Re: [SLUG] portable MP3 player recomendations? (iIpod, iriver, ...)

2007-04-19 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: > Noting reference to OGG and FLAC, any thoughts on Vorbis? It works for me. The quality seems slightly better to my ears. Freedom wins it for me. -- Rev Simon Rumble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.rumble.net "Dans ce pays ci, c'est bon, de te

Re: [SLUG] portable MP3 player recomendations? (iIpod, iriver, ...)

2007-04-19 Thread Marghanita da Cruz
Sonia Hamilton wrote: * On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 03:11:21AM +0100, Rev Simon Rumble wrote: I've got an iAudio X5 which is excellent. (Why do they all have to have an i in the name?) Supports OGG and FLAC, works as a USB mass storage. Thanks Simon, I had a quick squiz, looks good. 30G - lo

Re: [SLUG] portable MP3 player recomendations? (iIpod, iriver, ...)

2007-04-19 Thread Sonia Hamilton
* On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 03:11:21AM +0100, Rev Simon Rumble wrote: > I've got an iAudio X5 which is excellent. (Why do they all have to have > an i in the name?) Supports OGG and FLAC, works as a USB mass storage. Thanks Simon, I had a quick squiz, looks good. 30G - lots of space, + USB mass

Re: [SLUG] portable MP3 player recomendations? (iIpod, iriver, ...)

2007-04-19 Thread Marghanita da Cruz
Sonia Hamilton wrote: My noname mp3 player is on the blink, I'm looking at buying a new one. What are ppls's recomendations? (iPod, iriver, etc). I want something that will plug into Ubuntu and Just Work (TM). I play music, but also want an easily navigable and sortable filesystem for podcasts a

Re: [SLUG] portable MP3 player recomendations? (iIpod, iriver, ...)

2007-04-19 Thread Luke Vanderfluit
Sonia Hamilton wrote: My noname mp3 player is on the blink, I'm looking at buying a new one. What are ppls's recomendations? (iPod, iriver, etc). Hi Sonia. Apacer AU231 1 GIG. $52 including shipping to your door. Expandable with upto2GIG SD. i-tech.com.au <-great delivery + online tracking.

Re: [SLUG] portable MP3 player recomendations? (iIpod, iriver, ...)

2007-04-19 Thread David Gillies
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sonia Hamilton wrote: > My noname mp3 player is on the blink, I'm looking at buying a new one. > What are ppls's recomendations? (iPod, iriver, etc). > > I want something that will plug into Ubuntu and Just Work (TM). I play > music, but also want an

Re: [SLUG] portable MP3 player recomendations? (iIpod, iriver, ...)

2007-04-19 Thread Dean Hamstead
dont be so quick to hate on ipods and itunes. this magic 'lock in' that i hear about, seems to actually bite more the other way. ipods have by far the most accessories and support, which other players get locked out of. you may argue that ipods have a limited number of formats, which may be true,

Re: [SLUG] portable MP3 player recomendations? (iIpod, iriver, ...)

2007-04-19 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > My noname mp3 player is on the blink, I'm looking at buying a new one. > What are ppls's recomendations? (iPod, iriver, etc). Problem with both iPod and recent irivers is that they don't just show up as standard hard drives when you plug 'em in

[SLUG] portable MP3 player recomendations? (iIpod, iriver, ...)

2007-04-19 Thread Sonia Hamilton
My noname mp3 player is on the blink, I'm looking at buying a new one. What are ppls's recomendations? (iPod, iriver, etc). I want something that will plug into Ubuntu and Just Work (TM). I play music, but also want an easily navigable and sortable filesystem for podcasts and language study. After

Re: [SLUG] Blogging system recommendations

2007-04-19 Thread David Gillies
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rev Simon Rumble wrote: > Hi folks. > > I'm building a simple web site for a mate of mine who's made a film > that's just hitting the festival circuit. I want it to be pretty basic, > with just a few pages and a blog that he can update. > > I use

Re: [SLUG] Bigpond NextG on Linux (Ubuntu)?

2007-04-19 Thread Robert Thorsby
On 2007.04.20 03:57 Andrew Swinn wrote: The word has got out -- no one in the bush is changing over to NextG, except those conned by Telstra. My mother-in-law received the production line 'you need to upgrade' marketing phone call, to which I advised her to wait until the CDMA service actually

Re: [SLUG] off topic but urgent hardware problem

2007-04-19 Thread David
> On 4/19/07, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've just attempted to reboot and my ASUS P5P800mx motherboard doesn't >> get >> past the splash screen. Can't enter the BIOS setup. No strange beeps. >> I'm >> guessing that's serious. > > I've had this problem a couple of times with different mach

Re: [SLUG] Amaya - Solved

2007-04-19 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:14:16 +1000 Matthew Hannigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 01:06:12PM +1000, Alan L Tyree wrote: > > I'm running Debian Sid and trying to install Amaya. Well, easy to > > install, of course, but when I try to run it: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ amaya

Re: [SLUG] Bigpond NextG on Linux (Ubuntu)?

2007-04-19 Thread Andrew Swinn
Robert Thorsby wrote: On 2007.04.19 10:39 Sonia Hamilton wrote: > On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 06:52:40AM +1000, > Robert Thorsby wrote: > Up our way (Mid North Coast) the response has > been universal -- NextG is crap. Most who were > coerced by Telstra into "converting" their mobiles > are trying t

Re: [SLUG] off topic but urgent hardware problem

2007-04-19 Thread David P
On 4/19/07, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've just attempted to reboot and my ASUS P5P800mx motherboard doesn't get past the splash screen. Can't enter the BIOS setup. No strange beeps. I'm guessing that's serious. I've had this problem a couple of times with different machines, and a sligh

Re: [SLUG] off topic but urgent hardware problem

2007-04-19 Thread Heracles
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Wild guesses... Either there is a simple problem with corrosion which can be fixed by removing and replacing the cards fitted to the motherboard. (unlikely but possible!) OR.. more likely your power supply has a problem and does not have enough kick o

Re: [SLUG] off topic but urgent hardware problem

2007-04-19 Thread Dave Kempe
David wrote: please excuse the off topic post but the need is urgent. I've just attempted to reboot and my ASUS P5P800mx motherboard doesn't get past the splash screen. Can't enter the BIOS setup. No strange beeps. I'm guessing that's serious. Any diagnostic suggestions? In case of need, any s

Re: [SLUG] off topic but urgent hardware problem

2007-04-19 Thread Tony Sceats
You may be able to reset the CMOS - there's usually a jumber or dip switch on the motherboard that will reset all the BIOS settings.. consult your motherboard manual for the precise location On 4/19/07, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: please excuse the off topic post but the need is urgent. I

[SLUG] off topic but urgent hardware problem

2007-04-19 Thread David
please excuse the off topic post but the need is urgent. I've just attempted to reboot and my ASUS P5P800mx motherboard doesn't get past the splash screen. Can't enter the BIOS setup. No strange beeps. I'm guessing that's serious. Any diagnostic suggestions? In case of need, any suggestions wher

Re: [SLUG] Doing a demo of Ubuntu at my place of work

2007-04-19 Thread Steven Tucker
On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 18:36 +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote: > > Robert Collins wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 17:52 +1000, David Ward wrote: > > > >> Thanks Amos. This is something I have thought of and mentioned to > >> some > >> of the sales stuff. Their instant reaction is that if there's no

[SLUG] Ubuntu 7.04 is out

2007-04-19 Thread Paul McCormack
Get on the torrent: http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/7.04/ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent Paul -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

Re: [SLUG] Blogging system recommendations

2007-04-19 Thread Michael Chesterton
Rev Simon Rumble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This one time, at band camp, Dave Kempe wrote: > >> stick with blosxom, but get a decent html editor with web site >> publishing? nvu might be decent > > No chance. It's gotta be modifiable by a complete novice, inside a web > browser. I've never

Re: [SLUG] Doing a demo of Ubuntu at my place of work

2007-04-19 Thread Robert Collins
On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 18:36 +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote: > > What might be meant is that the sales droids make commission on the > sales. And? They still get a commission, of the same amount - or more (different product lines often have different margins) with what I'm suggesting. -Rob -- GPG

Re: [SLUG] Doing a demo of Ubuntu at my place of work

2007-04-19 Thread Robert Collins
On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 17:52 +1000, David Ward wrote: > Thanks Amos. This is something I have thought of and mentioned to > some > of the sales stuff. Their instant reaction is that if there's no > money > in Linux why bother selling it? > > They sell MS software and make margin on it. So can u

Re: [SLUG] Doing a demo of Ubuntu at my place of work

2007-04-19 Thread David Ward
Thanks Amos. This is something I have thought of and mentioned to some of the sales stuff. Their instant reaction is that if there's no money in Linux why bother selling it? They sell MS software and make margin on it. So can understand what they are saying but dont agree with them. I am def