Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Ubuntu Users

On 12/01/13 22:52, Dan Fish wrote: > Dear All, > > A good friend of mine has taken up the offer of becoming a medical > officer on the Falkland Islands for a 2 year contract. Having spent time > on many remote locations I'm actually very jealous as the Falklands and > surrounds are a stunning plac

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11,04 Broke My Wireless (surprised?)

On 3 May 2011 13:06, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > On 03/05/11 13:04, Avi Greenbury wrote: > > Besides, I don't buy this thing about Windows users being scared of the > command line. When I was doing Windows (admittedly XP) desktop support about > 80% of my calls started 'press Start+R; now enter

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Low power 2-drive NAS box that can run Ubuntu?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/09/10 14:43, David Restall - System Administrator wrote: > Might blow the budget a bit but I've just ordered QNAP TS210 (£168 inc > VAT & Delivery from www.cclonline.com > > . > > It'

[ubuntu-uk] Peer to peer apt

First post for a while, and I don't usually start threads, but I've been lurking, and I don't think this has appeared before. I recently had an idea for improving ubuntu: Wouldn't it be good if packages could be distributed in a peer to peer manner, as .isos can be? This would have several advanta

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

On 14 May 2010 01:26, Steve Pearce wrote: > I would like to participate in Ubuntu desktop and server ISO testing, > sign me up :) > > Steve. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > +1 Sam -- ubuntu-uk@lists.u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up the web interface for VLC in ubuntu/Linuxmint?

On 14 April 2010 09:10, Paul Sutton wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Kris Douglas wrote: >> On 13 April 2010 12:34, javadayaz wrote: >>> yep exactly that...lol its pretty awesome. :) >>> >>> On 13 April 2010 12:26, Jon Reynolds wrote: And so VLC is running on a c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] London Karmic launch party - open to all?

--- Original message --- > From: Alan Bell > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Sent: 27.10.'09, 20:22 > > Joseph Hughes wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Is the venue open to the great unwashed public, or is it invite only? >> >> Thanks, >> Joseph > open to all. (washing first is advised though) > > Ala

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

--- Original message --- > From: Jon Reynolds > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Sent: 24.10.'09, 10:50 > > Am I thinking about this wrong or is it true that using a live CD, one > can just boot into the live environment and then mount the host > computer's hard drive and browse its conte

Re: [ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps

--- Original message --- > From: javadayaz > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Sent: 13.8.'09, 8:50 > > have you used this? are the results any good? > > As its a book that i want to use this for ...i dont want it to sound too > robotic!! > > 2009/8/13

Re: [ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps

--- Original message --- > From: javadayaz > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Sent: 13.8.'09, 7:54 > > Hi, > > I want to convert from text to speech. Does anyone know of any free apps > in ubuntu that can do this? > > Im planning on converting a book from text to speech so i can listen o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scheduling a reboot of Ubuntu?

Alex Birchall wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to schedule a reboot of my Ubuntu server. > > When I type sudo crontab -l at the prompt, the following is displayed: > > #m h dom mon dow command > 40 12 * * 0-7 eprints reboot > > As I understand it, this should mean that at 40 minutes past 12 each

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using rsync (or something) to remotely backup a windows drive

doug livesey wrote > Hi -- I have a drive that gets a weekly backup of a Windows network stored to it, and I would like to have that backed up in turn remotely. When you say 'a drive', is that on a windows box, or a linux box or a NAS? > To that end, I have an IP address that I wish to sync it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Realtek 8187b Wireless VERY VERY slow

Harry Rickards wrote > > Quoting Gordon : > ... > > Thanks - the major problem is that the internet connection is SO slow > > that I can't install packages. Is there somewhere I can download the > > *.deb file on another machine and install it that way? > ... > > If you search packages.ubuntu.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] RAID 1 with three drives

Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/3/2 Rob Beard : > > The idea I had was if this is possible, I could attach one of the drives > > externally via eSATA so it can be taken off site and in the event of a > > server failure this off site backup could be plugged in and the server > > could be back up and runni

Re: [ubuntu-uk] N.H.S

Simon Wears wrote > My mum is a home care NHS nurse, and when I was talking to her about her work computers a while back, she told me they use a mixture of systems. I know they use MS computers for things such as creating documents, but they also use something else (I think a specialist *nix sys

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Single Ubuntu instance both bootable AND virtual?

Andrew Oakley wrote: > I have a new PC which has Windows XP. I am already very familiar with > repartitioning/resizing and dual-booting so that I can have both XP and > Ubuntu on the same machine. > > Is it possible to have the same one single Ubuntu partition bootable as > BOTH: > * Dual boot >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] synaptic

norman wrote: > The other day I installed a piece of very effective software using > synaptic. But, stupid me, I forgot to note down what I had done. Is > there any way I can check to find the name of the installation, please? > > Norman > > If you start synaptic, and navigate to the File menu,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Copying files from a reiser3 partition to LVM problem

Rob Beard wrote: > Mark Allison wrote: >>> I'm creating an ext3 filesystem with a block size of 1024. Hopefully >>> the smaller block size will reduce wastage as I have lots of small >>> files. Thanks for your time. Will let you know tomorrow how this one >>> works out. >>> >> Yay! Using a 1024 byt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Idea- Torrents!

Alan Pope wrote: > On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 11:46 +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: >> whats a nslu2? > > Google can help you with that question. > >> Debian...but nothing in gnome hence ubuntu then? > > Well I'm sure you could put Ubuntu on it, but lots of people have > already put debian on them and made

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screen resolution issues with Ver 7.04

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Lucy wrote: >>> I just wondered if any one else had experienced this behaviour. >>> Cheers >>> Seoras >> This happened to me when running an Alpha version with the nVidia >> driver, however it is now fixed for me at least with the driver >> installed v

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband connection with Eclipse

Robin Menneer wrote: > On 3/5/07, Dave Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi Robin, >> >> Did 'webmaster' tell you why it will not work with Ubuntu? >> > No ! > >> Do you know what the make and model of the 'black box' is? >> > Yes. It's labelled Speed Touch 330 made by Thomson Telecom. T > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Roll Your Own VNC Support Package

Stephen Garton wrote: > Afternoon All, > > I (and I imagine a few people on the list) am the 'support' desk for > family when it comes to PC's. Now, I am working on getting them to > migrate to Ubuntu, so I can better support them, but at the moment > they are (mostly) running windows. I recently

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Speedtouch 330 Adsl modem on Ubuntu 6.10

to work. >Has this problem been discussed in the list? Is there a list archive > somewhere? > >Thanks, > >Daniel Quarte I can't remember whether your problem has been discussed before, but in any case, the list archives can be found here: https://lists.u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New boy.

; https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ Welcome! What is your physical setup? Are you using a broadband modem or a router? ADSL or cable? How is it connected to your PC? Kind regards, Sam -- Samuel Toogood -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] I would like to play dvd

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 System->Preferences->Removable Drives and Media. Then click on the Multimedia tab. HTH Sam (Sorry about top posting, but it gets really confusing if you mix top and bottom) Oren wrote: > Hi all > > VLC is working so I am going to leave Totem well