Re: [ubuntu-uk] From Evolution to Thunderbird ....

2011-08-12 Thread Barry Drake
. Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] From Evolution to Thunderbird ....

2011-08-12 Thread Barry Drake
. -- From Barry Drake (The Revd) Health and Healing advisor to the East Midlands Synod of the United Reformed Church. See http://www.urc5.org.uk/index for information about the synod, and http://www.urc5.org.uk/?q=node/703 for the Synod Healing pages. Replies - b.dr...@ntlworld.com -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] From Evolution to Thunderbird ....

2011-08-12 Thread Barry Drake
that. I was using Firefox and Thunderbird in the bad old Windows days. Migrating was a real joy - and so easy! Regards,Barry. -- From Barry Drake (The Revd) Health and Healing advisor to the East Midlands Synod of the United Reformed Church. See http://www.urc5.org.uk/index

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed

2011-08-08 Thread Barry Drake
-installed web pages? Kind regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed

2011-08-08 Thread Barry Drake
who said they would be delighted to supply pre-installed. I guess they don't want to advertise so that folk come to them and then need support with the OS. They seem really on-the-ball though. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed

2011-08-08 Thread Barry Drake
knows enough to be happy testing and guaranteeing an Ubuntu install - but only if the product is going out to a Linux aware customer like you or me. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] Press releases .....

2011-08-02 Thread Barry Drake
and write it up, then circulate it. It would need to target computer magazines, press generally, radio and TV. Are there any opinions? And any volunteers to feed news items into this? Kind regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

[ubuntu-uk] Best Buy .....

2011-08-02 Thread Barry Drake
that Acer was now producing a netbook with Ubuntu pre-installed, but sadly, they didn't sell it! I was delighted to find someone who actually knew something! This may be just our local branch, but for me it was a welcome change. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Network support

2011-07-30 Thread Barry Drake
accountant insisted on my using Sage. I thought it was dreadful. If I were in business now, I would probably use Gnucash. It is fully configurable. Sage is a bit like Windows; you have to work the way it wants you to. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm new

2011-07-29 Thread Barry Drake
in their letter: the correct one was the old one that we all knew. Should have had the sense to try it. And Virgin NEVER said 'we don't support Linux' Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-06-28 Thread Barry Drake
from the CD. At least that happens on my wife's box. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-06-27 Thread Barry Drake
the 2d version of the Unity desktop, and will run on computers that cannot support Unity on 11.04. It is not finished, and may be a bit buggy, but it seems to work OK. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade from 9.10 to 11.04

2011-06-27 Thread Barry Drake
is not implemented. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What aren't we doing? What should we be doing?

2011-06-24 Thread Barry Drake
very good. Release of 12.04 LTS might be the time to go for this. Maybe Canonical would offer good support here? Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus to sell Ubuntu netbooks...

2011-06-03 Thread Barry Drake
,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus to sell Ubuntu netbooks...

2011-06-02 Thread Barry Drake
On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 17:31 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/367768/asus-to-ship-ubuntu-netbooks That is fantastic news! Thanks Alan. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] back again at 64 bit

2011-06-01 Thread Barry Drake
reported it, but could not get any data about the crash. OTOH 64 bit 10.10 works just fine! Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu User experience survey

2011-05-29 Thread Barry Drake
to even attempt it, they have been using only ubuntu for a couple of years and one had even gone into John Lewes (Reading) asking for Ubuntu (another story). Sounds like a story I'd love to hear. If not on the list, please let me hear it. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member

Re: [ubuntu-uk] team meeting

2011-05-27 Thread Barry Drake
On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 20:23 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: Team meeting in #ubuntu-uk-meeting in about half an hour, see you later o/ Sorry had to miss - am in Mallorca with the family and we were out for dinner. All the best, Barry -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi dongle driver .....

2011-05-16 Thread Barry Drake
help from you guys though. I've carefully documented the procedure and e-mailed it to the supplier with a request that they pass on the information to future purchasers of the dongle. Thanks again, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi dongle driver .....

2011-05-15 Thread Barry Drake
with it? Sorry to ask elementary questions like this. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi dongle driver .....

2011-05-14 Thread Barry Drake
,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi dongle driver .....

2011-05-13 Thread Barry Drake
a 'mutex' was. There was only one instance, and sema_init worked just fine. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] odd printer behaviour under Natty .....

2011-05-07 Thread Barry Drake
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 17:39 +0100, Barry Drake wrote: I took a look at the PPD file - I think that can be edited to make the required change, but I have no idea what I might want to alter I got the answer - ppd is an open standard from Adobe, so I was able to get the spec. file from

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Users needed for masters project

2011-05-06 Thread Barry Drake
. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] odd printer behaviour under Natty .....

2011-05-06 Thread Barry Drake
know how a PPD file works? Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help with research ...

2011-05-05 Thread Barry Drake
. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Borked my Mac installing Ubuntu 11.04, now blackscreens beeps on restart then takes exactly 4 attempts to boot

2011-04-30 Thread Barry Drake
drive as the Ubuntu installation. Not sure about mac, but you have serious problems with Windows if you don't do that. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Good News For Acer Aspire One 521 Users

2011-04-30 Thread Barry Drake
better! I'm looking forward to installing it on my Netbook - the liveCD looks really good on there. I'm waiting till June to do that, as I'm going to be short of time to do a lot of work if I get problems. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Losing wireless Connection - off topic

2011-04-16 Thread Barry Drake
Belkin routers. The problem is certain to show with the Belkin F6D4230-4 v1. When I first experienced it, I went out and bought one to see if the problem is repeatable - it is! Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help with research ...

2011-04-15 Thread Barry Drake
to work on any hardware. The 64 bit version should complain if you try to boot it on any hardware other than AMD 64 compatible. It works like that for me. The Canonical give-away disks that I'm using are all 32 bit. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help with research ...

2011-04-14 Thread Barry Drake
a computer with Windows these days. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help with research ...

2011-04-13 Thread Barry Drake
machines may not be able to run Unity and will defauly to gnome. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Amended 'Simple Guide' - first draft ....

2011-04-13 Thread Barry Drake
defaults to gnome when it can't run 3D. Please feel free to comment. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Old computers for charity

2011-04-04 Thread Barry Drake
of a charity that might be interested? In the London area, Paula is doing this type of thing at FossBox - http://www.fossbox.org.uk/ Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

[ubuntu-uk] Natty bug ....

2011-03-25 Thread Barry Drake
working until I have powered off the computer completely for over 20 seconds. Plugging a wi-fi dongle in does allow connection, so I guess the connection manager is not the right place for a bug report. An thoughts on how I report this one? Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member

[ubuntu-uk] SATA drive problem .....

2011-03-18 Thread Barry Drake
' on that one. Kind regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SATA drive problem .....

2011-03-18 Thread Barry Drake
for now and popped an IDE drive in to do backups. It's barely big enough, so I'll probably look out for a bigger IDE drive and be done with it. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SATA drive problem .....

2011-03-18 Thread Barry Drake
, so I would have lost the DVD drive. I guess the new PCI drive will keep us going for the rest of the computer's life. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Error sending SMTP messages .....

2011-03-14 Thread Barry Drake
that one). The difference is that my crosswire.org account will only send SMTP in TLS secured. GMX sends unsecured. Any thoughts on this? Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Paypal claims - was - Off topic - UK vendor cheeplinux?

2011-02-28 Thread Barry Drake
is that it worked, and I received full reimbursement from PayPal. It gives confidence! Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tower Hamlets FOSS day

2011-02-24 Thread Barry Drake
, including Wubi. It was a privilege to be there. Wonderful day. Paula: may I congratulate you on the organising. You did a wonderful job, and having organized events myself, I know something of what goes into it. Well done! Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread Barry Drake
a laptop, but that's all. Please let us know their response if you call them. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

2011-02-21 Thread Barry Drake
and tell him I sent you. He's very amenable to do almost anything, and he might be able to tell you which barebones netbooks are available and known to work OK with Ubuntu. He only does sesktops, but is very helpful. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu

[ubuntu-uk] Google Earth .....

2011-02-20 Thread Barry Drake
regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google Earth .....

2011-02-20 Thread Barry Drake
have to use --force to try it on my 64bit Maverick (if that would work) ah well, can't have everything. Thanks again, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A friendly hello...

2011-02-16 Thread Barry Drake
in dropping in there for a chat if you're enthusiastic about Ubuntu. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Test drive and V-Box ..

2011-02-16 Thread Barry Drake
thoughts? Incidentally, I love the Unity desktop (Barry dons tin-hat). Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer driver ...

2011-02-15 Thread Barry Drake
Just to say thanks to those who replied. '--force' worked with both parts of the driver. The driver is not just a ppd. It contains some library binaries as well. Main thing is, it works. I had a bit of a problem with the scanner, but after spending more time on the Brother Linux support site

[ubuntu-uk] Printer driver ...

2011-02-14 Thread Barry Drake
have. I get the error message that they are for the wrong architecture as they are i386 packages. I don't suppose there is a workaround for this? The drivers are not open-source as far as I know. Maybe I just have to stick with the 32 bit Ubuntu? Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadcom driver problem (sigh).....

2011-02-12 Thread Barry Drake
On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 21:22 +, Barry Drake wrote: On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 21:01 +, alan c wrote: another possibility is a usb wifi dongle? Wonderful idea! I'll get one. It's the ideal solution. Thanks Alan. Works straight out of the box and proves to me that the Broadcom BCM4132 Wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadcom driver problem (sigh).....

2011-02-12 Thread Barry Drake
. Regards,Barry -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Click ....

2011-02-12 Thread Barry Drake
,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Click ....

2011-02-12 Thread Barry Drake
On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 19:36 +, alan c wrote: On 12 February 2011 12:15, Barry Drakebdr...@crosswire.org wrote: Hi any of you see 'Click' on BBC news this morning? It's back on now at : http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m9ry -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Office suite choice?

2011-02-08 Thread Barry Drake
? Natty is coming out with LibreOffice installed. I think it's to do with Sun and restrictions that LibreOffice doesn't have. The LibreOffice team is very active and forward looking. I don't doubt that we shall end up with a better product. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake

[ubuntu-uk] CloneZilla live ...

2011-02-08 Thread Barry Drake
the mbr you have to use other means to restore it. CloneZilla does the lot automatically. Only thing is, the only tool I could find that would make a USB version was TuxBoot. All the other options including UNetBootin don't make it work properly. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - Office suite choice?

2011-02-08 Thread Barry Drake
version to an ISO with CloneZilla, then copy my entire home directory to a pendrive. Install the new version, copy back my home direectory and if I have problems, restore the old one. Quick, easy and safe! Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hi all

2011-02-08 Thread Barry Drake
- only the meetings. But I do lurk on the list. Getting quite involved with Ubuntu Advertising these days. You might want to take a look. What's your particular angle and interest? Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadcom driver problem (sigh).....

2011-02-07 Thread Barry Drake
long for me to bother. The only reason I was looking for a workaround is that one conference centre I go to occasionally gives the same problem. I'll just have to use my GPRS dongle when I go there. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadcom driver problem (sigh).....

2011-02-07 Thread Barry Drake
that, but at a hotel or whatever, you can't usually do that! Thanks for your suggestion. I've got one on order! Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

[ubuntu-uk] Broadcom driver problem (sigh).....

2011-02-06 Thread Barry Drake
home, and not realised what it was about. Now I can see what is happening. What useful thing might I do next? Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [Ossg-announcements] Adoption of Open Source across HM Government – London 22/02/11 and 01/03/11]]

2011-02-04 Thread Barry Drake
be at the meeting too. I have e-mailed to book a place. Is this OK with you? It was lovely to meet up with you at the exhibition on Wednesday, and I am looking forward to working with you. Kind regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-04 Thread Barry Drake
through copying the output from sudo lshw and e-mailing it to you before you go further? Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-04 Thread Barry Drake
me to. Regards,Barry -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-04 Thread Barry Drake
my £25 to buy one and investigate Discovered the nature of the problem at OpenSource Expo Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cloud expo

2011-02-02 Thread Barry Drake
On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 12:29 +, gazz wrote: I can get back in about 40 mins if needed - not sure there's any point in lugging the laptops back there given the focus of the thing is elsewhere but haven't unpacked and will bring them if needed. If you do get chance to come back, don't bother

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Icon-sized front pages of pdfs

2011-01-27 Thread Barry Drake
and that's the same process. The only slight annoyance is when I plug my camera in. It takes ages to create the thumbnails from the SD card images, but they are essential to have. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell - was ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 69, Issue 59

2011-01-27 Thread Barry Drake
before installing Ubuntu. But in any case it isn't difficult to reinstate a boot sector before installing grub... I would have thought there is a workaround for dual booting (if you MUST dual boot). Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] open source expo

2011-01-26 Thread Barry Drake
to flag up. I shall be arriving in London at tea-time on the Tuesday and could collect from London area. I'm happy to be there at the Expo early to set up. See you on IRC tomorrow. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflet .....

2011-01-22 Thread Barry Drake
are about, so a few leaflets might be a good idea. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] open source expo

2011-01-22 Thread Barry Drake
Hi guys I got the tee-shirt. I like it. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free Software for Non-Profits Day

2011-01-22 Thread Barry Drake
Ubuntu manual). The section on OpenOffice will look the same as will some of the other course elements. Hopefully there will be some stuff you can use for worksheets. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] open source expo

2011-01-20 Thread Barry Drake
On Sat, 2011-01-15 at 10:30 +, Jacob Mansfield wrote: although I can't make it myself (gotta work) I'd be happy to sell my netbook to somebody for £30 to £40 to use at the show. If nobody else shows interest, I'd take it for a spare. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake

[ubuntu-uk] Leaflet .....

2011-01-20 Thread Barry Drake
I'm working on? Secondly, this would be good to have on the OpenSource Expo stand wouldn't it? Regards,Barry -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Re: Your laptops .....]

2011-01-20 Thread Barry Drake
For your information ... Forwarded Message From: Chris ch...@orphix.co.uk To: Barry Drake b.dr...@ntlworld.com Subject: Re: Your laptops . Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:25:13 + Hi Barry We're ceasing sales of laptops pre-installed with Linux. Unfortunately our suppliers

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MINT - was Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

2011-01-20 Thread Barry Drake
On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 20:54 +, Colin Law wrote: Which one? linuxmint-10-gnome-dvd-amd64 Not sure whether this is Debian or Ubuntu based, but it's the only one I tried. Regards,Barry -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MINT - was Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

2011-01-20 Thread Barry Drake
On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 21:15 +, Craig Peden wrote: Linux Mint releases with a number are ubuntu based. i.e Mint 10 Julia. LMDE is debian. Tomorrow I'll try Mint DE and see what I think. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] netbook wifi traffic disconnects all

2011-01-18 Thread Barry Drake
and they do a remote test and send an engineer. They are VERY good like that. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] netbook wifi traffic disconnects all

2011-01-18 Thread Barry Drake
of the computers on my network, just slowed down to snail like pace. I put it down to kids getting music tracks and videos. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

2011-01-18 Thread Barry Drake
On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 17:23 +, George Tripp wrote: It was pcspecialists themselves who alerted me that there was a problem! Just been put in touch with: https://www.linuxlaptops2go.co.uk/home LinuxLaptops2Go. See how you get on with them. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake

Re: [ubuntu-uk] netbook wifi traffic disconnects all

2011-01-18 Thread Barry Drake
heavily used ... the transmitter takes quite a bit of power. I would try a hard-wired connection. If this cures the problem either a new router, or an ice-bucket seems to be the answer! -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

2011-01-17 Thread Barry Drake
. Is their stuff higher spec than your average Computer World items? Regards,Barry Drake. -- What do you see when you use your Computer? Same old thing? ...There IS a Better Way! Ubuntu! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

2011-01-17 Thread Barry Drake
more responsive than Dell when you want to talk to them. Plus, their prices seem good! Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

2011-01-17 Thread Barry Drake
On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 13:41 +, Yorvyk wrote: I'm surprised http://www.system76.com/ haven't been mentioned, unless I've missed it . I thought they were USA only; am I wrong? Regards,Barry. -- What do you see when you use your Computer? Same old thing? ...There IS a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

2011-01-17 Thread Barry Drake
remote access so I can take a look. I told her I was on Ubuntu (as supplied) and she tried to transfer me to someone that phone call cost me ten pounds ... Oh - I complained, with a copy as always to Michael Dell, and received an apology. Regards,Barry -- Barry Drake

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

2011-01-17 Thread Barry Drake
On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 14:15 +, Alan Pope wrote: They ship to the UK now. Just went through the process and looked at the shipping. A 10.1 Netbook ships to the UK at $130 something - a good percentage of the cost of the netbook!!! Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

2011-01-17 Thread Barry Drake
Windows PC's costs him far more than supporting Ubuntu! Especially since the magnificent 7. Regards,Barry -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] Help please on the wiki ....

2011-01-17 Thread Barry Drake
Help needed. We've commenced a wiki on the Ubuntu Advertising site to try to meet as many Windows users questions about compatibility as possible. Please take a look at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WindowsCompatibility and consider adding your vast knowledgebase. Thanks. Barry. -- Barry

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free Software for Non-Profits Day

2011-01-17 Thread Barry Drake
. Upgrade and transition are positive words! Kind regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] £98 PCs target UK digital divide

2011-01-17 Thread Barry Drake
to lead our thinking. If you've never been indoctrinated into the 'W' stuff, you are going to be totally excited - like we all were many years ago. Thanks Bruno. Regards,Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

2011-01-16 Thread Barry Drake
, recently, we have received updated from the sales team that this OS is available as of now on Inspiron 15R only. I have an older Inspiron that I changed over to Ubuntu and the touchpad on that is just fine. Regards,Barry Drake. -- Barry Drake is a volunteer on the Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] buying a laptop?

2011-01-16 Thread Barry Drake
. Regards,Barry Drake. -- What do you see when you use your Computer? Same old thing? ...There IS a Better Way! Ubuntu! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] open source expo

2011-01-16 Thread Barry Drake
On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 21:19 +, Bruno Girin wrote: Good point! I'll bring one just in case and a patch cable or two. Just make sure it's PAT tested! -- What do you see when you use your Computer? Same old thing? ...There IS a Better Way! Ubuntu! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] open source expo

2011-01-15 Thread Barry Drake
On Sat, 2011-01-15 at 16:55 +, gazz wrote: I'll bring a couple of laptops with Maverick desktop on them. If anyone wants to install something else on one of our laptops, if it's not a big hassle I don't mind doing it, or feel free to drop in and sort it out yourself in advance :) Not sure

[ubuntu-uk] NetBook issues - #1

2011-01-14 Thread Barry Drake
using Evolution was quite fast again. It had been growing slower and slower with time. Any comments? I'll post the other issue separately. Regards,Barry Drake -- What do you see when you use your Computer? Same old thing? ...There IS a Better Way! Ubuntu! -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NetBook issues - #1

2011-01-14 Thread Barry Drake
! As for Gmail, I like to have my stuff stored locally so I can access e-mails when I don't have internet access. iMap on both NetBook and Desktop suits me well as it syncs both computers nicely. Regards,Barry Drake. -- What do you see when you use your Computer? Same old thing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NetBook issue #2

2011-01-14 Thread Barry Drake
. It was in the middle of syncing a few meaty files when I went away, and it gobbled up all my phone credit in minutes! Regards,Barry Drake. -- What do you see when you use your Computer? Same old thing? ...There IS a Better Way! Ubuntu! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] open source expo

2011-01-14 Thread Barry Drake
On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 20:49 +, Bruno Girin wrote: The registration doesn't seem to work with Firefox on Maverick, or at least not the versions in the Mozilla PPA. That looks a bit ridiculous for a Linux and OSS expo. And don't get me started on the spelling mistakes on the registration

Re: [ubuntu-uk] open source expo

2011-01-14 Thread Barry Drake
On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 21:08 +, Barry Drake wrote: page. Not spelling mistakes, but it didn't tell me I hadn't said what sessions I would attend. Oh, I hadn't said which magazines I want to take. That was needed too, but wen unchallenged. I chose Ubonto users mag (I think). Either way

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Natty 11.04

2011-01-10 Thread Barry Drake
on the bug report? Regards,Barry Drake. -- What do you see when you use your Computer? Same old thing? ...There IS a Better Way! Ubuntu! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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