[ubuntu-uk] copying data from one PC to another PC

2012-05-18 Thread Norman Silverstone
This is probably elementary but it is the first time I have ever needed to do this. A new machine has been set up with Evolution and I want to transfer those files containing the data to do with my emails such as old mail received and sent. Also, I would like to transfer the bookmarks and, I suppos

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting information in The Register that may be useful in evangelism

2012-05-18 Thread Rob Beard
On 18/05/12 20:18, Barry Titterton wrote: It seems that Microsoft will be shipping Win8 without the ability to play DVDs. They justify it by citing the rise in popularity of streaming media such as Netflix. Users who really want it will have to pay extra. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/04/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting information in The Register that may be useful in evangelism

2012-05-18 Thread Pete Smout
On 18/05/12 21:04, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 18 May 2012 20:18, Barry Titterton mailto:barry.titter...@mail.adsl4less.com>> wrote: It seems that Microsoft will be shipping Win8 without the ability to play DVDs. They justify it by citing the rise in popularity of streaming media suc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting information in The Register that may be useful in evangelism

2012-05-18 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 18 May 2012 20:18, Barry Titterton wrote: > It seems that Microsoft will be shipping Win8 without the ability to > play DVDs. They justify it by citing the rise in popularity of streaming > media such as Netflix. Users who really want it will have to pay extra. > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting information in The Register that may be useful in evangelism

2012-05-18 Thread Michael Daniels
> Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 20:41:14 +0100 > From: neil.greenwood@gmail.com > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting information in The Register that may be > useful in evangelism > > On 18.05.12 20:18, Barry Titterton wrote: > > It seems that Microsoft will be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting information in The Register that may be useful in evangelism

2012-05-18 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 18.05.12 20:18, Barry Titterton wrote: > It seems that Microsoft will be shipping Win8 without the ability to > play DVDs. They justify it by citing the rise in popularity of streaming > media such as Netflix. Users who really want it will have to pay extra. > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/201

[ubuntu-uk] Interesting information in The Register that may be useful in evangelism

2012-05-18 Thread Barry Titterton
It seems that Microsoft will be shipping Win8 without the ability to play DVDs. They justify it by citing the rise in popularity of streaming media such as Netflix. Users who really want it will have to pay extra. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/04/windows_media_dvd_playback_dead/ MS tried t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quantal ....

2012-05-18 Thread Liam Proven
On 18 May 2012 16:56, Tony Pursell wrote: > > On 18 May 2012 16:10, Liam Proven wrote: >> >> On 18 May 2012 15:44, Alan Pope wrote: >> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> > Hash: SHA1 >> > >> > On 18/05/12 15:23, Liam Proven wrote: >> >> But I can never tell what the problem /is/. Some backg

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quantal ....

2012-05-18 Thread Tony Pursell
On 18 May 2012 16:10, Liam Proven wrote: > On 18 May 2012 15:44, Alan Pope wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 18/05/12 15:23, Liam Proven wrote: > >> But I can never tell what the problem /is/. Some background service > >> or something, I guess. Nothing visib

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quantal ....

2012-05-18 Thread Liam Proven
On 18 May 2012 15:44, Alan Pope wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 18/05/12 15:23, Liam Proven wrote: >> But I can never tell what the problem /is/. Some background service >> or something, I guess. Nothing visible and user-facing has ever >> died once. Even the alpha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quantal ....

2012-05-18 Thread Alan Pope
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18/05/12 15:23, Liam Proven wrote: > But I can never tell what the problem /is/. Some background service > or something, I guess. Nothing visible and user-facing has ever > died once. Even the alpha was pretty stable. > You'll probably find someth

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quantal ....

2012-05-18 Thread Liam Proven
On 18 May 2012 07:10, Alan Pope wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 18/05/12 00:32, Ivan Wright wrote: >> Im looking forward to 12.10, sadly like every other .04 release >> I've used 12.04 has been a flop. > > Golly. You're the first person I've heard say that. Ditto.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quantal ....

2012-05-18 Thread Ivan Wright
> > Pity because during development it was absolutely fine, but post > > release its been crashing daily and I've had to fix quite a few > > little things that came out of the box working in 11.10. > > > > What's been crashing specifically? Can you detail what has needed > 'fixing'? > Installing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] apt on cd

2012-05-18 Thread paul sutton
On 18/05/12 10:00, James Tait wrote: > On 17/05/12 19:59, paul sutton wrote: > > Am i right in thinking the idea behind aptoncd is to create a local > > (say on cd or usb stick) apt repository ? that I can then point a > > netbook at and have it install from there (use software sources to > > point

Re: [ubuntu-uk] apt on cd

2012-05-18 Thread James Tait
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 17/05/12 19:59, paul sutton wrote: > Am i right in thinking the idea behind aptoncd is to create a local > (say on cd or usb stick) apt repository ? that I can then point a > netbook at and have it install from there (use software sources to > point

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Quantal ....

2012-05-18 Thread Bruno Girin
On 17/05/12 00:17, Gareth France wrote: > On 17/05/12 00:05, Bruno Girin wrote: >> On 16/05/12 06:52, Neil Greenwood wrote: >>> I think he meant what is currently on the disk, since I don't remember >>> Bruno complaining about precise much... >>> >> Indeed. That hard disk currently has an unused pr