Re: [ubuntu-uk] Packages for Java and Postgresql

2013-05-15 Thread Liam Proven
generally not fiddle with. If you have not noticed it, I really doubt that it is anything special with your installation. More screenshots: http://itsfoss.com/how-to-remove-old-linux-kernel-version-in-ubuntu-12-10/ That window is *identical* to the one in 13.04's USC. -- Liam Proven • Profile

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Packages for Java and Postgresql

2013-05-15 Thread Liam Proven
items In other words, it does EXACTLY what I have described and when you keep telling people you can't install Synaptic from the Ubuntu Software Centre you are wrong. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook

Re: [ubuntu-uk] enough folks

2013-05-14 Thread Liam Proven
On 13 May 2013 11:24, Stuart Ward stuart.w...@bcs.org wrote: On 10 May 2013 13:53, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: Just press Ctrl-A to select all text, then Home to go to the top, delete the few blank lines, then move down, trim the quoted text and type your reply. In gmail select

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Packard Bell, what wonderful support!

2013-05-10 Thread Liam Proven
, unprofessional and seriously ignorant of what you claim to be your job. I reiterate my earlier comment: you are no professional. - - - - - * I am censoring myself here. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven

Re: [ubuntu-uk] enough folks

2013-05-10 Thread Liam Proven
works in thunderbird, and mailman https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/2013-May/thread.html Naughty filthy top-quoter. Anyway, changing the subject breaks threads in Gmail, which is probably the world's most widely-used email client after the Microsoft ones these days, I suspect. -- Liam

Re: [ubuntu-uk] enough folks

2013-05-10 Thread Liam Proven
the same. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Packard Bell, what wonderful support!

2013-05-09 Thread Liam Proven
numbers. I have to ask: have you never heard of http://www.saynoto0870.com/ ? Whenever I'm confronted with one of these, I just look up the geographic number and call that. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Packard Bell, what wonderful support!

2013-05-09 Thread Liam Proven
in waiting for collection only to find they haven't given me the account number for it! You are being beyond unreasonable with them. I cannot blame them at all. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Packard Bell, what wonderful support!

2013-05-09 Thread Liam Proven
on the high street, rather than, say, scouring your local Freecycle group, or buying used kit off eBay? Nope, sorry, I don't buy it. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Packard Bell, what wonderful support!

2013-05-09 Thread Liam Proven
On 9 May 2013 16:25, Nigel Verity nigelver...@hotmail.com wrote: Gareth While I think that Liam Proven's robust manner does him no credit Yeah, I get that a lot. :¬D -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Packard Bell, what wonderful support!

2013-05-09 Thread Liam Proven
On 9 May 2013 18:06, Gareth France gareth.fra...@gmail.com wrote: On 09/05/13 18:03, Liam Proven wrote: On 9 May 2013 16:36, Gareth France gareth.fra...@gmail.com wrote: 884 I have used saynoto0870 and got nowhere. Calling the numbers listed resulted in me being told to use the website

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Saucy Salamander testing ....

2013-05-08 Thread Liam Proven
any idea which program is causing it . Any thoughts as to whether I can do anything useful until an update fixes the problem? O_o Is this on your live work machine? If so, that was, er, brave of you. Sounds like it could be a theme problem. Try resetting the theme in Appearance. -- Liam

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Saucy Salamander testing ....

2013-05-08 Thread Liam Proven
On 8 May 2013 16:27, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: On 08/05/13 15:38, Liam Proven wrote: Is this on your live work machine? If so, that was, er, brave of you. Sounds like it could be a theme problem. Try resetting the theme in Appearance. Work machine yes - but as always, I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Saucy Salamander testing ....

2013-05-08 Thread Liam Proven
On 8 May 2013 21:14, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: On 08/05/13 16:35, Liam Proven wrote: Possible idea: create a new account from the CLI, log in to it - default settings might work where the existing ones don't - and see if the theme can be reset from there? Or, if it's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] missing hard drive

2013-05-04 Thread Liam Proven
* on which disk it's going to go. It just means it will leave Windows in place, possibly resizing it, and make a new partition for Ubuntu. If you want to pick where, you have to click the customise button and make your own. Surely you have done this before? -- Liam Proven • Profile: http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unwanted kernels

2013-05-04 Thread Liam Proven
to Raring. I don't mind keeping the latest 3.8 kernel and the 3.5 before that and the 3.2 before that. This is my effort at simple, clear instructions: http://liam-on-linux.livejournal.com/20347.html -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail

Re: [ubuntu-uk] missing hard drive

2013-05-02 Thread Liam Proven
| diskmgmt.msc) In Linux, you should be able to see and indeed mount the Windows drive. What does Gparted show? Terminal - sudo apt-get install gparted -y ; sudo gparted -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN

Re: [ubuntu-uk] London Release Event - Thursday

2013-04-26 Thread Liam Proven
On 26 April 2013 12:25, Tony Scott to...@tonyscott.org.uk wrote: Great to meet everyone at the Old Thameside last night. Cheers! Seconded! -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice menu problem remains

2013-04-24 Thread Liam Proven
that, while removing libreoffice-gnome doesn't help, removing libreoffice-gtk still works as a workaround. It makes the app look a bit basic old-fashioned but functionality is *always* more important than æsthetics! -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice menu problem remains

2013-04-24 Thread Liam Proven
version linked (in a ppa, from bug reports) is working for you, you can help the developer push an SRU update. I hope this helps! OK, I've looked through those 2 bugs. I can't see a PPA listed and I don't know what an SRU update is, I'm afraid. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http

[ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice menu problem remains

2013-04-23 Thread Liam Proven
So I am now running beta 2 of Raring, I guess, and LibreOffice's menus still are completely inaccessible via the keyboard. This is a really serious problem. It renders the entire suite unusable for me. Is there any official way to draw more attention to this really quite critical bug? -- Liam

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice menu problem remains

2013-04-23 Thread Liam Proven
the system theme. (On my netbook running Precise, remove libreoffice-gtk also makes dialog boxes much smaller so that they fit onto the 1024×768 screen, a beneficial side-effect.) But in Raring there is no GTK package to remove. I do not know of any other workaround. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice menu problem remains

2013-04-23 Thread Liam Proven
appears, but the commands appear to be interpreted in the context of Nautilus, not LO. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Life without unity

2013-04-07 Thread Liam Proven
. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Life without unity

2013-04-07 Thread Liam Proven
caused the crash, restarting Compiz also restarts Unity. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884

[Bug 1069971] Re: Libreoffice hotkeys (Alt + ) do not work - lo-menubar NOT installed - Fresh install of 12.10

2013-03-13 Thread Liam Proven
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 739184 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/739184 This is still a problem in Quantal and Raring. It is more of an issue than ever with Raring because there is no libreoffice-gtk package to remove. Some other workaround is urgently needed! -- You received

[Bug 739184] Re: [Libreoffice] Mnemonics do not work in Unity

2013-03-13 Thread Liam Proven
This is still a problem in Quantal and Raring. It is more of an issue than ever with Raring because there is no libreoffice-gtk package to remove. Some other workaround is urgently needed! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 13.04 behaves differently...

2013-02-26 Thread Liam Proven
forward #2 For a group of messages: block-highlight them, pick forward That's what, well, everyone I have ever seen using email in my life does. Drag and dropping messages onto an app icon? I am sorry, but WTAF? No! -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoostorm laptop at ebuyer.com

2013-01-18 Thread Liam Proven
models but not since Mint 13. (~= Ubuntu 12.04). http://www.simplicitycomputers.co.uk/ -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

2013-01-04 Thread Liam Proven
On 3 January 2013 18:08, SuperEngineer boo...@gmail.com wrote: tact ~ nounvery rare 1. consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense ;) That's why it said please! :¬) -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

2013-01-03 Thread Liam Proven
. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 1095044] Re: Compiz crashes at login, every single boot

2013-01-03 Thread Liam Proven
I have done this but Compiz only crashes at boot/first login time, so I doubt that it will help. Please correct me if I am wrong. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1095044 Title: Compiz

[Bug 1095044] [NEW] Compiz crashes at login, every single boot

2013-01-01 Thread Liam Proven
Public bug reported: Since the last batch of updates of 2012, my PC, which is set to auto- login, experiences a Compiz crash at every boot, before I can click or do anything. I have just 1 app set to auto-start: Firefox. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: compiz

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Default Kernel Issue

2012-12-05 Thread Liam Proven
is up-to-date and if not updating it. That is a common cause of kernel problems in my experience. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locking screen.......

2012-12-04 Thread Liam Proven
wake, and if it doesn't wake then it will never ask for the password. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locking screen.......

2012-12-04 Thread Liam Proven
in the right direction. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locking screen.......

2012-12-04 Thread Liam Proven
On 4 December 2012 17:43, Andy Braben andybra...@gmail.com wrote: On 4 December 2012 17:29, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On 3 December 2012 21:12, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: On 03/12/12 21:05, Colin Law wrote: Does it suspend if you do it from the menu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrade from 6.06LTS!

2012-11-27 Thread Liam Proven
-only. After you've done your P2V conversion, you could bung that on the physical box and run your VM directly on it. I am assuming it's a physical server, [a] because of its age and [b] because if it was already virtualised, a backup and test-upgrade would be fairly trivial. -- Liam Proven

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrade from 6.06LTS!

2012-11-27 Thread Liam Proven
On 27 November 2012 14:42, Paul Tansom p...@aptanet.com wrote: ** Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com [2012-11-27 14:49]: On 27 November 2012 14:13, Paul Tansom p...@aptanet.com wrote: I have a server (i.e. no desktop software, X, or etc. - not that this necessarily follows, but it does with me

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrade from 6.06LTS!

2012-11-27 Thread Liam Proven
On 27 November 2012 16:30, Alan Bell alan.b...@libertus.co.uk wrote: On 27/11/12 15:49, Liam Proven wrote: FWIW, I think it is foolish and even suicidal of VMware to depend upon Windows for management, but what can you do... you can use KVM, it works great on the server side

[Bug 739184] Re: [Libreoffice] Mnemonics do not work in Unity

2012-11-26 Thread Liam Proven
Confirmed. This was previously a problem with ``lo-menubar'' in 11.04/11.10/12.04. Now in 12.10 the problem has been transferred from the additional/not-installed-by-default ``lo-menubar'' package into Libreoffice's GTK integration and thus this bug now affects everyone. Removing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Raring Ringtail .....

2012-11-18 Thread Liam Proven
difficult... -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chromebook Acer C7 - Ubuntu??

2012-11-14 Thread Liam Proven
, no heatsinks or vents to clog with dust, no whining fans, and twice the battery life from a small, thin, light unit. I'll give up a bit of compatibility and performance for that! -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Additional Recruitment of Telford

2012-10-15 Thread Liam Proven
addresses. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SOT - Pre-installed Linux machine vendors

2012-10-14 Thread Liam Proven
, I've been urging this for a year or 2 now. I'll send on your email by way of further encouragement! -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] off topic (apologies)

2012-10-08 Thread Liam Proven
and your contract, for starters. Secondly, do you have admin access to your router? -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Good general book on Ubuntu/Linux?

2012-10-03 Thread Liam Proven
money. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Quantal Quetzal takes flight - the London release party for Ubuntu 12.10

2012-10-03 Thread Liam Proven
button on the sign up page there will be a badge with your name on it waiting for you - I might include IRC nicks if they are on your launchpad page. see you there o/ Oh cool. The George is lovely, unlike Bar Soho. ;-) Although it must be said, that was a great night... -- Liam Proven

Re: [ubuntu-uk] CDE makes a comeback

2012-08-14 Thread Liam Proven
. Thanks for the link! -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost sound

2012-08-10 Thread Liam Proven
On 10 August 2012 16:18, David King linux...@avoura.com wrote: I just have the onboard sound, no other soundcard. Ah. Well, it's not that, then, I don't recall having any other problems with Linux sound in a decade or so. Sorry! -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] problems upgrading Ubuntu

2012-08-07 Thread Liam Proven
; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y Reboot, then try again. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 10.10 on apple g3

2012-08-06 Thread Liam Proven
/ -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spelling error in sig, heheh

2012-08-01 Thread Liam Proven
to the end of my email. Fair enough! -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Steam fears Win8 - proposes Linux

2012-07-31 Thread Liam Proven
space, then a newline. It also shouldn't contain HTML or formatting. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Steam fears Win8 - proposes Linux

2012-07-31 Thread Liam Proven
On 31 July 2012 17:31, paul sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: On 31/07/12 17:27, Liam Proven wrote: On 31 July 2012 14:12, David Smith d...@p3computers.com wrote: Dave Smith Windows desktop technician and Linux afficionado. Um, you know, if that is your signature, you should know

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-12 Thread Liam Proven
, female, appears to be quite geeky and has moderately large breasts, which has ensured her a considerable popular following. I'm not one of them. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-12 Thread Liam Proven
On 12 July 2012 14:01, Laura Czajkowski la...@lczajkowski.com wrote: On 12/07/12 13:55, Liam Proven wrote: However, she is young, female, appears to be quite geeky and has moderately large breasts, which has ensured her a considerable popular following. I'm not one of them. Liam

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-12 Thread Liam Proven
On 12 July 2012 14:25, Laura Czajkowski la...@lczajkowski.com wrote: On 12/07/12 14:11, Liam Proven wrote: On 12 July 2012 14:01, Laura Czajkowski la...@lczajkowski.com wrote: On 12/07/12 13:55, Liam Proven wrote: However, she is young, female, appears to be quite geeky and has moderately

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-12 Thread Liam Proven
On 12 July 2012 14:58, Alan Bell alanb...@ubuntu.com wrote: On 12/07/12 14:40, Liam Proven wrote: I do rather feel I am being criticised for something I tried hard to avoid doing here. do try that little bit harder next time please. Just to reinforce what Laura and Sarah have already

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Replacing Linux Mint 13 with Ubuntu 12.04

2012-07-03 Thread Liam Proven
not disagree more. I /always/ set up my own machines with a separate /home partition. It make life *so* much easier when upgrading. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2012-06-28 Thread Liam Proven
On 28 June 2012 14:51, Andy Partington andy.parting...@gmail.com wrote: On 28 June 2012 12:45, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On 28 June 2012 05:52, JON TAYLOR jonptay...@btinternet.com wrote: http://www.vernoncorp.com/wp-content/themes/corporate/googlesave.html?efj=vh.jhjwrg

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft Surface Release, Will there be something similar from Ubuntu?

2012-06-25 Thread Liam Proven
on the market now. http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2012-06-23 Thread Liam Proven
On 23 June 2012 20:15, ** johnbrid...@yahoo.com wrote: http://themercurylounge.com/ssp_director/albums/album-1/director/google.html?bfc=sgrs.sxfsjmi=er.wgmhh=cdhm Looks like spam to me. I suggest people DO NOT click on this. Mods, you might want to restrict this account...? -- Liam Proven

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread Liam Proven
and you can transfer files, music, pictures etc. no problem, or at least I could on my HTC Desire HD. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Museum outing

2012-06-22 Thread Liam Proven
that keeps me out of musea in the daytime is the hordes of squeakers. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread Liam Proven
specific support for certain older versions of iTunes - you can't just use the latest one. iTunes installs a lot of background services and things - it is not an easy app for WINE to run. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread Liam Proven
Windows and Mac OS X. Any company that adopts such a proprietary tool is being foolish and should be told so by as many customers as possible. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread Liam Proven
? This thread is a discussion about Ubuntu being preinstalled on laptops in India. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread Liam Proven
to wifi and it will download just as fast as via a host computer. Faster, in fact, as the on-device download is just the files for that device, as opposed to a generic installer, so it is much smaller. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G

[ubuntu-uk] Is there an official list of UK vendors of preinstalled kit?

2012-06-19 Thread Liam Proven
? Is there much demand for it? -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is there an official list of UK vendors of preinstalled kit?

2012-06-19 Thread Liam Proven
On 19 June 2012 15:28, Laura Czajkowski la...@lczajkowski.com wrote: On 19/06/12 15:25, Liam Proven wrote: On 19 June 2012 14:33, Alan Pope alan.p...@canonical.com wrote: http://webapps.ubuntu.com/partners/reseller/ Found via Canonical.com - Partners - Find a partner. Well it wasn't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] embarrassing mouse issue

2012-06-19 Thread Liam Proven
On 19 June 2012 18:01, pete smout psmo...@live.com wrote: On 18/06/12 12:41, Liam Proven wrote: On 17 June 2012 14:15, pete smoutpsmo...@live.com  wrote:                snip Plug in wired alternatives. Install, *update it* and *then* see if the wireless ones still don't work. Hi Yep I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] embarrassing mouse issue

2012-06-18 Thread Liam Proven
out of ideas any suggestions? Plug in wired alternatives. Install, *update it* and *then* see if the wireless ones still don't work. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] virtualbox problems

2012-06-16 Thread Liam Proven
in virtualbox.  Which vm would anyone recommend, virtualbox or something else? I like Virtualbox, yes. Have you tried to run Sage under WINE? That is much lighter-weight and gives better integration. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail

Re: [ubuntu-uk] virtualbox problems

2012-06-15 Thread Liam Proven
on it it's bigger. Still runs fast with room for an app or 2 in 512MB though. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell

Re: [ubuntu-uk] virtualbox problems

2012-06-15 Thread Liam Proven
On 15 June 2012 14:31, Alan Bell alan.b...@libertus.co.uk wrote: On 15/06/12 12:23, Liam Proven wrote: On 15 June 2012 07:23, richardlongforth1...@gmail.com  wrote: can i install win 7 on virtualbox from an oem install disc? I got the to try linux and thought she could have windows

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please

2012-06-10 Thread Liam Proven
have a huge gap between sessions). That is good advice! And where did you get the Thinkpad for such a bargain price? :¬) -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please

2012-06-10 Thread Liam Proven
On 10 June 2012 19:07, kpb k...@sohcahtoa.org.uk wrote: On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:58:19 +0100 Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: [ snip ] And where did you get the Thinkpad for such a bargain price? :¬) UK Ebay oddly enough. It is an X200s, not an X200 and is about four years old now. X60s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] from 10.04 to 12.04 (was HUD vs gnome do)

2012-05-20 Thread Liam Proven
not require hardware 3D). LXDE (and Lubuntu) are the main lightweight alternative now, I think. Over all I spent over two hours with her. But I think she really did not need any of it given that for 10.04 we did not even speak and it worked fine for her. Sounds good! -- Liam Proven • Profile

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quantal ....

2012-05-18 Thread Liam Proven
/is/. Some background service or something, I guess. Nothing visible and user-facing has ever died once. Even the alpha was pretty stable. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quantal ....

2012-05-18 Thread Liam Proven
On 18 May 2012 15:44, Alan Pope alan.p...@canonical.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18/05/12 15:23, Liam Proven wrote: But I can never tell what the problem /is/. Some background service or something, I guess. Nothing visible and user-facing has ever died once

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quantal ....

2012-05-18 Thread Liam Proven
On 18 May 2012 16:56, Tony Pursell a...@princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk wrote: On 18 May 2012 16:10, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On 18 May 2012 15:44, Alan Pope alan.p...@canonical.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18/05/12 15:23, Liam Proven wrote: But I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

2012-05-14 Thread Liam Proven
installing Grub to /dev/sda - in other words, the whole drive. This is what you want. Leave it alone. If it does not, for some reason, pick /dev/sda as the destination for the GRUB bootloader. This will enable you to choose between Linux and Windows at power-on. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

2012-05-14 Thread Liam Proven
On 14 May 2012 18:13, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: On 14/05/12 13:41, Liam Proven wrote: That is true and correct, AFAICS, but to be honest, it would probably be easier just to reinstall. Norman: at a minimum, you need 2 partitions. I suggest you shrink the Windows partition

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

2012-05-14 Thread Liam Proven
just created. Then just continue as normal. No cable-fiddling needed. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

2012-05-13 Thread Liam Proven
Don't know if it will assist, though... -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem installing

2012-05-01 Thread Liam Proven
, powerful and flexible *DESKTOP* interface for machines with a mouse and a keyboard. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viglen MPC-L, what now?

2012-04-13 Thread Liam Proven
responses. :¬) -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Youtube colour is wrong

2012-04-12 Thread Liam Proven
anyone know why fullscreen mode isn't, but is usually only slightly bigger than the large-video view? Is it a side-effect of dual-head operation? I'm on an nVidia GeForce 230 with 2 dissimilar CRTs, 19 + 21. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Precise Pangolin Release Party - London, 26th April

2012-04-12 Thread Liam Proven
On 8 April 2012 04:39, Sharif Shown sharif.sh...@gmail.com wrote: but ubuntu 12.4 reales please help me Er. What? -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity testing

2012-04-12 Thread Liam Proven
to encourage people not to be phobic about this, I guess. It's tricky. I find it a real problem when people learn the words but then apply them incorrectly. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Youtube colour is wrong

2012-04-12 Thread Liam Proven
On 12 April 2012 14:01, Alan Bell alan.b...@libertus.co.uk wrote: On 12/04/12 11:51, Liam Proven wrote: Thanks for this! I've had exactly the same problem but weirdly only YT was affected - all other video-streaming sites were OK. The Flash settings dialog was unresponsive for me

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Precise Pangolin Release Party - London, 26th April

2012-03-28 Thread Liam Proven
night of it! :¬) -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity launcher ....

2012-03-23 Thread Liam Proven
Debian Edition? Crunchbang? Or Debian itself. I think those are your main options. Or if you don't mind losing APT, then Arch Linux, which is getting a lot of attention these days. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Re: MS-DOS not being added to GRUB menu (Lubuntu 12.04)

2012-03-18 Thread Liam Proven
On 18 March 2012 13:06, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: On 17/03/12 17:19, Liam Proven wrote: Smarter mail clients can collapse quoted text, you know... I have a principle of using whatever mail client Ubuntu chooses to give me.  Currently this is Thunderbird.  In your terms

Re: [ubuntu-uk] really really off topic ....

2012-03-18 Thread Liam Proven
as well. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS-DOS not being added to GRUB menu (Lubuntu 12.04)

2012-03-17 Thread Liam Proven
On 17 March 2012 02:43, Piskie ub.u...@btinternet.com wrote: On 17/03/12 01:47, Liam Proven wrote: I asked this on the other list, possibly by mistake. I have installed beta 1 of Lubuntu 12.04 on an old PC I'm planning to give away. The only thing that is not flawless about

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS-DOS not being added to GRUB menu (Lubuntu 12.04)

2012-03-17 Thread Liam Proven
On 17 March 2012 13:17, Piskie ub.u...@btinternet.com wrote: On 17/03/12 12:15, Liam Proven wrote: On 17 March 2012 02:43, Piskieub.u...@btinternet.com  wrote: On 17/03/12 01:47, Liam Proven wrote: I asked this on the other list, possibly by mistake. I have installed beta 1 of Lubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS-DOS not being added to GRUB menu (Lubuntu 12.04)

2012-03-17 Thread Liam Proven
On 17 March 2012 02:43, Piskie ub.u...@btinternet.com wrote: On 17/03/12 01:47, Liam Proven wrote: I asked this on the other list, possibly by mistake. I have installed beta 1 of Lubuntu 12.04 on an old PC I'm planning to give away. The only thing that is not flawless about

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Re: MS-DOS not being added to GRUB menu (Lubuntu 12.04)

2012-03-17 Thread Liam Proven
that to /be/ a long post. Smarter mail clients can collapse quoted text, you know... -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell

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