[ubuntu-uk] Changes imposed

2013-02-21 Thread Alex Cockell
Hi folks reading the thread on Nautilus being messed up by the Gnome devs... someone commented on how MS users may be trading up on usability - if they are Windows 7 users - they'd be getting hampered. What is it that's led to the GNOME developers messing it up for their end-users anyway? D

[ubuntu-uk] Netflix and Love Film - lost Blinkbox as well

2012-08-27 Thread Alex Cockell
he Partner repo? Or a GStreamer plugin a la the BBC plugin that was tried? Would be no different in principle to the LG app I use, or Blinkbox adding themselves to Youview... Thoughts? -- Alex Cockell a...@acockell.eclipse.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/m

[ubuntu-uk] Unity is not working

2012-02-22 Thread Alex Cockell
machine preinstalled. And if they're a non-admin? It's perfectly possible then that they could think that the distro is a "free trial" if coming away from Windows or Mac -- Alex Cockell a...@acockell.eclipse.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Why are you removing right-click context menus?

2011-05-23 Thread Alex Cockell
Surely it's a standard part opf functionality now? How is this change increasing usability? Especially if i am working through a large web doc and want to quickly open a new tab or save from a link or copy a url to the clipboard? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/

[ubuntu-uk] Looking towards Unity in 2012... but concerned

2011-05-18 Thread Alex Cockell
x as I did NOT want to go with Vista... -- Alex Cockell a...@acockell.eclipse.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Preinstalled kit

2011-02-21 Thread Alex Cockell
Have you looked at Linux Emporium http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk ? i swear by them having bought my primary Thinkpad R61 and Ideapad S12 from them. ubuntu otb with them. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/