Re: [ubuntu-uk] Neat app for downloading youtube videos

2007-10-23 Thread taufanlubis
On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 06:34 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > Just discovered this relatively new application. > > http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=2172 > > "PyTube is a GUI for the use of downloading YouTube videos and convert > them to varios selected format". > > Nice simple interface and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Idea: UbuCon UK

2007-10-23 Thread andylockran
ooh this looks like fun. I'd really be up for this. Gladly help out and would hopefully help push the 'professional image' of ubuntu to a lot of businesses. Andy On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:48:01 +0100, "Andrew Barber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 24/10/2007, Matthew Wild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Idea: UbuCon UK

2007-10-23 Thread Andrew Barber
On 24/10/2007, Matthew Wild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/24/07, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Wouldn't you give up a weekend for such madness? > > > > John > > > Me... certainly! > > Matthew. > I think this would be a great idea. It would be fun for all. Could also get many m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Idea: UbuCon UK

2007-10-23 Thread Matthew Wild
On 10/24/07, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wouldn't you give up a weekend for such madness? > > John Me... certainly! Matthew. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread Andrew Barber
On 23/10/2007, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Martin Peeks wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Jai Harrison wrote: > >> Hey Guys, > >> > >> I figured this would be an interesting topic for people to discuss. > >> We're all from the UK so it should work nicely. What is the best > >> Internet Service P

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Open Week

2007-10-23 Thread Andrew Barber
On 23/10/2007, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just realised this hasn't been announced on our mailing list.. > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek > > Ubuntu Open Week is a series of online workshops where you can: > > * learn about the Ubuntu landscape > > * talk to some

[ubuntu-uk] Idea: UbuCon UK

2007-10-23 Thread John Levin
As I'm envious of things like the Ontario Linux Fest http://onlinux.ca/ the UbuCon in Germany http://the-space-station.com/blog/?p=14 and the Ohio Linux fest http://blue-gnu.biz/content/2007_ohio_linuxfest_penguin_colony_gathers_again I'd like to suggest that the Ubntu-UK Loco Team organise an Ubuc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread John Levin
Martin Peeks wrote: > Hi, > > Jai Harrison wrote: >> Hey Guys, >> >> I figured this would be an interesting topic for people to discuss. >> We're all from the UK so it should work nicely. What is the best >> Internet Service Provider in your opinion and why? Please state >> whether it is ADSL or c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread Adam Bagnall
Alan Pope wrote: > Hi Jai. > > On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 21:55 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote: > >> I figured this would be an interesting topic for people to discuss. >> We're all from the UK so it should work nicely. What is the best >> Internet Service Provider in your opinion and why? Please state >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread Matthew Daubney
Alan Pope wrote: > Hi Jai. > > On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 21:55 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote: > >> I figured this would be an interesting topic for people to discuss. >> We're all from the UK so it should work nicely. What is the best >> Internet Service Provider in your opinion and why? Please state >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread Dave Walker
On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 21:55 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote: > Hey Guys, > > I figured this would be an interesting topic for people to discuss. > We're all from the UK so it should work nicely. What is the best > Internet Service Provider in your opinion and why? Please state > whether it is ADSL or c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread Martin Peeks
Hi, Jai Harrison wrote: > Hey Guys, > > I figured this would be an interesting topic for people to discuss. > We're all from the UK so it should work nicely. What is the best > Internet Service Provider in your opinion and why? Please state > whether it is ADSL or cable. > > Jai > ADSL24 has b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread STONE COLD
im with virgin! a few months ago my pc broke down so didnt use any BB. In the meantime i heard some scare stories from virgin customers... when i got a new pc i was expecting the worse..but contrary to that they have still been good... best of all no limits on DLing! £20 for line and phone! un

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread Rhys Morgan
Virgin is definitely the one for cable and ive never had any trouble with pipex for adsl. Is anyone using sky as i will be moving to sky in my new house apparently between 8 and 16mb. Rhys -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Jai. On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 21:55 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote: > I figured this would be an interesting topic for people to discuss. > We're all from the UK so it should work nicely. What is the best > Internet Service Provider in your opinion and why? Please state > whether it is ADSL or cable. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu install to USB and existing XP

2007-10-23 Thread Steve Miller
On 22/10/2007, Andrew Barber wrote: > > > > Hi there, > > > > I've had a play with 7.10 and it looks very good indeed; a lot of hard > > work has gone into creating it and it works very well indeed. > > > > There seems to be a problem though for XP users who download the CD and > > attempt to inst

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread Chris Oattes
Jai Harrison said the following on 23/10/07 21:55: > Hey Guys, > > I figured this would be an interesting topic for people to discuss. > We're all from the UK so it should work nicely. What is the best > Internet Service Provider in your opinion and why? Please state > whether it is ADSL or cable.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Difference between Admin and Root?

2007-10-23 Thread Kirrus
OSX comprises parts of FreeBSD (Unix), Part NeXT (dead ex-Jobs software/hardware company, like apple, just smaller), and Part other stuff. Apple are pulling together a number of different open-source cores, including stuff spawned from the Linux world. OSX is not running on a Linux Kernel. h

[ubuntu-uk] Gutsy Upgrade - disappointing

2007-10-23 Thread Ian Pascoe
Just to share my experiences, I've already ranted on the other relevant lists, but thought you might be interested and could offer some guidelines to prevent this next time. My original installation was 6.10. and I upgraded successfully to 7.04 with no problems using update manager. Decided to ta

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Alternative to Windows?

2007-10-23 Thread Ian Pascoe
Ah, the problems of writing and forgetting to use that spell checker! Thanks for all the comments - I'll work on it and re-post later. E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of norman Sent: 21 October 2007 19:59 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subjec

[ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-23 Thread Jai Harrison
Hey Guys, I figured this would be an interesting topic for people to discuss. We're all from the UK so it should work nicely. What is the best Internet Service Provider in your opinion and why? Please state whether it is ADSL or cable. Jai -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Difference between Admin and Root?

2007-10-23 Thread Sean Miller
OS-X is a derivative of Unix, not Linux. The fact that they might appear functionally similar belies the fact that Linus created a completely new Operating System. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Kirrus
Hello, - "Alan Pope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > c) Want to support free and open software and where available will > use > it, but sometimes will be pragmatic and use proprietary if there is > no > reasonable alternative. > > ..is more my camp. > > And b) doesn't always apply even with t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Matt On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 15:17 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote: > It would be nice if the drivers are open source, but it shouldn't > affect your buying decision that much, as long as they have linux > drivers! And they are pretty good linux drivers for Nvidia, ATI's > linux drivers are a mess. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Alan Pope
Hi, On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 15:58 +0100, Kirrus wrote: > I guess this is the difference between the two camps: > > a) Want all software & hardware to be free/OSS > > b) Want their computer working 100% without fuss, or caring about OSS stuff > c) Want to support free and open software and where

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Peter Lewis
On Tuesday 23 October 2007 at 15:38:58 Alan Pope wrote: > On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 14:36 +0100, Peter Lewis wrote: > > I can't help thinking that if there isn't even an interest in nvidia > > opening up their drivers / specs, then I really don't want to be buying > > something from them. > > Indeed. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Kirrus
- "Alan Pope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 14:36 +0100, Peter Lewis wrote: > > I can't help thinking that if there isn't even an interest in nvidia > opening > > up their drivers / specs, then I really don't want to be buying > something > > from them. > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Alan Pope
Hi, On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 14:36 +0100, Peter Lewis wrote: > I can't help thinking that if there isn't even an interest in nvidia opening > up their drivers / specs, then I really don't want to be buying something > from them. > Indeed. I previously bought a laptop with an Nvidia chipset and a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Matthew Larsen
> Especially if ATI and Intel are doing / thinking about it... In all fairness they are probably just stopping ATI from stealing their code. The majority of games are on Windows and you need closed drivers for that anyhoo... It would be nice if the drivers are open source, but it shouldn't affect

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Difference between Admin and Root?

2007-10-23 Thread Tony Arnold
Daniel, On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 09:45 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote: > OS X is not a linux its BSD, Linux and BSD are both modeled(via other OSs) > on unix which is why they share features like sudo, root, commands as well > as the directory structure. My understanding is that the name 'Linux' really re

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Open Week

2007-10-23 Thread Alan Pope
Just realised this hasn't been announced on our mailing list.. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek Ubuntu Open Week is a series of online workshops where you can: * learn about the Ubuntu landscape * talk to some of the key developers from the Ubuntu project

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Peter Lewis
On Tuesday 23 October 2007 at 14:12:38 Stephen Drake wrote: > On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 14:01 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote: > > > I presume that the nvidia cards rely on proprietary drivers though. Is > > > there a decent free one? > > > > Not really. > > It's in the process of being reverse engineered,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tesco are advertising an Ubuntu machine on their web site

2007-10-23 Thread Matthew Larsen
> Yeah, I saw that and noticed it didn't actually go direct to the Tesco > link, so dugg it again. I'd rather read news than news about news :-) Baah thats just Digg. I used to read it like mad but then that AACS business came along and put me off them for good. Never was the same after that, neve

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tesco are advertising an Ubuntu machine on their web site

2007-10-23 Thread Kris Marsh
On 10/23/07, Kirrus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I've dugg it @ > > http://digg.com/linux_unix/Tesco_Direct_sells_machines_with_Linux > > > > Already been done, and got popular: > > http://digg.com/linux_unix/Tesco_Every_little_helps > :) > -- > Blog: www.kirrus.co.uk > > RPGs: > Captain Se

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Stephen Drake
On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 14:01 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote: > > I presume that the nvidia cards rely on proprietary drivers though. Is > > there a > > decent free one? > > Not really. > > > -- > Matthew G Larsen >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > It's in the process of being re

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Peter Lewis
On Tuesday 23 October 2007 at 14:00:45 Kirrus wrote: > ATI are releasing details which means that there is likly to be free > drivers for ATI cards. Till then my preference will always be with Nvidia > for high-powered graphics cards, as their proprietary drivers actually work > (and they don't see

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tesco are advertising an Ubuntu machine on their web site

2007-10-23 Thread Dave Walker
On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 13:19 +0100, Kirrus wrote: > > > > I've dugg it @ > > http://digg.com/linux_unix/Tesco_Direct_sells_machines_with_Linux > > > > Already been done, and got popular: > > http://digg.com/linux_unix/Tesco_Every_little_helps > :) My blog has logged some 8,295 visitors to tha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Matthew Larsen
> I presume that the nvidia cards rely on proprietary drivers though. Is there a > decent free one? Not really. -- Matthew G Larsen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Kirrus
- "Peter Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 22 October 2007 at 20:41:45 Matthew Larsen wrote: > > Currently the best money / performance ratios go to either the > GeForce > > 8600GTS 320mb or the Radeon X1950XT. Both will perform well with > UT3 > > running at 1280 at max settings.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for graphics cards?

2007-10-23 Thread Peter Lewis
On Monday 22 October 2007 at 20:41:45 Matthew Larsen wrote: > Currently the best money / performance ratios go to either the GeForce > 8600GTS 320mb or the Radeon X1950XT. Both will perform well with UT3 > running at 1280 at max settings. I myself plan on investing in an > 8600GTS very soon :o) > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tesco are advertising an Ubuntu machine on their web site

2007-10-23 Thread Kirrus
> > I've dugg it @ > http://digg.com/linux_unix/Tesco_Direct_sells_machines_with_Linux > Already been done, and got popular: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Tesco_Every_little_helps :) -- Blog: www.kirrus.co.uk RPGs: Captain Senaris Vlenn, CO, USS Sarek Lt Aieron Peters, XO DS5 -- ubuntu-uk@li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tesco are advertising an Ubuntu machine on their web site

2007-10-23 Thread Kris Marsh
On 10/23/07, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 23/10/2007, Gaurav Patel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Excellent find... > > > > Today Tesco, tomorrow, the world! > > > > On 23/10/2007, Rob Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Just in case you have missed this... > > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tesco are advertising an Ubuntu machine on their web site

2007-10-23 Thread Kris Douglas
On 23/10/2007, Gaurav Patel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Excellent find... > > Today Tesco, tomorrow, the world! > > On 23/10/2007, Rob Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Just in case you have missed this... > > > > > http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-3224/btnResultSort.x=509/btnResultSort

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tesco are advertising an Ubuntu machine on their web site

2007-10-23 Thread Gaurav Patel
Excellent find... Today Tesco, tomorrow, the world! On 23/10/2007, Rob Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Just in case you have missed this... > > http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-3224/btnResultSort.x=509/btnResultSort.y=291.aspx > > > -- > __

[ubuntu-uk] Tesco are advertising an Ubuntu machine on their web site

2007-10-23 Thread Rob Wood
Just in case you have missed this... http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-3224/btnResultSort.x=509/btnResultSort.y=291.aspx -- Contact information: Rob Wood Office 0845-869-2085 Alternative 01934-853076/01

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Neat app for downloading youtube videos

2007-10-23 Thread Kris Marsh
On 10/23/07, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just discovered this relatively new application. > > http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=2172 > > "PyTube is a GUI for the use of downloading YouTube videos and convert > them to varios selected format". > > Nice simple interface and convert

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Neat app for downloading youtube videos

2007-10-23 Thread Paul Tansom
** Paul Tansom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-23 09:20]: > ** Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-23 06:40]: > > Just discovered this relatively new application. > > > > http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=2172 > > > > "PyTube is a GUI for the use of downloading YouTube videos and convert

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Difference between Admin and Root?

2007-10-23 Thread Matthew Larsen
UNIX, GNU/Linux, BSD and OSX are all POSIX compliant, with a little fiddling the same code theoretically *could* work on all of them. On 23/10/2007, Daniel Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OS X is not a linux its BSD, Linux and BSD are both modeled(via other OSs) > on unix which is why they share

Re: [ubuntu-uk] External LCD display module with Linux/Ubuntu

2007-10-23 Thread Paul Sladen
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, STONE COLD wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I was wondering how i could utilize this lcd screen in Ubuntu? > just found out its a VFD screen...not a LCD screen! The actual technology of the display shouldn't matter (VFD, LCD, LED, TFT). When I last looked into these displ

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Difference between Admin and Root?

2007-10-23 Thread Daniel Lamb
OS X is not a linux its BSD, Linux and BSD are both modeled(via other OSs) on unix which is why they share features like sudo, root, commands as well as the directory structure. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of taufanlubis Se

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Difference between Admin and Root?

2007-10-23 Thread taufanlubis
On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 08:09 +0100, Paul Sladen wrote: > On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Mac wrote: > > Hello Mac, > > Interesting coincidence with the name: Apple's _Mac_ OSX also uses sudo! > > > Would it be possible / wise (for reasons of security) to remove the > > admin rights of the first user on t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Difference between Admin and Root?

2007-10-23 Thread taufanlubis
On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 08:09 +0100, Paul Sladen wrote: > On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Mac wrote: > > Hello Mac, > > Interesting coincidence with the name: Apple's _Mac_ OSX also uses sudo! Mac OS Tiger is a Linux which come from FreeBSD. That's why it's stable and have console for command line. Can r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Utilize LCD display-Ubuntu

2007-10-23 Thread STONE COLD
ok .just found out its a VFD screen...not a LCD screen! > Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:07:19 +0100> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Utilize LCD > display-Ubuntu> > On 22/10/2007, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> >> > > My case has a lit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Neat app for downloading youtube videos

2007-10-23 Thread Paul Tansom
** Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-10-23 06:40]: > Just discovered this relatively new application. > > http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=2172 > > "PyTube is a GUI for the use of downloading YouTube videos and convert > them to varios selected format". > > Nice simple interface and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Neat app for downloading youtube videos

2007-10-23 Thread Andrew Barber
On 23/10/2007, Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 06:34 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > > Just discovered this relatively new application. > > > > http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=2172 > > > > "PyTube is a GUI for the use of downloading YouTube videos and convert >