Re: [ubuntu-uk] What I love about Linux.

2007-12-04 Thread Andrew Jenkins
Alan Pope wrote: > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 08:31:52PM +, Andrew Jenkins wrote: >> Now I remember why I use Linux and not some >> 'other' OS. >> > > It's great isn't it :) > >> So I plugged it in, went to the Network settings >> in Ubuntu and specified the network, IP address, >> subnet and ga

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What I love about Linux.

2007-12-04 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 08:31:52PM +, Andrew Jenkins wrote: > Now I remember why I use Linux and not some > 'other' OS. > It's great isn't it :) > So I plugged it in, went to the Network settings > in Ubuntu and specified the network, IP address, > subnet and gateway. Then it was a simple m

[ubuntu-uk] What I love about Linux.

2007-12-04 Thread Andrew Jenkins
Now I remember why I use Linux and not some 'other' OS. Bought a cheapo USB Wireless Dongle on eBay which I received today. It came with a disc and instructions for that Win thing, all looked a bit daunting. So I plugged it in, went to the Network settings in Ubuntu and specified the network, IP

[ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2007-12-04 Thread norman
I know we have been here before but this time it is different. Everything seems to work both Windows XP Pro and Edubuntu. I think 2 things made all the difference, the first was completely removing the MBR from the first install and the second was making sure that the Windows XP was fully upto date

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bin.gz files

2007-12-04 Thread Ted Wager
davisjo wrote: > Afternoon All, > >I have had some limited success installing bin. > downloads. I have also installed Wine. This is a far cry from the wine > I used to know. > > This is in the repository and is now amazing.(I found Wine difficult > to run on early distro'

[ubuntu-uk] Bin.gz files

2007-12-04 Thread davisjo
Afternoon All, I have had some limited success installing bin. downloads. I have also installed Wine. This is a far cry from the wine I used to know. This is in the repository and is now amazing.(I found Wine difficult to run on early distro's) I have deleted the morse progr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mbr removal command

2007-12-04 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 03/12/2007, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 03:34:36PM +, norman wrote: > > < snip > > > > It should be sda1 for the first SATA drive and byte size is usually > > > before count. > > > > Now I am puzzled, I always the first drive was xxx0 and not xxx1. Ah >