[ubuntu-uk] Chrome flickering in Ubuntu 10.04

2012-07-18 Thread Alan Gauld
The last couple of updates to Chrome on my Ubuntu 10.04 have been well nigh unusable. If I move the mouse over the screen the whole thing starts flickering and redrawing itself. The latest release (Version 20.0.1132.57) is a lot better and I'm now only having problems with eBay. In particular if I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Does anyone have experience with using a usb hard drive docking station with Ubuntu?

2011-12-05 Thread Alan Gauld
On 05/12/11 14:20, javadayaz wrote: at the top of my head one of hard drives is ide and the other Sata! Which should i go for or maybe theres something in market that caters for both? Or a connecter ? No experience of it but this claims to do both http://www.dabs.com/products/dynamode-3-5

[ubuntu-uk] how to change icon on main menu?

2011-11-26 Thread Alan Gauld
I've just installed Thunderbird 8 on my Ubunto 10 desktop. I can point the Thunderbird entry in the main menu at the new T'bird startup file (which I've manually installed in /usr/local/bin/thunderbird... and it seems to work ok) But the main menu doesnm't show the new icon and I can't see an