Re: [ubuntu-uk] 14.10 code name

2014-04-23 Thread Philip Stubbs
://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu unusably slow

2013-02-06 Thread Philip Stubbs
that the old machine did not. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sony Experia

2012-12-17 Thread Philip Stubbs
of the bloat has been deleted. There are hacks to enable USB mass-storage, but I have not bothered. With adb installed it is just as easy to type adb push file location to copy a file to the device. Tools you will want:- adb fastboot flashtool -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

[ubuntu-uk] [OT] Recommendations for laptop spares suppliers

2012-06-27 Thread Philip Stubbs
Can anybody recommend a reputable supplier for a new keyboard for a HP Compaq Presario CQ70 laptop? Thought that I should ask before just picking a random guy on eBay! :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

[ubuntu-uk] 12.04 failing for me.

2012-05-24 Thread Philip Stubbs
/graph.php?graph=0start=-31536000title=Year -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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

2012-05-24 Thread Philip Stubbs
professionally, I would be having a real paddy. But then I would also be more inclined to fix things ;-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Tiling Window Managers

2012-05-21 Thread Philip Stubbs
is the best tiling window manager? I did find a list here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Comparison_of_Tiling_Window_Managers From a quick glance I am tempted to try Awsome. Also, Qtile looks interesting, as it is written and configured in Python. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why not contribute to Ubuntu Manual

2012-05-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
. If I had more time, motivation and skill, I would hack together a proof of concept. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Simple EXIF tag editor

2012-05-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
to re-invent the wheel. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Simple EXIF tag editor

2012-05-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 10 May 2012 16:53, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: I believe Shotwell can be set to write the data back to the images rather than saving in its db. Well there is certainly a tick box to that effect. I need to do some tests, but if that works, then I am sorted. Thanks! -- Philip

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity - fails to load automatically -- low-graphics mode crashes

2012-05-09 Thread Philip Stubbs
sure that your graphics card is seen by Linux. You could also look into /var/log/Xorg.0.log and see what X is doing on startup. One thing I like to try is to stop gdm/lightdm whatever, and then run startx. If it fails it often gives a helpful message. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity - fails to load automatically -- low-graphics mode crashes

2012-05-09 Thread Philip Stubbs
without it. After that, I am out of ideas! :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity - fails to load automatically -- low-graphics mode crashes

2012-05-09 Thread Philip Stubbs
more tests, and see how it goes... If I can live without one or the other I will aim to remove them! I also have both installed, but gdm is not used. run this command sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm That should give you the option to set the default. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 audio recording?

2012-04-18 Thread Philip Stubbs
kicked off a 95Mb update, so will try again in a few minutes. :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 audio recording?

2012-04-18 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 18 April 2012 19:46, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: It works here, at the moment. Just kicked off a 95Mb update, so will try again in a few minutes. :-) Lots of 3.4.0's were replaced with 3.4.1's so I guess that is a point release of gnome then. Sound recorder still working. Sorry

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Date Time display

2012-02-27 Thread Philip Stubbs
in the system settings. I cannot add with a right click. Hi Ken, Go to System Settings, from the icon in the top right corner. In there, under System, there is an icon for Time Date. Click that. Select the Clock tab. Check that the 'Show a clock in the menu bar' option is checked. -- Philip Stubbs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Update BIOS with dual boot

2012-01-31 Thread Philip Stubbs
was on an ASUS motherboard. ASUS supply a DOS utility to flash the BIOS, so I created a bootable CD with FreeDOS, the utility and the new BIOS on it, as I don't have a floppy drive. The FeeDOS website had a guide to creating the CD. If Lenovo also have a DOS utility, that may be a way forward. -- Philip

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Top Posting

2011-11-23 Thread Philip Stubbs
, and then suddenly include me with a 'What do you think?' type message. In that situation, I am glad that they have top posted, including all the old messages, as I can then look back and see what has already been covered by all parties. Horses for courses. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

[ubuntu-uk] Cheap USB DVB-T Dongale that works with 11.10

2011-10-29 Thread Philip Stubbs
Can anybody that uses a cheap USB DVB-T dongle that works well with Ubuntu 11.10, please tell me the make and model. Thanks! -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files

2011-10-26 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 26 October 2011 11:27, mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote: Not sure the Sony A55 is supported by UFRaw: http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/Cameras.html If by A55 they mean Sony SLT-A55V, then it is supported by UFRaw, according to that page. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk

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

2011-10-19 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 18 October 2011 17:57, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately I am not a programmer Maybe this is an opportunity to do something about that? :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

[ubuntu-uk] Configure Network Manager from Command Line

2011-10-18 Thread Philip Stubbs
in it except a not saying it was managed by network-manager. Manually adding a nameserver here fixed my problem, but I am going to guess that it will disappear again next reboot. How do I make this permanent from the command line over ssh? -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Configure Network Manager from Command Line

2011-10-18 Thread Philip Stubbs
Network Manager, which stops it making changes. s/ Yes, it is my home server. It did have a GUI installed but that failed after the Oneiric upgrade. Can't complain about that as it did give a warning. So, what is the best way to disable Network Manager? -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Configure Network Manager from Command Line

2011-10-18 Thread Philip Stubbs
. :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Strange DVB USB behaviour in 10.10

2011-10-09 Thread Philip Stubbs
any other program that responds to the tab key very difficult. Any suggestions on where to look for for help? -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu compatible digital voice recorder

2011-10-03 Thread Philip Stubbs
in Linux. In the past I have used this:- http://trans.sourceforge.net/en/presentation.php But looking at that webpage, it may have been replaced with this:- http://transag.sourceforge.net/ the first one at least is in the Ubuntu repositories so should be easy to test. -- Philip Stubbs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - digital TV recorder (Humax) free software.....

2011-07-06 Thread Philip Stubbs
Public Licence is intended to guarantee your freedom to .' I noticed a similar thing in the manual for my Samsung TV. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Barebones pc.

2011-06-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 10 June 2011 10:40, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: Only the pictures of kittens, which I believe comprises most of the internet these days. Is that an euphemism? :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Barebones pc.

2011-06-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 10 June 2011 10:50, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: http://www.google.com/search?q=kittensum=1ie=UTF-8tbm=ischsource=ogsa=Nhl=entab=wibiw=1920bih=992 Kittens! Thousands of them! Now that was just plain gratuitous! :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] unity gimp

2011-06-07 Thread Philip Stubbs
the lines of why change it. Well I did get that, but it was only to do with the style of the cards in her favourite game! That was easy to adjust. I am really looking forward to 11.10 to see how Unity grows up. Also being able to switch between Unity and Gnome 3 will be interesting. -- Philip

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FireFox and SQLite

2011-03-05 Thread Philip Stubbs
the standard locations, and use that for Gnucacsh. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Test drive and V-Box ..

2011-02-16 Thread Philip Stubbs
not try too hard but I seem to remember that the version of X in Natty is too new and not supported by the extensions. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Test drive and V-Box ..

2011-02-16 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 16 February 2011 19:39, Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote: On 16/02/11 19:07, Philip Stubbs wrote: On 16 February 2011 12:25, Alan Popea...@popey.com  wrote: Due to the VirtualBox extensions not being present. Have you tried doing the install inside virtualbox

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam with built-in mic to work on Ubuntu?

2011-01-09 Thread Philip Stubbs
cheaper than a proper camcorder, to use as a camera to stream live via the web (using livestream.com) rather than record onto a disk/memory card/tape. I don't know, but would a Canon PowerShot with an alternative firmware do the trick? http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora

2011-01-07 Thread Philip Stubbs
any left. Dave Jones One will be on its way shortly -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora

2011-01-07 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 7 January 2011 12:22, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: Scary, but whosever invitiation Dave doesn't use - could I have it? Sean On its way. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora

2011-01-02 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 2 January 2011 22:15, Mark markymo...@gmail.com wrote: I got 5 invites if anyone wants one? Mark Any invites left? I would love one please :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora handles

2011-01-02 Thread Philip Stubbs
stu...@joindiaspora.com -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Corrupted User Accounts?

2010-12-20 Thread Philip Stubbs
/home.tar.gz /media/usb drive name I'm sure there are better tutorials out there, but It's something to look at. or:- $ sudo apt-get install backup-manager -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What's the best...

2010-12-17 Thread Philip Stubbs
/byobu I have used screen many times but not really hard. This makes using screen even simpler. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Loosy splah screen after update to 10.10

2010-11-19 Thread Philip Stubbs
http://brej.org/blog/?p=158 Hope that helps. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video and DVD creation ....

2010-11-04 Thread Philip Stubbs
than PiViTi. I have not actually tried to create a video with it yet. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 10.10 VirtualBox problems

2010-10-12 Thread Philip Stubbs
install virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 I found this here: http://www.unixmen.com/linux-tutorials/1157-install-guest-addition-in-ubuntu-1010-maverick-meerkat-fix Google is your friend! :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 10.10 VirtualBox problems

2010-10-12 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 12 October 2010 23:04, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: On 12 October 2010 22:34, David King linux...@avoura.com wrote: I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 10.10 and installed it in VirtualBox 3.2.8 (running on Ubuntu 9.04 host). It's the 64-bit version. I have just noticed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Streaming Audio - Cross-Platform

2010-09-21 Thread Philip Stubbs
PC to he other in similar way that I can share the Printer. Reading through that FAQ seems to indicate that it is possible. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vote Results!

2010-08-31 Thread Philip Stubbs
/full/logo14.svg (don't worry about the 14 in the URL, that means nothing) Typical! One that I did not vote for. That goes to show how much I know. :-) Well done for organising the vote. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11.04 Natty Narwhal

2010-08-18 Thread Philip Stubbs
. You can te And I always thought that it was YY.MM :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scanners OCR

2010-08-18 Thread Philip Stubbs
is supported before buying it. http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html Have fun! -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scanners OCR

2010-08-18 Thread Philip Stubbs
will have to give up some beer time, so not really a practical suggestion. :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Oracle sues Google over Java

2010-08-13 Thread Philip Stubbs
://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/13/oracle_sues_google/ Regards Bruce I think that they are probably a bit upset because Android does not use the Sun JVM. I was only reading the other day that this could bite Google if it was found that the alternative VM infringes any Sun IP. s/Sun/Oracle/g -- Philip

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Rsync to a remote computer

2010-08-04 Thread Philip Stubbs
google would have given you this in seconds. $ man rsync Google not required :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] loco logo

2010-08-03 Thread Philip Stubbs
, or all upper case. If you really need an upper case K then use it with an upper case U. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for small business

2010-07-27 Thread Philip Stubbs
to the paid for version, or migrate away to running your own servers, as required. I would be interested in what you find in the way of ERP. There is half an idea floating around inside my head that concerning that. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Question on ffmpeg encoding

2010-07-23 Thread Philip Stubbs
thought that it was the mf://$IMAGEPATH/*.JPG bit. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 63, Issue 28

2010-07-15 Thread Philip Stubbs
know everywhere you go on the internet./foil_hat -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Aptitude

2010-06-07 Thread Philip Stubbs
it is no longer there by default, it will require me to change my ways. More often these days the GUI tools are sufficient to get things done. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups

2010-06-03 Thread Philip Stubbs
'no' to a London skyline. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups

2010-06-03 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 3 June 2010 13:44, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: I vote 'no' to a London skyline. Why, because it's London? No, because I see it all over the place, and I don't think that it looks very nice. Also

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

2010-05-27 Thread Philip Stubbs
something wrong? -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Meego and Ubuntu

2010-05-27 Thread Philip Stubbs
machine, but it complains about missing framebuffer -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Slow Log In since upgrade

2010-05-19 Thread Philip Stubbs
is going on during that pause so that I can fix it? Thanks. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Call for help - ISO testing

2010-05-13 Thread Philip Stubbs
Hi, I would like to get involved. If I can actually help is yet to be determined. :-) Philip Stubbs. On 13/05/2010, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: Hi all, I'm sat here at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Brussels and wanted to let people know about something and ask for volunteers to help

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nicht im Haus bis 2010-05-28

2010-05-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 9 May 2010 10:35, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: Hmmm, How do i stop my out-of-office doing the same when i go on holiday?? Don't set out-of-office. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Backup strategies: [Was Hard drive- Bad sectors]

2010-04-19 Thread Philip Stubbs
with a scheme that avoids massive transfers across the network each week. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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

2010-04-11 Thread Philip Stubbs
'. Just pinged them another email saying that as they already have my money, they better reply saying that mine is due in 24 hours. We will see what happens. :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for a Speccy

2010-03-29 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 28 March 2010 23:57, Matthew Daubney m...@daubers.co.uk wrote: Thanks for everyones help :) I've now located one that suits my needs perfectly :D (Waterdamaged unit from ebay) If you manage to get this working, please let us know. It would be interesting to see the results. -- Philip

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Create a DVD

2010-03-26 Thread Philip Stubbs
that can then be burnt to a DVD. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for a Speccy

2010-03-26 Thread Philip Stubbs
replaced with built-in datesette recorder You are after a ZX Spectrum Plus, by the sound of it. I was going to make some joke about anoraks, but really I am still jealous of the kids at school who had spectrum's. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lucid Lynx TV Advert

2010-01-31 Thread Philip Stubbs
. This way, when people walk into a computer store that sells machines with Ubuntu on them, they will say, 'OK, I have heard of that!' and not run a mile looking for the familiar Windows or Apple Logo. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to edit Policykit

2010-01-01 Thread Philip Stubbs
of changing this function. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] How to edit Policykit

2009-12-31 Thread Philip Stubbs
this makes little sense on a desktop system, and would like to stop this from happening. All I can find out is that it is Policykit, but I cant find any way of editing it. Regards, -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to edit Policykit

2009-12-31 Thread Philip Stubbs
Andrew. In all my searches, Mythtv did not come up once. I do have Mythtv installed on this machine. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] File copying problem to USB flash drive

2009-12-25 Thread Philip Stubbs
the files intact on the hard drive? I am using Ubuntu 9.04 on an AMD64 PC. The USB flash drive is 16 GB in size. Exactly what commands are you using to create the copy? Are you using the graphical interface or from the command line? -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] File copying problem to USB flash drive

2009-12-25 Thread Philip Stubbs
. Other than that, I have no suggestions. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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

2009-12-08 Thread Philip Stubbs
://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/tv-audio-video/television/led-tv/UE40B8000XWXXC/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detailtab=specfullspec=F -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting

2009-11-27 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/11/26 Matt Wheeler m...@funkyhat.org: On Thursday, November 26, 2009, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: I hope you are wearing your foil hat right now While I do use gmail, I think it's important to consider carefully how much you trust them to keep your data secure. Have you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting

2009-11-26 Thread Philip Stubbs
.  But for me, I'll survive without the 'convenience'. Call me paranoid... I hope you are wearing your foil hat right now -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting

2009-11-25 Thread Philip Stubbs
Mail features but with your own domain name. It's easy and simple to setup too. +1 -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
. When done, it would make sense to keep the original scans secure. Even with careful planning, it would seem likely that at least a few images would benefit from a manual tweak, and that would be best done on the original image. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GIMP Add-In Maybe?

2009-11-09 Thread Philip Stubbs
/index.php http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/ Have a look there. If the quality of the scans are consistent, then you could write a script to automate it with the image magick tools. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Audio Streams

2009-11-07 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/11/7 David Restall - System Administrator d...@restall.net: I'm not that interested in TV streams (there's not much on TV that interests me so I rarely watch it).  Where is the get_iplayer script ? http://linuxcentre.net/getiplayer -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OpenOffice.org problems

2009-11-04 Thread Philip Stubbs
' Then do an:- $aptitude purge whatever The purge option will remove config files that may otherwise get left behind. Then re-install as suggested. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Not a good press

2009-11-03 Thread Philip Stubbs
, from a users perspective, it helps having up-to-date software available directly from the main repositories. -- Philip Stubbs -- 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 Philip Stubbs
BitTorrent's!' :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-27 Thread Philip Stubbs
it yet, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8326264.stm?ls -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] streaming content via wires!

2009-10-20 Thread Philip Stubbs
? It wont protect from lightning strikes. I think he was worried about UV degradation of CAT5 cable running on the wall outside his house. I would suggest that some form of conduit would be better. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] streaming content via wires!

2009-10-20 Thread Philip Stubbs
in the future is not going to be easy, then invest in exterior grade now and be done with it :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] MP3 players

2009-10-12 Thread Philip Stubbs
than that, it is great. Has 8Gb internal memory, and also has a slot for extra memory. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Karmic (9.10) party

2009-09-29 Thread Philip Stubbs
from a Windows devotee.  (The author's description of the Win7 Launch Party video is priceless.) http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/28/charlie-brooker-microsoft-mac-windows Shitasmic. That should be in the dictionary. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

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

2009-09-23 Thread Philip Stubbs
, this may help http://www.wine-reviews.net/applications/itunes-73-on-linux-with-wine.html Also check http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=applicationiId=1347 -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Organising, searching and emailing

2009-09-17 Thread Philip Stubbs
people can get involved :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mythtv

2009-08-22 Thread Philip Stubbs
. The previous time, I had to manually hack the MySQL database to get the channels setup. This time, it 'just worked'. Hopefully I will not have to touch it again until 2012 when we get the full 200kw signal, and then I should be able to get rid of the signal booster. :-) -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote start torrents

2009-07-21 Thread Philip Stubbs
a screen session, and then start rtorrent. I can then log out and leave it running. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help please

2009-07-01 Thread Philip Stubbs
fashined'. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Last Barrier!

2009-06-10 Thread Philip Stubbs
schedule. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Business with Ubuntu

2009-05-27 Thread Philip Stubbs
. Before all the KDE fans get flame throwers out, I only suggest using Ubuntu as it is the standard version, not because of any bias for Gnome on my part. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Font

2009-05-22 Thread Philip Stubbs
/quite/ render properly because of this. Thanks in advance! If you have the ttf file, I have found that I can drop them into a folder named .fonts on my home directory. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 8.10 - upgrade of svn to 1.5 or 1.6

2009-04-15 Thread Philip Stubbs
. However, I bet a quick Google would tell you. All the best, -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Comic strip creating software

2009-04-09 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/4/9 javadayaz javada...@gmail.com: Hi, Im thinking of creating some comics. I know there online creators.but does anyone know of software that will work in the ubuntu environment? Inkscape and The Gimp -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Running a .run file -- Permission denied command not found

2009-04-08 Thread Philip Stubbs
much,    Doug. Try:- $chmod +x shoes2.run then see if it will run. -- Philip Stubbs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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