Re: [ubuntu-uk] Router reccomendations

2009-02-28 Thread gav
I'll second Linksys, I've got an old Wireless-B machine and it's served me well for many years. -- Gav Ford g...@revford.co.uk http://revford.co.uk I think we need to: Reverse the polarity of the radio field -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The I'm Linux Video Contest

2008-12-22 Thread gav
software? (other than the bsdgames package, but that only allows travel backwards about 30 years.) -- Gav Ford revf...@blueyonder.co.uk http://revford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk I think we need to: Repair the secondary EPS capacitor signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Help improve the desktop experience! Send screenshots of your 1024x768 desktop

2008-12-17 Thread gav
in seeing the diversity of wallpapers, themes, panel configurations, window layouts in general use. I'm using Fluxbox rather than Gnome, I never really got on with the Desktop Environments. Would my screenshots still be helpful? -- Gav Ford revf...@blueyonder.co.uk http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice

2008-12-03 Thread gav
to play with. Very tempted indeed. Debian has supported ARM for years, so most of Ubuntu is already there. It's just a case of porting over than special Ubuntu magic and hundreds of hours of testing. :) -- Gav Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://revford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk I think we need to: Bounce

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice

2008-12-01 Thread gav
: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/147222 Works beautifully under Ubuntu and Debian for me and the whole system runs with an 80W power supply, rather than the hundreds of Watts these big rig machines use. -- Gav Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://revford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk I think we need

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice

2008-12-01 Thread gav
for the chipset seems backwards. However that chipset is well supported under Linux, especially the hassle free, open driver 3D support. -- Gav Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://revford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk I think we need to: Repair the kettle flow signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lock empty CD/DVD drive from command line

2008-11-21 Thread gav
/product/143273 That way you don't have to buy a whole new unit and you can stash the thing away when it's not in use. -- Gav Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://revford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk I think we need to: Transform the plasma processor signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Free Laptops

2008-11-13 Thread gav
Windows customer. If we want suppliers to know we want Ubuntu ready installed, not Windows, then asking for Ubuntu, or OS Free, or at least Windows Free machines is the way to get the message across. -- Gav Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://revford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk I think we need to: Bypass

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] Intrepid 8.10 Kubuntu - disaster

2008-11-08 Thread gav
of hardware? Or is it something else? Everything seems to be patched quite quickly and a .1 release seems to follow shortly that solves most of the release day problems. Should we be advising people to wait a week, or even a month before upgrading to a new version of Ubuntu? -- Gav Ford [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Conversion from .oma to mp3

2008-11-08 Thread gav
using the Sony .oma playing software then rip them back in ogg/vorbis under Ubuntu? Similar to dealing with DRM'ed tracks from the iTunes music store? -- Gav Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://revford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk I think we need to: Realign the radar processor signature.asc Description

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] Intrepid 8.10 Kubuntu - disaster

2008-11-08 Thread gav
is really embarrassing. The drive on my machine can't close automagically so I've not seen it, but it's a shamefully silly fault. -- Gav Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://revford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk I think we need to: Vent the secondary EPS resistor signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Mini 9

2008-09-29 Thread gav
-Computers thing. -- Gav Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://revford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk I think we need to: Plug in the flux deflector signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Mini 9

2008-09-29 Thread gav
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:55:44PM +0100, Dave Morley wrote: Gav so have asus with the bigger eeepc's £270 and £330 IIRC I noticed that, they seem to be creeping up in price and spec. The 701 seems just right to me, 4GB internal storage, half a GB of RAM. All for somewhere around £150

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Question: where do you find apps?

2008-08-31 Thread gav
comprehensive I now find everything I need using aptitude. -- Gav Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://revford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk I think we need to: Align the booster channel signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB Network Cables

2008-08-07 Thread gav
A pair of USB wireless dongles or a USB to Ethernet adaptor for the Windows machine maybe? -- Gav Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://revford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk I think we need to: Kick the gyro grid signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Geeks and Nerds

2008-08-02 Thread gav
Nert. Geek comes from the old German Geck. Both mean a stupid or foolish person. A Google search of etymology Geek and etymology Nerd helps. -- Gav Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://revford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk I think we need to: Bypass the secondary EPS processor signature.asc Description

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-05 Thread gav
On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 02:22:55PM +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: Slashdot has a story on the Webrap machine, it makes stuff in 3d out of plastic, and can now make itself. Just noticed, it's running on Ubuntu. So it is, a Java app running on the Sun JRE under Ubuntu. :) -- Gav Ford [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another tiny Linux laptop

2008-06-03 Thread gav
to £125 to £150 mark I'm in. At the current rate I'd guess that would be early next year. -- Gav Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://revford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk I think we need to: Attach the transformation flow signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?

2007-09-03 Thread Gav Ford
. If there was a simple way, you could save that list, then do something like: cat packagelist | sudo aptitude install I hope some of this is helpful and someone else can fill in the blanks. -Gav -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?

2007-09-03 Thread Gav Ford
On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 14:05 +0100, Eddie Armstrong wrote: Thanks Gav and Mathew If I combine your ideas then I should be covered ? Will this get things I have installed from debs or compiled? Probably not apps I've downloaded directly (bin or whatever) Do you think aptonCD a good idea

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Couple of questions...

2007-09-02 Thread Gav Ford
bworks95.sh in the directory: /home/rick/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/BibleWorks 4.0/ With something simple like: #!/bin/sh cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/BibleWorks 4.0/ wine bworks95.exe Then chmod u+x it and set the shortcut to the .sh rather than the .exe. -Gav -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fiesty wont work!!!!

2007-08-30 Thread Gav Ford
The motherboard uses HDMI/HDCP copy protection on it's video hardware, could this be part of the problem? -Gav -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fiesty wont work!!!!

2007-08-30 Thread Gav Ford
the impression that HDCP was integral and compulsory with HDMI hardware, if you can turn such nonsense off why would you ever turn it on? Cheers for the info, I'll go away with less bad feeling about HDMI. -Gav -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] eSys ePC basic

2007-08-27 Thread Gav Ford
Looks like a real bargain, does anyone have any more details on the system spec? What motherboard does it have? One of the reviews on ebuyer said the motherboard will support SATA drives even though the machine has a PATA one. This is good new for upgrades. -Gav -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Application to listen to online radio

2007-08-15 Thread Gav Ford
the station with: mplayer mms://mediasrv-the.musicradio.com/Chill I hope that helps, -Gav -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Application to listen to online radio

2007-08-15 Thread Gav Ford
use the same trick to listen to the radio on the BBC website. -Gav -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] some user losing internet access

2007-08-14 Thread Gav Ford
/syslog' for more info. One of these may tell you what just failed and caused the network connection to drop out. -Gav -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iMac G4

2007-08-13 Thread Gav Ford
tools? -Gav -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-13 Thread Gav Ford
so you'll have to burn it to an audio CD then rip it back to mp3 or ogg using either iTunes or something like Sound Juicer under Ubuntu. -Gav -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-13 Thread Gav Ford
which app starts when you connect your iPod. I hope that helps. -Gav -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] transfering files

2007-08-11 Thread Gav Ford
could change to the directory where you store the files in your terminal before you type ftp. I hope that helps. -Gav -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/