There are two critical questions you should ask yourself:
1) What if your server died; say the processor/memory/CPU failed -
will the few-day-outage, while waiting for a spare part, be a problem
for your customers? If so, you will want to consider a second
hot-standby server.
2) What if the
The problem with Firefox / Thunderbird is they are profile-based. So,
you will find Thunderbird application store directory at
~/.mozilla-thunderbird/somerandomname.default/
Lightning stores its settings using the usual Thunderbird config
settings, which is:
You may have some success running the real Adobe Flash under wine:
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=applicationiId=23
You could also install XP inside Virtual Box, running inside Ubuntu -
saves having to mess about with partitions etc.
Cheers,
Kris
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 8:29
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 4:05 PM, James Milligan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for your reply
I asked my Dad before, and I'm actually incredibly surprised, as he said yes
to installing Ubuntu (fully! Not just WUBI etc)
Is it ok to follow the guide at
On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 5:16 PM, LeeGroups [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
History shows that
whatever starts in the business and back-end world ends up finding
it's way through the servers, to the corporate desktops, and then
finally down to home desktops.
-- Really? Like what?
Lee
My words
A few random ramblings...
Alan talked about Microsoft being in every office, although it
interests me that he then specifically mentions that everyone uses
Word, Excel, ... - I guess an operating system isn't really the
important thing at all, it's the applications that are used. A shift
to ODF
http://luiscosio.com/ubuntu-lettuce
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https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7358483.stm
It's the top article on the Technology page
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm], and it was the on
the main BBC news page [http://news.bbc.co.uk/] earlier.
Kris
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On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm thinking about starting a new sport called Ubuntu Spotting. Using your
keen eye, look out for indications of Ubuntu use in every day life. Points
are awarded for spotting:-
* Machines running Ubuntu
* Articles about
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Javad Ayaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
Can anyone suggest some good driving games in buntu gutsy?
Vdrive seems good!
Regards
javad
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On Dec 24, 2007 6:43 PM, LeeGroups [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a relative who is on skype, but I gather that skype is
proprietary, so as things stand I cannot use the relative to connect
as a test.
There is a Skype client in the Medibuntu repo.
Thanks Tom I will have a go with
On Dec 21, 2007 10:34 AM, Mark Allison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi there
My Dad bought a new PC last week, and me being the family geek, was asked to
set it up for him. He has been using XP for the last five years or so and is
reasonably happy with it, when it works.
When I arrived to
On Nov 26, 2007 7:30 PM, Michael Rimicans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greetings,
Quick question:
Can squid proxy server also be used to share an internet connection over
a small office network?
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On Nov 15, 2007 3:48 PM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Michael,
On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 15:33 +, Michael Holloway wrote:
If by that you mean using a console cable plugged directly into the
server (from a laptop or something) then no.
Yes, mine is hosted in a datacentre where
On Nov 13, 2007 9:07 PM, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
Since I've upgraded to Gutsy, I've noticed an interesting change in
behaviour with apt.
If I run
apt-get install php5-mysql
it doesn't install everything that's required (such as
I get the same thing occasionally, and fix it by hitting the play
button until it works :-)
Kris
On 11/11/07, Tony Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chris,
Chris Rowson wrote:
Anyway, that's a nice job you did there, when it comes to people doing
as you said, word processing and email
On 11/3/07, Jai Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey guys (and girls),
I've been looking into FreeView today and the switch for my area isn't
until 2011 (a LONG, unbearable way away). Freeview.co.uk reports my
area is without any FreeView whatsoever while DigitalUK says that I
can receive
On 11/1/07, Alec Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is anyone using Hardy yet? Am I right in thinking that it will be fairly
stable, because Hardy's gonna be an LTS release? I used gutsy since the
feisty release, so am i likely to be able to use hardy?
Cheers
Alec Wright
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On 10/30/07, STONE COLD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know of a free PDF creatr i can use on both platforms!?
Sorry if this q is irrelevant to the forums!
...
sorry perhaps i didnt make myself very clear...i meant an app independant of
OO!
- Open Office can save files as PDF. These
On 10/26/07, Mark Steele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Matthew Larsen wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm
Options:
Will you be buying Leopard?
Yes - I need new spots!
No - Tiger for me!
I'm a Windows user!
Vote!
Looks like they've changed the
On 10/23/07, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just discovered this relatively new application.
http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=2172
PyTube is a GUI for the use of downloading YouTube videos and convert
them to varios selected format.
Nice simple interface and converts to more
On 10/23/07, Kirrus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've dugg it @
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Tesco_Direct_sells_machines_with_Linux
Already been done, and got popular:
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Tesco_Every_little_helps
:)
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RPGs:
Captain Senaris Vlenn, CO, USS
On 10/21/07, Mark Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IMPORTANT NOTE I am acting like a typical PR Flack in this. As
far as I'm aware, NONE of the quotes I've made up for Alan have actually
been said... Normal practice with PR stuff is for the PR flack to make
them up, then ask the person
On 10/21/07, Kris Marsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 10/21/07, Mark Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IMPORTANT NOTE I am acting like a typical PR Flack in this. As
far as I'm aware, NONE of the quotes I've made up for Alan have actually
been said... Normal practice with PR stuff
On 10/19/07, Josh Blacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi guys,
Not really asking for help as such, just flagging up something that's
bugging me. I dual-boot windows and Gutsy on my laptop, as I'm sure
many others do. Now, if I use Windows for whatever reason, and turn
off the wireless to save
On 10/18/07, Neil Greenwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I got a bit further by enabling roaming mode and using the applet near
the clock to log on.
The adapter seems to be working, but nothing is routing through that
device. I tried
sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
but that didn't work. I'll try adding
On 10/18/07, norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For some unknown reason my hard drive becomes very active for about 5
minutes and then stops. This activity is repeated at half hourly
intervals. I would like to find out what is causing this but do not know
how to go about it. The activity started
On 10/18/07, Daniel Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
Does anyone know if 7.10 server comes with ebox as I can not find any
mention of it, however I did see it mentioned with regards to the rc before.
Cheers,
Daniel
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On 10/18/07, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi kris,
On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 15:42 +0100, Kris Marsh wrote:
From here, it's likely to be whatever is taking up 70-100% CPU usage.
If it's trackerd or beagle-daemon, then you have two choices: kill /
uninstall it, or be patient.
Or tune
On 10/17/07, Jim Kissel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
taufanlubis wrote:
Hi all.
I suddenly lost my /var/run/apache2.pid
Now, I can't run my apache2.
Have any of you ever deal with it?
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
or
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start
depending on the state of your
On 10/16/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rob,
Um, how do I know if it has detected the network card?
I also have 7.04, just finished downloading it, should I use that instead?
James
Hi James,
If you can wait two days, it might be worth trying 7.10 instead
By adopting the Adobe Flash(r) Player software, the BBC will make its
free catch-up TV service – BBC iPlayer – available as a streaming
service across Macintosh and Linux(r), as well as Microsoft
Windows(r), by the end of the year.
Use update-manager -c -d over apt-get/aptitude, as it will perform
some other pre- and post- install procedures that apt won't do...
Regarding debconf, you'll probably be ok with the old version for the
time being (it's failed to install the new version, so your old
version is still intact).
On 9/5/07, Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:39:21 +0100
Keith Bowerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've had a look at the .gnome 2 directory although I don't really know
what I'm looking for.
Any other advice would be more than welcome!
Quick way to see if
On 9/5/07, Darren Mansell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 10:08 +0100, Keith Bowerman wrote:
I was surprised not to receive a reply from my previous posting on this
subject. I accept that there is a lot of other traffic at present and
also my description of my problem was
On 8/31/07, Sean Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Had Feisty running on both laptop and desktop PCs.
On the laptop a week ago I decided to take the plunge, as I was having
various issues with Feisty that I suspected might be fixed in gutsy, one
of which was the inability to read memory cards
On 8/30/07, STONE COLD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
sweet
i will try that!!!
Ultimately i want to install some sort of media centre as well?
Something that looks nice!!!
You may like to give Elisa a go - http://elisa.fluendo.com/
Screenshots: http://elisa.fluendo.com/screenshots/
On 8/30/07, STONE COLD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
that DOES look nice!
Can this be installed on top of fiesty? can i use synaptic to install it?
and most importantly can i just exit the media centre and use the normal
desktop ( like windoze).?
Ok, click the menu
On 8/30/07, Matthew Wild [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 8/30/07, Kris Marsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 8/30/07, STONE COLD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
that DOES look nice!
Can this be installed on top of fiesty? can i use synaptic to install
it?
and most importantly can i just
On 8/27/07, John Levin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
This months Linux Format mag has a review of the eSys ePC Basic, a
budget desktop preloaded with Ubuntu 6.06
Has anyone seen or used one of these? The website
http://esysglobal.co.uk/esyspc.htm
gives no details of prices or where to
On 8/23/07, Matthew Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey all, been a while
IMO I think the idea of viral videos is a waste of time. When have
they ever worked? I personally think its just a buzz-word and a
marketing experiment gone crazy. We need to stop trying to 'trick'
people in to moving
On 8/17/07, Mark Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is a bit of software whose name I can't remember, hence Google is
not my friend :-)
You run this software on multiple machines, and stick their monitors
next to each other across your desktop. One of the machines has a
keyboard and
On 8/8/07, Pete Stean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ah, the Dell Inspiron 6400 which they are selling retails for £359+
depending on features such as memory etc.
The irony of course is that this machine is *no cheaper* than the
Vista-loaded equivalent... why are they not prepared to pass on the
On 8/4/07, Andrew Jenkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi All,
Newbie Ubuntu-ite here. So far so good, although I
have a few questions, but one at a time.
I've been a Mandrake/Mandriva user since I ditched
the dreaded MS four or five years ago. I just
thought I'd try Ubuntu (7.04) alongside
On 7/13/07, Skippy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://efficientpc.co.uk/videos/vmware/
if I was to install windows XP in VMware, what would the processing power
hit be like? Would it be possible to run outlook in it, without it becoming
painful,
It's actually quite usable, providing you install
On 7/11/07, Mark Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
This question is particularly aimed at server admin, but
desktop-specifics would be good.
If you're running an Ubuntu box, what routine admin do you perform
- how often do you run apt*
- do you rely on the file system itself
On 6/20/07, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This topic makes me think though.
Wouldn't isolating all net enabled applications in this manner pretty
much secure linux? Why aren't distributions running like this as
standard?
Chris
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On 6/11/07, alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Andy wrote:
On 10/06/07, Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Then you find the address of the actual feed and check it plays in mplayer
If it does (it should do) then add -dumpstream on the command line.
Forgot to mention:
There is an open in
On 6/11/07, Skeg Fast [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a website/doc on the interwebs from which I can grab useful
links to include in an email my MP to ask him about his use/make him
aware of FLOSS? If not, does anybody have suggestions for links that I
can point him to?
Cheers,
Skeg
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On 6/7/07, luxxius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alan Pope wrote:
snip
rsync: chgrp /media/USBdisc/Music/. failed: Operation not permitted (1)
I must say I am watching this thread with interest. The above messages
appear when i rsync my music and podcasts to my mp3 player.
The difference is
On 6/7/07, luxxius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
luxxius wrote:
Nearly all the files in the music library had 'diana' as owner and
'root' as group. It was the half-dozen or so that had 'diana' as owner
Sorry. I meant, of course, the half-dozen or so that had 'diana' as group.
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Diana
On 6/7/07, Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:52:11 +0100
luxxius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I cannot access the music folder or its subfolders and files unless I
become root (sudo su). I can then see the folders and files. This is
the output of stat on the
On 6/4/07, Dominic Forrest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I need to regularly convert a few hundred/thousand .jpgs to a mpeg4
(or other) video. These files are selected as the result of a mysql
query from perl and sit within a number of directories along with many
more images which will
On 5/22/07, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Who wrote this? I've not read anything as poorly thought out and badly
researched as this in a long time!
Actually I found out exactly who writes this pro MS anti Linux stuff...
It's the chairman of the FSB IT committee, who coincidentally
On 5/7/07, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi folks,
Does anyone know much about the remote desktop stuff in Ubuntu? system
preferences remote desktop
It's basically a app to control VNC isn't it?
I wanted to be able to offer remote support to a friend across the
internet, but
On 5/7/07, LeeUKHA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Would kubuntu have installed a virtual drive/directory for the purposes
of the exercise, or should I have been running as it will be after a
full install?
My mind grappled with the possibilities and I came down to the two
drives on my
On 5/6/07, norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would like to raise another point relevant to all UK citizens. We all,
in one way or another, pay taxes a fair proportion of which gets spent
on education. Thus, if schools could be persuaded to change to Ubuntu,
by how much would our taxes be
On 5/6/07, Gregory Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sean Miller
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Gregory Kirby wrote:
I will burn both to a disk and I believe the disk will be bootable and
reversible if it plays havoc with my current set up?
Not sure what reversible
On 5/6/07, Gregory Kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
HI Kris,
I have had a play with Ubuntu. I also have a Kubuntu disk ready to play
around with too.
I have realised that I may have trouble opening existing MS Office docs,
mainly Word, some Excel and Access.
Open Office is the installed
On 5/3/07, James Tait [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
With that all said, questions I think we could address initially include
the obvious and you've already listed some of them:
- What is Ubuntu?
- What is Linux?
- I understand free, but what is Open Source?
- Will it work on my computer?
On 4/30/07, Stephen Garton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Morning All,
I'm after some recommended reading, If I might enquire. First background:
Current Set-up (Laptop): 80Gb HD split into 2Gb Swap, 12Gb /, and the
remaining 60Gb (all of what is
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TimeBasedReleases#head-155ed55a47757cbcf0ec1d1488025d61909582bf
Any released version (i.e. Feisty/7.04) will only get backports.
Basically we're talking security updates or critical bugs that are
likely to effect a lot of users.
For new stable packages, you will need to
On 4/17/07, baz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, what's the best way to upgrade? I'm running Edgy at the mo.
Baz
Hi Baz,
Here is the method I used, around a month ago. I'm sure the upgrade
will be fine for you, but the usual disclaimers apply. There's always
that remote possibility that your box
On 4/8/07, Martin Fitzpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Paraphrasing Yoda, do or do not, there is no try. I may just be a
pessimist but try suggests failure. Using neutral Installing Linux
or Setting up your computer makes it sound like it'll be easier -
and makes it more likely people will
On 4/1/07, Martin Castle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
you need a good card, you are lookinig for Beryl
( http://www.beryl-project.org/ ). it's a lot better than the cube, it's
rammed with bits and peices that look fantastic ;)
This isn't completely true. Beryl runs very well on my laptop + intel
Regarding file system tagging, take a look at Leaftag -
http://www.chipx86.com/wiki/Leaftag. Development seems to have
stagnated unfortunately, and it doesn't seem to work for Ubuntu (I've
not been motivated enough to spend more than about 20 minutes on it
though).
Something more immediately
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