Hi,
I'm forwarding this on from Andy Robinson, of the OSM mailing list.
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The next CloudMade sponsored mapping party will be in the heart of the Black
Country hosted at The Public in West Bromwich on April 4/5.
This party will be the main kick-off event in our attempt to map the
remaining
Hi,
You will need to make the binary file executable first. Right click on
the file, select properties and go to the permissions tab. There
should be a checkbox saying something like Make executable. Tick the
box.
Should then be a case of double clicking on it. Although I'm sure it
depends on
Hi,
I have a similar set up to the one you want.
I have an Ubuntu box sharing folders using SAMBA, connected to a wired
network, along with an old Xbox with XBMC. There's not much else to
it.
I'm not sure if there is anything like a wireless remote for a G1.
However the Xbox does have a python
Hi,
Having the XMBC a distance from the TV itself could be an issue.
Although there are those TV broadcasting things
(http://www.digisender.net/wireless-tech.php) where you plug in an
adapter into say a set-top box and it broadcastds over RF to the
reciever plugged into the TV. The link is to a
Hi,
The XBMC can't decode HD content, but it does upscale SD to HD if you
want to have a pseudo-HD experience on your nice HD telly.
Ciarán
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If you want to play HD content over power line ethernet you'd probably
Hi,
I have no idea, I only have a old bog standard CRT SD TV. (m
acronyms.) I just know it can do it.
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/lofiversion/index.php/t400249.html
Some opinions on the topic.
Ciarán
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Hi,
You can run Ubuntu (or any other linux distribution) quite happily
from USB. A lot of people do because they want a more portable
computing environment, but don't have a laptop.
Infact I'm running Ubuntu via USB on my laptop as I write this.â
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Backup data and install with the standard installation CD.
Personally I have two hard drives, one with the system stuff and the
other with personal data. Makes updating very easy, you could do the
same with partitions on a single drive.
Upgrading from previous versions is best only done when you
Hi,
If I remember correctly it is stored under the .mozilla folder in your
home directory. I don't know if there is any sharing capabilities
built in, but there is an extension that integrates google calendar
that works very well.
I suppose you could set up a scrip to copy the
Josh,
By the look of the wiki
(https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GlobalBugJam/Birmingham) there is a number we
can all ring to get a lift. So you just need to get a train to Chester
Road.
What time are you planning to get there so we don't have some poor
soul driving backwards and forwards?
Ciarán
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Hi,
If you can't get a lift, I'm a local of Sutton Coldfield and
Birmingham with a decent knowledge of the public transport (I can't
drive!).
Linux Emporium (John Pinner) hosts Python West Midlands there every
month. Usually quite a few of us just get the train to Chester Road
train station and
Probably true, but no harm in asking!
Of course! I'm as lazy as the next guy (who happens to be a big fat
lazy guy). Just didn't want you put off coming if no-one came forward.
Have you signed up on the wiki yet?
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GlobalBugJam/Birmingham
Ciarán
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Hey,
My computer monitor just died. :( Booo. So I'm in the market for a new
TFT screen. Just wanted to garner some opinions about good value
monitors.
Also I don't think my current graphics card can handle a larger
screen, it can only just cope with basic desktop effects! So I'll
likely be
Hi,
Thanks for the opinions. I'll stick with nVidia for the time being,
until ATI release open drivers anyway.
I'd go with a recent nvidia card as my experiences with ati haven't been
great. An 8400gs is cheap, will have enough power for desktop effects and
recent drivers have added
Hi,
There's been a lot of discussion about a London Hacklab forming, and
us in Birmingham are jumping on the bandwagon. We'd like to get as
many people together to talk about what we could do, to bring a
hacklab/openspace/hackerspace to Birmingham.
A hackerspace or hackspace (from Hacker and
Good to see the London location sorted out. Do we have any more info about the
Birmingham one? I heard that it was at the Linux Emporium in Birmingham, but
haven't heard anything about times or a verification of the location.
Erm. I haven't heard that. I'll speak to Linux Emporium and get back
If you are going to attend the London BugJam could you please update the
wiki page:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GlobalBugJam/London
to show you are attending...
Not a problem! Although there is another page that people were writing
their names on for attending at various locations.
Hi,
What qualities are you looking for a leader? As so far no-one has
stepped up to the plate.
Do you want an experienced bug squasher or just someone to take
responsibility for the room/projector?
I think we can survive without an experienced bug squasher, although
it may be slower. But
Evening,
Sorry another question.
I am not from London, so will not have my own home to go to between
the days. Is there any chance a fellow participant has a spare sofa
that I could sleep on? I would be very grateful.
Cheers,
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I can *probably* (pending a few diary synchronizations).
Cheers!
Could you tell me once you have got your diary synchronised? So that I
can sleep soundly knowing I don't have to start looking for park
benches. :)
Ciarán
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OpenPGP is the standard that both PGP (a proprietary product) and
GnuPG use. As they operate on the same standard keys generated in
either work in both.
If you wan to send an encrypted message to someone you need to get
their key. If they have told you what their Key ID is then you can
pull it
Hi,
Only if your trust both computers.
Preferably you are the sole user of both computers, ie your desktop at
home, and your laptop. Although keeping your keys on a laptop will be
a cause for concern, but may be a necessity.
As far as I know your keys are kept in ~/.gnupg , so you would just
Both computers are laptops, but I am the sole user for both. One is my
personal laptop, the other is for work.
If you hand the laptop back at any point then I would, scrub the hard
drive thoroughly. But as long as you trust both computers then it
should be fine. PGP is all about trust.
Would
The other option is to have one GPG keypair but keep it on an encrypted
USB key or something similar. That way you can mount the key when you
start using the laptop and unmount it when you're done and you don't
need to worry about leaving your keys lying around. You can symlink
~/.gpg to the
Most errors I get in Ubuntu with NTFS are solved by forcing it to
mount. Theres a flag or something as part of NTFS and if it is flagged
then the filesystem could be borked.
Most of the time it isn't, and forcing it to mount works fine.
Kind of a non-problem in Ubuntu, just format as ext3 and be
Hi,
Just stumbled across this facility.
http://www.hacklab.org.uk/
They seem geared up for events such as ours.
Ciarán
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It can't hurt to try!
Any ideas, there was a long discussion about the last one. I'll try
and pull out the useful suggestions and comments.
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Hi,
The 3 different versions of Ubuntu are probably something like :
Ubuntu
Ubuntu - Recovery Mode
Ubuntu - Memtest86+
These are all perfectly normal. Recovery mode is the equivalent of
Safe Mode on Windows, and memtest86+ is a diagnostic bootup for
testing your RAM.
Just choose the default
Well I hope your inbox was full of useful advice!
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Hi,
They want whatever they can get! And the point at which its gets
decided what information they get is you. If your only willing to
upload traces then thats all they get, if your willing to upload the
trace and sit down to draw in the roads and features even better.
Its a do what you can or
I know that they atleast record what program they have come from, as
the Mozilla Foundation get a couple of pennies each time a search is
sent from the built-in Firefox Google search.
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I can appreciate that perspective. How would you suggest it's improved?
Make it clear that you were organising *something*, and keeping us
informed of all the progress or not that you make. Even if you were
having trouble, knowing that you were dealing with it would let others
know *something*
Hi,
I'm still interested! How about you nail down the plans Popey by
adding it to the wiki (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GlobalBugJam).
I'll see you wherever it is.
Ciarán
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Hi,
Have you tried just turning it back on?
System -- Preferences -- Appearance
I do remember that Ubuntu will default to metacity, if something goes
wrong with Compiz. This is so you still have a usable desktop,
although sans beautiful effects.
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The GPL v2 says
b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three
years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your
cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete
machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be
distributed
Hi,
I don't think it would be too difficult to set up a temporary set of
Ubuntu machines in a local library, and ask the public to do a series
of tests for us.
Usually helps if you offer a chocolate bar... done quite a few
product testings, always helps when they offer free chocolate.
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Hi,
I've been thinking of doing something like this for a long time. I
believe a distinction needs to be made between the application and the
machine.
Application :
Download a torrent, you place it in a directory, your torrent client
then detects the torrent file and begins the download. I
You have to consider the source of your music too. Converting from a
low-quality 35k MP3 to a high-quality AAC file will not increase the
quality of the music. The converter cannot create the missing 1s and
0s that have been removed when the MP3 was created.
If your using a linux based system,
Sounds like it just turned the screen off to save power. Thats normal
power-saving settings. The device your talking about would be running
non-stop, but it would have been chosen for its low-power
characteristics, ie the NSLUG, or my old laptop.
If its a laptop, and it had a supported CPU, then
Hi,
I'm not sure if this helps. I created some A4 CD sleeves for last
years Software Freedom Day. They are anything but professional, but
can be printed off on a normal printer using A4 paper, and folded to
make a CD case.
http://mooney.wibbleh.com/index.php?entry=entry070916-194245
Hope this
Hi,
Strange didn't realise I had deleted it off my server.
Anyway, its back up there now and the links work.
Ciarán
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I ain't DEAD!
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Hi,
I'll organise a Birmingham Team again. But this year I want MORE! :)
If your in the Midlands and want to help, email me.
Ciarán
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alan Pope wrote:
It's that time again!
Ok, it isn't, but it's worth mentioning
Afternoon,
I've just dipped my toe into bug triaging for ubuntu and came across
this bug, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wireless-tools/+bug/151929.
The original comment was difficult to understand and I asked for a
clarification, the reply came back from the user but in German. Could
I think you will need to sign up again to the mailing list from the
new email address.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
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Damn you Daniel! You beat me too it!
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You've already mentioned the two ways of getting the Windows games to
work on linux.
More help could be given if we knew what programs that would be needed
to be shoe-horned into Ubuntu.
If your thinking of a PC, why not something like the ASUS Eee with
Edubuntu installed? I can imagine one
Hi,
The new iPods do have some issues. Apple have implemented some kind of
encryption/hash that will only allows the iPod classic and new nano to
update/sync with iTunes.
http://ipodminusitunes.blogspot.com/2007/09/apple-cuts-us-off.html
I don't know if someone has figured out a work around
Hi,
I've found ubuntu's default bittorrent client to be a bit rubbish, try
another client, there are quite a few in the repos and you'll get much
better results.
Ciarán
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I'm downloading via Virgin, and so far its taken over two hours, and
Hi,
I'd like to cast my vote for Birmingham.
And I'd like to say having two will be a benefit rather than a
problem. There seems to be enough people from the Midlands and the
South regions to fill both events.
Created a wiki page for those who want to have a look
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Hi,
If you subscribe to the South Birmingham LUG mailing list you may have
already seen me ask for help.
Saturday September 15th is Software Freedom Day, its a day when local
groups try to bring the greatness and pleasure that is open source /
free
I wouldn't say that I'm skilled in any specific area, more of an all-rounder
at all multimedia related things. Skills are a bit low on open source
software, mainly down to my college not using any, but I'm adapting my
skills quickly to packages like Inkscape, GIMP, Blender etc..
Hi,
I've
I'm about to order a Dell Latitude D820 laptop and I will, of course, be
putting Ubuntu on it!
I'm wondering about support for some of the hardware. If anycone can
confirm or otherwise if this kit works out of the box, I'd be grateful.
My two main concerns are:
Video: Intel 950 chipset;
Morning,
I thought that I would add my own 2p into the discussion.
The current consensus seems to be that we all think it's a good idea
but agreeing on content is what's slowing us down. I'd like to make a
suggestion that we take a leaf out of apples books.
They have their I'm a Mac, I'm a PC
On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 13:48 +0100, Gregory Kirby wrote:
I have tried searching but it appears that Canon, for example may not
have linux drivers.
Link here: http://www.canon-europe.com/Support/software/linux/
I have a friend in Canon, apparently they do not consider the Linux market
big
Hi,
Are there any plans for release parties around the UK on Friday or Sat?
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Hi,
Did you try introducing yourself on the Wolves Lug mailing list? They
have a member who did a talk specifically on heart-beat, failover and
redundancy stuff.
Ciarán
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Could someone outline for me the benefits of using OSS in schools and other
publicly funded bodies- I feel in need of someone with knowledge to tell me,
Caroline
4. Ability to provide software to students, schools can allow students
to do work at home, such as writing essays, as long as they
Hi there,
Many of those who post on the lists that I've essentially just spammed
will have heard about this Pledge already.
For those that don't know, this pledge was started by David Nielsen to
get some money so that the Project Nouveau people had it a little
easier. They are trying to develop
Hi, Sorry fouled up my previous post. And got the wrong information in the link.The previous link was for open sourcing their mobile platform, this link is to with the the whole open sourcing of Java project.
http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/java/project_overview.jspEnjoy.
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The Guardian have a Thursday technology supplement, and as part of it
they have a Free Our Data campaign. Mainly to do with mapping
information from Ordance Survey, but they would seem to be willing to
take up such a problem as the BBC and closed codecs.
Wait until Thursday and get a copy of the
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