[ubuntu-uk] Petition to UK Gov re digital standards

2008-06-07 Thread Mac
You may have seen this already, but - if not - it's in support of ODF and other open standards (among other things): http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/digistan/ Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless LAN problem

2008-06-07 Thread Gordon
Philip Wyett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] There are running issue with the 8187 under hardy. Hardy should be regarded as beta software as it was released way before it should have been. Wait for 8.04.1 next month for a more stable and usable system. Thanks - I'll

Re: [ubuntu-uk] my new lap-top

2008-06-07 Thread Mark Fraser
On Friday 06 June 2008 22:45:45 Philip Wyett wrote: 2008/6/6 Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Philip Wyett wrote: We should forget swap partitions unless someone specifies a custom one and work by a default install where the created swap partition is double the amount of physical RAM.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] update icon

2008-06-07 Thread norman
snip The answer is simple there are 2 levels of updates. Red arrow = Critical Update and is therefore signifying you need to download this now (IIRC there is an Exclamation mark in the arrow) Cog type = Recommended this is things that will help your system but aren't so immediately

[ubuntu-uk] Slow Wireless

2008-06-07 Thread Sean Miller
Hi, I've just installed Hardy on one of my PCs and I notice that the speed of my wireless network is only 280kbps or thereabouts... when I'm running the same PC on Windows it's around 1mbps. I notice that I'm getting 25-50% wireless bars most of the time, so think that might be the case - does

Re: [ubuntu-uk] my new lap-top

2008-06-07 Thread Alan Pope
On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 08:07 +0100, Mark Fraser wrote: What about if you add more memory at a later date, would you resize the swap partition? You could, or you could add a swap file inside another partition. Cheers, Al. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part --

[ubuntu-uk] Group Signature

2008-06-07 Thread Mark Fraser
I've just noticed that one of the URLs that is in the sig at the bottom is wrong. https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ should be https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Slow Wireless

2008-06-07 Thread Tony Arnold
Sean, Sean Miller wrote: I've just installed Hardy on one of my PCs and I notice that the speed of my wireless network is only 280kbps or thereabouts... when I'm running the same PC on Windows it's around 1mbps. I notice that I'm getting 25-50% wireless bars most of the time, so think

Re: [ubuntu-uk] my new lap-top

2008-06-07 Thread London School of Puppetry
2008/6/7 Matt Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Philip Wyett wrote: 2008/6/6 London School of Puppetry [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2008/6/6 Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED]: London School of Puppetry wrote: It does not hibernate or suspend- can anyone help? and as I write, the letters keep getting

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread London School of Puppetry
2008/6/7 Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 21:06 +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: I saw someone walking through Victoria tube station wearing an Ubuntu polo shirt this morning... does that count? :) Heh. I went to BQ wearing my Ubuntu Hoodie

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread Chris Bannister
On 07/06/08 12:11, London School of Puppetry wrote: Where do you get this Ubuntu merchandise - I would love a Hardy Heron Sweatshirt - Caroline A good place to start is the Canonical shop, https://shop.canonical.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Group Signature

2008-06-07 Thread Kris Douglas
On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Mark Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just noticed that one of the URLs that is in the sig at the bottom is wrong. https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ should be https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org Ah,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread Alan Pope
On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 12:24 +0100, Chris Bannister wrote: On 07/06/08 12:11, London School of Puppetry wrote: Where do you get this Ubuntu merchandise - I would love a Hardy Heron Sweatshirt - Caroline A good place to start is the Canonical shop, https://shop.canonical.com/ ..and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread Colin McCarthy
I have also seen Ubuntu on computers inside maps of the game UrbanTerror. (Best game ever) Does virtually spotting Ubuntu still count? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread Chris Bannister
On 07/06/08 18:27, Alan Pope wrote: ..and if you listen to the next podcast episode we'll have another competition which (if you win) will save you 20 quid in the canonical shop :) Oh great. You say this *after* I've bought what I wanted :-p -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread Ged
Alan Pope wrote: On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 21:06 +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: I saw someone walking through Victoria tube station wearing an Ubuntu polo shirt this morning... does that count? :) Heh. I went to BQ wearing my Ubuntu Hoodie

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread Daniel Lamb
I saw an old friend of my parents this week and he was telling me about this brilliant alternative operating system something called Ubuntu, I then pointed out that is what my parents have been using for years lol, not really spotting but still came up in random conversation. regards, Daniel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubucon Status

2008-06-07 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Levin wrote: | Alan Pope wrote: | On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 09:10:55PM +0100, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: | I remember there was talk of and a wiki page setup for, a Ubucon run by | us a while back. Is anyone in charge of that project and if so, whats