Re: [ubuntu-uk] Books on Ubuntu

2012-01-17 Thread Paul Tansom
** Dave Morley davm...@davmor2.co.uk [2012-01-12 15:26]: On 12/01/12 15:20, Paul Tansom wrote: Does anyone have any recomendations on Linux books, specifically Ubuntu based? I'm looking for something for an end user who is comfortable with computers (DOS/Windows) but is switching to

[ubuntu-uk] Mutt oddity

2012-01-17 Thread Paul Tansom
I generally use Mutt for my email as it is orders of magnitude quicker to use than a GUI client for large volumes of mail. It does fall short in handling HTML mail though, which is on the increase. So far I've been happily using Firefox, but I've decided to try Chromium again. Last time the

[ubuntu-uk] Passwords in Gnome keyring

2012-01-17 Thread Paul Tansom
Following reading a recent blog post [1] I decided it really is time I sorted out a better way of logging into my email with Mutt. My plan was/is to store the password in the Gnome Keyring as a central placed used for other passwords. Sadly I can't find a way of accessing that password from the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Passwords in Gnome keyring

2012-01-17 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012, at 03:02 PM, Paul Tansom wrote: Following reading a recent blog post [1] I decided it really is time I sorted out a better way of logging into my email with Mutt. My plan was/is to store the password in the Gnome Keyring as a central placed used for other passwords. Sadly

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mutt oddity

2012-01-17 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 17 January 2012 14:03, Paul Tansom p...@aptanet.com wrote: I generally use Mutt for my email as it is orders of magnitude quicker to use than a GUI client for large volumes of mail. It does fall short in handling HTML mail though, which is on the increase. So far I've been happily using

[ubuntu-uk] Netflix

2012-01-17 Thread scoundrel50a
Has anybody got this to work in Ubuntu 11.10, I tried but it said I could only view it in Windows and Mac..I think it needs Microsoft Silverlight, I have heard there is a Linux version of that, but cant find anybody know? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netflix

2012-01-17 Thread James Morrissey
I am not sure about netflix and silverlight, but the open source alternative for silverlight is called 'moonlight' (http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight). I tried it for something once but couldn't get it to work. I think, from an old conversation on here, that someone on this list is actually a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netflix

2012-01-17 Thread easily . remembered
From my experience moonlight is useless for watching movies and other streaming sources because it does not support DRM Peter Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on O2 -Original Message- From: James Morrissey morrissey.jam...@gmail.com Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netflix

2012-01-17 Thread John Oliver
I was looking through the moonlight mailing list archives the other week and the project seems to be dead on its feet. As for Netflix, it doesn't work on Linux because the DRM components are only for Silverlight on Windows and Mac. Regards, John Oliver On 17 Jan 2012, at 22:53,

[ubuntu-uk] Netflix

2012-01-17 Thread John Oliver
http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/moonlight-list/2011-December/001392.html This is the email I was referring to in the previous message. The mailing list has had no activity this side of Christmas. Regards, John Oliver Begin forwarded message: From: John Oliver jp.oli...@ntlworld.com Date: