OT - Finger reader that reads to the blind (in development)

2014-07-08 Thread Stephen Partington
Not sure how well this page will look for the intended audience, but the information here is too good to not pass along. http://phys.org/news/2014-07-mit-finger-device-real.html -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after y

Re: How to stop this annoying pop-up?

2014-07-08 Thread sean
Looks like KDE Wallet Manager is asking for the keyring key to retrieve your password for upquick. Have you changed your wallet password? Or you upquick password? On Jul 7, 2014 6:55 PM, wrote: > "Ryan Rix" last wrote: > > > That's from the Network tool; Looks like it's trying to connect to a >

Meeting: PLUG this Thursday (7/10)

2014-07-08 Thread PLUG Announcements
PLUG will be meeting at 7pm at The Desert Breeze Substation. Desert Breeze Substation 251 North Desert Breeze Blvd Chandler, AZ 85226 The Desert Breeze Substation is on Chandler Blvd and Desert Breeze Blvd, which is half way between McClintock and Rural. It is very close to both the south 202

how can i get dvd on latest amd 64 ubuntu disk - have slow connection

2014-07-08 Thread David Lopez
does anyone have a fast connection to be able to get the the latest release for my machine and a blank disk. here is my machine: amd x86_64 bit i can pick it up during day or maybe at the upcoming meeting on the 10th. i have ubuntu distribution of October 2012 - 12.10. Ubuntu does not send update

Re: how can i get dvd on latest amd 64 ubuntu disk - have slow connection

2014-07-08 Thread Stephen Partington
I can download and burn a disk for you, i am not likely to be at the meeting on the 10th, but we can certainly make arrangements to get it to you. On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 2:46 PM, David Lopez wrote: > does anyone have a fast connection to be able to get the the latest release > for my machine an

Re: how can i get dvd on latest amd 64 ubuntu disk - have slow connection

2014-07-08 Thread Stephen Partington
the other option is if you can leave your connection active use torrrent or django to grab your image. and just let them trickle overnight. On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: > I can download and burn a disk for you, i am not likely to be at the > meeting on the 10th, but

I want to run my linux with the xfce DE

2014-07-08 Thread Michael Havens
... so I opened synaptic and found 'XFCE ...' in the package selection in the left panel and installed all the programs presented. Then I logged out/in again. Then when I clicked on the lambda I was not given the option of running xfce. Would someone tell me what I did wrong and how to make it so I

Re: how can i get dvd on latest amd 64 ubuntu disk - have slow connection

2014-07-08 Thread David Lopez
stephen - thanks! i tried your idea of using a torrent (transmission-gtk) and in 1 hr, the iso file for ubuntu 14.04 was transmitted to my download dir. i tried to read the logs (debug and error) and found some but maybe it was from the sending torrent. i moved the file to another dir and the pgm

Re: I want to run my linux with the xfce DE

2014-07-08 Thread Michael Havens
Never mind I googled it. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 7:05 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > ... so I opened synaptic and found 'XFCE ...' in the package selection in > the left panel and installed all the programs presented. Then I logged > out/in again. Then when I clicked on the lambda

Re: I want to run my linux with the xfce DE

2014-07-08 Thread Michael Havens
bummer it seems xfce doesn't work with googletalk :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 8:34 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > Never mind I googled it. > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 7:05 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> ... so I opened synaptic and found 'XFCE ...' in the packa