I am starting to dislike Unity also now. It is not configurable enough.
For example, if you don't like the hidden menus, there should be a
setting to show them. Similar to the auto hide option on GNOME 2.
It should be easier to switch off features, like the dash amazon, but
on a global basis, so
On 09/11/12 07:27, Benjie Gillam wrote:
A few more data points:
My parents and uncle both find it confusing still after using it for a year.
The invisible menus are the biggest issue for them.
My wife who is a programmer (so a little more tech savvy ;) dislikes it and
finds the window
On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:37:24 +
Gordon Scott gor...@gscott.co.uk wrote:
So now, for the moment at least, we've both reverted to Gnome.
Personally I'll likely now switch to an fvwm set-up, which I always
preferred, only having changed to Gnome to 'go with the flow'.
I am trying
On 08/11/12 22:37, Gordon Scott wrote:
For her also, menus on the screen top-bar were so counter-intuitive that
she thought they'd been removed.
Are you aware of the HUD? You press alt then search the menu rather than
peck through them with the mouse?
Sorry Alan, but we both strongly
On Fri, 2012-11-09 at 11:48 +, Alan Pope wrote:
On 08/11/12 22:37, Gordon Scott wrote:
For her also, menus on the screen top-bar were so counter-intuitive that
she thought they'd been removed.
Are you aware of the HUD? You press alt then search the menu rather than
peck through
On 9 November 2012 11:48, Alan Pope alan.p...@canonical.com wrote:
Are you aware of the HUD? You press alt then search the menu rather than
peck through them with the mouse?
What, not use a mouseimpossible!! ;-)
On another note, it would be useful if the HUD contained the short cut.
E.g.
On 09/11/12 12:14, Gordon Scott wrote:
On Fri, 2012-11-09 at 11:48 +, Alan Pope wrote:
On 08/11/12 22:37, Gordon Scott wrote:
For her also, menus on the screen top-bar were so counter-intuitive that
she thought they'd been removed.
Are you aware of the HUD? You press alt then search the
On 09/11/12 12:19, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
On 9 November 2012 11:48, Alan Pope alan.p...@canonical.com wrote:
Are you aware of the HUD? You press alt then search the menu rather than
peck through them with the mouse?
What, not use a mouseimpossible!! ;-)
See my last mail (I use
On Fri, 2012-11-09 at 13:04 +, Alan Pope wrote:
I miss focus follows mouse, but not so much that I'd enable it on Unity :)
I use it fairly extensively and hate being without it .. on Windows, for
example.
I have switched to a Lenovo Thinkpad keyboard with built in touchpoint
(nipple
Unity is awful, Gnome 2 or Mate is what I use.
Sent from my iPhone
On 8 Nov 2012, at 22:38, Gordon Scott gor...@gscott.co.uk wrote:
It isn't just me.
I've been trying to warm to Unity and had pretty much given up.
I'd set-up my wife's account in Unity to see how a less computer-savvy
On 08/11/12 18:31, Chris Dennis wrote:
On 05/11/12 21:31, Alan Bell wrote:
On 05/11/12 15:46, Chris Dennis wrote:
Yes. Adam had to shut down most access to the wiki because of all the
spam. And my very brief reading of the MoinMoin documentation
suggests that the system wasn't designed to
On 09/11/12 14:30, Gordon Scott wrote:
I hadn't realised one could buy just the keyboard, I'd only noticed them
on laptops and a laptop is totally unworkable in my normal context.
I hadn't realised until a co-worker with the exact same laptop told me
about them. They're expensive for what
Be wary about this, it is common for crackers to break into a site and
leave backdoors on the site to be sold/exploited later.
This could be an indication of that.
On Nov 9, 2012 4:13 PM, Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com wrote:
On 08/11/12 18:31, Chris Dennis wrote:
On 05/11/12 21:31,
On Friday 09 Nov 2012 14:30:41 Gordon Scott wrote:
Those touchpoint things seem quite good for normal mouse work, any idea
if they're really workable for heavier graphics stuff, specifically
PCB-CAD, which is the time I have to use it most, though some large
cut-and-paste tasks can be as bad.
On 05/11/12 15:46, Chris Dennis wrote:
So, this is the plan. I've re-enabled new accounts, which means that
anyone can create an account. BUT, only users who are members of the
'editors' group can change things. If you want to be an editor, create
an account, and let me know your user
On Fri, 2012-11-09 at 16:53 +, Alan Pope wrote:
On 09/11/12 14:30, Gordon Scott wrote:
But I keep hitting my hand on the door whenever I try to change gear.
Hah! I do that driving in the US too!
You have to start worrying about that in the US ..
They're all automatics over there,
On Fri, 2012-11-09 at 18:20 +, Tim Brocklehurst wrote:
On Friday 09 Nov 2012 14:30:41 Gordon Scott wrote:
Those touchpoint things seem quite good for normal mouse work, any idea
if they're really workable for heavier graphics stuff, specifically
PCB-CAD, which is the time I have to use
On 09/11/12 18:23, Tim Brocklehurst wrote:
On 05/11/12 15:46, Chris Dennis wrote:
So, this is the plan. I've re-enabled new accounts, which means that
anyone can create an account. BUT, only users who are members of the
'editors' group can change things. If you want to be an editor, create
On 09/11/12 20:52, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote:
Hi,
Every now and then I think I may get a DVB tuner for my computer. Now
that Hannington has been upgraded to HD I could even watch/record stuff
in HD (in theory) on my computer - our TV is still ye olde CRT.
The Hauppauge PCTV Systems DVB-T2 290e
On 9 November 2012 20:52, Dr A. J. Trickett adam.trick...@iredale.net wrote:
Hi,
Every now and then I think I may get a DVB tuner for my computer. Now that
Hannington has been upgraded to HD I could even watch/record stuff in HD (in
theory) on my computer - our TV is still ye olde CRT.
On Fri, Nov 9, 2012, at 08:52 PM, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote:
The Hauppauge PCTV Systems DVB-T2 290e nanoStick HD is apparently supported
in Linux on 3.0 Kernel and above. It's also not so expensive on Amazon and
other online retailers.
Questions:
1) Do these kind of devices actually work?
On 09/11/12 21:10, Chris Dennis wrote:
Note that BBC HD
uses DVB-S2 (rather than DVB-S), which requires different receiving
hardware.
Clearly I'm talking rubbish here, as you were asking about terrestrial
TV (DVB-T), not satellite (DVB-S). Information about HD on DVB-T2 is
here:
On Friday 09 November 2012 20:52:54 Dr A. J. Trickett wrote:
our TV is still ye olde CRT.
Our beloved CRT died a couple of weeks ago. :-(
The sound on the replacement is poor. Much worse than on the CRT. I can see
that we shall end up connecting speakers.
Lisi
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On 29 September 2012 17:15, Andy Smith a...@strugglers.net wrote:
On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 08:20:56AM +0100, john lewis wrote:
I am biased towards Debian as you all know and make no apologies for
promoting the Debian Way
Me also ! :)
A large majority of HantsLUG members were Debian users a
I had a MythTV system set up with 4 tuners for a long time. Unfortunately I've
had to move to cable/TiVo now which means better TV but terrible interface (in
comparison to MythTV). Worked fine in Ringwood, Gosport and various locations
in Soton.
I still have a couple on Freecom USB sticks -
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