Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2007-12-07 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 06/12/2007, Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 06/12/2007, Michael Rimicans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, Can anyone recommend a company that hosts email accounts? Michael You forgot to add a subject... but it depends, if you want bulk, someone like one and one i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Email hosts (was Re: (no subject))

2007-12-07 Thread Daniel Lamb
Oh well guess I was lucky, plus not used them recently(had actually forgotten about hackergate last week), scratch fasthosts. Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Douglas Sent: 07 December 2007 12:55 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; British Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manually configure gnome?

2007-12-07 Thread Kris Douglas
On 07/12/2007, Matthew Wild [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 6, 2007 8:09 PM, Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I was just wondering if it was possible to manually configure gnome, for example to set it to autologin without having desktop access. I am currently away from the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Email hosts (was Re: (no subject))

2007-12-07 Thread Michael Rimicans
Thanks for all the advice. After looking around I have decided to create an account with http://www.weycrest.co.uk/email-hosting.php Cheers Michael -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] for the record

2007-12-07 Thread alan c
Andrew Jenkins wrote: norman wrote: Some time ago, my wife had a new computer and insisted that she wanted Windows instead of Ubuntu. Much of her usage was word processing and she found it difficult to get to grips with Open Office (I don't know why) or so she said. 30 minutes ago she said

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IDE - SATA

2007-12-07 Thread norman
Yep, and if that doesn't work, get out the hammer and gently persuade it with a couple of knocks until it does :-) I felt like getting the hammer out this morning. I got everything ready, connected up the drive with the gadget fitted, disconnected the Ubuntu drive and switched on. There was

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Getting some KDE features in Gnome.

2007-12-07 Thread Andrew Jenkins
Mac wrote: Alan Pope wrote: On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 04:35:27PM +, Andrew Jenkins wrote: The first (and only that comes to mind at the moment) is Nautilus v Konqueror. In Konqueror I always had a two-pane (left-right) display to allow for very easy dragging and dropping between any two

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Email hosts (was Re: (no subject))

2007-12-07 Thread Tom Bamford
Philip Newborough wrote: Regarding the original question, I'm too looking into hosting options for e-mail. I've been considering paying the $50 per year for the Google Apps service. I've been using the standard Gmail service for a number of years now and I'm quite happy with it. I think the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] for the record

2007-12-07 Thread Chris Rowson
Don't forget crossover linux folks, If, at the end of the day, people don't want to use OO then you don't have to use Windows to run Microsoft Office :-) Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hole in the Wall Project

2007-12-07 Thread John Levin
Andrew Loughran wrote: London School of Puppetry wrote: Does anyone know anything about this project? Taking place in India. Computers are built into walls in India in open spaces for children to play with thousands of them have learnt English over the past year by

[ubuntu-uk] Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG

2007-12-07 Thread Kris Douglas
Hi, I'm having trouble loading the wireless driver for the ipw3945 on this Asus laptop. The chip can be seen in the hardware list, but i can not access wifi on PCL/ Ubuntu and I dont know why I have at least four other machines that are running this or a very similar chip and i do not have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] system colour scheme gone wrong

2007-12-07 Thread Pete Stean
Blubuntu theme can be a boon as it helps ex-Windows users to feel more comfortable as they don't suddenly have to deal with an unfamiliar colour scheme as well as new applications -- 'In letters of gold, on a snow-white kite, I will write I Love You! And send it soaring high above you, for all

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IDE - SATA

2007-12-07 Thread norman
Eventually, after I had woken up, I realised that I needed two power connections, one to power the gadget and one to power the drive. (How stupid can one get?) I tried to install Windows XP and got as far as the formatting stage then progress stopped. The drive was working according to the little

[ubuntu-uk] Hole in the Wall Project

2007-12-07 Thread London School of Puppetry
Does anyone know anything about this project? Taking place in India. Computers are built into walls in India in open spaces for children to play with thousands of them have learnt English over the past year by playingApparently they did try OS tech. but said it didn't work- stuff likes

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Trying to create bootable USB drive.

2007-12-07 Thread Andrew Jenkins
Kris Douglas wrote: On 06/12/2007, *Andrew Jenkins* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been given the task of creating a bootable Linux USB drive by a work-mate. Rather than a pen-drive he's given me a 2.5 drive mounted in one of these snazzy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hole in the Wall Project

2007-12-07 Thread Andrew Loughran
London School of Puppetry wrote: Does anyone know anything about this project? Taking place in India. Computers are built into walls in India in open spaces for children to play with thousands of them have learnt English over the past year by playingApparently they did try OS