[ubuntu-uk] gnu/Linux, BSD and FLOSS group

2016-09-06 Thread Andres
http://wiki.richmondmakerlabs.uk/index.php/Linux,_BSD_and_Open_Source -- Andres (he/him/his) Ham United Group RichmondMakerLabs -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for old computers

2015-06-20 Thread Andres
El Fri, 19-06-2015 a las 13:46 +0100, Gareth France escribió: Sorry, what exactly are you proposing here? Thanks Gareth On 19/06/15 13:20, Andres wrote: RichmondMakerlabs open Tuesday evenings from 7:30 pm we have a load of PCs and laptops that if you can give them life it would

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for old computers

2015-06-19 Thread Andres
El Fri, 19-06-2015 a las 08:29 +0100, Stuart Ward escribió: Wednesday evenings it is open to the public. -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 17 June 2015 at 18:51, Gareth France gareth.fra...@cliftonts.co.uk wrote: I'm thinking about popping over to see if you can help with

[ubuntu-uk] printing in Chromium

2014-12-14 Thread Andres Muniz Piniella
there. There is a little link in the bottom that says to try shift+ctrl+p and that brings up normal printing page and prints normally. sample page to print: https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pYAJMbVobYCTro_z4LGo3ZQ Does anybody notice the same? Regards, Andres -- This Christmas (and Birthday) do not sent

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Should ubuntu play DVDs gratis?

2014-03-02 Thread Andres
? On 2 de marzo de 2014 14:59:14 GMT, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On 2 March 2014 14:31, Michael h...@ukcentre.com wrote: VLC, available for Linux and MS Windows, a freeware package, will play a DVD, regardless of region coding. Yes it will, but AFAIK, mostly without the use of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Should ubuntu play DVDs gratis?

2014-03-01 Thread Andres
On 2 de marzo de 2014 00:09:02 GMT, Daniel Llewellyn diddle...@gmail.com wrote: Andres, www.fluendo.com fluendo dvd player is a proprietary product which can play DVDs. Fluendo also do a pack of codecs which include among others a plugin for Windows Media format (unencrypted only). The codecs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Some installation pointers please

2014-02-14 Thread Andres
Being a great believer in the adage you mustn't do anything that can't be easily undone and you must always have a credible reversion plan, I would welcome both a forward strategy and some detailed pointers on how I should proceed to achieve a duel-booting machine. I am very interested in the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem with Linux Emporium website?

2014-02-14 Thread Andres
On 14 de febrero de 2014 21:19:59 GMT, Gordon Burgess-Parker gor...@gbpcomputing.co.uk wrote: On 14/02/14 12:20, alan c wrote: On 13/02/14 17:43, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: BTW, it looks like the Linux Emporium website is back up. thanks! Why are they still advertising Ubuntu 11.10 on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem with Linux Emporium website?

2014-02-01 Thread Andres
On 1 de febrero de 2014 12:22:00 GMT, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: On 01/02/14 11:43, alan c wrote: I will sometime, be looking for a Ubuntu laptop. Zareason (New Zealand) keep threatening to set up in UK, but no recent news at all. System 76 sound great but it would be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

2014-02-01 Thread Andres
There is also the point that trying to open an ODT file in MS Office prompts a message suggesting that file may be corrupt or contain unreadable elements. This cleverly plants the idea in the MS user's mind that ODF files are in some way dodgy or of dubious quality. This is clever, but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

2014-01-30 Thread Andres
On 30 de enero de 2014 21:21:18 GMT, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: On 30/01/14 21:04, Gibbs wrote: I've noticed a lot more people using Libre Office, including big companies like British Gas, which makes life easier for /everyone/. Now that is interesting! Not so many years

[ubuntu-uk] Open formats in UK gov?

2014-01-29 Thread Andres
I guess this is not news for some of you but thought I'd mention it. Baby steps it seems: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/29/uk-government-plans-switch-to-open-source-from-microsoft-office-suite -- Enviado desde mi teléfono con K-9 Mail.-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open formats in UK gov?

2014-01-29 Thread Andres
Pete Smout smoutp...@gmail.com escribió: On 29/01/14 21:00, Andres wrote: I guess this is not news for some of you but thought I'd mention it. Baby steps it seems: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/29/uk-government-plans-switch-to-open-source-from-microsoft-office-suite Hi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open formats in UK gov?

2014-01-29 Thread Andres
On 29 de enero de 2014 23:24:16 GMT, Nigel Verity nigelver...@hotmail.com wrote: I think that standardising on open formats is a significant step but it is a long, long way from seeing the likes of LibreOffice running on the typical civil servant's desktop. Without exception, the big UK

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Pipelight issues

2014-01-28 Thread Andres
Michael h...@ukcentre.com escribió: Following a recent Ubuntu update, I lost both Lovefilm and Eurosport. I have managed to get Lovefilm back on Firefox only, How did you get lovefilm to work? Both in the first place and the second tome round? One of the reasons I stopped using love film was

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem with Mail set up in Ubuntu 13.10

2014-01-27 Thread Andres
Change my Exchange Server account to a plain IMAP account, and useFruux https://fruux.com/ to sync Contacts, calendar and Tasks. (Besides which, it's much cheaper than Office 365 and Open Source!) Wow thay fruux thing sounds amazing! Seems simpler than an owncloud account. -- Enviado

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FLV Video Problem

2014-01-06 Thread Andres
Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com escribió: On 6 January 2014 10:45, Nigel Verity nigelver...@hotmail.com wrote: I'm running Xubuntu 12.04 and have recently lost the ability to play FLV video files, regardless of their source. The files themselves play perfectly when I copy them to another

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Merry Christmas

2013-12-25 Thread Andres
Alan Jenkins alan.james.jenk...@gmail.com escribió: Merry Christmas to you too Dave. On 25 Dec 2013, at 12:23, Dave Morley davm...@davmor2.co.uk wrote: I wish you all and your families a Very Merry Christmas and Health Wealth and Happiness for the new year. Have a fantastic holiday.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.

2013-12-11 Thread Andres
Stuart Ward stuart.w...@bcs.org escribió: On 7 December 2013 17:03, Tony Pursell a...@princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk wrote: like if you use Alt-Tab to switch between programs it will only scroll through the programs running in that window. That is one of the features of the unity desktop. Some

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 11 - 13 Notebook Recommendations?

2013-12-11 Thread Andres
Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com escribió: On 11 December 2013 18:19, Deryk Foote deryk.fo...@gmail.com wrote: Ubuntu is great at a lot of things, but keeping my cinder block of an old Dell from kicking the proverbial bucket isn't one of them. Alas...I suppose it's time to move on.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.

2013-12-07 Thread Andres
Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org escribió: I am starting to make use of more than one workspace and would like to know whether each space should behave as if it were an individual computer. I ask because if that should be the case then there may be something wrong

[ubuntu-uk] Please participate in the FLOSS Survey 2013!

2013-11-18 Thread Andres
Hi, I thought this might be of interest. Mensaje Original De: Christopher Allan Webber cweb...@dustycloud.org Enviado: Tue Nov 12 15:16:12 GMT 2013 Para: MediaGoblin de...@mediagoblin.org Asunto: [GMG-Devel] Please participate in the FLOSS Survey 2013! Heya all! You may be

[ubuntu-uk] Linux voice indiegogo

2013-11-18 Thread Andres
Hi all, I thought this campaign for a good free software magazine would be interesting to some of you. It is done by some of the ex authours of linux format. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/linux-voice/ -- Enviado desde mi teléfono con K-9 Mail.-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Printing a photo album without SAAS

2013-11-07 Thread Andres
Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com escribió: On 7 November 2013 10:22, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 November 2013 07:39, Andres a75...@alumni.tecnun.es wrote: Hello, I was thinking of doing a photo album and then having it printed at my local reprographics shop. All

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Building Ubuntu for the Raspberry Pi, on the Raspberry Pi

2013-11-06 Thread Andres
I recently heard more about beagle bone in FLOSS weekly. Doesn't beagle bone support ubuntu for a number of years now? Similar price, better hardware and a bit more open source? What makes the pi so special? I thought it was the educational aspect of it. If it is for server, why not beagle bone?

[ubuntu-uk] Printing a photo album without SAAS

2013-11-06 Thread Andres
Hello, I was thinking of doing a photo album and then having it printed at my local reprographics shop. All of it avoiding SAAS and using free libre open source software (floss). How would you go about it? Use something like digikam in combination with scribus? Regards, Andres -- Enviado

[ubuntu-uk] Coder dojo @ebay and surf and turf @st mary's twickenham

2013-10-25 Thread Andres
In case it is of interest both located @richmond council. Thanks Andres   Half Term Tech Digital Making Sport Camp, at St Mary' University College Monday 28th Oct - Fri 1st November 8.30am - 6pm   Surf and turf camps offer  kids, aged 8 plus, time to enjoy sport and get creative online

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot 12.10 64bit

2013-04-03 Thread andres
Hi did this message get to people on the mailing list? In Reply To Dual boot 12.10 64bit Mar 26, 2013; 10:02pm — by Andres Muniz Andres Muniz Hello all, I just tried to help a friend install ubuntu12.04 64bit on an hp laptop. The laptop has windows7 64 bit it seems to have a 1meg

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for an xhtml editor

2013-01-05 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - None of this is helping Mike Hingley with his original question, but, anyone have any recommendations for the easiest way to do LaTeX - (x)html? I know what not to use: LyX and using other wysiwyg like abiword and libreoffice with some addon is a bad idea.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any recommendations for an xhtml editor

2013-01-05 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - Hello people... I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a wysiwyg editor for ubuntu?  Ideally I was looking for something like kompozer, but without the KDE requirement (it does have a KDE requirement right?) cheers! Mike Hingley         

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Securely delete data

2012-11-18 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - I'm responding to both Andres and Alan, because my answers are related. On 2012-11-17 21:02, Andres Muniz wrote: wow this shred stuff is really interesting. If i have EXT4 running on a solid state drive (ssd), does it mean that doing a shred

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Securely delete data

2012-11-17 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - On 16/11/12 17:00, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: Only with shred you get useful progress output, and can optionally do more passes with more secure data. shred is part of coreutils and is included on all Ubuntu Live CDs. More passes don't really give you any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnu Media goblin: 4 days left!

2012-11-06 Thread Andres Muniz
of the benefits and also develops the kickstarter-like scheme for future projects. - There is all the stuff about decentralized web that seems like the way to go with internet. The media goblin introduction video is pretty good. Anyway: 3 days to go. On 05/11/12 19:18, Andres Muniz wrote

[ubuntu-uk] Gnu Media goblin: 4 days left!

2012-11-05 Thread Andres Muniz
donating. Regards, Andres - Mensaje original - Send ubuntu-uk mailing list submissions to     ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit     https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk or, via email, send a message with subject

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google Nexus 7

2012-10-21 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 20:02:58 +0100 Alan Pope alan.p...@canonical.com wrote: [snip] Can it run Jack Audio and puredata? I'll find out next week. Excellent http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4677528 and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Royal mail using acrobat

2012-10-21 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - On Sat, 20 Oct 2012, Andres Muniz wrote: cannot open pdf postage from the royal mail website? Could you give a URL/link, and some additional context about exactly what you're seeing. For myself, the following PDF opens automatically in Evince:   http

[ubuntu-uk] Royal mail using acrobat

2012-10-20 Thread Andres Muniz
Hello, has anybody noticed that we (linux users) cannot open pdf postage from the royal mail website? It seems to be forcing me to install acrobat. I could have sworn i could do this before. Or am I missing something?-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Helping dual boot/wubi

2012-09-26 Thread Andres Muniz
- Original message - On 25 September 2012 21:32, Andres andre...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry long email but I do not know how to separate it in chunks. Not all updates can be installed run a partial upgrade, to install as many updates as possible. This could be cause

[ubuntu-uk] Helping dual boot/wubi

2012-09-25 Thread Andres
Sorry long email but I do not know how to separate it in chunks. I attach the screen shots and as mentioned plan to the install the new system from the SD Card some time on Thursday. Hello All, Yesterday I tried to help a friend who's installation would not update. I thought it was

[ubuntu-uk] Fat32 check disc and defragment

2012-08-31 Thread Andres Muniz
Hello all, Is there a way to do a check disk and/or defragment a fat32 drive within ubuntu? My phone is about to be 4 years old and because I keep messing with it in a certain way I suddenly loose access to the fat32 drive and need to do a check disk. I could not find how to do it on ubuntu the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software for a 6 year old

2012-08-27 Thread Andres Muniz
- Original message - On 26/08/12 17:28, Bruno Girin wrote: I was planning to upgrade to 12.04 and install Scratch and TurtleArt. Other than that, I would welcome any suggestion of fun software for a 6 year old. Frozen Bubble seems to go down well in my experience. i would

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netflix and Love Film

2012-08-24 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - snip Kind of defeats then object of running Ubuntu, if you have to install windows doesnt it..is it something that might happen in the future, or is it not going to happen... /snip It's down to the hosts though, Lovefilm and Netflix, I know

[ubuntu-uk] Login background [was] Lost sound

2012-08-10 Thread Andres Muniz
I had not see this before because the login screen is basically dark purple with black text, with only the login box really standing out. I tried to change the login background but so far failed to get it to see a new image. might be very basic answer but i have found that for 12.04

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Python Training at Thyme software/Linux Emporium

2012-07-12 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 So for the past 3 days I been on a python course and I thought it a good opportunity to explain why and what I got from it. My past: Unlike many at Canonical I'm not from a technical software, coding or office

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming/ advertizing on Ubuntu

2012-07-12 Thread Andres Muniz
So, brain storm? so, what would be the best way? Find the person that gets the most amount of hits on ubuntu related videos and ask for some pointers or ask them to do some focused Review? E.g. Nixie pixel did a small review on ubuntu-tv . Was that canonical approaching youtubers or youtubers

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-11 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - Hi Ivan, On 10/07/12 15:44, Ivan Wright wrote: Or maybe people aren't interested in Youtube anymore? Interesting stats you have there Ivan, thanks for that. I think there's probably less interest in the distro review style videos. My youtube stream is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-09 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - The best way to get a linux gaming page could be a updated ebook style format-much like the introduction to linux (in pdf format from ages ago) that explains everything clearly for newcomers. A book style approach (in digital format) could include documentation on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Starting an IT workshop

2012-06-30 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - Hi Andres! I've taught adults for a long time (30 years) and there's a good rule: start from where they're already at. So find out as much as you can about what they already potentially know, and also what they'd like to be able to do. Then plan to at least

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu's Plans To Implement UEFI SecureBoot: No GRUB2

2012-06-30 Thread Andres Muniz
Sorry for those that probably recieve this. But thught might be of interest on the subject. - Mensaje original - # Free Software Supporter Issue 51, June 2012 ***snip*** ### FSF recommendations for free operating system distributions considering Secure Boot (2012-06-30) We

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-27 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Stuart, Whilst it's a bummer that they don't make every device available with every OS combination... On 27/06/12 16:09, Stuart Ward wrote: emailing, web browsing, home use etc, 15:46:24        Agent

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu showdown

2012-06-26 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:30:07 +0100 john j...@creationspacetech.org wrote: Hi All, I really believe that Ubuntu could do something better than the folks at both Mac and Microsoft. The new internet based economy is turning out to be very different to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - Having been somebody who bought an Acer Aspire One linux installed computer from pcworld, the kernal installed was Linux Lite, and the guy got one of those! I used the linpus os for a while. (Fedora derivative?) It was the quickest boot I had ever seen and have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu's Plans To Implement UEFI SecureBoot: No GRUB2

2012-06-22 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - Just saw this... http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=MTEyNDY since this was brought up: would this delay boot times? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] heads up - Secure Boot Problems for Linux Users Are Here Already

2012-06-03 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - On 02/06/12 15:56, Alan Bell wrote: Could linux foundation do the same for the servers? beause they can be cracked in a similar way? servers generally won't get the secure boot thing. Odd really because it kind of makes more sense to me in that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] heads up - Secure Boot Problems for Linux Users Are Here Already

2012-06-02 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - On 01/06/12 13:58, Matt Wheeler wrote: On 1 June 2012 08:02, alan caecl...@candt.waitrose.com  wrote: Time has passed. The problem has now matured, and Fedora have accepted defeat and decided to pay to be allowed to use Microsoft restricted hardware.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mounting drive and closing users

2012-06-01 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 31/05/12 23:19, Andres Muniz wrote: Short: how do I get that when my user closes it also makes drives that were (are) mounted availble for other users to mount? If you want something mounted and available

[ubuntu-uk] Mounting drive and closing users

2012-05-31 Thread Andres Muniz
Hi, hopefully this is not something that has come up. Short: how do I get that when my user closes it also makes drives that were (are) mounted availble for other users to mount? My long story: I noticed something yesterday on ubuntu 12.04. My wife mounted our windows drive on her user account

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

2012-05-24 Thread Andres Muniz
This dilemma will probably result in me doing nothing until the 12.04.1 upgrade. as far as I knew this was the recomened option for going from LTS to LTS. Update manager does not even offer the option on the desktop. Seems it will be some time in july.-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] from 10.04 to 12.04 (was HUD vs gnome do)

2012-05-20 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - On 19 May 2012 23:14, Andres Muniz andre...@gmail.com wrote: She will consider get more ram but it might be difficult to find because it is something older than ddr I think (dpci?). The previous type of memory to DDR was SDRAM, which came in PC-66, PC-100

Re: [ubuntu-uk] from 10.04 to 12.04 (was HUD vs gnome do)

2012-05-19 Thread Andres Muniz
I hope to show off new OS some time this weekend in a cafe. I'm sure all will go  well! I just have to manage not to drop coffee. I managed to impress but it was much too slow. Is it possible that 12.04 is a lot more resource hungry than 10.04? Highlights she had from 10.04 was wobbly

Re: [ubuntu-uk] from 10.04 to 12.04 (was HUD vs gnome do)

2012-05-17 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - On 17/05/12 10:33, paul sutton wrote: I had gnome do,  never got it,    it just displayed a huge icon bar on the screen,  so at least with HUD,  it does something,  from the start. GNOME Do seems more like the Unity Dash (or vice versa really).

[ubuntu-uk] HUD vs gnome do

2012-05-16 Thread Andres Muniz
I'm hoping to be able to ugrade a machine from the previous LTS to the new LTS this weekend. I'll get the laptop and i hope to be able to meetup with the person to give some guidance. I have not had time to use HUD much but it seems similar to gnome do. Anything special I should add? This

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HUD vs gnome do

2012-05-16 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - HUD is just a keyboard way of accessing the menus instead of the mouse, so no, there are no special commands. Sorry, I explained myself worng. I mean I don't listen to music on ubuntu so i don't know what are the practical commands (menu commands) that can be used

[ubuntu-uk] Gwibber: where are my channels?

2012-05-11 Thread Andres Muniz
I used to have several channels (columns) in in gwibber. For example one for facebook another for twitter. With one of the updates this was lost. How can I set it back? This would be great to know before I update family and friends systems. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Precise - some thoughts .....

2012-05-08 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - O n Tue, 2012-05-08 at 18:10 +0100, Andy Braben wrote: well lots of people use smartphone apps everyday just because they own an android or iphone but have probably never been near the boot menu on their computer  - so the idea is  it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Updates interupt film

2012-05-05 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - On 03/05/12 16:47, Andres Muniz wrote: My wife claims this happened to her: she was watching a web video on full screen mode and the ubuntu updater took her out of full screen mode and set it's self on top of the web page. Sounds plausible. I would file

[ubuntu-uk] Updates interupt film

2012-05-03 Thread Andres Muniz
My wife claims this happened to her: she was watching a web video on full screen mode and the ubuntu updater took her out of full screen mode and set it's self on top of the web page. Has this happened to anybody else? Sadly this happened one day after i praised how little invasive updates on

[ubuntu-uk] Where do the ubuntu reports go?

2012-05-02 Thread Andres Muniz
Lately my ubuntu 12.04 has been finding problems that i did not know i had and asking me if i wanted to report them. I say yes and off they go. Is this something official or do I have myself a nice troyan? It does not offer me to see what I'm sending. Or maybe missed it?--

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where do the ubuntu reports go?

2012-05-02 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - On 1 May 2012 22:23, Andres Muniz andre...@gmail.com wrote: Lately my ubuntu 12.04 has been finding problems that i did not know i had and asking me if i wanted to report them. I say yes and off they go. Is this something official or do I have myself a nice

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where do the ubuntu reports go?

2012-05-02 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/05/12 09:44, Tony Pursell wrote: ... and this is the most stable version of Ubuntu ever produced? Has anyone asserted that? It's the best version we've ever put out IMO. I'd much rather we had a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04 ....

2012-04-30 Thread Andres Muniz
I'm also not keen on the 'do a re-install' mantra.  Its great if you have a minimal system, like I had on my netbook, but my desktop has loads of extras installed that I would have to remember and re-install. i am of the same opinion. Wasn't there the apt on CD thing? And also you could

[ubuntu-uk] Gcompris and Unity

2012-04-22 Thread Andres Muniz
For some time i was using gcompris erase program (with my toddler most of the tome). Consists of moving a sponge that erases white squares that are overlayed an image. With unity these squares never quite removed leaving some leftovers. Today i moved to unity2D and it worked fine. i'm using

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Youtube colour is wrong

2012-04-15 Thread Andres Muniz
Smurf effect removed! Thanks! Finally worked for me by going to nvidia version 173. System settingsdrivers it was set on the [recomended] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screen power off timing

2012-04-14 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - Hey Andres, I couldn't find a way to set the time to more than 1 hour, but I remember there was a command that switched it off. You may be able to make a script if you are good with the terminal. xset dpms force off thanks for this, i might give it a go

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Update 2012- Re: Fwd: [Ossg-announcements] Adoption of Open Source across HM Government – London 22/02/11 and 01/03/11]]

2012-04-14 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - On 14/04/12 16:13, Norman Silverstone wrote: big snip There is also an online consultation on the subject [2]. Once again, it is essential for us to make our voice heard and to reply to it. So take 10 minutes and make your voice heard. [2]

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Youtube colour is wrong

2012-04-10 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - On 09/04/12 20:34, Andres Muniz wrote: hi, looks like you tube shows in shades of blue. Really wierd. i was able to see a bbc film alright though. I'm using firefox on ubuntu 11.10. Probably some configuration that my toddler pressed that i have

[ubuntu-uk] Screen power off timing

2012-04-09 Thread Andres Muniz
Hi, i was watching a film today and i wanted the screen to go off some time after i was done watching the film. I found the max time for screen to go off is either 1 hour or never. Is there a way to set it to 2 or 3 hours. Or maybe a costume time?-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Youtube colour is wrong

2012-04-09 Thread Andres Muniz
hi, looks like you tube shows in shades of blue. Really wierd. i was able to see a bbc film alright though. I'm using firefox on ubuntu 11.10. Probably some configuration that my toddler pressed that i have no way to find out. By the way: if you want to test os and apps use a toddler as as a

[ubuntu-uk] Shutdown bug?

2012-03-29 Thread Andres Muniz
Hi all, I do not know if this is a bug nor do i know how to call it to report it. And maybe it was reported. If I am logged in with one user(a) i then choose to open another user(b) without logging out of user(a). When logged in as (b) and tap shutdown button on my computer and the message

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Precise Pangolin Release Party - London, 26th April

2012-03-28 Thread Andres Muniz
Paid for snacks and drinks? Really? If we don't make it by 18:30hrs would we still be able to join? - Mensaje original - -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 27/03/12 14:42, James Thomas wrote: yay!  :) Woo! Yay! and Hoopla! indeed. - -- Alan Pope

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free lunch?

2012-03-25 Thread Andres
On 25/03/12 11:06, alan c wrote: On 24/03/12 11:08, Chris Penston wrote: [snip of really good stuff] People tend to be impressed by the novelty that they have a choice. Almost always, the reaction is astonishment that something can be so good without costing anything 'so there must be a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introducing Ubuntu Unity to new people

2012-03-14 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - A tangential one here. Someone made a video of his dad trying Win8 for the first time. Worth a serious watch. There but for the grace of God go I. (But not to Windows for me though) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4boTbv9_nUfeature=youtu.be -- alan cocks

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introducing Ubuntu Unity to new people

2012-03-12 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - On 11/03/12 22:25, Alan Bell wrote: I set up a show Alan button on the desktop which makes a keys based ssh session to my home server on a static IP address and forwards his port 22 to a port here. I can then ssh back to him and log in as a user  I created

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FW: Copyright consultation: get involved [NP]

2012-03-05 Thread Andres Muniz
FYI. I know some of you are more involved with copyright stuff. From: Richard Booth [mailto:rich...@creativeindustriesktn.org] Sent: 05 March 2012 13:31 To: a...@npl.co.uk Subject: Copyright consultation: get involved   Dear Andres Copyright is the dominant form of IP protection

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-04 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - On 03/03/12 22:51, Phill Whiteside wrote: Hiyas, Yeah, for the testing of lubuntu [1] [2] We need some 128Mb RAM machines [2] . These are needed for non PAE chipsets as well. We need to know if the none PAE system install actually will work. We

[ubuntu-uk] In case anybody finds use for it C4CAD

2012-03-03 Thread Andres
Hi all; Some time ago I put together a document about a possibility for non computer engineers using FLOSS. Reading it again I find it very naive and overall bad. But just in case any of you think it as a good idea and/or want to add to it. pdf document:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules of engagement or etiquette?

2012-03-02 Thread Andres
On 29/02/12 21:21, alan c wrote: On 29/02/12 18:30, Andres Muniz wrote: Liam said: Not yet, no. It's not yet in beta. It's too soon. i mean unity 11.10. This person is using 10.04 (LTS) I'd plug the offending machine into the network with a cable and do a full update. If that still does

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules of engagement or etiquette?

2012-03-01 Thread Andres Muniz
Liam. You are great, I almost feel bad that I'm going to get most of the credit. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rules of engagement or etiquette?

2012-02-29 Thread Andres Muniz
Liam said: Not yet, no. It's not yet in beta. It's too soon. i mean unity 11.10. This person is using 10.04 (LTS) I'd plug the offending machine into the network with a cable and do a full update. If that still does not resolve the problem, try one of the newer kernels. how do i try a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity is not working.

2012-02-25 Thread Andres Muniz
There is a problem of language and discoverability in Unity which is making it difficult for people to help each other by explaining their problems and solutions in the language that Mr Shuttleworth wishes us to adopt. The bar on the left is apparently called Launcher, but that name does not

[ubuntu-uk] Droid meets human

2012-02-21 Thread Andres Muniz
Just would like to congratulate ubuntu: just saw the android ubuntu desktop at ubuntu.com I did not see that coming. Toguether with ubuntu tv makes my future phone and future tv easy to choose! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] 12.04 live usb will not boot

2012-02-19 Thread Andres Muniz
Tried today's build and it will not load. Anybody else having same problem? Tried on netbook aspire one and it simply sits as if loading bios. Tried on desktop and it just jumps to hdd grub.-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 11.10

2012-02-18 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - If it is only Firefox and Thunderbird affected, check the settings of those applications for stray proxy settings etc. Whilst I don't see how such peculiar settings could have come into force, they could have done, and my advice is to check the network settings

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Xfce Menus

2012-02-15 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - Hi However, there is one setting I have been unable to modify - the foreground and background colours of the menus. No matter what colours I use on the task bar, the menus are always black text on a white background. I have seen ready-made themes where this is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Global Jam 2nd-4th March

2012-02-13 Thread Andres Muniz
Alan said: keen to go through and document and perhaps fix a bit once more the installation process with Orca, if anyone else has suggestions of things does this have to do with what trisquel did with their distro? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] [virgin media] double broadband

2012-02-03 Thread Andres Muniz
ask to do the same if you are offered that would be great. They did offer a samsung galaxy ace with enough minutes, text and megs for £15 a month. Not a very double rainbow offer as it could have been. Regards, Andres. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [virgin media] double broadband

2012-02-03 Thread Andres Muniz
If you’re currently on up to 10Mb, up to 30Mb or up to 50Mb broadband, we’ll double your speed. If you’re on up to 20Mb you’ll be tripled. And for those on Broadband 100, we’ll be boosting you up to a mighty 120Mb – a new benchmark as the UK’s fastest widely available broadband. I seem to

[ubuntu-uk] Gov.uk [news]

2012-02-01 Thread Andres Muniz
http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/01/with-govuk-british-government.html the goverment uses ubuntu servers. Congrats! Opensource seems to be gaining ground. Congrats! - Mensaje original - Send ubuntu-uk mailing list submissions to     ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com To subscribe or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tomboy alternative

2012-01-06 Thread Andres
what is the best program to use for simple text files on android, i use conboy on maemo: works like gnote but with capability to sync to ubuntu's tomboy note using ubuntu one. Do not own an android but maybe someone ported it. I really like it loads. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu one and google +

2011-12-24 Thread Andres
So in my opinion we should be where people are. People most definitely are on G+, whether you are or not. I'm in as well. Thanks for views-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

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