[Bug 139776] Re: Does not support filenames with whitespace

2019-03-21 Thread Mark Harrison
** Changed in: latexmk (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/139776 Title: Does not support filenames with whitespace To manage

[Bug 648379] Re: Artifacts when scaling down with Sinc Lanczos3

2012-09-03 Thread Mark Harrison
Given the symptoms: 1) Occurs during resizing using factors that are not powers of 2 (i.e., 2, 4, 8, etc.). Comment #2 2) The thatched pattern is the color (254, 254, 254), where pure white is (255, 255, 255). Attachment to Comment #1 3) Only occurs for pure white (255, 255, 255) starting

[Bug 664137] Re: Clicking on links in email message body opens two pages

2012-06-24 Thread Mark Harrison
I haven't had this program installed in years. I seem to remember a later version fixing this problem, but I can't verify. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/664137 Title: Clicking on

[Bug 923242] Re: Cannot restore rhythmbox from notification area in gnome-shell after closing window

2012-02-13 Thread Mark Harrison
I've reported this upstream (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670038), and a Rhythmbox developer replied that this problem was a consequence of an Ubuntu- specific patch. In case I wasn't clear, the problem is with restoring Rhythmbox from Gnome3's Message Tray in the lower-right

[Bug 921610] Re: playback halts, refuses to play subsequent tracks

2012-01-28 Thread Mark Harrison
I had the same problem until I turned off crossfading (Edit - Preferences, Playback tab, uncheck Crossfade between tracks). Crossfading never worked with MP3s, so no big loss. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 923242] [NEW] Cannot restore rhythmbox from notification area in gnome-shell after closing window

2012-01-28 Thread Mark Harrison
Public bug reported: I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 with gnome-shell. When I close the rhythmbox window, it is still accessible through the notification area (or systray, whatever it's called) in the lower-right corner as expected. I can still pause and skip to the next or previous track. However, I

[Bug 787465] Re: View-Show MenuBar isn't working in 11.04 and later in gnome-terminal

2011-10-27 Thread Mark Harrison
I can confirm that markb's solution (#24 above) fixes the problem with gnome-terminal and the menu sluggishness in other programs (gedit, nautilus, etc.) when using gnome-shell. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 720545] [NEW] filledtriangle(...) does not use correct colors when RGB components are doubles

2011-02-16 Thread Mark Harrison
Public bug reported: I'm using pngwriter that comes from the Ubuntu repositories (libpngwriter0-dev and libpngwriter0c2, both version 0.5.3-3). This was reported in the sourceforge bug tracker here: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detailaid=1960365group_id=69758atid=525680 Essentially,

[Bug 720545] Re: filledtriangle(...) does not use correct colors when RGB components are doubles

2011-02-16 Thread Mark Harrison
** Attachment added: C++ code that generates test.png that shows triangles have incorrect color https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/720545/+attachment/1855576/+files/test.cpp -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 720545] Re: filledtriangle(...) does not use correct colors when RGB components are doubles

2011-02-16 Thread Mark Harrison
Resulting PNG attached. ** Attachment added: The png that results from the previously attached C++ program. Note the triangle is the wrong color. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pngwriter/+bug/720545/+attachment/1855577/+files/test.png -- You received this bug notification

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 69, Issue 59

2011-01-18 Thread Mark Harrison
That's always been a concern of mine... they always seem excessive in terms of price vs. specification and I don't understand this, because surely building a machine WITHOUT Windows (and its costly licences, even considering OEM) ought to be CHEAPER? Out of interest, why do people think

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Editing .db files

2011-01-05 Thread Mark Harrison
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 17:20:51 + From: javadayaz javada...@gmail.com To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Editing .db files Message-ID: aanlktimsk2tyeco2j-ihtavupvtmg89tx3txdcdmt...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1

[Bug 234228] Re: [needs-packaging] Rubyripper

2011-01-05 Thread Mark Harrison
Unfortunately, Andreas' repository doesn't support Maverick. You can get rubyripper from the GetDeb repository (http://www.getdeb.net/updates/Ubuntu/10.10/#how_to_install). From there just do the normal sudo apt-get install rubyripper. It's too bad that the bug mentioned in Sebastian's comment

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu mindshare....

2011-01-02 Thread Mark Harrison
For various reasons, I host my blog on wordpress.com rather than running my own Wordpress installation. They put an announcement on my admin page, about a holiday wallpaper they had commissioned. http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/wordpress-wallpaper/ Nothing odd here, just another

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 68, Issue 16

2010-12-09 Thread Mark Harrison
The FAQ confused me a bit 'coz from ancient memory, the maximum allowable charge is something like US$6. Not at all. The whole point of the GPL is that, once you've got a copy, you can do whatever you like with it. If you want to modify it, you're free to... If you want to give away a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 68, Issue 9

2010-12-08 Thread Mark Harrison
[5] it reads and writes all Microsoft files and anything from any Windows or Mac program. A genuine question here. A lot of MS Office files include large numbers of embedded macros. Is there something that will run these reliably? I realise that in some industries this is a wider issue

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 67, Issue 48

2010-11-30 Thread Mark Harrison
Remember that free delivery is not necessarily the best deal. Sometimes price + delivery from somewhere that charges delivery can be less than price from somewhere else with free delivery. Colin ..., and of course, that total price including delivery isn't always the best deal either.

[Bug 569601] Re: unknown conduit in configure

2010-11-29 Thread Mark Harrison
I followed Matt Davey's posts #27 and #44 and my Palm Z22 synchronizes almost perfectly now. All conduits work (including the time conduit, which never worked in previous Ubuntu version) and, unlike all previous versions of Ubuntu, plugging my Palm into my computer doesn't crash the pda (even

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 67, Issue 28

2010-11-18 Thread Mark Harrison
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:56:46 + (GMT) From: Tony Scott to...@tonyscott.org.uk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback? To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: 726420.10698...@web29514.mail.ird.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi Daniel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 67, Issue 30

2010-11-18 Thread Mark Harrison
I do not actually agree with this, for the record. I think that the Linux commitment to Free Open Source Software (not sure what the 'L' stands for in Mark's acronym) From: Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback? [was: ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] The economics of books

2010-11-11 Thread Mark Harrison
I ought to point out here that I am an author. My original thing - a non-fiction, non-IT, 4-CD audiobook has NEVER been available as a printed book, since my publisher only does CDs (50 years ago tapes, and these days, MP3s as well as CDs, with tapes having finally gone about 5 years ago.) My

[ubuntu-uk] Does the OOo Enhanced Graphic Options extension work in Ubuntu 10.10?

2010-11-01 Thread Mark Harrison
Hi all, I'm hoping that someone can check whether a particular OOo extension works in Ubuntu 10.10? The reason I ask is twofold: - I'm writing a HOWTO about making customised invitations that can be printed at the local supermarket photo printer (by exporting as JPG) - The extension that you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Does the OOo Enhanced Graphic Options extension work in Ubuntu 10.10?

2010-11-01 Thread Mark Harrison
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:16:20 + From: Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Does the OOo Enhanced Graphic Options extension work in Ubuntu 10.10? To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: 4ccf1204.3090...@esdelle.co.uk Content-Type:

[ubuntu-uk] External CAT5 (subject change for change of topic)

2010-10-22 Thread Mark Harrison
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:47:42 +0100 From: Alan Pope a...@popey.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Powerline Recommendations To: bdr...@crosswire.org, UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: aanlkti=eeef3pwvvg3r2bdtmafvjzaq8nun6b5gp7...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type:

[Bug 382267] Re: memory leak

2010-10-21 Thread Mark Harrison
Here's another valgrind log from running checkgmail for 24 hours. ** Attachment added: valgrind-log-checkgmail.tar.gz https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/checkgmail/+bug/382267/+attachment/1705660/+files/valgrind-log-checkgmail.tar.gz -- memory leak

[Bug 664137] [NEW] Clicking on links in email message body opens two pages

2010-10-20 Thread Mark Harrison
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: checkgmail This only started after upgrading to Ubuntu 10.10. When i click on a link in the body of an email, the page linked to opens up in two windows. This happens when the Command to execute on clicking the tray icon is set to firefox %u. Clicking

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 65, Issue 53

2010-09-20 Thread Mark Harrison
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 18:48:50 +0100 From: Nigel Verity nigelver...@hotmail.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] OOO Base vs MS Access To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: col117-w4352e2283c70fb62494996a3...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi Folks I was interested to

[ubuntu-uk] MS vs. OO

2010-09-15 Thread Mark Harrison
From: Jacob Mansfield cyberja...@gmail.com of corse you can do it in OO, why the f**k would you want to use M$ Couple of things: 1: I've not used MS Office for about 5 years now, however the one time I needed to was in 2007 for a really complex mailmerge, which is one area where MSO is still

[Bug 499634] Re: Incorrect --exclude-from information in man page

2010-09-15 Thread Mark Harrison
** Changed in: rsync (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- Incorrect --exclude-from information in man page https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/499634 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[ubuntu-uk] A-levels (was Royal Society)

2010-08-27 Thread Mark Harrison
This is a genuine question to those currently / recently at Schoo/Uni. When I was choosing my A-levels (1987), there was a strong piece of advice for those who wanted to study Computing at Uni. That advice was don't bother with Computing A-Level, do Maths and Further Maths instead. This was on

[ubuntu-uk] School Curiculum WAS: Royal Society... IT is boring?

2010-08-26 Thread Mark Harrison
outside of school. Yet ICT and Computer Science in school seem to turn these young people off. We need school curricula to engage them better if the next generation are to engineer technology and not just consume it”. (As far as I know, Matthew Harrison is no relation) :-) Mark Harrison

[Bug 580352] [NEW] Firefox user agent reports wrong version number -- 3.0.6 instead of 3.6.3

2010-05-14 Thread Mark Harrison
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox The version of Firefox installed with Lucid reports its version number to websites as 3.0.6 instead of 3.6.3. This can be seen when checking Help - About Mozilla Firefox (beneath the copyright information), http://whatsmyuseragent.com/, and

[Bug 580352] Re: Firefox user agent reports wrong version number -- 3.0.6 instead of 3.6.3

2010-05-14 Thread Mark Harrison
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48429572/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ExtensionSummary.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48429573/ExtensionSummary.txt ** Attachment added: profile_default_pluginreg.dat.txt

[Bug 580352] Re: Firefox user agent reports wrong version number -- 3.0.6 instead of 3.6.3

2010-05-14 Thread Mark Harrison
The new profile did have the correct version number. Resetting the general.useragent.extra.firefox value in my own profile fixed the problem. I checked my backups and the general.useragent.extra.firefox value was modified Ant.com Video Downloader addon a long time ago while I was using Jaunty.

[Bug 499634] [NEW] Incorrect --exclude-from information in man page

2009-12-22 Thread Mark Harrison
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rsync In rsync's man page (version 3.0.6 under Ubuntu 9.10), it is stated that the command line option for excluding files and directories list in a file is as follows: --exclude-from=FILE This does not work and causes FILE to be ignored. The syntax

[Bug 479043] Re: nm-applet crashed with SIGSEGV in applet_get_exported_connection_for_device()

2009-11-15 Thread Mark Harrison
** Visibility changed to: Private -- nm-applet crashed with SIGSEGV in applet_get_exported_connection_for_device() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/479043 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 479043] Re: nm-applet crashed with SIGSEGV in applet_get_exported_connection_for_device()

2009-11-09 Thread Mark Harrison
** Attachment added: CoreDump.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35409262/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35409263/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: Disassembly.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35409264/Disassembly.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 478335] Re: gpilot-applet crashed with SIGSEGV in g_main_context_dispatch()

2009-11-08 Thread Mark Harrison
** Attachment added: CoreDump.gz http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35365321/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35365322/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: Disassembly.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35365323/Disassembly.txt ** Attachment

[Bug 175191] Re: f-spot changes timestamp in an incorrect way

2009-11-04 Thread Mark Harrison
For anyone who needs to restore the original EXIF dates and times without restoring from backup, the following command should do it. exiftool -r -CreateDateDateTimeOriginal *.jpg (-r option for recursing into lower directories) Taken from this comment at Gnome Bugzilla:

[Bug 139776] Re: Does not support filenames with whitespace

2009-08-08 Thread Mark Harrison
This error is still present in jaunty and can be confirmed by using the same procedure described by Nikolaus. The error was fixed by the maintainer in September 2007 with version 3.21. The current version of latexmk is 4.08 which was released on June 23 of this year. For some reason, the

[Bug 139776] Re: Does not support filenames with whitespace

2009-08-08 Thread Mark Harrison
** Changed in: latexmk (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- Does not support filenames with whitespace https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/139776 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 229344] Re: Slow startup after upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04

2009-01-25 Thread Mark Harrison
CheckGmail works perfectly well in Intrepid for me. Startup takes about a second plus another few seconds to connect to Gmail. Opening Preferences is also fast again. -- Slow startup after upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/229344 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 216505] Re: Clock: World time menu expands beyond screen borders

2008-06-27 Thread Mark Harrison
** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New = Confirmed -- Clock: World time menu expands beyond screen borders https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/216505 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 229344] [NEW] Slow startup after upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04

2008-05-11 Thread Mark Harrison
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: checkgmail After upgrading to Ubuntu 8.04, checkgmail 1.13-1ubuntu1 now takes about 30 seconds to start up (compared with one or two seconds on 7.10), during which time one of my processors (I run a dual-core AMD64) is pegged at 100% capacity. When I

[Bug 216505] Re: Clock: World time menu expands beyond screen borders

2008-05-10 Thread Mark Harrison
I can confirm this behavior in Hardy Heron. Attached to this message is a screen shot of the problem. Notice that the right side of this menu is cut off. This is due to it being off the edge of the screen. ** Attachment added: Screenshot-2.png

[ubuntu-uk] Goodbye all

2007-11-02 Thread Mark Harrison
Just a quick note to say Goodbye to all those doing good work with Ubuntu. However, I'm afraid that given that appears acceptable behaviour on this list to make accusations of exploitation and corruption, and present that in language of a sexual nature, I no longer wish to be a part of this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ballmer screws over Nigerian schoolkids

2007-11-02 Thread Mark Harrison
Chris Rowson wrote: On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 22:38 +, Chris Rowson wrote: I'm hope you see me as an exploiter of innocent children for posting this here. To be honest though, I don't have an agenda or petty points to make. Despite writing in rant mode, without remembering to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux mysteriously broke my computer!

2007-11-01 Thread Mark Harrison
Hi, I'm calling back. Your tech support guy told me to re-install Windows, but the PC is switching off before it starts the install... M. Alec Wright wrote: Or so Evesham tech support say... Here's what happened: Whenever I switched my computer on, it would switch off within five seconds

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux mysteriously broke my computer!

2007-11-01 Thread Mark Harrison
Rob Beard wrote: Last time I found something like that it was a faulty motherboard which the temperature sensor was reporting the CPU (a Duron 700) was running at 199 degrees! I'd say they're fobbing you off somewhat. Funny, I remember the days when Evesham stood for quality. Does it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ballmer screws over Nigerian schoolkids

2007-11-01 Thread Mark Harrison
Chris Rowson wrote: I just read this. Sickening isn't it! Not to me it isn't. The Nigerian government aren't complaining. The Nigerian people aren't complaining. [Or if they are, someone post a link and tell me about what] In fact, the person who's complaining in this article is the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Profile

2007-10-29 Thread Mark Harrison
John Levin wrote: LeeGroups wrote: I seriously don't get why people 'think everything just works' in Windows... Most people aren't interested in arguments about whether Windows has similar problems. Most people aren't interested in upgrading Operating Systems. Most people encounter

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Solid State hard disks?

2007-10-28 Thread Mark Harrison
Alan Pope wrote: Hi Mark, On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 18:52 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote: Do you know if they're available outside the USA? I couldn't work out how to spec one up on the UK Dell website :-( I don't know about models, but I just searched for ssd on the uk site and found

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-27 Thread Mark Harrison
James Grabham wrote: I'm with them at the moment but am considering a move to TalkTalk, which appears to be outstanding value and available in my area: any horror stories with them? My brother was completely without phone service (let alone ADSL) for about a week after moving

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Solid State hard disks?

2007-10-27 Thread Mark Harrison
Alan Pope wrote: Hi, On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 15:45 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote: Does anyone know where (whether?) it's possible to get solid-state disks in a format that has an IDE / SATA cable attached? Dell actually sell laptops with 36GB SSD now. http://www.notebookreview.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices - promoting the message?

2007-10-26 Thread Mark Harrison
A few thoughts here: - The BBC aren't dumb. If people are constantly re-voting for the same option, they'll notice, and if Linux people are doing that more than the rest, they'll probably start looking askance at ANY figures that show Linux adoption. - While it's not unknown for broadcasters

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What mail client do people use.

2007-10-25 Thread Mark Harrison
Dave Morley wrote: I used to hate using Evolution but since I last used it to the release in Gutsy things have improved greatly. The whole experience is a pleasure. So I just wondered what everyone else uses? I use Thunderbird, so I have a consistent mail experience whether I'm on a

[ubuntu-uk] LOLKittens in ubuntu pose

2007-10-25 Thread Mark Harrison
Surely a LolCats style caption competition is needed? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolcats (for those who have no idea what I'm talking about). So, your starter captions: I is not paying Microsoft Now We is Shuttleworths kittenz We is huntin that red rat wot you told us of M.

[ubuntu-uk] Press Release Idea: Free support on selected Tescos PCs from Ubuntu UK

2007-10-21 Thread Mark Harrison
-based retailers such as Dell, or for download, but most people with Windows pre-installed on a PC haven't seen the need to change. Mark Harrison, an IT Director based in Sussex, explains. With a copy of Vista coming in at about £180 from PC World, you can see why people want to stick with what

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Press Release Idea: Free support on selected Tescos PCs from Ubuntu UK

2007-10-21 Thread Mark Harrison
Dougie Richardson wrote: 1. How would the cost of travel be covered? I'm all for volunteering but not if it starts to cost my significantly in expenses. Well, I have to say, I'd considered that this wasn't really us doing anything new beyond what we're already doing... More us realising

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Disappointed

2007-10-19 Thread Mark Harrison
Skeg Fast wrote: To Whom It May Concern, [... Parody of Windows upgrade ...] ROFL - well done. I was taken in by the subject line and first line. Excellent spoof. So, somebody (Popey?) please pass on my thanks to all that you can :D Amen to that. I'm, now running Gutsy in a VM

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice for the future

2007-10-18 Thread Mark Harrison
Tony Arnold wrote: Mark, On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 11:10 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote: Mark Harrison, BA, MA, MBCS and could get be CITP if I ever got around to filling in the paperwork and sending off the cheque :-) Interesting! I'm sure my CITP just arrived in the post one day

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Which do you use?

2007-10-12 Thread Mark Harrison
Alan Pope wrote: On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 17:30 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote: 1: Moet was actually a Belgium (and there should be an umlaut over the e, but I can't work out how) 2: Freddie Mercury had an evil sense of humour, and the Killer Queen was MEANT to be a bit trashy :-) You really

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Disc duplication - anyone know any places that can do it cheap?

2007-10-12 Thread Mark Harrison
ged wrote: Link to duplicating machines at scan. The auto loaders start to get a little expensive. http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Products.ASP?CatID=12FilterCategories=416Thumbnails=yes Regards Ged Yeah - I've come close to buying one of these a few times, though probably from

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Which do you use?

2007-10-12 Thread Mark Harrison
Peter Lewis wrote: But even withing the yes, pronounce the G camp, there are two schools of thought: - Guh-nome (like GNU) - Gee-nome (like the human Genome project) LOL. Actually, it's worth noting that, until the famous song by Flanders and Swann, the animal the gnu had a silent g.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Disc duplication - anyone know any places that can do it cheap?

2007-10-11 Thread Mark Harrison
On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 20:49 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: When I was looking into this before I figured it was rather expensive, even when using cheap 9p CD-R discs (when factoring in duplication of many thousands of discs, printing etc). I was wondering though if anyone knew of a good

[ubuntu-uk] Interesting article - Why don't Windows users switch to Macs we could learn from

2007-10-10 Thread Mark Harrison
Interesting article at Zdnet about why Windows Users don't switch to Mac. http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=847tag=nl.e539 One of the core reasons that the author quotes is: The Linux effect The “anything but Microsoft” card that Apple is playing is losing traction given that Linux

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How 'Gnu' are you?

2007-10-09 Thread Mark Harrison
Various wrote: andylockran - 15 non-free packages, 1.1% of 1381 installed packages. wulfy - 30 non-free packages, 1.8% of 1681 installed packages. Mark Harrison - 0 non-free packages installed! (0%) rms would be proud. M. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ubuntu-marketing] countdown for gutsy

2007-10-03 Thread Mark Harrison
I think it would be good to have an idea of how many ubuntu-uk people are doing this. Would it be appropriate to put a page on the wiki where people could add links to their sites (sites showing this banner only.) Clearly someone would need to write some weasel words making it clear that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home Servers

2007-10-03 Thread Mark Harrison
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a laptop with a broken screen as my home server. Got it for free from a family member but they are dirt cheap and fleabay. Its got 80GB storage, integrated UPS, (very) low power consumption and with speedstep enabled on the CPU and laptop-mode enabled on the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Phishing and linux

2007-10-03 Thread Mark Harrison
Mac wrote: I hope we can just assume this is FUD. Does anyone more familiar with server security have anything consoling thoughts? I seriously hope that we DON'T assume this is FUD. I think that Alan has summed up the key issue nicely. Anyone who goes around saying Linux is secure,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Citizens rejoice! Your Lord and Master stands on high, playing track 3.

2007-10-02 Thread Mark Harrison
Matthew Larsen wrote: YES a Hitchhikers reference!! Thats the first one i've seen on this list! OK, see if you can guess what this proves: Without looking, it's hanging on the second peg from the right on the door of my en-suite. :-) Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Voting Processes and Democracy

2007-10-02 Thread Mark Harrison
The question is quite simply do you want the election to be held again, yes or no? I don't recognise the authority of this list as the right place to ask that question :-) Note to the hard of thinking - that was sarcasm, OK. I am AMAZED at how much MORE traffic something relatively

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Citizens rejoice! Your Lord and Master stands on high, playing track 3.

2007-10-02 Thread Mark Harrison
Alan Pope wrote: Hi Mark, On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 09:47 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote: Matthew Larsen wrote: YES a Hitchhikers reference!! Thats the first one i've seen on this list! OK, see if you can guess what this proves: Without looking, it's hanging on the second

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Small TFT monitors....

2007-10-02 Thread Mark Harrison
Dave Walker wrote: Mark, I'm disappointed, true geeks do it 'blind' and hope they are typing the correct commands! :) Seriously tho, I would consider ebay - ie Item:180163351414 Kind Regards, Dave Walker Dave, Thanks for the link - I've bid, but the pricing is already up close to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Tag Lines?

2007-10-02 Thread Mark Harrison
Pete Stean wrote: Mat, your lolcat phrase was slightly off there... You said: Ubuntu - can I has cheesburger It should be: Ubuntu - haz cheesburger! *nom nom nom* :) Pete Ubuntu - all your base are NOT belong to us -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Citizens rejoice! Your Lord and Master stands on high, playing track 3.

2007-09-30 Thread Mark Harrison
Alan Pope wrote: Some people voted and by a nose I seem to have won the post of Point of Contact for the Ubuntu-UK LoCo Team. Hail to the Chief. Say (Well done Alan); Case: Alan carries on in the tradition of democracy Do Agree (Alan, 90% of the time); Case: Alan turns

Re: [ubuntu-uk] EU-topia? No Windows in EU ? Should we contribute?

2007-09-28 Thread Mark Harrison
Chris Jones wrote: Hi Kris Douglas wrote: No windows in the European union? No it's just a very misguided suggestion that no PC should ship with an OS pre-installed. It just means more pain for users and no gain for anyone else. Cheers, Chris, I'm with you on this. It is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video editing

2007-09-28 Thread Mark Harrison
Alan Pope wrote: Hi, On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 08:26 +0200, Sakjur wrote: Why don't you use the diffrent advantages of the diffrent editors? Like mix them... Is it speciall fileformats for the diffrent editors? Imagine using 3 different word processors to produce a document. One

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software verses Hardware raid (was RE:Anyone evertried kolab on feisty)

2007-09-28 Thread Mark Harrison
Alan Pope wrote: The conclusion they came up with was that for 99.9% of scenarios hardware 99.9% of scenarios that don't match what 99.9% of people here will see :) Indeed. I believe the original Mad Max film had a line that summed it up perfectly. Sadly, I can't find the original

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help buying a LCD TV

2007-09-26 Thread Mark Harrison
Daniel, I have a 32 Loewe CRT TV... and the picture quality is likewise amazing. What are prices on the LCDs? If they're anything like the £300 specified, then I'd be very tempted... but I fear not :-( M. Daniel Lamb wrote: I'm using a 32 Loewe LCD TV, just using the vga input from my

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help buying a LCD TV

2007-09-26 Thread Mark Harrison
. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Harrison Sent: 26 September 2007 10:52 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help buying a LCD TV Daniel, I have a 32 Loewe CRT TV... and the picture

[ubuntu-uk] Repositories for Breezy

2007-09-26 Thread Mark Harrison
I need to install another package on an otherwise-working-fine-and-stable breezy server. I notice that they've gone from gb.archive.ubuntu.com are they still out there somewhere? M. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - UK Contact - has there been enough time for candidates to come forward?

2007-09-25 Thread Mark Harrison
As far as I'm concerned there has. I was concerned after the first few days, that NO-ONE had thrown their hat into the ring, so I added my own name and a brief bio. There are now two other people forward... and I consider that either of them would do the job better than I. Accordingly, I've

Re: [ubuntu-uk] External hard disks and backup strategies

2007-09-19 Thread Mark Harrison
Backups are not archives in my world :-) So, relating to the home network, not the work one: - I have a home network with a few machines - All data gets stored on a server - I have an external USB hard disk - Once an HOUR, the server copies everything over to the USB drive (rsync is your

Re: [ubuntu-uk] External hard disks and backup strategies

2007-09-19 Thread Mark Harrison
Pete Stean wrote: Can I also add that a few of the NAS devices will also run linux - if memory serves there's a NAS-specific Debian build you can use on a couple of devices... have a google - that thing could be routing your email, acting as a music server, a firewall and store your files

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Redundency was Going back to the Dell deal...

2007-09-13 Thread Mark Harrison
Alan Pope wrote: The protocol is explained in the page I linked to:- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SpecSpec and further from there to:- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SpecTemplate What I would do is create a new page:- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuNetworkApplicanceEdition and paste into it the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu jobs

2007-09-12 Thread Mark Harrison
potential customer-base [3] on a forum that is easily readable by Google holds though :-) Regards, PS - under the circumstances, I'll write it out some letters so you know my biases :-) Mark Harrison, BA, MA, MBCS NOTES: [1] - it isn't particularly, BTW, but that's another subject

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-12 Thread Mark Harrison
In the light of my car crash last week (and the fact that I've been out of a sling for about 24 hours), I've NOT done anything about arranging a venue for the Gatwick Breakfast. If anyone wants to jump in, say so quickly, otherwise we might be better letting that idea die, and concentrating on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Redundency was Going back to the Dell deal...

2007-09-12 Thread Mark Harrison
attracted developers anyway :-) M. Alan Pope wrote: Hi Mark, On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 18:23 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote: When it comes to network infrastructure - I find it notable that there's an Ubuntu Desktop (well, more than 1 - Kubuntu, Xubuntu, etc.) and an Ubuntu Server edition

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Redundency was Going back to the Dell deal...

2007-09-12 Thread Mark Harrison
Alan Pope wrote: A very interesting idea. You could write a specification [0] for one and submit it as a blueprint [1] Done... (at least, entry into the specifications database.) https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/ubuntu-network-appliance-edition I have no idea on the protocol

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Redundency was Going back to the Dell deal...

2007-09-11 Thread Mark Harrison
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Harrison Sent: 10 September 2007 21:57 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Redundency was Going back to the Dell deal... Alan Pope wrote: Hi Mark, On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 21:28 +0100, Mark

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vote for Ubuntu on Lenovo

2007-09-10 Thread Mark Harrison
Matthew Wild wrote: On 9/8/07, *Josh Blacker* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Winning by quite a long way at the moment, leading over Debian by about 600 votes :) lol, now leading by 4000 votes :P 35 minutes after your post, I've just voted, and the lead is now

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Redundency was Going back to the Dell deal...

2007-09-10 Thread Mark Harrison
Alan Pope wrote: Hi Mark, On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 11:00 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote: Hardware load balancer tend to give the twin benefits of resilience and performance. ..and another single point of failure. :) Cheers, Al. Al, Yeah - that's why I've (in the past) used

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Redundency was Going back to the Dell deal...

2007-09-10 Thread Mark Harrison
Alan Pope wrote: Hi Mark, On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 21:28 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote: Others may have a different opinion, and if they're prepared to underwrite (with funds lodged in an escrow account) my company's loss of income were we to have any downtime because of an Ubuntu failure

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where to find good labour

2007-09-07 Thread Mark Harrison
Matthew Larsen wrote: However, realise that programming skill is only PART of what a typical employer is looking for - ability to work as part of a team, rather than adopt a primadona attitude. If everyone else in the organisation wears suits, don't expect to show up in jeans a T-shirt... on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Going back to the Dell deal...

2007-09-07 Thread Mark Harrison
Michael Holloway wrote: 2. How many Linux users would buy a one? I'm not sure i can answer this, but i imagine not too many. Most linux users like to customise their machines, and put all the latest and greatest (or cheapest and oldest) compenents into it. 10 years ago, that would have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-04 Thread Mark Harrison
Good call. I've entered details for a proposed BREAKFAST (near) Gatwick party. In my life, morning meetings match a freer diary than evening ones :-) Even if only 5-10 people come, it strikes me as a good PR stunt to be able to say that there are launch parties around the UK throughout the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-03 Thread Mark Harrison
Andy Loughran wrote: We're having a wonderful conversation on IRC about the potential location. Currently the solution is to do a google map, and find a location with the minimum average distance for participants. It seems to be a fair way of doing things. Would I be willing to come

[ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu to dual-boot (partition sizes)

2007-08-31 Thread Mark Harrison
Hi all, I've only ever installed Ubuntu as the only O/S on PCs before, but I do need the laptop to be able to run Windows Media Centre from time to time, so dual-boot is the way to go. I have an 80Gb HDD, with 40+Gb free at the moment... so in principle could re-partition down, to give, say,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu to dual-boot (partition sizes)

2007-08-31 Thread Mark Harrison
Colin Watson wrote: (Obviously make backups of anything valuable first, as you would for any major invasive exercise like installing an OS.) I don't have any data on the laptop other than backups / local cached copies, if you see what I mean. The question is where did I put the Dell

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