On 16/11/2020 09:15, Alan Pope wrote:
Sorry about that. I'll take a look. I have nuked the site in the
meantime until I can look at it. It's all outdated content anyway.
Cheers,
Al.
No need to apologise :-)
Cheers
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I got an email over the weekend day from a chap asking if my company was
still distributing free CDs.
I haven't seen a CD for years and Alan Bell is no longer part of my company.
I tried logging into the ubuntu wiki but can't find an obvious way to
delete a page.
Does anyone know how to
ages but at least it works
now. One bonus is I now have a clean desktop again ;-)
Al
On 07/10/2020 13:02, Liam Proven wrote:
On Wed, 7 Oct 2020 at 10:12, Alan Lord wrote:
Hi all,
Hi Alan. Long time no see.
At the weekend I upgraded my desktop PC from 18.04 to 20.04. Every
morning after
Hi all,
At the weekend I upgraded my desktop PC from 18.04 to 20.04. Every
morning after power up when I log in, once the desktop loads, any icons
on the desktop do not get drawn and all of the launcher buttons do not
respond to mouse clicks (nor does the top bar) so I have to CTL+ALT+F5
and
I think I'd take a wait and see approach to be honest.
I don't think you'll struggle to find a room nearer the time - or if
worse comes to worse you can crash at mine (or popey's) I guess. Both of
us are _relatively_ local.
Al
On 12/03/2020 13:33, Iain Cuthbertson wrote:
Hi all,
I've left
Fab idea Iain,
Al
On 04/02/2020 15:50, Iain Cuthbertson wrote:
Good afternoon everybody,
While I may no longer be a particularly active member of the group, it's
nice to catch up with friends made over the years.
With this in mind, why don't we have another beer/cider/wine/soft drink
Gosh - Not been to one of these for *YEARS*
Am unlikely to make it but I will try if I can.
Al
On 16/10/2019 15:36, Alan Pope wrote:
*
Hi all,
Tomorrow is Ubuntu 19.10 release day, our 15th release so far. As is
customary we’ve found a small London pub in which to celebrate. If
you’re
On 21/03/2019 09:26, Paul Waring wrote:
On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 09:22:37AM +, Steve Mynott wrote:
Does any open source MTD VAT software exist?
https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/making-tax-digital-software
This question was asked on another list recently and the answer seemed
to be 'no'. The
On 15/05/18 16:00, Liam Proven wrote:
The programme for this year's openSUSE conference has been published.
https://events.opensuse.org/conference/oSC18/schedule
It's in Prague, Czechia, the last weekend of this month. The event is
free and Prague is surprisingly cheap -- beer is £1.50 a pint
On 04/12/16 16:43, George Tripp wrote:
The one I recently returned did claim to be raspberry pi compatible. this is
why I assumed it would be OK.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B019O73AWO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8=1
However as I said before I couldn't get it to work. I'm
On 01/12/16 11:18, George Tripp wrote:
Thanks for all your replies. The thing is I recently bought one on Amazon. It
turned out that it definitely wasn't plug and play. It did include a linux driver
you had to compile. I'm afraid I failed at this and ended up returning it. I wanted
to avoid
On 09/09/16 18:26, Iain Cuthbertson wrote:
Loco page updated!
http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/3350-real-ale-train-2016/
Thanks for organising Iain.
Had a fab time - was great to catch up with everyone again.
Cheers
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On 06/09/16 16:15, Alan Lord wrote:
I'll try and find out what time they are due to open before Sat and post
a message on here if it's not going to work and I'll suggest another venue.
I just wandered passed the pub and the builders are still in there, but
the sign says open at midday
On 06/09/16 15:55, Iain Cuthbertson wrote:
I'm always up for going to the pub ;)
Me too ;-)
On the loco page
http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/3350-real-ale-train-2016/ I put
that we were meeting at The Mulberry as that's what we had done in the
past.
Why didn't I read that first
Anyone want to meet in a local hostelry before we head off?
Before we have met in Farnham either at The Mulberry or The Waverley
Arms... The get the train from Farnham to Alton before getting on the RAT.
The Mulberry is currently closed for a refurb but is due to open again
on the 10th
Slightly OT but I thought it interesting in case anyone missed the
announcement this morning:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero/
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On 26/11/15 14:03, Alan Pope wrote:
I remember my brother getting music magazines with promo plastic
records on the front :)
lol - *I* remember getting those bendy 45s on the front of magazines...
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On 14/09/15 13:29, Iain Cuthbertson wrote:
Right, how about...
Where: The Mulberry
When: 5.30pm-ish?
Who: Anybody who is coming :)
I suggest 5.30-ish as the RAT itself leaves at 7.20pm and we have to get
from Farnham to Alton (buy normal train tickets on the train, if the
guard actually turns
On 13/09/15 21:43, Iain Cuthbertson wrote:
Last year we met at the Waverly Arms, the year before that we were at
The Mulberry.
I thought the Waverley Arms was crap last year. I think I recall Laura
and Jon having a hard time with their scampi fries ;-)
I'll probably not be eating myself
There's also a convenient Thunderbird plugin to help you configure and
maintain your scripts from your Desktop.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/addon/sieve/
Al
On 23/08/15 15:47, Dave Morley wrote:
Dovecote.sieve filtering mail server side, it's easy, it's fast and done
by the
On 18/08/15 15:54, Nigel Verity wrote:
The problem I'm having is that I can record sound from the mike and play
it back in separate operations , but I can find no way of monitoring
input from the microphone during the recording.
I am running Ubuntu MATE 15.04 and using the Pulse Audio Volume
On 09/03/15 13:35, Bruce Beardall wrote:
For the most part, I'm quite happy, 14.10 runs quite smoothly and Unity
handles the HD display but I've noticed when typing on LibreOffice
Writer, characters disappear. That is to say, that although they're
still there, they don't show on the page.
On 06/03/15 09:10, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
Hi all,
Just trying to get a straw poll of what phones people use here and
why...
Currently I'm still using my old Samsung Galaxy S3 because nothing since
has made me excited enough to want to change it.
We did however order a couple of
On 26/11/14 12:00, Will Cooke wrote:
Hi Alan, could you try resetting compiz's configuration:
First rm -rf ~/.compiz-1 if it exists
Then run gsettings reset-recursively
org.compiz.core:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/
Then reboot (or restart lightdm) and see if it makes any difference.
No joy
Anyone else seen this?
On my laptop I updated yesterday but didn't restart until this morning.
When I login I don't get any launcher or top bar on the display?
Linux hrun 3.16.0-25-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 4 12:06:54 UTC 2014
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Thankfully, because this
On 26/11/14 12:00, Will Cooke wrote:
Hi Alan, could you try resetting compiz's configuration:
First rm -rf ~/.compiz-1 if it exists
Then run gsettings reset-recursively
org.compiz.core:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/
Then reboot (or restart lightdm) and see if it makes any difference.
Thanks
On 26/11/14 14:53, Will Cooke wrote:
Yes, I'm afraid it will. It resets everything back to default.
Gah - Oh well, at least I know.
I will let you know once I've had the time to reset it all.
Thanks
Al
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On 26/11/14 15:31, Colin Law wrote:
What settings have you changed? I wonder whether the fact that some
settings are non-standard is a factor in the problem arising in the
first place. I have never had to reset as far as I can remember,
except when running beta versions once or twice.
On 22/11/14 22:12, Gareth France wrote:
So my question is this, how does one go about accessing a file like this
when they do not know the format? I have worked with text based files,
CSV etc but never something which does not load in a text editor.
I'm sure you are already aware but just
On 04/11/14 15:54, Liam Proven wrote:
On 4 November 2014 16:42, Gareth France gareth.fra...@cliftonts.co.uk wrote:
Thanks. I've seen what I'd like but it's in PC world. I really don't think I
can make a purchase if it is effectively an endorsement of Windows 8! I'm
sure there must be another
On 27/10/14 19:12, Laura Czajkowski wrote:
Aloha folks
Sorry for the short notice but figured I'd post here also, a few of us
in Surrey ( Surrey LUG) are going to meet up this week if you'd like to
drop by it'd be lovely to catch up and put the face to names.
Date:Wednesday 29th October
On 17/10/14 09:33, Liam Proven wrote:
On 16 October 2014 19:53, Gordon Burgess-Parker gordo...@mail.com wrote:
Two 14.04 machines on the same LAN.
I am having THE MOST ridiculous time trying to share files and folders
across the LAN between these two machines.
I've installed Samba on each
On 17/10/14 14:08, Liam Proven wrote:
I did not know that Nautilus could do that.
But why run ssh on your own internal LAN? What's the point of encrypting it?
That's a fair question, but to be honest I don't really use anything
else but ssh/sftp - anywhere.
If I need to move a *massive*
Hi and thanks,
unfortunately I read mailing lists via gmane and it obfuscates emails as
you might be able to see below.
You can drop me a line at alan.lord at libertus.co.uk or we have a short
form on the website too.
Thanks very much.
Al
On 02/09/14 15:11, TT Mooney wrote:
All --
On 15/08/14 10:59, Barry Drake wrote:
I've gone through an entire development cycle without having to
re-install 14.10 - just amazing!
I now have a very large number of unwanted kernels. There used to be a
very simple gui tool that let me remove all the ones I didn't want, but
I don't seem to
On 02/08/14 11:59, TT Mooney wrote:
Hey all --
First time joining up for the RAT! Looking forward to it. What time does
everyone intend to meet up at Alton? Meeting at Farnham first is a nice
idea, but I don't think I can make it.
The trains from Farnham will get into Alton in about 15 - 20
On 31/07/14 13:40, Iain Cuthbertson wrote:
As I'm not from the area, I'll leave it up to you locals to suggest a
new meeting point.
OK - Let's meet up at The Waverley Arms. It's right next to the train
station.
http://www.thewaverleyarmsfarnham.co.uk/
I agree that we should get the
On 30/07/14 23:22, Paul Sladen wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jul 2014, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
Alphabetise Desktop Icons...
Sort by name
There, I shorterised it.
-Paul
Gosh - I'm glad it wasn't only me who didn't like it.
It's just a horrible word. It really grates my head when I read
Who's on this list that is going?
http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/2745-real-ale-train-2014/
Wondering if we have a plan for a pre-meet anywhere before heading off?
The Mulberry pub next to Farnham Station has some kind of festival thing
on so we may need to either go to the Waverley
On 30/07/14 10:22, Nigel Verity wrote:
My goal is to mount a remote server (another PC in my house) to a folder so
that its contents can be used as if it were local data. SSHFS does this, but it
is command line only.
Just stick the mount point in your fstab:
ONG!
I just hapened to right click on my 14.04 desktop and saw the option to
Alphabetise Desktop Icons...
Really?
Al
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On 30/07/14 17:49, Dave Morley wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:41:21 +0100
Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote:
Alphabetise Desktop Icons...
OED says yes :)
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/alphabetize?q=alphabetise
Cheers,
Al.
Oh god. I give up.
Why don't we just 'ise
On 30/05/14 08:30, Barry Drake wrote:
On 30/05/14 08:16, Gareth France wrote:
Unfortunately not, until I return there this afternoon. Being a
desktop it may not even have a model. All I know off hand is that it
is a Pentium 4.
OMG! That's really old by today's standards. No wonder it feels
On 23/05/14 08:07, Gareth France wrote:
I was wondering if anyone had any idea why suddenly for no apparent
reason the TSB website refuses to load in Chromium? Firefox loads it
fine but Chromium reports:
The connection to*www.tsb.co.uk*was interrupted.
So does anyone have any ideas about packaging up this script? I now have
information about how to package it for submission but I still need a
way to run the program from the command line without calling perl.
If your script is executable and has the right shebang at the start
you will not
On 02/03/14 15:18, Liam Proven wrote:
On 2 March 2014 15:11, Nigel Verity nigelver...@hotmail.com wrote:
I am running 32-bit Xubuntu and use a Virtualbox VM to run 32-bit XP. Since
that is about to go out of support I see the need to replace it
Can anyone advise on whether/how I can run
Interesting Proposal from the Cabinet Office:
http://standards.data.gov.uk/proposal/sharing-collaborating-government-documents
Standards based documents *only*. txt, csv, html4/5, ODF.
:-D
Al
On 29/01/14 21:00, Andres wrote:
I guess this is not news for some of you but thought I'd mention
On 18/12/13 07:36, Paul Mellors wrote:
Hello Norman
Are you having problems with the site, as using a default chrome should
just work fine [after looking at that link], chrome browser is the same
as it would be in windows there really isn't anything to disimilar.
As would be firefox. Both
On 06/11/13 20:23, Alan Jenkins wrote:
There is no problem with keeping a lengthy history per se, just
sometimes those commands are often variations on the same thing in
which case you may be better off creating scripts and aliases to save
yourself time and effort. Always seek quicker and easier
On 17/10/13 23:18, Bruno Girin wrote:
Yep, got there, met Al who was on his way out. For some reason, that was
the point when people started arriving. Got told off for not wearing an
Ubuntu t-shirt and learnt a lot about touring the USSR with a band in
the 90s (and surviving the experience). Oh
On 19/09/13 12:24, Gary Cordery wrote:
This has been a known bug on Ubuntu for a long while now unfortunately.
Huh? I've been using Wireless mice (Logitech MX1000, then the Perfomance
MX) on Ubuntu with no issues whatsover for *years* (MX1000 came out in
2004).
What is the bug number you
On 19/09/13 14:53, Gary Cordery wrote:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/971321
Well I never...
I guess don't use Microsoft Mice is the easy (but not cheapest) answer.
Thanks
Al
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On 29/08/13 13:27, Owen Branley wrote:
Superuser can now only log in as a guest. Old username and password lost
after a crash some time ago. One solution could be to re-install as data
backup is ok. Is there another way?
Short answer: Boot the machine from a USB or CD, mount the machine's
On 19/08/13 10:42, Iain Cuthbertson wrote:
If there are any ticket holders who can't make it, or you have spare
tickets, would you be kind enough to let me know so that others might
acquire your ticket for the evening?
I have one ticket that I will no longer be able to use - having to jet
On 13/06/13 22:44, SuperEngineer wrote:
On Thu, 2013-06-13 at 20:46 +0100, Simon Greenwood wrote:
Twitter retired API 1.0 yesterday which may have affected some apps. I
use
web TweetDeck for as an application on desktops as it's about the only
thing that works properly.
Hotot (my favourite
On 10/05/13 13:09, Alan Bell wrote:
I think this thread has gone about as far as it needs to, and then a bit
further. Lets move on and talk about something else now.
+1
How about Mono ;-)
Al
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On 03/05/13 03:44, Phill Whiteside wrote:
Nah, it is a 'how big are you', 'how many people are you' and 'what is
the turn over' before you can even look at the demo.
Thanks for the hint, but I prefer f/oss at http://oscommerce.com/
Any one got other suggestions?
Prestashop is not bad from
On 28/04/13 17:02, George Tripp wrote:
Having just installed 13.04 I was a bit surprised to find that I can't copy
folders / files from my 12.04 machine - nautilus hangs.
This seems to be a known error / bug to do with gvfs. I was hoping there might
be a simple-ish workround of some sort but
On 26/04/13 16:26, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
On 2013-04-26 12:21, norman silverstone wrote:
If it's Intel (CPU, video, or Ethernet), it'll just work.
+1
I have three home-built systems all running versions of the Corei3
series processors with integrated graphics, all running Ubuntu no probs.
Hi all,
we have a vacancy.
http://www.libertus.co.uk/about-us/jobs
Cheers
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On 18/03/13 21:24, Gareth France wrote:
And where did you get that from? The only address attached to her post
is UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
You're reading the list via gmane NNTP (which I do too). It obfuscates
email addresses. If you look at the mailing archive itself you
On 17/03/13 16:43, doug livesey wrote:
Hi -- I've been salivating at the notebooks at thinkpenguin.com
http://thinkpenguin.com, and put together a really nice one with 16GB
RAM and a quad core processor for ~1,200 USD.
Obviously, with that, I imagine I'd have to pay extra VAT or something,
which
On 04/01/13 06:16, Sean Miller wrote:
XHTML is markup... there is not really such a thing as a WYSIWYG...
anything you use is gong to, ultimately, give you an inferior end result
to simply writing the XHTML from scratch.
+1
I have tried (in the long and distant past) various so called wysiwyg
Hope everyone has a nice break, whatever you get up to.
See you in 2013.
Al
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On 26/10/12 15:14, Alan Bell wrote:
On 26/10/12 13:21, Gareth France wrote:
I posted on here last night about a problem I'm having but it hasn't
shown up. Are we not allowed to attach photos to the email or something?
Stuff over 40k gets held for moderation, I released it this morning. (it
Hi all,
I apologise in advance if this is regarded as spam but we have a vacancy :-)
http://www.libertus.co.uk/about-us/jobs/7-free-software-engineer
Cheers
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On 27/09/12 19:22, Simon Redmond wrote:
looking at a new laptop that's a pretty nice deal, it has an Intel HD
3000/4000 video card as standard and I was wondering what the support
was like under Ubuntu?
FWIW I just upgraded my kids' PC with a new mobo and an Intel Core i3
2125 which has the
On 25/09/12 20:17, keith wrote:
On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:18:41 +0100
J Fernyhough j.fernyhough-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumw...@public.gmane.org wrote:
[snip]
It will be interesting to see how much referral income you actually get.
I'm surprised people even use the Dash/Lens thing.
I find it
On 17/09/12 00:15, Bruno Girin wrote:
* Scratch: slightly upset about this one, same issue as EToys.
Hi Bruno,
My kids have scratch installed on their machine:
http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Scratch_on_Linux
Debian / Ubuntu Package
You can install the latest Scratch for Debian or Ubuntu
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.
Numpty Physics.
Al
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Anyone in Somerset looking for a Python/Ubuntu dev job?
http://www.computerfutures.com/en/job/Python-Developer-Somerset-30-000/Somerset/Perm/1/597916/
Saw this and thought I should post it here.
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On 02/07/12 21:48, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
If I want to replace Linux Mint 13 with Ubuntu 12.04, will it just be a
case of installing over the top, and if so will that affect my Home
directory at all?
In other words if I do this will my Home directory stay intact or do I
need to back it up
On 26/06/12 09:20, James Morrissey wrote:
I was wondering if anyone here could give me some instructions on how
to check for restrictions by MAC and how to check udev.
Just delete (after looking at it) the file
/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and restart - it will be
created
On 20/05/12 22:40, Carlos @ FOSSBOX wrote:
For all the Ubuntu UK list... Does anybody know a link or how do I go
about creating the users again? I was told that I they have to be
created in the same order they where on the older system! I guess this
only applies if I want to keep home partition
On 02/05/12 23:08, Bruno Girin wrote:
On 02/05/12 08:29, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
On 02/05/12 01:15, Alan Pope wrote:
The fix apparently is to fix java to export that data.
That is interesting. Thanks for looking into it.
But it does beg the thought... in earlier versions of Gnome/Ubuntu
On 02/05/12 01:15, Alan Pope wrote:
I had a chat with a couple of the developers today. It seems one of
the big issues they have is that java doesn't export any information
about the application running through X. So it doesn't let on what pid
the windows belong to, what application is running
On 01/05/12 08:58, scoundrel50a wrote:
I use the terminal to update and dist upgrade, and since I reinstalled
my kernal, I now have duplicate sources.list errors showing which stop
the terminal from updating, it tells me in the panel that there updates
but I can only update using update
On 01/05/12 09:23, scoundrel50a wrote:
Thank you for your replay, I am looking in the sources manager, and one
line is just normal the other line has sources in brackets, should I
remove the line with (sources) at the end of it?
No. That means the repo which contains the source code rather
I've only been using 12.04 for 2 days and am already getting annoyed
with it.
I use some applications which are not packaged.
For example, Talend. It is an Eclipse based ETL application.
I can run it from the command line, that's OK. But because of the
stupid, pea-brained Unity interface, if
On 01/05/12 14:38, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
However, you can create a launcher in ~.local/share/applications, give it
an icon, and execute the launcher in nautilus. Then once it is running,
right-click on the launcher icon and Lock to Launcher. After that Unity
seems to index
On 01/05/12 14:35, J Fernyhough wrote:
Does Alt-Tab work to select the minimised window? Does the window show
up in Expo (Super-W)?
Alt-tab doesn;t show it, but - you sir are a star!
The Expo (Super W) does :-)
Thank you!
Al
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On 01/05/12 16:07, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
However, I then minimised my app and the little arrow disappeared from my
Talend launcher icon and clicking on it it tries to start a new instance of the
app.
I really, really hate to suggest this, but log out and in again.
Lol; it's just like
On 07/03/12 15:51, Alan Pope wrote:
The 'official' Fedora spin was made by a bunch of guys at a University
in Canada, not as I understand it Red Hat. Their video explains that
they went out and bought a bunch of ARM6 devices (not Pis) and did
the builds on the bare metal. This could just as
On 10/02/12 21:38, paul sutton wrote:
Hi
Looking at the coding for kids contacts list there seems to be no one
from the ubuntu community on there
http://codingforkids.org/wiki/Contacts_page
Good idea.
I have added my own name as I did add a pledge too when it first started
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On 22/01/12 19:45, alan c wrote:
Kodak have recently filed for bankruptcy
Technically this is not correct.
Kodak have filed for bankruptcy protection (Known as Chapter 11 in the
USA)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/01/19/kodak-files-chapter-11/.
This gives companies breathing
Hi Simon,
I'm sure that Me or Alan Bell would be more than happy to help.
When would you want to do one?
Disclaimer: We run an Open Source Consulting Business in the South East
so not only would this be doing our bit for the community but it also
represents a business opportunity for us.
on the receiving end of Canonical support, I have no
idea what you get for your money. I'm sure Alan Bell and Alan Lord will
be able to tell you. I just wonder if their answers might be different
from one another :-D
I've not been on the receiving end of their support either so can't
really
On 26/11/11 09:34, Alan Gauld wrote:
Also is there an easier way to install T'bird other than extracting the
folder and copying to /usr/local/bin?
If you want support for libnotify etc then I suggest using the
Ubuntu-Mozilla team PPA:
On 09/11/11 11:23, Juan J. Martínez wrote:
For example, http://www.hotot.org/ looks great; but I don't know if I
can get rid of Gwibber cleanly or if there will be some remains (I
don't use Thunderbird, but I couldn't get rid of it in the indicator).
I've been using Hotot for ages now and I
On 25/10/11 09:40, Barry Drake wrote:
On 18/10/11 14:42, Tim Dobson wrote:
snip /
SoftPhones: I tried and failed with Ekiga. ZoiPer is recommended by
CallCentric and worked well when I installed it, but it crashed and
burned after a while, and unless I re-install, I can't use it. As it
seems
On 23/10/11 13:47, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
I've already complained - anyone else like to?
http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/contact.html
Considering Silverlight is unlikely to be around by the time of the next
RWC I wouldn't bother frankly.
Or you could probably install Moonlight (or
On 20/10/11 09:23, Avi Greenbury wrote:
In any case, if the users will have internet access or similar, the
easiest way to do it (and probably the only way to get guaranteed
cross-platform) is to use a web interface and host it somewhere they
can all get at.
This was my thought too.
On 17/10/11 22:21, Daniel Case wrote:
I'm looking to move to an open-source alternative to Skype...
Gradwell have a very good reputation; we have several customers using
them and being delighted with costs and services. Although they are
really for business services they may have consumer
Despite my personal misgivings with Unity, they have managed to put
together a very nice and slick looking promotional video:
http://design.canonical.com/2011/10/so-youve-decided-to-make-an-ubuntu-promotional-video/
and you can take it, edit it and make your own...
Neat.
Al
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The Open
It might be the old 64bit vs. 32bit issue.
Check you have compatible binaries. Lightning has some pre-compiled
C/C++ in it and so needs to be built for the correct architecture.
Al
On 26/09/11 10:15, Jon Farmer wrote:
Hi
I am trying to get the lightning pluigin working with Thunderbird.
On 26/09/11 19:48, Bruno Girin wrote:
snip lots of good features for a small business server /
Having said this, it feels a lot bigger than anything that can be done
in a single release. It wouldn't harm to get started though.
That sounds a bit like Zentyal[1] to me.
[1]
On 26/09/11 13:48, Alan Pope wrote:
I wondered what you lot might desire for 12.04?
On the sever, just make, and keep it (for the lifecycle), rock solid,
lean, mean and energy efficient.
On the desktop, hopefully Unity will be somewhat usable by then, just
make it not get in my way!
On 22/09/11 10:50, alan c wrote:
The FLOSS world's lack of competence, or even appetite, for publicity
or marketing is the elephant in the room.
1) FLOSS, GNU/Linux etc, 'marketing' is pretty well non existent
compared to non free products. 'I advertise, therefore I exist'
(apologies to
Hi All,
The minutes from our team meeting held earlier this evening are here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/MeetingNotes/20110829
The next meeting will be on the 19th Sept at 9pm:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/NextMeeting
The agenda for the meetings is really down to you. Please add any
On 28/08/11 17:46, John Levin wrote:
I've installed zotero standalone 3.0beta1 on Ubuntu, from a tar.gz
package. (http://www.zotero.org/support/3.0) Everything works, and I've
added a menu entry. But as it stands, it's installed localy, for me
only, and not for all users on the system. This
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