On 02/06/11 17:31, Alan Pope wrote:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/367768/asus-to-ship-ubuntu-netbooks
In Europe.
Neat huh?
Al.
Great yes!
I saw an early news item and searched to see where to buy, but stuff
had not yet been on sales web sites. Whoever sees then please shout?
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On 30/05/11 09:30, alan c wrote:
Is it me or is www.ubuntu.com site down just now?
it came back ok
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If you have not tried it but would like to, then - at your own risk -
there are now some open pods (servers) to try. One from a developer
in London:
http://londondiaspora.org
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On 25/05/11 09:57, alan c wrote:
On 25/05/11 09:23, Alan Bell wrote:
On 25/05/11 09:03, alan c wrote:
I have sent it also to the users who I help as admin, they just use
Ubuntu like a toaster, they do no admin at all. I think they will not
understand many of the questions
On 29/05/11 17:33, Barry Drake wrote:
On Sun, 2011-05-29 at 11:13 +0100, alan c wrote:
' the Ubuntu survey, I think it is a little beyond our scope Alan - it
seems a bit too technical for us'
Alan, I agree totally. This is the real strength of Ubuntu - even a
Windows user can make it work
On 29/05/11 17:33, Barry Drake wrote:
On Sun, 2011-05-29 at 11:13 +0100, alan c wrote:
' the Ubuntu survey, I think it is a little beyond our scope Alan - it
seems a bit too technical for us'
Alan, I agree totally. This is the real strength of Ubuntu - even a
Windows user can make it work
On 28/05/11 15:51, Bruno Girin wrote:
On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 07:47 +0100, Sean Miller wrote:
If you don't consider you are going to have a huge turnover then
merely register as a Sole Trader.
You will have to pay additional National Insurance Contributions on a
quarterly basis (I think it's
On 25/05/11 09:23, Alan Bell wrote:
On 25/05/11 09:03, alan c wrote:
I have sent it also to the users who I help as admin, they just use
Ubuntu like a toaster, they do no admin at all. I think they will not
understand many of the questions and the questions about installation
may
On 24/05/11 08:27, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
On 23/05/11 21:05, Dino T. wrote:
Excellent, thanks. I plan on bringing up that Google use Ubuntu inhouse
and have done since 2006 (that I'm aware of.) If you know of any huge
companies that use it too, please let me know.'
Erm,
Pretty much every
On 24/05/11 00:52, Alan Bell wrote:
On 24/05/11 00:39, Alex Cockell wrote:
Surely it's a standard part opf functionality now? How is this change
increasing usability? Especially if i am working through a large web
doc and want to quickly open a new tab or save from a link or copy a
url to
On 24/05/11 12:10, Dave Morley wrote:
On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 11:53 +0100, Tony Scott wrote:
Hi Alan
Shouldn't this question be directed to Mozilla?
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On 23/05/11 09:53, Avi Greenbury wrote:
They're specifically not. If, on first boot, they were presented with
Grub asking if they wanted Linux or Windows
with respect, I think the choice is between 'Ubuntu' and Windows
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Trying out Ubuntu 11.04 still an dI noticed something in Firefox which
puzzles me.
My usual action with my bookmarks list is to right click in the list
to open the chosen bookmark item in a new tab.
But I do not seem to be able to do this in Firefox 4. Am I missing
something here? Is there
On 23/05/11 14:07, Dino T. wrote:
Hi
A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to
Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. To increase awareness and show
students that they can save money using free/open source software. This is
scheduled for around September 2011.
On 23/05/11 12:28, Chris Coulson wrote:
On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 12:16 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
See
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdbusmenu/+bug/748850
which covers both right and middle click. It was supposed to have
been fixed a couple of days ago so presumably the fix will
The French assembly have used Ubuntu for at least two years now, and
the Gendarmerie are (or have ) migrated all of their 70,000 PCs to Ubuntu.
On 23/05/11 21:05, Dino T. wrote:
Excellent, thanks. I plan on bringing up that Google use Ubuntu inhouse and
have done since 2006 (that I'm aware
On 23/05/11 18:58, gerry wrote:
Hi
Using 11.04 and Firefox 4.0.1 a right click gives me the option to
Open
Open in a new window
Open in a tab
and several other bookmark options
Unfortunately I can't get a screen shot of it
I wonder if you are looking at a web page full of links, an dright
On 21/05/11 17:50, Alan Pope wrote:
I've plumped for Ubuntu 11.04 and Unity on my friend's Dads laptop. I
figured this was the best choice given the future direction of Ubuntu,
and I can support him because I use it myself.
Good reason!
I would suggest that
1) disable the launcher autohide
On 21/05/11 09:40, Alan Pope wrote:
Greetings!
My friend had this conversation with her Dad:-
Dad: Can you get in contact with Alan and get him to help me with my computer
Friend: I'll be honest, he won't touch it with windows on it
Dad: Okay, will he install Linux on it for me?
Friend: I'll
On 21/05/11 10:50, Matthew Daubney wrote:
On 21 May 2011 09:55, Liam Gallearliam.gall...@gmail.com wrote:
On 21 May 2011, at 09:40, Alan Popea...@popey.com wrote:
Greetings!
My friend had this conversation with her Dad:-
Dad: Can you get in contact with Alan and get him to
FYI
(please contact the organiser direct)
Original Message
Subject: [ORG-discuss] Workshop on Open Government: Open Data, Open
Source and Open Standards
Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 10:38:20 -0500
From: Mr. Puneet Kishor punk.k...@gmail.com
Reply-To: Open Rights Group open
On 21/05/11 15:59, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
Does Wubi now work in Windows 7? I heard there were problems some time
ago...
I had heard that some grub updates had caused problems, and I stopped
recommending wubi completely at that time because the fix was way
above the likely wubi users
On 21/05/11 17:52, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
On 21/05/2011 17:39, Jon Spriggs wrote:
As I said, the VPN part is more to save having to set up local port
forwarding and DynDNS, especially as my Dad is with BT, and their
default response with the home hub is Press the reset button on the
On 19/05/11 10:21, Avi Greenbury wrote:
Alan Bell wrote:
Just call it Ubuntu, problem solved.
Ah, that was supposed to be the bulk of my point, but I apparently
completely forgot to mention it...
I should really put something in place that stops me sending out emails
in the middle of the
On 19/05/11 18:22, Tony Pursell wrote:
On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 13:24 +0100, Matthew Daubney wrote:
On 19 May 2011 10:05, Alan Bellalanb...@ubuntu.com wrote:
ick, sorry about the epic long URLS, I started a wiki page for
RaceOnline and uploaded the certificate there if people
On 18/05/11 08:27, Alan Bell wrote:
On 17/05/11 23:30, Martin Houston wrote:
Sorry for the long post but this has just made my blood boil and I
think we should all be making the maximum fuss we can about this.
I think I will give them a call and see if we can work with them
constructively
On 17/05/11 23:25, Tony Scott wrote:
Review of Ubuntu on ThinkPad X220
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/may/17/computing-opensource
Nice review and nice publication. A bit difficult to see where he
purchased it though? It sounds a bit like it came with Windows and he
installed
On 18/05/11 22:46, Avi wrote:
Martin Houston wrote:
It would have been nice to have little snippets like Linux's 20 year
history and the fact it runs on 95% of all super computers. The page
is very biased to say the least.
Not that either of those matter since we're talking about today
On 04/05/11 14:40, Alan Pope wrote:
Hi,
in ~20 mins there's an 'Ask Mark Shuttleworth' session in Ubuntu Open
Week. Jump on IRC and pose your questions to Mark in
#ubuntu-classroom-chat and watch the answers in #ubuntu-classroom on
freenode irc.
All the details at the below links.
On 04/05/11 18:32, Terence Simpson wrote:
On 4 May 2011 18:29, alan caecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
Unfortunately I had a medical appointment, so I could not join in.
I notice there is no log, never mind.
I trust it went well?
On 29/04/11 22:43, Nigel Verity wrote:
[...]
Maybe 24 hours is not giving it a fair chance, but I can't stand
the new user interface. It strikes me as unintuitive and a
retrograde step in productivity. I've installed XFCE instead which
is great. It would be interesting to get the views of other
I have just learned that Google has discontinued GNU/Linux based
support for Picasa although old versions are still available.
Why care? I do not use it myself, but I am full time involved in
helping newcomers move towards Ubuntu, inevitably they are Windows
users. Most want to change from
On 20/04/11 09:05, Simon Greenwood wrote:
On 20 April 2011 08:28, alan caecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
I have just learned that Google has discontinued GNU/Linux based support
for Picasa although old versions are still available.
Why care? I do not use it myself, but I am full time
On 10/03/11 14:03, John MM wrote:
Ok, having looked though this book, I have its amazing. Clear, easy to
understand, and it has pictures. The best thing I am liking is the
command line stuff, some things I dont know, and its making it easier to
understand, so thanks for posting this to the list.
I have just purchased a Haynes Manual for Ubuntu!
'Everything you need to get started with Ubuntu Linux'
Very neat.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Linux-Manual-Mike-Saunders/dp/1844259706/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1299589121sr=8-1
shortened:
http://amzn.to/dTK6Pq
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experiences out there re this vendor please? Off list if you prefer?
thanks
** end quote [alan c]
If you take a look at Cheep Linux Ltd. on the Companies House website you find:
Last Return Made Up To: 26/05/2009
Next Return Due: 23/06/2010 OVERDUE
which isn't too encouraging, and:
Status: Active
On 21/02/11 18:06, Rob Beard wrote:
On 21/02/11 16:45, Ross Mounce wrote:
[It's my first post: Hi all!]
I often hear that it's rare to find UK vendors selling computers with
Ubuntu pre-installed.
So I was pleasantly suprised to see this:
On 19/02/11 20:52, Matthew Wild wrote:
On 19 February 2011 20:32, Alan Popea...@popey.com wrote:
Hi all,
As you can see by the website, we're returning with Season 4 of the
Ubuntu UK Podcast in 10 days.
Podcast \o/
I obviously missed out on something
what does\o/mean
On 19/02/11 06:05, Hassan Haz Williamson wrote:
@Mac, Thanks for that. Interesting read. Personally I'm going where the
developers are, I have a feeling that Oracle might try to swing things to
their favour and might close down some aspects of OOo - either that or try
to incorporate their own
On 13/02/11 11:28, Sarah Chard wrote:
O
n Sat, 2011-02-12 at 19:46 +, alan c wrote:
the IT department and found that Bracknell use an overwhelming amount
of Suse Enterprise server, and are carefully aware of the non linux
apps they still depend upon, and plan for a future with thin
On 13/02/11 12:55, bod...@googlemail.com wrote:
At the council where I work, vendor lock in is not a concern at
all, quite the opposite. One of the merits is that everything is
likely to integrate without an issue. Sharepoint, exchange, ms
office, ms sql all work together to deliver the service.
On 12/02/11 08:28, Barry Drake wrote:
On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 21:22 +, Barry Drake wrote:
On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 21:01 +, alan c wrote:
another possibility is a usb wifi dongle?
Wonderful idea! I'll get one.
It's the ideal solution. Thanks Alan. Works straight out of the box
On 12/02/11 16:12, Alan Pope wrote:
On 12 February 2011 16:06,bod...@googlemail.com wrote:
Damn, if linux isn't for geeks, I'm gonna have to go Free-BSD
Some people think Linux is for geeks and it should stay that way. I
personally don't.
At least the bbc are talking about it. I work for
On 11/02/11 08:56, Scrase, Eddie wrote:
Chromium gets on my nerves but I thought I'd try Midori which seems
OK.
Personally I quite like Chromium, and it's screen space saving design is
really useful on the EEE's 7 screen.
How do you block adverts in chromium?
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On 07/02/11 12:43, Barry Drake wrote:
On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 11:34 +, Steve Flynn wrote:
What channel is the router broadcasting on?
The default was 'auto', but I've tried different channels and different
wireless settings with no success. If it wasn't such a pain, I'd load
Win XP on to
I am also planning to attend the first one - see you?
alan cocks
On 07/02/11 10:59, gazz wrote:
Yes, that's good - see you there :)
Paula
On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 17:18 +, Barry Drake wrote:
On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 11:14 +, gazz wrote:
Barry - I'd like to go to the first one on 22
On 04/02/11 21:22, Dianne Reuby wrote:
A friend has asked me to look at her husbands netbook, which is running
Linux. He bought it from Tesco two years ago, so I think it probably
*is* Ubuntu.
His problems are mainly that it doesn't recognise USB devices when
they're plugged in, and it
Hi Barry
It was I.
Apologies, I maybe missed the commons comment.
1) Please use it, or extracts where you want to. I regard it as being
creative commons non attribute, non commercial, although attribution
would be nice (optional) and I would only decline commercial use if
it was likely to
On 17/01/11 09:53, Barry Drake wrote:
On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 09:29 +, Scrase, Eddie wrote:
Although I haven't bought a laptop from them, from past experience I can
recommend the Linux emporium (linuxemporium.co.uk).
I've heard very good reports about them, but looking at their website, I
I will be bold enough to propose a summary in this situation, having
read this thread to date. Tin underpants on.
1) The good guys do not always win.
2) If you want to support your beliefs, it might cost money. Freedom
might not come cheap? Ok, if not, then buy with the mass market
On 17/01/11 13:00, Rowan Berkeley wrote:
what we need is 'naked computer' suppliers,
since we are better off installing our own Ubuntu systems from Live CDs
and if we are completely computer-less we can get Live CDs ready-made.
I am heartily with you on this. But we need a little more don't
On 17/01/11 11:38, Sean Miller wrote:
And, to be honest, I'm not too worried about personalized attention when
installing if I am going to save £100 on the retail cost of the laptop... it
will presumably work out of the box... where I might need the support is
later
If you are happy to
On 17/01/11 17:07, Kris Douglas wrote:
There's always the option where you don't accept the Microsoft EULA
and get your money back for the install on the machine.
I believe that option no longer exists. But I would be delighted to be
found wrong!
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On 17/01/11 14:32, Alan Pope wrote:
I have often pondered setting up a cottage business buying naked
laptops and ubuntifying them, but can't see there's a huge margin in
it, but there's the potential to get sucked into very long protracted
support conversations, negating any profit made.
I
On 17/01/11 19:09, gazz wrote:
(subject re fair trade, ethics, etc)
People complain that
Waitrose is expensive but (a) the food doesn't taste like wax and cotton
wool and (b) the employees are being relatively decently treated.
Yes, and also they ar ea bit more forthcoming about the
On 16/01/11 17:47, ma...@london.com wrote:
Any laptop with good spec will work with Ubuntu have fun
*including* the webcam?
For example
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/laptop/range/eclipse.html
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On 13/01/11 19:47, gazz wrote:
About to write something for a VCS ICT mag about Ubuntu so thought I'd
have a look at Natty - umm, not a big fan of Unity, ugly and
ridiculously limited - wot, can't add stuff to the panel - what's the
one at the top actually doing besides wasting space and telling
On 07/01/11 12:50, David King wrote:
Anyone going to the Linux Open Source Expo in London on 2-3 Feb 2011?
http://www.opensourceexpo.co.uk/
I had not heard about this is it very recent information?
I would love to run a FLOSS stand based on the Infopoint brand I use
regularly at PC fairs
Well done.
I will be very happy to support the stand, both days if needed,
arriving probably mid morning though.
I will guess that my Infopoint stand proposal is not viable, unless
someone wants to make use of the brand for the event.
alan cocks
On 07/01/11 20:20, Alan Bell wrote:
Hi all,
Hi Alan
What stand name?
On 07/01/11 14:02, Alan Bell wrote:
I did request a stand, I am following it up with the organisers.
Alan.
On 07/01/11 13:21, Neil Perry wrote:
Hello David,
There was some talk about us having a stand there, showing ubuntu and
giving cds, not to sure if this is
I want to buy a motherboard bundle which will work ok with Ubuntu. My
aim is low to mid range functionality/price.
Recent experience and current availability will be of greatest interest.
The onboard graphics may be the biggest uncertainty. Almost all the
searches I have done suggest some
On 28/12/10 09:53, Barry Drake wrote:
In fact they will be very surprised not to
be asked to pay!
This is a recurring and apparent problem. A free app here or there
from an enthusiast group is one thing, maybe used in Windows, but a
complete freedom of a complete system, which one is going
vanilla Ubuntu and say, Qimo for kids, will be
internet and cloud stuff.
BTW an excellent app for browser filter is an addon to Firefox ProCon
latte, it can be passworded and also hidden.
alan c
On 14/12/10 09:54, Alan Bell wrote:
Tuxpaint and Gcompris!
great fun apps to play with.
To be honest
On 08/12/10 20:36, Jacob Mansfield wrote:
somebody wanna flame this guy, I'm too tired
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ubuntu-10-10-Latest-Desktop-Netbook-Server-Ed-/110614591450?pt=UK_Computing_Software_Software_SRhash=item19c124b7da
Hey why flame?
He says:
On 09/12/10 18:41, Sean Miller wrote:
The spirit of Open Source suggests that CDs/DVDs should be supplied at
cost, but what determines cost is open for debate.
There is the media, of course... but there's also any documentation you
choose to throw in, your time burning the CD and posting it
On 07/12/10 11:50, gazz wrote:
(snip)
I've been doing hands-on FOSS advocacy in the voluntary sector for the
best part of a decade and experience teaches me that it's a mistake to
gloss over the real issues in migrating from any Windows OS to any Linux
distro. What's important is to get across
On 07/12/10 20:19, gazz wrote:
On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 17:21 +, alan c wrote:
Neat. I do hope you are able to join the advertising team?
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Wish I could - was intending to help out with the Wordpress site on
Friday but just got sandbagged with 2 meetings
On 25/11/10 14:19, Ted Wager wrote:
I am thinking of buying a Panasonic TZ8 digital camera
Could anyone tell me if this will mount in Linux ?
On the three occasions in the last four years I have purchased a
camera from a high street store I made a show of taking along a laptop
and ran from
On 17/11/10 21:55, Daniel Case wrote:
And I forgot to provide the link!
http://www.linuxproblems.org
I think this gives a negative message about Linux.
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On 17/11/10 22:20, Daniel Case wrote:
That's true, but out of the 10,000 people who Google for it. There have to
be some people having problems with Linux? And as it grows it will rank for
other certain problems and keywords.
I would suggest that the stats are the result of hypothetical
On 11/11/10 15:51, alan c wrote:
[snip]
I got burned by a nasty bug in the live CD of 10.10 which has the
effect of wiping your whole hard drive if you should be so unlucky to
choose a particular install option relating to choosing a *partition*
(not the whole drive!).
[snip]
Bug #659106
On 12/11/10 10:24, Andy Braben wrote:
I have to say that I installed Ubuntu 10.10 on a different partition
on the same disk as Windows XP and all went very smoothly with no
problems at all.
I can only ascertain from this that only certain hardware is affected.
I do not believe it is related
On 12/11/10 11:33, Liam Proven wrote:
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Alan Popea...@popey.com wrote:
On 12 November 2010 09:57, Liam Provenlpro...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, but *what* particular sequence? Nobody has yet spelled it out,
AFAICS. I'd like to know so I can avoid it!
It's
On 12/11/10 18:51, David King wrote:
I have just bought a HTC Desire Z mobile phone, running Android 2.2.
It has a feature to allow, via the USB cable, use of the Internet
connection on a PC so that the phone can connect via that, rather than
use the 3G or wi fi when those are not available
On 12/11/10 20:40, alan c wrote:
On 12/11/10 18:51, David King wrote:
I have just bought a HTC Desire Z mobile phone, running Android 2.2.
It has a feature to allow, via the USB cable, use of the Internet
connection on a PC so that the phone can connect via that, rather than
use the 3G
I use a lot of Live CDs, the Desktop editions. Mostly I distribute
them in various ways. The quantities are sometimes quite large. Also I
am active on various forums, acting in an outreach way, to give a
profile to GNU/Linux, particularly Ubuntu.
I am not a developer but I am an active
On 08/11/10 14:26, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 12:54 +, pmgazz wrote:
Otherwise, publishers with existing copyright insist on using DRM -
nothing (legally) to be done about that as far as I can tell.
Except for Baen, one of the first publishers to come to their senses
On 28/10/10 12:40, pmgazz wrote:
We're running an Ubuntu sociable help session on the 5th November at 1pm
to 7pm near Tower Bridge (Central London). We've got half a dozen people
signed up, which isn't much - but they're all bringing their tech issues
with them and I think each one will need a
On 22/10/10 18:03, Mark Harrison wrote:
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:47:42 +0100
From: Alan Popea...@popey.com
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Powerline Recommendations
To: bdr...@crosswire.org, UK Ubuntu Talkubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Message-ID:
On 18/10/10 14:25, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
Have a look at TeamViewer - it's very very easy to use and needs nothing
installed on their machine. There's a Linux version of it been released
recently.
http://www.teamviewer.com/download/index.aspx
Team viewer certainly seems a good
On 18/10/10 14:25, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
On 17/10/2010 11:48, alan c wrote:
On 16/10/10 22:52, Daniel Case wrote:
Would help if I could, I'm based near Doncaster though...I went to Ayr
once,
lovely place :)
Could you try to help them via remote assistance as well as phone Al
On 16/10/10 22:52, Daniel Case wrote:
Would help if I could, I'm based near Doncaster though...I went to Ayr once,
lovely place :)
Could you try to help them via remote assistance as well as phone Al?
Unfortunately the current problem is display related and their limited
technical experience
On 16/10/10 23:28, A J Binnie wrote:
On 16 October 2010 21:57, alan caecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
Wanted:
I have some friends in  INVERNESS  who use Ubuntu after my initial
help, but they have some display problems and they are not experienced
enough to make best use of phone
On 15/10/10 22:31, A J Binnie wrote:
On 15 October 2010 21:48, Bill Cummingb...@s0l.co.uk wrote:
May as well throw my hat in since I've not seen another Scot in this
thread...
I'm on the coast in Ayrshire (45 Mins away from Glasgow City Centre)
Been using Linux (Ububtu specifically)
On 21/09/10 07:54, Sean Miller wrote:
Did we ever get to a conclusion as to whether Cheeplinux are now in
Marie Celeste Website mode, or has simply changed their company name
or something?
Would be interested to know as I have recommended people go there in
the past, though not lately.
Sean
On 18/09/10 02:00, Liam Proven wrote:
On 17 September 2010 21:11, alan caecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
I have a friend with Ubuntu 9.04 and I will do a version upgrade for
them soon. One option is to version upgrade online to 9.10 and then,
at another convenient future date, version
On 18/09/10 15:11, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
On 18/09/10 14:23, alan c wrote: snip /
I do not understand the following very well, sorry. I have lots
of 'new install' experiences but have never been adventurous at
this stage
I think your questions are rather good ones Alan.
Perhaps either
On 16/09/10 09:57, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
One gotcha that you should be aware of when using a fresh operating
system install is that usernames and groups in linux are actually really
numbers (UID and GID) and the name is mapped to the UID in /etc/passwd.
If you are the first user (the admin
On 17/09/10 14:18, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
On 17/09/10 13:35, alan c wrote:
On 16/09/10 09:57, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
One gotcha that you should be aware of when using a fresh
operating system install is that usernames and groups in linux
are actually really numbers (UID and GID
I have a friend with Ubuntu 9.04 and I will do a version upgrade for
them soon. One option is to version upgrade online to 9.10 and then,
at another convenient future date, version upgrade to 10.04 LTS,
which they will stay with for a longer time.
Another option is to do a clean reinstall of
About 3 weeks ago I ordered a few items (a couple of legacy logo
Ubuntu mugs and various stickers) from www.cheeplinux.com. I have
purchased from them in the distant past and expected no problem. The
site says that most purchases will be dispatched next day, although
this is not item
On 11/09/10 17:11, Rob Beard wrote:
On 11/09/10 16:39, Daniel Case wrote:
[...]
Thinking back a few years ago, one of the complaints that I heard from
some Windows users (one complaint I had myself when I first started
using Linux was that I couldn't download a setup program). Some people
On 11/09/10 18:41, Anton Piatek wrote:
I generally disagree with the original comments - Ubuntu has always
shipped non-free software (flash, sun java, ...) and this is mostly
for the user's benefit in that these applications are very much
desired. If I want a pure, free environment I use
On 26/08/10 07:10, alan c wrote:
Express your views to the Royal Society soon.
http://royalsociety.org/Education-Policy/Projects/
I am a bit perplexed. There have been approximately 20 entries in this
thread so far, and I do not recall any single one person saying they
will contact the Royal
or nearly that, anyway.
Article:
Royal Society opens inquiry into why kids hate tech
Lessons that is, not games, mobiles, Facebook:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/25/royal_society_schools_computing/
'exam results have shown computing subjects are failing to grab kids'
attention'
depressing!
Dianne
On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 07:10 +0100, alan c wrote:
or nearly that, anyway.
Article:
Royal Society opens inquiry into why kids hate tech
Lessons that is, not games, mobiles, Facebook:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/25/royal_society_schools_computing
On 26/08/10 07:10, alan c wrote:
or nearly that, anyway.
Article:
Royal Society opens inquiry into why kids hate tech
Lessons that is, not games, mobiles, Facebook:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/25/royal_society_schools_computing/
'exam results have shown computing subjects
On 25/08/10 11:07, Alan Bell wrote:
Bother, it is just because it is on an ADSL connection with a static IP
address. I will get it to relay through somewhere else later and resend
confirmation mails
hope that is the reason I have not yet seen a confirmation invitation
email (at 0646 hrs,
On 20/08/10 14:00, michael wrote:
...and here is the video clip that Les put together for barcamp
blackpool and played on his joggler.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N43STURN6E
I really like this one!
Thanks
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