Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB wi-fi adapter recommendation?

On Thu, 09 Mar 2017 12:04:56 + Adam Funk wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone recommend a good USB wi-fi adapter for use with Ubuntu? I > don't mind if it takes some tinkering to set up the first time, but I > need high reliability for a non-gearhead to be able to use it after

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi dongles

On Wed, 30 Nov 2016 11:56:01 + (UTC) George Tripp wrote: > Can anyone recommend a wifi dongle that's plug & play / compatible > with 16.04. > > > George > Pretty much any will work personally I have tp-link ones that work fine. -- You Make It, I'll Break It! I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Automatic check for updates

On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:39:20 +0100 Paul Tansom wrote: > I've got a new(ish) Ubuntu 14.04 LTS install that I'm preparing to > replace an older 12.04 LTS one. When I log in on the 12.04 install I > get a notification in red at the bottom right of my Byobu session > that notifies

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WifiTransfer app on Ubuntu Phone

On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 15:45:47 +0100 Tony Pursell a...@princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk wrote: Hi All I wonder if anyone can help me. It has long been difficult to move files on and off an Ubuntu phone as the only way to do it was by USB cable. Now there is an app called WifiTransfer which uses

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WifiTransfer app on Ubuntu Phone

On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 15:56:53 +0100 Dave Morley davm...@davmor2.co.uk wrote: On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 15:45:47 +0100 Tony Pursell a...@princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk wrote: Hi All I wonder if anyone can help me. It has long been difficult to move files on and off an Ubuntu phone as the only

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How did I not know about dovecote sieve

On Mon, 24 Aug 2015 08:36:17 +0100 Alan Lord alansli...@gmail.com wrote: There's also a convenient Thunderbird plugin to help you configure and maintain your scripts from your Desktop. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/addon/sieve/ Al On 23/08/15 15:47, Dave Morley wrote

[ubuntu-uk] How did I not know about dovecote sieve

Dovecote.sieve filtering mail server side, it's easy, it's fast and done by the server, how the hell did I not know about this before ? -- Sent using Dekko from my Ubuntu device -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Question

On Tue, 18 Aug 2015 15:54:12 +0100 Nigel Verity nigelver...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi I have a requirement to provide some amplification for a speech. I have a good USB microphone and a small performance amplifier. So far so good. The amplifier has a standard input jack but as far as I can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Issues packaging software

On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 23:46:18 +0100 Gareth France gareth.fra...@cliftonts.co.uk wrote: I have written some software I would like to publish in Ubuntu. Following the official guides I can create their demo program which simply prints 'hello world' on the screen. Unsurprisingly I'm looking to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Issues packaging software

On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 11:18:36 +0100 Gareth France gareth.fra...@cliftonts.co.uk wrote: I didn't think you could package commercial pay for software that way. On 27/04/15 09:21, Dave Morley wrote: If it's just command line I would suggest just using a ppa on launchpad Ah not commercial

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Issues packaging software

On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 13:37:31 +0100 Gareth France gareth.fra...@cliftonts.co.uk wrote: Probably worth starting from the beginning and stopping when it gets difficult and ask for help at that point. Ok, load the SDK, open a new project. Now I'm stuck. I just don't get any aspect of the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SOT - What phone do you use?

On Fri, 6 Mar 2015 09:18:17 + Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 6 March 2015 at 09:10, Gordon Burgess-Parker gordonbp@owncube.email wrote: Hi all, Just trying to get a straw poll of what phones people use here and why... Ubuntu phone because dogfooding. Ubuntu Phone on a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Convergence video

On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:25:26 + Barry Titterton titterton.ba...@gmail.com wrote: On 27/02/15 13:08, Alan Pope wrote: Hi all, I thought some might find this video interesting. It was made by the Ubuntu Desktop Engineering Manager Will Cooke, to demo some of the current convergence

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SOT - UK and/or European Email providers

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:36:05 + Gordon Burgess-Parker gordonb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Thought I'd harness the knowledge here on a non-Ubuntu issue! I currently have email addresses with Gmail and Microsoft. I'm looking to ditch those for something provided by a UK (preferable) or a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SOT - UK and/or European Email providers

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:43:29 + Gordon Burgess-Parker gordonb...@gmail.com wrote: On 28/01/15 16:41, Dave Morley wrote: setup your own? Unfortunately I don't have the equipment nor the bandwidth to be able to do that - as I need to sync mail on at least three devices So you have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows?

On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:00:25 + Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: Hi there I quite like this:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unwanted kernels .....

On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 11:02:22 +0100 Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 15 August 2014 10:59, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: I've gone through an entire development cycle without having to re-install 14.10 - just amazing! I now have a very large number of unwanted kernels.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Alphabetise != en_GB

On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:41:21 +0100 Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 30 July 2014 17:36, Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com wrote: I just hapened to right click on my 14.04 desktop and saw the option to Alphabetise Desktop Icons... OED says yes :)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Publishing to software centre

On Thu, 2014-06-19 at 21:18 +0100, Gareth France wrote: Some may recall many, many weeks ago I started attempting to package a simple perl script for publishing in the software centre. The process can only be described as painful, slow and extremely unhelpful. It seemed to take about a week

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Publishing to the software centre

On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 16:31 +0100, Gareth France wrote: My second attempt to submit to the Software Centre has resulted in this extremely unhelpful feedback: This package will not build till the following sections are corrected: Now running lintian... W: cliftontestsuite source:

[ubuntu-uk] Merry Christmas

I wish you all and your families a Very Merry Christmas and Health Wealth and Happiness for the new year. Have a fantastic holiday. -- You make it, I'll break it! I love my job :) http://www.ubuntu.com http://www.canonical.com signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug 1251702

On 15/11/13 17:27, Barry Drake wrote: Hi there ... I've just reported Bug 1251702 under Trusty. I haven't checked out Saucy, but I wonder if it's in there too? It's probably the first time I've wanted to burn more than one iso at the same time. The first one burns fine, and Brasero closes

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual booting Windows 8.1 woth Ubuntu 13.10

On 06/11/13 12:16, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 06/11/2013 12:10, Colin Law wrote: On 6 November 2013 11:53, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! Having problems with this. Machine is Lenovo U410 with UEFI and Intel Rapid Start. Installing 13.04 works fine - sees the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu1 under Trusty ....

On 05/11/13 14:23, Barry Drake wrote: Hi there There seems to be a bit of strange behaviour in Ubuntu One under Trusty. I no longer get check marks on synchronised items when looking at Nautilus. Neither do I get the option to sync an item when I right click it in Nautilus. Other than

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu1 under Trusty ....

On 05/11/13 14:56, Barry Drake wrote: On 05/11/13 14:25, Dave Morley wrote: Yes this is correct the nautilus package was remove in Saucy so won't be there in Trusty either. According to the file manager launcher in '/usr/share/applications' the launcher is still calling Nautilus both under

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Saucy Salamander - [Name]

On 20/09/13 19:44, Bruno Girin wrote: On 20 September 2013 18:11, SuperEngineer boo...@gmail.com mailto:boo...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 2013-09-20 at 18:01 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: Hi all, it is that time again, another 6 months another release of our favorite

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Deleting unwanted Libre Office Document.

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/09/13 18:45, Michael wrote: I have tried the Libre Office site, I want to delete an unwanted Libre Office document and can not find a way, can anybody assist please. Thanks, Michael. Libreoffice only creates the document. It will normally

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Toshiba Satellite Wireless Lock-down?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/07/13 00:12, James Tait wrote: Hi all, Recently my wife's laptop has been experiencing some wireless issues - slow performance, drop-outs and the like. We have numerous wireless-enabled devices in the house and although we have the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UEFI bios update

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 29/04/13 12:04, James Morrissey wrote: This may work flawlessly. However (and it's a big however) it may not. To combat this I would suggest that before you did anything you back up your systems and ensure you have install mediums for both

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sorely disappointed with U1 Music Store

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 17/04/13 19:53, Bill Baker wrote: On Wed, 2013-04-17 at 16:07 +0100, James Tait wrote: I would suggest someone with recent experience of this files the bug and sees where it goes. One of my earlier mails did ask: Under what should I file this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sorely disappointed with U1 Music Store

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 17/04/13 19:57, Bill Baker wrote: On Wed, 2013-04-17 at 06:56 -0400, Penelope Stowe wrote: I wonder if it would be useful to file a bug suggesting that error messages in the music store (if possible, only when the error comes during an actual

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 14/02/13 18:12, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On 14/02/13 17:57, Rowan Berkeley wrote: Hi, An Internet friend of mine (in Denmark, so beyond my physical reach) just bought a brand new machine with Windows 8 on it and tried to install Ubuntu direct

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 14/02/13 18:12, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On 14/02/13 17:57, Rowan Berkeley wrote: Hi, An Internet friend of mine (in Denmark, so beyond my physical reach) just bought a brand new machine with Windows 8 on it and tried to install Ubuntu direct

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 14/02/13 19:24, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On 14/02/13 18:28, Dave Morley wrote: On 14/02/13 18:12, Rowan Berkeley wrote: An Internet friend of mine (in Denmark, so beyond my physical reach) just bought a brand new machine with Windows 8

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running Ubuntu In Live Mode

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/02/13 10:43, Nigel Verity wrote: Hi Having got my fingers burnt a couple of times in the past, I now never install a new version of Ubuntu, or any other distro, without running it first as a live CD or, more recently, from a USB stick.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My new computer won't boot Ubuntu ....

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/02/13 19:23, Dave Rice wrote: Hi Barry, I've just seen your post on the pcs forum too, I'm awaiting a new Optimus IV laptop! Have you tried booting the live cd in text only mode? on the grub menu, edit the boot command and either

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Error from update-manager

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 30/10/12 16:55, Dianne Reuby wrote: I got this message from update-manager: == Please report this bug for the 'update-manager' package and try to include the following error message: 'E:Problem parsing dependency Depends, E:Error occurred

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Good general book on Ubuntu/Linux?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/10/12 15:24, Liam Proven wrote: On 3 October 2012 16:21, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: I'm a reasonable user of Ubuntu - both on my netbook and dual-booting with Windows 7 on my main laptop. I'm looking for a book on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netflix and Love Film

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 23/08/12 11:49, James Morrissey wrote: While its certainly true that stuff is increasingly available on Linux, it looks like Netflix might still be some way away This is from February:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Global Jam in Coventry?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 21/08/12 14:28, Martin Meredith wrote: Hi all, Looking to see if it's worthwhile setting up a Global Jam session in Coventry ... Who'd be interested in this ? (September 7th through 9th) I'm up for that :) - -- You make it, I'll break

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cloning my current install to a new HDD

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 13/08/12 13:57, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: I've looked at various solutions for cloning - they all assume that the new HDD is installed in the computer. I need to clone via a USB HDD as I'm replacing the HDD in my laptop (160GB instead of 80GB

[ubuntu-uk] Python Training at Thyme software/Linux Emporium

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 So for the past 3 days I been on a python course and I thought it a good opportunity to explain why and what I got from it. My past: Unlike many at Canonical I'm not from a technical software, coding or office back ground. I drove lorries (rigid

Re: [ubuntu-uk] heads up - Secure Boot Problems for Linux Users Are Here Already

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/12 14:21, Alan Bell wrote: On 02/06/12 14:06, Nigel Verity wrote: Hi All If anybody can get a key from Verisign for $99 that makes a mockery of having secure boot in the first place. no, that isn't how it works at all. It is possible

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Clonezilla to image thinkpad hard drive before installing Ubuntu

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/12 16:53, kpb wrote: Hello All One for any Thinkpad owners using Ubuntu Just bought a second hand Thinkpad X200s, and it runs Ubuntu 12.04 from a USB stick really nicely, with the basics working fine (I mainly need suspend to ram).

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Praises and a question.

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 31/05/12 12:05, Toby Satchell wrote: Hi, Thanks for the info, I tried Gedit, but I couldn't find a plugin that would enable connection to a remote and local site, similar to dreamweaver. I am not interested in the check in and out, just

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 failing for me.

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 24/05/12 09:25, Gibbs wrote: On 24/05/12 09:01, Philip Stubbs wrote: I have been using Ubuntu quite happily for a few years. It has been great having a stable system. However, it seems that the good times are over. Look at the graph at [1].

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New install 12.04 Ubuntu One error

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/05/12 11:30, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 11/05/12 11:16, Daniel Case wrote: On 11 May 2012 08:55, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com mailto:gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: New clean install of 12.04. Installed Ubuntu One and keep

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best way to contribute to Ubuntu? - was Re: 12.04 has locked me out of my account

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/05/12 17:05, Alan Pope wrote: On 04/05/12 07:16, Gareth France wrote: I have to admit I gave up trying to report bugs a long time ago. It always seems that any attempt to get involved results in me getting shouted at by people. What does

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Update Manager not informing Me of LTS upgrade

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/05/12 19:48, Pete Smout wrote: Hi, I have 1 remaining machine to upgrade to 12.04 (my main desktop / server) and it is running 10.04 lucid (fully updated as of now), yet the graphical update manager is not informing me that an upgrade is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My 12.04 experience

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 23/04/12 18:37, Pete Smout wrote: Hi, Just thought I'd feedback my 12.04 experiences so far. Ubuntu will not install on any of the 3 machines tried on so far! Gets as far as asking for user name / psswd and then says error! tried 2 different

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My 12.04 experience

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 23/04/12 19:59, Pete Smout wrote: On 23/04/12 18:52, Dave Morley wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 23/04/12 18:37, Pete Smout wrote: Hi, Just thought I'd feedback my 12.04 experiences so far. Ubuntu will not install

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity is not working.

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 22/02/12 13:56, Kris Douglas wrote: On 22 February 2012 13:49, James Morrissey morrissey.jam...@gmail.com wrote: Without stating any preferences on a thread which is likely to bring forth opinions: As i understand it, the current Unity

Re: [ubuntu-uk] bottom quoting - was mbr

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 30/01/12 16:03, Barry Drake wrote: On 30/01/12 15:28, Alan Bell wrote: and I thought we had settled on sandwich posting. Lets move on and talk about Ubuntu instead. Thank you Alan - that says it all! Hmmm Sandwich - -- You make

[ubuntu-uk] The next Wolverhampton Workspace/Co-Workers day

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 THe next wolverhampton Co-workers/Workspace day is scheduled for the 26th at the Lighthouse Cinema complex. It starts at 09:00 ? 17:00 any home workers welcome. See you there - -- You make it, I'll break it! I love my job :)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Books on Ubuntu

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/01/12 15:20, Paul Tansom wrote: Does anyone have any recomendations on Linux books, specifically Ubuntu based? I'm looking for something for an end user who is comfortable with computers (DOS/Windows) but is switching to Ubuntu. Nothing too

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shut down button missing on upgrade

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/01/12 12:32, Barry Drake wrote: On 05/01/12 12:24, David King wrote: This happened recently to my girlfriend's Ubuntu laptop, so she had to do the same to get the shutdown option back. As an emergency measure when this happens, you can

[ubuntu-uk] Why start emails I don't want to .....

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Why do people say I don't want to start a . (normally flame war) and then continue with BUT! In other words you knew it was going to start whatever. So why not be honest and say this will probably start a whatever, but I'm just stating my opinion

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/12/11 12:20, Gareth France wrote: I just can't imagine that a single person's mind will be changed by this thread. If the original post is taken at face value then it's clear that a strong opinion has already been formed. Absolutely,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnosing Faulty HDD

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 29/11/11 10:00, Steve Fisher wrote: Also download an antivirus rescue live USB/CD e.g. http://www.avg.com/gb-en/avg-rescue-cd-download Steve Trinity rescue kit and hirens boot cd my friend. If you get the iso burn it boot from it and run

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printer

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 23/11/11 11:31, Ted Wager wrote: Looking for a new printer possibly laser not to dear. My Samsung has gone on the blink after 2 years of use. Sent from my android device. Your options are HP, Samsung or Lexmark. For lexmark double

[ubuntu-uk] Work Spaces Event

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 So just a reminder to all those that can make it to the Work Spaces Day next Thursday 17th in Wolverhampton England's Lighthouse Cinema. It Starts at 9 am and finishes at 5 pm. Look forward to seeing you there - -- You make it, I'll break it! I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source VOIP

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 25/10/11 10:08, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 25/10/11 09:40, Barry Drake wrote: On 18/10/11 14:42, Tim Dobson wrote: snip / SoftPhones: I tried and failed with Ekiga. ZoiPer is recommended by CallCentric and worked well when I installed it, but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LO in 11.10 STILL CANNOT USE TBird addressbook as an address data source!!!!!!!!!

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 19/10/11 09:06, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 19/10/11 09:03, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 19 October 2011 08:25, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com mailto:gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: On 18/10/11 18:49, Dave Morley wrote: If it's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Feeling tortured by Ubuntu

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18/10/11 13:31, Kris Douglas wrote: On 18 October 2011 13:08, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: On 18 October 2011 12:49, Kris Douglas krisdoug...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I use Ubuntu in the workplace, I am having a problem

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Feeling tortured by Ubuntu

18, 2011 1:33 PM, Dave Morley davm...@davmor2.co.uk wrote: On 18/10/11 13:31, Kris Douglas wrote: On 18 October 2011 13:08, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: On 18 October 2011 12:49, Kris Douglas krisdoug...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I use Ubuntu in the workplace, I am having

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LO in 11.10 STILL CANNOT USE TBird addressbook as an address data source!!!!!!!!!

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18/10/11 17:57, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 18/10/2011 17:48, bod...@googlemail.com wrote: Can I suggest that you either file a bug report or dust your programming books off and fix it yourself? But it's been like this for years and I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LO in 11.10 STILL CANNOT USE TBird addressbook as an address data source!!!!!!!!!

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18/10/11 18:41, Avi Greenbury wrote: Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 18/10/2011 17:48, bod...@googlemail.com wrote: Can I suggest that you either file a bug report or dust your programming books off and fix it yourself? But it's been

[ubuntu-uk] Midlands Home Workers Unite

So we Yesterday we tried out the lighthouse in Wolverhampton for a possible work place for home workers. It was a good experiment, and to that end we are going to try and make it a monthly get together. The next one is on the Thurs 17th of November. If you work from home and would like to come

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Certification [Free]

On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 12:17 +0100, Dave Hanson wrote: Does anyone know of a reputable free certification I can acquire to say I'm a proficient Ubuntu user, ideally server administration? I'm trying to build up some qualifications and I'm not prepared to pay the £1000+ for the one from the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home/Small Business Server

On Tue, 2011-09-27 at 08:54 +0100, Matthew Daubney wrote: On 27 September 2011 08:47, Dan Attwood danattw...@gmail.com wrote: Well the main benefit of a web based UI is that you don't need all the desktop GUI libraries on the server, Yes, because HDD space is expensive these days!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home/Small Business Server

On 26/09/11 22:18, Bruno Girin wrote: On 26/09/11 21:35, Matthew Daubney wrote: On 26 September 2011 21:17, Alan Popea...@popey.com wrote: snip Ahh, SoHo server... a perennial want of many (including myself). I'm getting so annoyed by this being missing it's starting to become an itch :(

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin

On Tue, 2011-06-21 at 13:59 +0100, Dave Hanson wrote: Hello Everyone, It's me again! I have just installed webmin on 11.04 server, but I'm having trouble logging in. I'm guessing I need to set a password for root [sudo passwd root] as that's the only solution I can find on the web -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Libre Office and Thunderbird Addressbook

On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 22:31 +0100, Bruno Girin wrote: On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 22:22 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 14/06/11 22:14, Colin Law wrote: On 14 June 2011 22:10, Gordon Burgess-Parkergbpli...@gmail.com wrote: I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS! Ubuntu 11.04 and Libre Office 3.3.2.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LAMP SERVER DISTRIBUTIONS

On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 11:47 +0100, Jacob Mansfield wrote: a FOSS alternative to cpanel is ISPConfig Erm not according to ISP hosting Providers they all want Cpanel but I understand that ISPConfig is improving. Ubuntu server is fantastic. If you use the last LTS 10.04.2 then you'll get a lamp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rating software in software centre

On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 13:48 +0100, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: Hello, Do any of you use the rating system in the ubuntu software centre? I was able to rate many apps but was unable to rate Gwyddion. Is there any reason for this? Could you try it? Would you go through the effort of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why are you removing right-click context menus?

On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 11:53 +0100, Tony Scott wrote: Hi Alan Shouldn't this question be directed to Mozilla? -- Tony Scott http://tonyscott.org.uk | http://twitter.com/tonys | http://2011.portsmouth.wordcampuk.org | http://lpd.bectu.com | http://orangecoconut.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04, Wubi and Windows 7

On Sat, 2011-05-21 at 16:28 +0100, alan c wrote: On 21/05/11 15:59, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: Does Wubi now work in Windows 7? I heard there were problems some time ago... I had heard that some grub updates had caused problems, and I stopped recommending wubi completely at that time

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Microsoft proprietary file types?

On Fri, 2011-05-20 at 11:02 +0100, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 20 May 2011 10:43, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: On 20/05/2011 10:18, Simon Greenwood wrote: but I couldn't get him to even look at proper software, MS

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking towards 12.04

On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 16:54 +0100, a...@acockell.eclipse.co.uk wrote: Hi folks, Sorry if I sounded dumb - maybe it's too long working with Windows which meant that when I saw all the talk about copy/paste being on the middle button - I was worried that the CUA methods (Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking towards Unity in 2012... but concerned

On Wed, 2011-05-18 at 17:41 +0100, Alex Cockell wrote: Umm - there's this talk about middle-clicking. What is this middle-clicking you talk about? I use Saitek notebook mice... I see two buttons, and a mousewheel. On my Ideapad, I see two buttons under the trackpad. I understand

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New omputer.......Ubuntu install help

On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 13:28 +0100, Steve Flynn wrote: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 1:18 PM, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, for now, instead of getting a Slate, I found a computer, that will be better for what I need at the moment. The specs are:- Acer Aspire 5736Z Pentium

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New omputer.......Ubuntu install help

On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 13:44 +0100, Dave Morley wrote: On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 13:28 +0100, Steve Flynn wrote: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 1:18 PM, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, for now, instead of getting a Slate, I found a computer, that will be better for what I need

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New omputer.......Ubuntu install help

On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 13:50 +0100, scoundrel50a wrote: On 07/04/2011 13:46, Dave Morley wrote: On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 13:44 +0100, Dave Morley wrote: On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 13:28 +0100, Steve Flynn wrote: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 1:18 PM, scoundrel50ascoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT Kindle

On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 10:48 +, J Fernyhough wrote: On 22 March 2011 10:41, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: any suggestions or ideas I love my Kindle 3G. However, I'm already running into the limitations of the 6 screen with PDFs. Depending on the number of books you need,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice

On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 17:00 +, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 20/02/11 13:54, Liam Proven wrote: The following, although it may seem petter, isn't. It's important. I don't want to seem ungrateful but it's kind of a big deal. For you it maybe. For many others I doubt it very much.

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

On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 12:19 +, Barry Drake wrote: On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 12:04 +, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: Thanks for that - sensible advice. I use the LTS versions because I've had occasional glitches with the bleeding edge releases before, but never with the LTS versions.

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

On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 21:22 +, Dianne Reuby wrote: A friend has asked me to look at her husbands netbook, which is running Linux. He bought it from Tesco two years ago, so I think it probably *is* Ubuntu. His problems are mainly that it doesn't recognise USB devices when they're plugged

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 11:20 +, Jon Spriggs wrote: I really like the idea of having an How to contribute to Ubuntu guide or perhaps a document on What is Ubuntu, however, it should also be configurable to an absolute minimum page (three colours, black and corner marks) for office deployment

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux is not a proper OS - it's official.

On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 21:20 +, Barry Titterton wrote: The French government has decided that a machine using linux is not a proper computer. http://www.tabletpcreview.com/default.asp?newsID=1847news=tablet+archos +windows+french+france You can always rely on the French for a good

Re: [ubuntu-uk] natty with unity

On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 10:55 +, Sean Miller wrote: This is a slight tangent, but I'd like to see this but don't fancy upgrading this installation this early in the process... under WUBI can I have two versions of Ubuntu? ie. when I boot can I have Ubuntu 10.04 AND 11.04 (and obviously

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world

On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 12:48 +0100, pmgazz wrote: we could do worse than the odd meet-up and mini installathon, perhaps...? I'm up for that - and can provide a central space with broadband and a kitchen (unless people prefer pubs). Paula I'm in THE CITY OF DREAMS! Otherwise known

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Wubi on a dual partition machine

On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 14:03 +0100, Keith Powell wrote: Thanks for the information. To explain a little more thoroughly. The Windows7 installation is an OEM version and the main/rescue partitions are as installed by the manufacturer, HP. But the use of Wubi is looking promising, so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Latency on 10.04LTS WUBI

On Wed, 2010-09-08 at 06:59 +0100, Sean Miller wrote: My Compaq laptop, running Ubuntu, died a death last week... so have now reverted to a Windows 7 Advent and - as one does - I thought let's dual-boot... WUBI seemed an option, so that's what I did. Alas, I appear to have some issue with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Visual Effects are greyed out

On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 15:32 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: I installed 10.04 Remix on my Laptop from a flash drive (because it's MUCH faster than using the CD) but if I right-click on the desktop, choose Change Desktop background and click on the Visual Effects tab, it's set to None and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Visual Effects are greyed out

On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 15:36 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 22/07/10 15:35, Dave Morley wrote: On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 15:32 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: I installed 10.04 Remix on my Laptop from a flash drive (because it's MUCH faster than using the CD) but if I right

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK ISO testing - do or die.

On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 11:20 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: Hi, I previously mailed the list about organising a team in the UK around ISO testing, but haven't had the time to take it further. Would someone else like to take this on?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Aptitude

On Mon, 2010-06-07 at 12:19 +0100, Rowan Berkeley wrote: On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:51:19 +0100, Tony Arnold tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk wrote: On 07/06/10 11:22, Neil Perry wrote: That is what I don't understand either, typically I thought if debian would be adopting that apt-get will

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 12:24 +0100, Rowan Berkeley wrote: Well, now I've got 10.04 installed (whatever my system monitor may think), and I have also got 10.04 on a Live CD. However, I do not see how I could run Gparted from the Live CD with my internal hard drive unmounted, because I installed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 13:36 +0100, Rowan Berkeley wrote: Hang it, I forgot to change the subject line yet again. This is such a nuisance. If you go to the list below you can change the option from digest to all mail (or something similar) Then if you set TB or Evo group by threads it'll be a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 05:09 +0100, Rowan Berkeley wrote: whoops, sorry, forgot to change the subject line in previous message. What version of Ubuntu are you running it's been in since Karmic -- Seek That Thy Might Know http://www.davmor2.co.uk signature.asc Description: This is a

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