Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wanted: Podcast transcribers

2008-06-26 Thread Andy
Hi James Westby wrote: > What version of "bzr" do you have installed? A really old one. 0.8.2, I'm still on 6.06 LTS. (I haven't found the time to upgrade yet ;)) > bzr branch > http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~transcribers/ubuntu-uk-podcast/Transcripts I think my version is just too old :( Anywa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wanted: Podcast transcribers

2008-06-26 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 23:00 +0100, James Westby wrote: > (there appears to be a newer branch owned by ~transcribers, so I > took the liberty of pointing you there instead) > We did some monkeying around today. We moved the repo to a team specifically for doing transcriptions. I'll mail the list t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using bzr, was: Wanted: Podcast transcribers

2008-06-26 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 22:38 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: > I suggest, apologies if already suggested, in splitting the podcast not into > equal chunks but into the more logical articles, and where an article is > long - say the interview with Jono, or difficult due to language barriers > for the interv

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wanted: Podcast transcribers

2008-06-26 Thread James Westby
On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 21:03 +0100, Andy wrote: > Dave Walker wrote: > > I've added what i have done into launchpad: > > http://linkpot.net/guessable/ > > I get a 404 Error with that link. > > > It's currently a branch under my launchpad area, and others can branch > > it with: > > $ bzr branch lp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using bzr, was: Wanted: Podcast transcribers

2008-06-26 Thread Ian Pascoe
Al et all Bit late on the band wagon but count me in, with the normal time caveats. I suggest, apologies if already suggested, in splitting the podcast not into equal chunks but into the more logical articles, and where an article is long - say the interview with Jono, or difficult due to languag

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lock keyboard/mouse without locking screen?

2008-06-26 Thread Andrew Oakley
Lambros Lambrou wrote: > this (though I didn't look very far). So I knocked together a tiny > little program that might be useful to you. I'm afraid it's written in Wow, that's excellent - thanks. Very much appreciated. I also found a GTK Perl program that locks the keyboard, and wrote a patch

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Inspiron 1525

2008-06-26 Thread Mac
Mark Allison wrote: > I bought one of these laptops today with Vista preinstalled. I loaded the > hardy live CD but the wireless doesn't work. There seem to be issues with wifi in Hardy. (I had a problem with a previously perfectly OK atheros pcmcia card). I think the Dell 1525 may have a Bro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Inspiron 1525

2008-06-26 Thread Mark Allison
I bought one of these laptops today with Vista preinstalled. I loaded the hardy live CD but the wireless doesn't work. Nice laptop - paid £450 for it. I'm sure with a bit of research I'll get the wireless to work with Hardy - what's funny is that the Ubuntu Live CD is much faster than Vista on the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wanted: Podcast transcribers

2008-06-26 Thread Andy
Dave Walker wrote: > I've added what i have done into launchpad: > http://linkpot.net/guessable/ I get a 404 Error with that link. > It's currently a branch under my launchpad area, and others can branch > it with: > $ bzr branch lp:~davewalker/ubuntu-uk-podcast/Transcripts > (install bazaar if n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lock keyboard/mouse without locking screen?

2008-06-26 Thread Lambros Lambrou
Interesting question! Offhand, I don't know of any tools that can do this (though I didn't look very far). So I knocked together a tiny little program that might be useful to you. I'm afraid it's written in C, so if you're new to Ubuntu and GNU/Linux, compiling and running it may be a little bit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Inspiron 1525

2008-06-26 Thread John Atkinson
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Grabham Sent: 26 June 2008 19:14 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Inspiron 1525 Nope, 32 bit apps can't address 4GB RAM - It's nothing to do with Ubuntu The 32-bit version only seems to support about 3.5GB

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Inspiron 1525

2008-06-26 Thread James Grabham
Nope, 32 bit apps can't address 4GB RAM - It's nothing to do with Ubuntu The 32-bit version only seems to support about 3.5GB out of the box (I'm > sure it's tweak > able to run with more). > > I'd say if you have less than 4GB memory, stick with 32-bit, especially > if you want to use things lik

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Inspiron 1525

2008-06-26 Thread Rob Beard
norman wrote: > I have followed up all the most helpful advice that I have received by > ordering the Inspiron 1525 with the Pentium Dual Core processor. What I > would now like to know, please, is when I update from 7.10 to 8.04 would > it be best to use the 64 bit version or stick with the 32 bit

[ubuntu-uk] Inspiron 1525

2008-06-26 Thread norman
I have followed up all the most helpful advice that I have received by ordering the Inspiron 1525 with the Pentium Dual Core processor. What I would now like to know, please, is when I update from 7.10 to 8.04 would it be best to use the 64 bit version or stick with the 32 bit version? Your advice

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using bzr, was: Wanted: Podcast transcribers

2008-06-26 Thread Stephen O'Neill
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alan Pope wrote: > I hope we can > overcome any worries on that score with a comprehensive set of > documentation. Sounds sensible. Give us a link when it's ready, and I presume this will have a flag waving 'I'm transcribing' page on it. Should b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LugRadio Live

2008-06-26 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 03:08:46PM +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: > I'm excited. Being a member of the Wolves LUG, I've spent a bit of > time with the guys that do it. It should be good :) > Glutton for punishment :) Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listin

[ubuntu-uk] Using bzr, was: Wanted: Podcast transcribers

2008-06-26 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 10:59:13AM +0100, Stephen O'Neill wrote: > Hmmm, not sure about using version control... I'm a programmer so I'm > happy to use it but not sure if it would be a barrier to others. That > said we're only talking about a couple of commands here. Wikis do store > revision histo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LugRadio Live

2008-06-26 Thread Kris Douglas
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 12:42 AM, Pete Stean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lots of drinking on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night :) > > It's good - lots of talks, exhibitors, birds-of-a-feather sessions, > quite a few freebies, really friendly community atmosphere and the > Gong-A-Thong is not to b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wanted: Podcast transcribers

2008-06-26 Thread Stephen O'Neill
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dave Walker wrote: > I used the 'transcriber' application that i previously mentioned. > Although it has it's limitations (spelling didn't always work as > expected), i did find it a really good application for this task. I will give that a whirl - t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wanted: Podcast transcribers

2008-06-26 Thread Dave Walker
On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 22:33 +0100, Philip Stubbs wrote: > I have made start. > http://stuphi.co.uk/uupc_s01e01.txt > Hi Philip, That's great, thanks for making a start - good work. I've also made a start on the first 10 minutes of episode 2. I've made a focus on readability also, and ignore