On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 09:08 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
On 06/05/12 23:16, Tony Pursell wrote:
All the computers I use now have an option to show a boot menu.
Usually something like Esc or F12. Sometimes this shown as an option
when the computer is starting up, sometimes not. My
On 8 May 2012 10:25, Sarah Chard sa...@streetentertainers.co.uk wrote:
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At the moment we are compiling a database so we can create an android app to
help people - they can put in their make and model of pc/laptop and it will
tell them how to get into the boot menu - we feel this will be
My wife could install and use an Android app, but she couldn't get to the
boot menu without help. Only one data point, I know...
Neil.
P.S. Sorry for the brevity, this is typed on my phone.
On May 8, 2012 1:17 PM, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote:
On 8 May 2012 10:25, Sarah Chard
On 8 May 2012 16:50, Sarah Chard sa...@streetentertainers.co.uk wrote:
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On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 13:16 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
Are you sure that an Android app is the best way to do this? I would
have thought that most who understand Android apps would have little
difficulty getting
Just to chime in, a way I use to see hardware on a Windows computer is by
downloading and running a program called CPU-Z, it shows the motherboard
make and model which you can then use to find the spec.
I believe it works on all versions of Windows back to the '95 days as well,
a really great
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n Tue, 2012-05-08 at 18:10 +0100, Andy Braben wrote:
well lots of people use smartphone apps everyday just because
they own an android or iphone but have probably never been
near the boot menu on their
On 08/05/12 10:25, Sarah Chard wrote:
My experience working with teachers and running parents evening as
part of our Tuxedu project is that this is the main stumbling block to
getting people too use any Linux system - ordinary users want their
system to run - they don't want to have to think
I'm using Feh [a cli image viewer] trying to replicate the old Pictures
Folder screen saver. By using feh -rzZFYD7 /home/[me]/Pictures
I obtain 99% of the functionality [including directory recursion -
but have to fire it manually.
Is there anyway to set a cron job to start it automatically after
On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 21:12 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
On 08/05/12 21:06, Sarah Chard wrote:
we want to share it - and i will be happy to send it through to you to
put on an Ubuntu wiki once it's in usable format - I will mention your
interest to everyone in our HLUG group at this
I'm not sure if there's an easy way to do this.
You could write a little script that checks if the user has been idle for a
certain amount of time, if so run your program. Then have cron run this program
every minute or something?
I think who -Hu will list all logged in users and how long
Hi All,
Last weekend I decided to upgrade my spare laptop. It is an elderly
Toshiba Satellite Pro A120 running 32 bit 11.10 and Unity in 2D mode.
The upgrade went smoothly and here are the problems that I have found so
far:-
1. The desktop back ground went plain black. Under 11.10 I had the
- Mensaje original -
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n Tue, 2012-05-08 at 18:10 +0100, Andy Braben wrote:
well lots of people use smartphone apps everyday just because
they own an android or iphone but have probably never been
near the boot menu on their computer - so the idea is it
On 8 May 2012 21:22, Sarah Chard sa...@streetentertainers.co.uk wrote:
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http://www.tuxedu.org/tell-us-how-you-get-your-pc-into-usb-boot-mode/
we want old and new on our list Thanks
I have put all my 4 machines on using the form. When can we see the list?
I think it will be interesting
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