Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook suggestion for a 4 year old

2010-12-16 Thread Richard Smith
On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 00:08 +, Bruno Girin wrote: Hi all, I'm currently looking for a cheap and cheerful netbook for a 4-year old. I want to install Edubuntu on it and set it up with all the relevant educational and fun software. On the hardware side, I'm happy to spend ~£200. Any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rubbish Bin Placement

2010-12-16 Thread ian pettitt
On 14/12/10 10:13, Yorvyk wrote: Quick question, for research. Anybody have a Rubbish Bin icon on their desktop and if so, why? I don't have any icons on my desktop, I delete either using the del key or the context menu. If I ever need to go into it (to empty or get something back), I use

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rubbish Bin Placement

2010-12-16 Thread Martin Jernberg
i always use rm -R Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:13:53 + From: ian.pett...@bbsrc.ac.uk To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rubbish Bin Placement On 14/12/10 10:13, Yorvyk wrote: Quick question, for research. Anybody have a Rubbish Bin icon on their desktop and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rubbish Bin Placement

2010-12-16 Thread Steve
On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:51:24 -, Martin Jernberg cs_bit...@msn.com wrote: i always use rm -R Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:13:53 + From: ian.pett...@bbsrc.ac.uk To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rubbish Bin Placement On 14/12/10 10:13, Yorvyk wrote: Quick

[ubuntu-uk] A Document 'Signing' solution required

2010-12-16 Thread Dan Fish
Hi, I have a problem with work colleagues reading emails. When important documents are circulated, invariably one of two things happens - 1) They deny receiving the email which I know is a load of rubbish because I can track this very easily vie the postfix etc logs and more irritatingly 2)

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 10.10 panels very slow to launch on boot

2010-12-16 Thread Graham Smith
Over the last few days when booting up Maverick, the screen stays blank (wallpaper only) for several seconds to over a minute before the panels appear. I assume I have done something (or an update has done something) but can anyone suggest a fix for this, I keep on expecting the panels to simply

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 10.10 panels very slow to launch on boot

2010-12-16 Thread Chris Wilson
I too am experiencing this, though I had put it down to my machine being a development box and thus has had a lot of extra applications installed, and generally been tinkered with. On 16 December 2010 19:21, Graham Smith myotis...@gmail.com wrote: Over the last few days when booting up

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 10.10 panels very slow to launch on boot

2010-12-16 Thread Graham Smith
Chris On 16 December 2010 19:26, Chris Wilson afrowi...@gmail.com wrote: I too am experiencing this, though I had put it down to my machine being a development box and thus has had a lot of extra applications installed, and generally been tinkered with. In my case its a fresh (ish) install

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A Document 'Signing' solution required

2010-12-16 Thread John Stevenson
On 16 December 2010 19:08, Dan Fish d...@fishms.org wrote: Hi, I have a problem with work colleagues reading emails. When important documents are circulated, invariably one of two things happens - snip Hello Dan, I would suggest you delicately find out the reason why your work colleagues

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A Document 'Signing' solution required

2010-12-16 Thread Colin Law
On 16 December 2010 19:08, Dan Fish d...@fishms.org wrote: Hi, I have a problem with work colleagues reading emails. When important documents are circulated, invariably one of two things happens - 1) They deny receiving the email which I know is a load of rubbish because I can track this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A Document 'Signing' solution required

2010-12-16 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Thu, 2010-12-16 at 20:41 +, John Stevenson wrote: In my humble experience, it is quite likely that if you find a technological way to force them to engage, they will spend more effort trying to game that mechanism than reading your communications. Indeed. You're trying to solve a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A Document 'Signing' solution required

2010-12-16 Thread d...@fishms.org
Good points all. I have a tendency to try to apply a technological response to such problems. Thanks Sent from my HTC - Reply message - From: Tyler J. Wagner ty...@tolaris.com Date: Thu, Dec 16, 2010 21:16 Subject: [ubuntu-uk] A Document 'Signing' solution required To: UK Ubuntu