Re: [ubuntu-uk] Icon225 USB modem

2008-03-27 Thread Ciemon Dunville
Well I now have this modem working with: -eeePC -XUbuntu 7.10 In writing up a how-to I'm repeating the process on my Dell Latitude which has Hardy on it. But for some reason I'm struggling to get it working. But.. all the details of how to get this great little modem working on the eeePC are on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Good printed reference books for FOSS applications?

2008-03-27 Thread Colin McCarthy
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Any more? In particular I'm after a good GIMP manual. > > -- > Andrew Oakley > > http://meetthegimp.org/ is a pretty good GIMP videocast explaining about all the functions and how to do things. I am learning a lot from i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Good printed reference books for FOSS applications?

2008-03-27 Thread Mac
Andrew Oakley wrote: > Any more? In particular I'm after a good GIMP manual. Akkana Peck's book is, I think, about the best there is. But not cheap, I'm afraid: http://tinyurl.com/29o9b8 Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ku

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Good printed reference books for FOSS applications?

2008-03-27 Thread John Atkinson
GIMP manual. For GIMP I would recommend 'Beginning GIMP From Novice to Professional' by Akkana Peck, published by Apress. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ __ Information from ESET NOD32

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Compositing performance hit

2008-03-27 Thread Chris Rowson
As always, in depth and quality reponses from you all. Thank you for taking the time chaps, I do appreciate it. Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Good printed reference books for FOSS applications?

2008-03-27 Thread norman
< snip > > I'll try to compile these into a web page for future reference. > > I'll start with the one I've already stated: > > Application: OpenOffice Writer > Type: Word processor > Replaces: MS Word > Title: "OpenOffice.org 2.x Writer Guide" > ISBN: 978-1-9213-2000-2 > Price: <£15 inc. delive

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Good printed reference books for FOSS applications?

2008-03-27 Thread Dave Morley
On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 15:01 +, Andrew Oakley wrote: > In the schools thread, I mentioned that getting people to use > cross-platform FOSS software such as OpenOffice and The GIMP is an ideal > first step towards sinking the Microsoft monopoly mindset. > > In order for people to migrate, they

[ubuntu-uk] Good printed reference books for FOSS applications?

2008-03-27 Thread Andrew Oakley
In the schools thread, I mentioned that getting people to use cross-platform FOSS software such as OpenOffice and The GIMP is an ideal first step towards sinking the Microsoft monopoly mindset. In order for people to migrate, they need confidence; confidence that I think best comes from a good

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch

2008-03-27 Thread Andrew Oakley
Alistair Crust wrote: > options available, and should not be forcing pupils to use any one > particular vendor. I really think that is the key - rather than trying to push "Linux" on schools, we should be trying to push the whole concept of cross-platform computing and open standards. Although

[ubuntu-uk] Release Party suggestion

2008-03-27 Thread philip taylor
Hi I made the suggestion at the meeting, that i would offer to host a release party. Now for starters i need to know if theres anough interest or not, I live in banbury, thats north oxfordshire.and i would host it here. i was thinking about the 26th(saturday), if there is a better day, please sugg

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch

2008-03-27 Thread Alistair Crust
On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 13:03 +, Stephen O'Neill wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Alistair Crust wrote: > | They will not have to employ anyone else full time to > | maintain it. > > > If an automated update breaks something overnight then at 9am teachers > are rely

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch

2008-03-27 Thread Stephen O'Neill
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alistair Crust wrote: | They will not have to employ anyone else full time to | maintain it. If an automated update breaks something overnight then at 9am teachers are relying on the computers to deliver lessons then you need someone to be able to so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Icon225 USB modem

2008-03-27 Thread Ciemon Dunville
On 24/03/2008, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does /dev/ttyUSB* exist at all? > > The 3 modem has a ttyUSB0 device. > > Not sure if that would help. You might also be worth trying the > Vodaphone software (as mentioned in one of my posts) which appears to > detect a couple of differen

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch

2008-03-27 Thread Alistair Crust
On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 10:40 +, Andrew Oakley wrote: > Stephen O'Neill wrote: > > | so why would it hire a network admin who can't run the software on its > > I hear that a number of network admins are teachers that fell into the > > role part time through a coincidence of knowing how to use a c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch

2008-03-27 Thread Andrew Oakley
Stephen O'Neill wrote: > | so why would it hire a network admin who can't run the software on its > I hear that a number of network admins are teachers that fell into the > role part time through a coincidence of knowing how to use a computer, Absolutely right. Most schools can only afford to pay

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Compositing performance hit

2008-03-27 Thread Andrew Oakley
On 26/03/2008, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quick question. Does running Ubuntu with compositing enabled effect > the overall performance of the system? ... > Nvidia Geforce 440 Compositing will not noticeably affect system performance if you have a separate hardware 3D graphi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 3 Mobile USB modem

2008-03-27 Thread Rob Beard
On Sat, 2008-03-22 at 08:59 +, Michael Rimicans wrote: > Hi, > > > taken from: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=262867 > I tried that and it didn't work, it came up with modem not detected. Works fine on Windows (I'm actually quite impressed, it's pretty quick for web browsing).

Re: [ubuntu-uk] menu panel being silly

2008-03-27 Thread reyasuk
I had that problem awhile ago and it turned out to be compiz freewins. Try turning that plugin off and see if that fixes it. jen -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Compositing performance hit

2008-03-27 Thread Stephen O'Neill
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kris Douglas wrote: | I could barely work that out with those bloody PGP things... They are a pain. I only use inline signatures because clients like outlook express don't support pgp/mime - so inline is the lowest common denominator. | but yes, |