Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software for a 6 year old

2012-08-31 Thread Bruno Girin
On 27 August 2012 17:34, pete smout psmo...@live.com wrote: On 26/08/12 18:17, paul sutton wrote: [snip] Hi, On the subject of programmers how about 'KTurtle' or Squeak programming for kids, get 'em started young..I wish I had! I tried KTurtle and I prefer TurtleArt as it's more

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software for a 6 year old

2012-08-31 Thread Mike Carter
There is a great online set of fun things to do developed by some French programers. Try http://www.poissonrouge.com/ Hope this helps. Mike On 31 August 2012 10:21, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On 27 August 2012 17:34, pete smout psmo...@live.com wrote: On 26/08/12 18:17, paul

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software for a 6 year old

2012-08-31 Thread Bruno Girin
On 27 August 2012 20:47, Andres Muniz andre...@gmail.com wrote: - Original message - On 26/08/12 17:28, Bruno Girin wrote: I was planning to upgrade to 12.04 and install Scratch and TurtleArt. Other than that, I would welcome any suggestion of fun software for a 6 year old.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software for a 6 year old

2012-08-31 Thread Bruno Girin
On 31 August 2012 10:30, Mike Carter m...@tyncan.com wrote: There is a great online set of fun things to do developed by some French programers. Try http://www.poissonrouge.com/ Good idea, I'll add a link to that, thanks! Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice Writer landscape print failure ....

2012-08-31 Thread Barry Drake
On 30/08/12 22:11, Colin Law wrote: No need to answer the questions. It is working ok for me on Quantal with the same libreoffice version as in the bug. Perhaps a printer driver problem? Thanks Colin. Sounds as though it has to be a printer driver problem. I'll contact Brother as it's a

[ubuntu-uk] ssh

2012-08-31 Thread Norman Silverstone
I am setting up a new router and I wonder if there is anything I need to do so that my son may access my computer should I require of help. Thanks in advance Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ssh

2012-08-31 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 31 August 2012 12:07, Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org wrote: I am setting up a new router and I wonder if there is anything I need to do so that my son may access my computer should I require of help. Thanks in advance Broadly speaking, if he needs ssh access you will probably

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ssh

2012-08-31 Thread Norman Silverstone
On 31/08/12 12:11, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 31 August 2012 12:07, Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org wrote: I am setting up a new router and I wonder if there is anything I need to do so that my son may access my computer should I require of help. Thanks in advance Broadly speaking,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ssh

2012-08-31 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 31 August 2012 13:51, Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org wrote: On 31/08/12 12:11, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 31 August 2012 12:07, Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org wrote: I am setting up a new router and I wonder if there is anything I need to do so that my son may access

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ssh

2012-08-31 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 31/08/12 12:07, Norman Silverstone wrote: I am setting up a new router and I wonder if there is anything I need to do so that my son may access my computer should I require of help. Thanks in advance Norman Have a look here: http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx TeamViewer is free for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ssh - fail2ban

2012-08-31 Thread paul sutton
On 31/08/12 12:11, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 31 August 2012 12:07, Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org mailto:nor...@littletank.org wrote: I am setting up a new router and I wonder if there is anything I need to do so that my son may access my computer should I require of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice Writer landscape print failure ....

2012-08-31 Thread Stuart Ward
I suggest looking for a CUPS driver, in my experience the CUPS drivers are generally of a better quality than the manufacturers one. Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Fat32 check disc and defragment

2012-08-31 Thread Andres Muniz
Hello all, Is there a way to do a check disk and/or defragment a fat32 drive within ubuntu? My phone is about to be 4 years old and because I keep messing with it in a certain way I suddenly loose access to the fat32 drive and need to do a check disk. I could not find how to do it on ubuntu the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fat32 check disc and defragment

2012-08-31 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 31 August 2012 18:35, Andres Muniz andre...@gmail.com wrote: ** Hello all, Is there a way to do a check disk and/or defragment a fat32 drive within ubuntu? My phone is about to be 4 years old and because I keep messing with it in a certain way I suddenly loose access to the fat32 drive

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu, BlackBerry PlayBook - update

2012-08-31 Thread David King
I just wanted to update my experience with my Blackberry Playbook. Since installing and using Linux Mint 13 (after my upgrade from Ubuntu 10.10 to 12.04 failed and would no longer boot), I have found that networking in general works a lot better and now other PCs on the network can see my