Re: [ubuntu-uk] More Vista Criticism from Aunty Beeb

2007-02-03 Thread Ashley Hooper
--- baza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:09:04 + > The real problem is that if you buy a new pc or laptop from good old PC > World or pretty much anywhere you'll be stuck with vista. You can't say, > 'I'd rather have XP' or no OS at all to install your own. Actually, seve

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Green Party vs Vista

2007-01-31 Thread Ashley Hooper
--- john levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As featured on Slashdot, the Greens have issued a (somewhat hyperbolic) > statement against Vista: > Green Party asks: who has the key to your Vista PC? > http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2851 On this subject: "The environmental impact of each new

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Donation of Old PCs

2007-01-03 Thread Ashley Hooper
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 13:03:14 + From: "Mr W. F. Vening" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Donation of Old PCs To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Has anyone looked into taking donations of old PCs, which businesses > throw out, and installing a form of Ubuntu on them. Then giving them > t

[ubuntu-uk] EDM179

2006-12-23 Thread Ashley Hooper
Found this on LinuxToday, today: http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/news/2171542/education-driving-force-behind The article starts off sounding very positive but the conclusion leaves a bit of room for doubt. Ash -- "We do not inherit the earthhttp://backtobreath.co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] EDM179: Response From Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Education and Skills

2006-12-22 Thread Ashley Hooper
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:47:32 + From: Toby Smithe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Even worse: it's exactly the same response I got from Jim Knight, which > you can read at > http://tibsplace.co.uk/blog/index.php/2006/12/20/free-software-in-schools/ I strongly suspect that BECTA has been pre-emptively

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Too many networks!? Ubuntu gets confused ...

2006-12-17 Thread Ashley Hooper
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 00:30:11 + > From: "Daniel Quarte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Too many networks!? Ubuntu gets confused ... > To: "British Ubuntu Talk" > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade

2006-12-14 Thread Ashley Hooper
Tony wrote: > I wonder if there is an approach whereby I clone the root logical volume > and somehow upgrade the clone (without booting into it, that is). That > way the system should always at least reboot into the original system? Although I'm not sure if you can upgrade an installation without

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Done emailed my MP!

2006-11-24 Thread Ashley Hooper
Results HAPPEN, folks! > Ashley, > Many thanks for your email. Simon is more than happy to add his name to > this EDM. His name will be appearing on the EDM over the next few days. > Regards > Francis If you haven't written yet, get cracking! :-) -- "We do not inherit the earth

[ubuntu-uk] Done wrote my MP!

2006-11-23 Thread Ashley Hooper
Here's my letter: - Date:Thu, 23 Nov 2006 23:16:39 + (GMT) From: "Ashley Hooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:EDM 179 : SOFTWARE IN SCHOOLS To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Simon Hughes, I'm a Southwark resident of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu & TV licensing

2006-10-18 Thread Ashley Hooper
"Neil Greenwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I mentioned detector vans above. I think you can still associate an IP > address endpoint even when accessing a multicast connection... I could > be wrong, my IP/networking knowledge peters out when it gets to > multicast. No, that's not pos

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Laptop Keyboard Config

2006-10-09 Thread Ashley Hooper
-- "Stephen Garton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just noticed that on my Acer Aspire 5601 laptop the ? (as in > shift and 3) and capslocks keys do not 'work' in Edgy. > Can anyone suggest a) any work around and b) which package I could > file a bug against. > Please let me know any command

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linuxworld London

2006-09-09 Thread Ashley Hooper
-- Jonobacon wrote: > So, I am proposing we meet in the .org village on Wed 25th Oct at > 2.30pm. > Can anyone make it along? I shall do my damnedest and, living in London, I don't have many excuses for not attending! Ash -- "We do not inherit the earthhttp://backtobreath.c