mac wrote:
Dave Walker wrote:
And for those that missed it, myself included:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kp806/Inside_the_Virtual_Anthill_Open_Source_Means_Business/
Just listened to it. An implicit lesson in the difference between 'Open
Source' (=pragmatic - better ways to
alan c wrote:
mac wrote:
Dave Walker wrote:
And for those that missed it, myself included:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kp806/Inside_the_Virtual_Anthill_Open_Source_Means_Business/
Just listened to it. An implicit lesson in the difference between 'Open
Source' (=pragmatic
Original Message
From: - Mon Jun 1 18:04:35 2009
[snip]
Subject: [Surrey] Fwd: BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software
This is on tonight, Monday 1st June:
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James Milligan wrote:
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.
Car back bumper, bike front mudguard, front window of house, :-)
back of laptop lid .
On a car back bumper they last about 6
Thomas Ibbotson wrote:
James Milligan wrote:
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.
Wikipedia has an article on posting style
Most of bbc radio listen again is flash based I think, and it works ok
for me.
However, just lately I find that some programmes do not play and a
message appears that I need to 'install real player'.
In a machine which has an older install - an asus 900 which is still
running the original
/5/28 Tim Dobson li...@tdobson.net
alan c wrote:
Most of bbc radio listen again is flash based I think, and it works ok
for me.
However, just lately I find that some programmes do not play and a
message appears that I need to 'install real player'.
In a machine which has an older
Wulfy wrote:
alan c wrote:
A particular example is the michael bentine show
for example
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00bv2gw/episodes/player
Hmmm... when I clicked on the program to play, the player window popped
up and then FF crashed... :@(
Kubuntu Jaunty, FF 3.0.10
I had
Below is an copy (with permission and with identity removed) of a
letter of complaint from a pensioner friend to the department store
where she had attempted to buy a webcam. For Ubuntu. The high handed
way the staff member acted has prompted a formal response from my
friend, who, (until now) has
Sean Miller wrote:
when I try to play most of my saved music it says sorry mate, you
don't have those there plugins what we need to do this - do you want
me to install them? so I say yeah but then it says sorry, mate,
didn't work out.
So what's the most reliable way from a virgin install of
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, meaning the OS too. We also sell laptops by ASUS but that's
[...]
Have you considered
norman wrote:
My current router is about to die and I have a router supplied by my ISP
which I have been trying to set up. I have followed all the available
instructions but the end result is that I cannot make contact to the web
set up. I enter the address supplied into Firefox and get no
Simon Wears wrote:
I got myself a Logitech Quickcam S7500, works great for me straight out the
box. Clips onto my flat screen monitor, same with laptop. Can be a bit
tricky getting it to work with aMSN, but *apparently* works great with
Skype. Haven't tried it myself, as I don't use Skype.
It
norman wrote:
My current router is about to die and I have a router supplied by my ISP
which I have been trying to set up. I have followed all the available
instructions but the end result is that I cannot make contact to the web
set up. I enter the address supplied into Firefox and get no
norman wrote:
snip
I have recently installed Ubuntu 9.04 and decided to follow the detailed
instructions which you so kindly supplied. As far as I can tell I did
exactly what was described.
ApplicationsAdd/Remove
Ensure that 'All' is selected, and Click the choices to select 'All
I put together the following information for those who may not care
about restrictions, and just need some help with multimedia.
It draws heavily on the medibuntu repositories, and is written with
novices in mind:
==
Multimedia and Ubuntu
How
John wrote:
I just reformatted my laptop harddrive, reinstalled windows xp and the
installed Ubunti 9.04 through wubi. Its seems to be working really well.
It automatically left out compiz and I can only use the basic Visual
effect, which is fine by me.
In windows, I dont have any
Andrew Williams wrote:
A few people may of spotted me firing away with a camera at the
event, and as requested i've made them available online.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nik_doof/sets/72157617311869238/
I took in the region of 300 photos during the night so it's taking
some time to
jaunty became available - from canonical's machines at least, about 20
minutes ago
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Adam Bagnall wrote:
alan c wrote:
jaunty became available - from canonical's machines at least, about 20
minutes ago
Do you have the md5sums? I'd like to know if I'm seeding the correct ISOs...
3b5e9861910463374bb0d4ba9025bbb1 *ubuntu-9.04-alternate-amd64.iso
It looks like xandros is moving into Wubi space and also linking
commercial options (?)
Presto:
'...Presto is positioned simply as a program for Windows. You
download it as an .exe file and install it like you would any other
application. To remove it, run the uninstaller or go to
Chris Bagley wrote:
Ogg files? Bit-torrent distribution? CC licensing?
Something strange is bubbling out of the beeb and I for one like it!
Definitely will be something to keep an eye on. Cant say the media up
there now is that inspiring but I guess the only way to show we want
more is to
doug livesey wrote:
Hi -- I (sort of) noticed a while back some marketing gumph that suggested
that Ubuntu servers can be configured to reduce power consumption when they
are not under heavy load, and was wondering if something similar was
available (generally, I mean, not *just* for Ubuntu)
Neil Greenwood wrote:
2009/4/8 alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com:
Gitso:
[...]
I have concluded that security issues are acceptable as long as
[...]
2) Â the supportee does not type anything into the screen which is
confidential such as credit card number, during a session, since
credit card
Alan Bell wrote:
Stephen Garton wrote:
I have used gitso (http://code.google.com/p/gitso/) with a reasonable
amount of success, for connecting linux and windows machines in all
configurations (i.e. L-L, L-W, W-L and W-W).
I say reasonable amount of success purely because I don't use it
http://www.be-heard.co.uk/volunteering.html
The charity Be Heard has about three dozen members and most use the
internet enabled computers in their club rooms fairly regularly. One
of the four desktops has a touch screen, with an accessible-friendly
mouse and keyboard.
All four PCs run Ubuntu
Robin Cardrick wrote:
I had no idea this kind of thing went on in Bracknell. Living in
Bracknell myself I had always thought of the area as pretty
technologically inept! Am glad there are people here showing others that
there is another choice, and one doesn't have to use windows!.
yey!
I have posted this expos'e of how easy it is for a great grandma to do
internet shopping on her own with Ubuntu
http://dnc.digitalunite.com/2009/03/31/great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu-linux/
It would be great to think it might get some good coverage, any
doug livesey wrote:
Hi -- I already remotely administrate a PC for my Mum one for my Dad, and
both are Windows machines.
So LogMeIn.com is perfect for those.
However, I am setting up an Ubuntu machine for my brother that will also
require remote administration, and was wondering about the
Bruce Durling wrote:
I tweeted about it on @otfrom, but I think digg, reddit or slashdot
would be the place to go.
thanks.
How do I get it marked for digg, reddit and slashdot?
alan
2009 - The year of the linux desktop for Great Grandmas?
cheers,
Bruce
2009/3/31 alan c aecl
it and if that is needed please give me some guidance?
alan c
We did a story a good year or so ago on a similar theme, written by
Knightwise,
about his 'Ubuntu Granny' using Ubuntu on her EEE that they bought her.
BTW: just don't let her near Twitter, it's too addictive!!! ;D
LOL
invert a
printer font
Dianne
On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 13:59 +0100, alan c wrote:
I have posted this expos'e of how easy it is for a great grandma to do
internet shopping on her own with Ubuntu
http://dnc.digitalunite.com/2009/03/31/great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm
Computer Shopper magazine May 2009 has a tiny Tux at top centre of
its front cover:
'NEW Section Linux made easy! It's FREE and easier than you think.'
The section, page 136, is listed as a 'Linux Expert' section, along
with other 'expert' sections.
The title is 'Install Ubuntu Linux', '
Eddie Bernard wrote:
2009/3/25 Matt Jones m...@mattjones.me.uk:
In the past, that opinion was fairly valid. Now, the celerons are
actually quite speedy little chips, espescially for an Ubuntu box that
is going to run web/openoffice/music all day. As for recommending a
Via over the current
Eddie Bernard wrote:
2009/3/25 Jamie Bennett ja...@linuxuk.org:
Steve Cook wrote:
Here's your competition http://efficientpc.co.uk/
The Wraith, same system with 2gb of ram - £232.61. Nice looking little system
there.
Great - I can definitely beat that and by some way. I can't tell
mac wrote:
Some of you may already have seen this heartening story. (Let's
hope the lads at the Met have, too!):
Gendarmes saves cash with Ubuntu
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/388/1051388/gendarmes-saves-cash-ubuntu
I immediately sent an email (and link) to my three local
'Tempers Flare as Recession Creeps into Tech Industry'
http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2009/03/tempers-flare-as-recession-creeps-into.html
Extract:
It's _ hippy freaks like you that are costing us our
jobs. You got any idea how many people are getting pink slips because
of your
Andrew Oakley wrote:
Mark Fraser wrote:
I was going to say that Computer Active published 'The
Computer Active Ultimate Guide To Linux' in December,
but that had Ubuntu 8.10 on it. It was £5.99.
Ooh, that might do. Thanks.
http://www.computeractive-direct.co.uk/index.cfm?p=16itemid=2946
Following a successful visit in April 2008, organised via Hantslug, of
Government Minister John Denham to
Jamies, the Sounthampton recycling centre, when he had presentations
and Q A on Open Source including, specifically, Ubuntu, I now see news
of a follow up:
Jamie's Hosts Ministerial Visit
doug livesey wrote:
Hi -- I've recently switched my main dev machine from OSX to Ubuntu Ibex,
and would like to start implementing a regular backup regimen.
In OSX I used TimeMachine, an excellent app that has saved my arse on more
than one occasion.
I've seen that there are supposed to be
Chris Bagley wrote:
Fantastic little article. I guess we are never going to be able to
fully protect against stupidity but there definitely is room for bug
fixes in this case.
Thunar seem to have got it right
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Rob Beard wrote:
alan c wrote:
Sean Miller wrote:
I have my nice SuSE Tux, as seen here... http://lugog.org.uk
If anybody wants to use it to promote Linux let me know...
unfortunately being in Somerset I'm a bit out in the sticks but I
could certainly bring him to places relatively
Matt Jones wrote:
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote:
[...]
http://infopointproject.org/wordpress/
Looks to be a little dead now, but was exactly what you described, I
think it was started by Jono and some of the other lugradio guys.
Matt.
I use Infopoint
Paul Sutton wrote:
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The good news is that one of our very own - Alan Cocks is doing great
work in Bracknell, Berkshire. He's probably run more stands at
computer fairs than any of the other teams put together!
If you want to know anything
Dianne Reuby wrote:
On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 20:06 +, Paul Sutton wrote:
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I did a google search for uk computer fairs and found the followin site
http://www.britishcomputerfairs.com/index.htm
there is a contact form, on the site which I
Rob Beard wrote:
On 10/02/2009 12:07, alan c wrote:
Matt Jones wrote:
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Paul Suttonzl...@zleap.net wrote:
[...]
http://infopointproject.org/wordpress/
Looks to be a little dead now, but was exactly what you described, I
think it was started
Sean Miller wrote:
I have my nice SuSE Tux, as seen here... http://lugog.org.uk
If anybody wants to use it to promote Linux let me know...
unfortunately being in Somerset I'm a bit out in the sticks but I
could certainly bring him to places relatively nearby... the Orkneys
are probabaly not
Rob Beard wrote:
On 10/02/2009 14:17, Sean Miller wrote:
I have my nice SuSE Tux, as seen here... http://lugog.org.uk
If anybody wants to use it to promote Linux let me know...
unfortunately being in Somerset I'm a bit out in the sticks but I
could certainly bring him to places relatively
In the open and sharing spirit of FOSS I offer a heads up to a well
written item which looks like it needs some actions in response.
There may be some nice debate about a definition here or there, but
the real world is in this article as far as I can see.
I trust it will not be long before I
LeeGroups wrote:
Aparently primnary schools are forced to use MS office so the children
are ready for what is used in Secondary schools which is I guess a fair
argument i guess. And i guess secondaries feel obliged to use MS office
as they see it as industry standard.
There used to be a
Harry Rickards wrote:
Someone I know who goes to a CLAIT course was told that an Operating System
meant Windows, no mention of Linux or Mac OSX, and that an application was
simply either an MS Office App or IE, again do mention of OpenOffice or
Firefox. Maybe the instructors don't even know
Hopefully a sign of things to come. Novatech forums now have a Linux
forum.
Possibly very useful for information about what works, or not. As you
probably know, Novatech price stuff with and *without* OS.
I saw a suggestion there that they had been or are still, in contact
with Canonical.
Ken Robson wrote:
US woman says Ubuntu can't access internet
cid:part1.08010708.05090402@robsonfamily.co.uk
also
'Worlds Dumbest Woman Blames Ubuntu for College Failure'
http://www.inquisitr.com/15383/worlds-dumbest-woman-blames-ubuntu-for-college-failure/
(photo)
' Despite her
Yishay Mor wrote:
http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9667184
MCFARLAND (WKOW) -- Abbie Schubert paid more than $1,100 for a Dell laptop
hoping to enroll in online classes at MATC.
But something stopped her: Ubuntu.
No WKOW, something else stopped her. But that's no excuse, computers
I have a (very) non-techie friend who is just starting with Ubuntu
from Windows. He wants to continue to use skype. I can easily help
with that initially, I have a free skype account myself so I can do
support for skype installation.
However, he has a paid skype account, I think so that he can
Graham Binns wrote:
2009/1/14 alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com:
Can anyone say what the difference is, in terms of what is in Windows,
between a paid skype and a free skype? In particular how to migrate
across?
There's no difference. He doesn't need to migrate, just log in on
Linux
WhatPC have a good article titled
'Join the Linux Revolution'. It begins with the landmark phrase
'You have undoubtedly heard of Linux' and continues with a brief
introduction to contemporary Linux, It soon concentrates on Ubuntu and
'We would strongly recommend that complete beginners start
(Not only the BBC radio 4 on free stuff for 30 minutes mentioned in
another thread),
but also this big coverage of you know who and Ubuntu!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/business/11ubuntu.html?partner=rssemc=rss
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(Not only the BBC radio 4 on free stuff for 30 minutes mentioned in
another thread),
but also this big coverage of you know who and Ubuntu!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/business/11ubuntu.html?partner=rssemc=rss
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I have just heard Peter Day's In Business program, and it is totally
about free software its past and future. Very concise I thought, and
well informed.
Worth a listen (podcast available)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/inbusiness/inbusiness.shtml
Free For All broadcast on 8-1-09
--
alan
Christopher Swift wrote:
Alan C, it was preinstalled by Dell, probably OEM so I doubt that they used
the safe graphics mode. My sister has the same issue regarding Penguin
Racer. I too have disabled Compiz on her laptop which is an Acer (do not the
model) btw. An old one at least 2yrs
David King wrote:
My girlfriend is running Ubuntu 8.04 on her Dell Inspiron 1525
(preinstalled), but had a few graphics issues recently.
I was playing a game (Penguin Planet Racer) full screen and it crashed
the laptop, could not get out of it other than a hard reboot.
I disabled some of
Seen by keen eyed family member in Bentalls in Bracknell, before xmas,
and now sitting on the desk next to me, is a 'Ubuntu' mug.
It is Big - 500ml, so my liter is half full rather than half empty
:-)
http://shop.whateverittakes.org/product.php?xProd=19xSec=2
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OT:
Alan I am trying to get in contact with you re some CDs - not sure if
the emails have gotten through?
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https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
I see in the edubuntu users list that there is a request for initial
help from a school in Swindon - they are considering starting to use
ubuntu (edubuntu)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have also pointed them to this uk list, although anyone in this list
who is in th eSwindon area might like to be
I bought a camera today from a high street shop. We looked first in
another shop but a particular model was not in stock. However Currys
Digital did have stock.
I will never buy such things without first finding out if they can be
used with Ubuntu. Last year in another (camera) shop this had
Ted wrote:
Eddie Armstrong wrote:
Ted wrote:
Do I have to edit any files on the usb stick after I have installed Ubi
to get the stick to boot ?
I would have thought just check the BIOS - enable boot from USB device
I'm sure someone will let us know if I'm wrong
Eddie
Dave Walker wrote:
Alan Pope wrote:
I quite like the idea of a bumper sticker. I have a debian one on my
car at the moment, but it's been on there a few years. Time for an
upgrade.
Cheers,
Al.
I think this is a superb idea.. However, the same question that keeps
raising it's head when
Bruce Beardall wrote:
Hi All
Slightly off topic but I've found a PC / Laptop supplier where you can
choose a machine without an OS.
www.pcspecialist.co.uk
I haven't done an exhaustive search yet (nor, for that matter, have I had
any real experience of their service) but they seem to
Ted wrote:
I am trying to install Ubi to a usb stick but keep getting a grub error
when I boot from it...I have installed Puppy Linux to a usb stick and
that boots ok..My question is if puppy will boot from the usb port should
other distros boot from it ?
I guess you are using the 8.10
Lucy wrote:
On 08/11/2008, alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snip]
one of the elderly people I help with ubuntu/Kubuntu (aged 85) did on one
occasion click the Version upgrade innocently going from LTS 6.06 to
the next version, and there were a few problems - which I later caught
up
I have just tried kubuntu 8.10 Live CD for the first time and I am
deeply troubled by what I find.
I have had difficulty trying to run it, and when I have found a
machine and a way to run it, I find I am then totally confused.
This is all bad news for advocacy activities - I am an energetic
Lucy wrote:
[...]
I've also had problems with the latest Ubuntu and I think
some of the problems he's experienced could also affect Ubuntu too.
Oddly enough though I'm quite keen to try out KDE again, to see how I
feel with it's latest changes.
Newbie nightmares aside, the new kubuntu - (kde
gav wrote:
On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 12:41:08PM +, Bruce Beardall wrote:
I think you raise some important concerns, Alan. As a Gnome user, I can't
really say I've had much recent experience beyond a cursory glance at KDE 4
but I think this leads to an interesting question:
If we're to
Alan Pope wrote:
2008/11/8 alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I have just tried kubuntu 8.10 Live CD for the first time and I am
deeply troubled by what I find.
I just booted Kubuntu 8.10 on my Dell XPS laptop and it seemed quite
nice. I'm no fan of KDE but I can see how it might appeal to someone
Colin McCarthy wrote:
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 8:52 PM, norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
After months of trying I have finally got my little brother, who is in
his seventies, to join the 21st century and he has installed Ubuntu 8.04
(no newfangled stuff like 8.10 for him) along with his XP.
I do not seem to have received anything from this list for a few days
- is something wrong at my end.?
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Dave Walker wrote:
Hi Chaps,
Just another reminder about *THE* event to be at this year. It's
running from this Thursday until Saturday. This is basically an event
where we have a chance to show of Linux, and Ubuntu. It is also a great
chance to meet other like minded people. It didn't
John Levin wrote:
Alan Pope wrote:
Hi all,
Just over a year ago [0] I was narrowly voted in as the Point of
Contact (PoC) for the UK LoCo team. I've enjoyed the role, but feel
that the team is in need of invigoration, and as such I will stand
down from the post as of 30th November 2008.
Photos of Bracknell Software Freedom Day (2008) may be seen on
http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/europe/uk/ubuntu-uk/bracknell
The day was busy, happy and fruitful. Many thanks go to all those
helpers supporting the event.
Grateful thanks go to Alan Pope for his generous help.
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Rob Beard wrote:
alan c wrote:
Open Source makes historic UK breakthrough
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/22/open-source-makes-historic-uk
to date:
Sirius, Novell
more to come I believe
I was involved with a SFD event on Saturday in Torbay. A couple of
school
Open Source makes historic UK breakthrough
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/22/open-source-makes-historic-uk
to date:
Sirius, Novell
more to come I believe
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Colin Murphy wrote:
On Thursday 04 September 2008 07:23:57 Stephen O'Neill wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7594249.stm
This bit:-
True to form when I'm too stupid to figure out how to do something in five
minutes, I phone an expert.
Geek Squad, [...]
came to me as a
(Surrey, Hampshire, uk ubuntu lists)
Bracknell has a Software Freedom Day Event!
If you happen to be in our neck of the woods and are passing on the
day, please stop by and say hello?
If you are able to actually come and lend a hand you will be most
welcomed, we could do with helpers!
The
.
There was no violence, animals or children or OAPs involved!
alan c
Ian
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of alan c
Sent: 26 August 2008 15:45
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Desperately seeking Ubuntu Webbook - with Bolt
Cutters
Jai Harrison wrote:
What we really need is a multiplatform messaging protocol + client to
cut into the Microsoft instant messaging market - the younger
generation of Microsoft Windows users.
Isn't that what Pidgin is for or have I misunderstood?
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Linux user
Seb Ward wrote:
Are you sure Ubuntu was on it? Because their website says its shipped with
XP.
Very sure, yes. I checked again today with a different staff member,
and had used it previously in store myself.
The reason I talked to the manager yesterday was because the (ubuntu)
webbook
In Bracknell, the Carphone Warehouse Webbook (Elonex) with
preinstalled Ubuntu which is included in one of CPW's deals is in such
extraordinary demand that the recent display item in CPW Bracknell
Princess Square shopping mall was stolen last week by desperate people
using *bolt cutters*!
The
Lucy wrote:
On 22/08/2008, alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have purchased a Hardy Heron (ladies) T shirt for the good looking
one according to size charts, and the item delivered is actually much
smaller. Does anyone have knowledge of actual measured sizes of this
item? I have an option
I have purchased a Hardy Heron (ladies) T shirt for the good looking
one according to size charts, and the item delivered is actually much
smaller. Does anyone have knowledge of actual measured sizes of this
item? I have an option to accept a refund or to change it for a L
(large) size item,
Javad Ayaz wrote:
Hi,
Is there a CAD alternative in Ubuntu/Linux? I cant seem to find one!
for simple stuff you might like to consider Open Office Draw?
I recently used it for design and draw for a large iron gate -
approximately 2 metres high and also 2 wide, made from 40 mm square
tube
Some might want to have a look at the desktop training pdf (from the
ubuntu wiki a few months ago).
student.pdf
It can currently be torrent downloaded easily from mininova
http://www.mininova.org/tor/1635675
and other locations, although the original wiki location appears not
to currently
London School of Puppetry wrote:
In a conversation recently someone said to me that Ubuntu is only for
techies.and blokes at that- and young blokes at that!
Out of interest, as a middle-aged woman- I rarely see any other female names
on the forum- but I really like Ubuntu but could not do
Sean Miller wrote:
Sounds good - I can see a site for the .org village but is there a
site for the main conference/show yet?
Hope it doesn't get hijacked by the corporates like the last one.
err - by hijacked, do you mean 'paid for'?
:-)
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James Grabham wrote:
I'm sure you've all seen the news concerning ISPs.
Now I for one AM NOT paying someone to invade my privacy be logging what
IPs I visit, so TalkTalk are getting the boot.
Which means I'm a bit stuck; AOL, Virgin, Sky, Tiscali and
Orange/Wanadoo are all out.
I'm
James Milligan wrote:
Also, can someone advise me on a Windows program that can partition my drive
more effectively than the built-in one with Windows? I've got a ~300 GB HDD,
293 is registering (that's pretty much normal), I've got ~65 GB free, but
can only create a new partition of 2GB
Rob Beard wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm on the lookout for a laptop for work which I can dual boot with
Vista Ubuntu. I'm not fussed if it's an AMD or Intel based laptop but
I would like something with at least 1GB memory, an 80GB or higher hard
drive and a dual core CPU.
I just wondered if
Craig wrote:
On Sat, 2008-07-19 at 14:51 +0100, Mac wrote:
On this matter, you might be interested to listen to Eben Moglen's talk at
the
2007 MySQL conference:
http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail1897.html
Mac
Thanks, bookmarked link for later date. I just find people
Michael Rimicans wrote:
Just been reading this on that fine source of information, The Register:
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/07/10/ubuntu_best_buy_amazon
Apparently, Canonical have started selling Ubuntu for $20 in America via
Amazon and Bestbuy. It comes in a box, complete
norman wrote:
Thank you all for the swift response from which I gather that VirtualBox
is the preferred option. I have a proper disc of Windows XP Pro with key
so that is no problem. I will give things a go over the next few days
and report back.
I have recently done this, but found an odd
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