Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

2009-07-09 Thread David King
Thanks for the reply. I recognise some of the podcast titles as Doctor Who episodes, I guess some of the others are from very old episodes I have long forgotten. David King Alan Pope wrote: Hi David, Thanks for the mail. 2009/7/8 David King linux...@avoura.com: Interesting podcast,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

2009-07-09 Thread John Matthews
David King wrote: Thanks for the reply. I recognise some of the podcast titles as Doctor Who episodes, I guess some of the others are from very old episodes I have long forgotten. David King Alan Pope wrote: Hi David, Thanks for the mail. 2009/7/8 David King

[ubuntu-uk] Evolution's compulsory GPG routine

2009-07-09 Thread Rowan Berkeley
Hello everybody. I'm now using my new Linux Emporium Thinkpad, and very nice it is too -- it accepts Ubuntu updates, without immediately disabling itself the way the Linux Certified machine used to do. However, my usual problems with default Ubuntu clients have returned, especially the compulsory

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

2009-07-09 Thread Alan Pope
2009/7/9 John Matthews jake...@sky.com: Can I have the URL.I dont have it. Is this something to do with Ubuntu? http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/ :) Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Evolution's compulsory GPG routine

2009-07-09 Thread Ciarán Mooney
Hi, What you describe sounds more like the Gnome Keyring rather than any GPG-based program. They keyring is what stores your passwords etc, it is used for WEP/WPA keys along with any other password in the system. I'm guessing that you have passwords in Evolution to your email accounts etc, and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Evolution's compulsory GPG routine

2009-07-09 Thread Vinothan Shankar
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ciarán Mooney wrote: Hi, What you describe sounds more like the Gnome Keyring rather than any GPG-based program. They keyring is what stores your passwords etc, it is used for WEP/WPA keys along with any other password in the system. I'm

[ubuntu-uk] Karmic 9.10 Release party

2009-07-09 Thread Philip Taylor
Hello All I have added my planned Release party date, to the wiki (wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicReleaseParty) . I hope to get abit of feedback about materials and and things i will need for it, like cd's and other things, maybe some other ubuntu things, to give out. Help would be appreciated.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic 9.10 Release party (Philip Taylor)

2009-07-09 Thread Simon Keates
1st time actually replying on the list - hope i got it right! glad to see there a release party in Banbury! count me in for helping out btw... your link's not quite right. should be https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicReleaseParties regards, /Simon 2009/7/9 ubuntu-uk-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com Send

[ubuntu-uk] Karmic RAT Party

2009-07-09 Thread Alan Bell
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicRATParty The Real Ale Train The Watercress Line http://www.watercressonline.co.uk/ is a small steam powered railway line in Hampshire. It runs from Alton Station to Alresford

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic 9.10 Release party (Philip Taylor)

2009-07-09 Thread Philip Taylor
Thats good to hear, thank you for the correction, :) On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 03:54:43PM +0100, Simon Keates wrote: 1st time actually replying on the list - hope i got it right! glad to see there a release party in Banbury! count me in for helping out btw... your link's not quite right.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic 9.10 Release party

2009-07-09 Thread Simon Keates
apologies for including the whole email !! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Evolution's compulsory GPG routine

2009-07-09 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 15:36 +0100, vinu wrote: Assuming it IS gnome-keyring, somewhere in the repositories is a package that will unlock your default keyring on login and lock it again when you log out, to defeat this very problem. I've been using it for quite a while, now. If, on the other

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Karmic 9.10 Release party

2009-07-09 Thread Harry Rickards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Philip Taylor wrote: Hello All I have added my planned Release party date, to the wiki (wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicReleaseParty) . I hope to get abit of feedback about materials and and things i will need for it, like cd's and other things,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

2009-07-09 Thread William Anderson
David King wrote: Interesting podcast, entertaining as usual. However, I did not hear any references to the Stolen Earth, which title I assume you took from a recent Doctor Who episode. But no mention of the Doctor or the Daleks... I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

2009-07-09 Thread Harry Rickards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 William Anderson wrote: David King wrote: Interesting podcast, entertaining as usual. However, I did not hear any references to the Stolen Earth, which title I assume you took from a recent Doctor Who episode. But no mention of the Doctor or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

2009-07-09 Thread Tony Arnold
William Anderson wrote: David King wrote: Interesting podcast, entertaining as usual. However, I did not hear any references to the Stolen Earth, which title I assume you took from a recent Doctor Who episode. But no mention of the Doctor or the Daleks... I wonder what a Dalek running

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

2009-07-09 Thread Johnathon Tinsley
Harry Rickards wrote: William Anderson wrote: David King wrote: Interesting podcast, entertaining as usual. However, I did not hear any references to the Stolen Earth, which title I assume you took from a recent Doctor Who episode. But no mention of the Doctor or the Daleks... I wonder

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

2009-07-09 Thread Paul Roach
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Johnathon Tinsley kir...@kirrus.co.ukwrote: If only I had the time, money, and knowledge, it would be so cool to build a Darlek actually running Ubuntu. Fit-pc[1], plug pc, or something like that... That and my 9 year old cousin would love it if he could make

[ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

2009-07-09 Thread Paul Webster
Hi Can I expect Word 2002 to run under Wine (on Jaunty)? I tried to install it, but came to a standstill during the installation, as the Word installer demanded a restart I couldn't provide. Paul W. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

2009-07-09 Thread James Milligan
Paul Webster wrote: Hi Can I expect Word 2002 to run under Wine (on Jaunty)? I tried to install it, but came to a standstill during the installation, as the Word installer demanded a restart I couldn't provide. Paul W. Hi Paul, I'm assuming you've already checked out the winehq appdb,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

2009-07-09 Thread Mike Paglia
I dont understand why use it anyway? Openoffice is just as good and its free! 2009/7/9 Paul Webster paulwebbi...@googlemail.com Hi Can I expect Word 2002 to run under Wine (on Jaunty)? I tried to install it, but came to a standstill during the installation, as the Word installer demanded a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

2009-07-09 Thread James Milligan
Mike Paglia wrote: I dont understand why use it anyway? Openoffice is just as good and its free! 2009/7/9 Paul Webster paulwebbi...@googlemail.com mailto:paulwebbi...@googlemail.com Hi Can I expect Word 2002 to run under Wine (on Jaunty)? I tried to install it, but came to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

2009-07-09 Thread Mike Paglia
I must admit I have struggled with windows and Linux from a very early stage, as far back as 1992. I just did not want to go down the MS route. I have never believed in it so tried early doors of Slackware then Red hat blah blah blah. I now have gone over to iMAC which I love because of the UNIX

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Evolution's compulsory GPG routine

2009-07-09 Thread Rowan Berkeley
I said earlier: I have gone and deleted the Evo applet from the Gnome panel, and so I am not getting new email notifications (except for a momentary balloon). I would like to put the applet back, but it isn't listed in 'add/remove from panel.' Can anyone tell me how? I have now realised that what

Re: [ubuntu-uk] G1 phone plans - WAS: Re: Webcam as a security camera

2009-07-09 Thread LeeGroups
Colin Murphy wrote: On Tuesday 07 July 2009 23:10:51 LeeGroups wrote: d. I think I will have to spend a little more and get a bigger battery, very tempted to go for http://www.seidioonline.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=BACY26TMG1-BK That's expensive, same thing on ebay for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

2009-07-09 Thread David King
If I was a millionaire, this would be near the top of my to-do list -- build a real dalek, controlled by a PC inside, running Ubuntu or something similar, programmed to do dalek things and question any visitors to my home. Anyone interested in building a dalek should probably go to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to FF3.5 in Ubuntu

2009-07-09 Thread Steve Cook
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Matthews wrote: I tried to upgrade to FF3.5 on my netbook, but it didnt happen, it installed it seperately, but I couldnt get the Addons section to work, and a few other things as well, that was without the addons themselves, they just

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

2009-07-09 Thread Tony Pursell
I have to disagree. Linux (I mean Ubuntu, of course) IS as friendly a Windows. Many things go wrong and are difficult under Windows. Word always crashes first time I use it - OpenOffice.org never does. I find a lot of hardware 'just works' under Ubuntu without the tiresome 'found new

[ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to FF3.5 in Ubuntu

2009-07-09 Thread John Matthews
I tried to upgrade to FF3.5 on my netbook, but it didnt happen, it installed it seperately, but I couldnt get the Addons section to work, and a few other things as well, that was without the addons themselves, they just didnt transfer from the 3.0.11. So how do I go about it without having

[ubuntu-uk] Printer problems

2009-07-09 Thread Wulfy
My printer died so I bought a new one. It's a Canon PIXMA iP2500. My Kubuntu Jaunty set-up recognises the printer and correctly identifies it, but it refuses to talk to it. Requesting a test page causes the lights to flash but no page to appear. I went to the Canon site and there's a driver

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

2009-07-09 Thread William Anderson
Mike Paglia wrote: I dont understand why use it anyway? Openoffice is just as good and its free! This attitude irritates me somewhat. I prefer MS Office (I currently use Office 2008 on my mac) to OpenOffice.org, as the former works well natively, doesn't consume insane amounts of memory, and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

2009-07-09 Thread Sean Miller
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:30 AM, William Andersonne...@well.com wrote: Mike Paglia wrote: I dont understand why use it anyway? Openoffice is just as good and its free! This attitude irritates me somewhat.  I prefer MS Office (I currently use Office 2008 on my mac) to OpenOffice.org, as the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to FF3.5 in Ubuntu

2009-07-09 Thread John Matthews
Steve Cook wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Matthews wrote: I tried to upgrade to FF3.5 on my netbook, but it didnt happen, it installed it seperately, but I couldnt get the Addons section to work, and a few other things as well, that was without the addons

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to FF3.5 in Ubuntu

2009-07-09 Thread Daniel Drummond
John Matthews wrote: Well, it might be because I am just not used to Ubuntu enough or understand it enough, but I am thinking along the the same lines as Windows, when you update FF it automatically updates to the next Version, and keeps your profile. I tried on my netbook, and it didnt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to FF3.5 in Ubuntu

2009-07-09 Thread John Matthews
Daniel Drummond wrote: John Matthews wrote: Well, it might be because I am just not used to Ubuntu enough or understand it enough, but I am thinking along the the same lines as Windows, when you update FF it automatically updates to the next Version, and keeps your profile. I tried on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to FF3.5 in Ubuntu

2009-07-09 Thread Daniel Drummond
John Matthews wrote: Um, isnt FF3.5 final release now, I thought I saw it on the internet they were saying it was final release and if you look in windows it doesnt have beta after it. I'm not sure about that though. My apologies, checking on http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/web/firefox-3.5

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to FF3.5 in Ubuntu

2009-07-09 Thread John Matthews
Daniel Drummond wrote: John Matthews wrote: Um, isnt FF3.5 final release now, I thought I saw it on the internet they were saying it was final release and if you look in windows it doesnt have beta after it. I'm not sure about that though. My apologies, checking on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to FF3.5 in Ubuntu

2009-07-09 Thread Daniel Drummond
John Matthews wrote: Hi, thank you for the information. I was just wondering, how do I get it to work, and become my default browser so that I dont have both, and I dont loose my profile info? John. Not sure if this is the best way to do it, but it accomplished it for me. open a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer problems

2009-07-09 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 10/07/09 00:02, Wulfy wrote: My printer died so I bought a new one. It's a Canon PIXMA iP2500. My Kubuntu Jaunty set-up recognises the printer and correctly identifies it, but it refuses to talk to it. Requesting a test page causes the lights to flash but no page to appear. I can't help