I've always assumed it's because it allows for plug-and-play devices to be
connected and mounted without having to reboot the system
On 25/08/2014 11:31 AM, David Bowskill da...@bowskill.net wrote:
Hello all
I have a simple question - why are there more files in the /dev directory
then actual
I'll get started on these right now :)
On 18 July 2014 20:30, Jared Norris jarednor...@ubuntu.com wrote:
Good evening all,
Apologies for the noise but I know there are still a few translators
around. If anyone wants to work on the strings that will be available on
retail phones later this
If it interests you, the Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 already have developer builds of Ubuntu Touch, and I'm working on porting it to the TouchPad.-- Sent from my HP Veer on the Telstra NextG NetworkOn 5 Mar 2013 12:07 p.m., Geoffrey Wilfred Combes gcomb...@bigpond.com wrote: Is it true that an operating
On Oct 28, 2012 3:35 PM, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote:
On 28 October 2012 15:24, Bob Weis b...@weisfilms.com wrote:
actually for a pc that only runs Ubuntu which of the available 12.1 do I
download? The one I got seems to be for a Windows machine and won't
boot
from the hard
delay). I've emailed it Word documents and PDFs that printed fine,
but it doesn't like OpenOffice docs unless they're saved in PDF or Word
format, which is kind of annoying.
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On 16 October 2012 09:11, Rob Dawson radaw...@netspace.net.au wrote
It prints OO docs fine, but it won't accept them as printable if you email
the document to the printer instead of printing directly from the PC.
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On 16 October 2012 09:49, Rob Dawson radaw...@netspace.net.au wrote:
That sounds weird
Sound great, got any exact pictures in mind right now?-- Sent from my HP VeerOn 06/09/2012 3:18 p.m., peter baker jellyw...@gmail.com wrote: hey guysjust saw this the other day, instructions on how to create a Ubuntu installer slideshow customization, with
Last time they called I told them I had a Mac (They claimed to be from
Microsoft). I don't actually have a Mac, but it makes them hang up :D
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On 20 June 2012 22:20, Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au wrote:
'We have been getting phone
On notes to the VM, I have a Vista VM setup that I made to look like an
actual PC - wallpaper, desktop covered in crap, shittons of bloatware and
no antivirus. Whenever they call next, I'm going to have some fun with them
:)
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On 20 June 2012
Gotta agree with Andre on this. Open Day sounds friendly, Workshop sounds
like hard work.
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On 24 May 2012 10:07, Andre Mangan andreman...@gmail.com wrote:
Workshop sounds onerous.
Open Day sounds open and inviting.
If I lived in Brisbane
, laptops)
can see it, but my ethernet-connected desktop can't. I don't want to have
to buy an ethernet switch just for when I have LAN parties at my house,
like for the one I have next week.
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that are reasonable technology-focused in Brisbane? Even better if it's
Linux-related, but I'll take what I can get.
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I use a HP PhotoSmart C310, haven't tested with Linux, but it has WiFi
networking plus ePrint, so if it doesn't work with Linux you can just set
it up to email docs to it and it will print them.
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On 12 February 2012 17:47, Paul Gear p
After a quick Googling I found that HP has an official Linux driver
(HPLIP). The list of supported printers is at
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/release_notes.html and install
instructions are at
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/install/index.html
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Hey all,
Just thought I'd let you know that I'm applying for Ubuntu Membership. Wish
me luck :)
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The majority of PC parts are compatible with Ubuntu - such is the benefit
of a monolithic kernel. What will the PC be used for? (gaming, internet
browsing, email, image editing, etc.)
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On 12 February 2012 12:21, Steve Colmer pinetre
Well done Joel!
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On 11 January 2012 07:02, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote:
I just wanted to write a quick email to congratulate Joel Pickett
(sagaci) on last night obtaining Ubuntu Membership. His achievements
with the enAU
have any.
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On 6 January 2012 21:59, Cary Bielenberg c...@bielenberg.id.au wrote:
Guys,
I have a 24 port Cisco switch 12 x 3M catV leads, also 2 x
Lenovo S10-3 laptops with no OS I can bring (can bring more but only have 2
USB
Good job, looks great :)
Swyped from my rooted HTC Desire, running Ice Cream Sandwich Beta 0.1, on
the Telstra NextG Network
On Dec 11, 2011 9:41 PM, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote:
I've uploaded my InstallFest Poster to spreadubuntu:
will be bringing a laptop along too, to run a mini-class on dual booting
Windows and Ubuntu.
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On 7 December 2011 12:07, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote:
On 7 December 2011 05:24, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote:
I've just
On the day, I can bring 2 laptops if need be, both 15.4 inchers, but one
goes a bit iffy if you try and overload it (with games for example). That
same laptop doesn't have Ubuntu on it, but I can use it to run a quick
workshop on how to dual-boot Windows and Ubuntu.
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eReaders probably wouldn't work. They're pretty flimsy, and most don't have
keyboards (unless you wanna fork out for a Kindle Keyboard). What about
some cheap Android tablets? You can put Quickoffice on them for spreadsheet
editing.
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On 9
Unless your eReader has an LCD touchscreen and WiFi, it'd be better to get
a tablet. Also, LCD screened eReaders have horrible battery life, even
compared to a full-on tablet.
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On 9 November 2011 11:20, Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au
and the relatives will have left), so any date is really suitable.
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On 9 November 2011 11:46, Jessica Bogaart jboga...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi guys
I think the library option is probably a good way to go - much more
economical, though they shouldn't
I will have moved into my house in Brisbane by then, so I will be there as
long as it's during school holidays.
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Network.
On Oct 20, 2011 6:02 PM, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote:
On 20 October 2011 07:13, Jared
I don't think Facebook actually has a iCal importer, AFAIK :/
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On 19 October 2011 18:28, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote:
On 19 October 2011 13:20, Anthony i.lurve.li...@gmail.com wrote:
Fair point, however I now think the issue
Hey guys,
I got a response back from the ACCC about this, reply is attached below.
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On 27 September 2011 10:15, Infocentre Public Mailbox
info.cen...@accc.gov.au wrote:
Dear Mr Mathews,**
Thank you for your email of 23
Wow, this is just disgusting on Micro$oft's part. I regularly use Windows
and Ubuntu in a dual-boot, and Micro$oft wants to take this right away from
me? Oh well, at least we'll always have self-built PCs. I have submitted a
complaint to the ACCC though.
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For live streaming, I'd recommend ustream.tv, I broadcast a Photoshop
livestream when I make sprays for my Counter-Strike: Source clan.
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On 12 September 2011 11:54, Joel Addison jadd...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Tom,
I think we decided to set up
I am getting a VPS with www.jumba.com.au, they've got pretty damn good
value, but it's like having a server in your own house - you set up the
webserver or whatever you want in it. I'm going to use mine for a Minecraft
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Hmm, I go with Jumba still for now, if they have reliability issues, I'll
use the get out within 30 days and get your money back card.
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On 6 August 2011 20:15, Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com wrote:
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On 06/08/11 20:06
I use Gmail, and I don't get the phishing popup for the mailing list, but I
do get it for phishing messages, which confuses me greatly, because some
people get it (like Nathaniel), some don't (like me).
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On 26 July 2011 22:00
Wait, where the hell are you getting these old PCs?
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- Original Message
From: Tom Sparks tom_a_spa...@yahoo.com.au
To: Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com
Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com
Sent: Sun, 26 June
,
Ben Donald-Wilson (Age 12)
Blogging and social media are some of the lowest things on our
priority list right now, number 1 being getting our official LoCo
status back, so add it to the agenda for next month's meetng and we'll
cover it if we can.
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at
the meeting.
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I'd be more than willing to help running this, I have accounts on
Twitter and Facebook already too.
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Done, hope it helps.
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Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 06:47:53 +1000
From: Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com
To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Fwd: Please share with your LoCos
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Content-Type: text
Unity, bloody Unity! It's ugly, horrible and naff, get rid of it! If you
install GNOME and remove Unity at the same time, GNOME works perfectly.
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Narwhal in Sydney? If
not,
has anyone got any ideas where we should go?
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a release party for Natty Narwhal in Sydney? If not,
has anyone got any ideas where we should go?
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release so we
can't hold on to them for too long.
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https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris
Could I get some of those CD's please? I could hand them out to my IST class
at school.
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Canonical, did you choose friggin' UNITY for a DESKTOP version of
Ubuntu?! GNOME is a lot better, to me Unity makes Ubuntu look like a
skinned version of Mac OSX. Which I also hate. I am removing Unity and
installing GNOME as we speak, hopefully GNOME will work fine.
Regards,
Boden Matthews
Canonical, did you choose friggin' UNITY for a DESKTOP version of
Ubuntu?! GNOME is a lot better, to me Unity makes Ubuntu look like a
skinned version of Mac OSX. Which I also hate. I am removing Unity and
installing GNOME as we speak, hopefully GNOME will work fine.
Regards,
Boden Matthews
Canonical,
did you choose friggin' UNITY for a DESKTOP version of Ubuntu?! GNOME is a
lot better, to me Unity makes Ubuntu look like a skinned version of Mac OSX.
Which I also hate. I am removing Unity and installing GNOME as we speak,
hopefully GNOME will work fine. sudo endrant
Regards,
Boden
I wholeheartedly support us doing this, and because it's a weekend, I will
definitely be attending. I hope we can get some more people to do this too.
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of people together. If I
don't get enough replies of people who are interested, I will have to pull the
plug on the Sydney event.
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Oh, the HTC Shift isn't a phone. It's a tablet. And it runs Windows Vista
Business and WinMo 6.0, and WinMo isn't removable. I was planning on running
Android-x86 on it, but I just wanted to check if anyone knew what happened to
the MID remix.
Regards,
Boden Matthews
Sent from my iPhone
Hey all,
Was just wondering if there was a Sydney event going on for the release of
Maverick Meerkat? If not, does anyone want to help me set one up? Also, if we
do, I can't (legally, I think) do it in a pub, because I'm only a minor.
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(With proprietary SnapVue instant-on mode, unremovable, secondary)
Other: Fingerprint scanner, 0.3MP webcam, 1xUSB2.0, 3.5mm headphone jack.
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This laptop is way out if warranty. It's an ex-business laptop, and as a result
as seen quite a few hard years. Parts of every key have gone smooth from the
all the typing.
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On 08/08/2010, at 9:42 AM, Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com wrote:
On Sat
anyone compile it for me please? The source is located here:
http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca50x/Download/gspcav1-20071224.tar.gz.
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Hey guys,
I'm having problems with my keyboard on a Toshiba Tecra A7. It refuses
to recognise the control key on m keyboard. Pressing it yields no
response from Ubuntu, Debian, or Linux Mint. I think it is the keyboard
layout that is causing the problem, but I cant find one that applies to
my
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On 7 August 2010 09:03, Boden Matthews boden.matth...@gmail.com
mailto:boden.matth...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey guys,
I'm having problems with my keyboard on a Toshiba Tecra A7. It
refuses
to recognise
Just a quick question. Do you guys think we should setup a CalDAV or
WebCal server with dates of our IRC meetings? It means anyone can find
out when our meetings are and what time they are at. I know Evolution
has support for for CalDAV/WebCal servers out of the box, and it's the
default mail
On Friday, July 16, 2010, Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com wrote:
Hi Boden,
On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 17:06 +1000, Boden Matthews wrote:
Just a quick question. Do you guys think we should setup a CalDAV or
WebCal server with dates of our IRC meetings? It means anyone can find
out when our
Public bug reported:
I have no idea how this happened, I left my computer alone on its dock
for 10 minutes, and I came back and found this.
SYSTEM INFORMATION
Toshiba Tecra A7
Running Ubuntu Linux, the Ubuntu 10.10 (maverick) release.
GNOME: 2.30.2 (Ubuntu 2010-06-22)
** Attachment added: AlsaDevices.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52016492/AlsaDevices.txt
** Attachment added: AplayDevices.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52016493/AplayDevices.txt
** Attachment added: ArecordDevices.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52016494/ArecordDevices.txt
Hi all,
I need some help compiling smolt for Ubuntu. I don't normally compile
for Linux, as most programs I need are available from Synaptic Package
Manager. Smolt is a little bit different, as it's only available in
source code, or prebuilt packages for RPM-based systems. I spoke with
the
** Attachment added: CoreDump.gz
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51969974/CoreDump.gz
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51969975/Dependencies.txt
** Attachment added: Disassembly.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51969976/Disassembly.txt
** Attachment
Public bug reported:
This just showed up while trying to install ipheth to my laptop so I
could use my iPhone's tethering.
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: ipheth-dkms 1.0-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-7.12-generic 2.6.35-rc4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-7-generic i686
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package ipheth-dkms 1.0-1 failed to install/upgrade: ipheth kernel module
failed to build
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: mythexport
This show up while trying to install MythExport on my laptop running
Ubuntu 10.10 Mavarick Meerkat.
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: mythexport 2.1.5-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-7.12-generic
** Attachment added: AptOrdering.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51962690/AptOrdering.txt
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http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51962691/Dependencies.txt
** Attachment added: Df.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/51962692/Df.txt
** Attachment added:
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager
I am running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (not Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Edubuntu) on an ASUS F5GL
laptop, and after waking up from sleep on battery power, it says Battery
Discharging (0.0%), and if it was plugged into AC power before sleep, it says
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