Re: [PLUG] Grub 2 configuration/Ubuntu (was Re: What fixed my Ubuntu 10.x boot problem for now.)

2012-03-27 Thread Kirk Goins
Thanks Steve, Nope didn't make it to the clinic and no I had not figured out just how simple this part of the fix was. My grub cfg has been tweaked and tested. Yea so next time this happens ( optimistic aren't I ) it should be much easier to recover from. On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Steve B

Re: [PLUG] Asus 1015pem running Xfce

2012-03-27 Thread Word Wizard
I have never had reliably good luck installing XFCE LXDE or KDE on top of the basic Gnome or Unity Ubuntu. Going all the way back to at least Ubuntu 9.04 KDE in particular seems to corrupt something in Gnome fonts while its own fonts are clearly screwed up versus a Kubuntu Mint or Mepis KDE in

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu how-to documentation rant

2012-03-27 Thread jen montserrat
May I suggest using Unetbootin (http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/), zap your USB to FAT using fdisk as that for me seemed to work best and then download your .iso and open up Unetbootin and burn the iso to the USB stick, it will do all the work for you. I have successfully used this for Mint, Sus

[PLUG] Grub 2 configuration/Ubuntu (was Re: What fixed my Ubuntu 10.x boot problem for now.)

2012-03-27 Thread Steve Beattie
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 08:32:16PM -0700, Kirk Goins wrote: > Still having a problem finding the actual parm(s) to set so grub will pause > a few seconds on boot before starting the default. Maybe I will bring it to > the clinic next weekend. I don't know if you got this sorted out at the clinic o

Re: [PLUG] Asus 1015pem running Xfce

2012-03-27 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:06:50 -0700 Denis Heidtmann dijo: >Another annoyance is that I cannot stop from dragging my fingers >across the touchpad and loosing my work in various mysterious ways. I >found out how to shut it off while typing, which helps a lot. I would >like the function key to shut

Re: [PLUG] Free distros! - PXE Booting & Beyond

2012-03-27 Thread Bill Ensley
If anyone can do it for April, I would be happy to bump to May for the FreePBX class we are giving. We could use the extra time to prepare. -Bill Ensley www.bearprinting.com On 3/27/2012 12:48 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:22:01 -0700 > "Maher, Jeff" dijo: > >> I was wo

Re: [PLUG] Free distros! - PXE Booting & Beyond

2012-03-27 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:22:01 -0700 "Maher, Jeff" dijo: >I was working during the clinic and would like to see an advanced >topics discussion on this. I was at the Clinic, but working on other matters, so I would like to see a presentation as well. But I am not usually able to go to Advanced Topi

Re: [PLUG] Asus 1015pem running Xfce

2012-03-27 Thread Denis Heidtmann
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 8:23 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Denis Heidtmann < > denis.heidtm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I installed Ubuntu 11.10. It comes with Unity. After some exposure to >> Unity (see wireless comments below) I decided that Unity with its huge >>

[PLUG] Ubuntu Oregon Precise Pangolin Release Party

2012-03-27 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
Hello PLUG Folk, Ubuntu Oregon will be holding its 12.04 LTS Release Party on April 29th from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM at PuppetLabs in Downtown Portland. I would like to invite those who are interested to consider attending and you can RSVP for the event at: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-us-or

Re: [PLUG] Free temporary online repository question

2012-03-27 Thread Maher, Jeff
Pogoplug has 5GB online storage with free signup here https://pogoplug.com/ Regards, Jeff Maher On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:18, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:15:52 -0700 > mer...@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) dijo: > > >> "Bill" == Bill Barry writes: > > > >Bill>

Re: [PLUG] Free distros! - PXE Booting & Beyond

2012-03-27 Thread Maher, Jeff
I was working during the clinic and would like to see an advanced topics discussion on this. Regards, Jeff On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 14:38, wrote: > > If there is interest I can give an actual talk. > > I never got around to PXE ... so I'm interested. > > > ___

Re: [PLUG] Free temporary online repository question

2012-03-27 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:15:52 -0700 mer...@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) dijo: >> "Bill" == Bill Barry writes: > >Bill> Dropbox allows files that large if you use the desktop >Bill> application to upload them. Their free account gives you 2GB of >Bill> storage. So if your file is smalle

Re: [PLUG] Free temporary online repository question

2012-03-27 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Bill" == Bill Barry writes: Bill> Dropbox allows files that large if you use the desktop application to Bill> upload them. Their free account gives you 2GB of storage. So if your Bill> file is smaller than 2GB you should be ok. There are probably other Bill> services that allow this also.