I see Tesco are now selling Dells... huge pile of them in my local branch.
This is the model, I think...
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-4105.aspx
No idea on how successful would be with Linux, but I have to admit
I've not had any great issues lately with any laptops - though
interestingly
Chris Rowson wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm looking at a HP ProLiant ML110 G5 server, and want to install
Ubuntu Hardy onto it.
It's got an on-board 6 channel SATA RAID controller. I planned to
attach a couple of 140GB SATA drives to it in a RAID 1 configuration.
Does anyone know if Hardy
RichardA wrote:
For bandwidth monitoring you could use a program that can handle SNMP like
nagios.
Isn't Nagios overkill for something like this?
Typing these just before powering down the PC would save the date and
the amount of traffic for that session in a text file:
date +%F
Chris Rowson wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm looking at a HP ProLiant ML110 G5 server, and want to install
Ubuntu Hardy onto it.
It's got an on-board 6 channel SATA RAID controller. I planned to
attach a couple of 140GB SATA drives to it in a RAID 1 configuration.
Does anyone know if Hardy
On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 23:35 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm looking at a HP ProLiant ML110 G5 server, and want to install
Ubuntu Hardy onto it.
It's got an on-board 6 channel SATA RAID controller. I planned to
attach a couple of 140GB SATA drives to it in a RAID 1 configuration.
Right, installed Ubuntu (Studio) onto a dualboot, and Ubuntu works like a
dream so far.
However, when I choose to boot WXP from the bootloader, XP starts to load,
but goes for a CHKDSK everytime - saying that the volume is dirty. It seems
to repair something, because it loads like normal then,
I'd love to join you all for a bug jam for either/both, SAt./ Sun.(Onanygiven
date) at the Pembury, I am willing/flexible in terms of time, but fear that i
will be of limited use thee as I am not a natural command line communicator.
However would love the chance to be a shadow to someone who
One thing that I found useful in making the transition was to set
Linux as the default option in grub (I think this might be done
automatically nowadays anyway)
Ubuntu will be set to be the default. If your dad gets annoyed at
having
to catch the Grub menu every boot in order to run
I know very little about what to expect from a laptop having always used
desktop models both bought and home made. However, I have recently
bought a Dell Inspiron 1525N with a slightly better set up, a bigger
hard drive and increased memory. It came with Ubuntu 7.10 installed
which I upgraded to
On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 12:11 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
August is also a tricky month. Many people are on holiday,
I'd love to be there, but I'm one of those people, so I can't
make that weekend.
Thanks,
James
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2008/7/30 norman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I know very little about what to expect from a laptop having always used
desktop models both bought and home made. However, I have recently
bought a Dell Inspiron 1525N with a slightly better set up, a bigger
hard drive and increased memory. It came with
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 5:17 PM, norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
All this correspondence has caused me to wonder whether I am getting the
most economical deal commensurate with reliability of supply. I do not
use broadband a great down apart from the downloading of Ubuntu updates
some Google
Alan,
Alan Pope wrote:
Hi,
Looks like the Linux Expo 2008 is happening after all. We did the same event
back in 2006 and it was quite a success. I'd like to repeat that this year.
I've applied for a spot in the .ORG Village (basically a small stand with
a table and one power socket),
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 02:44:44PM +0100, Sean Miller wrote:
Sounds good - I can see a site for the .org village but is there a
site for the main conference/show yet?
http://www.linuxexpolive.co.uk/Home.html
Hope it doesn't get hijacked by the corporates like the last one.
It's a
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 02:54:19PM +0100, Tony Arnold wrote:
Our stand was very popular back 2006 and the area got quite crowded. Is
there anyway to get more space or would that cost real money?
I think it was great having our section so busy. There were the odd quiet
moments, but it was
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 02:56:32PM +0100, Tony Arnold wrote:
Just a heads up to let you all know to keep the date free in your diary.
The dates include a Saturday, is that right?
Yup. Thurs 23rd to Sat 25th.
Cheers,
Al.
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On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 03:00:01PM +0100, Michael G Fletcher wrote:
Seeing as we are discussing a lot of community related things lately,
anybody been (or already registered) an Ubuntu-UK team for the SFD??
I would be keen to organise/participate with something in the London area?
Go for
On 30/07/2008, Michael G Fletcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Guys and Girls,
Seeing as we are discussing a lot of community related things lately,
anybody been (or already registered) an Ubuntu-UK team for the SFD??
No strictly Ubuntu, but we [1] are planning to have an event in
Manchester
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 03:38:09PM +0100, Lucy wrote:
On 30/07/2008, Michael G Fletcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Guys and Girls,
Seeing as we are discussing a lot of community related things lately,
anybody been (or already registered) an Ubuntu-UK team for the SFD??
No strictly
I can appreciate that perspective. How would you suggest it's improved?
Make it clear that you were organising *something*, and keeping us
informed of all the progress or not that you make. Even if you were
having trouble, knowing that you were dealing with it would let others
know *something*
Alan,
Alan Pope wrote:
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 02:54:19PM +0100, Tony Arnold wrote:
Our stand was very popular back 2006 and the area got quite crowded. Is
there anyway to get more space or would that cost real money?
I think it was great having our section so busy. There were the odd
On 30/07/2008, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 03:38:09PM +0100, Lucy wrote:
On 30/07/2008, Michael G Fletcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Guys and Girls,
Seeing as we are discussing a lot of community related things lately,
anybody been (or already
On 30/07/2008, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
Looks like the Linux Expo 2008 is happening after all. We did the same event
back in 2006 and it was quite a success. I'd like to repeat that this year.
I've applied for a spot in the .ORG Village (basically a small stand with
a
I'd certainly be willing to help out - it won't be LugRadio Live but it will
be an opportunity to meet up again and spread the word about how wonderful
Compiz Fusion is :D lol only joking
Cheers
Pete aka the Londoneer @ http://thelondoneer.blogspot.com
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Lucy
A quick addendum! Should this day go ahead, I'll be going in on the bedwyn
- paddington line, so if anyones heading that way as I've never been to
the venue before!
-Matt Daubney
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On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 03:00:01PM +0100, Michael G Fletcher wrote:
Seeing as we are discussing a lot of community related things lately,
anybody been (or already registered) an Ubuntu-UK team for the SFD??
I would be keen to
Lucy wrote:
Will that group allow giving out of Ubuntu CDs?
Hmm, difficult one ;)
Personally, I would love to give out Ubuntu CDs. Unfortunately, when I
made the suggestion on the list others weren't so keen ;) We will
definitely be giving out the openDisc and gNewSense CDs and I'm
Hi,
I'm new to this list so hello everyone. I'm also new to bug jams so
would there be room for a novice at this event? I'm a C/C++ developer
on Linux and have some Python experience too if any of that helps.
Either weekend day is OK for me. I presume the suggested Pembury
pub is the one in
On 30/07/2008, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok. I'll be honest here, I didn't _know_ that you'd say no to Ubuntu CDs
(as a group) but I pretty much guessed you would hence the leading
questions.
Yep, it's a fair question and a difficult one to answer, it's also not
one the group has
2008/7/29 James Milligan [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Thanks for your reply
No problem!
I asked my Dad before, and I'm actually incredibly surprised, as he said yes
to installing Ubuntu (fully! Not just WUBI etc)
Good for him.
Is it ok to follow the guide at
Oops - forgot to come back to the mailing list lol.
I installed Ubuntu Studio last night, got extremely tired and went to bed
lol. Woke up this morning, switched it on, set it up a bit more, installed
OpenOffice etc, made sure XP worked, and it all works fine.
Now I'm trying to get XP onto my
2008/7/30 Scrase, Eddie [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Ubuntu will be set to be the default. If your dad gets annoyed at
having
to catch the Grub menu every boot in order to run Windows, it's
possible to edit grub.conf to make Windows the default - this might
help the parent acceptance factor :-)
I've
Hi all,
We have received notification from Bitfolk who provide the hosting for
the Ubuntu-UK website (and the podcast site along with a couple of mirrors)
that the server on which ubuntu-uk.org and podcast.ubuntu-uk.org will be
going down for a reboot at 01:00 GMT / 02:00 BST.
I doubt many
Thanks as always guys :-)
Chris
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Alan Pope wrote:
Does the group know the the Ubuntu CD has a Free Software Only install
option?
I expect this isn't good enough for them though.
They should do...
I use Gobuntu on a day to day basis!
But it's not good enough really. In fact it's not good enough for either
camp as I've
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:07, John Levin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey all,
Back from cd distribution duties at Lug Radio.
Met someone who is interested in doing a Linux install fest in Derby.
Anyone on this list from there?
I'm about 30 minutes away (by junction 29), I can perhaps make
Podcast activity has gone all quiet - is it on summer holiday or something?
Sean
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