Re: [ubuntu-art] Impression Alpha 5

2009-03-05 Thread Oliver Scholtz
Am Mittwoch, den 04.03.2009, 22:07 -0500 schrieb John Baer: On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 12:00 +, Oliver Scholtz wrote: Message: 3 Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:22:15 +0100 From: Oliver Scholtz scholli...@yahoo.de Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Impression Alpha 5 To: Discussion on Ubuntu artwork

Re: [ubuntu-art] Impression Alpha 5

2009-03-05 Thread Joseph
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 9:44 PM, John Baer bae...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 2009-03-01 at 06:54 +, Jonathan Blackhall wrote: Pardon my ignorance, but I don't quite get the circles. What do they tell me about their purpose? If I didn't already know what the 3 buttons at the top

Re: [ubuntu-art] Jaunty Wallpaper

2009-03-05 Thread coz DS
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 6:31 AM, Mads Rosendahl mad...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I've been working on a LTSP ldm theme (https://lists.canonical.com/archives/ubuntu-art/2009-March/009094.html) and thought the artwork perhaps could be reused as desktop wallpaper. I'm currently trying to convert parts

Re: [ubuntu-art] Impression Alpha 5

2009-03-05 Thread Joseph
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 7:01 AM, Joseph yhar...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 9:44 PM, John Baer bae...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 2009-03-01 at 06:54 +, Jonathan Blackhall wrote: Pardon my ignorance, but I don't quite get the circles. What do they tell me about their

Re: [ubuntu-art] Jaunty Wallpaper

2009-03-05 Thread Brian
From: Mads Rosendahl mad...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2009 3:31:38 AM Subject: [ubuntu-art] Jaunty Wallpaper Hi I've been working on a LTSP ldm theme (https://lists.canonical.com/archives/ubuntu-art/2009-March/009094.html) and thought the artwork perhaps

Re: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe] preferences-system-network/network-workgroup

2009-03-05 Thread Steve Dodier
Hello, I must say i have a preference for the white version of the network-workgroup icon. I really like green, but i don't think green and blue fit well, on this one. If you wanna go for green things, here's a pretty awesome globe picture that could be a good inspiration :

Re: [ubuntu-art] Make being root more obvious (scary)

2009-03-05 Thread Steve Dodier
Hello, I just wanted to say that i don't think we're having the good approach, at the moment. It is true that running nautilus as root is clearly not such a great idea, and that the mecanisms used by Thunar are pretty useful. But i don't think modding the whole theme would be a good

Re: [ubuntu-art] Make being root more obvious (scary)

2009-03-05 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Wednesday 04 March 2009 18:53:08 Ryan Prior wrote: See this bug [1] and blueprint [2]. The people involved with those might be interested in our solution (a visual warning, while allowing nautilus to run as root) or might convince us that we're wasting time because nautilus should never be

Re: [ubuntu-art] Fwd: Wallpaper again

2009-03-05 Thread shadowh511
The wallpaper is beautiful, even on se7en. Good work, man! -- Ubuntu FTW! -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Make being root more obvious (scary)

2009-03-05 Thread shadowh511
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Kenneth Wimer kw...@ubuntu.com wrote: On Wednesday 04 March 2009 18:53:08 Ryan Prior wrote: See this bug [1] and blueprint [2]. The people involved with those might be interested in our solution (a visual warning, while allowing nautilus to run as root) or

Re: [ubuntu-art] Fwd: Wallpaper again

2009-03-05 Thread Saleel
John fox wrote: Nice, just a thought, maybe if you colud try to incorporate a small jackalope in the grey area would be cool, I must say that I vehemently disagree. I like the fact that we are doing abstract wallpapers. A jackalope is not an abstract concept, it should stay out, it would

Re: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe] applications-science

2009-03-05 Thread Smartboy
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 5:41 PM, spg76 sebastianpo...@gmail.com wrote: I updated the wiki with a new version for applications-science. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/BreatheIconSet/Submissions -- Seba (AKA spg76) http://www.ubuntu-ar.org -- ubuntu-art mailing list

Re: [ubuntu-art] Jaunty Wallpaper

2009-03-05 Thread david zondlo
I absolutly love this wallpaper!! I wouldnt change it in any way! (well, except add a inner shadow, but I do that to evey wallpaper :) ) -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Jaunty Wallpaper

2009-03-05 Thread david zondlo
also, I wouldnt mind getting a super sharp 1600x1200 version! xD (my res is 1440x900) -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Fwd: Wallpaper again

2009-03-05 Thread david zondlo
I agree, I belive the jackalope should stay out of this one :) -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Jaunty Wallpaper

2009-03-05 Thread david zondlo
And to the darker comment, this is what Im currently using :) (really dont mean to offend Mads Rosendahl!!) http://i44.tinypic.com/sp7uoz.jpg -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Jaunty Wallpaper

2009-03-05 Thread david zondlo
errr wrong link (sorry for posting so much in this thread!!) http://i40.tinypic.com/2vwzskk.jpg -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Impression Alpha 5

2009-03-05 Thread John Baer
On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 14:38 +, Joseph wrote: Message: 1 Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 08:41:05 -0500 From: Joseph yhar...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Impression Alpha 5 To: Discussion on Ubuntu artwork ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID:

[ubuntu-art] A note on wallpaper dimensions

2009-03-05 Thread Dylan McCall
Just recently I got a totally awesome 24 monitor. (Yay! It's a Samsung T240, going up from a Dell 17. I can't get over how big it is). To my dismay, Ubuntu's default wallpaper was stretched way beyond its means at the monitor's native resolution (1920x1200). GNOME's backgrounds all look fine;

Re: [ubuntu-art] A note on wallpaper dimensions

2009-03-05 Thread Michael McKinley
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Dylan McCall dylanmcc...@gmail.com wrote: Just recently I got a totally awesome 24 monitor. (Yay! It's a Samsung T240, going up from a Dell 17. I can't get over how big it is). To my dismay, Ubuntu's default wallpaper was stretched way beyond its means at the

Re: [ubuntu-art] A note on wallpaper dimensions

2009-03-05 Thread Ryan Prior
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Michael McKinley m.mckin...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Dylan McCall dylanmcc...@gmail.com wrote: Just recently I got a totally awesome 24 monitor. (Yay! It's a Samsung T240, going up from a Dell 17. I can't get over how big it is). To

Re: [ubuntu-in] Unable to install GRUB

2009-03-05 Thread Onkar Shinde
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 6:39 PM, nagendra prasad nagendra802...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I had Ubuntu studio installed on my system. 3 days back I installed Vista on my system, but now my boot loader is not their. I am unable to use ubuntu studio. I tried to install the GRUB boot loader, but

Re: [ubuntu-in] how to install bluetooth connection in ubuntu 8.10

2009-03-05 Thread Onkar Shinde
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:57 PM, ambika divya ambikadi...@gmail.com wrote: hello all . Can someone guide me how to install bluetooth connection in ubuntu 8.10 ? What do you mean exactly by installing bluetooth connection? The bluetooth stack is available by default. Depending on the

Re: [ubuntu-in] Unable to install GRUB

2009-03-05 Thread Vinayak Mutalikdesai
Hi NP, Hi Even I faced the same issue, I installed XP on top of Ubuntu 8.04. I follwed the instructions mentioned here.. Even you can give a try... https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows Regards Vinayak On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Onkar Shinde onkarshi...@gmail.com

Re: [ubuntu-in] Edubuntu LiveCD

2009-03-05 Thread Sameep
Yes it did! I just tested the iso on virtual machine. Time to wikify it. Congrats!! Regards, Sameep http://www.thelinuxblog.co.cc -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

[ubuntu-in] OT: Help in Openoffice (how to count text in series)

2009-03-05 Thread ramnaraya...@gmail.com
Hi Am posting something related to openoffice ( have already posted to openoffice forum and done a google search, and am still to find a solution so am posting here as well, in case someone can help. Query is regarding counting random text in a series - i just need to know how many cells in a

Re: [Ubuntu-QC] Acer Aspire One?

2009-03-05 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gilbert Dion wrote: Salut, Dave, [...] La version lpia, avec Notebook remix, fonctionne assez bien, mais Antidote refuse de s'y installer (il demande une architecture i386, pas lpia), ce qui me déçoit, vu mon boulot (je suis un «travailleur

Re: [Ubuntu-QC] acer aspire one?

2009-03-05 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steve Grégoire wrote: bonjour!! jai une question ben idiote... jaimerais savoir si un acer aspire one est un bon achat... Si tu peux acheter l'appareil en question en personne (contrairement à par la poste), va dans un magasin qui a une bonne

Re: [Ubuntu-QC] Alors, ghost ou pas?

2009-03-05 Thread Jean-Bruno Desrosiers
Bonjour! Pour répondre à Etienne Goyer, personnellement, j'ai trouvé ce truc pas mal cool... Back in Time,http://www.le-web.org/back-in-time/ Je suis sur 8.10. Jean-Bruno Desrosiers -- Ubuntu-quebec mailing list Ubuntu-quebec@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [Ubuntu-QC] acer aspire one?

2009-03-05 Thread Steve Grégoire
Bonjour! je crois que je vais écouter mon coloc et je vais attendre de meilleur offre ... et comme certain l ont mentionner l écran est un peux petite en passant quand je parle de multimedia, je veux dire audio/video et selon ce que j ai pu comprendre de la part de mon coloc ca ne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Learning Ubuntu....

2009-03-05 Thread Colin McCarthy
2009/3/4 John jake...@sky.com I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but I was just wondering, are there any websites or books that are Ubuntu specific, that are easy to read and understand Before spending any money on dead tree books take a look at http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com it's a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Learning Ubuntu....

2009-03-05 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/3/4 John jake...@sky.com: I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but I was just wondering, are there any websites or books that are Ubuntu specific, that are easy to read and understand. I want to try using my Terminal more, and I think I'm now ready to start learning. Read man pages.

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu print magazine with CD?

2009-03-05 Thread Andrew Oakley
I recall seeing an Ubuntu Linux printed magazine with Hardy LTS desktop install CD available in WH Smiths for a tenner, a few months ago. It's not in Smiths now, at least not the large Cheltenham branch. Does anyone know where I might be able to get copies of this? Or who the publisher was?

[ubuntu-uk] PDA running linux?

2009-03-05 Thread doug livesey
Hi -- does anyone have any experience with PDAs running linux? I need to write an on-site data-gathering app, and such a machine would be perfect. I'd also need a clue about the best way to rapid-dev for a linux PDA. I've got about 2 weeks, typically! Doug. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDA running linux?

2009-03-05 Thread Kris Douglas
Hi -- does anyone have any experience with PDAs running linux? I need to write an on-site data-gathering app, and such a machine would be perfect. I'd also need a clue about the best way to rapid-dev for a linux PDA. I've got about 2 weeks, typically!    Doug. There are lots of installers

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu print magazine with CD?

2009-03-05 Thread Andrew Oakley
Mark Fraser wrote: I was going to say that Computer Active published 'The Computer Active Ultimate Guide To Linux' in December, but that had Ubuntu 8.10 on it. It was £5.99. Ooh, that might do. Thanks. http://www.computeractive-direct.co.uk/index.cfm?p=16itemid=2946 Basically I want to give

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu print magazine with CD?

2009-03-05 Thread Sean Miller
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Andrew Oakley andrew.oak...@hesa.ac.uk wrote: I recall seeing an Ubuntu Linux printed magazine with Hardy LTS desktop install CD available in WH Smiths for a tenner, a few months ago. It's not in Smiths now, at least not the large Cheltenham branch. Does

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running restore disc for Ubuntu

2009-03-05 Thread Sean Miller
My advice, Rowan... - back everything up that you need (probably only /home/rowan or whatever) - re-install from a fresh Ubuntu CD. Trying to work out what's going on with this one just seems to be taking up time of yours that you really do not have... the truth is that Ubuntu is VERY good these

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running restore disc for Ubuntu

2009-03-05 Thread Rowan
thanks guys -- I have all the time in the world, it's just that I am a bit luckless (and clueless). This DVD is the one that LinuxCertified made specifically as an 'image' of their own particular configuration with all its applications, but they also supplied a CD with just the ubuntu minus

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running restore disc for Ubuntu

2009-03-05 Thread Rob Beard
On 05/03/2009 12:39, Rowan wrote: thanks guys -- I have all the time in the world, it's just that I am a bit luckless (and clueless). This DVD is the one that LinuxCertified made specifically as an 'image' of their own particular configuration with all its applications, but they also supplied

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running restore disc for Ubuntu

2009-03-05 Thread Sean Miller
I really think you're wasting your time, Rowan, dealing with them. I am convinced that if you let Ubuntu simply install itself you'll have all your issues fixed. It is one of the things we've been taught to do, phone or e-mail the supplier in the first instance, but when it comes to Linux I have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Learning Ubuntu....

2009-03-05 Thread Liam Proven
2009/3/5 Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk: Read man pages. The first UNIX like system I used was a VAX-VMS system. Er, VAX-VMS was not remotely UNIX-like and did not have a man command, nor ls, cd or any of those. The directory-listing command was not ls, it was DIR or indeed any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running restore disc for Ubuntu

2009-03-05 Thread Rowan
Oh, absolutely, the applications are all in the repositories, they have said so several times. But you can imagine how much angst I would generate trying to do it that way. I suspect that the trick is to catch one of the boot options when first powering up, before it goes into Ubuntu, perhaps

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu print magazine with CD?

2009-03-05 Thread Liam Proven
2009/3/5 Andrew Oakley andrew.oak...@hesa.ac.uk: I recall seeing an Ubuntu Linux printed magazine with Hardy LTS desktop install CD available in WH Smiths for a tenner, a few months ago. It's not in Smiths now, at least not the large Cheltenham branch. Does anyone know where I might be able

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running restore disc for Ubuntu

2009-03-05 Thread Rowan
yeah, well, California ... they're probably all stoned ... Sean Miller wrote: I really think you're wasting your time, Rowan, dealing with them. I am convinced that if you let Ubuntu simply install itself you'll have all your issues fixed. It is one of the things we've been taught to do,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Learning Ubuntu....

2009-03-05 Thread Sean Miller
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/3/5 Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk: Read man pages. The first UNIX like system I used was a VAX-VMS system. Er, VAX-VMS was not remotely UNIX-like and did not have a man command, nor ls, cd or any of those. Quite

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running restore disc for Ubuntu

2009-03-05 Thread Sean Miller
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Rowan rowan.berke...@googlemail.com wrote: yeah, well, California ... they're probably all stoned ... Can we join in do you think? Could just do with getting stoned, but in cloudy Shepton Mallet there are no hippies to commune with... *deep breath* ;-) Sean

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Learning Ubuntu....

2009-03-05 Thread Ian Betteridge
I approve of this wild topic drift :) On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: Quite right, none of this Unix nonsense... we used to have VML and God knows what else... oh, I guess we'd

[ubuntu-uk] Fw: EU rules for member States and more!

2009-03-05 Thread mike daniels
I was educated before we bacame part of the EU. The EU allows all member States to use their own system of measurement and currency! Interesting that a contributor wants computer weights stated in kilos! Some years ago, trading standards prosecuted traders for selling goods in pounds

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running restore disc for Ubuntu

2009-03-05 Thread Alan Pope
On 05/03/2009, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: I really think you're wasting your time, Rowan, dealing with them. Harsh. I am convinced that if you let Ubuntu simply install itself you'll have all your issues fixed. I'd be willing to bet that's not the case. Look at it from LC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: EU rules for member States and more!

2009-03-05 Thread Angelos Chatzikostas
There is no VAT in intra EU transaction. But the importer has to pay the VAT in customs. That is ofcourse applied to companies and not individuals... I think UK has to see more friendly the EU ... Thanks 2009/3/5 mike daniels mikezz1...@yahoo.com I was educated before we bacame part of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running restore disc for Ubuntu

2009-03-05 Thread Rowan
I think we have provided immense amounts of information detailing exactly the commands that Rowan needs to recompile and reinstall his driver. Either he knuckles down and tries it ... I already did just that, I believe: type the following as root or using sudo to rebuild the r8168 driver: cd

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: EU rules for member States and more!

2009-03-05 Thread mike daniels
I am not qualifed to comment on EU VAT on intercompany busines, My point was, if an individual purchases goods from an EU State, the VAT rate of that State is applied, so for example, a purchase from Polaland is at the 22.5% rate. --- On Thu, 5/3/09, Angelos Chatzikostas angelos...@gmail.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running restore disc for Ubuntu

2009-03-05 Thread Sean Miller
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: You're not Rowan though. You have orders of magnitude more skill and experience in use of Linux than he appears to. If he goes for a vanilla install of Ubuntu it's entirely likely that he'll end up with some level of brokenness

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Learning Ubuntu....

2009-03-05 Thread Tony Arnold
Ian, Ian Betteridge wrote: I approve of this wild topic drift :) Yes, me too! I was a grewat lover of OpenVMS (to give it its proper name) and all things VAX and Alpha. I still have an Alpha workstation running OpenVMS running under my desk! On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Sean Miller

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running restore disc for Ubuntu

2009-03-05 Thread Alan Pope
On 05/03/2009, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: Trying to fix something that is broken is FAR harder than simply re-installing, and it sounds like he's sufficiently early on in his Linux journey to do that without losing too much. Sounds like the windows way of fixing things. Just

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: EU rules for member States and more!

2009-03-05 Thread Matt Jones
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:10 PM, mike daniels mikezz1...@yahoo.com wrote: I am not qualifed to comment on EU VAT on intercompany busines, My point was, if an individual purchases goods from an EU State, the VAT rate of that State is applied, so for example, a purchase from Polaland is at the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: EU rules for member States and more! Closing Thread Please

2009-03-05 Thread mike daniels
Thanks Matt, mybe I was being too specific, yes, ROI items were charged at the 15% rate. Time to close this thread, back to the technical ones. Regards, Michael --- On Thu, 5/3/09, Matt Jones m...@mattjones.me.uk wrote: From: Matt Jones m...@mattjones.me.uk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: EU rules

[ubuntu-uk] Touch Book

2009-03-05 Thread Bruce Beardall
For those of you who haven't already seen this, the new toy from the guy who brought us the Zonbu. http://www.osnews.com/story/21075/Want_Touch_Book If it's as good as they make out it could prove interesting since the hardware design is supposed to be open, should make a very easy install for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running restore disc for Ubuntu

2009-03-05 Thread Rowan
That was our interim conclusion, Simon, but it now appears that the problem is more complex. What happened was this: the suppliers sent the machine out to me with automatic updates switched on, and being a first-time user I allowed it to download and attempt to install a whole series of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu print magazine with CD?

2009-03-05 Thread Andrew Oakley
Mark Fraser wrote: On Thursday 05 March 2009 10:24:12 Sean Miller wrote: Almost certainly Future Publishing... they do these things, I was going to say that Computer Active published 'The Computer Active Ultimate Guide To Linux' in December, Ah! Found it. It was The Linux Starter Pack and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running restore disc for Ubuntu

2009-03-05 Thread Tony Travis
Rowan wrote: Oh, absolutely, the applications are all in the repositories, they have said so several times. But you can imagine how much angst I would generate trying to do it that way. I suspect that the trick is to catch one of the boot options when first powering up, before it goes into

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Learning Ubuntu....

2009-03-05 Thread Tony Travis
Liam Proven wrote: [...] VAXen ran Unix - indeed, Unix was developed on VAXen. But the native VAX OS, although much much later rated POSIX-compatible, was VMS which is nothing like Unix in any way. Hello, Liam. Wrong! - Unix was developed on pdp11's: I used it on a pdp11/23 + 11/34.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Learning Ubuntu....

2009-03-05 Thread Steve Flynn
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: I remember driving my friend Hugo Fiennes in, perhaps, the late 80s to pick up a PDP 11 running Unix.  I remember him joking about she sells c-shells etc. I've jsut spent 10 minutes trying to work out why I knew that name.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Learning Ubuntu....

2009-03-05 Thread Sean Miller
This page of Hugo's is fascinating... http://utter.chaos.org.uk/~altman/mp3mobile/ We have REALLY gone off topic now. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Learning Ubuntu....

2009-03-05 Thread Sean Miller
Flippin' hell... he developed the iPhone??? http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/news/article1/ Arrghhh where did I go wrong? Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Beware - tempers flare

2009-03-05 Thread alan c
'Tempers Flare as Recession Creeps into Tech Industry' http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2009/03/tempers-flare-as-recession-creeps-into.html Extract: It's _ hippy freaks like you that are costing us our jobs. You got any idea how many people are getting pink slips because of your

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu print magazine with CD?

2009-03-05 Thread alan c
Andrew Oakley wrote: Mark Fraser wrote: I was going to say that Computer Active published 'The Computer Active Ultimate Guide To Linux' in December, but that had Ubuntu 8.10 on it. It was £5.99. Ooh, that might do. Thanks. http://www.computeractive-direct.co.uk/index.cfm?p=16itemid=2946

[ubuntu-uk] booting the ubuntu restore DVD

2009-03-05 Thread Rowan
It turned out to be, press F12 at the POST screen, as it states in the bottom, then select the optical drive when the boot device menu appears. It seems to have worked. To prevent all this from happening again, I need to go to System - Administration - Software Sources, and uncheck the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Learning Ubuntu....

2009-03-05 Thread John
Sean Miller wrote: Flippin' hell... he developed the iPhone??? http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/news/article1/ Arrghhh where did I go wrong? Sean Hi everybody, I have quite enjoyed learning about this, even though it did go off topic, it was quite interesting. Thanks for the link, I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Learning Ubuntu....

2009-03-05 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/3/5 Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com: 2009/3/5 Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk: Read man pages. The first UNIX like system I used was a VAX-VMS system. Er, VAX-VMS was not remotely UNIX-like and did not have a man command, nor ls, cd or any of those. Ok. I can't remember what the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Learning Ubuntu....

2009-03-05 Thread Alan James Jenkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Guys you really make me wish that I was old enough to have done all of this. The only way I can get close is by playing with the oldest servers I could find in my college when I ran it for them for a while (VMS based). One thing I still find funny

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Learning Ubuntu....

2009-03-05 Thread Liam Proven
2009/3/5 Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk: No. I guess my memory could be wrong, but I am certain I was using a VAX VMS system running some form of X windowing system and it had the xman program. I can picture myself at the machine I used, and in that part of the office all the machines were

Simon (Speech Interaction Daemon)

2009-03-05 Thread Chris Hayes
Hi folks, I'm interested in finding some speech recognition software that would allow me to entirely compose text through it, as opposed to just voice command. I've found this http://simon-listens.org has anyone tried it? If so could you let me know whether it might be useful for what I'm after.

Ubuntu Studio daily CD health check

2009-03-05 Thread Colin Watson
This is a daily health check report on the Ubuntu Studio CD images. If you have any questions, contact Colin Watson cjwat...@ubuntu.com. No problems found! -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: fontconfig vs. Gnome

2009-03-05 Thread Ilmari Vacklin
2009/3/5 Alexander Sack a...@ubuntu.com: Hi, just wanted to tell you that I upgraded to jaunty and now my fonts look great everywhere - on all my  monitors, even in all apps I use. I am so happy that i don't need to fiddle with font configuration - which i previously found to be hidden in the

Re: fontconfig vs. Gnome

2009-03-05 Thread Scott James Remnant
On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 16:30 +, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: Excuse me, ma'am, I've set the font rendering to 'Best shapes', is that okay? I don't know, what are the other choices? 'Monochrome', 'Best contrast', 'Subpixel smoothing', and 'Use system settings'. 'Use system settings'?

Re: fontconfig vs. Gnome

2009-03-05 Thread Alexander Sack
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 03:05:14PM +, Scott James Remnant wrote: On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 16:30 +, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: Excuse me, ma'am, I've set the font rendering to 'Best shapes', is that okay? I don't know, what are the other choices? 'Monochrome', 'Best contrast',

Re: fontconfig vs. Gnome

2009-03-05 Thread Alexander Sack
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 03:51:03PM +0200, Ilmari Vacklin wrote: 2009/3/5 Alexander Sack a...@ubuntu.com: Hi, just wanted to tell you that I upgraded to jaunty and now my fonts look great everywhere - on all my  monitors, even in all apps I use. I am so happy that i don't need to fiddle with

Re: fontconfig vs. Gnome

2009-03-05 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alexander Sack wrote on 05/03/09 13:39: ... Hi, just wanted to tell you that I upgraded to jaunty and now my fonts look great everywhere - on all my monitors, even in all apps I use. I am so happy that i don't need to fiddle with font

Re: fontconfig vs. Gnome

2009-03-05 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rick Spencer wrote on 05/03/09 17:44: ... Could you please tell us exactly how you think this should work? What is your preference for how the user should configure the options? ... If we think the setting recommended by fontconfig is likely good,

Re: fontconfig vs. Gnome

2009-03-05 Thread Alexander Sack
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 06:36:07PM +, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rick Spencer wrote on 05/03/09 17:44: ... Could you please tell us exactly how you think this should work? What is your preference for how the user should configure the

Re: [SLUG] Firewall Distributions, Questions.

2009-03-05 Thread Dave Hall
On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 07:30 +1100, Dave Kempe wrote: Blindraven wrote: Based on my set-up, which of the following would you recommend and why? pfSense, MoNoWaLL, Clark Connect. (Do you know any others?) ubuntu-server and shorewall. the documentation for shorewall two-interface

Re: [SLUG] Firewall Distributions, Questions.

2009-03-05 Thread Paul Gear
Dave Kempe wrote: Dave Hall wrote: It depends on what you want. If you want to have be able to scale up to multiple WANs, have complex QoS and routing or failover clustering, then I would suggest pfSense. we use shorewall with multiple WANs, complex QoS and routing and

Re: Thank you!

2009-03-05 Thread Dave Hall
On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 00:24 -0800, SuperGeek wrote: If I must liken the operating systems to cars, Mac is a Prius (Environmental fashion statement) I think that is what the Apple marketing dept would like you to believe - Greenpeace see it a little differently. I think Macs are like the Smart

Re: Blender for video editing tutorial

2009-03-05 Thread Derek Parr
http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2006/12/video-titling-techniques-1-basics.html This one goes over some interesting techniques. There are several other good tutorials on that site as well. Good to see this question. I was beginning to think that this list was only for audio people. -derek

Re: Ubuntu-Studio-users Digest, Vol 22, Issue 35

2009-03-05 Thread Alfons Verreijt
Will jaunty have an rt kernel? Can I upgrade from hardy, or is a clean install recommended? On Feb 24, 2009 1:00 PM, ubuntu-studio-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: Send Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list submissions to ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com To subscribe or unsubscribe

Re: Will jaunty have an rt kernel?

2009-03-05 Thread Cory K.
wayne wrote: On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 07:37 -0500, Cory K. wrote: Alfons Verreijt wrote: Will jaunty have an rt kernel? Can I upgrade from hardy, or is a clean install recommended? We're still working out -rt. It's more of a pain then you guys know. It's gonna come down to the

Re: Will jaunty have an rt kernel?

2009-03-05 Thread Eric Hedekar
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 5:07 AM, Cory K. coryis...@ubuntu.com wrote: wayne wrote: On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 07:37 -0500, Cory K. wrote: Alfons Verreijt wrote: Will jaunty have an rt kernel? Can I upgrade from hardy, or is a clean install recommended? We're still working out -rt. It's

Re: Ipv6 to Ipv4...

2009-03-05 Thread Gustin Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robert Klaar wrote: Hi all! Installed Hardy version of US today on my toshiba a300 laptop. Unfortunately I have no internet/net, after some troubleshooting it seems that it's not about my drivers(able to ping loopback), nor is it the

[உபுண்டு பயனர்] இணையத்தில் கூ ட்டம் ( Internet Meeting)

2009-03-05 Thread பத்மநாதன்
தொழர்களே, இந்தவார கூட்டத்தில் கட்டற்ற மென்பொருள்கள் திருவிழா 2009 பற்றியும், தமிழாக்க நிலவரம், சென்னையில் நடைபெற உள்ள தொழில்நுப்ப நாட்கள் மற்றும் பலவற்றை வரும் ஞாயிறு மாலை 4 மணி முதல் 5 மணி வரை freenode.net -ல் #ubuntu-tam என்ற அறையில் விவாதிக்கப்படுகிறது. இதில் எல்லொரும்

[Ubuntu-BR] Problema com Wireless

2009-03-05 Thread Jean Pierre Jochen
Bom dia à todos participantes; tenho o seguinte problema, na universidade, quando conecto a rede wireless publica, o Ubuntu conecta tudo certinho aparentemente, porém, algumas vezes mesmo com o sinal com 85% demora pra conectar um site, ou até mesmo falha na conexão como se estivesse

Re: [Ubuntu-BR] RES: nm-applet mostra dispositivo n ão gerenciado

2009-03-05 Thread João Santana
2009/3/3 Zandre Bran zandreb...@gmail.com: 2009/3/3 João Santana joao.abo.sant...@gmail.com: Bom dia.     Ôlas João. Oi, Zandre. Senti sua falta nos últimos dias. 2009/3/2 Tiago Branquinho Oliveira tbranqui...@hotmail.com: Tive problemas de conexão com redes, mas tirando os níveis de

Re: [Ubuntu-BR] [Off topic] Aplcação para estu do

2009-03-05 Thread Andre Cavalcante
Não entendi. Aplicação para quê? Você vai estudar uma aplicação, ou seu desenvolvimento ou quer uma aplicação que te auxilie nos estudos? 2009/3/5 Kelvin Vieira Kredens kred...@gmail.com Fala galera, seguinte o assunto é off por não tratar diretamente o Ubuntu mas é sobre software livre.

Re: [Ubuntu-BR] Agradecimentos e despedida

2009-03-05 Thread Danilo Magrini
2009/3/4 Gerson Barreiros fse...@gmail.com Danilo então merece um aplausos pelo seu nível de arrogância Tá, então vamos melhorar: Olá Gerson, tudo bem com você meu querido? Puxa vida, você não tem tempo para fazer aquilo que eu fiz pra você em uma mensagem anterior? Quer dizer que você me

Re: [Ubuntu-BR] Agradecimentos e despedida

2009-03-05 Thread francisco mendes caruso
marquem a hora do duelo e passem pelo youtube, meninos.e vamos parar com isso QUICO CARUSO o seu personal_coroa Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 08:52:56 -0300 From: danilo.magr...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-br@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-BR] Agradecimentos e despedida

Re: [Ubuntu-BR] Problema com Wireless

2009-03-05 Thread francisco mendes caruso
e se vc desmarcar o roaming ??? o que sucede ? QUICO CARUSO o seu personal_coroa Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 07:45:07 -0300 From: jeanjoc...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-br@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [Ubuntu-BR] Problema com Wireless Bom dia à todos participantes; tenho o seguinte problema,

[Ubuntu-BR] Transmission dando pau

2009-03-05 Thread André Carioca
Fala galera! Tentei baixar ontem um arquivo via torrent, pelo transmission. Acontece que depois que adicionei o mesmo, a impressão que me deu é que ele começou a usar 100% do processador, já que a resposta que o Orca me dava demorava muito até que depois o computador travou por

[Ubuntu-BR] Top-posting Era: Agradecimentos e despedida

2009-03-05 Thread Xisberto
2009/3/4 Nilson Chagas nilson.chagas.si...@gmail.com XxX, Você realmente acha dificil/confuso acompanhar a conversa se eu responder no topo?? E a mensagem anterior estiver embaixo?? Não que eu ache difícil, mas alguns webmails escondem o texto (o gmail é um) e acaba tendo o mesmo efeito que

Re: [Ubuntu-BR] Rede sem fio ?

2009-03-05 Thread Onilton Maciel
hhuuur! Ad Rock! Yeah! Rock and Roll! :P Brincadeirinha, eu sei que você deve saber que o certo é ad-hoc. Mas eu achei engraçado o erro por falta de atenção, não resisti à brincadeira :) :P 2009/3/4 Danilo Magrini danilo.magr...@gmail.com 2009/3/4 tom mix petreca apenas...@gmail.com

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