Re: [ubuntu-uk] Idea: UbuCon UK

2007-10-24 Thread Matthew Larsen
Sessions on hacking beer! Count me in! -- 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] Best ISP?

2007-10-24 Thread Daniel Lamb
I personally would use zen, maybe a bit more expensive but good customer service. Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Bagnall Sent: 23 October 2007 23:40 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP? Alan Pope wrote:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-24 Thread Chris Rowson
Unfortunately I'm stuck with the worse ISP in the country (Karoo) Because I live in the Kingston Communications Network Area (so can't get a BT line) there aren't any other ISPs providing service (mostly because KC aggressively keep them out). Ah well, at least I get to gripe about it at

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-24 Thread Dave Morley
On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 09:23 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: Unfortunately I'm stuck with the worse ISP in the country (Karoo) Because I live in the Kingston Communications Network Area (so can't get a BT line) there aren't any other ISPs providing service (mostly because KC aggressively keep them

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Idea: UbuCon UK

2007-10-24 Thread John Levin
Chris Rowson wrote: Count me in! +1 Chris Wiki page created: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/IdeasPool/UbuCon_UK Put your names down there. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgraded mother..

2007-10-24 Thread Kris Douglas
On 24/10/2007, David Restall - System Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I upgraded my mum's PC the other day using the auto update feature - very smooth and my mum said she likes the new colour scheme in some places and not in others so I talked her through changing the background.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-24 Thread Matthew East
On 24/10/2007, Andrew Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am now unfortunately in an area not supported by Cable, and I am on an ADSL connection through Tiscali. I personally hate the service and would change if I had any better options. Their technical support is absolute crap. Second this -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy install bug

2007-10-24 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Paul, On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 13:04 +0100, Paul Tansom wrote: I've tried using 'all_generic_ide', but not had any success. I'm working on the basis that I need to load the pata_it821x driver that supports the card the drive is connected to into the ramdisk at boot time. Tried using:-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?[Scanned]

2007-10-24 Thread Paul Brunt
Matthew Daubney wrote: 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

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-24 Thread Rhys Morgan
Millions steer well clear in my opinion takes months longer to activate the connection and especially if you have a netgear router. Also there are multiple problems with dns servers which can be resolved by setting them yourself. - Original Message - From: Matthew East [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-24 Thread Paul Tansom
** Matthew East [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-10-24 13:20]: On 24/10/2007, Andrew Barber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am now unfortunately in an area not supported by Cable, and I am on an ADSL connection through Tiscali. I personally hate the service and would change if I had any better options.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-24 Thread Kirrus
- Mark Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 23 October 2007 21:55:29 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

[ubuntu-uk] VMWare on gutsy

2007-10-24 Thread Michael Holloway
Hey guys Has anyone managed to install vmware on a gutsy server yet? I've been going around in circles for ages now, i think every package from the repo is now installed :) From what i have been able to google, apparently libx11 causes this probably when its not install but i have done that and

[ubuntu-uk] [Ubuntu-UK] Article on theregister.co.uk regarding gutsy

2007-10-24 Thread Michael Rimicans
Just found this article on Gutsy referring to network problems during install and usage: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/24/ubuntu_gutsy_gibbon_ipv6/ Anyone had any problems? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk