[Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Terry Coles
Anyone installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 yet? I've just run it from a USB stick to show my wife the differences between 9.04 and 9.10. It seems a step forward and if the boot speed on an installed system is enhanced as much as full blown Kubuntu was, then it's worth it for that alone. The p

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] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Alan Pope
2009/11/26 Terry Coles : > So anyone got this combo working?  I've seen some stuff on the Internet about > this, but nothing much that gives me confidence that it isn't going to be a > real pain. > Just grab Skype from their website. The new beta works nicely with pulse audio too. Cheers, Al. --

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday 26 Nov 2009, Martin Settle wrote: > 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

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday 26 Nov 2009, Alan Pope wrote: > Just grab Skype from their website. The new beta works nicely with > pulse audio too. I'd just like to know that this works *before* I trash her current installation. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread John Carlyle-Clarke
Terry Coles wrote: > On Thursday 26 Nov 2009, Alan Pope wrote: > >> Just grab Skype from their website. The new beta works nicely with >> pulse audio too. >> > > I'd just like to know that this works *before* I trash her current > installation. > > I'm using Skype Beta on Ubuntu 9.10 (s

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Alan Pope
2009/11/26 Terry Coles : > On Thursday 26 Nov 2009, Alan Pope wrote: >> Just grab Skype from their website. The new beta works nicely with >> pulse audio too. > > I'd just like to know that this works *before* I trash her current > installation. > Backup, upgrade, test, if it fails, revert back, i

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread David Crawford
forge' won't install); my MX Revolution rodent behaves oddly; microphone sound under 'Skype' is awful and the 'clicksmart' camera refuses to come out and play. I'm sure that there was something elseDavid Crawford. > From: a...@popey.com > Date: Thu,

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday 26 Nov 2009, Alan Pope wrote: > Backup, upgrade, test, if it fails, revert back, if it works, winner! Oh. I don't mind re-installing everything from scratch and she doesn't have much on her home directory (which is on a different partition anyway). I'm just reluctant to do the work

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday 26 Nov 2009, Terry Coles wrote: > On Thursday 26 Nov 2009, Alan Pope wrote: > > Just grab Skype from their website. The new beta works nicely with > > pulse audio too. > > I'd just like to know that this works *before* I trash her current > installation. I've just realised; Skype is i

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Dominic Lonsdale
I have just installed skype on an ASUS ePC 900A, created an account and made a test call. Downloaded from www.skype.com/download Entire process was "point and click" apart from entering password. On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 14:25 +, Terry Coles wrote: > Anyone installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 ye

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Dominic Lonsdale
I have just installed skype on an ASUS ePC 900A, running 9.10 NBR, created an account and made a test call. Downloaded from www.skype.com/download Entire process was "point and click" apart from entering password. It works. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2009-12-02 20:00 Dorset LUG:

Re: [Dorset] UNR 9.10 and Skype

2009-11-26 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday 26 Nov 2009, Dominic Lonsdale wrote: > I have just installed skype on an ASUS ePC 900A, running 9.10 NBR, > created an account and made a test call. > Downloaded from www.skype.com/download > Entire process was "point and click" apart from entering password. I assume that you used the