Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introducing Ubuntu Unity to new people

2012-03-15 Thread alan c
On 15/03/12 01:23, Liam Proven wrote: Moving windows from screen to screen is easier than on I see that in Ubuntu 12.04 beta 1 updated (3D) it is possible to drag windows between workspaces as favourite Dad tried to do. It also has a method of changing size of launcher icons. -- alan cocks

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introducing Ubuntu Unity to new people

2012-03-15 Thread Liam Proven
On 15 March 2012 14:49, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: On 15/03/12 01:23, Liam Proven wrote: Moving windows from screen to screen is easier than on I see that in Ubuntu 12.04 beta 1 updated (3D) it is possible to drag windows between workspaces as favourite Dad tried to do. Er, you

[ubuntu-uk] Hdmi output-- ubuntu

2012-03-15 Thread javadayaz
My laptop is blessed with a HDMI output which probably works with Windows (its a windows machine.). How can I utilize this in Ubuntu? Ideally I would like to just connect to my 42 and watch the video or browse some pictures! Look forward to your advice! -- Regards Javad --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hdmi output-- ubuntu

2012-03-15 Thread javadayaz
btw this is my laptop: Acer Aspire 5741Z, Intel® Pentium® P6000 Dual Core Processor, 15.6 HD Screen, Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit, 3GB DDR3 RAM, 320GB HDD, DVD Rewriter, Integrated Graphics, HDMI, Webcam, LX.PZF02 On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:16 PM, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hdmi output-- ubuntu

2012-03-15 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 15 March 2012 15:16, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: My laptop is blessed with a HDMI output which probably works with Windows (its a windows machine.). How can I utilize this in Ubuntu? Ideally I would like to just connect to my 42 and watch the video or browse some pictures! Look

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hdmi output-- ubuntu

2012-03-15 Thread javadayaz
I connected it to my TV and got a no signal message. Thats about all i tried at the time tbh. On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.comwrote: On 15 March 2012 15:16, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: My laptop is blessed with a HDMI output which probably

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hdmi output-- ubuntu

2012-03-15 Thread Liam Proven
On 15 March 2012 15:16, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: My laptop is blessed with a HDMI output which probably works with Windows (its a windows machine.). How can I utilize this in Ubuntu? Ideally I would like to just connect to my 42 and watch the video or browse some pictures! Look

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hdmi output-- ubuntu

2012-03-15 Thread javadayaz
thanks, I will try this! On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On 15 March 2012 15:16, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: My laptop is blessed with a HDMI output which probably works with Windows (its a windows machine.). How can I utilize this in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hdmi output-- ubuntu

2012-03-15 Thread David Jones
On 15/03/2012 15:16, javadayaz wrote: My laptop is blessed with a HDMI output which probably works with Windows (its a windows machine.). How can I utilize this in Ubuntu? Ideally I would like to just connect to my 42 and watch the video or browse some pictures! Look forward to your advice!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hdmi output-- ubuntu

2012-03-15 Thread Liam Proven
On 15 March 2012 15:38, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: thanks, I will try this! I probably should have mentioned that my machine has an Intel display, too. It's the onboard GPU of a Core i3. By the way, please bottom-post on the list - that is, you answer goes /below/ (a trimmed version,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introducing Ubuntu Unity to new people

2012-03-15 Thread Barry Drake
On 12/03/12 14:51, Alan Bell wrote: yeah, I suggested it. The best way is not to petition it or anything, but to implement it as a python based lens and submit it as an extra. I will do that at some stage, but it would be great if someone beat me to it. I can't imagine I'll be immersing

[ubuntu-uk] Launcher applets

2012-03-15 Thread Liam Proven
Is it possible to write an applet that runs just as an icon in the Launcher and whose UI just consists of context menus? -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com •

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hdmi output-- ubuntu

2012-03-15 Thread Barry Titterton
On Thu, 2012-03-15 at 16:26 +, Liam Proven wrote: I probably should have mentioned that my machine has an Intel display, too. It's the onboard GPU of a Core i3. -- Liam Proven Do you get both sound and vision over HDMI with Ubuntu, or just the vision? Barry T --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Launcher applets

2012-03-15 Thread Alan Bell
On 15/03/12 18:56, Liam Proven wrote: Is it possible to write an applet that runs just as an icon in the Launcher and whose UI just consists of context menus? kind of, this would be just a .desktop file with a list of commands to run for each quicklist

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Launcher applets

2012-03-15 Thread Liam Proven
On 15 March 2012 19:12, Alan Bell alan.b...@libertus.co.uk wrote: On 15/03/12 18:56, Liam Proven wrote: Is it possible to write an applet that runs just as an icon in the Launcher and whose UI just consists of context menus? kind of, this would be just a .desktop file with a list of commands

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hdmi output-- ubuntu

2012-03-15 Thread Liam Proven
On 15 March 2012 19:06, Barry Titterton barry.titter...@mail.adsl4less.com wrote: On Thu, 2012-03-15 at 16:26 +, Liam Proven wrote: I probably should have mentioned that my machine has an Intel display, too. It's the onboard GPU of a Core i3. -- Liam Proven Do you get both sound and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hdmi output-- ubuntu

2012-03-15 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 15 March 2012 19:06, Barry Titterton barry.titter...@mail.adsl4less.comwrote: On Thu, 2012-03-15 at 16:26 +, Liam Proven wrote: I probably should have mentioned that my machine has an Intel display, too. It's the onboard GPU of a Core i3. -- Liam Proven Do you get both

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hdmi output-- ubuntu

2012-03-15 Thread bouncysteve
Popey wrote a blog post which discussed the hdmi audio output from his acer revo. Search for I used pavucontrol to switch audio output at http://popey.com/blog/2009/08/06/acer-aspire-revo-ubuntu-boxee-and-remote-control/ Regards, Steve On 15 March 2012 19:24, Simon Greenwood

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Launcher applets

2012-03-15 Thread Alan Bell
On 15/03/12 19:21, Liam Proven wrote: On 15 March 2012 19:12, Alan Bellalan.b...@libertus.co.uk wrote: On 15/03/12 18:56, Liam Proven wrote: Is it possible to write an applet that runs just as an icon in the Launcher and whose UI just consists of context menus? kind of, this would be just a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Launcher applets

2012-03-15 Thread Alan Bell
On 15/03/12 22:27, Alan Bell wrote: I think the way to fix the unity dash is to just fix the applications lens so it uses the categories as categories like this http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/applicationslens.png wrong image, I meant this one

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Launcher applets

2012-03-15 Thread Liam Proven
On 15 March 2012 22:27, Alan Bell alanb...@ubuntu.com wrote: oh, interesting. Sadly it won't work as the quicklists do not permit a hierarchical menu structure (yes, I tried) I had a look at quicklists and figured they probably were not what I wanted or needed. The question is, can one create