Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Craig Peden cpe...@cogigo.com wrote: We could easily use a JavaScript sildeshow to rotate images. Then everyone (Well, not everyone) will be happy. You could have a picture of London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast on rotation. I would reccomend http://smoothgallery.jondesign.net - Craig On 3 Jun 2010, at 13:44, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: On 3 June 2010 13:31, micheal harker micheal.har...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ubuntu UK Team! Last Night in the meeting It was decided we are going to re-brand ubuntu-uk.org so I have made some mockups. Each Mocup has different ideas but with similar layouts. Mockup 1: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup1.png Mockup 2: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup2.png Mockup 3: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup3.png Mockup 4: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup4.png Mockup 5: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup5.png Mockup 6: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup6.png lets narrow it down to 3 ideas. I will make live demos of the Site then we will vote for the final one. Micheal H -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ I vote 'no' to a London skyline. Why, because it's London? In that case, can you suggest some other imagery that is distinctively British? Personally I am not sure that any other British city is iconic enough to be internationally recognisable. Stonehenge? (Not very modern or forwards-looking!) Olympics stadium? (Not finished yet.) None of the UK mountains are particularly recognisable - I doubt I could tell Snowdon or Ben Nevis or anything from any other random mountain in temperate climes. Loch Ness? The Lake District? -- The compromise we came up with for the current site is to rotate[1] images submitted to us for the header, something similar could be done again. [1] http://ubuntu-uk.org/dev/headerimages/rotate.php (refresh to rotate) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual monitors through 2 graphics cards
Hi, You can just add a second device screen and monitor section into your xorg.conf and then in the server layout section you'll need to add something like: Section ServerLayout Identifier Default Layout Screen Screen 1 LeftOf Screen2 Screen Screen 2 EndSection See: xinerama configuration on google. You may or may not want xinerama it's self enabled depending on if you want the screens to be one large desktop or two seperate ones. Michael 2009/2/4 Simon Wears munkyju...@googlemail.com Hidely-ho people! Just swapped out my motherboard to support my new CPU, and this one has an onboard intel graphics chip on it, so I'm looking at reconfiguring my dual monitor setup. Currently, I have a 19 screen, and my 15 LCD tv as a second monitor for watching films on, running off a nVidia Geforce 6600LE. I was wondering if anyone could give me pointers as to how to set up my system so that the tv is connected to the intel chip, and my main monitor is running of the nVidia card? Google doesn't want to help me right now, but I'll continue looking. Someone mentioned something in IRC a while back about doing it, too. I figure this kind of setup would let the nVidia have more oomph for when I'm gaming and watching a film at the same time, as the intel chip would do work for its monitor, and the nVidia for the games. -- Simon Wears munkyju...@gmail.com | http://MunkyJunky.com Manchester Metropolitan University Computing Student -- 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] Using an Nvidia MX440
Yes I have, What version of Ubuntu are you running on the second PC ? There were problems with Intrepid because of the new Xorg server and nvidia not having released a driver that was compatiable with it, though this is mostly resolved now: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-96/+bug/251107 2009/1/30 Steve Baugh stephen.bau...@ntlworld.com I have two Ubuntu systems, this one using an Nvidia 8400 quite successfully and anther one which is only used for my Amateur Radio activities. The second PC has an Nvidia MX440 in an AGP slot. The 2D nv driver works OK but I would like to be able to run programs using OpenGL. To this end I downloaded the version 96 driver from the repository and activated it. I then found that the programs I run under Wine had their menu text scrambled and when I enabled desktop effects pop-up windows and Screenlets were blank. I have now deactivated it. Has anybody managed to get 3D working with this card? Steve, Bracknell -- 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] Winner announcement: Team Leader / PoC 2009
Hi Everyone, It gives me great pleasure to announce that Dave Walker has won the Ubuntu-UK Team Leader Elections. A massive thank you to: + Firstly Alan Pope who has steered the ubuntu-uk ship smoothly over the last year or so. + Philip Wyett for commiting to be a candidate in this election + Stephen Johnston for commiting to be a candidate in this election And finally to all those who voted - A record number of you (89) for any vote in Ubuntu-UK's history. https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-uk/+poll/teamlead09/ Kind Regards, Michael Wood -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Important: Voting Opens For Team Leader
Never mind the US elections, Never mind the by-and-local elections.. This is the election you've all been waiting for ! Seriously though, *Voting opens* [0] at Midnight tonight *00:00 15/11/08 GMT* (approx 40min time) for the position of Ubuntu UK team leader/Point of Contact. This is an important decision so please take your time to review all the candidates [1]. To be eligible to vote you must join the Ubuntu UK team on Launch Pad [2] which requires a registered launchpad account - if you haven't already got one. *Voting closes at midnight 00:00 30/11/08 GMT* [0] *https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-uk/+poll/teamlead09 *- more information about the vote is available on this page also [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/TeamLeadCandidates [2] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-uk/+login Kind Regards, Michael Wood (Returning officer*) *where's my badge and hat!? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Slightly OT: GeForce 4 MX support fixed?
Hi, Short answer is no. Long answer is that for me it was fixed in an update to hardy.1 but i have just been trying to use ibex and it's resurfaced the nighmare of this issue. Check the release notes for intrepid ibex. There is even more of a compatibility issue now with nvidia and the new Xserver michael - Original message - -- 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] Running Cutting Edge Windows PC Games on Linux Machines
On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 17:59 +0100, James Grabham wrote: Gigabit Ethernet probabally would be. On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting in the newest computer games but can't run them because you're on Linux? Stream My Game now allows for a Windows gaming PC to stream it's output and accept input from a Linux based PC. Basically, this means you can set up a headless Windows box on your home network, put your cutting edge games like Crysis / Quake 4 etc onto this 'server' PC, and access them from your Linux based PC. The video I link to shows a guy running cutting edge games in this manner on an Asus Eee PC. Demonstration video here - http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/17/crysis_on_eee_pc/ Product website here - http://www.streammygame.com/smg/index.php Cheers Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ Hmm, I wonder if a network would be capable of handling very high refresh rates of modern gaming systems... Sounds like an interesting idea. -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Company No. 6135915 Registered in England -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Mr JE Grabham Er... The video shows the EEE using wifi, It's not massively amazing as you can stream movies over pretty small amounts of bandwidth with a bit of cache and or the right compression. granted a movie doesn't quite have the same fps but it's not that far off. keyboard and mouse movements don't need much bandwidth either. Still pretty cool though Michael -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shuttleworth interview in today's Technology Guardian
Alan Pope wrote: On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 04:04:20PM +0100, John Levin wrote: SABDFL's got a beard now. I bet Jono Bacon had something to do with it. No he doesn't. We just interviewed him http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUVQP7lUiOUfeature=user and he definitely didn't have a beard. Jono the other hand, we have been trying to get rid of his beard all week.. Cheers, Al. (i think) Michael -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] The day after...
Alan Pope wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 17:36 +0100, Adam Bagnall wrote: I've got my pictures up on w00tz.co.uk They're on my adsl connection and they're quite big so if possible save your curiosity until after 10:30pm tonight to it's off peak and I don't use my bandwidth limits up. http://ubuntu-uk.org/mirror/w00tz.co.uk/ Mirrored to save Adams bandwidth. Cheers, Al. Please link in your pictures ! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Gallery/HardyReleaseParty2008 If you need some photos hosting contact Myself (X3N), Alan Pope (popey) or David Walker (daviey) Michael -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] show of hands.. was: 8.04 Ubuntu release party - London - 24th April
Rob Beard wrote: Alan Pope wrote: On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 09:29 +0100, Kat Kinnie wrote: Stick it in your diary and feel free to bring along friends and family too, the more the merrier. You can see it on the wiki page for Ubuntu release parties https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyReleaseParties Show of hands... Who's going to this? o/ Cheers, Al. snip I should be there.. i'll be the guy in a GNOME/Guadec tshirt :) Michael -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two Hardy Release Parties in London
Alan Pope wrote: There now appear to be two choices for the Hardy release party if you're in London. Both on Thursday 24th April, one is at The Pembury Tavern http://www.individualpubs.co.uk/pembury/, the other is at De Hems http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/74/745/De_Hems/Soho WooHoo! Choices, choices! Cheers, Al. Choice is all well and good, but can we not agree to all go to the Canonical party ? at De Hems Would be a shame to miss someone if they're at the other party. Michael -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] (marketing) Government minister FOSS meeting - Hants LUG
alan c wrote: Hants LUG have held a meeting with John Denham MP, Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills today. His constituency is - in Hampshire. He attended for about 45 minutes, was actively interested, and asked relevant questions, giving a clear impression that he had some basic awareness or preparation for the subject. I am happy to say I was able to contribute, and show a very visible Ubuntu presence. :-) Well done that man ! (and Hampshire lug) Getting awareness with the right people is invaluable work Michael -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Pen drive not automounting.
Andrew Jenkins wrote: Andrew Jenkins wrote: OK here goes, Using Ubuntu 7.10 for over a year and all works well. Sorry, Ubuntu for over a year, 7.10 for a month. If I plug in a pen-drive when running Gnome it will automount and place an icon on the desktop, 'mount' will show the entry: /dev/sdc1 on /media/kingston type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev, shortname=mixed,uid=1000,utf8,umask=077,usefree) and all is well. Now the problem, if I connect the same pen-drive when running KDE (which I use as default) it USED to work the same (Desktop icon etc.) however it stopped working. Now it will not mount the drive when running KDE unless I do it manually with: sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /media/directory By the way, when I plug the drive in I'm running either Gnome or KDE as a user (the same user in both cases). What is happening here and how do I fix things? Regards, Andy Jenkins. There are problems with gutsy and usb mounting for SOME usb drives/sticks . Two tricks that have been successful for me are: 1) Give up on hal/etc and add a line to fstab or try: 2) sudo modprobe -r ehci_hcd and plug it out and in again. If this works you could blacklist this module regards, Michael -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcams
Michael Rimicans wrote: Anyone recommend a webcam for use with feisty? Cheers, Michael Logitech ones also work well -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc frequency monitoring thing in taskbar
Matthew Wild wrote: On 11/6/07, *STONE COLD* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i guess i dont know what frequency scaling means then!i thought it was somthing to do with cpu loads! The idea is that when the CPU is not being used (like when the PC is idle) the CPU will run at a lower frequency, saving power. When you open an application, or use the CPU in some other way, it will return to full speed (and the applet will show 100%). The system monitor applet is probably the most useful on a desktop PC. Matthew. Attempt to undo confusion: (1) Processor Scaling = Changing the amount of capacity and therefore power a CPU has available to it. (2) Processor Usage = The amount of CPU power which is being USED by the system normally expressed as a percentage of the total available to it. All CPU's which support scaling (almost all modern non budget ones do) have certain percentages that they can scale to. e.g. My AMD Athlon 64 can scale to: 1Ghz which is equivalent to 45% of it's total capacity 1.8 Ghz which is equivalent to 82% of it's total capacity 2 Ghz which is equivalent to 91% of it's total capacity 2.2 Ghz which is equivalent to 100% of it's total capacity Using cpu scaling (AMD's = Cool'n'Quiet, Intel's = SpeedStep) can save a lot of energy[1] and keep your processor from being hot and noisy The CPU scaling applet isn't measuring anything. It is simply displaying the current setting of your CPU. It is perfectly accurate. What you probably want is the applet called System Monitor which does what is described in definition (2) and not the (very catchily named) CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor which does what is described in definition (1) Hope that makes things clearer. - Michael [1] in my case around 30 watts http://www.michaelwood.me.uk/wordpress/2007/06/07/bringing-down-your-carbon-footprint/ -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kittens in ubuntu pose
gord wrote: On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 14:18 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote: Well different colours would have been good, could spray paint them, lol. Daniel http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5428/ubuntuue4.jpg ;) you have too much time on your hands gord :p kittybuntu ftw -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home Servers
John McCourt wrote: Hi, the servers section on http://ubuntuforums.com is pretty good for those sort of questions. I also run a file/webserver off virgin and it works pretty well. Ubuntu has a built in firewall but if you want to make any configurations to it then firestarter is a good gui for your firewall. I use postfix for outgoing mail because it's very easy to set up and have my domains point to my ip. I buy my UK domains from http://123-reg.co.uk and my .com domains from http://nameroute.com and use http://zoneedit.com as my dns provider. I think it's important to restrict access to certain folders on your server. For example you dont want random people being able to go to http://www.yourname.com/phpmyadmin. For my ftp server I use gprofftpd which is a version of proftpd that has a nice gui. You'll never have a fully secure system but if you use the advice given by people here and on the forums then you should be fine. --- Matthew Daubney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, I've had a machine running as an ad-hoc web/file servery thing across my home internet connection (shared 20Mb Virgin Media stuffs (MB? I always get the upper/lower case B's confused)) and have considered turning the machine solely over to this after getting my nice shiny new dell laptop. If I turned it to this permanantly (as I hope to!) I'd obviously need a bit more info on setting it up re:security and suggested programs (I'd end up largley running Apache/PHP/mod_mono as I'm considering going into web design and it'd be good practice to get used to as many languages as possible). I'd also be considering using it as a mailserver, but have never set one of these up, ever. So any advice on mail packages and the like would also be much appreciated!! The box itself is a 4GHz Hyperthreaded P4 with 1.5gb of RAM and 2*250gb snip Just something to consider; If you can find a lower spec PC, (1 Ghz era is plenty) it would be better; your specs are very high for the occasional bit of traffic. That kind of PC will idle around 180 watts, running that 24/7 will add £32.25 [1] a year to your electricity bill. [1] http://www.ukpower.co.uk/running-costs-elec.asp - Michael -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Launchpad Poll for LoCo contact
Alan Pope wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 23:47 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: I notice that there are two polls running for the Loco contact post, when there really should only be one. Apparently the interface for creating polls is not really very intuitive and the person who created the poll made a slight mistake with the first one. There is no way to delete them directly, it requires dba access to the launchpad database, and as such a bug has been filed in order to get that done (AIUI). Or you could just link directly to the right poll:- https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-uk/+poll/ubuntu-uk-point-of-contact/+vote-simple :) snip Indeed, polls aren't user friendly at all, once one goes live you can't edit it in anyway. The second poll does not have any options so it isn't possible for people to vote on the wrong one. Michael -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Bluetooth
Farran Lee wrote: there is this... but on my laptop it will run, but won't find any bluetooth devices. The command is kbtobexclient, but it is a kde program. It's called Bluetooth OBEX Client - it worked fine on our main pc though. Try it, see what it does for you. Also, try gnome-obex-server. When you run it, there is a little icon in the system tray (sorry - window$ term). In Nautilus, right click on the file you want to send and select 'Send to'. In there, you can select use of the Bluetooth client and then pick the device to send it to. I have noticed that Ubuntu doesn't seem to support background scanning for services. I haven't really looked into it much, but I noticed that it will only find wireless networks when you tell it to. To make my laptop see my phone through bluetooth, I have to send something from my phone to my laptop first (I use the integrated nautilus bluetooth client). Hope the first half helped! fazza :) ps I'm only 14, so I could be wrong on the programs! ;) On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 09:02 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: I've been fiddling with bluetooth in Ubuntu, and have been a wee bit surprised that I don't seem to be able to find a good gui, that integrates all of the functions I want to use. For instance, when transferring a file from PC to mobile phone for instance, it seems you have to use the command: gnome-obex-send filenamehere Or create yourself a desktop shortcut with gnome-obex-send as the command, and drag and drop. Is there a gui that ties bluetooth filesharing together in an easy to use app? If not, perhaps it's something to try and figure out as part of my embryonic programming skills ;-) Cheers Chris Yep as well as having gnome-bluetooth [1] installed which should provide the right click file send to.. in nautilus (the file manager) you might also like to look at installing gnome-phone-manager [2] - which works especially well with nokia phones Bluetooth support isn't particularly good in ubuntu yet (compared to fedora for example) but it's getting there. [1] http://live.gnome.org/GnomeBluetooth [2] http://live.gnome.org/PhoneManager If you have problems i'm quite well versed in bluetooth on Linux/Gnome Michael GD Wood -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-UK Planet CoC
Michael Wood wrote: There have been a few issues with some of the posts appearing on the Ubuntu-UK planet, These haven't really been resolved as we have no guidelines to uphold any complaints around. Therefore I propose that there should be an code of conduct aimed at the planet. I have written a draft CoC [1] There is a meeting on the 12th of August which I am hoping we can agree to implement what ever results from this proposal [2] Before making changes please discuss here ! [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ubuntu-uk.org/planet/CoC [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/MeetingNotes/20070812Meeting Michael X3N Wood ...OK so obviously the wording is not clear enough As Ubuntu community members we expect that you keep to the Ubuntu community code of conduct [2] I think most people agree with this Ubunutu-UK planet is not an acceptable platform for promoting commercial interests. was aimed at saying no spam please for example, if someone started using the planet as an advertising platform Ubuntu-UK planet is not an acceptable place for discussions on community conflicts/issues. This is just a re-iteration of Ubuntu's code of conduct designed to stop flaming as we saw with Caroline (posts of accusation and counter accusation) Please make sure that a majority of your posts to the planet have FOSS related content. This does not say only FOSS related content. The whole reason all of us are part of ubuntu-uk is that we share a common interest, and in my mind the planet is just a way of taking that further I'm a little disappointed that people feel threatened by this *proposal*, the only driving force behind is to respond to a problem that i've seen. Some reactions would have me seen as though I wanted to turn the planet into a suppressed militarised regime of censorship and general hardship for everyone. this is one of the problems with contributing, you have to expect to get burnt Michael -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-UK Planet CoC
Michael Wood wrote: Michael Wood wrote: There have been a few issues with some of the posts appearing on the Ubuntu-UK planet, These haven't really been resolved as we have no guidelines to uphold any complaints around. Therefore I propose that there should be an code of conduct aimed at the planet. I have written a draft CoC [1] There is a meeting on the 12th of August which I am hoping we can agree to implement what ever results from this proposal [2] Before making changes please discuss here ! [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ubuntu-uk.org/planet/CoC [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/MeetingNotes/20070812Meeting Michael X3N Wood ...OK so obviously the wording is not clear enough As Ubuntu community members we expect that you keep to the Ubuntu community code of conduct [2] I think most people agree with this Ubunutu-UK planet is not an acceptable platform for promoting commercial interests. was aimed at saying no spam please for example, if someone started using the planet as an advertising platform Ubuntu-UK planet is not an acceptable place for discussions on community conflicts/issues. This is just a re-iteration of Ubuntu's code of conduct designed to stop flaming as we saw with Caroline (posts of accusation and counter accusation) Please make sure that a majority of your posts to the planet have FOSS related content. This does not say only FOSS related content. The whole reason all of us are part of ubuntu-uk is that we share a common interest, and in my mind the planet is just a way of taking that further I'm a little disappointed that people feel threatened by this *proposal*, the only driving force behind is to respond to a problem that i've seen. Some reactions would have me seen as though I wanted to turn the planet into a suppressed militarised regime of censorship and general hardship for everyone. this is one of the problems with contributing, you have to expect to get burnt Michael Page UKTeam/ubuntu-uk.org/planet/CoC was successfully deleted Can't be bothered with the politics. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-UK Planet CoC
There have been a few issues with some of the posts appearing on the Ubuntu-UK planet, These haven't really been resolved as we have no guidelines to uphold any complaints around. Therefore I propose that there should be an code of conduct aimed at the planet. I have written a draft CoC [1] There is a meeting on the 12th of August which I am hoping we can agree to implement what ever results from this proposal [2] Before making changes please discuss here ! [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ubuntu-uk.org/planet/CoC [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/MeetingNotes/20070812Meeting Michael X3N Wood -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 'Simple' cron job help...
Josh Blacker wrote: Being a slight newbie, I'd appreciate some direction with this! I have an open office file that I'm constantly updating and sharing with a friend. Emailing it to him every so often is a chore - what I want is a cron script to do this for me, say every evening. Any ideas? [As he's on a mac without oo.org, ideally it would save it as a pdf first...] I know I'm probably asking a lot, but I really don't know the simplest thing about how to go about this! TIA, I'd use a perl script like the one here: http://www.logix.cz/michal/devel/smtp/ Download from: http://www.logix.cz/michal/devel/smtp/smtp-client.pl * * with a cron job to check for changes in the file. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do you think of this?
Chris Rowson wrote: Just checking out The Register and I found an article about MS's new product. Microsoft Surface. Credit where credit's due - I think it looks pretty uber! If they've patented the concept behind this, it'd be hard to compete in a lot of applications in the future What do you think? http://www.microsoft.com/surface/ No much credit due in my opinion, Jeff Han has already done this last year http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKh1Rv0PlOQ It looks like microsoft has spent the last 5 years replicating what he demo-ed. -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual Boot problems
gord wrote: On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 22:16 +0100, Robin Hall wrote: I have Windows XP and Ubuntu running as a dual boot system on my computer. The system worked perfectly up until yesterday when Windows loaded and continues to load without giving me choice. I understand this could be because the Grub boot loader has got corrupted. I would be glad to learn if their is a fix for this problem. if grub was corrupted then you would not be able to boot up at all. There are other boot loaders (like window's own) so it would be incorrect to say that your computer would not boot without grub. snip if it is a problem with your boot loader please see this document on restoring your boot loader: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows you'll probably want Using the Desktop/LiveCD while preserving Windows Bootloader -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk website broken
Alan Pope wrote: Thanks for the bug report :) I have commented out the offending code (the drop down). Michael or myself will take a look at it later on to put it right. It looks like a bug in the string manipulation used to grab the list of UKTeam pages from the Ubuntu Wiki which screws up the generated html. This was the case, a rouge bit of html was being put into the selector section (an sp) for some reason stopped khtml based browsers such as konqueror from processing the rest of the page (i've filed a bug) the page is back to being XHTML 1.0 strict It's not just a case of someone not testing it on Konqueror, it's equally broken in w3m so it doubless breaks disability legislation as well as being plain rude to people who happen not to use the same browser as the website author. Whilst I appreciate that not fully testing in all the standard browsers delivered with Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/etc was somewhat remiss of us, there was no malicious intent, and you'll note the problem has been worked out rapidly. I now have konq installed locally on my Ubuntu system so that I can further test. As now have I but It will never be possible to test in all browsers and versions, which is why we do need people to let us know about these problems. Which I would like to note are not a failing on our part in lack of doing something to fix the problem. We are not aware of the problem in the first place. Michael -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] planet.ubuntu-uk.org
Hi All, Due to popular demand I've made planet.ubuntu-uk.org look a lot nicer (hopefully) and it now has the facilities to have more information about each author. Unless there are any objections to the design can I ask that people who wish to fill in extra information add the following face = http://urltofacegotchislashpicture.png nick = myIRCnicketc Under their entry on the planet's wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ubuntu-uk.org/planet/ the picture should be no more than 100px by 100px , ideal is around 70px by 70px . Michael -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Volunteer for GUADEC!
If you would like to help out at GUADEC 2007, please add your name to the list on the Volunteer wiki page http://live.gnome.org/GUADEC/2007/Volunteer . The page also details some of the responsibilities we need covering during the event. Once we have a list of people willing to help, we can organise the schedule. One of the reasons for holding Guadec in the UK this year was to help foster a Gnome community here, so we'd especially like to hear from as many local people as possible! We are also still looking for anyone with particular skills in video/multimedia to oversee the recording of the event. Please let me know if you are willing to oversee this aspect of the event. Regards, Thomas Wood -- GUADEC - The GNOME Conference July 15-21, 2007 - Birmingham, UK http://www.guadec.org - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings from South India!
Edward Crompton wrote: Dear All, I've been lurking on this list for a few weeks, and thought I'd finally introduce myself. I work for Mahiti.org, a not for profit technology consultancy for the voluntary sector based in Bangalore, India. We develop on a couple of FOSS content management systems and our whole infrastructure is Ubuntu based. Part of my reason for introducing myself is that I'm planning to return to the UK in August after two years of working with FOSS in the development sector in India. I'd like to continue to feed my enthusiasm to work in this field back in the UK. Would any of you be able to offer any pointers as to suitable organisations or projects that may hold opportunities for a person with my background? I know it's not a very Ubuntu specific request, but having said that, the bulk of my system admin and deployment experience has been Ubuntu based. Any comments or advice would be most appreciated! It's great to see such an active list over in the UK - I look forward to getting more involved on my return! Warm regards, Edward Some ideas for you, - We have current projects listed on our wiki page [1] - Start your own project with other ubuntu-uk people - Get involved in a particular software package - Do some translations [2] - Answer some support questions [3] - Join an ubuntu team (documentation, artwork, administrators, testers, triags) [4] - Promote use of ubuntu [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam [2] https://translations.launchpad.net/ [3] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu [4] https://launchpad.net/people/+teamlist regards, Michael -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Launchpad Ubuntu-UK hits 200 users !
Congratulations to Steve Belcher who became Ubuntu-UK's 200th member on launchpad[1]. All in a matter of 8 Months and 8 days, well done everyone for spreading the love. [1]https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-uk/+members -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Eurovision Song contest internet stream
Hello Again, So, It's the Eurovision song contest tonight, It's going to be streamed from http://www.eurovision.tv using a plugin that you can get from here: http://www.octoshape.com/files/octosetup-linux_i386.bin run the octosetup-linux_i386.bin file in a terminal via the command: sh octosetup-linux_i386.bin Now make sure you have the following packages installed: ia32-sun-java5-bin libstdc++6 mplayer Open up your favourite editor and put in it: JavaExec=/usr/lib/jvm/ia32-java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.11/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so PlayerExec=gmplayer -nocache $url save this file as setup.cfg inside the octoshape directory. To run it cd to the directory and type: ./OctoshapeClient -url:EBU.esc07 EBU.esc07 is the url for eurovision, output in the terminal should look something like this: http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org/142 More urls/streams at: http://www.octoshape.com/play/play.asp Linux FAQ at: http://www.octoshape.com/faq/faq.asp?faqtype=Linux - Michael -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Eurovision Song contest internet stream
Michael Wood wrote: Hello Again, So, It's the Eurovision song contest tonight, It's going to be streamed from http://www.eurovision.tv using a plugin that you can get from here: http://www.octoshape.com/files/octosetup-linux_i386.bin run the octosetup-linux_i386.bin file in a terminal via the command: sh octosetup-linux_i386.bin Now make sure you have the following packages installed: ia32-sun-java5-bin libstdc++6 mplayer You will need to enable multiverse to install mplayer and ia32-sun-java5-bin Open up your favourite editor and put in it: JavaExec=/usr/lib/jvm/ia32-java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.11/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so PlayerExec=gmplayer -nocache $url save this file as setup.cfg inside the octoshape directory. To run it cd to the directory and type: ./OctoshapeClient -url:EBU.esc07 EBU.esc07 is the url for eurovision, output in the terminal should look something like this: http://pastebin.ubuntu-uk.org/142 More urls/streams at: http://www.octoshape.com/play/play.asp Linux FAQ at: http://www.octoshape.com/faq/faq.asp?faqtype=Linux - Michael -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Eurovision Song contest internet stream
Michael Wood wrote: Hello Again, So, It's the Eurovision song contest tonight, It's going to be streamed from http://www.eurovision.tv using a plugin that you can get from here: http://www.octoshape.com/files/octosetup-linux_i386.bin run the octosetup-linux_i386.bin file in a terminal via the command: sh octosetup-linux_i386.bin Now make sure you have the following packages installed: ia32-sun-java5-bin libstdc++6 mplayer you will need to enable multiverse for these packages snip A couple more people have tried this. via IRC i have the following update: on 32bit machines (most people) (ie non 64bit ubuntu you know who you are) the java package is called: sun-java5-bin and the location of the libjvm.so in the setup.cfg should be: JavaExec=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.11/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so After installing mplayer you may get this error: Error opening/initailzing the selected video_out (-vo) device. You will need to change the video driver which it uses do this by: right click select preferences, select the video tab, you will see a list: xmga, xv, x11, gl, gl2, dxr3, xvidix, xvmc change it to xv If this does not work try a different one ! Michael -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org
Stephen Garton wrote: Michael Wood wrote: The development version of the site is at http://www.ubuntu-uk.org/dev/ Please post any feedback. Just one point, is it wise to have the page title as Ubuntu Home Page | Ubuntu? Surely there should be a -uk in there? Cheers Thanks, forgot about that. Changed to Ubuntu UK Home Page -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org
john levin wrote: Michael Wood wrote: Hi As per the last ubuntu-uk meeting i've been working on the ubuntu-uk.org website. Porting it over to the current ubuntu main page design and adding some features. All very good. - Drop down menu with all the wiki pages on - Banner image rotates round various pictures of the UK Can we have the photos centred in the top banner, just for neatnesses sake. Is that centred horizontally ? At the moment it should be centred vertically already (if it's working), if not then would it be possible to send me a screenshot showing what you mean. The development version of the site is at http://www.ubuntu-uk.org/dev/ Please post any feedback. Presume you mean post feedback on this list. Yep Two typos: Reasources - Resources (left sidebar heading) memebers - members (Our Pages, Ubuntu-UK team) Corrected - Thanks HTH John Cheers, Michael -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Desktop effects
Keith Bowerman wrote: Since I upgraded to Feisty last month, I have suffered a minor hiccough whilst booting up. When logging in, the Ubuntu desktop opens but without my four workspace icons at the bottom right of the screen, and any filer window appears without the minimise, maximise and close icons at the top right of the screen. To counteract this I have to open SystemPreferencesDesktop effects, click on enable desktop effects, then click on Use previous settings which brings back the missing icons. The problem is that I have to do this every time I boot up. Does this happen to anyone else and if so, how have you cured it? Regards, Keith. This is caused by metacity (the window manager) not loading up, disable and enable desktop effects will be restarting metacity. One thing you could do for the time being is to put metacity --replace into your session. Do this by going to: system preferences sessions new command: metacity --replace name: metacity Then make sure it's ticked. Did you try and enable desktop effects before ? Are they disabled normally now ? If so we need to find out what desktop effects enables actually changes in your system. -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets
Stephen Garton wrote: On 02/05/07, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guys and Dolls, During the meeting last night on irc we discussed various marketing ideas. These included the Tux 500 [0] campaign and the firefox New York Times advert [2]. These seem to many of us to be very expensive options for marketing Ubuntu. An alternative that Hampshire LUG has used at info points is the leaflet [3]. A simple A4 page folded twice to make a handy bit of info to give away. Indeed during Software Freedom Day last year Greater London LUG gave away a leaflet with each Ubuntu CD to help explain FLOSS concepts and where to go for more help. At FOSDEM this year I picked up a whole bunch of *BSD leaflets. They had a whole bunch [4] explaining different concepts of BSD. I really liked the leaflets, which I figured could be given out with Ubuntu CDs (where ever you find yourself doing that), or just handed to people who ask lots of akward questions :) snip If it helps or inspires, HullFLOSS have used these leaflets (A4, intended to be printed as a pair front and back) http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk/hullfloss/SimpleLeaflet-D2a .pdf http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk/hullfloss/SimpleLeaflet-D2b.pdf This is a really good idea. I think it should extend to Ubuntu-UK marketing material in general as we really don't have any at the moment. If this is of interest maybe someone could setup a wiki page for people to suggest designs, submit designs, mock ups etc of leaflets and posters and any other marketing material that would be useful. Michael -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Forgot his password after installing Ubuntu
Robin Menneer wrote: I have a colleague who had help from a friend (more knowledgeable than I am) in loading Ubuntu from the web via apple-mac and a PC emulation. Between the two of them, they have forgotten the Ubuntu password and don't think that either wrote it down. Is the only solution to load it again, or is there a simple (it's got to be thickie-proof) short cut? If a new load is the only route, presumably,by default, it overwrites the earlier install? Will Ubuntu go easily on or with Tiger/Leopard ? I would have thought that Ubuntu would co-exist happier with Unix-based Tiger than on a PC-emulation Here is how to reset your password: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-3609.html I know Ubuntu will work on ppc and intel macs with dual boot, but i've no experience in this area. - I'll leave that to someone else to respond. -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote X sessions - is there a timeout
Andrew wrote: Hi We sometimes create X session from one machine to another (using XDMCP) both running ubuntu. Sometimes when you leave the machine come back you find the session has gone. Is there any inactivity timeout involved and if so can we change the value. Andrew I don't know about a timeout but you could try (poke and hope) adjusting the ping interval in your gdm.conf #PingIntervalSeconds=15 theoretically if it doesn't check to see if it's inactive it won't run the logout -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] least connections ipvs lvs
xx xx wrote:
Hi mates does anyone try to loadbalance some stuff wit ipvs ? there is
no to much info on the web but i know it support a bunch of algorythms
for loadbalancing.
I was using pools{} on openbsd but it does only support roundrobin.
Cheers
For HTTP load balancing i've always used Pound. It's very configurable
and supports things like sticky sessions and much more.
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[ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts
Pretty funny, http://cdn.novell.com/cached/video/bs_07/mac_pc_linux.OGG and http://cdn.novell.com/cached/video/bs_07/mac_pc_linux_2.OGG and http://cdn.novell.com/cached/video/bs_07/mac_pc_linux_3.OGG -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community distro ?
Thanks for your response Mark, very insightful, much appreciated. Mark Shuttleworth wrote: Michael Wood wrote: Two things have really touched a nerve with me recently and I would like to open a discussion. Firstly: [1]https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork#head-8c391b3699f3571c2aedfa7cb78adb4623206933 Feisty artwork will be designed by kwwii -- of Kubuntu Edgy and KDE Oxygen Icon fame. He will be working closely with sabdfl in the design. Do not expect community involvement in defining this portion. This seems to contradict entirely the description of ubuntu Ubuntu is a community developed, linux-based operating system - Ubuntu.com . We've struggled to get a cohesive community-directed art strategy. Despite bringing community art contributors to our developer summits, funding part-time work by community artists, and having a completely open process of contribution, we have not been able to produce a unified theme through a community lead process. We found that our approach was resulting in an environment where new artists would show up and expect to be able to lead, from scratch, a completely new theme that was to their taste. There was no clear community lead, but instead multiple fragmented efforts. Based on a deep review of our approach, we came to the conclusion that it's extremely difficult to get a core theme that is produced by multiple volunteer contributors where there is no definitive lead. By core theme I mean wallpaper, login, splash and boot splash. So, for Feisty, we are saying that there are two ways the community can contribute: 1. Develop complete themes, which we can evaluate, and if a theme emerges which is clean, consistent, complete, and of high quality then it can be included directly in Ubuntu, but not as the default. Such a theme could become the default in a future release if it wins widespread praise in the community. So far, I have not seen a theme emerge which meets these criteria. 2. Contribute to the fleshing out of a theme produced by a single, mandated designer. That designer, in this cycle, is Kwii. Folks who want to flesh out the default theme need to follow Kwii's lead. So far the Art work for Feisty has been rather doggy in my opinoin and I don't hold a huge amount of hope for it getting better. Not saying that Kwwii isn't a good artist but I don't see his art suiting the GNOME Desktop. It may turn out to be excellent but the discussion, ideas and contribution which is provided by having community involvement is going to be completely lost. We looked everywhere for artists, and in the end hired Kwii because we thought he was the best available. Secondly, why, with all the information i've been able to squeeze, won't ubuntu/canonical consider sponsoring GUADEC (GNOME User And Developer European Conference) but were willing to be Gold Sponsor of the last aKadamy ? (KDE's Conference) especially considering that GNOME is the desktop that Ubuntu and Edubuntu uses. Consider the total contribution and support we provide, in terms of full time salaries, bugs, patches, conference sponsorships, we felt that we already make a substantial contribution to GNOME and wanted to balance that with a sponsorship of KDE. These two issues I have seem to be linked by my feeling that ubuntu is an organisation who's community only has a pseudo influence over decisions that really matter. It would be in the ubuntu communities interest to be a sponsor of GUADEC and to have community involved art work. In Ubuntu, actions matter. If you really want to make an art contribution, it will be welcomed BUT it will need to be of world class standard and will need to fit in with the work being done across the whole project. I'm not sympathetic to someone upset that their single contribution does not make it in when that contribution is not aligned with the work that is already being done. We can't achieve success if we splinter and try to take a million different artistic lines. That's a tough position, but I think it's a necessary one. Mark -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] UKTeam meeting update
Robin Menneer wrote: On 3/21/07, Nik Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you know there are 380 subscribers to the UK Maillist allowing for duplicates and metoo addresses thats not a small number of people chatting and sharing ideas about Ubuntu. meanwhile the IRC Channel #ubuntu-uk is growing steadily with approximately 40 members in channel at any time. The wiki ( http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam ) is growing and the information found there is a demonstration of how much we are all doing within the community. We had the 8th meeting of the UKTeam the channel last night and the topic of Roles and Contacts ( http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Contact ) , especially relating to the LOCOContact arose. I have created a new page on the wiki to detail the current roles and responsibilities. I would invite everyone to review these and if there are questions, concerns, thoughts or ideas then please get in touch here or direct to me. Id like to remind everyone reading this message that the UKTeam has a regular meeting at which only 40 members are present but in general 10 to most of the discussions. Id love to see more people around during the meetings and providing input on the Agendas or at the meeting and if you have and concerns or questions about taking part in just this way then get in touch. I appreciate we are much more a meritocracy than democracy and I really dont want to get bogged down with commitees so the purpose of the Contact page is to highlight key areas that are currently managed and give people who may wish to help an opportunity to ask for others to know your out there. That is all for now and thanks for reading. Nik Butler Ubuntu-UK -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ As an aged and thick newbe of some months standing, I'm still trying to find my way around Ubuntu. What I joined for is easier ways of doing things on my computer than I can do on my friendly mac, probably like most thickies taking on Ubuntu (Windows is a no-no for me). Probably we need a single route for absolute thickies off which they can be tempted (at different points) when they are sure of themselves. Just a reminder, you can learn about getting on IRC using this screen case made by our very own Alan Pope: http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Installing_and_Using_XChat-Gnome Or if you wish to use Gaim: http://doc.ubuntu.com/screencasts/Connecting_to_IRC_Using_GAIM if you have xchat-remote installed you can also do run (alt+f2) and type: xchat-remote --url=irc://irc.freenode.org/#ubuntu-uk simple as that :) -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community distro ?
Jonathan Riddell wrote: On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 11:32:45PM +, Michael Wood wrote: Firstly: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork#head-8c391b3699f3571c2aedfa7cb78adb4623206933 Feisty artwork will be designed by kwwii -- of Kubuntu Edgy and KDE Oxygen Icon fame. He will be working closely with sabdfl in the design. Do not expect community involvement in defining this portion. This seems to contradict entirely the description of ubuntu Ubuntu is a community developed, linux-based operating system - Ubuntu.com . It's surprisingly difficult to create top quality artwork without commercial direction. The artwork of both desktops is majority funded by companies. Ubuntu Edgy tried to do community artwork but it was all reverted due to quality issues. All the commercial distributions use their own commercially created artwork and the non-commercial distros use the defaults of the desktops with custom wallpapers. I don't think it is difficult to create top quality artwork without commercial direction. If you have a look at current gnome art projects, like the Gion icons http://art.gnome.org/themes/icon/1340 and all the other window boarder/login manager/application themes that are on art.gnome.org you can appreciate that work is top quality. If you bring that work together you end up with a very high quality set of desktop art. -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Uninterruptible power supply question
Eamonn Sullivan wrote: Hi all, I've just built a home/soho server and I'm hoping someone here could help me with a couple of questions. It's a headless server (dual-core, three 320GB hard drive with RAID5) where I'm running the increasingly complicated applications that I use for home and work. It runs the MoinMoin wiki, BackupPC, subversion and Samba filesharing, supportingr two Ubuntu PCs, an iMac and a laptop. (I have five children in secondary/college/university, a busy nurse wife and I use the wiki and subversion from both home and work -- that network gets *heavy* use...) I'm thinking of using a UPC for the first time. Quick questions: - The server has a 500W power supply (an Antec Phantom), although I did that on the hope that an overpowered power supply will be quieter (and it's very quiet). Does that mean I need a UPS rated at 500W or would a smaller one be OK? The £80-range ones do something like 380 watts. The 500W ones quickly get into the £200 range. - Am I correct that, even in Feisty, all UPS-related software is in universe? There's no fully-supported way of monitoring and reacting to UPS signals? - Does anyone have any recommendations on UPS/software combos? Thanks in advance, -Eamonn I've got a MGE UPS which works pretty well though i didn't get one with comms (to my regret) , here are some details: http://www.mgeups.com/products/pdt230/smallups/easr/featben.htm they have linux software support on a lot of their models have fun. -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Opensource on BBC Technology
News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6270657.stm - Open source gets European boost This view echoes those of 111 UK MPs who signed an early day motion promoting open source software in December 2006 to support the use of open source in schools. - well done everyone wrote to their MP. -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] IRC security mention in Ubuntu Weekly News 27
alan c wrote: I have only used IRC a few times, and have only a vague idea of the issues around it. I noyice in UWN 27 that = If you are using IRC to connect to any of the Ubuntu IRC channels, the IRC Operator's Team would like to inform you that to make your connection secure you should use port 8001 when connecting to any of the Freenode servers. There has been a recent surge in people exploiting vulnerable routers of IRC users. Using port 8001 will prevent you from being disconnected from one of these DCC attacks. It is also recommended that you download and install the latest firmware for your router. Do note that all these attacks do is disconnect you from the IRC server. So to avoid being banned from a channel due to join and part flooding, fix your settings now. = These kinds of attacks are quite rare and do not damage your system they are just cause inconvenience to the user. They also only effect certain models and makes of (broadband) router. Effectively what the attacker does is send some malformed packets (data) to your internet IP address via IRC (using DCC), a few routers have bugs in their firmware (the on-board software) which don't deal with these malformed packets correctly and the connection gets reset. Port 8001 is immune to this attack which is why they are recommending it. In your irc clients stored server settings you can usually change which port it uses to connect. I presume the port used is fairy easy to examine by each user, however the comment about router firmware suggests more complications for users who are not really very technically experienced (I include myself here). If you're rarely on IRC I wouldn't give this much thought. I trust that this list can keep patience in mind and as ever be patient with handholding (me) when time is available to sort out this issue? tia -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] A couple of things..
Hello ubuntu uk Got a couple of things i've been thinking about. -- A guy came into #ubuntu-uk asking how to get involved in open source software yesterday. We helped him out and pointed him in the right direction hopefully, but it struck me that the easiest way that we explained it was through our own experience. It would be good if people here could note down/blog/send in how they got involved in any open source projects, especially if you're a developer as that can be quite confusing. Then we could compile a list and use that as a resource for helping people. -- I would also quite like to discuss what people think the role of ubuntu-uk.org is or should be and if they are interested in the site being ubuntu.com'ed see http://www.ubuntu-uk.org/dev/new/ for a mock-up maybe we could stick this on the agenda for the meeting today ? -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] more video clips etc
alan c wrote: for reference: http://ubuntuclips.org/ ubuntuclips.org ubuntuvideo.com and quickones.org :| This often happens in open source, 3 good ideas that could have been 1 excellent one. -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrade to Fiesty ??
Ted Wager wrote: tim matthews wrote: I don't think you can update from dapper to Feisty, you can only update from edgy to feisty (so I think). I'm pretty sure it's possible to jump a release for upgrading, just make sure you use the upgrade manager. The repositories will be the same addresses but changing dapper to feisty and what's the point of using feisty? at this point, feisty should only be used by developpers who can fix things when they go wrong. I'm running feisty but i'm not a developer, developers only find out the things they need to fix if people test the release and report the bugs. -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kernel upgrade
Keith Bowerman wrote: On booting up Edgy a couple of hours ago I was advised that there were 10 updates available to me, mainly upgrading the kernel. I dutifully downloaded them and following the usual instructions rebooted the machine, except that I couldn't, the loader got no further than 'loading kernel' and then just stalled. I had no choice but to switch of the computer (which is a Linux only machine, with various different distributions). On switching back on, my computer made different from normal beeps, and wouldn't even load the bios, in effect leaving me with a dead computer as I can't now boot into the bios. Can anyone suggest what's going on and, better still, how to fix it? Keith. If it's not getting as far as the bios then it isn't a kernel issue, as it wouldn't have even initiated the hard disk at that stage. likelihood is that you've not shut down your pc in a while or often ? and it's isn't liking the cold start. like Leon said, try actually disconnecting it from the power for a bit and let it discharge then try again. Reboots do generally put small strain on the electronics so if you're still having problems you might consider removing bits of hardware and testing them to see if they're causing a problem - this includes the motherboard battery. sometimes computer hardware has a mind of it's own and won't work one day and will work another. I've had my PC that i built decide it doesn't want to boot up at all, i spent ages trying to find the problem and couldn't find it. Then when I was about to decide some major component was broken It booted up fine... so try reverse sociology :) Good luck. -- /\/\ichael [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] amazon
baza wrote: Tried that. It's weird this. It just won't let me login, even though I can from my works Windows XP laptop just fine. Still, it'll save me spending so much lol Baz It might be a stored password in firefox that is being submitted in the password field. To check this go into firefox and select edit from the menu then preferences then click on security and click show passwords. A dialogue box should come up which you can remove stored passwords or view your stored passwords by selecting them and clicking show passwords. -- /\/\ichael \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu waht to do next
sergio leone wrote: I have loaded the ubuntu and it looks good and easy well done but I cant get the video player to go and I tried to get yahoo and msn and bits I needed but it wont take the down loads .where do I go to get a good dvd player and yahoo and msn and the bits I need thx For MSN and Yahoo Instant messaging you can use a program called Gaim, you should be able to find this under the menu Applications Internet Gaim Instant Messenger Once open you can then add your MSN and Yahoo accounts. For DVD playback please see this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats skip down to Playing encrypted DVDs (most DVDs are encrypted) This will install the ability to decrypt the DVDs - For legal reasons ubuntu can't ship this with it installed I recommend mplayer as your DVD playing program instructions on how to install can be found here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MPlayer If you don't want to read up you can just do this: Go to System menu Administration Synaptic package manager Settings Repositories tick software restricted by copyright or legal issues click apply click reload click search enter mplayer right click on the result mplayer and select mark for installation then click apply After it's finished you should find mplayer in Applications sound and video mplayer - Michael Wood -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Some PC builder advice please
Hi, My father bought a Mesh last year, good spec Athlon64 3500 250GB SATA 1GB Ram* * NVIDIA GeForce 6??0 Graphics. But it ended up running very slow under windows and has had multiple boot problems, XP professional has been reinstalled multiple times, it now has ubuntu on it which runs ok so far (hasn't been on there for long) and the latest reinstall of XP seems to be ok to date. The support desk drones don't have much useful to say on anything. There was also a hardware issue with motherboard fan (northbridge) which had to be replaced. It took quite a while because when they finally came they brought the wrong fan. The cost of act of replacing the fan - A guy in a van coming out 30 miles with the wrong £1 fan + the cost of coming out a couple of days later with the correct fan must have been enormous. You might ask why I didn't just replace it, well warranties are a double edged sword sometimes. Overall I wouldn't recommend them. But I always build my own PCs and I really don't have much faith in any pre-built systems, as they often use components that I wouldn't rate. Like Maxtor hard drives which have a notoriously high failure rate. The cases are also very cheap and difficult to upgrade the components inside without changing cases e.g. adding a hard drive. You also often only get 1 PCI/E slot on the motherboard making it impossible to add more expansion cards. That aside, if you can't see yourself ever needing to open the case of the machine I would look at Dell, HP, Philips, acer and maybe some people like komplett. -- /\/\ichael [ X3N ] \/\/ood [ http://michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Strange thing after upgrading to edgy
Hi, I'm getting this strangeness on tty1-8 , I would file a bug, but i don't know what it is in the first place. Anyone got an ideas ? Thanks, Michael X3N -- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange thing after upgrading to edgy
Nope, sorry forgot to say, it's an Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02) which uses the i810 graphics driver. Thanks, Michael David Morley wrote: On 22/10/06, Michael Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm getting this strangeness on tty1-8 , I would file a bug, but i don't know what it is in the first place. Anyone got an ideas ? are you running on an nvidia card? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] verbose/debugging for firefox and an article on beeb
Albert, you could try running firefox in the terminal, if they doesn't give you enough output try running it in gdb like: $gdb /path/to/firefox-bin then type run, that should give you some more output -- Interesting article on the beeb about windows vista http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5399534.stm . When dapper is released we should really have a go at encouraging the coverage of it on the bbc's website as an alternative to vista. I think they would be quite in favour of it as the majority of the coverage for vista and microsoft has been negative so far. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4784595.stm might be a good channel to publicise it. Michael Wood -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu uk planet
Morning, I've been toying with writing a little thing to let people add/amend feeds to the planet. Good idea ? Bad idea ? Michael -- /\/\ichael \/\/ood [ http://www.michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Getting the group going
Nik, you can get the logo and such from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Official nik wrote: I was about to ask my local promotional marketing material chap to make me up some more Polo Shirts ( £18 a piece ( yep im pimping! )). So where can I get the Ubuntu logo suitable to have emblazoned on them so I can get him to make me a template and get knitting with it! Nik Reduced Hackers Sussex I Will be attending linux expo as well this October as I'm on the gnome uk stand. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
[ubuntu-uk] Launchpad team created
Hi, I'm Michael Wood (X3N) you may remember me from such irc channels as #ubuntu-uk,#lugradio and #gnome-uk on freenode. Or from such events as Linux Expo and gnome uk meetups. The launchpad team has now been created for the ubuntu uk people. https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-uk Please join it ! launchpad teams are easier to manage than just a list on the wiki of people. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
