Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dear Ubuntu List Team i have something to draw to your attention

On 22/06/2021 08:28, Mark Dorrington wrote: The current version of ubuntu 21.04 will not boot from live dvd: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1336515/ubuntu-21-4-desktop-iso-burned-to-dvd-fails-to-start https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-21-04-upgrade-bug/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Flash and 18.04 update

On 30/04/18 21:05, Nigel Verity wrote: > there are 6 desktop environments to choose from across the "%buntu" > family, which is more than any other distro offers (as far as I'm aware) Tee hee. You might check out Manjaro's offerings. ;) signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mouse accessibility problem

On 09/04/18 17:50, Jim Price wrote: > Getting the mouse button down and up in a short > time is as difficult as getting a reliable double click it would seem. After doing some more digging the libinput "DragLockButtons" option may help with this: > Option "DragLockButtons" "L1 B1 L2 B2 ..." >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mouse accessibility problem

On 08/04/18 16:27, Jim Price wrote: > MATE is what we're trying to use How about Mouse Keys (under Keyboard Preferences)? Cursor can be positioned by both/either numpad keys or mouse, then a click by pressing a key without worrying about accidentally moving the cursor around. Though, if the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mouse accessibility problem

On 08/04/18 14:08, Jim Price wrote: > I'm trying to solve a problem with double clicking the mouse for someone > with jittery hand movements. The problem is that there is usually enough > movement between their first and second clicks of a double click that it > is registered as two single clicks

Re: More diagnostics data from desktop

On 07/03/18 20:43, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > Notably, in the very first email in this thread, Will Cooke > specifically said IP addresses will never be stored with this data. That doesn't mean it's not collected and so can be ignored. The "collected" data must be "processed" to remove the IP address

Re: More diagnostics data from desktop

(cross-posting because ubuntu-devel is moderated and this may not reach that list) On 07/03/18 11:46, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > What proposed collected data do you think should be considered > personal data for GPDR purposes? > "What constitutes personal data? "Any information related to a natural

Re: More diagnostics data from desktop

On 07/03/18 20:43, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > Notably, in the very first email in this thread, Will Cooke > specifically said IP addresses will never be stored with this data. That doesn't mean it's not collected and so can be ignored. The "collected" data must be "processed" to remove the IP address

Re: More diagnostics data from desktop

On 15/02/18 10:05, Will Cooke wrote: > On 14 February 2018 at 18:37, Alistair Buxton > wrote: > > > * Information from the installation would be sent over HTTPS to a > service > > run by Canonical’s IS team.  This would be saved to

Re: More diagnostics data from desktop

(Re-sending to devel-discuss as devel is moderated) On 15/02/18 10:05, Will Cooke wrote: > On 14 February 2018 at 18:37, Alistair Buxton > wrote: > > > * Information from the installation would be sent over HTTPS to a > service > >

Re: Ubuntu-dock

On 10/02/18 03:12, Technical Clarity wrote: > I debugged code and I have no bugs > how do I test it, so I can add the feature throughout the appicons.js > file. I just testing with minimize first to rearrange. > You might want to direct questions about a specific project to the project itself:

Re: ubuntu-dock-gnome

On 5 February 2018 at 13:53, Ralf ranfyy wrote: > It's better to do it the "Debian way": > $ apt source gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock > > sudo not required. This way you get the original source + patches applied > (if any). Cool, plenty of ways to get the source depending

Re: ubuntu-dock-gnome

On 5 February 2018 at 03:07, Technical Clarity wrote: > I'm looking for the code to participate and improve. The package page (https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock) links to the home page

Re: Target kernel for bionic?

On 31/10/17 10:37, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > I'd love it if there was a first-hand public statement from Greg or > someone similar that said their intent is for every new LTS kernel to > be supported for 6 years. Or that 4.14 will definitely be an Extended > LTS. > Just to finish this off (and only

Re: On Lists and Iterables

On 16/12/17 15:13, Xen wrote: > Python is a high-productivity language. > > It's not C. > > I think I have to stop posting here for a while... > I've only been vaguely following this thread as it doesn't appear to be related to Ubuntu Development, but it seems to me you're annoyed that you

Re: Detecting the init system in use

On 13/12/17 17:57, Robie Basak wrote: > 2) Come up with and agree on some other universal way for testing for > systemd and make that work everywhere. Then we can SRU that test to MAAS > in Trusty, and fix any other packages in Trusty affected by the > behaviour change of the original test.

Re: Target kernel for bionic?

On 30 October 2017 at 22:25, Jeremy Bicha <jbi...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 6:09 PM, J Fernyhough <j.fernyho...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 4.14 will (I believe) be supported for six years (so >> should last the full life of bionic). > > Do you

Target kernel for bionic?

Has there been any discussion or decision made on the target kernel for bionic? If not, can I request that consideration is given to the 4.14 LTS kernel, matching the use of 4.4 in xenial, rather than the non-LTS 3.13 in trusty? While it will likely be several point-releases old/mature by the

Re: [14.04] nVidia GeForce 1080TI

On 01/06/17 14:39, Jamie Strandboge wrote: > On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 14:05 +0100, J Fernyhough wrote: >> >> Trusty is EOL in about 10 months (April 2018); if you're upgrading >> hardware you should probably be installing 16.04 on it. >> > > April 2019, not 2018 (LT

Re: [14.04] nVidia GeForce 1080TI

On 01/06/17 14:22, Colin Law wrote: > On 1 June 2017 at 14:05, J Fernyhough <j.fernyho...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Trusty is EOL in about 10 months (April 2018); if you're upgrading >> hardware you should probably be installing 16.04 on it. > > April 19 I think > ht

Re: [14.04] nVidia GeForce 1080TI

On 01/06/17 07:45, Sebastian Busse wrote: > We are thinking of upgrading to current nVidia graphics cards. As far as > I can see, the GeForce 1080 is supported since 367.27 while the GeForce > 1080 TI is supported since 381.09. > > In Trusty Tahr, we seem to have access to 375 in the

Re: Set environment variable globally

On 06/04/17 16:36, Andrew Martin wrote: > > It seems like that would have some performance impact. Setting TZ in the > /etc/environment file doesn't appear to be used by upstart or systemd, and > therefore apache2 doesn't use it either. How can I make it be used for > services > started by

Re: Set environment variable globally

On 24/03/17 21:19, Andrew Martin wrote: > Hello, > > I recently saw this blog post regarding performance when the TZ environment > variable is not set: > https://blog.packagecloud.io/eng/2017/02/21/set-environment-variable-save-thousands-of-system-calls/ > There's also a good deal of discussion

Re: Updating package on universe

It should be fairly straightforward to backport to a PPA (look at the `backportpackage` script). If you're running it in an enterprise environment I'd assume you (or some other employee) already do packaging. J On 2 March 2017 at 02:08, CHANG, HENRY wrote: > Can I get it

Re: TCPDump Version

On 04/02/17 10:16, Robie Basak wrote: > Therefore you > cannot use the upstream version number as an indicator of whether > security vulnerabilities exist or not in any distribution package. > To expand again for this particular instance, the package can be checked at (e.g.):

Re: PHP7 - Connect to sybase database

Not sure of the relevance, but https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=803202 says: I have to replace all sybase references for mssql. > > Instead of using sybase_connect, i have to use mssql_connect, and all > other functions the same. > Otherwise it looks like recompiling PHP to include

Re: When will the lighttpd be updated on xenial

On 14/01/17 06:06, Cadence wrote: > Hi, > > The latest version of lighttpd available for xenial is 1.4.35 from April > 2016. There were lots of new lighttpd versions since then. Most notably > for me, 1.4.42 introduced mod_authn_mysql authentication. When will this > version be available for

Re: NCL installation

On 14 December 2016 at 06:17, elif beyza çatalbaş wrote: > > Dear Mrs/Mr > > I want to install NCL to my computer , I am using Ubuntu and I try this > commands. This isn't really the correct list for this question - this list is supposed to concern discussions

Re: 4.8 kernel for Xenial

On 21/11/16 21:01, JMZ wrote: > Try the canonical-kernel-team ppa to get 4.8.x and onwards. Never had a > problem with it even when running xenial. > > https://launchpad.net/~canonical-kernel-team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa > While it will probably work fine for most people, it's not necessarily a

Re: Adding a kernel removal script to linux-base or elsewhere

On 13 October 2016 at 23:18, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote: > Hi Jarno, > > On 2016-10-13 21:17, Jarno Suni wrote: > >> Okay, I have created the project in Launchpad. I am using git. >> If I get enough support, I will publish the script. Here is where you >> can support: >>

Re: Bug on Grafana package on ubuntu 16.04

On 13/09/16 20:13, Thomas Fragstein wrote: > Hello, > > > there is a bug on the grafana package on ubuntu 16.04. > > the simple bugfix are that icons are missing on the webpage of grafana. > > a longer description can be found > there https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/4712 > > > so

Re: libmariadbclient-dev On Ubuntu 16.04 lts

On 7 September 2016 at 09:11, ibrahim mohho wrote: > dear team > > kindly if you can help me How To Install libmariadbclient-dev On Ubuntu 16.04 lts While this is not a support list, two possible options. Option 1: sudo apt-get install libmariadb-client-lgpl-dev Option

Re: How to build systemd

On 04/08/16 15:45, Alex Lyakas wrote: > Greetings, > > I have downloaded the systemd package for trusty > (http://packages.ubuntu.com/source/trusty/systemd) with “apt-get source > systemd”. > > Which commands should I issue to build it? Specifically I need to build > udev and its accompanying

Re: qmysql3 plugin

On 30/07/16 02:24, Joe Mackey wrote: > I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04 and QT5. > > When I install Krecipes it complains that qmysql3 plug-in is missing. > > Any suggestions? > * Search the web for "qmysql3" * Find a thread describing an issue with Krecipes:

Re: Changes missing from yakkety-changes list?

On 16 June 2016 at 12:09, Colin Watson wrote: > Auto-syncs from Debian aren't mailed to -changes lists, only changes > that are explicitly uploaded to Ubuntu. That makes sense. I'll see what upstream has for me to watch. :) J -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list

Changes missing from yakkety-changes list?

Hi all, I didn't want to post this to the changes list itself as this doesn't seem like a change... It seems that there are changes to packages in Yakkety that are not included in the changes mailing list. For example, VLC is at 2.2.4 [1] but the mailing list [2] only has 2.2.2: > $ ag "vlc \("

Re: ERROR installing G19 Logitech keybourd on linux mint

On 23 April 2016 at 14:27, Warwick Lake wrote: > > dpkg: error processing package g15macro (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Errors were encountered while processing: > g15daemon > g15macro > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Re: gpg 2

On 26 February 2016 at 12:40, Roberto Sánchez wrote: > Hi. I've been using Enigmail for email encryption but, after the last > update, it requires a newer version of the gpg package than the one > included in wily (and, as far as I know, xenial). I don't know of

Re: Red5 Installation Error

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/02/16 03:16, HHS Administrator wrote: > I am having issue with properly installing Red5 on my AWS instance > of Ubuntu 14.4. It returns the following error. > > # aptitude install kaltura-red5 The following partially installed > packages

Re: Re: about upstart

Just to check, have you performed a web search for this information? While I don't know exactly what you're looking for, the very first result I get for "UPSTART_SESSION" is https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam/Specs/RaringUpstartUserSessions . A little down the page is the following: "D-Bus

Re: Systemd on Ubuntu

On 21 December 2015 at 15:15, Michael Parchet wrote: > Hello, > > Is it possible to install systemd on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64 bit or should I > upgrade Ubuntu ? > > Assuming you're running LTS for a reason, your best bet is to wait until 16.04 LTS is released, then upgrade to

Re: Is this list appropriate for technical support?

On 20 December 2015 at 19:26, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote: > In the short time I have been in this list I have seen plenty of request > asking for things that looked like technical support. > > Is this list intended for that? > > Not really. This is one of the reasons

Re: Usb tethering

On 19/12/15 13:39, Anca Emanuel wrote: > Please make usb tethering work 'out of the box' > Tutorial here: https://youtu.be/K2QQHsC2jiA > On Ubuntu Xenial: > (from dmesg) rndis_host 1-5:1.0 enxfe28313119dc: renamed from usb0 > IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enxfe28313119dc: link is not ready > > dhcpd

Re: about Live CD Customization in boot step

On 26 September 2015 at 02:46, Redhands wrote: > Sorry for my thoughtless. > > The way I customized is unsquashfs the filesystem.squash came from the > ubuntu-14.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso. > Then modifying files in it and mksquashfs the custom squashfs that make > the custom

Re: about Live CD Customization in boot step

On 25 September 2015 at 16:24, Redhands wrote: > How to customize the boot step when to choose try or install? > > It still has many languages in the language list and some ubuntu trace on > Ubuntu 14.04. > > Two things. 1) Your first message was received, you don't need to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux on the cheap?

On 23 September 2015 at 14:23, Liam Proven wrote: > On 22 September 2015 at 20:49, Steve Mynott > wrote: > > Any suggestions? > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux on the cheap?

On 22/09/15 19:49, Steve Mynott wrote: > Anyone any recommendations for very cheap laptops (ideally netbook > like form factor) with good linux support? Refurbished Lenovos. I got an X61 a couple of years ago for £60 and it's (still) excellent. You should be able to find some X201 for around

Re: Getting ubuntu iso securely

ttack > vectors as opposed to one. So slightly more secure having an automated > downloader and checksum checker in my humble opinion, but you are right it > isn't perfect and currently that way is fine for me. I was just trying to > offer suggestions. > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 a

Re: Getting ubuntu iso securely

t; been modified in transit, or my DNS requests have been spoofed. I am more > worried it hasn't been downloaded correctly. > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 12:48 PM, J Fernyhough <j.fernyho...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> It's no more secure than running: >

Re: Getting ubuntu iso securely

sy because it could be a open script with probably less > then 10 lines of code. > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 12:23 PM, J Fernyhough <j.fernyho...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> And how would you know the Ubuntu-branded downloader is secure? >> >> I think you're over-c

Re: Getting ubuntu iso securely

that doesn't exist. On 15 September 2015 at 20:40, Ryein Goddard <ryein.godd...@gmail.com> wrote: > We are talking about a more secure method with a built in way to checksum > that is easy for users not the Pentagon. > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 12:30 PM, J Fernyhough <j

Re: Getting ubuntu iso securely

And how would you know the Ubuntu-branded downloader is secure? I think you're over-complicating things here. Anyone interested in verifying a download is correct can verify the posted SHAsum, and anyone really concerned could install from a netboot (mini.iso), check its seed file, and download

Re: Green hard disk drives

On 13/08/15 11:09, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Hi, Something still wakes up green drives. Any hints to catch the culprit are welcome. I believe this is a known issue with WD Green drives. There are a few workarounds for this, for example: https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=17890

[Bug 1124250] Re: Partially incorrect uid mapping with nfs4/idmapd/ldap-auth

Ah, excellent. That release is in the kernel-team PPA - that'll do for the moment! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1124250 Title: Partially incorrect uid mapping with

[Bug 1124250] Re: Partially incorrect uid mapping with nfs4/idmapd/ldap-auth

Is there an ETA on including this in the main repos? I notice there's been a kernel update since Dariusz's patched kernel but it looks like this fix wasn't included. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Should I be worried by these strange 'trace routes'?

On 27 March 2015 at 21:04, mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote: Hi folks Apologies if this is a off topic, but I could do with a bit of advice, and can't think where else to ask. I have a Draytek router with 'DoS Defences' set up in the firewall, including 'block trace_route'. A few

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Should I be worried by these strange 'trace routes'?

On 27 March 2015 at 21:29, mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote: On 27 Mar 2015, at 21:24, J Fernyhough j.fernyho...@gmail.com wrote: You're not running Tor are you? I've tried out the Tor Browser Bundle and had a look at Tails out of interest. Why do you ask? It's possible the traffic

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Exposure

I don't know, Professor Mike and his Machine sounds like a great children's book. :) On 15 February 2015 at 13:07, Gareth France gareth.fra...@cliftonts.co.uk wrote: Spam? On 15/02/15 12:57, Sheila Farmer wrote: Hi , My name is Sheila Farmer, I am a friend of the Professor Mike and his

Re: Response to Erich Schubert (systemd fanboi / male feminist) and his lies.

On 11 November 2014 23:18, Chateau DuBlanc chateaudubl...@post.com wrote: I expect this post to be censored, it is par for the course for people like you. I read it, which means it wasn't. However, it's really got nothing to do with this list. Sincerely; --MikeeUSA-- Sincerely, Please

Re: Response to Erich Schubert (systemd fanboi / male feminist) and his lies.

On 11 November 2014 23:25, Brad Townshend bradtownshend...@email.com wrote: That guy says the other guy didnt do anything contribs for opensource, then on the next line says the first guy's music and games are crap. Well doesn't he admit that the guy contributed? He just doesn't like the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sharing files and folders between two 14.04 machines

On 17 October 2014 14:08, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: But why run ssh on your own internal LAN? What's the point of encrypting it? For file transfers I've found it to be slightly more reliable than samba. I have a Netgear WNR-3500L (running Shibby's TomatoUSB) acting as a NAS and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Swap area not created on install

On 17 October 2014 14:26, Gordon Burgess-Parker gordo...@mail.com wrote: Can anyone tell me what the 1.1 GB partition is, and as presumably I do need a Swap area, how do I create one? That's your swap device. Check free -m: me@pc ~ free -m total used free shared

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Swap area not created on install

On 17 October 2014 15:20, Gordon Burgess-Parker gordo...@mail.com wrote: Output of blkid: /dev/sda1: UUID=ba8d370e-f29c-4c18-ae93-650b7fe5f2a2 TYPE=ext2 /dev/sda5: UUID=f114109b-288a-432e-85bb-ba6be511ad58 TYPE=crypto_LUKS /dev/mapper/sda5_crypt: UUID=GVodJX-Am7J-fDKW-PWoG-7XBA-LpvG-U3G5NB

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Swap area not created on install

On 17 October 2014 15:31, Gordon Burgess-Parker gordo...@mail.com wrote: control sda5_crypt ubuntu--vg-root ubuntu--vg-swap_1 Nice - so the device is present, I reckon it just needs to be formatted. sudo mkswap /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-swap_1 sudo swapon /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-swap_1 Once it's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Swap area not created on install

On 17 October 2014 15:42, Gordon Burgess-Parker gordo...@mail.com wrote: On 17/10/14 15:36, J Fernyhough wrote: sudo mkswap /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-swap_1 sudo swapon /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-swap_1 Looks like that's it. Swap is now showing up in System Monitor as available with 1GB of space

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?

On 13 October 2014 13:11, Gordon Burgess-Parker gordo...@mail.com wrote: How do you find the battery life on your Lenovo x? I have a Lenovo U410 and the battery life, even with TPL installed never goes much over 3 hours...which is a pita I can get 3 hours repeatably, but this is not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?

On 4 October 2014 15:25, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: Any thoughts or suggestions? I don't do gaming - I just want something that will do e-mails, internet and documents. I use cloud sync for documents and I keep Thunderbird and Firefox in sync with my desktop. Kind

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?

On 4 October 2014 16:00, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: Thanks for that. I'm looking at an X220 on e-bay. The spec is terrific. It's a bit bigger than I really wanted, but it is a possibility. What is the overall height and width of your X61 please? It was easier for me to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] old toshiba

On 6 September 2014 17:28, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: For such an old PC (10y old), any modern Linux distro will really struggle. About the only *buntu with even a chance is LXLE: http://lxle.net/ Go with the 12.04 version. But it would be better suited to Puppy Linux or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] old toshiba

On 6 September 2014 17:44, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: Which is about 50x more powerful than this machine, which came with about 32MB of RAM and a 75MHz CPU or something like that. Yeah, I realised that after I'd posted... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Alphabetise != en_GB

On 30 July 2014 18:11, Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com wrote: On 30/07/14 17:49, Dave Morley wrote: On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:41:21 +0100 Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: Alphabetise Desktop Icons... OED says yes :) http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Alphabetise != en_GB

On 30 July 2014 20:51, Anthony Harrington untaintablean...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: On 30/07/14 20:23, Bruno Girin wrote: On 30 July 2014 18:51, J Fernyhough j.fernyho...@gmail.com wrote: On 30 July 2014 18:11, Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com wrote: On 30/07/14 17:49, Dave Morley wrote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Alphabetise != en_GB

On 30 July 2014 23:36, John Oliver jp.oli...@ntlworld.com wrote: Should it not match the wording already used in Nautilus preferences? Namely, Arrange icons by name. Being a person who likes cohesive approaches, that would be my preferred translation. This would make sense (as well as being

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 14.10 code name

On 23 April 2014 16:56, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: The adjective may be the difficult part. Unreliable Unicorn doesn't sound too good. Reading MS's blog post, I think the time delay was probably actually due to his trying to find unique u-words to use. :) Ubuntu 14.10: Go on,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 14.10 code name

On 22 April 2014 17:52, Gareth France gareth.fra...@gmail.com wrote: No doubt he has his reasons. Following the controversial renaming of Nokia to Microsoft Mobile and corresponding loss of brand identity, in a shock move Ubuntu will be renamed Microsoft Linux. http://mslinux.org/ Maybe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 14.10 code name

On 22 April 2014 18:23, Chris Coulson chrisccoul...@ubuntu.com wrote: I hope it involves unicorns. How about, Ubiquitous Unicorn? :-) - Chris I think the entire internet would be severely disappointed if it didn't. :D J -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cloud backup ....

On 8 April 2014 16:25, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: On 08/04/14 15:59, Barry Drake wrote: Unfortunately it costs, but only a meagre $10 as a one-off. You get a free trial though. Sorry, meant to say $15. If you get me to make a referral on my account, you get an extra 15

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Online Office Apps

On 21 February 2014 15:11, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On 21 February 2014 15:07, Nigel Verity nigelver...@hotmail.com wrote: I have to maintain a Windows 7 partition solely to run MS Word. I work on all my documents in LibreOffice but my customers invariably require DOCX format. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox hogging the processor

On 2 February 2014 11:55, Colin Law clan...@gmail.com wrote: HI -- I can't find anything on launchpad. Any suggestions anyone? -- Colin Which version of Firefox are you running? You might try the beta or aurora channels; I've seen a fair few issues with FF26, for example, that I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox hogging the processor

On 2 February 2014 12:25, Colin Law clan...@gmail.com wrote: I should have said, it is the standard version from the 13.10 repo. 26.0+build2-0ubuntu0.13.10.2 I might give the beta a go if I can work out how to install it. The easiest way to test is to just download from mozilla.org,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox hogging the processor

On 2 February 2014 13:04, Anthony Harrington untaintablean...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: I'd recommend adding the Mozilla daily ppa and upgrading your installation that way. It's usually updated everyday of the year, give or take the odd week around holidays (for obvious reasons!) but i've yet to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

On 30 Jan 2014 16:07, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: Schools are still teaching Microsoft This is changing. Slowly, but it's changing. J -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

On 29 January 2014 21:03, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: Hi there ... A couple of weeks ago, I did a BIOS (UEFI) update as requested after reporting a bug. The result was that an installation of Windows 7 which I had on a removable drive died completely and I lost it. How

Re: Including VirtualBox guest drivers in trusty iso.

On 20 December 2013 09:25, staticd staticd.growthecomm...@gmail.com wrote: I posted this a while back but got crickets. https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/232004 I also have suggested the same thing - other distros include pre-built kernel modules for their live media which means

Re: User Advocacy in Ubuntu

On 17 December 2013 20:23, Benjamin Kerensa bkere...@ubuntu.com wrote: I'm hoping to solicit feedback on this proposal and the idea of having a feedback tool built into Ubuntu. (Advance warning: some blunt sentences) Wasn't this the purpose of Brainstorm, which was closed earlier in the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11 - 13 Notebook Recommendations?

On 11 December 2013 19:28, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On 11 December 2013 18:19, Deryk Foote deryk.fo...@gmail.com wrote: Ubuntu is great at a lot of things, but keeping my cinder block of an old Dell from kicking the proverbial bucket isn't one of them. If you want something a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Xfce Appearance

On 28 October 2013 11:12, Nigel Verity nigelver...@hotmail.com wrote: All the stock Xfce applications look modern and easy on the eye - curved button corners, bevelled surfaces, etc. However some, though by no means all, non-Xfce applications have an appearance more akin to Windows 3 - dark

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Saucy Salamander - [Name]

Telephonic Triggerfish -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anybody seen this, thought it might be shown, as nobody has mentioned it on here yet.....

On 22 August 2013 12:21, pete smout psmo...@live.com wrote: Right a quick google of 'SELinux ubuntu 13.04' a link top of page to an Amazon page trying to sell me a Ubunutu DVD for £6.49 (even I am not that stupid) the SELinux wiki page is helpful if long-winded, and I have found a folder

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with a freezing machine: All kernels in 12.04 and 13.04

On 22/08/13 13:21, James Morrissey wrote: --snip-- The fact that there was a wireless problem on Broadcom BCM43228 and that the freeze appears to correlate with having the machine on battery power (i am This sounds like a problem with the Broadcom drivers - this was a known problem with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with a freezing machine: All kernels in 12.04 and 13.04

On 22 August 2013 14:30, James Morrissey morrissey.jam...@gmail.com wrote: If i uninstall bcmwl-kernel-source, which of the following packages do i need to install in order to get my wireless working: firmware-b43-installer, firmware-b43-lppy-installer, b43-fwcutter, and/or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenSSH Problems

On 21 August 2013 15:43, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: On 21 August 2013 15:36, Nigel Verity nigelver...@hotmail.com wrote: I am on the lookout for a bit of advice on using SSH/SFTP to transfer large files between devices on my home network. Have a look at rsync, it is generally

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Has anybody seen this and what do you think......

On 1 August 2013 09:13, Jon Spriggs j...@sprig.gs wrote: Just bear in mind while you're not wrong about it only going to a handful of vendors, you've got the names wrong when it comes to IT. HP (was EDS), IBM, Computacentre, Fujitsu, Capita, CapGemini G4S don't have an IT arm that I'm aware

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Has anybody seen this and what do you think......

On 31 July 2013 22:03, Muñiz Piniella, Andrés a75...@alumni.tecnun.es wrote: huge snip Goverment has bigger contacts with huge service companies and those can still be broken. I avoided commenting until now, but realistically any UK Government contract is locked down to one of the normal

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Has anybody seen this and what do you think......

On 29 July 2013 19:42, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mi6-and-mi5-refuse-to-use-lenovo-computers-over-claims-chinese-company-makes-them-vulnerable-to-hacking-says-report-8737072.html Huawei equipment, on the other hand, is completely

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Saucy and unity-common

On 23 July 2013 13:29, Neil Greenwood neil.greenwood@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Is anyone else using Saucy yet? A few days ago I was presented with a unity update that won't install because of a conflict between libunity-core-6.0-7 and unity-common 7.0.2+13.10.20130705.1-0ubuntu1 The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Inline posting

On 21 July 2013 04:53, Calum McAllister cremcallis...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: So, has anyone else been too worried about using the wrong protocol on here? It's just a case of following the conventions of the discussion. When I join a mailing list I tend to read some of the archives or let a few

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux GUI Development

On 19 July 2013 15:35, Nigel Verity nigelver...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi I write all the software to support my business activities using Gambas 3. If you've used Visual Basic you can use Gambas. The two are remarkably similar. You can connect to an SQLite database with 3 lines of code, and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Job

On 10 July 2013 15:25, pete smout psmo...@live.com wrote: Hi, During my daily search for gainful employment, I stumbled across this http://www.technojobs.co.uk/**job.phtml/1366734http://www.technojobs.co.uk/job.phtml/1366734: Which I do not have the experience to do :( It does strike me as

Re: Privacy features in Touch (cyanogenmod)?

On 3 July 2013 15:14, Robie Basak robie.ba...@ubuntu.com wrote: It's not much good to know that an app is misbehaving. I'd like to stop it. Having an all-or-nothing choice, like Android, often means that apps get feature creep, and before you know it your apps have far more permissions than

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