Re: [ubuntu-uk] Case stickers

2007-12-13 Thread Pete Stean
I got a nice sheet of stickers which came with the official Gutsy discs that I ordered by post recently through Shipit... I wonder if you can actually request them separately?? Pete On 12/13/07, Sean Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/12/07, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] No title bar on windows.

2007-12-13 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 12/12/2007, Neil Greenwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Andy, On 11/12/2007, Andrew Jenkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been playing around with the Advanced Desktop Effects Settings. Since this, everytime I open a window/application it opens with the top of the window at the top

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 32, Issue 32

2007-12-13 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 12:00 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We could go for guerrilla warfare and attack PC World... Ubuntu Ready... Only problem is that they wouldn't see the funny side... we'd probably be done for criminal damage :-( Sean Most of their stuff needs Win95 stickers.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shorewall internet sharing problems

2007-12-13 Thread Michael Rimicans
All sorted. Just me being a mong and not setting up the resolv.conf properly Thanks Michael Tony Arnold wrote: Michael, Michael Rimicans wrote: Greetings. Can any one show me the error of my ways with the following: Have set up shorewall on a gateway system to provide security and

[ubuntu-uk] Plugin locations

2007-12-13 Thread Michael Rimicans
Greetings, When you install plugins (eg. gstreamer etc...) are they availible for all users on a system or just for who installed them? Reason I ask is that I have set up a small (5 pc's, one server) network and have a number of users that will be using them. I managed how to set up flash so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Plugin locations

2007-12-13 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 02:09:50PM +, Michael Rimicans wrote: When you install plugins (eg. gstreamer etc...) are they availible for all users on a system or just for who installed them? Basically anything that requires you to enter your password is available to all users. This includes

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Plugin locations

2007-12-13 Thread Michael Rimicans
And also making sure you have got the necessary plug ins installed on your test system helps. :-[ Stops you from getting confused as to why it 'aint working. Ooops Michael Alan Pope wrote: On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 02:09:50PM +, Michael Rimicans wrote: When you install plugins (eg.

[ubuntu-uk] Central authentication in Ubuntu

2007-12-13 Thread Chris Rowson
Hello folks, I've been wondering for a while, how I could put in place some kind of central authentication for a series of Ubuntu desktops/laptops. At work, I achieve this using Active Directory and Windows, but I wondered if there was a Linuxified version of this setup. I've been thinking of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Central authentication in Ubuntu

2007-12-13 Thread Michael Rimicans
Greetings, Ive just achieved similar us NIS. It took me a few days but I managed to get it working: This helped: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/36 Also there is something called LDAP but thats for another day with me.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Central authentication in Ubuntu

2007-12-13 Thread Chris Rowson
Greetings, Ive just achieved similar us NIS. It took me a few days but I managed to get it working: This helped: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/36 Also there is something called LDAP but thats for another day with me.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Central authentication in Ubuntu

2007-12-13 Thread Michael Rimicans
Sorry, forgot something else: http://www.ltsp.org/ also might be of help. Chris Rowson wrote: Hello folks, I've been wondering for a while, how I could put in place some kind of central authentication for a series of Ubuntu desktops/laptops. At work, I achieve this using Active Directory

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Central authentication in Ubuntu

2007-12-13 Thread Michael Rimicans
It did with NIS I had to give the clients the IP address of the NIS server and edit the user and password files to point there (best way i could think of saying it). This was carried out by editing various text files in /etc In fact looking back on it, apart from some head bang wall moments,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 32, Issue 32

2007-12-13 Thread Clare Shepherd
On 13 Dec 2007, at 12:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We could go for guerrilla warfare and attack PC World... Ubuntu Ready... Only problem is that they wouldn't see the funny side... we'd probably be done for criminal damage :-( Sean Isn't the criminal damage the pre_installed OS,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Central authentication in Ubuntu

2007-12-13 Thread Chris Rowson
It did with NIS I had to give the clients the IP address of the NIS server and edit the user and password files to point there (best way i could think of saying it). This was carried out by editing various text files in /etc In fact looking back on it, apart from some head bang wall

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Case stickers

2007-12-13 Thread Kris Douglas
On 13/12/2007, Pete Stean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got a nice sheet of stickers which came with the official Gutsy discs that I ordered by post recently through Shipit... I wonder if you can actually request them separately?? x That's a point, those damn stickers look cool, but try

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (marketing) Ubuntu leaflets

2007-12-13 Thread alan c
Dianne Reuby wrote: I've been looking at the Ubuntu leaflets https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKMarketing/Leaflets - none of them seem to include a link to ubuntuforums.com in the getting help sections. Is there any reason for this? The leaflets from myself are either non Ubuntu specific (but with a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problems with the latest Seagates?

2007-12-13 Thread alan c
Paul Tansom wrote: ** Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-12-09 19:27]: You may have seen this report about problems with the latest Seagate USB drives with GNU/Linux: http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/06/seagate-snubs-linux Does anyone know how accurate this is? I've been

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Case stickers

2007-12-13 Thread Rob Beard
Kris Douglas wrote: On 13/12/2007, *Pete Stean* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got a nice sheet of stickers which came with the official Gutsy discs that I ordered by post recently through Shipit... I wonder if you can actually request them separately??

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Case stickers

2007-12-13 Thread Kris Douglas
On 13/12/2007, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kris Douglas wrote: On 13/12/2007, *Pete Stean* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got a nice sheet of stickers which came with the official Gutsy discs that I ordered by post recently through Shipit... I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Case stickers

2007-12-13 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 08:27:43PM +, Rob Beard wrote: I think either laminated paper stickers or metal stickers would be ideal and better hard wearing. The ones I have are metal :) Let me know if you want some. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

2007-12-13 Thread Farran
hi all building a computer just for personal use, selected all the parts form novatech: Hard Drive Motherboard Bundle Graphics Card Optical Drive Sound Card Keyboard Mouse This costs £621.47. Wondered if anyone has used these parts or knows whether they work with Linux - a friend reminded me that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

2007-12-13 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 08:50:39PM +, Farran wrote: hi all building a computer just for personal use, selected all the parts form novatech: Hard Drive Motherboard Bundle Graphics Card Optical Drive Sound Card Keyboard Mouse This costs £621.47. Difficult to tell without specific

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on less sizeable screens?

2007-12-13 Thread Kris Douglas
Hi, I have been reading about seeing Ubuntu running on the EEE pc and it's come to my attention that there is a problem with the screen size of the installer and some of the main configuration windows. I have also experienced this on some of the much older hardware that I own, where I have to drag

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

2007-12-13 Thread Kris Douglas
On 13/12/2007, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 08:50:39PM +, Farran wrote: hi all building a computer just for personal use, selected all the parts form novatech: Hard Drive Motherboard Bundle Graphics Card Optical Drive Sound Card Keyboard

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

2007-12-13 Thread Rob Beard
Farran wrote: hi all building a computer just for personal use, selected all the parts form novatech: Hard http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?WD-5AAKS Drive http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?WD-5AAKS Motherboard

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on less sizeable screens?

2007-12-13 Thread James Grabham
Use the alternate installer?? Text based installers should work fine On Dec 13, 2007 9:27 PM, Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have been reading about seeing Ubuntu running on the EEE pc and it's come to my attention that there is a problem with the screen size of the installer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

2007-12-13 Thread James Grabham
I couldn help but think that it all looked a bit pricey. I agree to go with aria, it is the best site Ive ever used, and it is SO cheap!! Also whats wrong with the on-board sound? On Dec 13, 2007 9:31 PM, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Farran wrote: hi all building a computer just for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

2007-12-13 Thread Rob Beard
Kris Douglas wrote: I'm not advertising against novatech, but some of the prices on there are much more expensive than www.Aria.co.uk http://www.Aria.co.uk, they're based in Manchester and have some good hardware prices (I'm not associated in any way, but i have never found anywhere with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Case stickers

2007-12-13 Thread Rob Beard
Alan Pope wrote: On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 08:27:43PM +, Rob Beard wrote: I think either laminated paper stickers or metal stickers would be ideal and better hard wearing. The ones I have are metal :) Let me know if you want some. Cheers, Al. Yep, I did send you an e-mail off

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (marketing) Ubuntu leaflets

2007-12-13 Thread Chris Rowson
Dianne Reuby wrote: I've been looking at the Ubuntu leaflets https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKMarketing/Leaflets - none of them seem to include a link to ubuntuforums.com in the getting help sections. Is there any reason for this? Hi Dianne, The graphical leaflet which I helped write the text

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Central authentication in Ubuntu

2007-12-13 Thread Chris Rowson
Ooooh, I do see that One step windows domain joining ability is labeled as an essential blueprint for Hardy :-) https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/windows-authentication-integration That should help promote Ubuntu takeup in the enterprise. Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

2007-12-13 Thread Kris Douglas
On 13/12/2007, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kris Douglas wrote: I'm not advertising against novatech, but some of the prices on there are much more expensive than www.Aria.co.uk http://www.Aria.co.uk, they're based in Manchester and have some good hardware prices (I'm not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

2007-12-13 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 09:31:32PM +, Rob Beard wrote: Farran wrote: hi all building a computer just for personal use, selected all the parts form novatech: Hard http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?WD-5AAKS Drive Doh! Reading mail in a plain text mail client, I didn't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on less sizeable screens?

2007-12-13 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 09:27:31PM +, Kris Douglas wrote: Hi, I have been reading about seeing Ubuntu running on the EEE pc and it's come to my attention that there is a problem with the screen size of the installer and some of the main configuration windows. This was discussed at UDS in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on less sizeable screens?

2007-12-13 Thread Kris Douglas
On 13/12/2007, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 09:27:31PM +, Kris Douglas wrote: Hi, I have been reading about seeing Ubuntu running on the EEE pc and it's come to my attention that there is a problem with the screen size of the installer and some of the