Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows makes PCs cheaper to buy! ... we need to respond [Dell crapware]

2007-07-01 Thread Mark Harrison
A few responses to the various comments: - It's no co-incidence that this message came at the same time that Macs are banging on about the same issue :-) - I'm not convinced that leaflets are the right place for this. - I agree with Matthew that this isn't the right offensive message. I'd

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Studio

2007-07-01 Thread Matthew Larsen
hey there none that I am aware of, I would imagine because of the memory and process requirements of the programs are very large so running off a LiveCD would be a mission! Can you use the laptop you loaded the software onto to demo it to them? Also thanks for letting us know that you are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vodafone 3G card with T-Mobile uk SIM [Works]

2007-07-01 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
On Sat, 2007-06-30 at 17:58 +0100, alan c wrote: I am delighted to find that (with Kubuntu 7.04) a Vodafone 3G card (pcmcia) with T-Mobile SIM (payg) works easily in my Dell Inspiron 1100. (Note 7) :-) Delighted is an understatement. I bought the (unlocked) 3g card from ebay (40 uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Power management on the desktop

2007-07-01 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 01/07/07, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, I'm thinking of setting up a Intel P4 based desktop PC at home, which will run Ubuntu and may spend long periods of time doing nothing or very little. I'm aware that CPU frequency scaling can be implemented on certain laptop

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Eben Moglen Lecture Edinburgh June 2007

2007-07-01 Thread Mac
alan c wrote: Jim Kissel wrote: http://www.archive.org/details/EbenMoglenLectureEdinburghJune2007StreamingVideo384kbits Thanks for the link Jim. I have just watched it. An astounding and powerful talk, with many ideas and associations which help me to understand why I strongly support

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Power management on the desktop

2007-07-01 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi Chris, Try looking for powertop on Intel's site, and have a look for an article about it on developerWorks (an IBM site, I think the base URL is http://www.ibm.com/developerWorks). This is a utility that lets you tune all the power management features of newer Intel processors. Ahh,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vodafone 3G card with T-Mobile uk SIM [Works]

2007-07-01 Thread alan c
Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: On Sat, 2007-06-30 at 17:58 +0100, alan c wrote: I am delighted to find that (with Kubuntu 7.04) a Vodafone 3G card (pcmcia) with T-Mobile SIM (payg) works easily in my Dell Inspiron 1100. (Note 7) :-) Delighted is an understatement. I bought the