Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-06 Thread James Milligan
On 06/04/2010 00:52, Daniel Case wrote: Yeah, I'm not too sure what happened to the official HackTheJoggler site: http://www.hackthejoggler.com/ all i get is a 404 message. The closest i have found is this: http://hackthejoggler.freeforums.org and it looks like its been dorment since the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Create a DVD

2010-03-26 Thread James Milligan
On 26/03/2010 12:36, javadayaz wrote: i think i know what you mean...chapters etc right? I think i will try using DeVeDe. On 26 March 2010 12:26, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net mailto:s...@seanmiller.net wrote: On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:54 AM, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com

[ubuntu-uk] Mozilla Site

2010-02-25 Thread James Milligan
Is it just me or is the Mozilla site down? They've just released an update for Thunderbird so I'm presuming they're overloaded? James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mozilla Site

2010-02-25 Thread James Milligan
On 25/02/2010 20:26, Craig Peden wrote: Mozilla.org working for me. On 25 Feb 2010, at 20:16, James Milligan wrote: Is it just me or is the Mozilla site down? They've just released an update for Thunderbird so I'm presuming they're overloaded? James Ah yes it's working again now

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Alex (laptop, not person)

2010-02-19 Thread James Milligan
On 19/02/2010 12:16, Markie wrote: Its a good idea, but I dont think someone would be able to meet this cost on the average pension. I dont think its a good way to advertise Linux to the masses myself it might give the illusion that its more expensive to have a linux PC. Good point about

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Alex (laptop, not person)

2010-02-19 Thread James Milligan
On 19/02/2010 18:37, Rob Beard wrote: I wonder what the underlying distro is, and if they will release the interface under an open source license? Rob Somehow I doubt it: http://www.welcometoalex.com/page/alextermandconditions.cfm Check under the You May Not section... *You may not:*

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viral Videos - Who's actually interested?

2010-02-02 Thread James Milligan
On 02/02/2010 16:23, Bruno Girin wrote: On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 13:53 +, Liam Wilson wrote: [snip] Before this project actually gets to a head, I'd just like to know who would definitely be interested in contributing. And it wouldn't just be making videos, remember, we need people to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-01-31 Thread James Milligan
:) I like the ad idea. Don't want to be seen to be 'advertising' but if anybody wants anything filming, I'm actually a cameraman with my own kit. Anyone in the North West/Manchester fancy doing some filming? Probably best to talk off-list if so. James Milligan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-01-31 Thread James Milligan
the video, like a screencast sort of progect? On 31 January 2010 13:23, James Milligan li...@lake54.com mailto:li...@lake54.com wrote: On 31/01/2010 13:16, CShadowRun wrote: Steve wrote: On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:27:42 -, Liam Wilsonliamwilso...@gmail.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Marketing

2010-01-31 Thread James Milligan
On 31/01/2010 14:01, Steve wrote: On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:43:59 -, James Milliganli...@lake54.com wrote: On 31/01/2010 13:31, Liam Wilson wrote: I'm in Liverpool, so I guess we could do a bit of work there. Yeah, that telly ad sounds like a really good idea! Perhaps we could

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert

2010-01-31 Thread James Milligan
On 31/01/2010 14:40, Michael Douglas wrote: BSoD look-a-like, followed by user calling support. Advert uses the user on hold to support throughout, but cutting to an Ubuntu user jumping online, forums, IRC, etc, fixing it quickly. Tagline: Ubuntu. Community at work. On 31/01/2010 14:38,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert

2010-01-31 Thread James Milligan
On 31/01/2010 16:16, Joe O'Dell wrote: Ok, so I've had an idea, Rob said: Want chat to your friends? There's an app for that (Empathy) Want to backup your important pictures and documents? There's an app for that (Ubuntu One) Want to run alongside Windows? There's an app for that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert

2010-01-31 Thread James Milligan
On 31/01/2010 20:01, alan c wrote: Steve wrote: A new thread to discus a possible TV advert I was at a friend's house this afternoon (Sunday) and happened to notice a Microsoft Windows 7 tv advert on the channel which was sky sports, at approximately 3.30 pm , in the middle of a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Today! Fwd: [UCLP] Announcing Ubuntu User Day - January 23, 2010

2010-01-23 Thread James Milligan
On 23/01/2010 11:23, Alan Pope wrote: This is happening online in #ubuntu-classroom and #ubuntu-classroom-chat starting at 12:00 midday today. Find out more here:- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDays -- Forwarded message -- From: Chris Johnstonchrisjohns...@ubuntu.com Date:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] not receiving emails

2009-12-28 Thread James Milligan
On 28/12/2009 20:37, Des wrote: Hello all, I cannot receive emails but can send them. This has been going on for eight days now days now. Oddly, this happened just after I logged on for batch sending of all messages from ubuntu-uk Test messages to my email addr are not received but are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] apache and php

2009-12-12 Thread James Milligan
On 12/12/2009 14:14, Daniel Roels wrote: Hi all, I have a quite strange problem. I installed apache2, mysql 5.1 and php5 all on a ubuntu 9.10. All went fine, and php files are parsed correctly... as long as it's name is not index.php. Renaming index.php to index2.php or even blabla.php

Re: [ubuntu-uk] apache and php

2009-12-12 Thread James Milligan
On 12/12/2009 14:29, Daniel Roels wrote: 2009/12/12 James Milliganli...@lake54.com: On 12/12/2009 14:14, Daniel Roels wrote: Hi all, I have a quite strange problem. I installed apache2, mysql 5.1 and php5 all on a ubuntu 9.10. All went fine, and php files are parsed correctly...

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Successful simple trojan hit gnome-look

2009-12-09 Thread James Milligan
On 09/12/2009 18:25, Johnathon Tinsley wrote: Matthew Wild wrote: 2009/12/9 Andrew Drapperand...@drapper.com: It may not be the same as a sandbox, but what about installing software that you are not sure about in a virtual ubuntu inside you main ubuntu say using virtualbox?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] TV connected to ubuntu pc via ethernet

2009-12-08 Thread James Milligan
On 08/12/2009 11:45, javadayaz wrote: Is 100mhz on a tv a good number for watching movies? 2009/12/8 Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk mailto:phi...@stuphi.co.uk 2009/12/8 Alan Pope a...@popey.com mailto:a...@popey.com: 2009/12/8 javadayaz javada...@gmail.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] TV connected to ubuntu pc via ethernet

2009-12-08 Thread James Milligan
On 08/12/2009 11:53, javadayaz wrote: Im a film person so will probably need more than 100mhz. 2009/12/8 James Milligan li...@lake54.com mailto:li...@lake54.com On 08/12/2009 11:45, javadayaz wrote: Is 100mhz on a tv a good number for watching movies? 2009/12/8 Philip

[ubuntu-uk] 9.10 released

2009-10-29 Thread James Milligan
You probably already knew, but the Ubuntu homepage has changed for 9.10 Koala appears to have been officially released! James attachment: lake54.vcf-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 released

2009-10-29 Thread James Milligan
On 29/10/2009 15:40, James Milligan wrote: On 29/10/2009 15:26, Rob Beard wrote: Philip Stubbs wrote: 2009/10/29 Alan Popea...@popey.com: 2009/10/29 Rob Beardr...@esdelle.co.uk: Great, just in time, I'm just about to sort a PC out and was going to install 9.04. Guess it'll get 9.10 instead

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 released

2009-10-29 Thread James Milligan
On 29/10/2009 16:41, Rob Beard wrote: Alan Pope wrote: 2009/10/29 Rob Beardr...@esdelle.co.uk: I did wonder, now you can do a full disk encryption on the Alternative CD, You could do that in previous releases too. does that cover the Server install too, and is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] anyone know which version of ubuntu is on preorder 64 or 32

2009-10-28 Thread James Milligan
As far as I know you can select which one you want, so as long as you select 64 bit, you should be fine. simon bennie wrote: Hey guys I'm looking to have a cd give-away in my lab but i need to make sure that the cd's on preorder from canonical are 64 bit (we are computation chemists and

[ubuntu-uk] Mention on SitePoint

2009-10-27 Thread James Milligan
=3issue=263format=html James James Milligan Cameraman and Technical Writer lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com This email has been scanned by AVG security software, and declared safe to send. This does not mean that the email is 100% clean. It is always recommended to scan incoming

[ubuntu-uk] The Government and OSS

2009-10-01 Thread James Milligan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/sep/30/uk-government-open-source-software Just saw this before on Twitter. James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing itunes on Wine.

2009-09-23 Thread James Milligan
There was a massive thread about this recently, best solution was to use a Windows VM. Sorry for top post. James On 23 Sep 2009, at 09:47, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: 2009/9/23 Rik Boland rik_bol...@btinternet.com: I am still trying to install itunes on Wine but it wont work -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Message for Dave Walker......

2009-09-22 Thread James Milligan
davewal...@ubuntu.com twitter.com/daviey (I think) James On 22 Sep 2009, at 20:16, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: Does anybody know if dave walker is around. If they do, can you let him know that I am trying to contact him? Thanks John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Global Jam

2009-09-20 Thread James Milligan
I'm not a developer myself (not even a full Ubuntu user) but there is bound to be someone on this list that can assist you, so expect a response shortly! James linux wrote: Have already asked on loco-contacts Hello all, I am a bit new to this list so still finding my feet. The Southend

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Opening CorelDraw CDR Files

2009-09-16 Thread James Milligan
On 16 Sep 2009, at 07:25, James Kemp james+ubuntu- u...@somebody.org.uk wrote: I've got a couple of CDR files that I want to convert to SVG for use in inkscape. Does anyone know how I might go about doing that without having either CorelDraw or windows available? Thanks. -- James

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where is everyone!?

2009-09-02 Thread James Milligan
I was just curious because the number of help emails has gone really done. But that probably could be attributed to what David just referred to ! I think we’ve just reached the stage where Ubuntu is perfect! Yep - and even new people are getting somewhere with it! I've set up my

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Automatically moving mail from a specific sender to a certain file?

2009-08-16 Thread James Milligan
To - Ubuntu UK List (via dropdown) 8. Click OK 9. Click on Run Now (after selecting the filter) and that should be it! AFAIK these filters run automatically, but you might want to check. James Milligan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?

2009-08-13 Thread James Milligan
Neil Greenwood wrote: 2009/8/11 James Milligan lak...@lake54.com: So you might want to stick to a VM for now, enabling USB passthrough. Remember to get the download from the website rather than through apt-get, so you might want to do this before you get to the computer (as you said

Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?

2009-08-11 Thread James Milligan
Yeah I have an iPhone 3G and my Dad has an iPod Touch (I think 2nd gen). On 9.04, we have a VM of Windows XP, the only difficulties arise when updating the firmware. I found when I updated to 3.0.1 that when it goes into Recovery Mode, and it's different 'device', VirtualBox (of course others

Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?

2009-08-11 Thread James Milligan
colleague readily admits that iTunes is 'rubbish' and 'hate[s] it with a passion'. :D James Milligan wrote: Yeah I have an iPhone 3G and my Dad has an iPod Touch (I think 2nd gen). On 9.04, we have a VM of Windows XP, the only difficulties arise when updating the firmware. I found

Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?

2009-08-11 Thread James Milligan
James Milligan wrote: Yeah the only blog posts I can see myself are from 2007: http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/07/08/10-alternatives-to-itunes-for-managing-your-ipod/ http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/07/03/how-to-manage-your-ipod-using-rhythmbox-in-ubuntu/ http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/07/04

Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?

2009-08-11 Thread James Milligan
OK no problem and good luck ;-) Ronnie Tucker wrote: Thanks guys, I'll try and get his laptop from him, use my wifi, get it all set up (hopefully!) then return it to him, as I'd need the internet to get the Ubuntu extras for playing mp3/dvd stuff... James Milligan wrote: Yeah it's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Open Source Project kafuffle...

2009-08-10 Thread James Milligan
On 10 Aug 2009, at 02:43, Andy Smith a...@strugglers.net wrote: Hi James, On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 08:03:14PM +0100, James Milligan wrote: Just a quick update for y'all (I've also turned American!) I've been in touch with the PL, and essentially he's saying that there is now no license

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Open Source Project kafuffle...

2009-08-10 Thread James Milligan
On 10 Aug 2009, at 08:39, Andrew Williams a...@tensixtyone.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 07:34:02AM +0100, James Milligan wrote: He's now decided not to charge me, as I'll be forking out for new domains and hosting anyway (well not hosting but that's another story) The last email I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Open Source Project kafuffle...

2009-08-10 Thread James Milligan
On 10 Aug 2009, at 13:47, Paul Sladen ubu...@paul.sladen.org wrote: On Mon, 10 Aug 2009, James Milligan wrote: On 10 Aug 2009, at 02:43, Andy Smith a...@strugglers.net wrote: provide a written, signed statement that the entire project general advice on the implications of relicensing a non

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Open Source Project kafuffle...

2009-08-09 Thread James Milligan
Just a quick update for y'all (I've also turned American!) I've been in touch with the PL, and essentially he's saying that there is now no license, nor was there ever one (I still need to confirm this, but I'm not too fussed as you'll see in a second) He is also defiant on one point - he is

[ubuntu-uk] [OT] Open Source Project kafuffle...

2009-08-07 Thread James Milligan
Off-topic I know, but does anyone have roughly any idea what to do? An open source project which I contribute to (in small amounts, through documentation/support etc), has effectively 'gone' - the lead developer, who owns the website, basically makes the software etc - has disappeared, and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Open Source Project kafuffle...

2009-08-07 Thread James Milligan
Harry Rickards wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Milligan wrote: Off-topic I know, but does anyone have roughly any idea what to do? An open source project which I contribute to (in small amounts, through documentation/support etc), has effectively 'gone

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Open Source Project kafuffle...

2009-08-07 Thread James Milligan
On 7 Aug 2009, at 21:34, Steve yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:12:24 +0100, James Milligan lak...@lake54.com wrote: Harry Rickards wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Milligan wrote: Off-topic I know, but does anyone have roughly any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Open Source Project kafuffle...

2009-08-07 Thread James Milligan
On 7 Aug 2009, at 21:42, Paul Sladen ubu...@paul.sladen.org wrote: On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, James Milligan wrote: License: A bit of Googling suggests to me it's likely something called Novaboard, and the scrapped from the cache, the licence is: Please read the following terms conditions

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Open Source Project kafuffle...

2009-08-07 Thread James Milligan
On 7 Aug 2009, at 22:51, Tim Dobson li...@tdobson.net wrote: James Milligan wrote: So effectively I /can/ relicence it to opensource (or the developers etc) and relaunch it? Email licenc...@fsf.org for a sound opinion. Always the best thing to do before doing anything that potentially

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

2009-08-05 Thread James Milligan
though - I'll just refer to each one as an Alan from now on :-) James -- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com www.twitter.com/lake54-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Android on iPhone

2009-08-05 Thread James Milligan
On 5 Aug 2009, at 17:21, Jamie Bennett ja...@linuxuk.org wrote: On 5 Aug 2009, at 17:19, Simon Wears wrote: I've been looking into Android a bit, and although I couldn't find much on this myself, someone might know. Is it possible to run Google Android on an iPhone? Short answer: A big

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

2009-08-04 Thread James Milligan
Robert Longstaff wrote: 'Linux Certified,' Mr Pauling, who owns the name 'Linux', might be interested. How do I contact him, or his organisation, whatever it is? You could contact Linus Pauling. However, he has been dead for fifteen years and I suspect couldn't care less. robert_

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would Linus Pauling think about 'Linux Certified'?

2009-08-04 Thread James Milligan
On 4 Aug 2009, at 22:49, James Milligan lak...@lake54.com wrote: On 4 Aug 2009, at 20:43, James Milligan lak...@lake54.com wrote: Robert Longstaff wrote: 'Linux Certified,' Mr Pauling, who owns the name 'Linux', might be interested. How do I contact him, or his organisation, whatever

[ubuntu-uk] Creative Drivers

2009-07-27 Thread James Milligan
package or something from the main site? I assume that that means I just download the Ubuntu package rather than the open source version? Thanks! James Milligan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Creative Drivers

2009-07-27 Thread James Milligan
James Milligan wrote: Before you all start hounding me, yes, I do understand that Creative sound cards have practically no support in Ubuntu versions prior to Karmic (which I'm told does have support for them). I'll start from the very beginning :-) Fresh install of 9.04 Installed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where Ubuntu falls short

2009-07-18 Thread James Milligan
On 16 Jul 2009, at 22:28, LeeGroups mailgro...@varga.co.uk wrote: People do want a work out of the box machine, and Ubuntu isnt totally out of the box, it does need other bits and pieces added, and unless you know that, it doesnt work how most people are used to having a machine work.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where Ubuntu falls short

2009-07-18 Thread James Milligan
that it needs that much memory. I do agree that 3 gig is probably overdoing it, but it means that their computer -will- run faster to the end user. James -- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com www.twitter.com/lake54 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

2009-07-09 Thread James Milligan
Paul Webster wrote: Hi Can I expect Word 2002 to run under Wine (on Jaunty)? I tried to install it, but came to a standstill during the installation, as the Word installer demanded a restart I couldn't provide. Paul W. Hi Paul, I'm assuming you've already checked out the winehq appdb,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Word 2002 under Wine?

2009-07-09 Thread James Milligan
Mike Paglia wrote: I dont understand why use it anyway? Openoffice is just as good and its free! 2009/7/9 Paul Webster paulwebbi...@googlemail.com mailto:paulwebbi...@googlemail.com Hi Can I expect Word 2002 to run under Wine (on Jaunty)? I tried to install it, but came to

[ubuntu-uk] Google Chrome OS Announced

2009-07-08 Thread James Milligan
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html Based on Linux kernel etc. ...or you could just get Ubuntu :-) -- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com www.twitter.com/lake54 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google Chrome OS Announced

2009-07-08 Thread James Milligan
Haha. A blow to Linux - it IS Linux! James -- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com www.twitter.com/lake54 On 8 Jul 2009, at 09:24, Steve Cook yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Milligan wrote: http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Website Hacked.....

2009-06-28 Thread James Milligan
-- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com www.twitter.com/lake54 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Website Hacked.....

2009-06-27 Thread James Milligan
to find out the other websites lol James -- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com www.twitter.com/lake54 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] first edition

2009-06-20 Thread James Milligan
Haha nice one :-) -- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com www.twitter.com/lake54 On 20 Jun 2009, at 22:55, David King linux...@avoura.com wrote: No, it's a compact disc. norman wrote: Searching through some old CDs I came across Ubuntu 4.10

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Ubuntu version that looks like Windows

2009-06-17 Thread James Milligan
.net frameworks remotely! Took forever... Depending what happens with the rest of the updates i might well suggest this to them. Thanks for the heads up. James Milligan -- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com www.twitter.com/lake54 -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] An Ubuntu version that looks like Windows

2009-06-17 Thread James Milligan
Wine. David King -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Yeah I'd go with that too. Although I'm not a betting man (kid) James -- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My 'snazzy Korean laptop' has conked out

2009-06-14 Thread James Milligan
On 14 Jun 2009, at 22:27, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: Hi Rowan, 2009/6/14 Rowan rowan.berke...@googlemail.com: Hi. My 'Linux Certified' (Compal JHL-90) just died on me. First the display froze, then when I force-restarted it, it wouldn't go past the first Intel splash screen (with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations

2009-06-04 Thread James Milligan
. The only downside is that you can't 'choose' your server type, as far as I know James -- James Milligan http://www.lake54.com http://www.killermentality.com http://www.twitter.com/lake54 -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thanks!

2009-06-03 Thread James Milligan
On 3 Jun 2009, at 06:52, Steve Garton sheepeating...@sheepeatingtaz.co.uk wrote: On 2 Jun 2009, at 23:14, James Milligan lak...@lake54.com wrote: On 2 Jun 2009, at 23:09, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: I've found in the past that having Pidgin if your sound is not working can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thanks!

2009-06-03 Thread James Milligan
On 3 Jun 2009, at 06:52, Steve Garton sheepeating...@sheepeatingtaz.co.uk wrote: On 2 Jun 2009, at 23:14, James Milligan lak...@lake54.com wrote: On 2 Jun 2009, at 23:09, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: I've found in the past that having Pidgin if your sound is not working can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thanks!

2009-06-03 Thread James Milligan (Lake54)
Just coming back to what Sean was saying last night - is it therefore Pidgin that is causing my sound to not work? You may have misunderstood... I had sound issues, I suspect unrelated to any application but more something to do with whatever the sound is on Gnome (gstreamer is it?)... what

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thanks!

2009-06-03 Thread James Milligan
My 9.04 seems fine sound-wise, as Alan says it was 8.10 that I had the issue with (and possibly the upgraded 8.10-9.04 which died) but the virgin install of 9.04 seems fine.. Sean Right I've upgraded to 9.04 but still no sound. The listing in the Sounds options shows the creative device as

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thanks!

2009-06-03 Thread James Milligan
James Milligan wrote: [...] Hmm I don't really want to have to install ubuntu again. I haven't got the time at the moment. Are there any downloads I could try? Why not try as suggested, an ubuntu 9.04 live CD? -- alan cocks Ubuntu user OK I'll download it now and try to use it after

[ubuntu-uk] Thanks!

2009-06-02 Thread James Milligan
try? Thanks, and I'm so looking forward to using ubuntu!!! I feel so happy now that it's working!!! James -- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com www.twitter.com/lake54 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thanks!

2009-06-02 Thread James Milligan
On 2 Jun 2009, at 23:09, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: I've found in the past that having Pidgin if your sound is not working can result in a memory leak, or at least it can start to really take resource - might be worth turning off sound in Pidgin until you resolve the issue. Sean

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

2009-06-01 Thread James Milligan
On 1 Jun 2009, at 11:05, Bruce Beardall bruc...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.osnews.com/story/21589/Asus_Microsoft_Launch_Anti-Linux_Netbook_Campaign I suppose it was bound to happen. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell mini 10v costs more with Ubuntu than with XP

2009-05-31 Thread James Milligan
How can they charge more? They get the thing for free! Well, we presume they do... I guess it's paying for training and support etc. If so that isn't so bad James -- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com www.twitter.com/lake54 On 31 May 2009, at 13:04, Paul

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell mini 10v costs more with Ubuntu than with XP

2009-05-31 Thread James Milligan
Boom! That's me out of the water lol. Are they made to pay for it or out of 'generosity'? James -- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com www.twitter.com/lake54 On 31 May 2009, at 14:15, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: 2009/5/31 James Milligan lak...@lake54

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell mini 10v costs more with Ubuntu than with XP

2009-05-31 Thread James Milligan
Ah right. Makes more sense now. Would a small independent store (like I've been asking about) need to pay that as well? I think I remember hearing about something like this a while back on the list. Thanks James -- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell mini 10v costs more with Ubuntu than with XP

2009-05-31 Thread James Milligan
Ok, and also thanks Steve. James -- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com www.twitter.com/lake54 On 31 May 2009, at 14:37, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: 2009/5/31 James Milligan lak...@lake54.com: Would a small independent store (like I've been asking

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scambled screen Beginning Ubuntu

2009-05-31 Thread James Milligan
Can only say +1 to the live cd. It's invaluable for me at the moment till I can fix my windows pc. Unfortunately I don't think I can help, although there is something in that book about scrambled screens. Try looking in the index for it. James -- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell mini 10v costs more with Ubuntu than with XP

2009-05-31 Thread James Milligan
Ah right thanks for that. That kinda makes sense now. Can you remember how much it was to have the branding? James -- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com www.twitter.com/lake54 On 31 May 2009, at 16:46, Eddie Bernard edd...@gmail.com wrote: From: Paul

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell mini 10v costs more with Ubuntu than with XP

2009-05-31 Thread James Milligan
Also the CDs you order through shipit come with 4 stickers each I think. I've got a fair few here. Need to stick them somewhere actually. James -- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com www.twitter.com/lake54 On 31 May 2009, at 17:24, Tony Travis a.tra

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu stickers!

2009-05-31 Thread James Milligan
Good old popey.com ;-) Also noting someones earlier email - is it considered 'proper etiquette' to reply to a list email below the quoted text? If so I apologise. James -- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com www.twitter.com/lake54 On 31 May 2009, at 20

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Kier Thomas and Jamie Sicam

2009-05-30 Thread James Milligan
I've actually just checked the book I have and it is the third edition. Starting on page 657 is a bash command index which is very indepth. James On 29 May 2009, at 23:39, James Milligan lak...@lake54.com wrote: Yep this book does. On 29 May 2009, at 22:46, John jake...@sky.com wrote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Business with Ubuntu

2009-05-30 Thread James Milligan
It's dday lol. Just waiting now, got my ubuntu disks and book. Wish me luck! James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] High street store handbagged by angry pensioner

2009-05-30 Thread James Milligan
I can't believe your friend got thrown out for wearing full length trousers. Like you said - do they want to make money? James On 30 May 2009, at 11:19, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: I shall ponder that through the day. Only time I've been refused entry to a restaurant was for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Business with Ubuntu

2009-05-30 Thread James Milligan
Just a quick update - the boss wasn't in... I'm not in next Saturday due to exams so at least I've got a bit of time to 'prepare' Speak to y'all soon. James On 30 May 2009, at 09:25, James Milligan lak...@lake54.com wrote: It's dday lol. Just waiting now, got my ubuntu disks and book. Wish

Re: [ubuntu-uk] upgrade to 9.04, skip blacklist for desktop effects, system freeze on startup

2009-05-30 Thread James Milligan
Or live cd? Yay i'm thinking of solutions for ubuntu peeps now! James On 30 May 2009, at 22:59, Saikiran Madugula hummerbl...@gmail.com wrote: doug livesey wrote: So I can't even go in delete the file that skips the blacklisted drivers for compiz. Can anyone advise me as to how I can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] High street store handbagged by angry pensioner

2009-05-30 Thread James Milligan
Similar to car salesmen I guess then ;-) James Ps - was roasting in work today! Steve Cook wrote: They will tell you which ones you are supposed to encourage the customer to buy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] Mini-success story

2009-05-29 Thread James Milligan
Now this is something that's definitely going to help tomorrow! My PC with XP on has today started throwing blue screens every time it starts up i.e. I can't use it - which is a nightmare because I'm using a website online for some revision help. With the Ubuntu 8.10 live cd I've got, I can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] System apps crash on LiveCD (WAS: Mini-success story)

2009-05-29 Thread James Milligan
this time otherwise I think I might have faulty memory (will try the memory test if it fails again) Has anyone got anything else I can try? James On 29 May 2009, at 14:19, James Milligan lak...@lake54.com wrote: Now this is something that's definitely going to help tomorrow! My PC with XP

Re: [ubuntu-uk] System apps crash on LiveCD (WAS: Mini-success story)

2009-05-29 Thread James Milligan
Sorry for the third email in as many minutes! It worked fine after a restart, so it's all good again ;-) James Ps - I'll stop emailing now - sorry for the spam! On 29 May 2009, at 14:28, James Milligan lak...@lake54.com wrote: OK perhaps not as easy as I first thought Running from a live

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mini-success story

2009-05-29 Thread James Milligan
Would creating a USB startup disk work off a partition on an external hard disk? If so that'd be brill. James On 29 May 2009, at 15:46, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: James Milligan wrote: Now this is something that's definitely going to help tomorrow! My PC with XP on has today

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wiki problem

2009-05-29 Thread James Milligan
I was about to ask the same thing - was running very slowly before. Also does anyone else have styling issues with the shipit site? It just displays plain text for me, and runs extremely slowly for me. James On 29 May 2009, at 15:49, Harry Rickards hricka...@l33tmyst.com wrote: -BEGIN

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Kier Thomas and Jamie Sicam

2009-05-29 Thread James Milligan
I can also vouch for this - I have the second edition and helped me loads gettig started at least with some of the basics (it does have detailed bits as well) James On 29 May 2009, at 22:20, mike daniels mikezz1...@yahoo.com wrote: W.H.Smith Direct (internet) are curenly offering the third

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Kier Thomas and Jamie Sicam

2009-05-29 Thread James Milligan
. John. James Milligan wrote: I can also vouch for this - I have the second edition and helped me loads gettig started at least with some of the basics (it does have detailed bits as well) James On 29 May 2009, at 22:20, mike daniels mikezz1...@yahoo.com mailto:mikezz1...@yahoo.com wrote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Business with Ubuntu

2009-05-27 Thread James Milligan
it goes anyway. James On 26 May 2009, at 21:23, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: James Milligan wrote: Let me just say that I couldn't think of a better title for this, so please improve it if you can! The shop I work in sells desktop computers that are built to order each time

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Business with Ubuntu

2009-05-27 Thread James Milligan
On 27 May 2009, at 11:51, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:44 AM, James Milligan lak...@lake54.com wrote: Would it be possible to customize a Linux install disk to already have these packages installed automatically? Similar to n/vlite on Windows

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Business with Ubuntu

2009-05-27 Thread James Milligan
of thing, rather than any of the others? I.e. Kubuntu, Xubuntu etc. Thanks James On 27 May 2009, at 13:13, Dean Sas d...@deansas.org wrote: On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:59, James Milligan lak...@lake54.com wrote: Is it still possible to use a customized disk though? Because the desktops

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Business with Ubuntu

2009-05-27 Thread James Milligan
2009 11:44:31 +0100 From: James Milligan lak...@lake54.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Business with Ubuntu To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: fa5c1868-d447-4b3c-9dc5-538611b61...@lake54.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Business with Ubuntu

2009-05-27 Thread James Milligan
+0100 From: James Milligan lak...@lake54.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Business with Ubuntu To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: fa5c1868-d447-4b3c-9dc5-538611b61...@lake54.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Wow I must

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Business with Ubuntu

2009-05-27 Thread James Milligan
Ok thank for that. Also just to answer Alan's email which has just come through, thanks as well. James On 27 May 2009, at 16:00, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: 2009/5/27 James Milligan lak...@lake54.com: Ah thanks for that. Just seeing the quote you used from my last email

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