[Hampshire] Basic Linux Training

2011-03-18 Thread Sean Gibbins
Hi All, I'm not sure how newsworthy this is, but since the question of basic Linux training courses that crops up from time to time I thought I'd pass it on. It appears that the Open University are now offering a module that explores the basics of Linux system administration, and that can

Re: [Hampshire] Basic Linux Training

2011-03-18 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 07:56:38AM +, Sean Gibbins wrote: The LPIC aspect of it is not straightforward, i.e. completion of the course doesn't appear to automatically provide you with certification, it seems it is something you need to optionally request through CompTIA* who are

[Hampshire] ref wireless mouse

2011-03-18 Thread Stuart Biggs
Hi all I was a little gutted when using sea monkey and a couple of other web browsers and I noticed that my wireless mouse pointer disappears I am using ubuntu 10.10, and the mouse model is a logitech M305. I would be grateful if anyone could shed some light on this matter and suggest

Re: [Hampshire] Basic Linux Training

2011-03-18 Thread Dr A. J. Trickett
Hi, It appears that the Open University are now offering a module that explores the basics of Linux system administration, and that can provide students with LPIC-1 certification as well as counting towards an OU degree. I think it's good that the OU have thought about this, but... I

Re: [Hampshire] Basic Linux Training

2011-03-18 Thread Jim Kissel
Dr A. J. Trickett wrote: However I think Lisi's comments and others suggest it's a bit half-hearted yet. Apparently if you sign up for a Linux course I can get MS Office at a really good price.. I fail to understand why anyone would want the *latest* version of MS office even at a *good

Re: [Hampshire] Basic Linux Training

2011-03-18 Thread Daniel Pope
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 02:20:33PM +, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote: However, I'm told that if you have never used a computer in your life the ribbon design is actually quite a good idea. Indeed, it allows you to remember the locations of things spatially, and more heavily used items are larger.

Re: [Hampshire] Suggestion for low-power file server to run at home

2011-03-18 Thread Damian Brasher
-Original message- From: Tim Brocklehurst Sent: Sat 12-03-2011 22:32 Subject:Re: [Hampshire] Suggestion for low-power file server to run at home For really low power, how about one of these: http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/arm-matrix.php I got a TS-7550 in January

[Hampshire] [OT] Lunar anomaly

2011-03-18 Thread Chris Dennis
Whom to believe? The Chicago Sun-Times[1] says that the full moon today will be 14 percent larger than normal, whereas The Guardian[2] says people will need to look very closely to spot the 0.3% difference. It looks fairly normal at the moment. [1]

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Lunar anomaly

2011-03-18 Thread Hugo Mills
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 12:28:15AM +, Chris Dennis wrote: Whom to believe? The Chicago Sun-Times[1] says that the full moon today will be 14 percent larger than normal, whereas The Guardian[2] says people will need to look very closely to spot the 0.3% difference. Let's be generous

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Lunar anomaly

2011-03-18 Thread Hugo Mills
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 03:03:02AM +, Hugo Mills wrote: On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 12:28:15AM +, Chris Dennis wrote: Whom to believe? The Chicago Sun-Times[1] says that the full moon today will be 14 percent larger than normal, whereas The Guardian[2] says people will need to look