Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-14 Thread Dave Murphy
On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 14:15 +0100, Josh Blacker wrote: Hi all, Got a text from a friend earlier asking if she bought a new desktop from dell with Ubuntu, would she be able to use all her old files etc. I explained that yes Ubuntu can deal with jpgs (she was worried she wouldn't be able to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BIttorent Clinets (was iPod Management)

2007-08-14 Thread Alec Wright
On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 12:34 +0100, Dave Murphy wrote: The other day I discovered Deluge - http://deluge-torrent.org/ - which provides most features anyone will want, and it has become my standard client. It's not in the repositories (yet), but the developers provide .debs for Feisty i386 and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-14 Thread Pete Stean
Actually Deluge isn't very well supported at all - there's only one guy working on it, and releases/fixes are rather infrequent. There's a native linux client for Azureus or, if you're using gnome and don't mind a few KDE libraries, there's KTorrent which I find very good also.. Pete On

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BIttorent Clinets (was iPod Management)

2007-08-14 Thread Dave Murphy
On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 13:28 +0100, Alec Wright wrote: It's not very stable though, so you shouldn't recommend it to linux illiterates Really? It's been rock solid for me so far, but it's interesting to hear others experiences. I prefer Azureus, although it requires Java. It's stable and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] some user losing internet access

2007-08-14 Thread M Castle
nice thought, but there's no firewalls installed :(. I'm at a bit of a loss... it's basically a pretty standard install. the only extras are ssh and fail2ban, but neither of those should effect connections (that I'm aware of). looks like I'm gonna ave to re-install :( time and messages

Re: [ubuntu-uk] some user losing internet access

2007-08-14 Thread Gav Ford
On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 14:09 +0100, M Castle wrote: nice thought, but there's no firewalls installed :(. I'm at a bit of a loss... it's basically a pretty standard install. the only extras are ssh and fail2ban, but neither of those should effect connections (that I'm aware of). looks

Re: [ubuntu-uk] some user losing internet access

2007-08-14 Thread M Castle
excellent. thanks Gav. ;) On Tuesday 14 August 2007 14:38:37 Gav Ford wrote: On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 14:09 +0100, M Castle wrote: nice thought, but there's no firewalls installed :(. I'm at a bit of a loss... it's basically a pretty standard install. the only extras are ssh and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BIttorent Clinets (was iPod Management)

2007-08-14 Thread Ian Pascoe
Not sure how much is actually going to be made Open, but certainly some of the first modules have been made free by Sun. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alec Wright Sent: 14 August 2007 13:29 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk]