On Sun, 30 May 2021, Tony Whitmore via Hampshire wrote:
It's now back up! Sorry it took so long.
Thanks Tony!
Your efforts in sorting this out are much appreciated!
It's been a long time since we had a meeting and even longer since I saw
you, but remind me I definitely owe you a pint next
Hi,
On Sun, 25 Oct 2020, Rob via Hampshire wrote:
However, I don't want to use Windows and I have in mind a bash script to
output the text to be displayed. Not too fussed about speed, font size,
any other such settings - it's just the text we need. Does anyone know one
of these that plays
Hi,
On Wed, 19 Jun 2019, James Courtier-Dutton via Hampshire wrote:
I have heard that Ubuntu is dropping i386.
Does this mean 32bit programs will stop running. A lot of wine games are
still 32bit so that could be a problem for some.
Yup, no more Ubuntu releases for i386/x86.
The
Hi,
I'm intending to be there this month.
For anyone who misses the old Hants LUG meetings I'd recommend coming
along, it's a good afternoon.
Andy
On Tue, 11 Jun 2019, Paul Tansom via Hampshire wrote:
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting
will be this
Hi Adam,
Good to hear from you.
On Wed, 20 Feb 2019, Adam John Trickett via Hampshire wrote:
I was looking at that last night. You can get boxes that have a 15 A relay, a
jack for a digital thermometer and the ESP8266 controller and their own AC/DC,
e.g. Sonoff TH16. You can flash them with
On Thu, 19 Apr 2018, Keith Edmunds via Hampshire wrote:
On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 14:39:29 +0100, hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk said:
Any news about the licensing?
What news are you expecting? If it's Linux, it needs to be GPL (or as
appropriate for the various applications).
That's certainly
I'm really sorry to hear that!
Thank you Stephen for passing on the sad news.
Andy
On Fri, 25 Aug 2017, Stephen Pelc via Hampshire wrote:
Vic Watson took his own life on 12 August.
"It has been announced that the funeral will be held at 2pm on
Wednesday 30th August 2017 at Southampton
Hi,
After some debate, I'm now in Canterbury, so I guess I will be going :)
Not sure if I will be at the pub or not tonight, but I'll catch up with
people tomorrow.
Andy
On Sat, 12 Aug 2017, Imran Chaudhry via Hampshire wrote:
Just a follow-up that I've booked accommodation and am
On Tue, 27 Jun 2017, Imran Chaudhry via Hampshire wrote:
Just curious if anyone was planning to go this year? If anyone is
going to go by car I'd be happy to contribute petrol money to tag
along.
http://oggcamp.org/
I'm planning to go, but haven't got beyond that yet.
By that I mean I've
Thanks for the announcement Thomas.
I'm hoping to make it along tonight, as long as I can escape work on time.
Andy
On Thu, 20 Apr 2017, Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire wrote:
Hi all,
The next Southampton Python User Group meeting will be a workshop on
text processing and machine learning.
FYI
Oggcamp is always a good weekend!
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Hi all,
OggCamp '17 was announced last week. It will be on 19th and 20th August in
Canterbury.
OggCamp is the largest Free Culture [1] conference in the UK and
Hi,
On Wed, 18 Jan 2017, Lisi Reisz via Hampshire wrote:
Further to this. I had received the following request for help:
I have been using Fedora 20 for a long time, and now it is so out of date that
I need to do a complete re-install to get to Fedora 25 (I have tried
alternative
On Sun, 15 Jan 2017, Lisi Reisz via Hampshire wrote:
Does anyone other than Thomas use Fedora? And is said user going to be at the
meeting next Saturday?
Depend on how detailed the question is...
I have a machine with Fedora installed on it though I'm more familar with
RHEL/CentOS and
Hi,
So I've resisted buying a Pi until now because I have way too much junk in
the house I bought and never really used and given the way the Pi has
changed since it was first launched that was probably a good plan.
However now I have something I want a low power always on wifi enabled
Thanks for the heads up Thomas.
I'm hoping to be there, any idea how long the talk is?
On Tue, 27 Sep 2016, Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire wrote:
Hi all,
The next Southampton Python User Group meeting will be on Monday, with a
talk about robotic sailing:
When: 6pm, Monday 3rd October
Where:
On Fri, 2 Sep 2016, Tony Whitmore via Hampshire wrote:
When will the outcome be announced for those who were unable to attend?
I understand that it may take time to write it up, so just curious.
I believe Tim said he was aiming to publish something by the end of the
weekend.
However he
Thanks Thomas,
It was an interesting meeting.
CircleCI looks like quite a nice way to do automated testing on open
source projects without having to do the work to set up your own CI
infrastructure.
Andy
On Fri, 29 Jul 2016, Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire wrote:
Hi all,
The next
Hi Dom,
Sorry for the late reply I've been away for 3 weeks.
On Wed, 10 Feb 2016, Dom Rodriguez wrote:
I currently use GMANE (https://gmane.org) for my newsgroups at the
moment, and found that HantsLUG (or any UK LUG mailing list for that matter,
AFAIK)
wasn't on the server.
I'd not heard
Hi,
Just a heads up for anyone who uses the Linux Mint forums:
All forums users should change their passwords.
http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3001
Also if you downloaded a copy of the Mint distribution recently:
Beware of hacked ISOs if you downloaded Linux Mint on February 20th!
On Fri, 6 Nov 2015, Rafa? Fr?ckowiak wrote:
Try this:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Disks
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/LVM
Thanks, that was probably more detail than I needed, but I've got things
configured now.
On 06 Nov 2015, at 18:58, James Courtier-Dutton
Hi,
Does anybody have a link to a good guide on setting up 2 x 4TB drives with
LVM to give a single ~ 8TB partition?
Preferably under RHEL/CentOS though if it is just using standard commands
I don't think the process should be very distro specific.
Thanks,
Andy
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On Thu, 16 Jul 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote:
The next Portsmouth LUG meeting will be at the Broadoaks Sports and Social
Club on Saturday 18th July from 13:00 to 18:00.
Full venue details here:
http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html
We have a speaker! Richard Crossley from Hong-Kong will be
A software upgrade means this list will be offline for a portion of today.
See below for details.
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Sounds like this should be an interesting event.
I'm hoping to be there.
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Subject: [lugmaster] OpenTech 2015 - Saturday 13th June 2015, London
Hi everyone,
With less
Hi,
I'm trying to have a clear out (those who know me will appreciate the
enormity of this statement:)...
None of it is remotely new, most of it is 10 plus year old and maybe of
interest to no one, but just in case:
HP Laserjet 1100 Parallel port printer with mains and parallel cable
-
I'm hoping to be there this month.
Assuming no last minute work disasters.
Andy
On Mon, 6 Apr 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote:
The next Portsmouth LUG meeting will be at the Broadoaks Sports and Social
Club* on Saturday 18th April 13:00 to 18:00.
Do come. If you haven't been before, we are a
On Fri, 17 Oct 2014, Lisi wrote:
Around 2:15/2:30. If I know that you are coming, we'll wait. (Within
reason!)
Thanks Lisi.
I'm planning to be on a train which gets to Hilsea at 2:03 (assumimg it's
on time), so that should work out well.
Andy
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GAH!
Last minute crisis, I'm still at home so won't make if for 2pm :(
I'm still hoping to make it down but I'll be on the train an hour later so
don't wait for me to do the talk.
On Sat, 18 Oct 2014, Andy Random wrote:
On Fri, 17 Oct 2014, Lisi wrote:
Around 2:15/2:30. If I know
On Fri, 17 Oct 2014, Lisi Reisz wrote:
Reminder!
Our next meeting will be tomorrow Saturday, October 18th, from 13:00 -
18:00, in the Broadoaks Social Club.
http://www.broadoaksocialclub.net/where.html
I'm hoping to be there.
Adam Trickett, who spoke at our first non-pub meeting, will be
On Fri, 26 Sep 2014, Imran Chaudhry wrote:
Quite right, sorry - web applications.
Right, that counts me out then!
Thanks for the clarification :)
Andy
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2014, Bob Dunlop wrote:
Ah but have you applied the correct patch ?
Thanks for pointing that out Bob.
At the time I wrote my last email there was no Centos/RHEL update for
CVE-2014-7169 only a work around.
There has been a followup to the initial patch which was
Hi Imran
On Thu, 25 Sep 2014, Imran Chaudhry wrote:
Is anyone here skilled in automated testing?
Jobsite Ltd is hiring for a permanent role - contact me if interested!
Automated testing is rather a large area...
Automated testing of what? Can you narrow it down a bit?
Andy
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Since I've not seen it mentioned on the lists...
See below for the full details.
The idiots guide is run the command:
$ env X=() { :;} ; echo busted `which bash` -c echo completed
If it comes back:
busted
completed
You are vulnerable and need to update.
I've patched my CentOS server
On Fri, 5 Sep 2014, Joseph Bennie wrote:
Dropbox just upgraded is Pro service to 1TB - I highly recommend it.
To expand on that comment, Dropbox have just brought their prices into
line with Google Drives for 1TB of space ($9.99/month or $99 a year).
Dropbox do offer Linux support and are
Hi,
Any suggestions on the best/current tools for duplicating a HD?
I have a Win7 laptop that I want to upgrade the disk in it so I can dual
boot it with Linux.
I have a replacement disk, but want to duplicate the exiting one onto the
new drive.
I've used Clonezilla before to do this
Hi,
As mentioned in a previous post I installed Lubuntu on an old Acer Aspire
One recently.
The machine is surprisingly usable as long as you don't have too many
windows open at once and push it into swap (only 512MB RAM).
However the original battery was dead when I received the machine,
Thanks for all the suggestions folks!
On Mon, 13 Jan 2014, Alan Pope wrote:
On 13 January 2014 11:58, Jan Henkins j...@henkins.za.net wrote:
+1 for Lubuntu!
Interestingly I discovered only last night that LXDE (upon which
Lubuntu builds) is moving from GTK to Qt.
I'd never heard of
Hi,
I've recently been given an old Acer Aspire One (ZG5) and I'd like to
stick an up to date distro on it.
It's obviously not very powerful by modern standards (1.6GHz single core
processor, 512MB RAM IIRC) so I'm looking for something lightweight.
I'd like a GUI of some kind on it
On Mon, 26 Aug 2013, Samuel Penn wrote:
On Sunday 25 Aug 2013 21:11:58 Alan Pope wrote:
On 25 August 2013 14:46, Simon Whitehead liquidigi...@hotmail.com wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23793457
Is any mobile phone worth $625, $675, $695 or $725.
I paid ?429 for my phone nearly
On Mon, 26 Aug 2013, Tim Brocklehurst wrote:
Hmm, I pay ?25 a month (roughly) and am on a 2 year contract. That's ?600 for
the contract and includes the S3 phone (approx ?400-?450 new a little while
ago). Would I buy the phone and add a sim, saving ?100 or more? No. ?25 a
month is much easier
On Thu, 11 Apr 2013, Alan Pope wrote:
On 11/04/13 20:47, Robert Longstaff wrote:
We have one definite talk (MySQL HA) and one provisional (Tiny Tiny RSS)
and there are always slots for more!
I'll bring along a tablet running Ubuntu Touch and can demo some of the stuff
we've done and our
Hi,
I'm looking for a sim to put in an Android device.
It doesn't have to specifically be a mobile broadband sim, but I don't
care about making calls or sending txts I just want data access.
I'm not looking to sign up to a years long contract, I'd prefer pay as you
go, but a monthly fee
On Thu, 22 Nov 2012, c...@spamcop.net wrote:
Okay, so in the light of the many such comments, I've ordered a new router,
and will go the path of a third party firmware. Although, I'll probably go
with DD-WRT, just because there seems to be slightly better documentation for
the things I want
On Thu, 20 Sep 2012, Edward Beckmann wrote:
Apologies if someone has already volunteered for this post and I didn't
notice,
I don't remember any one else volunteering either.
but I am willing to stand and take care of the relatively small
number of transactions we get. Unfortunately I am
Hi,
On Tue, 8 May 2012, Robert Longstaff wrote:
P.S. Don't forget to let the list know, if you haven't already, if you're
able to provide lifts from the station(s) or whether someone is able to give
you a lift.
I could do with a lift from a train station on Saturday, Farnborough Main
is
On Thu, 10 May 2012, Michael Pavling wrote:
In particular, does anyone have any comments on the thumb controlled versus
finger controlled ones? I have had a perference for finger controlled, but the
thumb ones seem more common and give the added bonus of scroll wheels and
better positioned
On Sun, 19 Feb 2012, Dominic Rodriguez wrote:
I was wondering why I can't access the HantsLUG website. It's been like
this for a couple of days now.
Is there any work on the website going on?
The VPS that runs the Hants LUG website changed IP address and we are
still in the process of
FYI
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Subject: [lugmaster] Debian Lenny support ends tomorrow (Monday)
I've been reminded by a post to another list I'm part of that Debian
Lenny support ends tomorrow (Monday).
The
On Thu, 1 Dec 2011, Steven Swann wrote:
Just a quick email to register my intent to come along to the meeting this
Saturday. This will be my first meet with any LUG so I'm not really too sure
what to expect.
Hi and welcome to the LUG!
Meetings can vary quite a bit, but in general a lot of
On Thu, 20 Oct 2011, Alan Pope wrote:
If anyone fancies a pint and lives in or near Farnborough then you
might want to come along to the Prince of Wales [0] tonight from 8pm.
The Ubuntu UK team have this new thing called 'Happy Hour' [1] where
we pick a pub a month around the country and
On Thu, 6 Oct 2011, Rob Malpass wrote:
I know data can be recovered even if you wipe
the partition etc
I'm not at expert on the subject but as I understand it data can be
recovered even if it has been overwritten several times, whether anybody
will be willing to go to the trouble or not
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011, Chris Dennis wrote:
On 09/18/2011 01:55 PM, Hants LUG Chairman wrote:
Hi,
It's that time of year again, when we must elect a new committee.
At the moment Adrian has indicated his intention to stand down from the LUG
committee and I also wish to stand down as Chair
Hi,
I nominate Ian Brazier (currently in post) as Treasurer.
Andy
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On Fri, 19 Aug 2011, Michael Pavling wrote:
On 19 August 2011 10:21, Edward Beckmann edward.beckm...@gmail.com wrote:
Bonus marks for anyone brave / foolhardy enough to say I did ... as
opposed to I knew someone who did ...
I have flicked the off-switch (pesky old-style toggles) on an
On Thu, 23 Jun 2011, Peter Andrijeczko wrote:
I have a few hours a week I could spare, want to do something rewarding, and
since computers are my skill, was looking at doing something where those
skills are useful - for example, PC recycling for computers sent to Africa,
or getting old people
Excuse the thread hi-jacking...
On Thu, 23 Jun 2011, Jacqui Caren-home wrote:
A lot of dog rescues still have static web sites but could really use a
simple to use CMS.
Do you have a favourite CMS to use for such things?
I want to convert a small (not computer related) static website to a
Hi Folks,
I must admit I didn't pay too much attention to the details of the meeting
happening today as I was expecting to be away for the weekend, but then
end of last week my weekend plans got canceled, so now I could come along,
but I don't know if I'll get in?
I know I should have
Hi,
Is there anybody heading to the meeting tomorrow who can offer me a lift
either from Fleet/Farnborough train station or from Basingstoke town
centre?
I'd be happy to offer petrol money or buy beer at lunchtime in return for
a lift.
Andy
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2011, Andy Smith wrote:
If this is a Debian install then the recent Exim exploit is a good
candidate. I've had quite a few people caught by that and expect to
find more who still haven't realised they've been compromised yet.
:(
Cheers Andy.
Yes it's a Debian Lenny system.
Hi James,
On Sat, 2 Oct 2010, James Kingswell wrote:
I picked up a couple dektops up from a dump a few weeks ago and, combined with
my old broken desktop, have managed to get two working (to an extent), though i
only have one screen and two power cables (one for the screen).
I was wondering
On Sat, 18 Sep 2010, Anton Piatek wrote:
I think OpenID is a good compromise for registering (and doesn't require a
new password)
Thoughts?
If MoinMoin can easily be configured to use OpenID that sounds like a good
option to me.
IIRC last time this was discussed on the list nobody
Hi,
No before you ask I haven't turned to the darkside and decided to learn
Python :)
However a friend of mines son is at uni and is struggling with Python.
He has almost no programming experience to draw on and it's not a CompSci
course, but there is one unit which requires some Python
Thanks for all the suggestions and links.
I'll check out the links people suggested, but I'm afraid I'm probably
going to ignore the advise about learning Java first...
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010, Samuel Penn wrote:
In which case, how about learning Java first?
I have no real reason to learn
On Thu, 5 Aug 2010, Andy Smith wrote:
I've no idea about your question, however I would like to point you
towards London Hackspace (http://london.hackspace.org.uk/) where
there is vast Arduino knowledge.
Also there is a 2 day Arduino beginner's course on August 28/29
which is incredible value
Hi,
I'm looking for a good place to start to learn about developing apps for
Android.
I have more years than I'm willing to admit to of software development
(Assembler/C/Perl) experience but have never done anything with Java and
have fairly limited experience of OO coding in general.
So
On Fri, 7 May 2010, john lewis wrote:
I have been googling, ;-), and it looks like most places offering
domain registration also want to sell hosting, email, web site setup
and so on.
Can anyone suggest a registrar who does only domain registration?
I use 11 for this.
They offer web
On Sat, 10 Apr 2010, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
A cheap way to make the machine a bit more responsive would be to whack
more memory in. Very few laptops won't take at least 2G of memory.
You obviously have much better kit that I do...
I have 9 laptops here only 3 of which are capable of
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010, Stephen Rowles wrote:
I barely use the laptop at home now as my phone just notifies me of new
mails and I can respond using the phone too.
Looking at the current phone market my next phone will probably be
Android, though at the moment I'm on the fence about when I'll
On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Charlie de Courcy wrote:
I'm getting my hands on a Motorola Milestone (Android) this week
Where are you getting it from and how much are you paying?
I'm interested in the Milestone (aka Droid), but I'm also interested in
the Nexus One and the Nokia N900...
I probably
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010, Hugo Mills wrote:
I'll have my N900 with me on Saturday.
Excellent! I'll have to talk to you about it.
Andy
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On Thu, 24 Dec 2009, lists wrote:
Me too, expect for Bill Gates. I hope someone breaks into his caravan
and steals his laptop.:-)
Now, now! Peace on Erath and Goodwill to *all* men... Even Bill Gates
should be allowed to enjoy Christmas!
Hope everyone has a good day.
Andy
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Hi,
As a Christmas present for the geek who has everything you can adopt a
word on behalf of ICAN, a charity which works with children who have
problems speaking
http://www.adoptaword.com/index.php
Sadly Random was already taken so I had to settle for my real name :(
Penguin is also taken
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009, Hants LUG Chairman wrote:
It has long been an idea of mine to hold a multi-LUG meeting, a sort of
miniature conference with our neighbouring LUGs. It is possible that IBM
Hursley may be willing to hold such an event. I've emailed some local
LUGs and asked if they
On Thu, 8 Oct 2009, Vic wrote:
DP17MO - 17 CRT Sun monitor (VGA)
And if anyone's after Sun monitors, I have a GDM-17E11 I'd like shot of...
While we're all in a generous mood, I have 2 x 17 CRT monitors and a 15
CRT I'd like to clear out, all fully working the last time they were
switched
Hi,
Reviving this thread briefly, I'm surprised I've not seen any mention of
the Palm Pre during it, it's even due out this month (though exclusive to
02) and generated quite a buzz when launched in the US earlier this year.
Also has anybody seen a confirmed release date for the Nokia N900?
On Mon, 5 Oct 2009, Hugo Mills wrote:
Not official, but Amazon seem to think October 19th.
Or even the 26th.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nokia-N900-Mobile-Computer-Software/dp/B002QEBX5E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8s=electronicsqid=1254747786sr=8-1
So it's slipped a week since I last saw it. :)
On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Andy Smith wrote:
There aren't any tickets left for LRL now..
Wow!
I must admit I hadn't realised it would be so limited.
Ok, I guess I'm not going then :(
Servers me right for not paying more attention the website I guess, but
thanks for pointing that out Andy before
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009, Hugo Mills wrote:
Dammit. That was meant to go to Anton.
mutters about mailing lists that set Reply-To headers
mutters about people who don't pay attention to the email addresses in
the To: field of their email client
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On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, Jack Knight wrote:
Yep - arrived last week, but had no chance yet to fiddle with it in
earnest though :^(
http://plugcomputer.org/plugwiki/index.php/Main_Page
Globalscale are a truly horrible supplier to deal with. Took 3 months to
arrive, then I got charged ?45 import
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009, Alan Pope wrote:
I have had a couple of drives fail recently and need to RMA them back
to Seagate. They insist [0] that all disks returned are packed first
in those transparent plastic seashell/clamshell things.
Interesting, I've returned a dozen drives to Seagate this
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009, Hugo Mills wrote:
It would appear, on inspection, that I'm as profligate with
original packaging as you. Sorry.
Excellent!
That means I've cornered the market and can charge what I like :)
Popey contact me off list if you want to negotiate...
Andy
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On Mon, 10 Aug 2009, Hugo Mills wrote:
Popey contact me off list if you want to negotiate...
How about you hand over the packaging, and he doesn't put the MP3s
of the tapes up on his blog?
Ooo E
Ok, ok I know when I'm beaten!
Andy
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On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Keith Edmunds wrote:
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:35:31 +, a...@strugglers.net said:
PS is anyone else really put off by the use of M$, Micro$oft,
Microshaft etc. in emails?
Very much so. It's unprofessional (and to quote my teacher of years ago,
it isn't big and and
Hi,
I've procrastinated about buying a 901 all year...
Finally this week after getting my annual bonus (not as good as last year,
but in the current climate I'm not complaining) I decided I definitely
wanted one and now it seems I've left it too late :(
Most of the places I would normally
On Wed, 1 Jul 2009, Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
Perhaps we should have a kit up for grabs page on the Wiki?
Vic.
I second that proposal.
Doing my best Popey impression... It *is* a wiki
:)
Andy
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On Fri, 19 Jun 2009, Vic wrote:
The unfotunate bit of this whole mess is not the extra cost - ?6 a year
really isn't all that bad - it's that it represents a government bung to a
private industry who will (allegedly) buy loads of kit with that money -
then rent it back to the people who paid
On Mon, 8 Jun 2009, Owain Clarke wrote:
I have an old style computer monitor - probably 6 or 7 years old -
By old style you mean CRT?
All in all I assume my monitor is dying, but I just thought I'd ask if
it sounds familiar to anyone, so I don't have to buy a new one before I
have to.
On Mon, 8 Jun 2009, Tim wrote:
If you only have 256mb memory then maybe xbuntu would be a better choice?
Or even crunchbang which has been recommended previously on the list as a
low memory version of Ubuntu:
http://crunchbanglinux.org
Andy
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On Mon, 1 Jun 2009, Victor Churchill wrote:
That's putting it very mildly... the 3connect gadget or whatever it is that
does the Windows connection is ghastly (that's when my wife uses it on her
laptop, you understand).
Personally I've not had any issues with it, seems to work fine for me.
On Sat, 6 Jun 2009, Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
I haven't used W*nd*ws for years, but I'm obliged to set up a machine for a
friend who steadfastly refuses to use anything else.
Personally I'd recommend tough love and tell her that you don't know
enough about Windows to support her properly,
On Sun, 31 May 2009, Andy Smith wrote:
I could investigate doing a swap with someone else who wants 500G of
offsite storage, but I can't realistically fit another machine in
this house.
Don't be silly Andy, there is always room for another computer, just get
rid of something less important
I bought a cheap trackball for my Father because he was having problems
using a mouse (shaky hands/control issues in his eighties not RSI
issues), and he found it much easier to use. However after he died I tried
it and hated it.
I then picked up a couple of different style better quality
Dear list admins...
Can we get this Popey bloke banned?
All he ever does is go on about Ubuntu and promote his cheesy podcast, I
mean it's not like he ever contributes to the LUG or anything
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, Alan Pope wrote:
We have a job come up that I thought I'd post to the list.
Forwarded from another list, not exactly UK friendly times, but might be
worth listening in for a while.
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Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:54:22 -0700
Subject: [TriLUG] TODAY April 4 -Global Linux Voice Meeting BerkeleyTIP -Linus,
Guido, Shuttleworth...
FYI, forwarded from another list.
ApacheCon Europe 2009 l...@apache.org 3/24/2009 12:07 PM
Can't make it to ApacheCon Europe 2009 in Amsterdam?
Don't miss our live video streaming 25-27 March.
http://www.eu.apachecon.com/c/aceu2009/about/videoStreaming
You can watch the following videos
On Wed, 18 Mar 2009, gully gaoler wrote:
i have a 701 running eeebuntu and the vodafone PAYG works ok.
i don't spose that helps much.
What make/model USB dongle thingy?
I have a 701 which works out the box with my Huawei E220 USB modem on
the 3 network.
I'm pretty sure Vodafone used to
Hi,
Anybody have any recommendations for portable printers?
I'd like something that is as small as possible while still
capable of printing A4.
I'm not fussy about the print technology and I'm willing to sacrifice some
print quality to size, but it would be nice if it have a universal PSU
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Alan Pope wrote:
2009/3/11 Tim xendis...@inbox.com:
For the record the disk did not show up on the PC, no lights, no spin up
nothing, attached another sata hard disk to the PC and the PC saw the disk
and
was happy to use it.
What make/model of disk is it?
It's not
On Thu, 5 Mar 2009, Vic wrote:
GCSEs are equivalent to your O Levels
Oh no they're not.
ROFL!
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Hi,
This is fairly off topic but I recall having a conversation with several
people at a LUG meeting in the dim and distant past about the novel The
Death of Grass and today I discovered that Radio 4 are doing a
serial dramatisation of the book which started on Monday
However due to the
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