Re: [Hampshire] HP Ubuntu All-in-one

2013-03-06 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
On 03/06/2013 01:16 PM, Samuel Penn wrote: On Wed, 6 Mar 2013 12:58:33 +, James Courtier-Dutton james.dut...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 March 2013 12:56, Samuel Penn s...@glendale.org.uk wrote: Shame it's rubbish. 20″ HD+ widescreen WLED (1600 x 900) Laptops are bad enough, but why did

Re: [Hampshire] The future of Linux / career advice

2013-02-13 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
On 02/13/2013 04:31 PM, Ally Biggs wrote: Do you guys ever think there will be a day that Linux will be as popular as Windows in the desktop market. Not going to happen Personally I can't see this happening anytime soon. This isn't a personal attack on Linux just want to get some thoughts

Re: [Hampshire] DVB Tuners *OT*

2012-11-13 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
On 11/12/2012 08:28 PM, Tony Wood wrote: On 10/11/12 13:20, Mike Dwerryhouse wrote: On Friday 09 November 2012 20:52:54 Dr A. J. Trickett wrote: our TV is still ye olde CRT. I though I was the last person in the country to go digital Although I bought a digital TV several months ago, I still

Re: [Hampshire] DVB Tuners

2012-11-10 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
48kg Mike Dwerryhouse -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] upnp

2012-10-24 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
On 10/24/2012 06:35 PM, Anton Piatek wrote: Any dlna experience on linux? I wondered about their relationship, sadly my tv isn't networked. Anton I tried DLNA with my TV once. I installed a package called serviio, to make the PC into a media server. I don't remember the setup details, but

Re: [Hampshire] Spinning rust

2012-07-19 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
Other than Novatech any other local firms to look at to buy disks from? depends on where you live and what you call local. I generally go to a small place in Waterlooville called 1st'n 2nd in the Brambles Business Park. I go there because I can walk there at lunchtime and talk to the guy.

Re: [Hampshire] Xubuntu 12.04/Mac OS X 10.6.8 sound issue

2012-06-25 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
On 06/25/2012 03:31 PM, Gordon Scott wrote: On Mon, 2012-06-25 at 15:11 +0100, john lewis wrote: My wife was recently given a Toshiba Keyboard EZ-200 that has no built-in recording facility. Only outputs are headphone and midi. Is it possible to link this keyboard to a PC so she could record

Re: [Hampshire] DVD Ripping

2012-04-25 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
On 04/25/2012 06:36 PM, Jonathan Hudson wrote: On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:55:48 +0100, Rob Malpass wrote: I want a simple program to turn a DVD into a video file - purely for personal use - need the space in the living room - I'm not doing anything knowingly nefarious here. For the moment, let's

Re: [Hampshire] Adobe Flash

2012-02-26 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
On 02/25/2012 07:45 PM, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote: On Wednesday 22 Feb 2012, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: I figure I'll be the first to mention it: http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Chrome-only-future-for-Flash-on-Linu x-1440104.html What is your take on this development? will anyone be

Re: [Hampshire] Help please - Rusty on building a PC

2011-11-11 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
On 11/10/2011 06:41 PM, Rob Malpass wrote: Hi all My mean machine arrived today (Intel i7 2600, 8Gb DDR3) barebones and I need to build it. The thing is, I'm seeing a huge bundle of unfamiliar connectors - can anyone help? My main concern is keyboard and mouse - there's only one ps2 on

Re: [Hampshire] KVM and Num lock problem

2011-11-05 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
On 11/05/2011 12:26 PM, Edward Beckmann wrote: Hi I run Mint LXDE and fluxbox, and my KVM switches both need Scroll Lock down arrow, down arrow or Scroll Lock up arrow, up arrow to switch. I guess the triggers are built into the switch, but though I'd mention it. Good luck -- Ed --

Re: [Hampshire] Any SANE experts?

2010-10-08 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
On 10/08/2010 03:41 PM, e-mail bob.jelf wrote: Hi Vic I Use Avasys Image Scan Mentioned by John cooper in his reply. It works perfectly with my Epson v200. Maybe there's a version of this that will work with your Epson. Bob Jelf -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web

Re: [Hampshire] Scanner recommendations

2010-08-29 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
On 08/29/2010 11:20 AM, Keith Edmunds wrote: Can anyone recommend a scanner suitable for a non-techy Ubuntu user? Thanks, Keith -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk

Re: [Hampshire] xfce4 and keyboards

2010-07-18 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
On 07/17/2010 06:18 PM, Samuel Penn wrote: Hi all, I've decided to have a play with Xfce (4.6.1, on Gentoo) but I'm having some keyboard issues. I can't see to get a UK layout on my keyboard. It works fine in KDE. I've tried the Keyboard Layouts plugin, and I've also added options into

Re: [Hampshire] Opportunity for Linux advocacy?

2010-05-28 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
Damian Brasher wrote: I'm sure (know) over half the resistance is due laziness (unwillingness to change), badly designed IT strategies which end up costing more than planned and arcane organisational power structures. Sure it's fine for someone like me with Linux experience to say that, but we

Re: [Hampshire] worst distro name (was - Hmmm.....)

2010-04-26 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
Stephen Davies wrote: At least VMS meant something. Virtual Memory System Before that (on PDP-11's) there was RSTS - Resource Time Sharing System RT-11 - Real time 1.5kb Kernel! RSX (-11A -11B -11C -11D -11M -11S -11M/Plus) - Resource Sharing eXecutive (IIRC) Very few outside of DEC

Re: [Hampshire] OpenDNS benefits

2010-04-16 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
I used OpenDNS for a while, since it was better than Virgin Media's dog-slow servers. It wasn't totally satisfactory however. I tried dnsmasq to do some caching, but it was still slow. Since I upgraded my home router, and used it's internal DNS, the responses have improved dramatically. The

Re: [Hampshire] Real Time Linuxes

2009-12-07 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
Chris Aitken wrote: Has anyone here played with a Real Time Linux? I've seen there are a few options about (RTAI, RealTimeLinux, RTLinuxFree, Xenomai). More a curiosity really. Chris I take it you mean a real-time distro for embedded industrial applications rather than just Linux with a

Re: [Hampshire] UNR - out of the box on tour

2009-10-19 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
Damian Brasher wrote: I have just returned from a trip which took me to Debrovnik, then to my final destination in Athens to stay with family, via Sarajevo, Belgrade and Thessaloniki. Planes, buses and trains. I took my Acer Aspire One, 110-Ab and installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix to disk using

Re: [Hampshire] OS equivalent of Cubase

2009-10-05 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
Roger Munford wrote: My son, who is quite a good musician, is working with cubase at school. I can find equivalents easily enough but cannot judge not being in any way musical myself. Has anybody personal recommendations? Thanks Roger I haven't used Cubase, but I understand it's

Re: [Hampshire] convert download video to domestic DVD?

2009-04-30 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
Hugo Mills wrote: On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 06:42:42PM +0100, Leo wrote: I'd also have thought that mplayer or ffmpeg could convert them to MPEG2, but don't know the specific command off the top of my head. Yes, they can. However, your difficulty is shared by everyone else.

Re: [Hampshire] Where to buy electronics/computer stuff online?

2009-02-27 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
Stuart Matheson wrote: Hi All, Sorry if this has already been discussed to death previously, if so please point me in the direction of that thread! I'm looking to buy some things for my linux laptop - tv tuner card, microSDHC card with SD adapter, extra RAM and possibly even a USB/MIDI

Re: [Hampshire] Purchasing music online

2009-02-01 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
Sean Gibbins wrote: Something a bit different: http://www.emusic.com/ Slightly different model from the others in that you pay a monthly subscription which allows you to download a set number of DRM-free tracks per month depending on the level of the subscription. I have been an

Re: [Hampshire] Purchasing music online

2009-02-01 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
Samuel Penn wrote: On Sunday 01 February 2009 09:20:19 Sean Gibbins wrote: Something a bit different: http://www.emusic.com/ Slightly different model from the others in that you pay a monthly subscription which allows you to download a set number of DRM-free tracks per month depending

Re: [Hampshire] Purchasing music online

2009-02-01 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
Samuel Penn wrote: On Sunday 01 February 2009 13:29:15 Mike Dwerryhouse wrote: Ah ha. Never found that before. A big 'browse' link on the front page would have been more obvious. They do seem to have quite a bit of classical music, plus also quite a good selection of audiobooks, which