Re: [ubuntu-uk] Research Required

2010-12-29 Thread Jim Price
On 30/12/10 01:18, Bruno Girin wrote: > Having said this, one way to avoid the "where have all my windows > gone?" moments is to make the transition very obvious by enabling the > cube in Compiz for instance: at least if the user is confused, calls > you and says "there was this cube thing then all

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Research Required

2010-12-29 Thread Bruno Girin
On 29 December 2010 16:07, Yorvyk wrote: > On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:20:11 + > Colin Law wrote: > [snip] >> >> By all means set the workspaces to one to get rid of that complexity though. >> > This I don't agree with as multiple workspaces are one of the best ways of > organising oneself. True

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Research Required

2010-12-29 Thread Yorvyk
On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:20:11 + Colin Law wrote: > On 28 December 2010 19:45, Nigel Verity wrote: > > ... > > I installed Ubuntu 10.4 LTS. I removed the bottom task bar completely so as > > not to complicate matters with the concept of workspaces. I moved the top > > task bar to the bottom of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Research required ...

2010-12-29 Thread Paul Sutton
On 28/12/10 13:14, Patrick Bulteel wrote: >> Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:06:18 + >> From: Barry Drake >> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Research required ... >> To: UK Ubuntu Talk >> Message-ID: <1293451578.2118.38.ca...@pcspecialist> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> Those of you on the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] e1000e driver woes on 10.10

2010-12-29 Thread Bruno Girin
On 29 December 2010 08:22, Tim Dobson wrote: > Heya, > > I'm having some issues with my parent's recently upgraded maverick > desktop and I wondered if anyone had any thoughts here. > > The issue is that the ethernet connectivity appears to (in about 50% of > boots) bounce continuously giving the

[ubuntu-uk] e1000e driver woes on 10.10

2010-12-29 Thread Tim Dobson
Heya, I'm having some issues with my parent's recently upgraded maverick desktop and I wondered if anyone had any thoughts here. The issue is that the ethernet connectivity appears to (in about 50% of boots) bounce continuously giving the users no connectivity. When the interface doesn't come

[ubuntu-uk] Desktop backgrounds

2010-12-29 Thread Dianne Reuby
When I upgraded/installed 10.10, I chose one of the pre-installed desktop backgrounds (a sort of shades-of-blue photo of a pier). A few weeks ago I downloaded a Christmas background. Yesterday I went to change it back, but the pre-installed background I'd used before wasn't there. No probs - I dow