Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-04 Thread Paul Tansom
** alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com [2011-07-01 14:17]: On 01/07/11 13:38, Paul Tansom wrote: Diaspora*, if it ever gets going, will likely be much like Identica, preferred by techies, but always the also ran to Twitter purely on user base. I have an account, to support it. It would be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-04 Thread Paul Tansom
** Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com [2011-07-02 13:48]: On 1 July 2011 16:58, Paul Tansom p...@aptanet.com wrote: ** Dino T. d...@dinot.co.uk [2011-07-01 14:37]: I didn't realise you could associate Hotmail or Yahoo addresses with your Google account, I'm curious now - not that I use them

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-04 Thread Dino T.
Sent to those who asked. :) Hope you got the emails guys. Let me know. *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* http://www.ubuntu.com/ On 4 July 2011 16:23, Paul Tansom p...@aptanet.com wrote: ** Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com [2011-07-02 13:48]: On 1 July 2011 16:58, Paul Tansom p...@aptanet.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Temperature

2011-07-04 Thread Paul Morgan-Roach
If you use Icinga or Nagios you can set Warnings and Critical states. Checks can occur at specified intervals along with any other checks you might want to do (memory/cpu load, disk space, etc)the temperature checks need lm-sensors installed though. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 30 test drive of Ubuntu: PC world

2011-07-04 Thread richard
On Mon, 2011-07-04 at 00:19 +0100, Andres wrote: Also good point with the easy install. But as said here: the fact that it's 1 cd with all you might need was missed and he missed the check box for install propietary software (invidia drivers and flash?) It is clear from start that versions

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 30 test drive of Ubuntu: PC world

2011-07-04 Thread Avi
richard wrote: When I just installed 11.04 you still had to add restricted extras and flash, I am sure there is a good reason (patents etc). It's nothing to do with patents. It's to do with Ubuntu's promise that it will always be Free software, and the implication that you will therefore not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 30 test drive of Ubuntu: PC world

2011-07-04 Thread alan c
On 04/07/11 20:57, Avi wrote: richard wrote: When I just installed 11.04 you still had to add restricted extras and flash, I am sure there is a good reason (patents etc). It's nothing to do with patents. It's to do with Ubuntu's promise that it will always be Free software, and the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 30 test drive of Ubuntu: PC world

2011-07-04 Thread andres
I seem to recall the blue i button helped out with this after you installed. That's how I found out about FLOSS vs proprietary. in my case I like the fact that it's not installed by default not because of licence but so that I get a feel as to how much proprietary I'm letting pass. BTW ever