Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity testing

2012-04-09 Thread alan c
On 08/04/12 20:03, Norman Silverstone wrote: snip I think we all ought to shout at the gimp folk. Gimp is an incredibly capable program, and it is also the least intuitive and least workable that I have ever seen! If the Gimp folk wanted to sell it for cash, there would be no chance!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity testing

2012-04-09 Thread Byte Soup
We're collating this round of testing at 07:00 UTC on Monday but if you do find any bugs over the next few weeks, do please let us know. Cheers, - -- Alan Pope I run as many of the test I could. I installed a spare drive into a Dell latitude D610 laptop and installed from DVD. I have run

[ubuntu-uk] Worrying article

2012-04-09 Thread Bill Baker
This has appeared on Linux Today site: Should you be worried about Ubuntu Desktop's privacy settings? LinuxBSDos: I hope that I am wrong, but your new Ubuntu system could be used to spy on you. http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2012-04-09-002-41-SC-UB Should someone [in a position

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Worrying article

2012-04-09 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 9 April 2012 09:24, Bill Baker boo...@gmail.com wrote: This has appeared on Linux Today site: Should you be worried about Ubuntu Desktop's privacy settings? LinuxBSDos: I hope that I am wrong, but your new Ubuntu system could be used to spy on you.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Worrying article

2012-04-09 Thread Alan Bell
On 09/04/12 09:24, Bill Baker wrote: This has appeared on Linux Today site: Should you be worried about Ubuntu Desktop's privacy settings? LinuxBSDos: I hope that I am wrong, but your new Ubuntu system could be used to spy on you.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Worrying article

2012-04-09 Thread Bill Baker
On Mon, 2012-04-09 at 10:29 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: On 09/04/12 09:24, Bill Baker wrote: This has appeared on Linux Today site: Should you be worried about Ubuntu Desktop's privacy settings? LinuxBSDos: I hope that I am wrong, but your new Ubuntu system could be used to spy on you.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity testing

2012-04-09 Thread Norman Silverstone
snip That's a shame. I'd be interested in knowing exactly which test it was and we can fix the text description pretty easily for future tests. For example I am asked to run gedit. No problem, I go to Applications, Accessories and select Text Editor. Problem, there is no heading

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Worrying article

2012-04-09 Thread Steve
On Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:29:02 +0100 Alan Bell alanb...@ubuntu.com wrote: On 09/04/12 09:24, Bill Baker wrote: This has appeared on Linux Today site: Should you be worried about Ubuntu Desktop's privacy settings? LinuxBSDos: I hope that I am wrong, but your new Ubuntu system could be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity testing

2012-04-09 Thread Barry Drake
On 08/04/12 20:41, Alan Pope wrote: Interesting feedback Barry. I certainly didn't expect this, but then I naïvely expected people on this list to have taken a look at 12.04 previously, and be familiar with the basics. Thanks for highlighting this. Maybe a bit of over-reaction on my part.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Worrying article

2012-04-09 Thread paul sutton
On 09/04/12 10:20, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 9 April 2012 09:24, Bill Baker boo...@gmail.com mailto:boo...@gmail.com wrote: This has appeared on Linux Today site: Should you be worried about Ubuntu Desktop's privacy settings? LinuxBSDos: I hope that I am wrong, but your new

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity testing

2012-04-09 Thread alan c
On 09/04/12 12:22, Barry Drake wrote: On 08/04/12 20:41, Alan Pope wrote: Interesting feedback Barry. I certainly didn't expect this, but then I naïvely expected people on this list to have taken a look at 12.04 previously, and be familiar with the basics. Thanks for highlighting this.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Worrying article

2012-04-09 Thread Alan Bell
On 09/04/12 11:20, Steve wrote: The problem is not with the journalist but, Ubuntu. The explanations as to what is going on with these settings can best be described as vague. Until Alan's explanation I wasn't sure what they're for. I've submitted a bug #977106 to LP if people would like

[ubuntu-uk] Screen power off timing

2012-04-09 Thread Andres Muniz
Hi, i was watching a film today and i wanted the screen to go off some time after i was done watching the film. I found the max time for screen to go off is either 1 hour or never. Is there a way to set it to 2 or 3 hours. Or maybe a costume time?-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Worrying article

2012-04-09 Thread Colin Law
On 9 April 2012 14:37, Alan Bell alan.b...@libertus.co.uk wrote: On 09/04/12 11:20, Steve wrote: The problem is not with the journalist but, Ubuntu.  The explanations as to what is going on with these settings can best be described as vague.  Until Alan's explanation I wasn't sure what

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Worrying article

2012-04-09 Thread Bruno Girin
On 09/04/12 15:16, Colin Law wrote: On 9 April 2012 14:37, Alan Bell alan.b...@libertus.co.uk wrote: On 09/04/12 11:20, Steve wrote: The problem is not with the journalist but, Ubuntu. The explanations as to what is going on with these settings can best be described as vague. Until Alan's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Worrying article

2012-04-09 Thread Colin Law
On 9 April 2012 16:18, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On 09/04/12 15:16, Colin Law wrote: On 9 April 2012 14:37, Alan Bell alan.b...@libertus.co.uk wrote: On 09/04/12 11:20, Steve wrote: The problem is not with the journalist but, Ubuntu.  The explanations as to what is going on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Worrying article

2012-04-09 Thread Bruno Girin
On 09/04/12 16:46, Colin Law wrote: On 9 April 2012 16:18, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On 09/04/12 15:16, Colin Law wrote: On 9 April 2012 14:37, Alan Bell alan.b...@libertus.co.uk wrote: On 09/04/12 11:20, Steve wrote: The problem is not with the journalist but, Ubuntu. The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Worrying article

2012-04-09 Thread Steve
On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 15:16:31 +0100 Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: On 9 April 2012 14:37, Alan Bell alan.b...@libertus.co.uk wrote: On 09/04/12 11:20, Steve wrote: The problem is not with the journalist but, Ubuntu.  The explanations as to what is going on with these settings

[ubuntu-uk] Youtube colour is wrong

2012-04-09 Thread Andres Muniz
hi, looks like you tube shows in shades of blue. Really wierd. i was able to see a bbc film alright though. I'm using firefox on ubuntu 11.10. Probably some configuration that my toddler pressed that i have no way to find out. By the way: if you want to test os and apps use a toddler as as a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Youtube colour is wrong

2012-04-09 Thread Piskie
On 09/04/12 20:34, Andres Muniz wrote: hi, looks like you tube shows in shades of blue. Really wierd. i was able to see a bbc film alright though. I'm using firefox on ubuntu 11.10. Probably some configuration that my toddler pressed that i have no way to find out. By the way: if you want

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Worrying article

2012-04-09 Thread Colin Law
On 9 April 2012 19:20, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 15:16:31 +0100 Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: On 9 April 2012 14:37, Alan Bell alan.b...@libertus.co.uk wrote: On 09/04/12 11:20, Steve wrote: The problem is not with the journalist but,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Worrying article

2012-04-09 Thread Steve
On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 20:48:15 +0100 Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: I've been at my parents today and showed it to them to see what they thought.  They're both Ubuntu users but rarely fiddle with settings.  To say they were baffled would be an understatement.  They really weren't