Re: [Hampshire] OT [tech] result of overloading memory slots?

2010-01-17 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Lisi, On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 12:48:53PM +, Lisi wrote: I have googled, but can't seem to frame the question in a machine-comprehensible form. At least, I am not getting usable answers. :-( If a motherboard has, say, 3 memory slots, with an overall maximum of one GB, Wow, sounds

[Hampshire] FOSDEM '10

2010-01-17 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, Who's off to FOSDEM this year then? SWMBO has given permission this year, but only if we make a detour via Bruges on the way there. :) (If you know not what I am on about then see http://fosdem.org/, but it's probably a bit late for you to organise travel/lodging) Cheers, Andy -- I'd

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] February Meeting

2010-01-17 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hello, I would like to thank everyone who braved the January rain and made it Southampton yesterday for our first meeting in 2010. I'd like to thank our special guest speaker, Daniel James, who specially made the trip over from the Island to be with us and talk about publishing in the digital

Re: [Hampshire] Packaging help needed

2010-01-17 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
2010/1/17 Stephen Pelc step...@mpeforth.com: I would have said that I don't have the skill set for this - I'm not, and don't want to be, a Linux kernel guru. However, I have talked to a number of people who produce proprietary Linux apps in niche markeys, and they all agree that packaging is

Re: [Hampshire] OT [tech] result of overloading memory slots?

2010-01-17 Thread Martin A. Brooks
On 16/01/2010 12:48, Lisi wrote: I have googled, but can't seem to frame the question in a machine-comprehensible form. At least, I am not getting usable answers. :-( If a motherboard has, say, 3 memory slots, with an overall maximum of one GB, and there is 512 MB RAM in each of two of the

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] February Meeting

2010-01-17 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 11:21:29AM +, Hants LUG Chairman wrote: We have again been invited to IBM and so our next meeting on the 6th of February will be at IBM Hursley Labs. A pity to clash with FOSDEM weekend. :( Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] February Meeting

2010-01-17 Thread Dr A. J. Trickett
On Sunday 17 Jan 2010, Andy Smith wrote: Hello, On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 11:21:29AM +, Hants LUG Chairman wrote: We have again been invited to IBM and so our next meeting on the 6th of February will be at IBM Hursley Labs. A pity to clash with FOSDEM weekend. :( I know, but FOSDEM

Re: [Hampshire] Packaging help needed

2010-01-17 Thread Anton Piatek
2010/1/17 Stephen Pelc step...@mpeforth.com: This is an aggregated response. If the lack of attribution upsets you, I apologise. A majority of the software for the Linux platform is distributed in source code form. That's the open source business model. It's a service model. You pay for

[Hampshire] Ubuntu 9.10, dvb and dual boot

2010-01-17 Thread Leo
Is anyone out there using a digital TV card on Ubuntu 9.10 and also dual booting with windows? If so do you find that after switching back from Windows to Ubuntu the TV card doesn't work, and you have to reboot again into Ubuntu? If not, can anyone tell me how I'd go about finding out what's