Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Karmic (9.10) party

2009-10-14 Thread Lucy
2009/10/14 Alan Pope : > 2009/10/14 Lucy : >> Downloading ISOs on the day over wifi is always going to have issues. >> Last time we had plenty of people bring CDs to the event. Must >> remember the 64-bit Desktop ISOs next time though! >> > > The loco can host a special private mirror which wont be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hull LUG's Ubuntu Release Party 31 Oct 09

2009-10-14 Thread DaveySpeedstar.com
Here's a better link to help you find the pub: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&source=hp&ie=UTF8&q=old+grey+mare+hull&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=old+grey+mare&hnear=hull&cid=1066407198534149890&li=lmd&ll=53.771848,-0.378685&spn=0.047277,0.110378&z=13&iwloc=A D -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.

[ubuntu-uk] Hull LUG's Ubuntu Release Party 31 Oct 09

2009-10-14 Thread DaveySpeedstar.com
On Saturday 31st October, a couple of days after the release of Ubuntu 9.10 'Karmic Koala' Hull LUG will be proudly hosting the first Ubuntu Release Party the have ever been held our region. Our good friend Craig, the Manager of the Old Grey Mare, Cottingham Road, has agreed to our using the p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release schedule

2009-10-14 Thread Andrew Oakley
Sean Miller wrote: > Anybody else fear that with the pace of change in Linux a 6-month > release schedule is becoming rather a challenge? I realise it's neat > and tidy to do it, but wonder whether it is rather ambitious. Yup. After hassle with 8.10 upgrade, I've reverted back to 8.04 and sworn

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Update to Karmic seemed to go ok but......

2009-10-14 Thread Alan Pope
2009/10/14 John Matthews : > How can I update these things? I dont remember this happening when I > updated to 9.04. That seemed to happen automatically, or I am not > remembering. > You're not remembering. It's standard procedure in the last 4 or so versions to disable third party repositories on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Update to Karmic seemed to go ok but......

2009-10-14 Thread Steve
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:34:06 +0100, John Matthews wrote: > Well, as the sunject line says the update seemed to go ok, and things > seem to be working. But in my Software Sources>Other Software almost all > of the things there are unticked, saying that its been 'disabled on > upgrade to Karmic'. >

[ubuntu-uk] Update to Karmic seemed to go ok but......

2009-10-14 Thread John Matthews
Well, as the sunject line says the update seemed to go ok, and things seem to be working. But in my Software Sources>Other Software almost all of the things there are unticked, saying that its been 'disabled on upgrade to Karmic'. How can I update these things? I dont remember this happening wh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] update-manager Not Displaying New Release for Karmic

2009-10-14 Thread Steve
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:25:46 +0100, John Matthews wrote: > thank you for reminding me. I did remember. After all that, the upgrade > went ok, and I am writing this from Karmic. The Other Software updates > didnt work, at least its showing they are all disabled on upgrade. > Problem is, I cant rem

Re: [ubuntu-uk] update-manager Not Displaying New Release for Karmic

2009-10-14 Thread John Matthews
Matthew Daubney wrote: > On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 20:02 +0100, jakewc2 wrote: > >> 2009/10/14 Sean Miller >> From Ubuntu site... >> >> "To upgrade from Ubuntu 9.04 on a desktop system, press Alt+F2 >> and >> type in "update-manager -d" (without the quotes)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Jamie Bennett
On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 16:40 +0100, Matt Jones wrote: > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Paul Roach wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Never mind - found it on mobilephonesdirect.co.uk on Vodafone and > > T-Mobile, free on a 24 month contract :) Right, back on a d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] update-manager Not Displaying New Release for Karmic

2009-10-14 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 20:02 +0100, jakewc2 wrote: > > > 2009/10/14 Sean Miller > From Ubuntu site... > > "To upgrade from Ubuntu 9.04 on a desktop system, press Alt+F2 > and > type in "update-manager -d" (without the quotes) into the > command box

Re: [ubuntu-uk] update-manager Not Displaying New Release for Karmic

2009-10-14 Thread jakewc2
2009/10/14 Sean Miller > From Ubuntu site... > > "To upgrade from Ubuntu 9.04 on a desktop system, press Alt+F2 and > type in "update-manager -d" (without the quotes) into the command box. > Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release > '9.10' is available. Click Upgrade

Re: [ubuntu-uk] update-manager Not Displaying New Release for Karmic

2009-10-14 Thread Sean Miller
>From Ubuntu site... "To upgrade from Ubuntu 9.04 on a desktop system, press Alt+F2 and type in "update-manager -d" (without the quotes) into the command box. Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release '9.10' is available. Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructio

Re: [ubuntu-uk] update-manager Not Displaying New Release for Karmic

2009-10-14 Thread John Matthews
Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > 2009/10/14 : > >> Hi everyone. I’m running update-manager –c –d on a Jaunty machine and it’s >> telling me everything is up to date, doesn’t seem to acknowledge there’s a >> new development release available. >> >> >> >> Any ideas on how I can force it? Don’t really

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Karmic (9.10) party

2009-10-14 Thread Alan Pope
2009/10/14 Lucy : > Downloading ISOs on the day over wifi is always going to have issues. > Last time we had plenty of people bring CDs to the event. Must > remember the 64-bit Desktop ISOs next time though! > The loco can host a special private mirror which wont be flooded by the great unwashed.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Karmic (9.10) party

2009-10-14 Thread Lucy
2009/10/14 Jon Spriggs : > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > 2009/10/13 Lucy : >> 2009/10/13 Jon Spriggs : >> >>> I'll be at Deansgate Docks tonight for Geekup Manchester, so I can >>> call in to both Pitcher&Piano and Revolution - there are other venues >>> along there as well -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Matt Jones
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Paul Roach wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Never mind - found it on mobilephonesdirect.co.uk on Vodafone and > T-Mobile, free on a 24 month contract :) > > > Matt Jones wrote: >> I have seen it for free on a £35/mo contract with a prett

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Paul Roach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Never mind - found it on mobilephonesdirect.co.uk on Vodafone and T-Mobile, free on a 24 month contract :) Matt Jones wrote: > I have seen it for free on a £35/mo contract with a pretty decent > usage allowance, and I suspect that an existing custome

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Paul Roach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greati might sit on my hands until one of the mobile carriers start offering it at a discounted rate as part of a contract... Thanks for the advice Jamie... Jamie Bennett wrote: > Device speed is excellent, you really do have a mini-computer in >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Paul Roach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Matt Jones wrote: > I have seen it for free on a £35/mo contract with a pretty decent > usage allowance, and I suspect that an existing customer could get > that down somewhat. Matt. Matt - can you advise what network/reseller that was with? Thanks

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Matt Jones
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Jamie Bennett wrote: > Device speed is excellent, you really do have a mini-computer in your > pocket. Camera is great and of course you can FTP, ssh, and use all > the other great apps your used to. > > But it's pricy compared to other phone/laptop offerings. If i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Jamie Bennett
Device speed is excellent, you really do have a mini-computer in your pocket. Camera is great and of course you can FTP, ssh, and use all the other great apps your used to. But it's pricy compared to other phone/laptop offerings. If it it's heavyly subsidied and you bother little for a great

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Paul Roach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks Jamie, was just posting a question about how you'd obtained yours and then looked at your blog and Alan's comment - all now becomes clear! Another question though ---how do you compare the Android/Maemo platforms in terms of speed and open-ness

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Jamie Bennett
Oopps, sorry for the double posts, at the airport and a little distracted. Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org On 14 Oct 2009, at 15:18, Jamie Bennett wrote: > Ok, mmm ... > > ... personally I wouldn't buy it and that's coming from someone who > should love this thing. There are minor

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Jamie Bennett
Ok, mmm ... ... personally I wouldn't buy it and that's coming from someone who should love this thing. There are minor software gripes but as it's not out yet then that's understandable and I'm sure they will get it sorted, but my main gripe is the form factor. I'm coming from an iPhone a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Alan Pope
2009/10/14 Jamie Bennett : > I have one an it runs fine on the O2 network, I have my iPhone sim in > it at the moment. > Overall impressions of the device? And then again, impressions of it, if you'd had to pay £450-500 for it ;) Cheers, Al -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Jamie Bennett
I have one an it runs fine on the O2 network, I have my iPhone sim in it at the moment. Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org On 14 Oct 2009, at 14:31, Paul Roach wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Just been talking to my account manager with O2, and they have st

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nokia phone running open source

2009-10-14 Thread Paul Roach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Just been talking to my account manager with O2, and they have stated they have no plans to test/release the N900 handset on their network at this time (and usually they get loads of hype and release dates well in advance of a launch) Gutted, as the h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release schedule

2009-10-14 Thread Rob Beard
steve wrote: > On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 11:11 +0100, andrew seyes wrote: > >> 2009/10/14 Alan Pope : >> >>> Known bug. Your files are not all synced with U1, only those in the >>> ~/Ubuntu One/ folder are, despite what the icon says. >>> >>> >> I was a bit puzzled to see this turn up ye

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release schedule

2009-10-14 Thread steve
On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 11:11 +0100, andrew seyes wrote: > 2009/10/14 Alan Pope : > > > > Known bug. Your files are not all synced with U1, only those in the > > ~/Ubuntu One/ folder are, despite what the icon says. > > > > I was a bit puzzled to see this turn up yesterday when I grabbed some > upda

Re: [ubuntu-uk] update-manager Not Displaying New Release for Karmic

2009-10-14 Thread Darren.Mansell
2009/10/14 : > Hi everyone. I’m running update-manager –c –d on a Jaunty machine and it’s > telling me everything is up to date, doesn’t seem to acknowledge there’s a > new development release available. > > > > Any ideas on how I can force it? Don’t really want to sed the sources.list > and dist

Re: [ubuntu-uk] update-manager Not Displaying New Release for Karmic

2009-10-14 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
2009/10/14 : > Hi everyone. I’m running update-manager –c –d on a Jaunty machine and it’s > telling me everything is up to date, doesn’t seem to acknowledge there’s a > new development release available. > > > > Any ideas on how I can force it? Don’t really want to sed the sources.list > and dist-

[ubuntu-uk] update-manager Not Displaying New Release for Karmic

2009-10-14 Thread Darren.Mansell
Hi everyone. I'm running update-manager -c -d on a Jaunty machine and it's telling me everything is up to date, doesn't seem to acknowledge there's a new development release available. Any ideas on how I can force it? Don't really want to sed the sources.list and dist-upgrade. I'm behind a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release schedule

2009-10-14 Thread andrew seyes
2009/10/14 Alan Pope : > > Known bug. Your files are not all synced with U1, only those in the > ~/Ubuntu One/ folder are, despite what the icon says. > I was a bit puzzled to see this turn up yesterday when I grabbed some updates, but having got the latest updates this morning it appears to have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release schedule

2009-10-14 Thread Alan Pope
2009/10/14 Rob Beard : > I have noticed since upgrading yesterday in Karmic that everything in my > home directory now has a tick on it (with I gather means it's > synchronized with Ubuntu One). > Known bug. Your files are not all synced with U1, only those in the ~/Ubuntu One/ folder are, despite

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release schedule

2009-10-14 Thread Rob Beard
Sean Miller wrote: > My brief dalliance with Karmic (have now reverted to Jaunty) suggests > that there are still some issues to be addressed, even now as the > window draws to a close. > > Anybody else fear that with the pace of change in Linux a 6-month > release schedule is becoming rather a cha

[ubuntu-uk] Release schedule

2009-10-14 Thread Sean Miller
My brief dalliance with Karmic (have now reverted to Jaunty) suggests that there are still some issues to be addressed, even now as the window draws to a close. Anybody else fear that with the pace of change in Linux a 6-month release schedule is becoming rather a challenge? I realise it's neat a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Karmic (9.10) party

2009-10-14 Thread Jon Spriggs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 2009/10/13 Lucy : > 2009/10/13 Jon Spriggs : > >> I'll be at Deansgate Docks tonight for Geekup Manchester, so I can >> call in to both Pitcher&Piano and Revolution - there are other venues >> along there as well - but I'd like to check what exactly is