Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-17 Thread gazz
On Mon, 2011-05-16 at 22:02 +0100, Colin Law wrote: Again, though, neither is anything like as convenient as clicking the app in the bottom panel. Perhaps I just have to put up with this. Colin I'm with you Colin - this is the main reason I switched back to classic - it's way too

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-17 Thread Liam Proven
On 16 May 2011 16:56, gazz pmg...@gmx.co.uk wrote: Choice is a wonderful thing but I don't see any way of exercising it re. the vertical scrollbar in 11.04. I've ditched Unity interface, can't cope with it - for something that's supposed to be easy to use, I actually found I reverted almost

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-17 Thread Alan Pope
On 17 May 2011 17:29, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: Did you know that you can middle-click on the title bar to send a window to the back of the stack? It's very handy. That is the one Linux feature I most miss when using Windows - I curse its absence several times an hour. I did not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-17 Thread John Stevenson
On 17 May 2011 17:33, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 17 May 2011 17:29, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: Did you know that you can middle-click on the title bar to send a window to the back of the stack? It's very handy. That is the one Linux feature I most miss when using Windows

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-17 Thread Liam Proven
On 17 May 2011 17:49, John Stevenson j...@jr0cket.com wrote: On 17 May 2011 17:33, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 17 May 2011 17:29, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: Did you know that you can middle-click on the title bar to send a window to the back of the stack? It's very handy.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-17 Thread Colin Law
On 17 May 2011 17:33, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 17 May 2011 17:29, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: Did you know that you can middle-click on the title bar to send a window to the back of the stack? It's very handy. That is the one Linux feature I most miss when using Windows - I

[ubuntu-uk] Broadcom Wi-Fi Problem Caused By Recent Update

2011-05-17 Thread Nigel Verity
Hi Guys I'm running 11.04 on 3 machines; a Dell laptop, an Acer laptop and an Acer netbook. The Dell and the netbook both use the Broadcom STA wireless driver. Today I performed a routine system update, via Update Manager, and now I have no wi-fi on the machines running the Broadcom driver.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadcom Wi-Fi Problem Caused By Recent Update

2011-05-17 Thread John Stevenson
On 17 May 2011 21:26, Nigel Verity nigelver...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Guys I'm running 11.04 on 3 machines; a Dell laptop, an Acer laptop and an Acer netbook. The Dell and the netbook both use the Broadcom STA wireless driver. Today I performed a routine system update, via Update Manager,

[ubuntu-uk] Ringing endorsement

2011-05-17 Thread Jim Price
It's nice to see such a positive article in the mainstream press: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/may/17/computing-opensource -- JimP -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-17 Thread Liam Proven
On 17 May 2011 21:07, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: On 17 May 2011 17:33, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 17 May 2011 17:29, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: Did you know that you can middle-click on the title bar to send a window to the back of the stack? It's very handy.

[ubuntu-uk] Race Online 2012 PCs shocker!

2011-05-17 Thread Martin Houston
The under £100 cheap PCs for the disadvantaged go on sale today. See http://www.ecycleonline.co.uk/choose-your-computer---from-9200-8-c.asp http://www.ecycleonline.co.uk/choose-your-computer---from-9200-8-c.asp Ubuntu 10.10 is there as a solid and no strings attached choice. But for only £3

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy and 11.04

2011-05-17 Thread Liam Proven
On 17 May 2011 23:46, Matt Wheeler m...@funkyhat.org wrote: Offtopic but... On 17 May 2011 17:29, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: [snip] Did you know that you can middle-click on the title bar to send a window to the back of the stack? It's very handy. That is the one Linux feature I