Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asterisk and getting a SIP number
You can get a free SIP Address @ekiga.net if it's for a softphone you're looking for :) -- -Original Message- From: bouncysteve bouncyst...@gmail.com Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:40:31 To: UK Ubuntu Talkubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asterisk and getting a SIP number -- 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] Asterisk and getting a SIP number
Guess I kind of misread that one -- -Original Message- From: thegeeksquad...@ymail.com Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:11:05 To: UK Talkubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: thegeeksquad...@ymail.com, UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asterisk and getting a SIP number You can get a free SIP Address @ekiga.net if it's for a softphone you're looking for :) -- -Original Message- From: bouncysteve bouncyst...@gmail.com Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:40:31 To: UK Ubuntu Talkubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asterisk and getting a SIP number -- 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@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] mbr
Just curious to know this, as I don't format disks too often, but does formatting a HD rid it of any bad sectors? I assume not, but I'm a tad perplexed! Nick -- -Original Message- From: Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:10:52 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] mbr On 28/01/12 17:31, Liam Proven wrote: There are boot floppy images for free download on: http://www.bootdisk.com/ Free download? The guy seems to want me to pay $4 for any of his downloads. Could be worth it, but I'll stick with Clonezilla as it doesn't cost even $1. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- 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] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?
Is Ubuntu going in the wrong direction? For starters, it seems as though hordes of users - including myself have switched over to Linux Mint and Arch in some cases. I've been using Ubuntu since Hardy and am sad to leave it go, but the last two versions have been buggy beyond belief, and furthermore Unity is for tablets and Netbooks, not Desktops and laptops. The attitude of Canonical is so poor - so many users have been saying what they want; they've ignored, and Linux Mint has filled the hole. Mint 11 was perfect; Mint 12, I'm not liking Gnome 3 MSGE, regularly crashes, but they're supporting MATE - which is the future as far as I am concerned, along with the old Gnome 2.x as well. Ubuntu just lags and lags and is so irresponsive. The memory leaks so badly lately - which was the reason I made the Mint switchover that so many are doing. Not trying to start a flame war, but I loved the OLD Ubuntu, now that Ubuntu is Mint. Ditch Unity, change the attitude and we're onto a winner again. Is this a sneek peek of Win8, supposedly 'tablet/mobile and desktop', in a way I kinda hope so ;) - at least Windows will be gone. Seriously, you only have to look at DistroWatch to count down the days before Mint overtakes its base, as Ubuntu did with Debian. -- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Rugby World Cup site uses MS Silverlight for videos
Wait, run me through on this. WHY were the entire Linux community (20,000,000 people) unable to view??? Nick -- -Original Message- From: bod...@googlemail.com Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:26:21 To: Ubuntu-Ukubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: bod...@googlemail.com, UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Rugby World Cup site uses MS Silverlight for videos You could say that the entire linux community was unable to view - is that figure in the millions or hudred thousands? Bodsda --Original Message-- From: Colin Law Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com To: Ubuntu-Uk ReplyTo: Ubuntu-Uk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Rugby World Cup site uses MS Silverlight for videos Sent: 23 Oct 2011 13:55 On 23 October 2011 13:51, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 23 October 2011 13:47, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: I've already complained - anyone else like to? http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/contact.html Given Microsoft are a sponsor they're hardly likely to choose anything else :( At least if we complain then the IRB will realise that they are causing problems to some. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -- 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] Keyboard not responding at login
Just gonna say on here. Out of the Computing world, people are people, and yes Apple have basically ripped the hell out of Linux and BSD, but I pray for Steve Jobs family publicly here. Amen -- -Original Message- From: Bod Soutar bod...@googlemail.com Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 17:54:20 To: UK Ubuntu Talkubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Keyboard not responding at login On 5 October 2011 22:53, Tony Pursell a...@princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk wrote: Can anyone figure out what is wrong here. It's my Asus EEEPC 1015PEM netbook running Natty. It was OK on Monday, but today, when I get to the login screen only the Esc key and the track pad/mouse buttons seem to work. So I can select my login with the mouse from the list of logins but not key in my password and hit Enter. There seems nothing physically wrong with the keyboard. It works in a root shell in recovery mode (from the GRUB menu) and also when I boot into Windows 7. Any ideas would be much appreciated. Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Any recent changes made to the system? Hardware, Firmware, Software, Updates etc... I have only ever seen this issue with usb keyboards... Incidentally, if you attach a usb keyboard, does it work? Bodsda -- 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] Ada Lovelace Event
No offence to anyone here with my views, but I simply do not agree with men and women's groups, because a) generally women's groups are fine and men's aren't (considered sexist) and b) I'm pretty sure it can divide a community. -- -Original Message- From: la...@lczajkowski.com Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:59:58 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Ada Lovelace Event -- 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] anyone in cullompton
If anyone was at Sarries I'd be there? Nick -- -Original Message- From: paul sutton zl...@zleap.net Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 21:02:59 To: UK Ubuntu Talkubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] anyone in cullompton Hi Just wondered if anyone was in cullompton as Paignton are playing there on 1st October, if anyone was going to the rugby game perhaps we can have a chat. Paul -- 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] [marketing] A lesson in marketing - Congo condoms -Ted5 minute video
As someone who made the switch under a year ago, I can testify the amount you learn. I used to know little to nothing, but not - not an expert, but I know a substantial amount, learning for some people can be the switching point. Nick -- -Original Message- From: Barry Titterton barry.titter...@mail.adsl4less.com Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:55:23 To: UK Ubuntu Talkubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] A lesson in marketing - Congo condoms - Ted5 minute video On Thu, 2011-09-22 at 22:15 +0100, alan c wrote: On 22/09/11 18:06, paul sutton wrote: If a friend complains their computer has a virus, ask what is a virus?,and say you use Ubuntu and never have that issue, offer to dual boot their computer or at least boot a live cd and recover that essential file, they a) leave happy, b) get a good impression of how ubuntu (or any linux) is a good thing, and c) hopefully ask for it to be installed. The timescales in such a situation can be quite long. I am in contact with a lot of Windows users at perpetual novice level, and if they know me they seem to regard my knowledge with some awe (which is touching because as Ubuntu users go I am on the novice side of experienced). However, people -simply- -do- -not- -believe- what I say and what others say, about, say Ubuntu. I have a friend who I worked with before we both retired some years ago. He was/is a mathematician and engineer. He was senior to me in technical matters. It took literally *several* years, until his XP laptop ground to a halt, before he was prepared to accept my help to make a dual boot machine. He now uses only the Ubuntu os. The turning point was a conversation, when I (again) (tactfully) mentioned the Ubuntu alternative. He suddenly said 'I HATE' Windows! He said he had another friend who was saying the *opposite* to what I was saying. That if he could not do Windows, then Linux was NOT for him (the 'L' word again) He trusted us both. And had a conflict of direction. His existing XP at least was familiar. So, we live in a situation where only complete desperation will prompt users to risk change. Then they need a lot of hand holding because at every turn they are faced with a Windows user prompting them to stay in the club. This is more than a monopoly of retail supply, there is a long term effect, fed I guess from Microsoft and their very skillful marketing people. There is psychology and emotional issues. Part of the effect arises from users being and feeling unable to understand or control what happens. They get to feel helpless. Things go wrong as they try to go through hoops, and they get frightened. And stay frightened. They get so un confident that it really takes an exceptional friend and exceptional situation to prompt a change. -- alan cocks Ubuntu user I have managed one convert and one potential convert in the last two weeks by using the try it on an old machine approach. The first person is a member of a computer club where I help out. He had an old Acer laptop that originally had Vista on it, and ran so slow that it was almost unusable. 48 hours after installing 10.04 he sent me an email saying he was delighted with the revitalised machine and asked for me to put Ubuntu on his desktop and also on his Win7 net book, which he says runs too slow. The second potential convert is a young work colleague who is attempting his own install of 11.04 this weekend. I will have to wait until Monday to find out how successful he was. I hope that they will tell others about their experiences and encourage them to give Ubuntu a try. I also have a spare laptop running 11.04 that I offer to loan to people who express an interest in Ubuntu so that they can try it at full speed with no perceived risk to their own machines. I find that Windows users do not fully trust the live CD concept; to them a CD = Install Software. It helps to get past their initial fears. Barry T -- 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] [marketing] A lesson in marketing - Congo condoms - Ted5 minute video
A nice analogy, if not a bit dirty-minded, but we won't judge ;). The problem with Linux is that we always take it, take the patent infringements, take the lies, the barrage that Microsoft put upon us. Microsoft said that Linux infringes on its patents and tells that around, when in fact - it didn't. It used that as a marketing tool to stop it from getting share. I'm pretty sure they attempted to sue, but it was declared non-copyrightable code. Linus Torvalds should sue the living hell off of Microsoft for all they've done. That is, if my information is all correct, and that they would lose in court, as I am not a lawyer/solicitor etc, so I do not know. Please feel free to correct me and tell me any legal standings between them :). Nick. -- -Original Message- From: alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:01:41 To: British Ubuntu Talkubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] A lesson in marketing - Congo condoms - Ted 5 minute video When something (sex) is a must have, then even the valuable life saving benefits of condoms need a real world marketing strategy. I found it fascinating to translate some of this situation towards FLOSS marketing. One nice difference of course, is that condoms actually are available there, in the shops, unlike Ubuntu PCs! Amy Lockwood: Selling condoms in the Congo http://bit.ly/qxTHCP -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- 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] [marketing] A lesson in marketing - Congo condoms - Ted5 minute video
A nice analogy, if not a bit dirty-minded, but we won't judge ;). The problem with Linux is that we always take it, take the patent infringements, take the lies, the barrage that Microsoft put upon us. Microsoft said that Linux infringes on its patents and tells that around, when in fact - it didn't. It used that as a marketing tool to stop it from getting share. I'm pretty sure they attempted to sue, but it was declared non-copyrightable code. Linus Torvalds should sue the living hell off of Microsoft for all they've done. That is, if my information is all correct, and that they would lose in court, as I am not a lawyer/solicitor etc, so I do not know. Please feel free to correct me and tell me any legal standings between them :). Nick. -- -Original Message- From: alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:01:41 To: British Ubuntu Talkubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] A lesson in marketing - Congo condoms - Ted 5 minute video When something (sex) is a must have, then even the valuable life saving benefits of condoms need a real world marketing strategy. I found it fascinating to translate some of this situation towards FLOSS marketing. One nice difference of course, is that condoms actually are available there, in the shops, unlike Ubuntu PCs! Amy Lockwood: Selling condoms in the Congo http://bit.ly/qxTHCP -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- 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] Ubuntu Printer test page
Can't wait to see whether Compiz works in 11.10 :O -- -Original Message- From: Alan Pope a...@popey.com Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:42:05 To: UK Ubuntu Talkubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page *wibbly wobbly time travel sound effect* (scrolll down - full mail quoted for people who were not on the list 8 months ago) On 18 January 2011 09:56, Paul Sladen ubu...@paul.sladen.org wrote: Hello people, Ubuntu currently ships a printer test page, which looks something like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickj365/4125843224/ and hundreds of thousands (millions...) of these get printed each year by people setting up their printer because the default action offered to the user to to print a test page after adding the printer. Virtually all of these sheets are only usable as scrap-paper afterwards and a lot probably go straight in the bin. It's also currently not that attractive. Question is, could we do something more *useful* with these instead, that would allow them to have a meaningful secondary purpose. I thought of: * A4 advert I run X/K/Ubuntu * My Foobar 2700 duplex printer works with Ubuntu, does yours? * An envelope or magic-folding return-form: http://www.letterfu.com/index.php [*] * Some other zero-cut origami design (animal of the latest release?) And perhaps you could think of a few more. My hope would be that the output could have some longevity, perhaps spark some more interest in Ubuntu. This is a bit like the installer in some ways, originally that was just a progress bar and now it's an interactive slideshow introducing many of the features and look of Ubuntu. -Paul [*] This was done by a Friend a few years back, and I still find it ingenious, it uses diagonal folds that self-interlock and are sealed together by sticking down the stamp. Anything happen with this? I just printed a test page in Oneiric (11.10) and got the usual coloured boxes. :( Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
