Re: [ubuntu-uk] What's the best...

On 17/12/10 17:16, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 17/12/10 17:01, Mark Fraser wrote: >> I'm thinking about building a server too and one of the things I wanted >> it for was a caching apt proxy. There seem to be a few ways of doing >> this though, which is the best of the lot? > http://askubuntu.com/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PS/2 port detection

I don't know the answer to your question, but that old error message "no keyboard detected, press F1 to continue" is one of my old favourites from years ago in the old days of DOS-based 286 PCs. I still wonder why anyone thought that error message made sense when they put it into the BIOS. Da

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What's the best...

On Fri, 2010-12-17 at 21:13 +, Philip Stubbs wrote: > The latest thing I have installed on my home server is byobu > https://launchpad.net/byobu > I have used screen many times but not really hard. This makes using > screen even simpler. I was quite interested to notice that in Maverick, at le

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What's the best...

On 17 December 2010 15:55, Alan Pope wrote: > Hullo! > > I'm installing a little Ubuntu server for home. (AMD 1.3GHz CPU, 1GB > RAM, 160GB disk, low power, low noise) > > One of these things:- > > http://popey.me/dNBjHT > > (112 quid once you get the cash back) Nice! > > Mailserver:- Postfix > W

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What's the best...

On 17/12/10 17:01, Mark Fraser wrote: > > I'm thinking about building a server too and one of the things I wanted > it for was a caching apt proxy. There seem to be a few ways of doing > this though, which is the best of the lot? http://askubuntu.com/questions/3503/best-way-to-cache-apt-downloads-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bath Meet up

On 17/12/10 17:13, Mark Fraser wrote: On Friday 17 Dec 2010 17:06:15 Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > On 17/12/10 17:02, Mark Fraser wrote: > > On Friday 17 Dec 2010 16:53:03 Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > > > On 17/12/10 16:50, Bill Quinn wrote: > > > > On 17/12/10 14:46, Bill Quinn wrote: >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bath Meet up

On Friday 17 Dec 2010 17:06:15 Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > On 17/12/10 17:02, Mark Fraser wrote: > > On Friday 17 Dec 2010 16:53:03 Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > > > On 17/12/10 16:50, Bill Quinn wrote: > > > > On 17/12/10 14:46, Bill Quinn wrote: > > > >> just a > > > >> > > > >> short hop fr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bath Meet up

On 17/12/10 17:02, Mark Fraser wrote: On Friday 17 Dec 2010 16:53:03 Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > On 17/12/10 16:50, Bill Quinn wrote: > > On 17/12/10 14:46, Bill Quinn wrote: > >> just a > >> short hop from Birstol t > > > > Don't you mean "brissol"? ;-) > > > > Your probably correct

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bath Meet up

On Friday 17 Dec 2010 16:53:03 Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > On 17/12/10 16:50, Bill Quinn wrote: > > On 17/12/10 14:46, Bill Quinn wrote: > >> just a > >> short hop from Birstol t > > > > Don't you mean "brissol"? ;-) > > > > Your probably correct but having migrated to the area I'm still learn

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What's the best...

On Friday 17 Dec 2010 16:35:00 Alan Pope wrote: > On 17 December 2010 16:32, Matthew Wild wrote: > > XMPP server:- Prosody :) > > Why: Local secure IM and chatrooms, with various fun features. > > That sounds fun! Kids would like that too. > > > Caching APT proxy:- ??? > > I haven't tried th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What's the best...

On 17/12/10 15:55, Alan Pope wrote: > > I have some idea what I'd use, but wonder what selections people would > make, and maybe what additional things you'd do with such a box? I > don't want to get into religious debates about which mail server is > best, just what you'd choose and maybe why. Ze

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bath Meet up

On 17/12/10 16:50, Bill Quinn wrote: > On 17/12/10 14:46, Bill Quinn wrote: >> just a >> short hop from Birstol t > Don't you mean "brissol"? ;-) > > Your probably correct but having migrated to the area I'm still learning > the native tongue. > There was a book published some years ago called (if

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What's the best...

On 17 December 2010 16:35, Alan Pope wrote: > On 17 December 2010 16:26, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > Media server - it depends on what's going to be at the other end: for > other > > computers try Firefly Media Server (might be in the repo as mt-daapd). It > > shares media over DAAP, which is the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bath Meet up

On 17/12/10 14:46, Bill Quinn wrote: > just a > short hop from Birstol t Don't you mean "brissol"? ;-) Your probably correct but having migrated to the area I'm still learning the native tongue. Laura - Good luck with your flight, depends how heavy the snow is tonight. Let me know when your next

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What's the best...

On 17 December 2010 16:26, Vinothan Shankar wrote: >> Mailserver:- Postfix > Do you intend to do IMAP or POP3?  If so, I prefer Dovecot over cyrus, > but that's a personal quirk. IMAP probably. I have used dovecot and cyrus in the past, I personally have no affinity to either :) But I do recall o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What's the best...

On 17 December 2010 16:26, Simon Greenwood wrote: > Media server - it depends on what's going to be at the other end: for other > computers try Firefly Media Server (might be in the repo as mt-daapd). It > shares media over DAAP, which is the sharing protocol in iTunes. It works > with said iTunes

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What's the best...

On 17 December 2010 16:32, Matthew Wild wrote: > XMPP server:- Prosody :) >   Why: Local secure IM and chatrooms, with various fun features. That sounds fun! Kids would like that too. > Caching APT proxy:- ??? >   I haven't tried this, but given that I have bandwidth caps and > several Ubuntu PC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What's the best...

On 17 December 2010 15:55, Alan Pope wrote: > Hullo! > > I'm installing a little Ubuntu server for home. (AMD 1.3GHz CPU, 1GB > RAM, 160GB disk, low power, low noise) > > One of these things:- > > http://popey.me/dNBjHT > > (112 quid once you get the cash back) > > Anyway, I was thinking of making

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What's the best...

On Fri, 2010-12-17 at 15:55 +, Alan Pope wrote: > Anyway, I was thinking of making it a little "home office" server with > a few roles (listed below). It's for play initially, imagine an office > of 5 people or so, doing typical file etc sharing, but as it's in the > home, maybe chuck a couple

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What's the best...

On 17 December 2010 15:55, Alan Pope wrote: > Hullo! > > I'm installing a little Ubuntu server for home. (AMD 1.3GHz CPU, 1GB > RAM, 160GB disk, low power, low noise) > > One of these things:- > > http://popey.me/dNBjHT > > (112 quid once you get the cash back) > > Anyway, I was thinking of makin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bath Meet up

On 17/12/10 14:46, Bill Quinn wrote: > just a > short hop from Birstol t Don't you mean "brissol"? ;-) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] What's the best...

Hullo! I'm installing a little Ubuntu server for home. (AMD 1.3GHz CPU, 1GB RAM, 160GB disk, low power, low noise) One of these things:- http://popey.me/dNBjHT (112 quid once you get the cash back) Anyway, I was thinking of making it a little "home office" server with a few roles (listed below

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bath Meet up

Tomorrow morning I'm afraid, hopefully be back down this way again soon. Laura -- http://www.lczajkowski.com http://wiki.ubuntu.com/czajkowski skype: lauraczajkowski - Original Message From: UK Ubuntu Talk To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bath Meet up Date: 17/1

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

On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:21 +, "Graham Smith" wrote: > 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 > anyon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bath Meet up

Hi Laura Sorry I have been away all week. Would have liked to have met up, just a short hop from Birstol to Bath. When you leaving? Bill -Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Laura Czajkowski Sent: 13 December

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Increasing number of displayed documents in Recent Documents?

On 17/12/10 13:32, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > I cannot believe that there seems to be NO way of increasing the number > of documents displayed in Places-Recent Documents! An extensive Google > search comes up with nothing! > Is there a way? If not where do I make a suggestion for a future relea

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Increasing number of displayed documents in Recent Documents?

On 17/12/10 13:40, David Jones wrote: On 17 December 2010 13:32, Gordon Burgess-Parker > wrote: I cannot believe that there seems to be NO way of increasing the number of documents displayed in Places-Recent Documents! An extensive Google search come

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Increasing number of displayed documents in Recent Documents?

On 17 December 2010 13:32, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > I cannot believe that there seems to be NO way of increasing the number > of documents displayed in Places-Recent Documents! An extensive Google > search comes up with nothing! > Is there a way? If not where do I make a suggestion for a fu

[ubuntu-uk] Increasing number of displayed documents in Recent Documents?

I cannot believe that there seems to be NO way of increasing the number of documents displayed in Places-Recent Documents! An extensive Google search comes up with nothing! Is there a way? If not where do I make a suggestion for a future release? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubun