Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unable to share files over network.

2011-02-21 Thread Paul Morgan-Roach
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:09 PM, ian pettitt ian.pett...@bbsrc.ac.ukwrote: If you only want to share files between Ubuntu machines, using a secure connection, SSH is an option https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHFS Nautilus supports this by default - for fast and easy transfer, simply

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google Earth .....

2011-02-21 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 21 Feb 2011 07:21:39 Dan Attwood wrote: Google earth used to be part of the medibuntu report. Is that not still the case? No, it is no longer in the Medibuntu repository. http://packages.medibuntu.org/maverick/index.html -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org --

[ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread Ross Mounce
[It's my first post: Hi all!] I often hear that it's rare to find UK vendors selling computers with Ubuntu pre-installed. So I was pleasantly suprised to see this: http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/NEW-Nanosaur-410-95p966.htm ...comes pre-installed with Linux Ubuntu 10 [sic] On a related note.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread philip taylor
Hi Admittedly disappointed to see an IE logo there though, :( linux ubuntu 10 (ubuntu linux , ubuntu gnu/linux , ubuntu , 10.04 or 10.10? ) PMT On 21 February 2011 16:45, Ross Mounce ross.mou...@gmail.com wrote: [It's my first post: Hi all!] I often hear that it's rare to find UK vendors

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread Liam Gallear
On 21 Feb 2011, at 16:45, Ross Mounce ross.mou...@gmail.com wrote: [It's my first post: Hi all!] I often hear that it's rare to find UK vendors selling computers with Ubuntu pre-installed. So I was pleasantly suprised to see this:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread John Stevenson
On 21 February 2011 16:45, Ross Mounce ross.mou...@gmail.com wrote: [It's my first post: Hi all!] I often hear that it's rare to find UK vendors selling computers with Ubuntu pre-installed. So I was pleasantly suprised to see this: http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/NEW-Nanosaur-410-95p966.htm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread Liam Gallear
On 21 Feb 2011, at 16:51, philip taylor scralion...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Admittedly disappointed to see an IE logo there though, :( linux ubuntu 10 (ubuntu linux , ubuntu gnu/linux , ubuntu , 10.04 or 10.10? ) PMT On 21 February 2011 16:45, Ross Mounce ross.mou...@gmail.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread Ross Mounce
Dell is a bit rubbish when it comes to value for money IMO. Perhaps that's the Windows Tax. I clicked on 'Help me choose' (my Operating System) and the headline says it all tbh: Help Me Choose: Windows 7 That doesn't really sound like a choice to me! But seriously, I can't see nor find any

[ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread Ross Mounce
have you thought about just building your own? I'm very happy to unscrew and plug things in/out. I've done RAM upgrades and HDD replacements. Simple stuff like that. But the prospects of 'thermal grease/paste' and 'bent pins' WRT to processor + mobo + heat sink scares me tbh. Is it possible to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread Barry Drake
On Mon, 2011-02-21 at 16:53 +, John Stevenson wrote: New netbooks that ship with Ubuntu seem to be quite rare, but you could try dell.co.uk You can have a word with sales and try to persuade them. At the moment, the only Dell Netbook with Ubuntu is sold in the US but not here. They offer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread Barry Drake
On Mon, 2011-02-21 at 17:27 +, Ross Mounce wrote: Is it possible to get that bit done for me, then do the rest myself? Seems to me if I want that bit done, I might as well outsource the rest too... You might check out ElpaTech : http://www.elpatech.co.uk/basic.htm Talk to Ed Bernard and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread Rob Beard
On 21/02/11 16:45, Ross Mounce wrote: [It's my first post: Hi all!] I often hear that it's rare to find UK vendors selling computers with Ubuntu pre-installed. So I was pleasantly suprised to see this: http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/NEW-Nanosaur-410-95p966.htm ...comes pre-installed with Linux

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread alan c
On 21/02/11 18:06, Rob Beard wrote: On 21/02/11 16:45, Ross Mounce wrote: [It's my first post: Hi all!] I often hear that it's rare to find UK vendors selling computers with Ubuntu pre-installed. So I was pleasantly suprised to see this:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread Rob Beard
On 21/02/11 17:27, Ross Mounce wrote: have you thought about just building your own? I'm very happy to unscrew and plug things in/out. I've done RAM upgrades and HDD replacements. Simple stuff like that. But the prospects of 'thermal grease/paste' and 'bent pins' WRT to processor + mobo +

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread Rob Beard
On 21/02/11 18:29, alan c wrote: On 21/02/11 18:06, Rob Beard wrote: On 21/02/11 16:45, Ross Mounce wrote: [It's my first post: Hi all!] I often hear that it's rare to find UK vendors selling computers with Ubuntu pre-installed. So I was pleasantly suprised to see this:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 21/02/11 17:27, Ross Mounce wrote: have you thought about just building your own? I'm very happy to unscrew and plug things in/out. I've done RAM upgrades and HDD replacements. Simple stuff like that. But the prospects of 'thermal grease/paste' and 'bent pins' WRT to processor + mobo +

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 21/02/11 19:41, Alan Lord (News) wrote: Here's the last machine I built and it's been great. Sorry, there was a precursor that I missed: http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/09/03/building-your-own-pc/ http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/09/08/build-your-own-pc/

[ubuntu-uk] Preinstalled kit

2011-02-21 Thread Alex Cockell
Have you looked at Linux Emporium http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk ? i swear by them having bought my primary Thinkpad R61 and Ideapad S12 from them. ubuntu otb with them. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A friendly hello...

2011-02-21 Thread Daniel Case
Hiya Haz! Welcome to the list, we're a friendly group :) I am also a web developer mainly devoted to the Linux side (Linux, Apache, MySQL PHP mainly) so if you need a hand with anything let me know ^.^ Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice

2011-02-21 Thread Avi
Bruno Girin wrote: There are plans to change this from 11.04 forward so that new software or new versions of existing software (like Firefox 4) can be included without having to manually add a PPA. Really? I thought PPA's were a reasonably elegant way of 'fixing' stability. Have you links

[ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread Ross Mounce
Thanks to all who replied. I've gone with aria.co.uk (never heard of them before!) and the bare bones Athlon II X3 450 3.20GHz machine. Building something marginally better for marginally cheaper just didn't seem worth it to me. Will have a go at unlocking the 4th core when it arrives ;)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread Rob Beard
On 21/02/11 23:54, Ross Mounce wrote: Thanks to all who replied. I've gone with aria.co.uk http://aria.co.uk (never heard of them before!) and the bare bones Athlon II X3 450 3.20GHz machine. Building something marginally better for marginally cheaper just didn't seem worth it to me. Will have