any longer, the last update seems to be 8.04... Now I am wondering what would be a good LIVE/ACTIVE distro to make use of for MID devices... I am thinking of course of the Joggler but also other devices... What do you mean by 'live/active distro'? The MID edition is no longer actively maintained. I have tried Ubuntu Netbook Edition on the Joggler, and not sure it fits really. I'd like something Ubuntu based but with a UI something like the standard one that comes with the Joggler. Nice big buttons. Something like the Wii UI perhaps. Try the netbook-launcher-efl package available in main. It can be completely redesigned by changing one file. See http://www.linuxuk.org/2010/02/the-new-ui-for-arm-based-ubuntu-devices/ from some screenshots. Cheers, Al. Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..
On 7 Apr 2010, at 14:49, Mark Fraser wrote: On Tuesday 06 Apr 2010 00:03:20 Alan Pope wrote: No, not that Apple thing, but the O2 Joggler. 50 quid (for 14 days from 2nd April) and free delivery gets you a 7 inch touch screen device with:- 1.3GHz Intel Atom CPU 1GB storage 512MB RAM Wired ethernet Broadcom b/g/n WiFi Audio + headphone jack USB port Just done the telnet hack and for your information uname -a returns: Linux atom 2.6.24-19-lpia #1 SMP Fri Mar 19 18:15:43 EDT 2010 i686 unknown Couldn't get the telnet hack to work, maybe its something to do with my usb adapter and 16GB SDHC card? Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Podcast season 3
On 15 Feb 2010, at 10:40, Alan Pope wrote: From http://identi.ca/notice/22072786 Season 3 Episode 1 recording tonight! Nearly 2 months since our last episode. Welcome back ! Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Podcast season 3
On 15 Feb 2010, at 14:19, Steve wrote: On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:40:47 -, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: From http://identi.ca/notice/22072786 Season 3 Episode 1 recording tonight! Nearly 2 months since our last episode. Did we miss anything? Any news or events we should know about? The default browser in Lubuntu (The Lxde based Ubuntu variant, for low mem/power machines) is going to be Chromium As is the plan for Ubuntu ARM. Steve Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can anyone help me to get my microphone to work?
On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 23:39 +, Tony Pursell wrote: Thanks for replying. I tried the Karmic Live CD and found that the microphone works with it! So it must be a configuration issue and not a hardware issue. If the live-cd works then I presume you've done something post install that has caused the breakage. I'm no alsa expert (I'm on the mobile team) but maybe a sudo apt-get remove alsa-base sudo apt-get install alsa-base may revert it to the default configuration but please look into it first because if you break it then you get to keep both pieces ;) A more sensible approach would be to file a bug against alsa with the files you have produced from the live session and your installed configuration. More knowledgeable people will be able to comment on the bug directly. Regards, Jamie. -- Jamie Bennett www.linuxuk.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can anyone help me to get my microphone to work?
On 7 Feb 2010, at 15:16, Tony Pursell wrote: Hi all I'm hoping that when I upgrade from Karmic to Lucid I will get full Video + Audio chat in Empathy with MSN Messenger clients. Download a live-cd image and try it. But the problem is that I cannot get my microphone to work. [snip] Can anyone help? Or suggest where I can get more help. What kind of hardware are you using? make/model? Tony Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Good news for Linux promotion?
On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 22:04 +, Tony Travis wrote: Rob Beard wrote: [...] I've been mulling over getting a netbook but keep holding out to see what the ARM offerings will be like. I've not been too impressed with the MIPS based netbooks, but I've got high hopes for these netbooks. Hello, Rob. Have you tried a MIPS-based netbook, or are you talking about spec's? All MIPS-based netbooks I've seen have been very limited and I wouldn't hold out for anything changing in this respect. ARM on the other-hand is a very exciting area at the moment. Tony. Regards, Jamie. -- Jamie Bennett www.linuxuk.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Good news for Linux promotion?
On Thu, 2010-02-04 at 00:36 +, Bruno Girin wrote: Well, I have to say I absolutely love my ARM-based Nokia N900 and I'm definitely considering getting a Touch Book: http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/touchbook/ The N900 is a different kettle of fish, its a phone, albeit a powerful one. The Touch Book is a relatively nice device; limited because of its hardware but a novel design. Beside the cool-factor its a slow netbook. Bruno Regards, Jamie. -- Jamie Bennett www.linuxuk.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Editing Grub menu 9.10?
On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 16:03 +, Gordon wrote: David Jones wrote: Gordon wrote: I'm very confused! I'm used to editing menu.lst in previous versions - how the hell do I edit what appears in the Grub boot menu in 9.10? Have a look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2 if you're looking to add/remove entries from the grub menu, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2#Adding Entries to Grub 2 Hope that helps Not really - I'd already looked at that and can't make head nor tail of it! Hey ho, I'll just live with it... What is it you are trying to do? Regards, Jamie. -- Jamie Bennett www.linuxuk.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB Blu-ray drive
On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 17:34 +, Alan Pope wrote: Pretty sure there is no way to play blue ray on Linux yet. I use Windows in a VM and AnyDVD to rip to the hard drive then play with VLC. WFM. Regards, Jamie. -- Jamie Bennett www.linuxuk.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chrome OS
On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 21:35 +, Barry Titterton wrote: The BBC web site says today that the Google Chrome OS is based on Ubuntu. Can our more expert members expand on this? Canonical are working to supply technology and expertise to Google for Chrome OS. http://blog.canonical.com/?p=294 Barry Regards, Jamie. -- Jamie Bennett www.linuxuk.org -- Jamie Bennett Ubuntu Mobile Developer -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic dual monitor problems...
On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 20:21 +, Dean Sas wrote: tim.ritt...@doctors.org.uk wrote: How many people out there use dual monitors? Is the general poor support for dual monitors a conequence of the closed source nature of the graphics drivers? I would ideally like to use kde, but this doesn't support dual screens at all. I don't know if it's the same thing but I can plug an external monitor into my karmic laptop and it works absolutely fine. I'm using the open source intel drivers so it probably is driver related. I have two 24 monitors in the portrait rotation working fine under Karmic (gnome desktop). Regards, Jamie. -- Jamie Bennett www.linuxuk.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!
On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 19:08 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: also go to any conference on anything. Look at the percentage of Macs in the audience, look at the percentage of laptops that get put on the podium that are Macs. It is going up. Linux is too, but Macs are more spottable. At the ELC (embedded linux conference) in Grenoble last week *every* mac laptop was running some flavour of Linux. Just because you see the hardware don't presume its running Mac OS. Its nice hardware for running Ubuntu ;) -- Alan Bell The Open Learning Centre Regards, Jamie. -- Jamie Bennett www.linuxuk.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source
I have one an it runs fine on the O2 network, I have my iPhone sim in it at the moment. Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org On 14 Oct 2009, at 14:31, Paul Roach roa...@roachy.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Just been talking to my account manager with O2, and they have stated they have no plans to test/release the N900 handset on their network at this time (and usually they get loads of hype and release dates well in advance of a launch) Gutted, as the handset has a debian base and is extremely modifiable. Depending on whether any other networks start carrying it I might move over javadayaz wrote: Not the n900? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkrV0q8ACgkQinmfyMJZ4lZ+nwCfRbYRZFxOvQ/VrH0jByiD/4PQ MqYAn112kxyrnn2WVFH+94T/RzfC3PpU =tRc1 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- 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] Nokia phone running open source
Ok, mmm ... ... personally I wouldn't buy it and that's coming from someone who should love this thing. There are minor software gripes but as it's not out yet then that's understandable and I'm sure they will get it sorted, but my main gripe is the form factor. I'm coming from an iPhone and this thing is at least twice as thick if not more and I really can't get used to it. Yes it has a keyboard that the iPhone doesn't but still, i'd check it out in the Nokia store before you buy. IMHO it's the best Internet tablet yet but it's not a great phone at the moment. Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org On 14 Oct 2009, at 15:08, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: 2009/10/14 Jamie Bennett ja...@linuxuk.org: I have one an it runs fine on the O2 network, I have my iPhone sim in it at the moment. Overall impressions of the device? And then again, impressions of it, if you'd had to pay £450-500 for it ;) Cheers, Al -- 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] Nokia phone running open source
Oopps, sorry for the double posts, at the airport and a little distracted. Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org On 14 Oct 2009, at 15:18, Jamie Bennett ja...@linuxuk.org wrote: Ok, mmm ... ... personally I wouldn't buy it and that's coming from someone who should love this thing. There are minor software gripes but as it's not out yet then that's understandable and I'm sure they will get it sorted, but my main gripe is the form factor. I'm coming from an iPhone and this thing is at least twice as thick if not more and I really can't get used to it. Yes it has a keyboard that the iPhone doesn't but still, i'd check it out in the Nokia store before you buy. IMHO it's the best Internet tablet yet but it's not a great phone at the moment. Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org On 14 Oct 2009, at 15:08, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: 2009/10/14 Jamie Bennett ja...@linuxuk.org: I have one an it runs fine on the O2 network, I have my iPhone sim in it at the moment. Overall impressions of the device? And then again, impressions of it, if you'd had to pay £450-500 fo r it ;) Cheers, Al -- 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] Nokia phone running open source
Device speed is excellent, you really do have a mini-computer in your pocket. Camera is great and of course you can FTP, ssh, and use all the other great apps your used to. But it's pricy compared to other phone/laptop offerings. If it it's heavyly subsidied and you bother little for a great _phone_ experience then why not. Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org On 14 Oct 2009, at 15:29, Paul Roach roa...@roachy.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Jamie, was just posting a question about how you'd obtained yours and then looked at your blog and Alan's comment - all now becomes clear! Another question though ---how do you compare the Android/Maemo platforms in terms of speed and open-ness? I'm seriously considering a new handset as an early Christmas present to myself, and I'd like the device to be as productive as possible for me - the ability to use SSH etc at reasonable speed I've found with recent handsets I use the phone functionality less than other features. Jamie Bennett wrote: IMHO it's the best Internet tablet yet but it's not a great phone at the moment. Regards, Jamie. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkrV4FEACgkQinmfyMJZ4lZ8RQCgnSAJTRSMwnwfO4qBjhC4YHV/ P6kAnRIf21IuPC2mQ3R5fBJqYnabM0bZ =2sWG -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- 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] Nokia phone running open source
On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 16:40 +0100, Matt Jones wrote: On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Paul Roach roa...@roachy.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Never mind - found it on mobilephonesdirect.co.uk on Vodafone and T-Mobile, free on a 24 month contract :) Right, back on a decent keyboard, long journey and long story but back to the n900. Mini-review. Hardware is fast (the ARM processor is a powerhouse) and you can pretty much do what you would expect from a 'mini-computer', kind of comparable to a low end netbook although the n900 can play back hi-def material. It has video out which is very nice and a reasonable amount of storage space (funny story, we ran out of space for storing the talk sessions video recordings at the Maemo Summit so we used n900's to hold it all). The software is a huge step up from the n8x0 devices, much slicker and more appealing on the eye. The likes of the bounce game really give a glimpse of what this platform is capable of and with the OVI store allowing paid content for maemo devices I expect you will see some commercial vendors jump on-board. The usual ssh, FTP, insert your favourite Linux app will probably work just fine. OK, enough gushing, the bad. There are still some software faults, it is pre-production after all and the great team at Nokia will probably iron a lot of them out before or shortly after release. But the things that worry me cannot be sorted in software alone. For instance I've mentioned the form factor, much too large for my tastes but each to their own. There's also the fact that GPS can take up to 10 minutes to find a fix unassisted by the wifi network (the 10 minutes comes from Nokia), the slider and stand around the camera seem good candidates for an early accident, I can't type very well on the hardware keyboard without using the edge of my nails e.t.c. Software faults that maybe fixed, kinetic scroll is sometimes erratic, it can scroll slow, fast or even select what you touched instead. Wifi doesn't turn off when idle (or at least I can't find the option for it) so if you forget to do it after a browsing session be warned your battery is emptying fast. Seemingly obvious options are buried in obscure menus, OVI maps is next to useless for mapping, only one google calendar can be synced, the whole app software stack will have to be rewritten on a case-by-case basis if you want portrait mode (browser gets it by christmas I'm assured), you get the idea. Go to the Nokia store when they get them, have a play and think what you really want it for and if it fits that need. If it does then great, go buy one. Regards, Jamie. -- Jamie Bennett www.linuxuk.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic upgrade this morning
On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 10:09 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: I just wondered if this upgrade is the Beta version of Karmic which is due any time now? Beta hasn't been released yet, that's not to say that what you have isn't the final beta, just that it may change by tomorrow ;) Rob Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux From Scratch 6.5 Released
On 17 Aug 2009, at 08:16, Alan Lord (News) wrote: Hi all, for those who are keen to learn about how GNU/Linux (i.e. not just Ubuntu) really works I would thoroughly recommend this project. There is also the Automated Linux From Scratch project that has tools to parses the book and build a system from that. Useful when you done the book umpteen times. Al Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Android on iPhone
On 5 Aug 2009, at 17:19, Simon Wears wrote: I've been looking into Android a bit, and although I couldn't find much on this myself, someone might know. Is it possible to run Google Android on an iPhone? Short answer: A big definite NO. Long answer: NO but checkout www.iphonelinux.org/ Simon Wears munkyju...@gmail.com http://MunkyJunky.com | http://Twitter.com/MunkyJunky MunkyJunky on irc.freenode.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] evolution and gnome
On 15 Jul 2009, at 20:20, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 15/07/09 20:01, Jamie Bennett wrote: On 15 Jul 2009, at 18:13, Alan Pope wrote: Oh well, i guess i will have to keep evolution installed. Or remove it and ubuntu-desktop and then reinstall them before you upgrade. Surely there is a bug to file here (or one that is already filed?)? Removing Evolution shouldn't remove ubuntu-desktop. See the date picket up in the top right of your *Gnome* desktop panel? That ties to your Evolution calendar, as do other apps which I am not familiar with. Surely this can just instigate a reinstall of the 'date-picker' with the required build options and anything else that relies on evolution. Saying its essential to the ubuntu desktop is like saying IE is essential to Windows, which we all know is a lie. Al Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] evolution and gnome
On 15 Jul 2009, at 18:13, Alan Pope wrote: Oh well, i guess i will have to keep evolution installed. Or remove it and ubuntu-desktop and then reinstall them before you upgrade. Surely there is a bug to file here (or one that is already filed?)? Removing Evolution shouldn't remove ubuntu-desktop. Cheers, Al. Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The answer will be no!
Rik Boland wrote: This may sound stupid and the answer will be no but just in case. If I get a tower box, could I then use my laptop as it's monitor and keyboard but use the box processing power? With some kind of desktop sharing software like vnc you can but direct output from the box to input to you laptop is almost definitely not supported (no video in on most laptops). Rik Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] what directories to backup?
On 24 Apr 2009, at 16:17, doug livesey wrote: Following on from an earlier thread, I now am about to (this weekend, anyway) set up a backup policy for my machine using rdiff- backup. So what files dirs do people backup on an Ubuntu machine? I guess everything in my home directory -- should I try for anything else? /etc is often regarded as a good thing to keep but traditionally /home is where the important things are. Cheers, Doug. Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] downloading slow torrents energy consumption
Alan Pope wrote: 2009/4/9 alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com: I have a machine on 24/7 gently seeding various torrents and my pragmatic solution is to choose the oldest slowest machine that can cope, in my case a PII 350MHz. I have not done any measurements but my guess is that such a machine will consume relatively low power, obviously I turn the monitor off. You might be surprised if you check it. I have an old Dell optiplex desktop PC which currently functions as my firewall - running IPcop. I checked the power consumption and it's ~90W. I also have a viglen which I will use to replace the Dell, and that consumes 8W. I also have a viglen running rtorrent[1], rsstorrent[2], e.t.c. Its on 24/7 and consumes around 20W. The extra 10W-12W over the standard viglen is because I also have a 1TB usb drive connected to it. Great machines if your worried about power consumption. Cheers, Al. Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org [1] http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/ [2] http://www.linuxuk.org/rsstorrent -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viglen 'Review' (Was: Re: downloading slow torrents energy consumption)
Steve Garton wrote: Would a Viglen have enough grunt to run something like boxee (www.boxee.tv)? Boxee has rtorrent integrated, but it is mainly a media centre (a fork of xmbc I believe). I currently have it running on an old (~5 year old) PC in the living room (as a proof of concept to my wife), but would like to move to a cheap, small, quiet machine in future. Not sure. I don't use mine for anything stressful. It downloads torrents, streams them to my xbox360, holds a few screen programs (irssi e.t.c) and some other general programs. It's a dog to surf the internet on it so video playback would probably be out of the question. Steve Garton sheepeatingtaz.co.uk Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joiku wireless connection......
Alan Pope wrote: 2009/3/25 John jake...@sky.com: Hi everybody, I have decided that using the orange dongle just isnt working, so I am trying something else. Its called Joiku. I just wondered if anybody has used it before and got it to work. I'm typing this mail whilst sat on the train connected via wifi to my phone which is running the pay-for version of Joikuspot. I have set it up according to the instructions, but it keeps asking for the encryption key. I had a similar issue when I tried to use WEP passphrase, but instead use WEP open, and it works fine. Yep, WEP open and changed the key to something I could remember on the settings page. Works a treat for me but I must admit I use it mostly with my ipod touch (*boo, *hiss). Beats getting an iphone though :) Cheers, Al. Regards, Jamie -- http://www.linuxuk.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed computer prices
Rob Beard wrote: I'm looking to offer a base unit, 2GHz dual core Celeron (E1400) with 2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 RAM, and a 150GB SATA hdd. Graphics, sound and ethernet are onboard. Like I said, I would install Ubuntu 8.10 (and, of course, ubuntu 9.04 when it's released!) and run through the update utility. I understand there are issues regarding selling a Ubuntu PC with non-free applications pre-installed (e.g. medibuntu) so I assume I will have to leave them off, but perhaps give advice to those who need it. I have a price in mind for this machine (including UK mainland delivery) - but I'm curious to hear what other people think might be a fair price for it. If you can help me I'd really appreciate it. If not, I apologise for transgressing! Thank you for your time Eddie Um... as far as I know there aren't any restrictions on shipping Non-Free codecs in this country (I believe there are some issues in the states). Going on that spec I'd say maybe £250 to £300 would be fairly reasonable (considering you'd need to make a bit of money on it). Let be honest though. A slightly higher spec model (250gb disk) with Vista will set you back £228.34 delivered (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159369) so without the licence of Vista one would expect a slightly lower price. Also the Dell offers that pop up now and again blow this price out of the water. I would like to see this kind of spec at the £200 mark, anything much above and I think you could be struggling. Rob Regards, Jamie -- http://www.linuxuk.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed computer prices
Steve Cook wrote: Heres your competition http://efficientpc.co.uk/ The Wraith, same system with 2gb of ram - £232.61. Nice looking little system there. Regards, Jamie -- http://www.linuxuk.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC listen again service
On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 21:12 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: Sure, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/pip/1z1bm/ and then click on the 'listen again to this programme'. Ouch you could of warned us ;) Its garbled in an unpleasant sense (turn your speakers down). No idea what is wrong though. Regards, Tony. Jamie signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
