Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running apps at startup.

2007-12-17 Thread taufanlubis
> I would like my Yakuake to run at startup when > using Gnome. I know it does it under KDE (I think > it uses ~/.kde/Autostart to do it) but with > Gnome you have to manually run it. > > I remember when I used Mandriva you were able to > get apps to 'autorun' by adding the run command to > a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Intel evil or not? WAS: Quad core CPU for Ubuntu, is it worth it?

2007-12-17 Thread Rob Beard
Chris Rowson wrote: >> Chris, >> >> >> Chris Rowson wrote: I go for AMDs because they're a lot cheaper. >>> I roll my own *joke* >>> >>> http://www.homebrewcpu.com/ >> Assuming it's genuine, that's a fantastic effort on the part of the guy >> who did it. >> >> Regards, >> Tony. >> -- > > I th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Intel evil or not? WAS: Quad core CPU for Ubuntu, is it worth it?

2007-12-17 Thread Chris Rowson
> Chris, > > > Chris Rowson wrote: > >> I go for AMDs because they're a lot cheaper. > > > > I roll my own *joke* > > > > http://www.homebrewcpu.com/ > > Assuming it's genuine, that's a fantastic effort on the part of the guy > who did it. > > Regards, > Tony. > -- I think it was genuine Tony, I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quad core CPU for Ubuntu, is it worth it?

2007-12-17 Thread Rob Beard
Philip Newborough wrote: > On Dec 17, 2007 9:27 AM, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 09:13:28AM +, Kirrus wrote: >>> The technical stuff behind multi-core processors mean that more processors >> are only really useful if you're going to be running a number of >> c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Intel evil or not? WAS: Quad core CPU for Ubuntu, is it worth it?

2007-12-17 Thread Tony Arnold
Chris, Chris Rowson wrote: >> I go for AMDs because they're a lot cheaper. > > I roll my own *joke* > > http://www.homebrewcpu.com/ Assuming it's genuine, that's a fantastic effort on the part of the guy who did it. Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manches

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Intel evil or not? WAS: Quad core CPU for Ubuntu, is it worth it?

2007-12-17 Thread Kirrus
Part of this mail is from Philip, which he sent directly to me instead of via the list. - "Philip Newborough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I take it you've not heard of the term `wintel` then? > > > > Intel is a massive company, which had a monopoly the same sort of > size of Microsoft'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Intel evil or not? WAS: Quad core CPU for Ubuntu, is it worth it?

2007-12-17 Thread Chris Rowson
> I go for AMDs because they're a lot cheaper. I roll my own *joke* http://www.homebrewcpu.com/ Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Intel evil or not? WAS: Quad core CPU for Ubuntu, is it worth it?

2007-12-17 Thread James Grabham
I go for AMDs because they're a lot cheaper. On Dec 17, 2007 3:05 PM, Kirrus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Not sure you can say Intel is evil. They are an awful lot better > > (with > > > respect to open sourcing code/drivers) than a number of other > > vendors such > > > as NVidia and ATI.

[ubuntu-uk] Intel evil or not? WAS: Quad core CPU for Ubuntu, is it worth it?

2007-12-17 Thread Kirrus
> > Not sure you can say Intel is evil. They are an awful lot better > (with > > respect to open sourcing code/drivers) than a number of other > vendors such > > as NVidia and ATI. > > > > Of the Intel machines I have, two have NVidia GPUs and five have > Intel GPUs. > > None have ATI. > > > > Che

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quad core CPU for Ubuntu, is it worth it?

2007-12-17 Thread Philip Newborough
On Dec 17, 2007 9:27 AM, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 09:13:28AM +, Kirrus wrote: > > The technical stuff behind multi-core processors mean that more processors > are only really useful if you're going to be running a number of > cpu-intensive tasks on your com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quad core CPU for Ubuntu, is it worth it?

2007-12-17 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 09:13:28AM +, Kirrus wrote: > The technical stuff behind multi-core processors mean that more processors are only really useful if you're going to be running a number of cpu-intensive tasks on your computer simultaneously (as each one will use just one CPU core, leavi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quad core CPU for Ubuntu, is it worth it?

2007-12-17 Thread Kirrus
- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I'm looking to upgrade my PC to something a tad quicker. Now I'm > > interested in going to a Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU (2.4GHz quad core). > > Thing is, I'm not sure if I would really make use of a quad core > CPU > > (not to mention my other half