Re: [ubuntu-uk] World of Warcraft

2006-12-22 Thread Andrew Price
On 23/12/06 02:32, baza wrote: > Hi, has anyone ever managed to get World of Warcraft running under Wine? I don't play it myself but the WINE app db says: http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=5606 -- Andy Price http://andrewprice.me.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubun

[ubuntu-uk] World of Warcraft

2006-12-22 Thread baza
Hi, has anyone ever managed to get World of Warcraft running under Wine? Baz -- +++ http://walkertopia.com/blog Cock, lock and ready to rock! +++ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-22 Thread Tristan Wibberley
On Fri, 2006-12-22 at 21:15 +, Dave Briggs wrote: > On 21/12/06, Tristan Wibberley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I see you've had no answer to this, can you confirm that David Pashley's > > earlier steps worked as described? You didn't say whether you followed > > them as suggested: > > > >

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: ADSL problem

2006-12-22 Thread Dave Briggs
On 21/12/06, Tristan Wibberley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see you've had no answer to this, can you confirm that David Pashley's > earlier steps worked as described? You didn't say whether you followed > them as suggested: > > ip route > ping > ping 82.211.81.166 Thanks Tristan. ip route pr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] EDM179: Response From Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Education and Skills

2006-12-22 Thread Toby Smithe
On Fri, 2006-12-22 at 20:17 +, Ashley Hooper wrote: > Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:47:32 + > From: Toby Smithe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Even worse: it's exactly the same response I got from Jim Knight, which > > you can read at > > http://tibsplace.co.uk/blog/index.php/2006/12/20/free-softwa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] EDM179: Response From Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Education and Skills

2006-12-22 Thread Ashley Hooper
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:47:32 + From: Toby Smithe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Even worse: it's exactly the same response I got from Jim Knight, which > you can read at > http://tibsplace.co.uk/blog/index.php/2006/12/20/free-software-in-schools/ I strongly suspect that BECTA has been pre-emptively

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [guadec-list] Key Note Speakers]

2006-12-22 Thread Alex Latchford
Hello guys, I got a request via Dean Sas on the British Ubuntu Mailing list for proposed speakers for GUADEC07.. Well I think that a talk and a demo of Gnome's (Metacity's) Compositing features, (more planned for 2.18 I believe?) Would be very interesting for many users. Dean proposed a few names

Re: [ubuntu-uk] EDM179: Response From Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Education and Skills

2006-12-22 Thread David Restall - System Administrator
Hi, > Even worse: it's exactly the same response I got from Jim Knight, which > you can read at > http://tibsplace.co.uk/blog/index.php/2006/12/20/free-software-in-schools/ > > That's terrible! It may be terrible but is it surprising. They bleat on about voter apathy and low election turnout wh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] EDM179: Response From Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Education and Skills

2006-12-22 Thread Toby Smithe
Even worse: it's exactly the same response I got from Jim Knight, which you can read at http://tibsplace.co.uk/blog/index.php/2006/12/20/free-software-in-schools/ That's terrible! On Fri, 2006-12-22 at 13:39 +, James Tait wrote: > Me again, > > > I think I need to read through it a few more

Re: [ubuntu-uk] EDM179: Response From Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Education and Skills

2006-12-22 Thread James Tait
Dave Ewart wrote: > On Friday, 22.12.2006 at 13:39 +, James Tait wrote: >> Essentially it's a fob-off. > > Cheeky bugger, isn't he? OK, I get that this is hardly news, I mean he had to toe the line and politicians hide behind policy to avoid giving a straight answer to a question all the time

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [guadec-list] Key Note Speakers]

2006-12-22 Thread Dean Sas
Alex Latchford wrote: > Is anyone else interested in getting a speaker on something like > Metacity's compositing features, the future of desktop-effects in Gnome? > I am not someone who is involved very heavily with Gnome, but I do plan > on attending QUADEC07 for at least a day. I think that this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] EDM179: Response From Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Education and Skills

2006-12-22 Thread Dave Ewart
On Friday, 22.12.2006 at 13:39 +, James Tait wrote: > Me again, > > > I think I need to read through it a few more times and annotate it to > > There are also parts in there that > > I recognise from somewhere (e.g. "measured inclusion rather than blanket > > exclusion"), so maybe the respons

Re: [ubuntu-uk] EDM179: Response From Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Education and Skills

2006-12-22 Thread James Tait
Me again, > I think I need to read through it a few more times and annotate it to > There are also parts in there that > I recognise from somewhere (e.g. "measured inclusion rather than blanket > exclusion"), so maybe the response is just a re-iteration of official > policy. Sorry to respond to m

[ubuntu-uk] EDM179: Response From Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Education and Skills

2006-12-22 Thread James Tait
Hi all, I posted before to say that my MP, Margaret Beckett, wasn't able to sign the EDM due to her position as a Cabinet Minister but would pass my letter on to Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Education and Skills. Well on Tuesday I got a response from Mr Johnson, via Mrs Beckett, as below.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] value of /var/cache/apt/archives ?

2006-12-22 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 21/12/06, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am not totally convinced that the cd images created are equivalent > to the updates which happen up to that date, and would like to somehow > confirm this or test it somehow. I guess you could install from the created image into a QEMU image. Alan