Re: [ubuntu-uk] natty with unity

2011-01-14 Thread Sean Miller
This is a slight tangent, but I'd like to see this but don't fancy upgrading this installation this early in the process... under WUBI can I have two versions of Ubuntu? ie. when I boot can I have Ubuntu 10.04 AND 11.04 (and obviously Windows) all as options? As it's stored in a subdirectory of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] natty with unity

2011-01-14 Thread Dave Morley
On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 10:55 +, Sean Miller wrote: This is a slight tangent, but I'd like to see this but don't fancy upgrading this installation this early in the process... under WUBI can I have two versions of Ubuntu? ie. when I boot can I have Ubuntu 10.04 AND 11.04 (and obviously

[ubuntu-uk] Test driving a new version (was Re: natty with unity)

2011-01-14 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 14 January 2011 10:55, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: This is a slight tangent, but I'd like to see this but don't fancy upgrading this installation this early in the process... under WUBI can I have two versions of Ubuntu? ie. when I boot can I have Ubuntu 10.04 AND 11.04 (and

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu sync to iP[a|o]d - Apple ios4.2

2011-01-14 Thread Byte Soup
Hi Folks, Im running Ubuntu 10.04, 64bit with libimobiledevice package installed as per default. I used to be able to plug in an iPhone/Pod running Apple ios 4.1.x and see files on the device sync music etc. However since upgrading the iPod and iPhone to ios4.2 this is no longer possible. Ive

[ubuntu-uk] NetBook issues - #1

2011-01-14 Thread Barry Drake
Hi there ... I've been at a conference the last three days and noticed some things that I'd appreciate comment to. My NetBook is a Dell Mini 10v which is moderately slow and has only 8 GiB of SSD. Normally quite adequate. While away, I noticed that the HD was almost full, so now I'm back I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NetBook issue #2

2011-01-14 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 14 January 2011 15:35, Barry Drake bdr...@crosswire.org wrote: Hi again Back to this conference. It was at the High Leyes conference centre. They offered wi-fi which gave a good signal. Unfortunately it was one of these annoying systems that presents as a domain (1.1.1.1/login)

[ubuntu-uk] open source expo

2011-01-14 Thread Alan Bell
Hi all, The .org pavilion at the show is now confirmed (I thought it was already, but hey, it really has been now) We have been asked to 'blog the life out of the event' and the organisers would appreciate if we could promote it on our LinkedIn and social networking sites/web sites etc...

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NetBook issues - #1

2011-01-14 Thread Chris Wilson
My experience with Evolution has been far from optimal. It's always been kinda slow and extremely clunky, though I've never taken the time to figure out why. I guess this is one of the reasons :P If it's advice on how to keep Evolution in tip-top shape, then I can't help you there, though I'm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NetBook issues - #1

2011-01-14 Thread Barry Drake
On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 16:03 +, Chris Wilson wrote: If you want my advice on the best course of actions, forget about Evolution. It feels to me like it's supposed to be an open source version of Microsoft Outlook but hasn't really moved far beyond that. If you want to keep using a desktop

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NetBook issue #2

2011-01-14 Thread Barry Drake
On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 15:50 +, Simon Greenwood wrote: It sounds like restrictions on the network. I think the issue with the domain login is a known problem with Microsoft Internet Proxy of the type that only comes up in certain situations. I'm not sure if Samba can resolve it at all.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] open source expo

2011-01-14 Thread Bruno Girin
On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 15:56 +, Alan Bell wrote: Hi all, The .org pavilion at the show is now confirmed (I thought it was already, but hey, it really has been now) We have been asked to ‘blog the life out of the event’ and the organisers would appreciate if we could promote it on our

Re: [ubuntu-uk] open source expo

2011-01-14 Thread Barry Drake
On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 20:49 +, Bruno Girin wrote: The registration doesn't seem to work with Firefox on Maverick, or at least not the versions in the Mozilla PPA. That looks a bit ridiculous for a Linux and OSS expo. And don't get me started on the spelling mistakes on the registration

Re: [ubuntu-uk] open source expo

2011-01-14 Thread Barry Drake
On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 21:08 +, Barry Drake wrote: page. Not spelling mistakes, but it didn't tell me I hadn't said what sessions I would attend. Oh, I hadn't said which magazines I want to take. That was needed too, but wen unchallenged. I chose Ubonto users mag (I think). Either way,

[ubuntu-uk] LDAP server Invalid credentials

2011-01-14 Thread Jacob Mansfield
I have been trying to set up an LDAP server for some time now. when I finally found an up-to-date tutorial at http://www.zarafa.com/wiki/index.php/Zarafa_LDAP_cn_config_How_To the first step of this has worked fine however when running the command ldapadd -x -D

Re: [ubuntu-uk] open source expo

2011-01-14 Thread Bruno Girin
On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 21:18 +, Barry Drake wrote: On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 21:08 +, Barry Drake wrote: page. Not spelling mistakes, but it didn't tell me I hadn't said what sessions I would attend. Oh, I hadn't said which magazines I want to take. That was needed too, but wen

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux is not a proper OS - it's official.

2011-01-14 Thread Bruno Girin
On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 21:20 +, Barry Titterton wrote: The French government has decided that a machine using linux is not a proper computer. http://www.tabletpcreview.com/default.asp?newsID=1847news=tablet+archos +windows+french+france You can always rely on the French for a good