Re: [ubuntu-uk] Convert to MP4/AAC

2008-04-30 Thread Javad Ayaz
cool ill give it a go! so the command to convert with ffmpeg is..? On 30/04/2008, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 10:24 +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: ok so can i (easily) install the latest and greatest version of this ffmpeg? If you add the medibuntu repository

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Convert to MP4/AAC

2008-04-30 Thread Javad Ayaz
cool...thank you for your help :) On 30/04/2008, Philip Stubbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/4/30 Javad Ayaz [EMAIL PROTECTED]: cool ill give it a go! so the command to convert with ffmpeg is..? man ffmpeg -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] JRE in Open Office

2008-04-30 Thread Dianne Reuby
That's cured it - thanks :) Dianne On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 10:04 +0100, James Tyrrell wrote: 2008/4/29 Dianne Reuby [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've tried that, problem is it doesn't stick - when I close the Options, and reload, I still get the message, and the options

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hardy Heron and Firefox

2008-04-30 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 08:36 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote: I don't see what the problem is. Firefox 3 Beta 5 is more efficient and more stable than Firefox 2. The main problem for us is that (as someone else has reported) we can't access online banking - this doesn't look good when trying to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Idea- Torrents!

2008-04-30 Thread Javad Ayaz
Just so that everyone knowsi got the forementioned idea from this http://thermaltakeusa.com/product/Storage/hdd_station/blacx/blacx.asp On 29/04/2008, Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 03:36:24PM +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: but this is what i saidmaybe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] JRE in Open Office

2008-04-30 Thread James Tyrrell
2008/4/30 Dianne Reuby [EMAIL PROTECTED]: That's cured it - thanks :) Excellent, I'm considering writing up a bug report for it if one doesn't exist. It's not a trivial solution if you don't know about it and it's quite hard to search for due to Java and OpenOffice pulling up around 2000+

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Idea- Torrents!

2008-04-30 Thread Samuel Toogood
Alan Pope wrote: On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 11:46 +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: whats a nslu2? Google can help you with that question. Debian...but nothing in gnome hence ubuntu then? Well I'm sure you could put Ubuntu on it, but lots of people have already put debian on them and made lots of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] JRE in Open Office

2008-04-30 Thread James Tyrrell
Also the Ubuntu OpenOffice 1.4 still has Tools - Packages Manager.. rather than by which I obviously meant 2.4 not 1.4 ahem... James Dianne On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 10:04 +0100, James Tyrrell wrote: 2008/4/29 Dianne Reuby [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've tried that, problem

Re: [ubuntu-uk] was idea-Torrents- Now- Suggest low power consumption silent PC

2008-04-30 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 14:07 +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: So i guess this is next logical question! So what do you suggest!!!? http://efficientpc.co.uk/ http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?from=R40_trksid=m37satitle=nslu2 http://www.tranquilpc.co.uk/ http://aleutia.com/ - met the guys

Re: [ubuntu-uk] was idea-Torrents- Now- Suggest low power consumption silent PC

2008-04-30 Thread Josh Blacker
On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 14:07 +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: So i guess this is next logical question! So what do you suggest!!!? The nslu2 that Alan Pope and others have already mentioned is a perfect candidate. Add a large external hard drive and you're sorted. -- All the best, Josh Blacker --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] was idea-Torrents- Now- Suggest low power consumption silent PC

2008-04-30 Thread Seif Attar
Alan Pope wrote: On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 14:07 +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: So i guess this is next logical question! So what do you suggest!!!? http://efficientpc.co.uk/ http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?from=R40_trksid=m37satitle=nslu2 http://www.tranquilpc.co.uk/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] was idea-Torrents- Now- Suggest low power consumption silent PC

2008-04-30 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 17:19 +0100, Seif Attar wrote: Yeah, i saw that, I was wondering what is wrong with the guy and why he keeps dropping it, then i noticed he does it on purpose! so i imagined it is some kind of ubuntu release party tradition where you throw hardware instead of plates

Re: [ubuntu-uk] was idea-Torrents- Now- Suggest low power consumption silent PC

2008-04-30 Thread James Grabham
Linutop? On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 17:19 +0100, Seif Attar wrote: Yeah, i saw that, I was wondering what is wrong with the guy and why he keeps dropping it, then i noticed he does it on purpose! so i imagined it is some kind

Re: [ubuntu-uk] was idea-Torrents- Now- Suggest low power consumption silent PC

2008-04-30 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 17:32 +0100, James Grabham wrote: Linutop? http://aleutia.com/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] was idea-Torrents- Now- Suggest low power consumption silent PC

2008-04-30 Thread Sean Miller
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 17:32 +0100, James Grabham wrote: Linutop? http://aleutia.com/ So what's wrong with the Linutop? You keep mentioning this other URL, but I mentioned the Linutop and you thought it was a good idea...

Re: [ubuntu-uk] was idea-Torrents- Now- Suggest low power consumption silent PC

2008-04-30 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Sean, On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 05:46:31PM +0100, Sean Miller wrote: On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 17:32 +0100, James Grabham wrote: Linutop? http://aleutia.com/ So what's wrong with the Linutop? You keep mentioning

Re: [ubuntu-uk] was idea-Torrents- Now- Suggest low power consumption silent PC

2008-04-30 Thread Andy Smith
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 04:57:44PM +, Andy Smith wrote: Hi Sean, On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 05:46:31PM +0100, Sean Miller wrote: So what's the issue, Al? Aren't they paying you enough? I suspect it was more like you top-posting and quoting the entirety of Alan's email just to say

Re: [ubuntu-uk] was idea-Torrents- Now- Suggest low power consumption silent PC

2008-04-30 Thread Sean Miller
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Sean Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't do this... I mentioned the Linutop (yesterday?) and the fella that started this rather strange thread asked Linutop? to which Al replied with a correction with a rival product. Just wonder why when the poster

[ubuntu-uk] {Spam?} Re: was idea-Torrents- Now- Suggest low power consumption silent PC

2008-04-30 Thread LeeGroups
http://aleutia.com/ Linutop? Zonbu? They all look the same to me... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [Fsuk-manchester] Reminder: Richard Stallman in Manchester tomorrow]

2008-04-30 Thread Tim Dobson
Hey guys... just a quick reminder, looking forward some of you tomorrow feel free to say hi... Tim Original Message Subject: [Fsuk-manchester] Reminder: Richard Stallman in Manchester tomorrow Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:04:10 +0100 From: Paul Waring [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] was idea-Torrents- Now- Suggest low power consumption silent PC

2008-04-30 Thread Sean Miller
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Andy Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suspect it was more like you top-posting and quoting the entirety of Alan's email just to say Linutop? made him think you were actually asking if he was talking about Linutop, and he (thought he) was correcting you. I

[ubuntu-uk] My Hardy problems and their fixes

2008-04-30 Thread Gavin Ford
I've had a few problems since upgrading to Hardy, now I've got most of them sorted I thought it would be helpful to share the solutions I've found. Broadcom WiFi was slow and unreliable This was down to defaulting to the Open Source Broadcom driver, which is cripplingly slow and seemed to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My Hardy problems and their fixes

2008-04-30 Thread Andrew Oakley
Gavin Ford wrote: I thought it would be helpful to share the solutions I've found. Thanks for doing this! An interesting read. My only Hardy upgrade woe so far, is that my VPS server running under Virtuoso won't successfully reboot after upgrade from Dapper Server to Hardy Server. I suspect

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest low power consumption silent PC

2008-04-30 Thread Andrew Oakley
Sean Miller wrote: What are the relative merits of [ the Aleutia ] and the Linutop? They appear to cost approx. the same price. From my cursory inspection, the Aleutia seems to have a much more rugged build quality - feels like a very solid bit of metal, almost as if it were cast from one

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest low power consumption silent PC

2008-04-30 Thread Tan Xuan You
Low power consumption silent PC? Give me an ARM chip, PCB design, and soldering iron, I'll get your silent PC up and running. =) Maybe even have the storage as an onboard CompactFlash or SDHC card! =) Might have to contend with the fact that it's just a little circuit board with blinky lights