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

2007-09-03 Thread Sean Miller
Ian Pascoe wrote: > Yeah, after all Brum is the second city and for those who protest that > it's Manchester - well, protest away! > I'd personally prefer London, perhaps because I've been to Birmingham far too many times on conferences and the like so tend to associate it more with work

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

2007-09-03 Thread John Levin
Josh Blacker wrote: > I second (or third) London and a weekend... not been out in Greenwich > (I'm a central type) but sounds good! > Likewise, London for me. We don't have to have just the one party, but regional gatherings. One in Brum, one in London, others wherever Ubunteros ubuntize. John

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

2007-09-03 Thread Ian Pascoe
Yeah, after all Brum is the second city and for those who protest that it's Manchester - well, protest away! Unfortunately Smethwick Council didn't see fit to re-lay the beech and pond under spageti junction this year, so we can't offer the beech bar-b-que. Mind you we could always gate cra

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

2007-09-03 Thread Chris Rowson
Organising release parties are a good idea, but in all honesty a national meet is fairly awkward. The spread of users on the ubuntu-uk frappr map here: http://www.frappr.com/?a=constellation_map&mapid=137439504139 Kinda shows London as rather distant from the largest majority of ubuntu-uk'ers! Bi

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

2007-09-03 Thread Josh Blacker
I second (or third) London and a weekend... not been out in Greenwich (I'm a central type) but sounds good! On 9/3/07, Matthew Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yo all, > > I am TOTALLY up for a launch party. Maybe a launch weekend so I can > get exceedingly drunk and stay over. > > My suggestio

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

2007-09-03 Thread Matthew Larsen
Yo all, I am TOTALLY up for a launch party. Maybe a launch weekend so I can get exceedingly drunk and stay over. My suggestion would be Grenwich in SE London. Ace pubs there. And only 2 stops on the tube :-). OR On a beach and we have a bbq. Other than that I don't mind, trains are rather nipp

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

2007-09-03 Thread Ian Pascoe
Brum is better for me as it gives me an extra half hour drinking and celebrating before I need to catch the last train home at the totally unreasonable time of 21:30! E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Darren Mansell Sent: 03 September 2007 14

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

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?

2007-09-03 Thread stephen
On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 14:22 +0100, Gav Ford wrote: > On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 14:05 +0100, Eddie Armstrong wrote: > > Thanks Gav and Mathew > > If I combine your ideas then I should be covered ? > > Will this get things I have installed from debs or compiled? > > Probably not apps I've downloaded dire

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?

2007-09-03 Thread Gav Ford
On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 14:05 +0100, Eddie Armstrong wrote: > Thanks Gav and Mathew > If I combine your ideas then I should be covered ? > Will this get things I have installed from debs or compiled? > Probably not apps I've downloaded directly (bin or whatever) > Do you think aptonCD a good idea com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?

2007-09-03 Thread Tony Arnold
Farran, On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 12:32 +0100, Farran Lee wrote: > Hello > Only partially related to the subject... > How do you set a separate partition for /home in Ubuntu? It doesn't > seem to give the choice in the installation process. I suppose I'd > have to create the partition manually after a

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

2007-09-03 Thread Darren Mansell
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] system timer resolution

2007-09-03 Thread Eddie Armstrong
Thanks doug - it does say the 'kernel timer resolution may be set too low' but I don;t know what to do about it. I only want to try Rosegarden so I presume I can give it a go anyway. Eddie -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?

2007-09-03 Thread Darren Mansell
On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 14:05 +0100, Eddie Armstrong wrote: > Thanks Gav and Mathew > If I combine your ideas then I should be covered ? > Will this get things I have installed from debs or compiled? > Probably not apps I've downloaded directly (bin or whatever) > Do you think aptonCD a good idea co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?

2007-09-03 Thread Eddie Armstrong
Thanks Gav and Mathew If I combine your ideas then I should be covered ? Will this get things I have installed from debs or compiled? Probably not apps I've downloaded directly (bin or whatever) Do you think aptonCD a good idea combined with either/both of the above. Eddie -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ub

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

2007-09-03 Thread David Morley
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-03 Thread Dianne Reuby
Have you thought of running an online version for those who can't make the location(s)? A virtual assistants group that I belonged to had a virtual office party every Christmas using our chatroom (MSN, Trillian, Gaim, etc). We all just dropped in and out whenever work or other commitments allowed.

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

2007-09-03 Thread Darren Mansell
On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 13:21 +0100, Andy Loughran wrote: > 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. Looks like it will be the Hogshead in Wolves then :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists

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

2007-09-03 Thread Pete Stean
lol I can see it now - standing in the middle of a sewage works near Walsall... :O On 03/09/07, Andy Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 mi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music playback in rhythmbox

2007-09-03 Thread Andy Loughran
If you want something on gnome - I like using banshee. Not 100% sure on the crossfading though (the whole point of the thread) so best to try it out yourself. It's a good (but minimalist) iPod management app too (if you have one) so give it a whiz! Andy Loughran blog.zrmt.com m: 07921

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

2007-09-03 Thread Andy Loughran
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. Andy Loughran blog.zrmt.com m: 07921076319

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

2007-09-03 Thread Pete Stean
As long as the launch isn't in the Hogshead in Wolves Jono :P (joke) Pete aka Milesteg On 02/09/07, Jono Bacon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Has anything been discussed about a release party for Gutsy in the UK? I > have been doing some work to grow the number of release parties for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music playback in rhythmbox

2007-09-03 Thread Pete Stean
yep Amarok has very nice (and highly configurable) cross-fading support etc - nicer UI etc than rhythmbox in my opinion (if you don't mind using KDE apps under Gnome that is - you do get a few KDE libs with it too...) Pete On 02/09/07, Josh Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You might also wa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] system timer resolution

2007-09-03 Thread Doug McMillan
If i remember right I think this has something to do with when Real Time support isn't enabled in the kernel, or JACK..but I'm not sure. -- Doug McMillan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?

2007-09-03 Thread Farran Lee
Hello Only partially related to the subject... How do you set a separate partition for /home in Ubuntu? It doesn't seem to give the choice in the installation process. I suppose I'd have to create the partition manually after a clean install. Thanks in advance if you can help Farran On Mon, 2007-0

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?

2007-09-03 Thread Matthew Wild
Hi, Firstly, I always have /home as a seperate partition. This preserves my files and per-user settings. As for installed software, there is a way to save what packages are currently installed. After installing the new Ubuntu, you can have it reinstall the packages automatically. This said howeve

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?

2007-09-03 Thread Gav Ford
On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 10:42 +0100, Eddie Armstrong wrote: > I often read users saying when a new or new stable version is released > they do a fresh install and then re-install all their configs and > programs and other goodies. > So... > If I want to do a fresh install as above to end up with al

[ubuntu-uk] system timer resolution

2007-09-03 Thread Eddie Armstrong
When I try to run Rosegarden I get the error message 'system timer resolution too low' and the program won't start. What does this mean? Should I rant and scream, pull my hair and panic until I die or can I fix it? Any help appreciated Edddie -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.

[ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?

2007-09-03 Thread Eddie Armstrong
I often read users saying when a new or new stable version is released they do a fresh install and then re-install all their configs and programs and other goodies. So... If I want to do a fresh install as above to end up with almost a clone of my present system running on a new version of Ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Couple of questions...

2007-09-03 Thread Stephen Garton
Kirrus wrote: > > mplayer, thanks for that, it works well. Just a query, is there a GUI version > that he can use? or what would the command be to pause/play playback once > you've started it with `mplayer file.mp3`? > > Regards, > > Johnathon > There is a GUI, but I'm not sure how to do the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Couple of questions...

2007-09-03 Thread Kirrus
- "Gav Ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use shell scripts for this kinda thing, create one called something > like bworks95.sh in the directory: > -Gav > Thanks for all your help with this... Ok, the shell script I put together, but forgot to attach it to the mail I sent him.. so tha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fiesty wont work-UpDATE!!!!

2007-09-03 Thread STONE COLD
Ok so i installed Gutsy...and most of flashy graphics work...wobbly windows etc!! im happy although its not the final build. Just wana say thank you to all who contributed! Cheers Javad > Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:23:39 +0100> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> Sub