I found that very strange. They did mention the Free software movement
at about 7:30
But the open source concept is not just about Mozilla, it started much
earlier with the so called Free Software Movement in the 1980s. And it
was a Finnish student in his early 20s who created the original
Morning All,
This has been going on since I upgraded to Jaunty, but is starting to become
a bit of an annoyance. On my personal laptop, my ssh key is unlocked when I
log in, but on my work machine I either have to enter my passphrase
everytime I use ssh, or run ssh-add (and entering my
mac wrote:
Dave Walker wrote:
And for those that missed it, myself included:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kp806/Inside_the_Virtual_Anthill_Open_Source_Means_Business/
Just listened to it. An implicit lesson in the difference between 'Open
Source' (=pragmatic - better ways to
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On 02/06/09 08:48, Stephen Garton wrote:
on my work machine I either have to enter my
passphrase everytime I use ssh, or run ssh-add (and entering my
passphrase) after I log on. It was working fine on intrepid, but stopped
after the upgrade.
No
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:51 AM, Alan Bell
alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote:
Describing Linux as the first major piece of Open Source software is
revisionist and a factual error. It really wouldn't have hurt to talk
about Stallman, the FSF, the four freedoms and the GPL. In fact it
--- On Mon, 1/6/09, mike daniels mikezz1...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: mike daniels mikezz1...@yahoo.com
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] 8.04 username and password problem
To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Date: Monday, 1 June, 2009, 8:45 PM
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help ! Please
Computer no longer accepts my username and password.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/linux/reset-your-forgotten-ubuntu-password-in-2-minutes-or-less/
Sean
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:59 AM, mike daniels mikezz1...@yahoo.com wrote:
--- On Mon, 1/6/09, mike daniels mikezz1...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: mike daniels mikezz1...@yahoo.com
Subject:
alan c wrote:
Wulfy wrote:
alan c wrote:
A particular example is the michael bentine show
for example
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00bv2gw/episodes/player
Hmmm... when I clicked on the program to play, the player window popped
up and then FF crashed... :@(
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Colin wrote:
2009/6/1 Colin binarysig...@gmail.com
009/6/1 Steve Cook yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com
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Netto are selling the Hercules eCAFÉ™ for £199.95 from Thursday.
Anybody any experience of
Thanks Sean, but my Ubuntu 8.05 does no accept my user name or password. Is
there an alternative to reloading Ubuntu 8.04 please. This is the second
problem I have had with 8.04, the first was loss of the disply brightness
control using the up/down cursor keys, solved with an easy patch, then
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 12:27 PM, mike daniels mikezz1...@yahoo.com wrote:
Thanks Sean, but my Ubuntu 8.05 does no accept my user name or password. Is
there an alternative to reloading Ubuntu 8.04 please. This is the second
If you go into the recovery mode, as specified on that link I sent,
you
The route shell prompt asks give route password for maintenance, it rejects
my password and repeats the request. My user name is also rejected and I must
have missed something if the How to geek explains user name reset as well.
Apologies again, any more suggestions please, which page of
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:04 PM, mike daniels mikezz1...@yahoo.com wrote:
The route shell prompt asks give route password for maintenance, it
rejects my password and repeats the request. My user name is also rejected
and I must have missed something if the How to geek explains user name
reset
I listen to the radio 4 broadcast and i got the feeling they were stuck as
to what to put into the report. i mean one minute it was talking about the
development of the software then the next it was on about ants..i lost
it at that point. What they should have done is stick to the subject
Have not knowingly reset anything, the root password request follows when I
select route shell, followed by enter. I dont have any files currently on the
Ubuntu machine, so a reload is not a problem. Why the machine rejected my
username and password may well remain an unsolved mystery. It does
I am having a problem in Ubuntu 8.04. When I boot up, it sometimes pauses and
shows the text output, and it is stopped on activating the network card.
When I get logged in to Ubuntu 8.04, I no longer have any internet access. I
have two ethernet cards, and last night, one gave me access but the
I have a further problem now. After having successfully installed Ubuntu 9.04,
when I try to boot into 8.04, it stops part way through saying the file system
check died, and I have to press CTRL-D to continue. When it loads the login
screen, it is in a low graphics mode and the mouse does not
alan c wrote:
mac wrote:
Dave Walker wrote:
And for those that missed it, myself included:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kp806/Inside_the_Virtual_Anthill_Open_Source_Means_Business/
Just listened to it. An implicit lesson in the difference between 'Open
Source' (=pragmatic -
On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 15:48 +0200, David King wrote:
I have a further problem now. After having successfully installed Ubuntu
9.04, when I try to boot into 8.04, it stops part way through saying the file
system check died, and I have to press CTRL-D to continue. When it loads the
login
I have had the fsck problem before when booting this PC, and it when I then get
a low graphics login screen, I reboot, and the problem goes away. But this time
it keeps recurring, and only the recent occurences since i installed 9.04 on
another partition.
I looked into the logs, and found this
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On 06/02/09 13:15, Robert Flatters wrote:
I listen to the radio 4 broadcast and i got the feeling they were stuck
as to what to put into the report. i mean one minute it was talking
about the development of the software then the next it was on
I tried a different kernel, as it seems that some of the modules for the
kernel it was trying to use were missing.
So I went into 9.04 and edited the grub menu, and booted 8.04 with an
earlier kernel, but it was like going back in time, as all settings were
set to an earlier date. However, it
Hi,
About 6 months ago I wrote a script which installs a ubuntu server with
groupware, file shares, printer shares, dns, dhcp, domain controller
etc, just like a windows 2003 small business server, the script runs
great and I have done a number of installs with it but currently have to
On 02/06/09 17:29, Daniel Lamb wrote:
Hi,
About 6 months ago I wrote a script which installs a ubuntu server with
groupware, file shares, printer shares, dns, dhcp, domain controller
etc, just like a windows 2003 small business server, the script runs
great and I have done a number of
2009/6/2 Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com:
You might try looking at the SME Server for some ideas:
http://wiki.contribs.org/Main_Page
.. and ebox ..
http://ebox-platform.com/
.. and Ubuntu Server Manager ..
http://ubuntuservermanager.org/
:)
Cheers,
Al.
--
Yeah just spent the afternoon playing with ebox, its come on alot in
the past year, the mail module didnt work though.
Daniel
Alan Pope wrote:
2009/6/2 Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com:
You might try looking at the SME Server for some ideas:
http://wiki.contribs.org/Main_Page
I think I have realised what has happened in regards to the software and
settings being out of date.
A few months ago I cloned the root partition, as a backup. Somehow, I
have been running Ubuntu from the backup instead of the original, so the
backup got updated. So when I installed Ubuntu
It turns out that the fsck was just failing due to not finding a
partition, based on its UUID, which was incorrect. I updated fstab and
no longer get that error.
David King
Matthew Daubney wrote:
When you get to that prompt, run fsck over the disk, so fsck /dev/sda1
or sda2 or whichever
I've now got a full installation of Ubuntu on my desktop! 8.10 with
everything working, bar the sound. Dualbooting with XP and modified
grub boot list menu so that XP is default after 3 seconds (for parents
and gaming).
As soon as I get the sound working I'm going to upgrade to 9.04.
I'd
James Milligan wrote:
snip
Now, regarding the sound.
I have a Creative Soundblaster XFi Xtreme Gamer card, which wasn't
picked up by default after installation. I've read on the forum
somewhere that Creative drivers weren't available (back in 06) - I
then found and downloaded the
I've found in the past that having Pidgin if your sound is not working
can result in a memory leak, or at least it can start to really take
resource - might be worth turning off sound in Pidgin until you
resolve the issue.
Sean
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On 2 Jun 2009, at 23:09, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote:
I've found in the past that having Pidgin if your sound is not working
can result in a memory leak, or at least it can start to really take
resource - might be worth turning off sound in Pidgin until you
resolve the issue.
Sean
Harry Rickards wrote:
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On 05/31/09 23:44, Thomas Ibbotson wrote:
James Milligan wrote:
Good old popey.com ;-)
Also noting someones earlier email - is it considered 'proper
etiquette' to reply to a list email below the quoted text? If so I
On 2 Jun 2009, at 23:14, James Milligan lak...@lake54.com wrote:
On 2 Jun 2009, at 23:09, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote:
I've found in the past that having Pidgin if your sound is not
working
can result in a memory leak, or at least it can start to really take
resource - might be
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