Re: [ubuntu-uk] renouveau - helping the nvidia driver team.

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Adam McMaster wrote: > I've done this. I'm just wondering, would it be useful to do it > multiple times, or would that just produce exactly the same data? I don't know for sure, but it's unlikely that more than one would help (unless you happen to c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] renouveau - helping the nvidia driver team.

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 For those who don't want to check the forum out, these are the instructions detailed there: 1.) Download http://jeff.crowell.googlepages.com/renoveau.tar.gz 2.) Untar this file and switch to the directory. 3.) Run 'renouveau' command 4.) Wait for REnou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kodak launch refillable inkjet printers

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pat wrote: > OK Richard Stallman, I'm sure you're not so insensitive as to compare > the civil rights struggle and suffrage to your preference for Open > Source software! In what way would that be insensitive? It would be insensitive to claim that we w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kodak launch refillable inkjet printers

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pat wrote: > Market forces change the world. Not much else. I have two counterpoints: 1) Civil rights for black people, women etc. were never gained through market forces. We're attempting to attain freedom of software for all people, the same applies

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kodak launch refillable inkjet printers

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 No, seriously, if we do nothing, things are just bound to change, aren't they? That's the way all change has happened in this world. I cannot possibly produce evidence, but that doesn't mean we should stop doing it. There is no evidence that it does h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kodak launch refillable inkjet printers

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pat wrote: > ...and how would you back up that argument - examples of Free software > users' letters affecting a hardware manufacturer's choice of licence? And how would you back up your argument, which appears to be that there's no point doing anyth

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kodak launch refillable inkjet printers

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pat wrote: > > > On 13/02/07, *Daniel Watkins* > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > Begging letters will not influence their decision on which > licence to choose. I would argue that letters

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kodak launch refillable inkjet printers

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pat wrote: > On 13/02/07, *Daniel Watkins* > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > 1. Why do you want to increase the profits of a company that uses > > software patents to extort

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kodak launch refillable inkjet printers

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pat wrote: > 2 points:- > 1. Why do you want to increase the profits of a company that uses > software patents to extort cash? Particularly given the threat that > software patents pose to Free Software. I'm not. I want them to Free their drivers. > 2

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kodak launch refillable inkjet printers

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pat wrote: > I still don't quite understand though, why I (or any Linux user) would > want to help Kodak become more successful? > > If they're smart enough to open their drivers then they might get more > business. If they aren't, there are plenty o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dapper kernel source

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Llywelyn Owen wrote: > A search on "linux" as opposed to "kernel" in Synaptic returns than I > have linux-386 2.6.15.25 installed. > etc/apt/sources.list.d is empty - is this expected? This laptop was only > ever Dapper. I wanted to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kodak launch refillable inkjet printers

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pat wrote: > How would I write letters on a Kodak printer without purchasing one? Write letters to them saying that you won't consider purchasing their products unless there are Free drivers available. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kodak launch refillable inkjet printers

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pat wrote: > On 13/02/07, *Llywelyn Owen* wrote: > > But you may benefit in the long term if they are successful enough > to disrupt the status quo > I'm sorry, but I take that kind of behaviour into account when making > purchasing decisions.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome Deskbar Usage

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stephen Garton wrote: > I've ben looking at gnome deskbar, and how I can use it more. There's > just one thing about it that I'm not sure about. The first time I use it > in a given session, Alt+F3 opens the dropdown, and I can type what I > want. The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sunday Times - In Gear and MS

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul Mellors wrote: > actually DVD's work fine in Vista Home Premium. So provided you happen upon the right version... :p -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Completely off topic

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin Castle wrote: > well - a large amount of the ice caps have already gone, but I do aggree - > my issue is that this is a tax on travelling - not on petrol/evironmental > issues. If I ran an environmentally friendly car i would be charged the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Completely off topic

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Allman-Talbot wrote: > Most people (for example, me) travel around a lot. My car is never in a > place that I am not, therefore the it will know where I am too. You never use trains? You never get lifts? You never walk anywhere? > Climate change

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tony Arnold wrote: > Oh, you seem fairly ept (is that the opposite of inept?) to me. Adept? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFyTFU3arasOikFPYRAskcAJ94

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK linux organisations (was Re: French FLOSS for Schools)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Benjamin Webb wrote: > Perhaps we should create a site that is for people who already use > Linux, for co-ordinating the lobbying of the UK government. I would suggest that before you go to all the bother of creating this website and the accompanying o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK linux organisations (was Re: French FLOSS for Schools)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Benjamin Webb wrote: > We need to try to get an official UK page for Linux, which will > include, amongst other things the list of people and their MPs that > was suggested, so that we can all lobby simultaneously. The way that I > see it, the Ubuntu U

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gimp

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 norman wrote: > > Perhaps it could make a useful > subject for a video or perhaps there is a piece of software other than > Gimp to give the same end result. You could find your local (G)LUG and offer to give a tutorial on the GIMP... -BEGIN PGP S

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IT Idiots cover introducing Linux.

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robin Menneer wrote: > We use all the facilities in iphoto. I've had a good look at f-spot > and, although very friendly, it falls far short of iphoto. Can I > use KDE derived digikam if I am in ubuntu which I see from this site > is Gnome based ? Y

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Could Linux (and Ubuntu) do more to encourage students?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Price wrote: > I know of at least one module in my computer science course that is > being taught specifically with Microsoft tools. "Building Reliable Web > Applications" I think it's called. Makes me wonder if MS are paying the > Comp Sci depa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Could Linux (and Ubuntu) do more to encourage students?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andy wrote: > I am not entirely sure why my University is forwarding me junk mail > from Microsoft, I don't remember asking for it. You may well find that Microsoft sponsor some part of your uni, giving them the right to do this. Here at Warwick the De

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Consultation[Scanned]

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neil Greenwood wrote: > I'm not sure that's right. A license will stop you using it legally, > you don't need DRM for that. > You use DRM to enforce the license. In the grand scheme of things, DRM as it currently exists is too pathetic to be considered

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Consultation[Scanned]

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andy wrote: > Its not hard to make a DRM scheme for Linux, why does the OS even > matter? C/C++/Java/Python code is portable, or do they want to use > .NET or something? Even then there's Mono, so it wouldn't be entirely impossible. > Software DRM wor