Re: [ubuntu-uk] 14.04 and laptop battery life

2014-02-03 Thread Chris Penston
Out of interest, how long does it actually last in each case as opposed to what it says it does. Chris On 3 February 2014 14:57, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know whether 14.04 will fix the very short battery life > problem on laptops? > > Example - in 13.10 my Lenovo U41

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Data Center Infrastructure Migration Project

2014-02-03 Thread Chris Penston
You might also get some useful information here: http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/Data_migration_strategies You need to register but it is free and based on the open source idea of sharing knowledge. Chris On 3 February 2014 18:27, Simon Greenwood wrote: > On 3 February 2014 18:13, Ramu Iyer wrote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Has anybody seen this and what do you think......

2013-08-23 Thread Chris Penston
As local councils are supposedly beholden to the people that elect them and thus susceptible to public pressure, I would have though that the best place to start would be a letter to a local paper or better yet team up with a friendly reporter/blogger to 'expose' the money that councils, schools NH

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity launcher ....

2012-03-24 Thread Chris Penston
I came late to Computing (in my late thirties as a mature student at University, I'm 56 now). I've been mucking about with Linux since around 1998 when it took me about four days to get a Red Hat release partially working on a laptop. I've been looking with interest at the posts on here for a nu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running a .run file -- Permission denied & command not found

2009-04-08 Thread Chris Penston
right click on the .run file. change permissions to allow to open as an executable file (can't remember the exact terminology) but there is a check box to tick. Close then double click and choose to run in a terminal. It should then work. Chris From: biot...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting in Bracknell

2009-04-04 Thread Chris Penston
Contacted my local councilors. To date none have had the decency to even reply. I'll remember this when I vote next! Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 00:43:01 +0100 From: azmo...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting in Bracknell 2009/4/4 Robin Cardrick

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Which webcam to get?

2009-03-24 Thread Chris Penston
I'm using one with Ubuntu 8.04 which I bought direct from Logitec. It worked straight out of the box with Skype and Cheese. Chris Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:05:25 + From: t.vetterl...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Which webcam to get? Hi I've been using

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zut, alors!

2009-03-12 Thread Chris Penston
Particularly like the bit about 'open sauce' [sic] Chris > Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:16:09 + > From: ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Zut, alors! > > Some of you may already have seen this heartening story. (Let's hope > the lads a