[ubuntu-uk] Should I be worried by these strange 'trace routes'?
Hi folks Apologies if this is a off topic, but I could do with a bit of advice, and can't think where else to ask. I have a Draytek router with 'DoS Defences' set up in the firewall, including 'block trace_route'. A few weeks ago, I got email alerts from my router to say it was blocking trace routes coming from within a block of IP addresses owned by Internap Network Services in Georgia, USA. This happened a few days in a row. So I turned off my modem and router over night, and got reassigned a different dynamic IP by my ISP. Today, my router alerted me that it was blocking the same source again trace routing my new IP address: 2015/03/27 19:45:23 --[DOS][Block][trace_route][70.42.24.18:36107- MyIPAddress:33444][UDP][HLen=20,TLen=44] 2015/03/27 19:45:24 --[DOS][Block][trace_route][70.42.24.18:36107- MyIPAddress:33445][UDP][HLen=20,TLen=44] 2015/03/27 19:45:28 --[DOS][Block][trace_route][70.42.24.24:36110- MyIPAddress:33441][UDP][HLen=20,TLen=44] 2015/03/27 19:45:29 --[DOS][Block][trace_route][70.42.24.24:36110- MyIPAddress:33442][UDP][HLen=20,TLen=44] 2015/03/27 19:45:33 --[DOS][Block][trace_route][70.42.24.27:36108- MyIPAddress:33443][UDP][HLen=20,TLen=44] I'm not running any servers on my home network, and I don't have any non-standard ports open. I'm not very knowledgeable about networking. Tech support at my ISP was at a loss for an explanation of what's going on here. I'd be really grateful for advice about whether and how I need to pursue this issue; and - if this is too off-topic here - where would be a good place to check this out further. Many thanks in advance for any advice/suggestions. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Should I be worried by these strange 'trace routes'?
On 27 Mar 2015, at 21:24, J Fernyhough j.fernyho...@gmail.com wrote: You're not running Tor are you? I've tried out the Tor Browser Bundle and had a look at Tails out of interest. Why do you ask? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Should I be worried by these strange 'trace routes'?
On 27/03/2015 21:41, J Fernyhough wrote: It's possible the traffic is as the hostname suggests - a performance testing scan so nodes know where to send traffic. You're more likely to see this if you run as a bridge or exit node. Mmm... I'm not doing either. As I say, I've only tried out the Tor Browser Bundle and Tails. So I'm not sure how come tor performance measurement is checking my router. Any thoughts? Anyway, thanks very much for the lead: I didn't think to check the individual hosts. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] 14.04.1 to 14.04.2?
Forgive my ignorance, but my 14.04.1 installation is humming along nicely, and I'm assuming that all important security and bug fixes have been happening during routine updates. Is there any need for me to upgrade to 14.04.2? (Looks like this only happens if you install from downloaded media?) (I've read around, including the release notes, but as I'm not a software expert, I can't actually get a clear view on this question, and I'd be very grateful for your advice.) As always, TIA, mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 14.04.1 to 14.04.2?
On 20 Feb 2015, at 09:02, Colin Law clan...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 February 2015 at 08:13, mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote: Forgive my ignorance, but my 14.04.1 installation is humming along nicely... Is there any need for me to upgrade to 14.04.2? There is no need to re-install. Provided you have installed all the updates available you will have all the stuff in 14.04.2. In fact it is likely that you are already ahead of 14.04.2 as that must have been frozen a short while ago so will not include any updates since then. Therefore a re-install would take you backwards. Thanks very much for your quick and helpful reply, Colin. Much appreciated. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] old toshiba
On 06/09/14 17:01, Norman Silverstone wrote: I have unearthed an old Toshiba Satellite S300CDS/2.1GB... It seems to me to be a good idea to try to install a version of Ubuntu and would like to know what you would suggest. Hi Norman There's an article in issue 88 of Full Circle magazine (page 15) about creating a minimal Ubuntu desktop. Might be worth a look: http://fullcirclemagazine.org mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 14.04.1 missing Open With Decrypt File in Nautilus?
On 16/08/2014 22:58, Anthony Harrington wrote: [snip] mind if i ask what version of /seahorse /and /seahorse-nautilus /you're running, for completion's sake? And also which version (of ubuntu?) you upgraded from? But it does sound like you're fully up to date Upgraded 12.04 LTS to 14.04.1 LTS. (I use Gnome Classic.) And, yes, seahorse and seahorse-nautilus are up to date. I had similar problems with nautilus + seahorse on 12.04 for a good while, and then it was suddenly OK (I guess an update fixed it, though which I'm not sure). Presumably the fix is broken again in the upgrade to 14.04; but as the issue involves seahorse and nautilus, a request to get someone to mend it is apt to fall between two stools. And not being a software engineer myself, I find the bug-reporting process on launchpad to be an impenetrable, arcane ordeal, which I fear makes me lose the will to live. However... but there is(was?) a nemo-seahorse, so you might also solve this by switching to another file manager that has a similar extension? ...this is an excellent suggestion. I'll have a go at installing nemo from the ppa. Nemo does indeed have a seahorse extension. Many thanks for this idea! Hope this issue is solved for you soon! Thank you, and thank you, too, for your thoughtful and detailed reply - most helpful! mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 14.04.1 missing Open With Decrypt File in Nautilus?
I've just upgraded to 14.04.1, and I find that Nautilus no longer offers Open With Decrypt File when I right-click on a .pgp file. (Yes, I can open gpg/pgp files in the CLI; but using Nautilus is quicker.) The first item on the context menu is Open With seahorse, which is, of course, not helpful. I do have the context menu item to 'Encrypt' when I right-click an ordinary file, and that does work OK. I have the latest seahorse-nautilus installed. Google is not my friend on this one. I'd be grateful for any advice about how to restore the menu item in Nautilus. TIA mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] GCHQ: Can you find it? competition 2013
On 12 Sep 2013, at 15:23, Daniel Case danielcas...@gmail.com wrote: Well that's a good start www.canyoufindit.co.uk uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is only valid for canyoufindit.co.uk They're presumably trying to recruit folk who'll be able to break the few remaining bits of the internet security systems that they haven't got round to cracking yet. Perhaps you just passed the first test? ;) Alternatively, you could always go and help the IETF to defeat GCHQ and NSA nefariousness: http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-hallambaker-prismproof-req-00.txt mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Inline posting
On 20 Jul 2013, at 03:48, Steven Roberts cwmbranmathstu...@gmail.com wrote: So, has anyone else been too worried about using the wrong protocol on here? This issue is a hardy perennial. There seem to be two worlds: one that maintains the original and ancient traditions of the early internet, and puts replies (preferably only plain text) below the original post; and one - containing the majority of the commercial, business and government world - that follows conventions introduced by Microsoft, and replies in HTML above the original. Here, we are hard-core traditionalists: plain text replies below original. We sometimes have to remind people to do it. There is, of course, no right answer - these are the conventions and traditions of different cultures. Anyway, when in France, be polite and speak French! ;) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Inline posting
On 20/07/13 13:22, pete smout wrote: I am sure that the intention is not to scare people away, just to make the threads easier to follow when looking things up in the future! Yes, I agree - it really is a matter of making a discussion easier to follow by keeping it in order down the page in the way a natural conversation proceeds in real time. But one thing that really, really helps is to edit what you're replying to, so that what you quote contains just enough of the whole sequence for your reply to make sense. Scrolling down through 'House That Jack Built' email replies is tedious and time-consuming; and the continual repetition of the whole tale in every single reply is a profligate waste of server capacity! mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Inline posting
On 20 Jul 2013, at 15:40, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: I have to say this I belong to quite a few discussion groups that only have top posting, and they even have a direction to post above the line. This is the only group that insists on bottom posting that I belong to. Ah, we're old-school here - brought up on plain-text RFCs, punched tape and consoles, line printers, and audio-modems! ;) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] DSL provider
On 07/05/13 08:36, TT Mooney wrote: I've been a happy user of O2 broadband for years, but now that Murdoch has laid his hands on it, I want to change provider. Does anyone have a recommendation? +1 for PlusNet Fibre. Local firm (oop 'ere, any road - they're based in Sheffield) with local tech support, who are knowledgeable, friendly, and flexible (especially when they spot that you are a bit competent). Great communication systems that keep you fully informed and updated about your account queries and support tickets. (Not that I've needed much of either - rock solid service with good performance.) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] No decrypt progress bar
On 13/03/13 08:04, mac wrote: I recently upgraded my systems to 12.04.2, and use gnome classic. I use the seahorse-nautilus 'decrypt' to open big .pgp files. This used to display a progress bar, but no longer does so. I've spent a few days searching for information / fixes to no avail. Does anyone have a suggestion about how to get the decrypt progress bar in gnome classic on 12.04? Further info: running seahorse-tool -d on a .pgp file in the terminal produces this: ### ** (seahorse-tool:21116): WARNING **: could not find widget progress for seahorse-progress.xml (seahorse-tool:21116): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_window_set_icon_name: assertion `GTK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed ** (seahorse-tool:21116): WARNING **: could not find widget progress for seahorse-progress.xml ** (seahorse-tool:21116): CRITICAL **: seahorse_widget_get_toplevel: assertion `widget != NULL' failed ** (seahorse-tool:21116): WARNING **: could not find widget progress for seahorse-progress.xml (seahorse-tool:21116): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_window_move: assertion `GTK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed ** (seahorse-tool:21116): WARNING **: could not find widget progress for seahorse-progress.xml ** (seahorse-tool:21116): CRITICAL **: progress_show: assertion `w != NULL' failed # The file does actually decrypt; but the only indication is the return of the command prompt. I'm now completely out of my depth. Any suggestions about how to proceed? mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] No decrypt progress bar
I recently upgraded my systems to 12.04.2, and use gnome classic. I use the seahorse-nautilus 'decrypt' to open big .pgp files. This used to display a progress bar, but no longer does so. I've spent a few days searching for information / fixes to no avail. Does anyone have a suggestion about how to get the decrypt progress bar in gnome classic on 12.04? TIA mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Malware targeting Linux.......
On 11/07/12 16:55, Phill Whiteside wrote: You can get noscript from its site http://noscript.net/ What do folk use for Chrome? (NoScript doesn't have a Chrome version.) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu's Plans To Implement UEFI SecureBoot: No GRUB2
Just saw this... http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=MTEyNDY -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] HP, Dell, et al - come to Linux!
Now that MS is telling Dell, HP, and the rest of its OEMs that they are not its future... http://www.infoworld.com/t/technology-business/microsoft-pc-and-tablet-makers-youre-not-our-future-195877 ...perhaps the hardware firms will smell the coffee and start pre-installing and seriously supporting Linux? #BusinessModels :) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mounting NFS shares permanently
On 12/05/12 14:03, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: On 2012-05-12 10:52, mac wrote: Because portmap is deprecated now, my hosts.deny file simple has rpcbind : ALL Doh! That was the mistake! In fact, portmap is included in the rpcbind package that apt-get substitutes when you do sudo apt-get install portmap nfs-common But you *don't* use 'rcpbind' in the /etc/hosts.deny file; use portmap : ALL as previously. Everything working now - after only a day and a half of going round in circles! Thanks again, Tyler, for taking the trouble to offer help. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mounting NFS shares permanently
On 12/05/2012 00:08, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: I don't have the same setup, but perhaps my notes can help... Thanks for going to the trouble of making suggestions about this problem. It's good of you to spend time on it. Does your NAS only support NFSv3? I doubt the NFS version is the issue: I've got four 10.04 systems mounting these same NFS shares at startup perfectly correctly. And I'm not trying to set up a server: just one 12.04 client; so the procedure ought simply to be create mount points in /media; install rpcbind and nfs-common; lockdown rpcbind; add the shares to fstab My hosts.allow/deny look like so: portmap mountd nfsd statd lockd rquotad : 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.11 portmap mountd nfsd statd lockd rquotad : ALL Because portmap is deprecated now, my hosts.deny file simple has rpcbind : ALL and hosts.allow has rpcbind : numeric ReadyNAS IP address But the problem is not that I'm locked out of the shares: rather it's that 'mount.nfs' appears to think that rpc.statd is not running (which can't depend on what's in hosts.deny/allow, can it???). Perhaps you need to list statd here? Mine is unedited - so it's the vanilla statd as installed in /etc/init.d on a new system. Anyway, I've set the shares up with CIFS until a solution to this issue appears. I hope this will happen magically, with the release of 12.04.1 and the silkily glitch-free automatic upgrade of my existing 10.04 systems to 12.04. ;-) (I guess you must have had success with a routine upgrade from 10.04 or 11.10, given that you're still running portmap, for which apt-get now substitutes rpcbind?) I must say, I'm a bit surprised that no one else here has experienced this problem with setting up NFS on 12.04 (and - because there are real engineers here who know acres more than me - solved it). Again, many thanks for your suggestions about this. Much appreciated! mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mounting NFS shares permanently
On 10/05/12 16:10, mac wrote: snip [NFS] shares on the 12.04 machine don't mount at start up. And when I do 'sudo mount -a' I get, for each of the shares, mount.nfs: rpc.statd is not running but is required for remote locking... Of course, when I do 'sudo start statd' I get start: Job is already running: statd Has anyone solved this issue? How do I get rpc.statd to start on boot? I take it that, as no one has replied to my post, this is not a problem for many. Is that because I'm eccentric in using NFS? Do folk mostly prefer Samba for network shares? Perhaps I should give up and use Samba instead. Unless anyone has any ideas about 12.04's NFS problem. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mounting NFS shares permanently
On 11/05/12 19:36, Simon Greenwood wrote: Try mounting a share individually with mount -t nfs ip.ad.dr.es:/share /mountname but there is a bug that seems to fit your problem: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nfs-utils/+bug/933575 Yes, that looks very similar to my experience. But I see there's only one poster, and nothing further since end of March. :( Across Linux machines, SSHFS is a viable alternative - that's the SSH option in File | Connect to Server in Nautilus. Don't you have to do that manually on every machine every time you start it? I could do with the shares mounting automatically (if only because the Thunderbird profile is on a network share). As it looks like this may not get fixed in 12.04 any time soon, I think I'll go back to using Samba (which may no longer have the problems with unmounting at shutdown that chronically plagued it before, and caused me to move to NFS in the first place.) Thanks for taking the trouble to search out the bug report, and for your suggestion. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Mounting NFS shares permanently
Friends I've been going round in circles with this, finding some old bug reports that may be related, but no answers at all. I mount NFS shares (served by a ReadyNAS) on my Ubuntu clients - all five of which were, till recently, running 10.04. As a means of getting familiar with Unity, etc, I recently put 12.04 on to one machine. (A clean install, as the attempted upgrade a few weeks ago failed.) Today, I got round to setting up the NFS shares on this 12.04 system in my usual way: create mount points in /media; install portmap and nfs-common; lockdown portmap; add the shares to fstab. Of course, I discovered at once that portmap is deprecated, and rpcbind installed instead. So for the lockdown, I simply added rpcbind : ALL to /etc/hosts.deny, and rpcbind : NFS server IP address to /etc/hosts.allow. Otherwise, everything corresponds with what is working under 10.04 on the other four machines. But... the shares on the 12.04 machine don't mount at start up. And when I do 'sudo mount -a' I get, for each of the shares, mount.nfs: rpc.statd is not running but is required for remote locking. mount.nfs: Either use '-o nolock' to keep locks local, or start statd. mount.nfs: an incorrect mount option was specified Of course, when I do 'sudo start statd' I get start: Job is already running: statd Has anyone solved this issue? How do I get rpc.statd to start on boot? (I should say that while I know enough to be able to follow a HowTo, that's about as far as my skills go - so troubleshooting this for myself is a bit of a nightmare!) Any help will be most gratefully received! mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Simple EXIF tag editor
On 10/05/12 16:22, alan c wrote: On 10/05/12 16:06, Philip Stubbs wrote: I have a large quantity of scanned images that I would like to tag somehow... If I cant find a program that can do it directly, I am thinking it may not be too difficult to have write a script.. I have a similar need, I think, because I have been asked to 'add subtitles' to photographs an dI heard that Title text can be added via exif - is this correct I wonder? Couldn't you use exiftool (in the repos) to do this? mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster
On 25/04/2012 12:02, k...@sohcahtoa.org.uk wrote: I have made the modifications suggested here (at least to the extent I can fit on the poster!) This is really good. Very well done! mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Unity intro poster
On 21/04/12 11:16, kpb wrote: ...The link above leads to a poster that summarises the basics of Unity.The odp file is available if anyone needs to customise it. Let me know what you think. Really useful and concise summary for those of us upgrading LTS-LTS, as you describe. (One small point - the labelling in the general diagram makes it look as though the Launcher is called 'The Software Centre'; it's not clear that the labelled arrow is pointing to a particular icon rather than naming the whole column.) Really good contribution for those of us who haven't been keeping up! Many thanks! mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 CD pre-orders
On 17 Apr 2012, at 07:40, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: ...In a technical forum, or other environment where discussions are very likely to have a logical sequence, and often a discussion thread with many comments, then in line comments and bottom posting have a strong benefit. A lot of good sense in your comments, Alan. One thing I'd want to add: it's really helpful to edit what you quote, so there's just enough - and only enough - to provide the context to let readers understand what you're replying too. Plonking a comment - whether at the bottom or the top - of 100 lines of 'House that Jack Built' exchanges is just lazy and inconsiderate. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] What does this remind you of
Why did this make me think of Unity? Windows 8 UI is little gain for lots of pain: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/03/andrew_does_windows8/ ;-) -- mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] What does this remind you of
On 3 Mar 2012, at 11:30, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: ...Both Unity and Metro are bold changes to the way you use your computer and raise the risk of severe backlash from users who were used to something different. Nothing against it as an *option* in a routine 10.04 to 12.04 upgrade. But blaming users for having an established workflow simply doesn't wash. To quote Andrew, inserting [it] into our everyday workflows causes many more context switches (modal switches, in the jargon) than we need. If you're not on a touch device, there's lots of pain for very little gain... Microsoft [and Ubuntu] should remember computers are the things getting between us and what we want to do, and making Metro [Unity] - something so inappropriate for non-touch users - mandatory is completely unnecessary. Of course, if I'll get an option during my routine upgrade 10.04 to 12.04 to install a standard desktop-computing UI, I'll be entirely happy, as I don't particularly want the faff of a new install of Xubuntu or Debian. However, I'm assuming that the routine upgrade will just install Unity. But if I've misunderstood, and I'll be able to choose a different UI, I withdraw my objections. mac-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] What does this remind you of
On 03/03/12 16:13, Bruno Girin wrote: snip I've discussed that with a friend before. The problem of an option during the install or upgrade is that a number of users would not know which option to choose... Bruno Thanks for your thoughtful and informative reply. You've persuaded me to go for the simple upgrade, and to think about installing a 'traditional' desktop from the repos if I don't get on with Unity. Many thanks mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Microsoft starts abusing UEFI on ARM
You may have seen this. http://www.softwarefreedom.org/blog/2012/jan/12/microsoft-confirms-UEFI-fears-locks-down-ARM/ How surprising! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu one and google +
On 22/12/11 23:55, Alan Pope wrote: So in my opinion we should be where people are. People most definitely are on G+, whether you are or not. I don't use G+, so I can't check: Is Debian on G+? mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu one and google +
On 23/12/11 11:36, Mark Fraser wrote: On Friday 23 Dec 2011 11:30:42 mac wrote: On 22/12/11 23:55, Alan Pope wrote: So in my opinion we should be where people are. People most definitely are on G+, whether you are or not. I don't use G+, so I can't check: Is Debian on G+? Yes they are - https://plus.google.com/111711190057359692089/posts Ta! (Interesting, philosophically!) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] No, You Won't See Me on Facebook, Google Plus, nor Skype - Bradley M. Kuhn ( Brad ) ( bkuhn )
What do you reckon to Brad's argument?... http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2011/11/24/google-plus.html mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Are we missing the point with an OS ?
On 03/12/2011 17:33, John Davis wrote: I am an experienced Linux/Ubuntu user, I went to night school to learn it. I use Ubuntu and Windows 7 on a daily basis and think that the OS is just somewhere to store the programmes I need to work with. In Windows, it is the Apps that have to perform properly, like Office,Photoshop, email etc. It seems that with Ubuntu et al, effort is put into the OS but it does not seem the same with the applications, there developers seem to be left to their own devices. Without applications, the OS is useless. I think this is why cloud computing is becoming more popular, Or am I missing the point, John Davis No, John, you're not missing the point. This is entirely the point for most folk - they just want to be able to do the jobs they need to do, simply, pleasantly and successfully. Those who are preoccupied with the niceties of the OS are a bit like Hi-fi enthusiasts of old, whose idea of a perfect system was one where you put an unrecorded disc on the turntable, turn the gain up full, and hear... silence! Most of us just want the music. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Are we missing the point with an OS ?
On 03/12/2011 17:51, Liam Proven wrote: snip It is not that Linux has great apps - TBH the choice is better on Windows or Mac and often the quality is a lot higher, too. It is that: [1] these days, Linux does all the stuff that most people really *need* [2] you get all these tools for nothing This is dead right, Liam. We have mostly Ubuntu systems in our house - for web browsing, e-mail, writing the occasional article or letter, etc. But for serious photographic work we run Lightroom, Photoshop, etc on a Mac. As you say, the main concern for most ordinary users is the quality effectiveness of the applications, not the details of the OS. (Though I have found Unity irritating, and 11.04 / 11.10 problematical on some older kit; so I'm waiting for 12.04, but may well switch to xfce.) Horses for courses, as you say. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Top Posting
On 24/11/11 19:29, Andres wrote: I know there is a setup somewhere in evolution to enable bottom posting but i have not found it in thunderbird. In Account Settings Composition Addressing. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Top Posting
On 23/11/11 10:10, Norman Silverstone wrote: snip I am not a computer nerd, just an 'old codger'. When I started to use email I was instructed to put my remarks after the lines upon which I was commenting and to snip out superfluous material... Being an old codger, too, I agree with Norman. The key is to be considerate to your reader: edit the quote so there is just enough to provide context (which is true for interlaced replies, too, where required). Top posting is then normally only necessary in enterprise e-mail where audit trails (=watching your back!) can be important. (And enterprises have so much server space that the ridiculous waste of storage caused by thousands of unedited, repetitious, 'House That Jack Built' e-mail chains doesn't matter, does it?) Like someone else in this thread, I just don't bother reading unedited exchanges where I have to scroll down 2000 lines to get to a bottom-posted, single-sentence comment. It's not considerate, and if you can't be bothered to edit, at least save your readers a lot of trouble by top-posting! mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files
On 10 Nov 2011, at 07:57, Jon Reynolds maill...@jcrdevelopments.com wrote: snip But then its a question of whether to keep all the RAWs or go through the photos and decide which ones are worth keeping and then bin the rest. Yes, the ease with which you can produce hundreds of shots with a digital camera means it's a real problem at first to know what to bin and what to keep. As you build experience, one of the most important things you get better at is ruthless culling of your images, and keeping only the good stuff. Out of focus and badly exposed shots are fairly easy to spot and bin; but then you have to ask, Am I, or anyone else, ever going to want to look at this again, or to try to improve it by editing? If the answer's 'No' and it's not a photo that has personal sentimental value, bin it! Try shooting in RAW. Then transfer the files to your computer. Skim through them, and delete the obvious junk. Then go through them again, and flag or rate the images as Promising / Maybe / Nah, Not Really. Geeqie is good for this on Ubuntu if your not yet using a digital asset management program like digiKam (KDE) or Shotwell (Gnome). Then work on or convert the stuff you think is worth keeping. (Shooting in RAW and then converting everything to JPG for starters is just inefficient.) Some cameras can save images to both a RAW file and a JPG simultaneously. If you import them into Shotwell, it displays them as a single image (Geeqie can do this, too) so that you can do the first-pass culling very easily. If your camera can do this, try it for a bit to see what works best for you. And join a local camera club or photographic society. It'll help your photography a lot (even though you may be the only Linux user there!) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files
On 9 Nov 2011, at 11:36, Jon Reynolds maill...@jcrdevelopments.com wrote: snip The problem I am thinking about is how to best manage storage of RAW and JPEG... should I keep them all? Should I bin the RAWs after viewing the JPEGs and deciding not to do anything with them, but then risk at a later date wishing I hadn't binned the RAWs... can't keep everything I suppose... I have many Gb of photos just in JPEG. If I start duplicating every one with a RAW as well, I would need far too much storage space I think. Best practice is to process and archive the RAW files (which some people convert to DNG instead.) Only produce JPG files for the specific purpose you need them for (as the compression - and therefore quality - will vary according to purpose). JPG is a lossy compressed format, and once discarded, the 'lost' data cannot be recovered for future re-editing. So archive the 'unspoilt' originals. (But do be ruthless about deleting rubbish!) Of course, if you don't ever want to be bothered editing your images, rely on your camera's software to do it for you, and just shoot JPGs. ( But you do then rely on the software engineers' knowing how you want your photos to look.) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files
On 26/10/2011 11:06, Alan Pope wrote: On 26 October 2011 10:58, Sarah Chardsa...@streetentertainers.co.uk wrote: The camera i am using is the Sony a55 and i can't find any photo editor, gimp included that can process the a55 files. They're probably RAW files. Gimp has a plugin for that called gimp-ufraw which can be installed via software centre. Also there's a package called rawstudio which can manipulate RAW files. Not sure the Sony A55 is supported by UFRaw: http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/Cameras.html Looks like you may be able to use it if you install the latest version of dcraw, which UFRaw uses. See last comment here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1037message=37616086changemode=1 mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files
On 26/10/2011 12:06, Philip Stubbs wrote: On 26 October 2011 11:27, macammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote: Not sure the Sony A55 is supported by UFRaw: http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/Cameras.html If by A55 they mean Sony SLT-A55V, then it is supported by UFRaw, according to that page. Well spotted! I missed that in my quick skim. Sarah Is this the right camera? If so, GIMP + UFRaw / gimp-ufraw plugin is the way to go on a Linux system. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] From Evolution to Thunderbird ....
On 12 Aug 2011, at 21:16, Barry Drake bdr...@crosswire.org wrote:
On 12/08/11 20:26, Tony Travis wrote:
I set all my TB accounts to use the 'default' SMTP server for outgoing
email and, as Simon said,
I then select a different default SMTP server depending on if I am sending
email at home or at work.
That's what I figured. But if I set the SMTP to gmx and the account as
ntlworld, I get the following when I try to send unless I change thee-mail
address to my gmx address.
An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: 5.7.0
Sender address does not belong to logged in user {mp-eu002}. Please verify
that your email address is correct in your Mail preferences and try again.
If I send from gmx, the e-mail address I have to put in for the account has
to be a gmx account, but it will let me put the ntlworld address as'reply
to'. I imagine this will prevent me posting to lists that are subscribed to
my ntlworld address.
gmx does not allow you to use a From field that's different from the account
e-mail address you're using to authenticate the SMTP server. The gmail SMTP
server, on the other hand, does allow you to do this with Thunderbird, IIRC.
mac
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] From Evolution to Thunderbird ....
On 12/08/2011 22:06, Barry Drake wrote: On 12/08/11 21:57, mac wrote: gmx does not allow you to use a From field that's different from the account e-mail address you're using to authenticate the SMTP server. The gmail SMTP server, on the other hand, does allow you to do this with Thunderbird, IIRC. mac Well, that's what I expected, but the gmail SMTP server doesn't like it. Evolution sent all the right headers to make it work - like the 'from' field was the same as the SMTP account from field. I guess before I go away again, I'll have to change all my lists to my gmx account. Bother!! I don't understand what problem you're trying to solve. I've just sent this e-mail with my gmx address but using the gmail SMTP server authenticated with a completely different address. Is that not what you're trying to do? mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google+
On 7 Jul 2011, at 10:32, Dave Hanson d...@hansonforensics.co.uk wrote: I'm keen to get on this if anyone could invite me please? Google has opened Google plus to all account holders. See http://plus.google.com mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity
On 4 Jul 2011, at 16:41, Dino T. d...@dinot.co.uk wrote: Sent to those who asked. :) Hope you got the emails guys. Let me know. I'm sorry to say that I didn't get the email invitation to join Google+. If anyone did, and could now offer me an invitation, I'd be most grateful: ammgramm [at] gmail [dott] com Thanks! mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity
On 01/07/2011 14:35, Dino T. wrote: I can send google+ invites to anyone, just need a gmail address or hotmail/yahoo that has a google account associated. That would be good. I am ammgramm followed by the [at] gmail [dott] com domain Ta very much! mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo MTE450
On 30/06/2011 16:18, Norman Silverstone wrote: I have recently installed Ubuntu 11.04 and I am unable to get the buttons on the pad to respond when I am using GIMP. The pen and its buttons are OK. Prior to installing 11.04 I was using 9.10 and the buttons on the pad worked. Norman This is, I'm afraid, a hardy perennial: every new release of Ubuntu breaks the solutions that 'Favux' and others have engineered to get Wacom tablets working. I'm sorry to say that I had to give up on this endless cycle when I started a serious photography course (for which I now use an Intuos 4 with an iMac and the various industry standard post-processing software). I can only suggest the usual approach: trawl through the recent stuff on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=967147 which I notice started in November 2008 (!). I see that Favux - God bless him; that man deserves a medal - is still toiling to repair Ubuntu's Wacom software, this time after the breakages caused by the 11.04 upgrade. He's a great bloke, and will reply to your posts on that thread most helpfully. But do read and apply the relevant advice on the thread first. Best wishes, as always. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] The Leading Cause Of The Recent Linux Kernel Power Problems [Phoronix]
Power usage has been an issue with 11.04. This article may mean more to some of you folks than it does to me. (Apologies if this is old news!) http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=articleitem=linux_2638_aspmnum=1 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites
On 24/06/2011 10:03, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: snip Not so. How can the IT dept evaluate a FINANCIAL reporting application? Especially an internationally-recognised market leader? The IT dept is a SERVICE dept. If the MD says I want such and such a software because I think we can benefit from it, the IT dept shouldn't throw a hissy fit just because the MD didn't consult them about what software HE wants - they should buckle down and install it. Well, I guess the MD has an IT dept to advise him/her on technical matters. So surely the process should be: finance guys want to be able to do some stuff, and they find a package that will do it; finance and IT *discuss* whether the package will do the job cost-effectively and will integrate into IT systems OK; finance and IT reach an agreed decision (or escalate to Board/MD if they can't). The problem here seems to be substituting a playground brawl for a decision process: I want this, so do it! versus You didn't ask me, so shan't! What a catastrophic way for a business to work! mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites
On 17 Jun 2011, at 14:33, Jon Reynolds maill...@jcrdevelopments.com wrote: I've just had a look at my little un's school website and the first thing that stop you doing anything useful, i.e. like using the navigation menu, is the fact that for some (cannot imagine) reason, it is required to install Java on your machine, just so you can use the navigation links??... I see from th top of their page that they're recognised for ICT! mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wacom bamboo tablets...
On 15/05/2011 12:58, Timothy Rittman wrote: This topic has come up from time to time on the list, so I'm asking for a quick update! I am thinking of getting a wacom bamboo touch and pen to work with kubuntu 10.10. Does anyone have any experience as to whether it works and how well? You can get the Wacom tablets working. There are resources to help: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wacom http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=967147 and others. And there are active developers, a leading one of which is Favux (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=60) I haven't tried to install a Wacom tablet for a while. With the help of the resources I've indicated, I was able to get all the stylus and mouse functionality working up to 10.04 And I was able to get most of the button functions working (I understand this may have progressed by now. But new versions of Ubuntu, and kernel updates, have been known to break things. Wacom tablets seem not to be a priority for the OS developers, not surprisingly I suppose.) I was never able to get the multiple sets of button functions that the Wacom proprietary software provides. But the tablet was highly functional for use with, say, GIMP. So I'd say read the resources above and give it a go. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mail hosting
On 14/03/2011 13:57, Tony Travis wrote: snip Sorry, I am late to this thread, but I use UKFSN (UK Free Software Network), who donate money to FLOSS development: http://ukfsn.org Tony Thanks for taking the trouble to reply to this. I'm afraid that, at £20 + VAT for a single domain, the UKFSN e-mail hosting costs are much higher than I wanted to pay. Thanks for the suggestion, though. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mail hosting
On 13 Mar 2011, at 07:38, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: Google Apps for Domains. Ah, sorry — and not Google! :-( -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mail hosting
On 13/03/11 09:13, Sean Miller wrote: On 13 March 2011 08:06, macammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote: Ah, sorry — and not Google! :-( I would have suggested Google too... what sort of mail server are you after? And how much do you want to spend? I just want basic mail hosting for my own domain. I just need IMAP (though + web mail would be convenient sometimes), and I really only need up to 5 mailboxes. Under £1 a month would be nice. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mail hosting
On 13/03/2011 11:10, Colin Law wrote: I have found virtualnames.co.uk very reliable and inexpensive. Also very responsive and helpful if there are any problems. Thanks, Colin, I'll take a look. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mail hosting
On 13/03/11 11:15, Sean Miller wrote: Can I ask why you have ruled out Google? Oh, it's a personal preference. As Eben Moglen says, along with Google's wonderful services, you get spying for free. http://royal.pingdom.com/2010/01/08/how-google-collects-data-about-you-and-the-internet/ But I don't want to engage in a polemic about this. We have to decide for ourselves what we're OK with. Personally, I have as little to do with Google as possible (and yes, I do block google-analytics on web sites I visit; and I search with Scroogle or Ixquick. Pass me a tin-foil hat!) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mail hosting
On 13/03/2011 15:28, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: I've used 1 and 1 for some years now - £0.69 per month for 5 mailboxes, IMAP supplied AND they use Linux to host it on... Thanks for the info, Gordon, and thanks to everyone for the help and information. I've been researching your various suggestions, and looking into the options, and I've decided simply to use mail forwarding from an existing account. Thanks again for all your help. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Mail hosting
I'm looking for a cheap, reliable mail hosting service (and, no, I don't want to run my own server!). Any recommendations? mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice
On 19/02/2011 13:16, Sean Miller wrote: Having worked with Oracle for 22 years I think I perhaps have less distrust of Larry Ellison's company than some Oh, I don't distrust them. On the contrary, I trust them to do what they do very well: invent ways of making money. In the case of OOo, that will mean trying to 'extend' and 'monetise' it. snip Sun wasn't any more not for profit than Oracle is. I'm trying to think what our Solaris servers cost back in 1993 Yes, indeed, of course Sun did sell things for profit - but not Open Office, which Oracle will want to find ways of making money out of. And one guesses they will do that by introducing proprietary 'enhancements'. So if you want 'free' in both senses, looks like Libre Office is the only show in town. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice
On 19/02/2011 06:05, Hassan Haz Williamson wrote: @Mac, Thanks for that. Interesting read. Personally I'm going where the developers are, I have a feeling that Oracle might try to swing things to their favour and might close down some aspects of OOo - either that or try to incorporate their own proprietary database system in somehow. I could be wrong, but that's just my opinion of it. Yes, you'd expect Oracle to want to make money - it's what they do - and that means only giving (some) things to people who pay. So they're bound to look for ways of doing that with stuff that Sun used to give away for nothing. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Preferred online storage solution?
On 17/02/11 08:17, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 17/02/11 05:55, Phill Whiteside wrote: But, as ever... I had a plan 'B' -- http://www.adrive.com/static/storageplans_basic They offer 50GB for free :D The thing that concerns me is that a company like that, which would seem to be relatively unknown (I had never heard of it for example), unless it has very rock-steady investors, may of course just disappear - in which case what happens to your data? You might also want to read their Terms of Service and Privacy policy. I just did. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice
Just to follow up the recent thread - I guess some but not all of us may have come across this: http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/open-office-dilemma-openofficeorg-vs-libreoffice-716 mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Office suite choice?
On 08/02/2011 11:20, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: Thing is I use LTS versions, so shan't be upgrading until 12.04.and am trying to decide which way to go now. I'm using LibreOffice on Linux desktops and laptops and on an iMac. I should say I don't do anything very fancy, but it seems to be working fine - at least as good as OpenOffice ever did. And it seems to handle changing the default template on the iMac better than OOo did. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Icon-sized front pages of pdfs
On 27/01/11 09:01, Rowan Berkeley wrote: snip...There is a simple preferences box which allows the usual modifications of what gets displayed in a file list, but I can't see how to deactivate this particular feature. Does anyone know a way? You mean you only want to turn off thumbnails for pdfs, but not for other types of file? mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Camera ?
On 25/11/2010 14:19, Ted Wager wrote: I am thinking of buying a Panasonic TZ8 digital camera Could anyone tell me if this will mount in Linux ? When you say 'mount' what do you mean? In my experience, as a minimum, if a camera has a USB port, you can connect it to an Ubuntu machine with the SD card inside, and the camera will be mounted as an external drive. Mostly they will mount and your photo-manager software (F-Spot, Shotwell, etc) will start up automatically, ready to import the files. But you can always take the SD card out, and stick it in a card reader, where it will mount as an external mass storage device. AFAIK, the TZ8 uses JPEG for image files (and MPEG? for video). No problem with those formats. (It doesn't shoot RAW files). Should be fine. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Camera ?
On 25/11/10 16:09, Barry Drake wrote: On Thu, 2010-11-25 at 14:19 +, Ted Wager wrote: I am thinking of buying a Panasonic TZ8 digital camera Could anyone tell me if this will mount in Linux ? ...Canon EOS range do not mount as a mass storage device, instead they use a standard that gphoto can work with. In my experience, most professional / serious amateur photographers remove their SD/CF cards from their cameras and use a card reader to transfer the images to storage devices (often as part of a work flow involving a digital asset management application such as Digikam). It's common for photographers to store images on relatively small SD/CF cards (e.g. 4Gb), and use several of them during a shoot or trip. (Avoids eggs in one basket.) Anyway, the point is that there's no real need to connect cameras with removable SD/CF cards directly to computers; and Ubuntu will mount cards even if a particular camera uses an idiosyncratic or proprietary protocol for direct connection. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/Linux is still not an OS for the masses - discuss
On 13/10/10 23:49, azmodie wrote: snip in the meantime i think new and general users should run the more stable Long Term Support release (LTS). as it is generally the most stable release compared to the 6 monthly release. tends to upgrade to next LTS more reliably than the 6 monthly to 6 monthly. For a number of years now, I've upgraded both LTS and 6-month releases (and installed several versions on various machines from scratch). The upgrade from Hardy to Lucid on my main machine last week was a pain - Thunderbird's windowing and menus not working, Xsane ceasing to function, splash screen graphics wrong. After hours of fruitless investigation, I found that several of the problems seem related to the removal of the fglrx driver (which doesn't support Xorg 1.7), which has caused some folk a lot of difficulty. It's this sort of thing that leads to the kind of frustration that upset the OP, and one has to sympathise, even though there may be 'good' reasons for the hassle. It certainly confirms the old adage that FOSS is only free if your time has no value. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo Vote
Alan Pope wrote: On 24 Aug 2010, at 22:37, Alan Bell alanbellt...@googlemail.com wrote: Voting is now open at http://pollka.libertus.co.uk please vote for the logos you like in the traditional fashion by marking the ones you like as full of win and those you are not so fussed about as meh. You get an extra vote to cast for your most favorite. You will get an email with a link in it. If you do not click the link then your vote does not count. Who is eligible to vote? I just voted, simply as a member of this list; but I did not get an email with a link in it, so I may not have met an eligibility criterion. I wonder which, and how the voting system knows. ;-) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Logo Vote
Alan Lord (News) wrote: Please check your spam filters. There were quite a few peeps last night on IRC saying the mail went into their gmail junk folder. It worked for me. Not in the junk mail, I fear. Clearly, I'm just not good enough to be allowed to vote. ;-) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox not getting focus
Matt Wheeler wrote: I'm also experiencing the same behaviour, but I actually prefer it. I don't really like apps stealing focus (even if I did click on a link) Yes, from bug reports and other comments a lot of folk seem to share your preference, and that may be why the behaviour was changed. I am gradually getting used to a process of selecting all the liferea items I want to read so that they open as new tabs in FF in the background, and then going to FF to do the reading. It would, however, be nice to have the option of choosing which behaviour one preferred. Sadly, despite much searching, I can't find a way of doing this. There are some very knowledgeable folk on this list, but no one here has suggested how to control the focussing behaviour, so I guess I'll just have to get used to a different 'workflow' for reading liferea items. Or learn how to program, to change FF myself. (I don't think so!) ;-) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox not getting focus
Mark Fraser wrote: I've found out how to fix it in Kubuntu, click on the Firefox logo at the top left of the window and select configure window behaviour, click on Focus and change Focus stealing prevention level to none. Bingo! Thanks for the hint. You don't do it so easily in Gnome/Compiz, but here's how for anyone who's interested: Go to System Preferences Advanced Desktop Effects Setting (or CompizConfig Settings Manager) General Options Focus Raise Behaviour and set Focus Prevention Level to 'Off' Cheers, Mark :-) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox not getting focus
Mark Fraser wrote: snip I haven't been able to get Firefox to gain focus like that since doing a clean install of Kubuntu 10.04. I don't think the issue is caused by the OS, as I see it on machines running Hardy, Karmic and Lucid (and with various versions of Liferea). It has only recently started, and I suspect Firefox Ver 3.6.7. Now, I know one or two folk here use Firefox. :-) Some also use Liferea; and I guess at least a few must have Liferea set to open items in the browser? So has anyone else noticed that Firefox no longer gets focus after you click the space bar, say, to open a Liferea item? (I can't believe that Mark and me are the only people plagued by this change.) And if you've also found a fix to restore the previous behaviour of FF, it would be really good to hear it. :-) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Firefox not getting focus
I notice that recently that when I click a URL in an e-mail, or select an item in Liferea (ver 1.6.0 in Karmic; 1.6.2 in Hardy), a new tab opens in Firefox (with Firefox already running), but Firefox does not get focus as it once did. Instead, I have to bring Firefox to the front manually to read the item. This behaviour is new (after the recent update to FF 3.6.7?). In about:config I have browser.tabs.loadInBackground = false Searches suggest that the default behaviour I used to find useful - switch immediately to FF when I click a URL or Liferea item - has been viewed by some as a bug. Can anyone suggest how I might restore the former behaviour? mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How does standard Ubuntu install compare to this?
Juan R. de Silva wrote: snip I'm always bothered with the articles of the kind. Their are of no interest to an expert and at the same time do not provide any help to a novice... I know from my own past experience that such articles are in fact quite discouraging for newbies. Juan You're comments are very perceptive. The only really useful article would be a step-by-step 'How to' for novices that helped them set up basic security, and gave some URLs to good introductory information. By definition, novices don't know what they don't know, don't know how to fix it, and don't know how to find out. Hope someone from SafeOnLine reads your post! :-) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] no wired network after Lucid upgrade
mac wrote: I've just upgraded my Dell 6400 laptop from Karmic to Lucid... Since the upgrade, there is no wired connection at all. Still only have wireless, despite trying a couple of poorly-understood fixes I came across. Various bug reports mention this problem, but don't seem to have been taken further. Has anyone upgraded a laptop Karmic to Lucid, and got the proper default behaviour (detects wired connection, and uses it by default if present; otherwise uses wireless)? mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] no wired network after Lucid upgrade
John Stevenson wrote: snip There is a checkbox at the very bottom of the edit connection name called Available to all users, make sure this is checked. Bingo! That's fixed the wired connection, which is now working perfectly. I still don't see the previous NetworkManager behaviour of selecting just the wired connection if present: rather, the ethernet and the wireless NICs both connect now. (I don't know whether that's a problem?) Anyway, I can just disconnect the wireless if I need to (e.g. for upgrading). Thanks very much for your helpful advice. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] no wired network after Lucid upgrade
I've just upgraded my Dell 6400 laptop from Karmic to Lucid. Previously, if I wired the laptop to the router, it would use the wired connection by default, ignoring the wireless NIC; without the ethernet link, it would default to wireless. Since the upgrade, there is no wired connection at all. Searches indicate there have been issues with Network Manager in Lucid; but I have not found any info that helps me restore the wired connectivity of my laptop, and the default selection of the wired connection when available. If anyone here has encountered and solved this problem, I'd be grateful for advice. TIA mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] TrueCrypt + Dropbox/UbuntuOne
I'm running Karmic. I want to use TrueCrypt 6.3a in portable mode for volumes in Dropbox and Ubuntu One, but I cannot see Tools/Traveller Disk Setup on the TrueCrypt interface to create the files. Any advice/suggestions, please? TIA mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] TrueCrypt + Dropbox/UbuntuOne
Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: Could I suggest using something like cryptkeeper to create encfs-encrypted files? This way only changed files are uploaded, rather than the monolithic TrueCrypt volumes. Thanks for the suggestion. Am I right in thinking you'd need cryptkeeper installed and running on the computer you're using to access the files? With TrueCrypt, it should be possible to have the encrypted volume and the Portable TrueCrypt app on the server (e.g. Dropbox), which would let you access the volume from any computer, even if it didn't have TrueCrypt installed. Trouble is, I can't find how to install the Portable app files on the server with the TrueCrypt 6.3 I have running on my Karmic system. :-( -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo
Norman Silverstone wrote: snip ...The Bamboo is recognised, works as a mouse, there is some button reaction but what happens is not what is required. Oh, dear, not again! I'm still using 9.10, where - as you said - the Wacom tablet works fine; so I'm sorry to hear that it's broken again in 10.04, and so near the release date. Looks like I shan't be upgrading soon, then. Do you happen to know the references for relevant bug reports? mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Backup strategies: [Was Hard drive- Bad sectors]
Alan Lord (News) wrote: snip It isn't perfect - currently it uses rsync but this makes it hard to recover from a few days (or weeks) ago. I've been meaning to migrate it to rsnapshot but just haven't got round to it yet. Would you mind saying a bit more about the problem with rsync? I've used it regularly for backup, but I've not had to recover much (only bits of data I've accidentally deleted). So, in view of your passing comment that it's hard to recover from a few days/weeks ago, I'm now a bit worried about not being able to recover from a more serious data loss. And how is rsnapshot better? TIA mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Backup strategies: [Was Hard drive- Bad sectors]
Alan Lord (News) wrote: The way my script (and I think rsync) works is that what is stored on my backup location is only a copy of what was last backed up (i.e. last night). If I wanted to restore a system to how it was say 3 days or one week ago I don't think you can. Ah, I see. I do weekly backups on this home system. There's not a vast amount of data to handle, so weekly is OK here. My backup script does Grandfather-Father-Son rsyncs to three different drives, so there are always two 'historic' copies. I can see that in an office, with a lot of data, having hourly, daily, weekly, etc., snapshots is much more important. Thanks for the clarification. (I can relax. Phew!) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill
Andy wrote: snip 189 MPs voted Yes (Aye), 47 voted No (Noe). There are 646 MPs so most of them couldn't even be bothered to vote. Worse yet, according to press reports many of those who voted did not attend the preceding debate. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill
jim.came...@buhlersortex.com wrote: L'economie, c'est moi. Blimey, are you really Peter Mandelson? mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill
Martin Topping wrote: snip So does anyone know where/when we can find out what actually happened wrt the Bill? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8608478.stm mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] My Desktop's disappeared
Dianne Reuby wrote: snip Somehow I've deleted that folder, but I don't know how! Forgive me if I'm being stupid, but is it, by any chance, in your waste bin? mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mailing list delays?
Dianne Reuby wrote: Anyone else had delays in the list?... snip Anyone else getting this? I've had so many email problems lately (with all my email accounts!) I'm getting paranoid. It's been OK here, I'm afraid. :-( mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Possible Training Events
Bruno Girin wrote: I've given technical training in the past and would be happy to help. I was impressed with the thoroughness of your summary, Bruno. Seems to me you noted most of the elements, and outlined the relevant options. Rather than us engaging in a long discussion, I wondered if it wouldn't be more useful for a few people just to run little local 'pilot' events, to see what the issues really are, and what seemed to work. The biggest hurdle will probably be to find locations and equipment to run the trainings. As you say, venue and kit may be the main problem. I wondered if an option to deal with this might be to offer a short series of evening class at the local high school (many of which run 'recreational' evening classes), or approach the University of the Third Age or the Workers Educational Association to offer a short course. Just a thought. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Petition re European software patenting
You may already have seen this, but, if not, you may be interested: http://petition.stopsoftwarepatents.eu/741002697334/ mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting
Philip Stubbs wrote: ...If anybody is going to trust their deepest darkest secrets to an open postcard, then they are a fool. The kind of data-mining that Google does on *everything* that you pass through their servers is not about logging our extra-marital affairs (if any!) or our carelessly revealed passwords or fanciful plans for taking over the world. It's about extracting keywords, key phrase, addresses and other data in order to analyse social associations, interests, preferences, likely behaviour, and so on, for their own use or for selling on to others. That's done on all the searches, documents, data files and e-mail addresses that pass through their servers (including the e-mails of all the people who post to you, even if they themselves are not googlemail account holders). Data-mining is not just about the 'privacy' of the immediate content. And Google is a world-class data-miner. If you're going to use *any* of their Web2.0 services, you have to understand this, and decide whether you personally find it acceptable. I don't. (And, in case you're wondering, I use scroogle for searches.) Right. I'm not going to post anything else about this. But I am grateful to folk who - in the main topic of this thread - gave me good information about mail hosting services. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting
Gordon wrote: Russell Hay wrote: +1 for hosted gmail Hasn't Gmail had one or two major outages recently? I noticed a few people are keen on Google mail. Yes, folk tell me it's convenient (I don't know about outages); but Google is in to data-mining on a vast scale. I suppose if you're happy for them (and their partners, clients, US government agencies, and who knows who else) to know more about you and your behaviour than you yourself know (even without any linking to non-Google databases they may go in for), that's not a problem. But for me, I'll survive without the 'convenience'. Call me paranoid... mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting
Philip Stubbs wrote: I hope you are wearing your foil hat right now Glad you're confident of your anonymity... De-Anonymizing Social Networks by Narayanan Shmatikov: http://www.scribd.com/doc/15021482/DeAnonymizing-Social-Networks-Shmatikov-Narayanan But even if it's easy, why would anyone ever want to know what you do, what you like, whom you know? And let's hope it stays that way. Forever. Well, for the next ten years. Well, for a bit, anyway. Like those families who were placed under video surveillance under the RIPA must have thought, before some bloke in the local council suspected they might have done something REALLY dangerous, like applying for a school place when living outside its catchment. ;-) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting
Rowan Berkeley wrote: I think you have to assume The Man knows what kind of spud U like, etc. Mmm... a comfortable abdication only if the innocent never come to harm. But, even so, you don't have to hand over your wallet to The Man *before* he holds you up at knife point, do you? mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting
Following the massive e-mail outage (again) at Fasthosts yesterday, I'm looking to move my e-mail-only account. Does anyone have any experience / comments about Heart Internet or 5 Quid Host? Their free or cheap-as-chips packages look OK. I'm not fussed about the web space aspect, really, more the e-mail service. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting
mac wrote: ...Does anyone have any experience / comments about Heart Internet or 5 Quid Host?.. Thanks to everyone for taking the trouble to reply and for the very useful comments. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Audio Streams
Robert Longstaff wrote: They do, but all the Windows Media content from the Beeb is DRM'd (as far as I can see) and AFAIK there are a) no Linux media players (including mplayer!) that can play Windows Media DRM'd files and b) no way of stripping the DRM without using Windows. I don't know if the Radio 4 stream is an exception but the following plays quite happily using mplayer (with the right codecs installed); mms://wmlive-acl.bbc.co.uk/wms/bbc_ami/radio4/radio4_bb_live_eq1_sl0 Maybe similar URLs can be found for the other stations? European radio stations: http://www.listenlive.eu/index.html BBC: (I haven't tried all of these, but the ones I have tried do work; you need gstreamer-plugins-ugly): BBC Radio 1: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/wm_asx/aod/radio1_hi.asx BBC 1Xtra: http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/realmedia/1xtra_hi.asx BBC Radio 2: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/wm_asx/aod/radio2_hi.asx BBC Radio 3: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/wm_asx/aod/radio3_hi.asx BBC Radio 4 (FM): http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/wm_asx/aod/radio4.asx BBC Radio 4 (LW): http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/wm_asx/aod/radio4_lw.asx BBC Radio Five Live - UK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/live/live.asx BBC Radio Five Live - International: http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/live/live_int.asx BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra UK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/live/live_sportsextra.asx BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra - International: http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/live/l...sextra_int.asx BBC 6Music: http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/ram/6music_hi.asx BBC7: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/realplayer/bbc7_hi.asx mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Audio Streams
mac wrote: snip BBC: (I haven't tried all of these, but the ones I have tried do work; you need gstreamer-plugins-ugly): snip Forgot to say that these URLs seem to work with Rhythmbox (though I normally play radio streams through Slimdevices/Logitech SqueezeCentre + Squeezeboxes). mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Liferea: transfer settings from 1.4 to 1.6?
Neil Greenwood wrote: snip Hmm, I should have read Matt's reply before posting! I agree with him that purge should only affect system configuration. Yes, that's right. But as I had no idea how Liferea was installed, and as a simple 'remove' didn't seem to fix things, I invoked 'belt and braces'! Actually, it turned out there was an XML file in ~/.gconf/apps, which wasn't cleared by the 'remove', and seemed to be affecting the reinstall; and of course you have to manually delete the .liferea_1.6 folder in /home. In the end, I finished up doing a 'find' to get rid of the various bits lying about - not the first time that removing a simple little app from Linux has turned into a frustrating paperchase! Anyway, it's fixed now, and working properly, without my having to manually transfer all the settings. So I'm grateful, as always, for the generous help of folk on this list. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Liferea: transfer settings from 1.4 to 1.6?
I've just done a clean install of Karmic on a Dell laptop. I want to transfer my Liferea_1.4 settings; but Karmic uses Liferea_1.6. It's turning out to be a complete PITA. I don't fancy redoing all the settings by hand. Anyone had success with this? mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
