Gerald Williams wrote:
Hi all
http://beebhack.wikia.com is where all the iplayer downloading stuff
gets best documented and discussed.
Personally, I prefer the iplayer_automator shell script which is a
wrapper for iplayer-dl I think but presents a relatively friendly
interface...
Tim
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Simon Wears wrote:
Firstly - my apologies! I think I sent out a blank email to the list
by accident.
Second - I'm living in Manchester, and was thinking of going along to
one of the MANlug meetings. Does anyone on this list go, or know how
active they are?
Hiya,
I'm based near
alan c wrote:
I have just heard Peter Day's In Business program, and it is totally
about free software its past and future. Very concise I thought, and
well informed.
Worth a listen (podcast available)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/inbusiness/inbusiness.shtml
Free For All broadcast
Josh Blacker wrote:
On 21 Nov 2008, at 22:30, Philip McGaw wrote:
It could be better
Sent from my iPod
Sent from your iPod on an Ubuntu mailing list? For shame, sir!
Well he *could* be running GNU/Linux on his iPod, sir!
However, you are probably right. :)
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If
Javad Ayaz wrote:
just a quick question. Im trying to log into my gmail on my phone. but i
keep getting the incorrect username/password message?
I use m.gmail.com or m.google.com on my neo freerunner running the FDOm
distro and it works fine.
I have managed to log in using the full blown
(Please forward this to anybody or any lists you think might be interested)
DFEY-NW (Digital Freedom in Education Youth - North West) is a group
focusing on young people and issues of freedom in the digital world,
based in the Northwest of England at the moment.
=== In Brief ===
WHERE: Meet
Hi there,
I don't often ask for help but I'm not sure exactly what I'm looking for
here.
http://files.tdobson.net/ss/broken.desktop.png
This screen shot, shows my desktop. There seem to be some problems with
the theming, or GUI kit or something.
I'm using my own layout of a GNOME desktop,
Mac wrote:
Tim Dobson wrote:
...This screen shot, shows my desktop. There seem to be some problems with
the theming, or GUI kit or something.
snip
Anyway, if anyone can help, or point me in the right direction, it would
be appreciated. :)
Came across this very recently via FS Daily
Andrew Oakley wrote:
I'm looking for DVD Xvid playback software with a zoom function, under
Ubuntu 8.04. At minimum, the ability to zoom in to a 16:9 video which
has been recorded as a 4:3 aspect ratio with black bars at the top
bottom (letterbox). Ideally, the ability to zoom smoothly in
Mac wrote:
Tim / Jai Yes, you're quite right to be cautious: I only passed the
URL on as it might have meant something to you, Tim; but I had no idea
what consequences the proposed fix might have (it did look a bit
draconian to me!). Of course, as you say, you could risk experimenting
Johnathon Tinsley wrote:
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
Neil Greenwood wrote:
| 2008/9/12 Johnathon Tinsley [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
| -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
| Hash: SHA1
|
| Hello all,
| Hi Johnathon,
|
| [snip]
| Synaptic says it's v3.0nbsp; (screenshot
Farran wrote:
can gracenote be connected to rhythmbox to download track info in any
way?
I don't have too much experience with rythmbox, but in my experiences
with amarok have been pretty good.
the one it uses at the moment doesn't always return the right info,
and there isn't much there
Dianne Reuby wrote:
My son's just started college, and one of the programs he'll be using is
Macromedia (Adobe) flash.
Hi, I just started my second year of Applied ICT
(I'm now at A2) and I have just found out we are going to be using
Macromedia Director (Yes that's the shockwave creation
Alan Pope wrote:
Don't hold your breath. I dont anticipate Ubuntu Mobile running (and
working) on _any_ phone (with the possible exception of the freerunner) in
the next few months.
Unfortunately the ubuntu-mobile team have limited themselves by only
producing stuff for intel compatible
For those who haven't seen it, The Free Software Foundation has released
a video featuring Stephen Fry, explaining free software and GNU to those
who might otherwise find it difficult to understand.
The video, published at http://gnu.org/fry
has caused quite a stir across the the F/LOSS
Scrase, Eddie wrote:
Jai Harrison wrote:
What we really need is a multiplatform messaging protocol + client to
cut into the Microsoft instant messaging market - the younger
generation of Microsoft Windows users.
Alan cocks wrote:
Isn't that what Pidgin is for or have I misunderstood?
Sean Miller wrote:
Thanks for that Tim.
No problem!
Some very useful insights there.
Happy to be of help :)
Am I right in thinking that aMSN doesn't actually support any of the
other protocols?
I think the Yahoo IM network is to be/has been linked up with the MSN
network, though not very
Anyone know anyone who would be interested in this?
Original Message
Subject: [ORG-discuss] Fw: [uk-parl] asking for your help in collecting
names of associations
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:03:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glyn Wintle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Open Rights Group open
Andy Smith wrote:
Hi Tim,
Hi Andy,
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 09:53:58PM +0100, Tim Dobson wrote:
It's worth pointing out that whilst people disagree with each other it
does not necessarily stop them working together on common ground.
(The converse of course is that just because you share
Alan Pope wrote:
Hi Tim,
Hi Alan :)
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 01:25:42AM +0100, Tim Dobson wrote:
Please forward this to any other lists or people who you think might be
interested.
If you mail announcements like this to the lugmaster mailing list on
lug.org.uk then individual LUG
to encourage and promote young people's
involvement with the free software community by creating a social space
to make it more comfortable for young people to get involved with GLUGs
and FSUGs.
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DFEY-NW Co-Organiser
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[1] http://dfey.freedomdreams.co.uk
[2] http://is.gd/1IUS
Javad Ayaz wrote:
Hi,
Coming to the end of my contract, Im just wondering what Ubuntu
community uses for its mobile needs, in relation with ubuntu ? i.e Sync,
contacts, rss!
Neo Freerunner!
www.openmoko.com
www.truebox.co.uk
Failing that get a 3310 and be done with it :P
/me runs
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James Tait wrote:
Tim Dobson wrote:
I have a freerunner which I bought from www.truebox.co.uk
So what are your impressions? I certainly take Popey's point about a
phone that works and works well, but just how much work/grief can one
expect with the Freerunner? The two biggest drawbacks
andylockran wrote:
In all serious, can people stop recommending the freerunner.
This seems a bit of a strange request to me...
It's a sure way of annoying people - recommending an iphone killer
that doesn't make phone calls.
I don't suggest it's an iphone killer anymore than I hear
Tim Dobson wrote:
andylockran wrote:
In all serious, can people stop recommending the freerunner.
This seems a bit of a strange request to me...
It's a sure way of annoying people - recommending an iphone killer
oops.
I wrote this After i read your other mail!
hehe. :D
Tim
Javad Ayaz wrote:
how is it network support and price wise though?
It's completely SIM free.
It should work on all UK networks, with the possible exception of 3.
If you are on 3 you might need to do some research.
(Like putting your SIM in a non-3g unlocked phone and seeing whether it
works -
Robert McWilliam wrote:
On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 02:19:20PM +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote:
how is it network support and price wise though? i dont think the networks
in the UK support it. And £200 plus i doubt if anyone wants to buy it
specially if free-er versions that do the same thing are
Javad Ayaz wrote:
how does installing new apps on this work? like synaptic in ubuntu?
yep - http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Om2008.8_Installer
it's pretty similar really.
I think for the uptake of any technology by the masses...the hardware
has to be available...cheap-ish! How many people do
Chris Bannister wrote:
On 05/08/08 19:53, Ian Pascoe wrote:
Tim
What's the phone storage and memory size as bought?
Ian
Clinking the big green banner on the main pages leads to:
http://www.openmoko.com/product.html
Which says:
* Memory
o 128MB SDRAM
o
James Tait wrote:
Hi all,
Need to be straight to the point, battery running low. Someone (Popey?)
mentioned something several months ago about a group of people getting
New FreeRunners and a discount being available. I'm looking to jump on
that bandwagon -- can anyone remind me of details
Alan Pope wrote:
I've been wondering if there's a set of Ubuntu related topics that are not
covered, or not covered well in the current set of books available.
Some sort of removable media inside the book, with a PDF of the book on it.
Allows non-commercial (though preferably commercial)
Lucy wrote:
Will that group allow giving out of Ubuntu CDs?
Hmm, difficult one ;)
Personally, I would love to give out Ubuntu CDs. Unfortunately, when I
made the suggestion on the list others weren't so keen ;) We will
definitely be giving out the openDisc and gNewSense CDs and I'm
Alan Pope wrote:
Does the group know the the Ubuntu CD has a Free Software Only install
option?
I expect this isn't good enough for them though.
They should do...
I use Gobuntu on a day to day basis!
But it's not good enough really. In fact it's not good enough for either
camp as I've
to your suggestions,
Tim Dobson
DFEY-NW Co-Organiser
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[1] http://dfey.freedomdreams.co.uk
[2] http://dfey.freedomdreams.co.uk/wiki/Talk:Main_Page
[3] http://www.manchesterdda.com
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If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, then each of us
still has one
James Milligan wrote:
Great timing - I'm looking for a 'young' LUG in the NW - I've checked the
dates I should be available, and put them on the poll
Thanks for the opportunity as well.
Excellent! I look forward to seeing you there! :)
Tim
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If each of us have one
Ken Adams wrote:
Having a nightmare trying to get my webcam running.
Webcams *are* a nightmare, however, I was elated a few days ago when I
found that my 8 pound, generic, bottom of the range, unbranded webcam,
a) works natively with amsn kopete - seriously - these programs have
AWESOME
2008/5/7 Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Which bizzarely contains multiple copies of the video. I am motivated to
_not_ use torrent in this situation for this reason. The torrent is
considerably larger than one single video.
The torrent contains:
20080501-rms.ogg
20080501-rms_med.ogg
==
RMS Video:
==
The video of last week's Manchester Free Software, (in collaboration
with the BCS and IET) talk by Richard Stallman has been released, thanks
to Andrew John Hughes.
You can find a torrent and http mirrors for the video on the Manchester
Free Software Website.
Hey guys...
just a quick reminder,
looking forward some of you tomorrow
feel free to say hi...
Tim
Original Message
Subject: [Fsuk-manchester] Reminder: Richard Stallman in Manchester tomorrow
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:04:10 +0100
From: Paul Waring [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL
Robert Kosten wrote:
Any chance we'll get one?
There is one. I'm using it.
I'm not sure exactly what it's *real* status is, and how _free_ it is,
is certainly questionable (see gobuntu-devel mailing list if you are
interested).
If you google gobuntu hardy, should find a place to download
Josh Blacker wrote:
Alan Pope wrote:
Show of hands... Who's going to this?
Why wouldn't I?
An 8 hour round trip by train? ;)
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If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, then each of us
still has one object.
If each of us have one idea, and we exchange
On 17/04/2008, Lucy wrote:
Thanks Dianne. The Manchester free software group currently use the
MDDA for their monthly meetings, but it hadn't occurred to me that we
could do something Ubuntu related there too! Unfortunately though,
they are currently undergoing a funding review (or
James Westby wrote:
We're still looking for a venue for the packaging/bug jam, do you think
this would be a good location?
I have never been/done a packaging/bug jam so I couldn't comment really
- I don't know what would be good or what would be bad. I'm not sure if
a packaging/bug jam would
Rob Beard wrote:
I'd go for the USB hard drive option, you never know when it might come
in handy. IIRC you can also get some media players that take laptop
size hard drives (actually I might have mistaken them with 3.5 hard
drive players). Other than that, you could always sell it on?
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