[ubuntu-uk] PHP security

2010-06-10 Thread Chris Rowson
Hello server admins! I'm migrating a web server with a few sites from a CentOS based VPS with a DirectAdmin control panel to an Ubuntu Lucid server. I'm not incredibly bothered about losing the control panel, but I wondered if anyone had any advice on securing PHP scripts so that scripts owned by

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Still having problems with recovery......

2010-06-10 Thread Chris Rowson
John Matthews wrote: Isnt it funny really, you are all too busy to answer an e-mail, because you are all volunteers, yet you arent too busy to chat quite avidly about games and things like that on IRC. From what I see that happens all day on IRC. No wonder you dont have the time. Yep,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Still having problems with recovery......

2010-06-10 Thread Chris Rowson
What is the point of having IRC chat and this e-mail chat, when nobody is prepared to help. Its kind of really a piss take when you get threads that talk about changing the way support is given, but all you get is those same people can just barely post to take you to task, yet they cant be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-09 Thread Chris Rowson
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 8 June 2010 12:18, Chris Rowson christopherrow...@gmail.com wrote: ubuntu-10.04-rc-dvd-amd64Ubuntu 10.04 x86_64 DVD ubuntu-10.04-rc-dvd-i386Ubuntu 10.04 i386 DVD o_O rc? Cheers, Al. Yeah, I noticed that. To be honest

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-09 Thread Chris Rowson
Yeah, I noticed that. To be honest though, if you only install the core system, you only have to install 80MB or updates or so to bring it up to date. Getting owned in the time between the install and you doing updates? Surely a machine should be provisioned with an updated install? Or am

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-09 Thread Chris Rowson
Surely a machine should be provisioned with an updated install? Or am I missing something? Oooh, and come to think of it under Xen HVM the machine isn't provisioned with any kind of install. You're responsible for setting it up yourself. Of course it doesn't help with the install media is old!

[ubuntu-uk] fail2ban custom iptables rules

2010-06-09 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi folks, I've been experimenting with using fail2ban to protect Internet facing servers. I was wondering if it is possible to implement your own iptables rules alongside fail2ban. For instance, I'd probably want to set up an iptables rule that drops any inbound traffic not going to ICMP, HTTP,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-08 Thread Chris Rowson
I'm posting this information here just in case anyone finds it interesting. I don't have any connection to the company mentioned but as these VPSs seem pretty cheap considering they're hosted in the UK, I thought I'd share the info! The new Xen HVM provider I have been using (and this thread was

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-07 Thread Chris Rowson
Hey ladies gents, I've been trying to install Ubuntu Lucid Server onto a XEN HVM based VPS and have come across a strange problem. Using the Ubuntu 10.04 i386 DVD I highlighted 'install ubuntu in text mode' and selected the 'install a server' option. I then went through the installer selecting

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-07 Thread Chris Rowson
Hey ladies gents, I've been trying to install Ubuntu Lucid Server onto a XEN HVM based VPS and have come across a strange problem. Using the Ubuntu 10.04 i386 DVD I highlighted 'install ubuntu in text mode' and selected the 'install a server' option. I then went through the installer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-07 Thread Chris Rowson
It is running the linux-generic-pae kernel. I wanted the server kernel as I was worried that the generic one might have kernel preemption turned on. a...@wopr:~$ grep CONFIG_PREEMPT /boot/config-2.6.32-22-generic CONFIG_PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS=y # CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE is not set

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server Install

2010-06-07 Thread Chris Rowson
It is running the linux-generic-pae kernel. I wanted the server kernel as I was worried that the generic one might have kernel preemption turned on. a...@wopr:~$ grep CONFIG_PREEMPT /boot/config-2.6.32-22-generic CONFIG_PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS=y # CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE is not set

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups

2010-06-03 Thread Chris Rowson
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.comwrote: On 03/06/10 13:34, Liam Proven wrote: snip / #1 is pretty good. The rest, not so much, I'm afraid, at least for me. +1. Al Idea 1 with a rotating image... Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS?

2010-05-24 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi all, Just a thought I wanted to put to the list. Considering today's news [1] and in particular the demise of Becta, the government's technology agency for schools, is there an opportunity for FOSS to replace some or all of what Becta used to provide? I think that the software used in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] When buying a new pc...

2010-05-11 Thread Chris Rowson
Lets say your want to buy a new PC and keep the bundled windows etc on there, but you wish to install Ubuntu into a new partition / disc. If you cant find anyone whos used your PC with Ubuntu before and you dont find it listed here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport, then would you /

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nicht im Haus bis 2010-05-28

2010-05-08 Thread Chris Rowson
Ich werde ab 07.05.2010 nicht im Büro sein. Ich kehre zurück am 28.05.2010. Bin im Urlaub! Ab 2010-05-31 stehe ich Ihnen gerne wieder zur Verfügung. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Marco Fisch Ooops, your out of office seems to be replying to this mailing list! ;-) Chris --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running .exe's off a CD?

2010-05-06 Thread Chris Rowson
I didn't think virus.exe would have much effect on an Ubuntu PC, regardless of whether it was using Wine or not, but thanks for pointing that out anyway. :) I wouldn't be so sure ;-) If you think about it, if Wine can execute virus.exe, virus.exe can access/modify anything that Wine can.

[Bug 572568] Re: Cannot delete a search when only one stream is open in Lucid

2010-04-30 Thread Chris Rowson
** Attachment added: Gwibber with two streams open http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46703279/2streams.png ** Also affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Package changed: ubuntu = gwibber (Ubuntu) ** Description changed: Version: 2.30.0.1-0ubuntu1 I can't find a

[Bug 572568] Re: Cannot delete a search when only one stream is open in Lucid

2010-04-30 Thread Chris Rowson
In actual fact, I now realise that pressing the delete button next to a search when in multi stream mode does not actually delete the search itself, all it does is delete the new stream window. When I go back to a single stream display, the search is still there... Surely there must be some way

[Bug 572568] Re: Cannot delete a search when only one stream is open in Lucid

2010-04-30 Thread Chris Rowson
Ah right - get it now. It seems if you delete all of your searches, you get a 'cache' of old search results stuck next to the remaining 'placeholder' magnifying glass. It makes it look like the search hasn't been deleted as such (although it has). Perhaps it would be an idea to delete the cached

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joggler crackling, idle=halt in Grub.cfg

2010-04-22 Thread Chris Rowson
HI I have picked up the flash image from dysentry referenced in http://www.joggler.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33t=235 and it works fine. In http://www.jogglerwiki.info/index.php?title=Ubuntu_Netbook_Remix it is suggested the the crackling sound can be fixed by adding idle=halt to Grub.cfg.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joggler crackling, idle=halt in Grub.cfg

2010-04-22 Thread Chris Rowson
You're likely to find grub.cfg in the same folder as the grub.efi bootloader application. In this case it's at /etc/grub/grub.cfg Sorry, that was a typo, it should be efi not etc (so you'll find it at /efi/grub/grub.cfg) Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Warn users about dodgy hardware

2010-04-21 Thread Chris Rowson
Wouldn't it make sense to run hardware detection during the installation process and if detected, warn users that certain hardware is known not to work well with Ubuntu? I can imagine that Jo Public would be rather miffed if he found after spending a lot of time installing and configuring his

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Warn users about dodgy hardware

2010-04-21 Thread Chris Rowson
If your USB is created with persistent storage you can install and run updates to the live CD. Or you can install Ubuntu directly to a USB and install / update what you choose. True, but if you're talking about average Joe, he's more likely to just run the live CD from disk and install from

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-21 Thread Chris Rowson
snip installing the updates, it is now asking me which partitions to install grub on, with a choice of /dev/sda and /dev/mmcblk0 and I don't know which (or both) to select. Are those the two partitions on the stick or is one the internal flash in the joggler? /snip Hi Colin, /dev/mmcblk0

[ubuntu-uk] Warn users about dodgy hardware

2010-04-20 Thread Chris Rowson
I've been testing Lucid recently, and found that support for the ATI X1200 graphics card is pretty rubbish. For those who aren't aware of the issues, the problem basically boils down to ATI sending the X1200 (and a raft of other chipsets) into legacy support despite the fact that manufacturers

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joggler running UNR

2010-04-17 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi, I have got the Joggler running with sound and it seems to work really well, thanks very much for the info on how to install Ubuntu Netbook Remix. I still have the keyboard attached via a USB hub. How do you enable an on screen keyboard? I have managed to get onboard (Which is a on

[Bug 565524] [NEW] CPU frequency applet intermittently fails to change CPU speed

2010-04-17 Thread Chris Rowson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-applets Release: Ubuntu lucid (development branch) Gnome: Candidate: 1:2.28+1ubuntu3 Expected behaviour: When selecting either the performance option or a higher CPU speed in the CPU frequency applet, the CPU speed should be increased. Actual

[Bug 565524] Re: CPU frequency applet intermittently fails to change CPU speed

2010-04-17 Thread Chris Rowson
Output of lshw on this system. ** Attachment added: lshw output http://launchpadlibrarian.net/44617309/lshw -- CPU frequency applet intermittently fails to change CPU speed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565524 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] media centre remote

2010-04-16 Thread Chris Rowson
i want a remote to use with a revo running xbmc and boxee on mint, do they all work or are some better than others? tia richard If you enable the http server within XBMC you can use any cellphone with Wifi and a browser... Can't comment on using an *actual* remote as never felt the need

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-13 Thread Chris Rowson
On 12 April 2010 18:30, Chris Rowson christopherrow...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Kris Douglas krisdoug...@gmail.com wrote: On 12 April 2010 17:28, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: Did you modify the boot files in partition 1 so it linked

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-12 Thread Chris Rowson
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Kris Douglas krisdoug...@gmail.com wrote: On 12 April 2010 17:28, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: Did you modify the boot files in partition 1 so it linked correctly to the new kernal? I'd say yes, but I honestly don't know, I used my poor

[Bug 548814] Re: Indicator applet shows 'setup broadcast accounts', even when accounts are setup and running

2010-04-12 Thread Chris Rowson
Just installed a fresh copy of Intrepid Beta 2, updated and then tried to setup accounts. python-indicate not installed by default - I'm getting the same problem as reported in this thread. -- Indicator applet shows 'setup broadcast accounts', even when accounts are setup and running

[Bug 548814] Re: Indicator applet shows 'setup broadcast accounts', even when accounts are setup and running

2010-04-12 Thread Chris Rowson
*Sorry - I meant Lucid, not Intrepid -- Indicator applet shows 'setup broadcast accounts', even when accounts are setup and running https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/548814 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPhone software....

2010-04-08 Thread Chris Rowson
Here I go, eating some humble pie. popey just posted a link to an *amazing* video of Lucid Lynx (10.04) doing things to, and having things done by, an iPhone. Watch and wonder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGf4i_kxqRU Al Wow, that's impressive :-) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-06 Thread Chris Rowson
No, not that Apple thing, but the O2 Joggler. 50 quid (for 14 days from 2nd April) and free delivery gets you a 7 inch touch screen device with:- 1.3GHz Intel Atom CPU 1GB storage 512MB RAM Wired ethernet Broadcom b/g/n WiFi Audio + headphone jack USB port

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] Heads up - Government wants FOSS

2010-01-29 Thread Chris Rowson
As much as I'd like to see a greater take up of OSS within Government, I don't think we're there yet. It's interesting that the document mentions Birmingham City Council's forays into the Linux desktop. I wrote about this some time ago:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Restarting WLAN after Suspend - 9.10

2009-12-21 Thread Chris Rowson
I find that if I use Suspend, and the machine is in Suspend for longer than a few minutes, the WLAN stops and I can't restart it without restarting the machine. I presume there's a Command I can issue to restart the WLAN, can some kind person tell me what it is? Thanks! This

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic networking broken

2009-10-27 Thread Chris Rowson
On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:13:52 +, Chris Rowson christopherrow...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm trying out karmic, and the networking seems to be broken on both my Lenovo N500 laptop and VMWare Fusion virtual machine atop of OS X Snow Leopard. It claims to be connected, and I can log

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic networking broken

2009-10-26 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi, I'm trying out karmic, and the networking seems to be broken on both my Lenovo N500 laptop and VMWare Fusion virtual machine atop of OS X Snow Leopard. It claims to be connected, and I can log into my router, but cannot get anything through firefox, thunderbird, synaptic etc. The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Internet via Nokia e63 on Bluetooth

2009-09-05 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi folks, About a month ago I got a Nokia e63 phone on a Three contract.  As part of the contract I get 1GB of internet allowance which works great on the phone. However what I'm trying to do is connect to the Internet via the phone using a Bluetooth connection (I've yet to get a USB

Re: [ubuntu-uk] laptops and broadband dongles

2009-09-03 Thread Chris Rowson
Most of the dongles are plug and play, I'm not sure about the Vodaphone one though, as the field has developed so quickly, then the drivers aren't in Ubuntu yet for the most modern ones. The Vodafone K3565 works OK on Jaunty but I did need to change some of the default settings in Network

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless File Server

2009-08-02 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi all Some pointers please. I am having to move my 9.04 SAMBA file / printer server to another room at home which doesn't have ethernet cabled into it. I'm looking for an alternative way to connect it back into the network. I know of the powerline adaptors, but not keen on this solution.

[ubuntu-uk] Microsoft Releases Linux Device Drivers as GPL

2009-07-20 Thread Chris Rowson
Interesting little story found on /. http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/07/20/1643251/Microsoft-Releases-Linux-Device-Drivers-As-GPL Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Server Suppliers

2009-07-07 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi Guys, Company hat on today, apologies ;) I'm looking for reccomendations for a supplier of cheap, reliable basic spec tower servers of about: http://www.serversdirect.co.uk/ are pretty good on price: HP ProLiant ML110 G5 Intel Dual-Core Xeon 3065 / 2.33 GHz 1 GB RAM / 8 GB (max) 1 x

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Flame Wars mailing list

2009-07-04 Thread Chris Rowson
Post to a Windows mailing list commenting on how great Linux is, or vice versa. Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Website Hacked..... (now showing online?)

2009-06-27 Thread Chris Rowson
http://hamstercareforum.co.uk/ ?? I can see it I think -- alan cocks Me too.. Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Networking question: Ps3 or Xbox 360

2009-06-04 Thread Chris Rowson
i too have an original xbox and would like to connect it that way...but she who must be obeyed probably wont allow that because of all the wiring...and i really dont wana buy extra hardware.If i could wifi enable my xbox somehow that would be brilliant solution too You can get wireless to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to buy as an Ubuntu web server?

2009-05-23 Thread Chris Rowson
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 12:22 PM, doug livesey biot...@gmail.com wrote: Hi -- I may be looking to buy a web server for a number of web apps (RoR served with Passenger Apache) quite soon. Could anyone advise me on what hardware to be looking for? I would want decent speed, so good processors

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to buy as an Ubuntu web server?

2009-05-23 Thread Chris Rowson
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 5:03 PM, doug livesey biot...@gmail.com wrote: I appreciate the advice there, and that is definitely the route I take with external, client-facing websites (although I use Mampi -- just get a recommendation in there!). This, however, is for a suite of inter-operating

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bloomin' ATI and Linux....

2009-04-30 Thread Chris Rowson
My Dell D600 Latitude laptop runs an ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] and I have always suffered with poor performance. Unfortunately I never get to the bottom of it. I really should try and get to a LUG meeting one day see if someone who knows what they are doing can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bloomin' ATI and Linux....

2009-04-30 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi, two quick questions. Do you get the same degregation with any other distros you've tried? That is is it Ubuntu specific or distro wide? Secondly, have you tried Dell's own Ubuntu clone to see if that gives you the performance stability you're after? Dependant on your answers, it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bloomin' ATI and Linux....

2009-04-28 Thread Chris Rowson
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: Seif Attar wrote: I have a laptop with an ATI 200m xpress video card, I tried upgrading to Jaunty, but before the upgrade I got a message the my hardware will not work on Jaunty (I had mixed feelings of disappointment

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Release Party Pics

2009-04-27 Thread Chris Rowson
2009/4/27 Alan Pope a...@popey.com: 2009/4/27 Tim Dobson li...@tdobson.net: While I was at FOSDEM this year, in the build up to the Debian Lenny release, I hung out with a load of Debian Devs. Despite declaring Lenny stable being more of a formality for the developers than anything else,

[ubuntu-uk] Bloomin' ATI and Linux....

2009-04-26 Thread Chris Rowson
I have a laptop (less than a year old) with an ATI Radeon X1200 series graphics chip in it. After having installed Jaunty, I was pleased to see that suspend and resume worked (using the Open Source) drivers. Unfortunately however 3D acceleration is totally miserable. Google Earth runs like a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bloomin' ATI and Linux....

2009-04-26 Thread Chris Rowson
2009/4/26 Chris Rowson christopherrow...@gmail.com I have a laptop (less than a year old) with an ATI Radeon X1200 series graphics chip in it. After having installed Jaunty, I was pleased to see that suspend and resume worked (using the Open Source) drivers. Unfortunately however 3D

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Release Party Pics

2009-04-26 Thread Chris Rowson
2009/4/26 Andrew Williams a...@tensixtyone.com: A few people may of spotted me firing away with a camera at the event, and as requested i've made them available online. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nik_doof/sets/72157617311869238/ Brilliant, thanks! It was a good party and it was great

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Survey

2009-04-21 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi Guys, I am doing a server on Ubuntu server and desktop. I am looking for newspapers article nad companies who has adopted this wonderful operating system. I am even looking to conduct some interviews. If you guys can point me in the right direction, I will be very grateful.

[ubuntu-uk] BBC's CBBC game 'Adventure Rock'

2009-03-14 Thread Chris Rowson
My little lad wants to play the new CBBC game 'Adventure Rock' from the BBC on my laptop. It seems that game is available for only for Windows XP however: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/adventurerock/hints/faq.shtml I'm going to give it a bash on Wine but I'm not sure I'll have much luck. I find it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC's CBBC game 'Adventure Rock'

2009-03-14 Thread Chris Rowson
It doesn't surprise me at all that they do, though: I think it is a typical Establishment expression of the sticky Anglo-American 'special relationship' (incidentally, Britain is not the only entity claiming a 'special relationship' with the USA). On Sat, 2009-03-14 at 14:24 +, Chris

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC's CBBC game 'Adventure Rock'

2009-03-14 Thread Chris Rowson
Hash: SHA1 Chris Rowson wrote: My little lad wants to play the new CBBC game 'Adventure Rock' from the BBC on my laptop. It seems that game is available for only for Windows XP however: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/adventurerock/hints/faq.shtml I'm going to give it a bash on Wine

[ubuntu-uk] French Police save millions switching to Ubuntu

2009-03-12 Thread Chris Rowson
A nice Ubuntu success story in the Enterprise! http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/12/1854224 I love this comment: *Moving from XP to Ubuntu, however, proved very easy. The two biggest differences are the icons and the games. Games are not our priority.* Chris --

[ubuntu-uk] CPU running fast?

2009-03-08 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi folks, I've just installed Kubuntu Intrepid on my partner's old Dell Latitude, and I notice that the reported CPU speed is faster than the CPU is rated... Is this a reporting mistake, or is this something else odd? Here's the cpuinfo output, I believe the CPU is a Pentium III class Celeron.

[Bug 339629] [NEW] Guidance Power Manager should also manage desktop effects

2009-03-08 Thread Chris Rowson
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: guidance-power-manager Guidance Power Manager manages CPU speed to help save power when a laptop is running on battery. It would make sense if it could also disable desktop effects, as the graphics card in a PC consumes more energy with desktop effects

[Bug 222122] Re: Theme looks horrible in Kubuntu Hardy

2009-03-08 Thread Chris Rowson
This theme has been written specifically for Firefox running on KDE 4: http://ramonantonio.net/kde-firefox Works nicely -- Theme looks horrible in Kubuntu Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222122 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] process control charts! Chart software

2009-02-27 Thread Chris Rowson
I don't know of one particularly, but I did some training in business analysis at work recently and the tutor pointed out a couple of Open Source tools he used. If you're doing stuff around that kinda field you might find some of the following interesting too... Requirements management tool to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK government backs open source

2009-02-26 Thread Chris Rowson
And here's the response from the president of Socitm. No comments yet I notice, but this seems like a very MS point of view! http://socitmpresident.blogspot.com/ Open Standards are definitely required. I don’t like the term “Open Source”. It’s misleading; what many people mean is “anything but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu comic: Hackett and Bankwell

2009-02-26 Thread Chris Rowson
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Simon Wears munkyju...@googlemail.comwrote: Its very informative, and I actually learned a bit from it, but it was far too detailed for me to be able to sit and read happily. If I was trying to educate my mum on Linux, I may send her to it since my explanations

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Unfinished video for perusal

2009-02-23 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi, After the multiple video threads I thought I'd have a play. I'd actually intended getting this finished for the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase competition but that wasn't to be. The concept was to Show that Ubuntu can be used by a diverse range of people for a myriad of tasks. A

Re: [ubuntu-uk] £7 laptop in india - runs Linux

2009-02-09 Thread Chris Rowson
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Yay http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1134609/India-set-launch-worlds-cheapest-laptop--7.html Paul - -- Paul Sutton I'm a wee bit dubious about that claim

[ubuntu-uk] iPlayer + Ubuntu + Firefox + Squid = Broken

2009-02-07 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi there, I don't know if anyone else has come across this, but I'll ask anyway. I'm trying to visit iPlayer on my Ubuntu laptop using Firefox, but I keep getting the message 'content unavailable, please try again later' (or along those lines). If I visit iPlayer using a Windows PC with Firefox

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPlayer + Ubuntu + Firefox + Squid = Broken

2009-02-07 Thread Chris Rowson
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Kris Douglas webbox...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/2/7 Chris Rowson christopherrow...@gmail.com: Hi there, I don't know if anyone else has come across this, but I'll ask anyway. I'm trying to visit iPlayer on my Ubuntu laptop using Firefox, but I keep

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPlayer + Ubuntu + Firefox + Squid = Broken

2009-02-07 Thread Chris Rowson
2009/2/7 Chris Rowson christopherrow...@gmail.com: Hi there, I don't know if anyone else has come across this, but I'll ask anyway. I'm trying to visit iPlayer on my Ubuntu laptop using Firefox, but I keep getting the message 'content unavailable, please try again later

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPlayer + Ubuntu + Firefox + Squid = Broken

2009-02-07 Thread Chris Rowson
2009/2/7 Chris Rowson christopherrow...@gmail.com: Hi there, I don't know if anyone else has come across this, but I'll ask anyway. I'm trying to visit iPlayer on my Ubuntu laptop using Firefox, but I keep getting the message 'content unavailable, please try again later

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPlayer + Ubuntu + Firefox + Squid = Broken

2009-02-07 Thread Chris Rowson
2009/2/7 Chris Rowson christopherrow...@gmail.com: Hi Harry, the only IP address on the network that can get out to the 'net is that of the proxy. All traffic has to go through the proxy. Try installing the user agent switcher addon for firefox to make ff on ubuntu appear

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPlayer + Ubuntu + Firefox + Squid = Broken

2009-02-07 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi Chris, I connect through a proxy to watch iPlayer all the time (I'm currently living in the US temporarily and have a server in the UK). I get this message quite a lot, mainly it's when trying to watch streams with the 'High Quality' setting. Sometimes I need to refresh the page 2 or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] changes

2009-02-07 Thread Chris Rowson
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 4:54 PM, David King linux...@avoura.com wrote: Maybe people have been preoccupied with the snow and building snowmen instead of using their computers :-) David King Meh I wish. We've only had a dribble here :-( Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Is it Windows 7 or KDE 4?

2009-02-06 Thread Chris Rowson
http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/software/soa/Is-it-Windows-7-or-KDE-4-/0,139023769,339294810,00.htm Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] HP Netbook release based on Ubuntu

2009-02-06 Thread Chris Rowson
You may have seen this already, but I hadn't and thought it was pretty good! http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/02/04/hp-releases-netbook-interface-for-ubuntu/ HP have managed to make Ubuntu look very pretty indeed, and if you've got a PC you'd like to install the theme on, you can do that too...

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google blocking the Ubuntu home page

2009-01-31 Thread Chris Rowson
And it's working again now :-) On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: That's reassuring - I thought it was something on my PC. Sean On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Alec Wright ale...@gmail.com wrote: Its doing that for every single website. Its a bug,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Locking down Firefox settings

2009-01-29 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi folks, I was wondering if anyone knew how to lock down the settings on Firefox on Ubuntu 8.04? Basically I'm nearly done setting up an LTSP Server and I want to make sure that no one who logs on can fiddle with the settings. I've got Tinyproxy and Dansguardian installed and working

Re: [ubuntu-uk] So, would you vote for them? (see The Reg)

2009-01-28 Thread Chris Rowson
Any political party that is interested in the free software world, in particular Linux, is a candidate for using Ubuntu. Despite the attention grabbing strap-line of 'Tories put toes on Linux bandwagon' that el' Reg seem to have used; I'm not sure that the 'Tories are necessarily advocating

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing GUI on Ubuntu Server

2009-01-21 Thread Chris Rowson
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the process of building up an old PC to use as a basic Ubuntu box at a remote site (to replace a bodge up job of a VMWare virtual machine). Now I was wondering, is it possible to install the Gnome or even

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband

2009-01-20 Thread Chris Rowson
Anybody got any experience of mobile broadband? I may be moving to rented accommodation shortly and don't know how long I'll be there, so the mobile broadband concept is tempting as it'll allow me to not worry about minimum contracts and so on with phone lines etc. How supported is it with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ubuntu-marketing] Hopeful News for a 2009 Advertising Campaign

2009-01-05 Thread Chris Rowson
Actually this competition has coincided quite nicely with a recent whim of mine to spend more time being creative! I see where Al is coming from with the I am Fedora et al vids. I can't help but think that one of the problems with this format is the repetitiveness of the message. I think

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ubuntu-marketing] Hopeful News for a 2009 Advertising Campaign

2009-01-05 Thread Chris Rowson
Actually this competition has coincided quite nicely with a recent whim of mine to spend more time being creative! I see where Al is coming from with the I am Fedora et al vids. I can't help but think that one of the problems with this format is the repetitiveness of the message. I think that a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee

2009-01-03 Thread Chris Rowson
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 2:13 AM, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: Setting up an Eee 900 for a mate. £40 off eBay! Great deal! Nice one Liam. I can't see anything anywhere near that price on eBay at the mo - I never manage to get deals like that lol! Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Problems with Google Earth

2009-01-02 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi folks, I'm running a laptop with an ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series] integrated graphics card on Ubuntu Hardy. If I use the restricted ATI drivers, suspend doesn't work so I'm using the open source drivers. I tried to install Google Earth today and it runs absolutely

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Submission for I am Ubuntu

2008-12-31 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi Jacob, Well done for taking the lead on this project. Whilst I know people are discussing the pros and cons of putting up sites like this, I think it's admirable that someone is just getting on and doing it. Keep going! 2008/12/31 Jacob F. Roecker ja...@roeckerfam.com: Here's what I

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] The I'm Linux Video Contest (Mike Feravolo)

2008-12-22 Thread Chris Rowson
I am confused about how I'm Linux is going to sell anything to anyone, maybe you should consider using the mascot Tux the Penguin is you are going to produce a copycat commercial in the first place. The way I read it there is no _requirement_ for it to be I'm Linux... While you may be

[ubuntu-uk] [ubuntu-marketing] marketing ubuntu in Nigeria

2008-12-18 Thread Chris Rowson
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Adewunmi Adebolatan aaadewu...@yahoo.comwrote: Nigeria is an emerging Market with a lot of potentials. I have started to market the Operating System here in Nigeria. I will be needing some financial assistance to enable me reach a wider audience. Is there any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Greetings

2008-12-15 Thread Chris Rowson
Hello all, Thought I should introduce myself since I'm new to the list. I'm a Developer working for Canonical. I'm part of the Launchpad Bug Tracker development team; at the moment my primary focus is integrating with upstream bug trackers. I'm also a photographer and occasionally make

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Radio Advertising

2008-12-14 Thread Chris Rowson
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 11:19 PM, Christopher Swift chris.r.sw...@googlemail.com wrote: I've spoken to the station owner, they have two servers on which they broadcast the radio on. They've said as Ubuntu is a non-profit organisation they have no problem advertising it for free and we can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-03 Thread Chris Rowson
[...] Doesn't the Hardy server kernel have Physical Address Extensions support enabled by default? That'd grant support for up to 64GB RAM on the 32 bit version of Ubuntu. Hello, Chris. Yes, we're running 8.04.1 LTS with PAE enabled on servers with 8GB RAM and I've tested it with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-03 Thread Chris Rowson
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Tony Travis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris Rowson wrote: [...] I've always used 32bit edition on servers myself. I've heard horror stories about perl scripts using twice as much memory under 64bit etc, etc I've never tested PAE with more than 4GB

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-03 Thread Chris Rowson
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Simon Wears [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Yes, the first thing I did was check for a BIOS update to solve my problems. It currently has 512mb RAM in it, because that's all I have spare for it at the moment, but I plan on putting about 4G into it soon, when I have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Servers

2008-12-02 Thread Chris Rowson
So, long story short: 32 bit or 64 bit server, and 8.04 or 8.10? Do you want stable (8.04) or something a bit more recent (8.10) ? How much memory do you have? If you want to use anything more than 4GB RAM then you'll need the 64 bit version. For a server I'd probably go with 64 bit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

2008-11-17 Thread Chris Rowson
Hey guys, So I just won a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate Edition in a prize draw and figured that it's no use to me as an Ubuntu user. I'm pretty sure that it's the retail version (not OEM) and was just wondering if anyone had any tips on how a FOSS user could get some value from it (e.g.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Announcement: SpreadUbuntu 0.1 - codename “evan”

2008-11-10 Thread Chris Rowson
FYI: See below. If you have any marketing materials, please consider uploading it to the new spread ubuntu site. Cheers, Al. Awesome idea - submitted a brochure! Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Intrepid Themes

2008-10-20 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi there, Does anyone know what's going on with the look of Intrepid? I did think that it was supposed to come with a new theme, but from what I've seen so far it seems to be rather similar to Hardy. At one point there was a bizarre slightly unreadable dark theme but that seems to have

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