Re: [ubuntu-uk] flash still doesnt work, when try to play flash stuff inside FF2 and FF3

2008-09-28 Thread SteveM
Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Philip >>> I've just tried to play a video on the page you give the
> URL for, using Ubuntu 7.10 + FF2, and Ubuntu 8.04 with FF2 and FF3.
> 
> It plays (video and sound) for about a minute with 7.10 + FF2.  Then
> it stops, as if buffering, but it has actually hung and does not
> restart.
> 
> I could hear the sound for under a minute in 8.04 + FF3, but no
> video. FF3 then simply terminated.
> 
> My media stuff is set up (apologies to RMS, though!) according to the 
> excellent HowTo at

Definitely something wrong with the streaming. I get the same results
as you except I also get video using 8.04 + FF3. I tried the same URL
using Vista with both FF and IE. The video would only play for
around a minute.


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK Ubuntu Vendors

2008-08-31 Thread SteveM
Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> (if they want a games machine I'd suggest Windows, if 
> they want a general every day PC to browse the internet, play media
> and download videos I'd suggest Ubuntu over Windows, unless they
> really want to pay an extra £60 for Vista Home).

You could suggest a dual boot for playing games!

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Grauniad tech section: Perhaps Ubuntu

2008-08-30 Thread SteveM
"Yishay Mor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> If ubuntu was bread, would you use this as your campaign
> slogen:"Ubuntu - tastes better then charcoal"besides:1. first rule of
> advertising - focus on a positive message (not on smearing the
> opposition)

"Vista - at least it's not cheap"
:-)

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for $20

2008-07-17 Thread SteveM
alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I chose to purchase a retail boxed Suse from Amazon for (then) about 
> 60 uk pounds and was pleased with what I received. It included CDs, 
> DVD, two paperback manuals and 60 days support from Novell.

I saw the boxed Suse in PCWorld and bought it out of curiosity. You
cannot underestimate how useful those manuals were :-)

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