Re: [ubuntu-uk] LUGs

2007-03-28 Thread Ben Thorp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 29/03/2007 02:02:16: > On 29/03/07, Pete Ryland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >This is a free (IIRC) event with a great mix of fun and energetic > talks, social time, and stall > > information. > > Nope, not free. It costs, but you can email them and ask for a > concessi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-28 Thread Ben Thorp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 28/03/2007 12:15:01: > On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 11:14:48AM +0100, Ben Thorp wrote: > > Back in the good old days when I was first trying Linux, there was a > > website where you could submit tickets for one-to-one email support. Your > > tic

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-28 Thread Ben Thorp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 28/03/2007 10:57:19: > On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 09:53:17AM +0100, TheVeech wrote: > > There seems to be two models of support here: the one found primarily in > > the proprietary world and that found in the FLOSS one. > > I disagree. In the proprietary world you can pay

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Novell adverts

2007-03-27 Thread Ben Thorp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 27/03/2007 16:16:13: > gord wrote: > [...] > > I asked the manager at a local Computer World store about a possible > open source display event. Apart from it all being 'head office sir' > stuff, it was also said that if they did not sell it they would not be > inter

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Forums software recommendations

2007-03-21 Thread Ben Thorp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 21/03/2007 10:00:31: > > Simple Machines Forum has caught my eye > > http://www.simplemachines.org/ > > > > SMF isn't bad at all. Doesn't feel as bloated as some of the other > offerings out there. I've used a Simple Machines forum in the past (as a member) and it was

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Forums

2007-03-19 Thread Ben Thorp
> Phil > I"m happy with this list provided it stays in its present form. Had a > look at Gmane and don't like it. Robin Another possibility (not that I've read the rest of this thread properly, so I'm sorry if it's already come up) is mail2forum ( http://www.mail2forum.com/forums/index.php ) wh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] installing SATA hard drives?

2007-03-06 Thread Ben Thorp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 06/03/2007 09:44:19: > On 06/03/07, Eamonn Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > . Ubuntu simply won't see the drives at all. > > > > -Eamonn > > Er...do you mean the live CD won't see the SATA drives or an install > won't? Ubuntu (Dapper and Edgy) does see my SATA driv

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband connection with Eclipse

2007-03-05 Thread Ben Thorp
In the long run you are probably better off owning your own modem/router anyway. They're reasonably cheap (although they are in excess of £30), but what you sacrifice in terms of price you gain in terms of functionality - the reason that many boxes don't work with Linux is because the hardware

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Symlink?

2007-03-05 Thread Ben Thorp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 05/03/2007 12:10:22: > Create new: > link to location (URL) > link to application > link to device > > Are any of these a symlink? I'm not a KDE user, but I suspect that none of them are actually symlinks. They will probably all create some sort of file with link infor

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Can't install Ubuntu

2007-03-01 Thread Ben Thorp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/03/2007 07:59:52: > Fredy Gumarus wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have try to install Ubuntu ver. 6.06 to my notebook, but it can't. > > First i choose 'Start or install Ubuntu', when it's ready and i click > > install, it always hang when i click forward after choosing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB DVD writer

2007-02-28 Thread Ben Thorp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 28/02/2007 12:10:19: > I am thinking of buy a USB DVD writer. Are there any gotchas in Linux > support. Can you boot from one? Whether or not you can boot from it will depend more on your BIOS than on Linux. Ben Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom