Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDFs in LibreOffice on 11.10

2011-12-10 Thread Bruno Girin
On 10/12/11 21:51, Mark Fraser wrote: On Saturday 10 Dec 2011 12:06:38 Barry Titterton wrote: > I am unable to open or import PDF files in LibreOffice on 11.10. Can > someone else with 11.10 please tell me if they have the same problem? > > Last week my wife needed to import three PDF files

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDFs in LibreOffice on 11.10

2011-12-10 Thread Mark Fraser
On Saturday 10 Dec 2011 12:06:38 Barry Titterton wrote: > I am unable to open or import PDF files in LibreOffice on 11.10. Can > someone else with 11.10 please tell me if they have the same problem? > > Last week my wife needed to import three PDF files into a Writer > document as images. Open Off

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDFs in LibreOffice on 11.10

2011-12-10 Thread Tony Pursell
On 10 December 2011 19:14, SuperEngineer wrote: > On Sat, 2011-12-10 at 17:15 +, Tony Pursell wrote: > > > > > > On 10 December 2011 12:06, Barry Titterton > > wrote: > > I am unable to open or import PDF files in LibreOffice on > > 11.10. Can > > someone else with 11

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Going back to GNOME 3

2011-12-10 Thread Roy Jamison
Thanks guys for the suggestions. Very much appreciated. It's not that I don't like the idea of Unity, just for me personally it feels a bit clunky. I don't intend bringing up this endless debate or to start a flame war! Again thanks for the response guys, will get on it later on. :) On 10 Dec 2011

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Going back to GNOME 3

2011-12-10 Thread Avi Greenbury
Roy Jamison wrote: > Hi guys, > > Is there any way to completely bypass Unity and go back to the default > GNOME 3 on Ubuntu 11.10? I'm considering Mint if not :( Pedantically (but it's a bit important anyway), Unity *is* Gnome 3 - both Gnome Shell and Unity use Gnome 3 to provide all the underl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Going back to GNOME 3

2011-12-10 Thread SuperEngineer
On Sat, 2011-12-10 at 19:07 +, Roy Jamison wrote: > Hi guys, > > Is there any way to completely bypass Unity and go back to the default > GNOME 3 on Ubuntu 11.10? I'm considering Mint if not :( > Roy, http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2011-12-08-003-39-OS-GN-UB [courtesy of Li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDFs in LibreOffice on 11.10

2011-12-10 Thread SuperEngineer
On Sat, 2011-12-10 at 17:15 +, Tony Pursell wrote: > > > On 10 December 2011 12:06, Barry Titterton > wrote: > I am unable to open or import PDF files in LibreOffice on > 11.10. Can > someone else with 11.10 please tell me if they have the same > problem? >

[ubuntu-uk] Going back to GNOME 3

2011-12-10 Thread Roy Jamison
Hi guys, Is there any way to completely bypass Unity and go back to the default GNOME 3 on Ubuntu 11.10? I'm considering Mint if not :( -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDFs in LibreOffice on 11.10

2011-12-10 Thread Tony Pursell
On 10 December 2011 12:06, Barry Titterton < barry.titter...@mail.adsl4less.com> wrote: > I am unable to open or import PDF files in LibreOffice on 11.10. Can > someone else with 11.10 please tell me if they have the same problem? > > Hi Barry As far as I know LibreOffice does not import PDFs, al

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

2011-12-10 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Fri, Dec 09, 2011 at 01:34:18PM +, Paula Graham wrote: > Dunno what's hogging the CPU but Oneiric takes literally (I've timed > it) up to 6 mins to boot on my 4 GB Lenovo and almost as long to > shut down and is sluggish in use. For several more minutes after > logging in, the CPU is going

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

2011-12-10 Thread Barry Titterton
On Sat, 2011-12-10 at 09:19 +, Colin Law wrote: > On 10 December 2011 08:12, Barry Titterton > wrote: > > ... > > My Toshiba running 11.10 takes five times longer to shut down compared > > with when it was running 11.04. Start up times are about the same. > > If the majority of the delay is c

[ubuntu-uk] PDFs in LibreOffice on 11.10

2011-12-10 Thread Barry Titterton
I am unable to open or import PDF files in LibreOffice on 11.10. Can someone else with 11.10 please tell me if they have the same problem? Last week my wife needed to import three PDF files into a Writer document as images. Open Office on 10.04 did two files without a problem but struggled with th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

2011-12-10 Thread Colin Law
On 10 December 2011 08:12, Barry Titterton wrote: > ... > My Toshiba running 11.10 takes five times longer to shut down compared > with when it was running 11.04. Start up times are about the same. If the majority of the delay is caused by logout rather than the actual shutdown (try logging out t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

2011-12-10 Thread Barry Titterton
On Fri, 2011-12-09 at 13:34 +, Paula Graham wrote: > >> The only issues I see > >> within Ubuntu are Compiz as a CPU hog > Dunno what's hogging the CPU but Oneiric takes literally (I've timed it) > up to 6 mins to boot on my 4 GB Lenovo and almost as long to shut down > and is sluggish in us