On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 21:30 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
On 6 June 2011 15:57, gazz pmg...@gmx.co.uk wrote:
Ah, dunno, haven't actually looked at Gnome 3 yet . . . if it's as bad as
Unity - eeek!
Unity is a /lot/ more like traditional GNOME 2 than GNOME 3 is.
Put in the time to learn
FYI: See below.
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gazz wrote:
It has some really nice features, it's true - but it's the stubborn
fixity of it that drives me nuts.
This is what's getting me. Gnome used to (quite rightly) get told off
for not being configurable. In the past few years it's come on leaps and
bounds and is now rather useful. I
On 9 June 2011 12:37, gazz pmg...@gmx.co.uk wrote:
... about Unity
It has some really nice features, it's true - but it's the stubborn fixity
of it that drives me nuts. I can't have my usual widgets and it really is
very, very clunky having to cycle through all the open windows constantly.
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 13:21 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
Not sure what you mean by that, you can get to the window of an open
app by clicking its icon in the launcher.
Only it's main window, not if it has extra panels - the progress bar in
file operations or any other pane opened by an
Here's a follow up from my Dad after I berated him a little about
giving up too easily but also understanding how he just wants to get on
with work...
Me:
Ah you give up too easily, I am sure you could do what you want to do
but it would be a bit of a learning curve. But I can see why you
On 09/06/2011 14:17, Jon Reynolds wrote:
Here's a follow up from my Dad after I berated him a little about
giving up too easily but also understanding how he just wants to get
on with work...
Me:
Ah you give up too easily, I am sure you could do what you want to do
but it would be a bit of a
aaarrgghh! Just tried to stop it from deciding to fullscreen windows
without consulting me - unticked 'grid' in the compiz settings and Unity
promptly crashed the top bar taking all menus with it. Rebooted
(couldn't log out), and Unity just spontaneously logged me out again as
I opened a pane in
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 12:37 +0100, gazz wrote:
On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 21:30 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
On 6 June 2011 15:57, gazz pmg...@gmx.co.uk wrote:
Ah, dunno, haven't actually looked at Gnome 3 yet . . . if it's as bad as
Unity - eeek!
Unity is a /lot/ more like
Sarah Chard wrote:
that's why it's really important to keep pushing open document formats
And here's the problem. odf is the better format, MS Office is the
better office suite.
I'm not at all convinced that the traction against OOo/LO is entirely
(or even mostly) down to people being
gazz wrote:
To Avi: my point is that I *didn't* used to do this stuff with a
mouse but people keep urging me to do so in order to redress Unity's
shortcomings.
Oh, I didn't mean it as a workaround or an excuse, more as a general musing.
OK I acknowledge that part of my moaning has to do
On 08/06/11 11:00, Jon Reynolds wrote:
My dad uses Windows and recently it completely crashed and the local
computer shop said it needed reinstalling. So he lost all his programs.
He decided he was going to try OpenOffice, which I thought was great. I
also pointed out Libre office to
On 09/06/11 14:17, Jon Reynolds wrote:
Here's a follow up from my Dad after I berated him a little about
giving up too easily but also understanding how he just wants to get on
with work...
Me:
Ah you give up too easily, I am sure you could do what you want to do
but it would be a
alan c wrote:
It is not the same as physically having a chain of enslavement around
the leg but if it was 'Freedom' being sold (it IS), exactly what
price would that really be worth?
Probably not a lot, really. I've not met many users of office suites who
would make much use of the freedoms
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 14:38 +0100, gazz wrote:
aaarrgghh! No menus unless you run panes fullscreen? What is this
fetish for running panes fullscreen?
When you have a window that is not fullscreen you can see its menu (if
it has focus) if you mouse over the panel. There is discussion about
Heh, I sorta prefer the LO interface to the old OOo one - and older
versions of Office to newer ones too.
Woh! Just figured out how grid actually works on Unity - OK, it's
making me feel a whole lot less grumpy about it.
For anyone else who can't do a thing with their wretched multi-panes
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 14:40 +0100, Tony Pursell wrote:
Your comments would be welcome on the Ayatana mailing list
(https://launchpad.net/~ayatana). At least by me. I quite like Unity,
but there is a lot missing (like your 'usual widgets'). Something I am
trying to get across to them
On 9 June 2011 15:54, gazz pmg...@gmx.co.uk wrote:
Oh super+w rocks - ta! If anyone else is scratching their heads about
how to make Unity do what it's told without having to read the entire F*
compiz manual, just found Ubuntu Geek lists the main kb shortcuts:
I have a friend who has a laptop with only Ubuntu on it, this was a
deliberate decision. For various reasons they are now getting very
interested in the Kindle, I understand there are models with WiFi of a
couple of types (3g?). They do have a WiFi network.
Anyone using a kindle with Ubuntu
On 9 June 2011 15:59, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
I have a friend who has a laptop with only Ubuntu on it, this was a
deliberate decision. For various reasons they are now getting very
interested in the Kindle, I understand there are models with WiFi of a
couple of types (3g?).
Alan,
It appears as a mass storage device, and thus is adequately supported by
Ubuntu. For conversion of documents from HTML and others to the native
formats, the easiest thing to do is to e-mail the document to
USERNAME_FROM_DEVICE@free.kindle.com to convert it, or use calibre to make
the
On 9 June 2011 15:59, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
Any comments about how 'compatible' a Kindle will be with Ubuntu?
Install Calibre, use it. Don't worry about it.
What functions of the product might be a problem?
None.
Al.
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On 09/06/11 15:59, alan c wrote:
I have a friend who has a laptop with only Ubuntu on it, this was a
deliberate decision. For various reasons they are now getting very
interested in the Kindle, I understand there are models with WiFi of a
couple of types (3g?). They do have a WiFi network.
On 9 June 2011 08:04, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote:
On 9 June 2011 15:59, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
Any comments about how 'compatible' a Kindle will be with Ubuntu?
Install Calibre, use it. Don't worry about it.
What functions of the product might be a problem?
None.
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 08:17 -0700, John Stevenson wrote:
3G option allows you to download books when you are not connected to a
WiFi network, it is not intended for use for browsing the Internet.
Yet there is a browser, if you don't mind browsing the web on an e-ink
display. A friend of mine
Hi all,
team meeting tonight at 9PM in #ubuntu-uk-meeting, amongst other things
we plan to vote on the election process, including a modification
discussed at the last meeting to set a 2 year maximum term before a new
election will be called.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Elections
Alan.
below is an edited version of the article at
http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2011/05/28/ubuntu-uk-loco-cds/
The allocation of CDs for the Ubuntu UK team arrived last week, to the
excitement of the chickens. They have been using Kubuntu 10.10 for the
last six months and are keen to evaluate
O
n Thu, 2011-06-09 at 14:44 +0100, Avi Greenbury wrote:
And here's the problem. odf is the better format, MS Office is the
better office suite.
I'm not at all convinced that the traction against OOo/LO is entirely
(or even mostly) down to people being used to MS Office and, much as
it
I entered some material onto my Launchpad Wiki yesterday. Returned to
the my Launchpad page today : the Wiki and heading is no longer there.
Does anyone have any idea how to retrieve the Wiki ?
Many Thanks,
John
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I have now created the re-approval application page on the wiki, right
now it is just a blank template with the right headings, but we can
start fleshing it out from there.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ReApprovalApplication2011
Alan.
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Thanks Alan,
Will check it out.
John
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https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Hi All,
I said I'd report back on the wacom bamboo pen and touch (model
CTH-460). It's taken me a little while to get round to it, but here are
a few findings. In summary, the pen works well and the touch pad
doesn't. Just for the record I'm using a 64-bit version of kubuntu natty
with
On 09/06/11 20:30, john beddard wrote:
I entered some material onto my Launchpad Wiki yesterday. Returned to
the my Launchpad page today : the Wiki and heading is no longer there.
Does anyone have any idea how to retrieve the Wiki ?
Many Thanks,
John
yeah, you had managed to create a page
That's fantastic Alan !
Much Appreciated,
John
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 21:44 +0100, Alan Bell wrote:
On 09/06/11 20:30, john beddard wrote:
I entered some material onto my Launchpad Wiki yesterday. Returned to
the my Launchpad page today : the Wiki and heading is no longer there.
Does
On 09/06/11 18:39, Alan Bell wrote:
I would really
like the team to run a few bring-a-box installfests at university
computing societies. If you want to help organise one that would be
great, I am happy to support it with CDs and help get some people along
to help.
I got started years ago
hi since we are on the subject i tried to add a bash script to the launcher
with no luck googled for a bit and found something else:
http://maketecheasier.com/easily-create-quicklist-for-ubuntu-unity-launcher/2011/06/06
haven't tried it but looks really neat to use the submenus of the launcher to
Hi,
sorry I was not at the meeting, but I'm a royalist, and the meeting clashed
with a review of a certain consort to a certain Monarch in the UK. As the
freeview recording box has died, i had to watch it live, as out in the
sticks 256Kb upload link is totally unusable on bbc-replayer system.
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