Re: [Dorset] Linux Format 116

2009-03-05 Thread Martin Settle
Hi Terry. I'd love a copy. I buy it occasionally, but usually find the cost a bit onerous since I don't have a DVD drive on any of my computers... I do like to read the magazine, though. Marti 2009/3/5 Terry Coles : > I don't know if anyone else noticed, but Linux Format gave away a free web > c

[Dorset] Esoteric packing problem

2009-03-09 Thread Martin Settle
Hi all Sorry about the long message -- I'm trying to be clear about what I'm asking, without knowing the right language! This is a request for programming help (and the only language/script I know is php!) Some of you will know that I work for a social enterprise doing school meal catering. We

Re: [Dorset] Changing the Graphics Card

2009-03-18 Thread Martin Settle
What about sudo dpkg-reconfigure xorg-xserver Marti -- Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ irc://irc.blitzed.org:6667/dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2009-04-01 20:00

Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - One week tonight

2009-07-02 Thread Martin Settle
I was also planning to come to Dorchester, but as my partner is teaching in weymouth until 8:30, Bournemouth would be a challenge. Either way, this will be my last chance for a very long while, as I am moving back to Canada at the end of July! Marti 2009/7/2 Simon O'Riordan > I could manage th

Re: [Dorset] Dorchester Pub Meet Tonight, Tuesday.

2009-07-07 Thread Martin Settle
I'll be there at about 9... As added incentive for people to attend, I have a largish stack of Linux Format (with a few Linux Journals) back issues to dispose of before I leave the country... Marti On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 11:10 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi, > > A reminder the Dorchester p

Re: [Dorset] Dorchester Pub Meet Tonight, Tuesday.

2009-07-07 Thread Martin Settle
Oops. Hold that thought. I just left the mags on my desk at Bridport. On 7/7/09, Martin Settle wrote: > > I'll be there at about 9... As added incentive for people to attend, I > have a largish stack of Linux Format (with a few Linux Journals) back > issues to dispose of b

Re: [Dorset] [OT] Internet Explorer on Windows 7

2009-07-10 Thread Martin Settle
On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 12:35 +0100, Sean Gibbins wrote: > "You may have seen in the news a few weeks back that, in order for > Europe to get Windows 7 at the same time as the global launch on 22 > October, Windows 7 will have to be shipped without Internet Explorer. > So, when you buy a new compute

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Martin Settle
Hi Terry I've installed 9.10 but haven't yet tried putting Skype on (I'm mostly using SIP now). Unfortunately, my eee was stolen a few weeks ago. I've replaced it with an earlier model Aspire One. That said, assuming all the hardware works on both, there shouldn't be much difference in the Skyp

Re: [Dorset] Dorchester Pub Meeting, Tonight, 2010-01-05 20:00.

2010-01-05 Thread Martin Settle
I won't be there, but I am laughing at your predicament... We've had almost non-stop snowfall since New Years' Eve http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa/traffic/FrameSet.htm Marti! 2010/1/5 Ralph Corderoy : > > Hi Dorset LUG, > > OK, so various people are saying to put it off tonight's meeting due to > pos

Re: [Dorset] 10.04? Not bloody likely.

2010-05-04 Thread Martin Settle
I'm not having much fun with it on my netbook... I'm now on an Acer Aspire One ZG5, and it doesn't seem particularly faster, and worse, I can't keep my wireless connection live. Seems to be related to the ath5k driver, but I have yet to find a fix. I can't get madwifi to compile... Arrgh. I think

Re: [Dorset] dorset Digest, Vol 331, Issue 6

2010-05-06 Thread Martin Settle
05/05/2010 13:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: > > From: Martin Settle > > Subject: Re: [Dorset] 10.04? Not bloody likely. > > To: Dorset Linux User Group > > Message-ID: > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > I'

Re: [Dorset] OT: But Relevant - Google is releasing a new video codec

2010-05-19 Thread Martin Settle
On 19 May 2010 19:09, Robert Bronsdon wrote: > In general this should be very good news. In practice I'm not so convinced. > > As yet I can't see the downside for the 'general' person. Ask me again in > 5 years time. > > One fishy element is MS being heavely financially invested in h264 and the >

Re: [Dorset] Hard Disks over the Parallel Port. (Was: Introduction)

2010-08-25 Thread Martin Settle
There's a much simpler solution than paying for a bad proprietary system... A long time ago I connected a 386 laptop (no network card or USB) to my 'high end' 486 desktop using PLIP -- Parallel Line Internet Protocol. Using it you can make a standard network connection between two computers using

Re: [Dorset] Use of Visual Basic

2010-11-11 Thread Martin Settle
I've pretty much stopped using it now, but a couple of years ago, while still in Bridport, I had a bit of success with simple VB using Sun's version of OpenOffice. This was generally embedded scripts in Excel documents that I was opening in OpenOffice. There is a compatibility layer built into th

Re: [Dorset] cd question

2010-11-22 Thread Martin Settle
Judicious use of symbolic links and bash regular expressions can also make short work of this. If you do cd ~/folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4/folder5 ln -s ../../.. folder2 you will have a folder under folder5 called folder2 which points to your original folder2 directory You can then simply mv

Re: [Dorset] Converting Excel spreadsheets

2010-12-01 Thread Martin Settle
You may want to test that it is a true excel file, and not simply the csv data with a .xls ending (which will force excel to read it). Try opening the file in a text editor... On 1 December 2010 17:12, C A Wills wrote: > On 01/12/10 21:31, Peter Merchant wrote: > >> On Wed, 2010-12-01 at 21:0

Re: [Dorset] Netbook

2011-10-11 Thread Martin Settle
I don't know the specs on the NC10, but I have found the Ubuntu Netbook Remix to be very usable on my older Aspire One. On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 6:13 AM, greg oconnell wrote: > Someone has passed me a Samsung NC10 with a wrecked Windows XP on it. > > What would be the best Linux distro to put on

Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu 11.04

2011-11-24 Thread Martin Settle
Hi all! I'll stick my nose out and state that I actually like Unity. It's been a part of Netbook Remix for a while now. It took me a while to get used to, and even longer to figure out how to use, but I would say that, all in all, it has made my little Acer Aspire One much easier to use. I'm run

Re: [Dorset] Dorchester Pub Meeting Tonight, Tuesday 2012-09-04.

2012-09-04 Thread Martin Settle
And if anyone is looking for a amall house in Dorchester, I still have one on offer at a very reasonable price overlooking that very same patio! I miss attending the Dorset LUG! You folk are way more interesting and fun than my new local group! Marti On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Gemma wrote