- Mensaje original -
> On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:30:07 +0100
> john 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
> > the Web1 e
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:14 PM, David King wrote:
> Thanks for your suggestion, I will give it a try when I can. I have already
> installed Windows XP onto an old PC and used that to connect my PlayBook,
> which worked, although it took a few attempts.
>
> It is unfortunate that all the tablet m
Thanks for your suggestion, I will give it a try when I can. I have
already installed Windows XP onto an old PC and used that to connect my
PlayBook, which worked, although it took a few attempts.
It is unfortunate that all the tablet makers really only consider
Windows and Mac OS X when makin
David,
Sorry, only just got around to catching up with the mailing list and
your email.
If you can get the old PC working with windows, or just use another
windows PC for a few mins, plug in your Playbook and let it install
the drivers. Then install somethin
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On 22/06/12 11:32, Alan Bell wrote:
> tried clicking through to purchase any of those?
>
The one I tried yesterday had Ubuntu has an option. Seems the ones I
am trying today don't. Bummer.
Cheers,
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Engineering Manager
Canonical - Pro
On 22 June 2012 13:39, scoundrel50a wrote:
>
> I dont know, but what you suggest is only ok if you have a decent connection
> and connection speeds..
It won't be any faster through a PC if you don't have broadband.
If you do have broadband, then connect the iDevice to wifi and it will
downlo
On 22 June 2012 13:35, scoundrel50a wrote:
>
> its funny really, you have taken the time to correct me in great detail, but
> not really attempted to answer any of the questions I have asked..I
> really appreciate the teaching session anyway...
What questions? This thread is a discussion
On 22/06/2012 13:09, Andres Muniz wrote:
- 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 t
On 22/06/2012 12:55, Liam Proven wrote:
On 22 June 2012 12:42, scoundrel50a wrote:
As well as that I hear support for Silverlight is being dropped in Linux,
which I dont understand, as a lot of people are streaming films and things
now on their computers. I know Love Film only works if you have
- 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
On 22 June 2012 12:42, scoundrel50a wrote:
>
> As well as that I hear support for Silverlight is being dropped in Linux,
> which I dont understand, as a lot of people are streaming films and things
> now on their computers. I know Love Film only works if you have Silverlight,
> and wont work in Ub
On 22 June 2012 12:35, scoundrel50a wrote:
>
> Oh, thanks for correcting me.I'll remember next time
I am not being pointlessly pedantic - this sort of thing matters when
you're asking support questions. Precision is really important.
> Also, I think you mean "Linpus Lite", not "Linux Lite".
On 22/06/2012 12:23, Liam Proven wrote:
On 22 June 2012 09:48, scoundrel50a wrote:
Having been somebody who bought an Acer Aspire One linux installed computer
from pcworld, the kernal installed was Linux Lite, and the guy told me, they
had had almost all the linux laptops returned, biggest reas
On 22/06/2012 12:23, Liam Proven wrote:
On 22 June 2012 09:48, scoundrel50a wrote:
Having been somebody who bought an Acer Aspire One linux installed computer
from pcworld, the kernal installed was Linux Lite, and the guy told me, they
had had almost all the linux laptops returned, biggest reas
On 22 June 2012 09:48, scoundrel50a wrote:
> Having been somebody who bought an Acer Aspire One linux installed computer
> from pcworld, the kernal installed was Linux Lite, and the guy told me, they
> had had almost all the linux laptops returned, biggest reasons, couldnt get
> it to connect to t
tried clicking through to purchase any of those?
On 22/06/12 09:16, Alan Pope wrote:
Not true. They still sell Ubuntu laptops. I did a search just
yesterday and found about 10 of their models where Ubuntu was an
install option.
http://search.euro.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=uk&l=en&cs=&k=ubu
On 22/06/12 10:47, richard wrote:
> On 22/06/12 10:08, paul sutton wrote:
>> On 22/06/12 08:09, Chris Fox wrote:
>>> On 22/06/12 07:38, richard wrote:
On 21/06/12 17:47, john wrote:
> Thought that this may be interesting :
>
> ww.h-online.com/open/news/item/Dell-to-bring-Ubuntu-lap
On 22/06/12 10:08, paul sutton wrote:
On 22/06/12 08:09, Chris Fox wrote:
On 22/06/12 07:38, richard wrote:
On 21/06/12 17:47, john wrote:
Thought that this may be interesting :
ww.h-online.com/open/news/item/Dell-to-bring-Ubuntu-laptops-to-850-retail-stores-in-India-1620657.html
John
so
On 22/06/2012 09:16, Alan Pope wrote:
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On 22/06/12 08:09, Chris Fox wrote:
From what I recall, they did for a while and it was a monumental
failure. Perhaps it was before its time, perhaps Dell didn't do a
good enough job of marketing it, but either
On 22/06/12 08:09, Chris Fox wrote:
> On 22/06/12 07:38, richard wrote:
>> On 21/06/12 17:47, john wrote:
>>> Thought that this may be interesting :
>>>
>>> ww.h-online.com/open/news/item/Dell-to-bring-Ubuntu-laptops-to-850-retail-stores-in-India-1620657.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>> so why not
Having been somebody who bought an Acer Aspire One linux installed
computer from pcworld, the kernal installed was Linux Lite, and the guy
told me, they had had almost all the linux laptops returned, biggest
reasons, couldnt get it to connect to the internet, no support from
ISPs, cant update/u
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On 22/06/12 08:09, Chris Fox wrote:
> From what I recall, they did for a while and it was a monumental
> failure. Perhaps it was before its time, perhaps Dell didn't do a
> good enough job of marketing it, but either way I think they did it
> for a wh
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On 21/06/12 18:00, Andy Braben wrote:
> How long before they are available in 850 stores over here?
>
Dell don't have the same concept of stores here as they do in China
and India. Those countries also have many more people who don't
already have pre
On Fri, 2012-06-22 at 07:38 +0100, richard wrote:
> On 21/06/12 17:47, john wrote:
> > Thought that this may be interesting :
> >
> > ww.h-online.com/open/news/item/Dell-to-bring-Ubuntu-laptops-to-850-retail-stores-in-India-1620657.html
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> so why not sell them here too ?
>
Hi R
On 22/06/12 07:38, richard wrote:
On 21/06/12 17:47, john wrote:
Thought that this may be interesting :
ww.h-online.com/open/news/item/Dell-to-bring-Ubuntu-laptops-to-850-retail-stores-in-India-1620657.html
John
so why not sell them here too ?
From what I recall, they did for a while and
On 21/06/12 17:47, john wrote:
Thought that this may be interesting :
ww.h-online.com/open/news/item/Dell-to-bring-Ubuntu-laptops-to-850-retail-stores-in-India-1620657.html
John
so why not sell them here too ?
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On Thu, 2012-06-21 at 18:00 +0100, Andy Braben wrote:
>
>
> On 21 June 2012 17:47, john wrote:
> Thought that this may be interesting :
>
>
> ww.h-online.com/open/news/item/Dell-to-bring-Ubuntu-laptops-to-850-retail-stores-in-India-1620657.html
>
> John
On 21 June 2012 17:47, john wrote:
> Thought that this may be interesting :
>
>
> ww.h-online.com/open/news/item/Dell-to-bring-Ubuntu-laptops-to-850-retail-stores-in-India-1620657.html
>
> John
>
>
www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Dell-to-bring-Ubuntu-laptops-to-850-retail-stores-in-India-1620657.
Thought that this may be interesting :
ww.h-online.com/open/news/item/Dell-to-bring-Ubuntu-laptops-to-850-retail-stores-in-India-1620657.html
John
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I recently purchased a BlackBerry PlayBook. It's a great tablet, but it
seems that RIM are not that Linux-friendly. Their OS is based on QNX, a
Unix-type OS, so I thought they might at least have some Linux
understanding.
I can connect the PlayBook to Ubuntu via wifi, no problem, I can just
e
> the entire curriculum that is
> taught within the local authority is Windows-based
> I'm not supposed to favour
> any particular software product (be it FOSS or otherwise) in my job,
Hi Bea,
I don't want you to think that I am being funny but the two statements
above, lifted from your email,
On 06/05/12 18:26, John Bottomley wrote:
Hi reading your comments on introducing Ubuntu I thought you might be
interested in our experiences of Ubuntu as a training medium.
We have been running a project in South Cheshire for 4 years.
The aim of the project is to support local communities by im
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Date: Sat, 05 May 2012 20:21:35 +0100
From: Bea Groves
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Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu beginners course in North Tyneside
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On 05/06/2012 06:26 PM, John Bottomley wrote:
Hi reading your comments on introducing Ubuntu I thought you might be
interested in our experiences of Ubuntu as a training medium.
We have been running a project in South Cheshire for 4 years.
The aim of the project is to support local communities
eside (kpb)
4. Re: Error report not working (Colin Law)
5. Re: Ubuntu beginners course in North Tyneside (Alan Pope)
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From: Bea Groves
To: UK Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re
On 5 May 2012, at 10:50, Bea Groves wrote:
> I actually installed 10.10 (staying clear of Unity just for the moment until
> all the controversy dies down a little)
Erk. That's a shame. Unity is not going away and 10.10 is no longer supported.
I'd seriously reconsider this move.
12.04 make mo
On 05/05/12 20:21, Bea Groves wrote:
Hi!
I'm actually the President of IfL -- so it sometimes helps in getting
educational bodies to do things they normally wouldn't ;-)
Er - yes I can see that you may have a bit of leverage there :-)
So I can expect to see a write up in the next IfL news? M
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Bea Groves wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm actually the President of IfL -- so it sometimes helps in getting
> educational bodies to do things they normally wouldn't ;-)
>
> I'm not against Unity. I just think I need to get my little bunch of
> 'pioneers' used to something cl
Hi!
I'm actually the President of IfL -- so it sometimes helps in getting
educational bodies to do things they normally wouldn't ;-)
I'm not against Unity. I just think I need to get my little bunch of
'pioneers' used to something closer to what they're used to Windows-wise
than go with the
Well said sir
>
> Remember that as far as most managers are concerned in the state education
> sector, GNU/Linux IS the new BBC Micro/ Archimedes. Windows is normal to
> them.
>
> --
> Cheers
>
> Oh there's nothing wrong with the BBC or Archimedes, just that they were
old hat by the time I was in
On 05/05/12 19:53, Gareth France wrote:
Oh please, don't misunderstand me. I applaud the achievement and I
am sure it will inspire new users to make the switch and share the
goodness.
Well said sir
Remember that as far as most managers are concerned in the state
education sector
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 7:41 PM, kpb wrote:
> On 05/05/12 19:32, Gareth France wrote:
>
>>
>> So because we find something difficult we should shy away from learning
>> it, even though that's the way things are going to be from now on? Teaching
>> people to use Ubuntu with Gnome 2 is rather akin t
On 05/05/12 19:32, Gareth France wrote:
So because we find something difficult we should shy away from
learning it, even though that's the way things are going to be from
now on? Teaching people to use Ubuntu with Gnome 2 is rather akin to
telling people you'll teach them to use a PC by using
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
> The *buntu world is not solely Unity - have a look around.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
>
True, I suppose someone using Gnome 2 could easily transfer the skills to
Xubuntu or probably even Kubuntu with minimal culture shock. I've never
really
The *buntu world is not solely Unity - have a look around.
Regards,
Phill.
On 6 May 2012 00:02, Gareth France wrote:
> Gareth:
>
>>
>> My teenagers and 19-24 students can sort Unity in a minute or two when I
>> lend them my little 1024/600px netbook in lessons. The adults struggle a
>> bit to
Gareth:
>
> My teenagers and 19-24 students can sort Unity in a minute or two when I
> lend them my little 1024/600px netbook in lessons. The adults struggle a
> bit to be honest. Would need an overview/explanation, but a 10 week course
> would be great.
>
>
So because we find something difficult
On 05/05/12 19:00, Gareth France wrote:
I actually installed 10.10 (staying clear of Unity just for the
moment until all the controversy dies down a little) onto the 4GB
sticks using the Windows 'Universal USB installer'. Works like a
dream! Students plug in the stick, switch on
> I actually installed 10.10 (staying clear of Unity just for the moment
> until all the controversy dies down a little) onto the 4GB sticks using the
> Windows 'Universal USB installer'. Works like a dream! Students plug in the
> stick, switch on the PC... and hey presto! Later when we upgrade to
Hi Alan!
I'm really pleased that you like the the new course concept. I'm going
to try to keep on plugging away for it to become a regular feature on
North Tyneside's curriculum.
I actually installed 10.10 (staying clear of Unity just for the moment
until all the controversy dies down a litt
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Hi Bea,
This is excellent!
On 05/05/12 10:14, Bea Groves wrote:
> We're also having to run the course in rather 'experimental'
> circumstances. The powers-that-be wouldn't let me install Ubuntu
> to their PC HDDs, so we're having to run Ubuntu from
Hi!
Just a quick bit of news...
I teach in adult education in North Tyneside, and last year I managed to
talk my manager round to the idea of putting on a beginners course in
Ubuntu within the borough. It means spending scarce funding on what is a
fairly 'off the beam' topic, when the usual p
On 30/04/12 22:07, Barry Drake wrote:
On 30/04/12 22:04, Barry Titterton wrote:
My employer's IT department confirmed that they have no plans to move
away from a Windows based installation. Shame.
Be patient. Persuade them in a roundabout way that won't involve you,
that they MUST upgrade to
On 30/04/12 22:04, Barry Titterton wrote:
My employer's IT department confirmed that they have no plans to move
away from a Windows based installation. Shame.
Be patient. Persuade them in a roundabout way that won't involve you,
that they MUST upgrade to Windows 8!!!
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Last week, while walking through the IT department at work, I spotted a
laptop running Ubuntu (Unity). For one brief, wonderful moment I thought
my employers were investigating a move to a linux based system. However
it turned out that the laptop belonged to an engineer from one of the
software com
On Sat, 2012-04-28 at 12:33 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 28/04/12 11:58, Bill Baker wrote:
> > Could someone look at http://imagebin.org/210105 & come up with
> > some rationale pretty please?
> >
>
> Interesting. I don't think we factored in upgrades of Business Remix.
> We'll be making a new ve
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On 28/04/12 11:58, Bill Baker wrote:
> Could someone look at http://imagebin.org/210105 & come up with
> some rationale pretty please?
>
Interesting. I don't think we factored in upgrades of Business Remix.
We'll be making a new version of business r
Could someone look at http://imagebin.org/210105
& come up with some rationale pretty please?
Business Remix was & is a bog standard install [with only addition being
grsync [graphical frontend for rsync].
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Hi
Ubuntu manual 11.10 is now available for download
http://ubuntu-manual.org/
Not sure if this has already been announced.
Paul
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On 20 April 2012 17:10, Norman Silverstone wrote:
>
>
> > Has anyone any experience or knowledge about the Asus P8H61-M
> > motherboard, please. Thank you in advance.
> >
>
> > If you Google 'Ubuntu Asus P8H61-M' you will get some useful results,
> > the first being that it's an E
> From: nor...@littletank.org
> To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:10:43 +0100
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu and Asus
>
>
>
> > Has anyone any experience or knowledge about the Asus P8H61-M
> > motherbo
> Has anyone any experience or knowledge about the Asus P8H61-M
> motherboard, please. Thank you in advance.
>
> If you Google 'Ubuntu Asus P8H61-M' you will get some useful results,
> the first being that it's an EFI board so it will probably only work
> with a 64 bit d
On 20 April 2012 12:12, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> Has anyone any experience or knowledge about the Asus P8H61-M
> motherboard, please. Thank you in advance.
>
>
Hello -
If you Google 'Ubuntu Asus P8H61-M' you will get some useful results, the
first being that it's an EFI board so it will proba
Has anyone any experience or knowledge about the Asus P8H61-M
motherboard, please. Thank you in advance.
Norman
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I bought a Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 motherboard last year but had a
problem with it being unable to boot from a USB boot disk. I tried UEFI
and legacy BIOS compatible boot disks but neither would boot.
It could boot from a CD ok, but being unable to boot from a USB flash
drive is unacceptable in thi
On 19 April 2012 14:40, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> GA-H61MA-D3V
Some rough Googling has returned that older versions of Ubuntu might
struggle, however it seems newer ones are fine.
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> It would be very much appreciated if anyone knows of
> or has experienced use
> of this motherboard.
>
>
>
> The computer I am writing this on now is one I built myself
> using a Gigabyte P67-DS
Just to chime in, I have a GA-880-UD2H at home and it works wonderfully
with Ubuntu :)
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On 19 April 2012 11:31, Josh Holland wrote:
> Hi Norman
>
> On 19 April 2012 11:23, Norman Silverstone wrote:
>
>> It would be very much appreciated if anyone knows of or has experienced
>> use
>> of this motherboard.
>>
>>
> The computer I am writing this on now is one I built myself using a
>
Hi Norman
On 19 April 2012 11:23, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> It would be very much appreciated if anyone knows of or has experienced use
> of this motherboard.
>
>
The computer I am writing this on now is one I built myself using a
Gigabyte P67-DS3-B3 and it works absolutely fine, with no issue
I am looking to buy a new desktop PC and have come across a range of
reasonable looking machines which are based on the above motherboard. It
would be very much appreciated if anyone knows of or has experienced use
of this motherboard.
Thanks in advance
Norman
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>> To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
>> CC: tengallon...@hotmail.co.uk
>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server 11.10 -- how do I enable remot
> access via Putty?
>>
>> On 2012-03-12 17:01, Alexander Birchall wrote:
>> > I thought I was quite
On 12/03/12 17:01, Alexander Birchall wrote:
Hi,
I thought I was quite experienced at administering a Ubuntu Server, but
I am totally confused by the graphical desktop for Ubuntu Server 11.10.
I need to be able to remotely connect to the server with Putty (my
choice for remote access to servers
Hi Alex,
sudo ufw allow ssh if your using ufw firewalls on both client and
server. However my guess is that the problem is likely connected to
password permissions, after exchanging keys.
The Ubuntu help documentation is very useful in this area :
https://help.ubuntu.com/10.10/serverguide/C/open
On 2012-03-12 17:01, Alexander Birchall wrote:
> I thought I was quite experienced at administering a Ubuntu Server, but I
> am totally confused by the graphical desktop for Ubuntu Server 11.10.
I don't believe there is a GUI for server by default. Are you sure you used
the server disk?
> I need
Hi,
I thought I was quite experienced at administering a Ubuntu Server, but I am
totally confused by the graphical desktop for Ubuntu Server 11.10.
I need to be able to remotely connect to the server with Putty (my choice for
remote access to servers). But how do I enable this remote access
Quoting paul sutton :
Hi
Does anyone know where to change settings in skype so that it does not
open full screen when ubuntu starts, I want it to start up (I can find
the setting for that) but it keeps opening full screen, I am trying to
find options in the skype settings but can't as yet fin
On 09/03/12 11:39, paul sutton wrote:
> Hi
>
> Does anyone know where to change settings in skype so that it does not
> open full screen when ubuntu starts, I want it to start up (I can find
> the setting for that) but it keeps opening full screen, I am trying to
> find options in the skype setti
Hi
Does anyone know where to change settings in skype so that it does not
open full screen when ubuntu starts, I want it to start up (I can find
the setting for that) but it keeps opening full screen, I am trying to
find options in the skype settings but can't as yet find anything.
thanks
Paul
On 07/03/12 14:56, Alan Bell wrote:
> On 07/03/12 14:43, Liam Proven wrote:
>> https://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=raspberry+pi+700+second
>>
>>
>> I scaled it down 2 orders of magnitude to something I find a bit more
>> plausible.
>>
>> At £25, yes, I can believe they have a
Not forgetting Pi day on the 14 March if you write it in the silly
american format the date is 3.14
Stuart
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On 7 March 2012 21:48, paul sutton wrote:
> On 07/03/12 13:49, Liam Proven wrote:
>> On 7 March 2012 13:38, Alan Pope wrote:
>>> On 07/03/12 13:33, Colin
On 07/03/12 22:26, Grant Phillips-Sewell wrote:
> On Mar 7, 2012 7:01 PM, "alan c" wrote:
>> What I took from this exchange was that the retail goldfish bowl we
>> all actually live in, is one of deep immersion. There is hardly
>> anywhere we can go, or that I can think of, which does not have onl
** Simon Greenwood [2012-03-07 20:06]:
> On Mar 7, 2012 7:07 PM, "alan c" wrote:
> > On 07/03/12 19:00, alan c wrote:
> > > But trust in strangers is not something that comes easy in a world
> > > full of scams.
> >
> > Correction
> > trust in strangers only comes easily if people have paid a lot
On Mar 7, 2012 7:01 PM, "alan c" wrote:
> What I took from this exchange was that the retail goldfish bowl we
> all actually live in, is one of deep immersion. There is hardly
> anywhere we can go, or that I can think of, which does not have only
> retail air to breathe. There is 'no such thing as
On 07/03/12 13:49, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 7 March 2012 13:38, Alan Pope wrote:
>> On 07/03/12 13:33, Colin Law wrote:
>>> Out of interest, in what way is it not open?
>> It needs a binary blob for the GPU and to boot apparently. They also
>> "only" licensed the h.264 and one other codec bundle fr
On 07/03/12 14:37, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 7 March 2012 14:12, Colin Law wrote:
>> Not that low for Linux, I have linux on a machine with 12MB (12
>> Megabytes) of RAM and an SD card, operating as a 1-wire server for my
>> weather station. It is a Linksys WRT54G router running OpenWRT.
>> Running
On 07/03/12 20:05, Simon Greenwood wrote:
> On Mar 7, 2012 7:07 PM, "alan c" wrote:
>>
>> On 07/03/12 19:00, alan c wrote:
>> > But trust in strangers is not something that comes easy in a world
>> > full of scams.
>>
>> Correction
>> trust in strangers only comes easily if people have paid a lot
On 7 March 2012 20:05, Simon Greenwood wrote:
>
> On Mar 7, 2012 7:07 PM, "alan c" wrote:
> >
> > On 07/03/12 19:00, alan c wrote:
> > > But trust in strangers is not something that comes easy in a world
> > > full of scams.
> >
> > Correction
> > trust in strangers only comes easily if people h
On Mar 7, 2012 7:07 PM, "alan c" wrote:
>
> On 07/03/12 19:00, alan c wrote:
> > But trust in strangers is not something that comes easy in a world
> > full of scams.
>
> Correction
> trust in strangers only comes easily if people have paid a lot of
> money for a retail box!
>
> --
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On 07/03/12 19:00, alan c wrote:
> But trust in strangers is not something that comes easy in a world
> full of scams.
Correction
trust in strangers only comes easily if people have paid a lot of
money for a retail box!
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On 07/03/12 12:20, paul sutton wrote:
> Any product will HAVE to come with real AGGRESSIVE marketing, Local
> lugs have problems simply finding people in stores to talk to about
> alternatives to windows, let alone agreeing to agree take in cd's or
> other materials for display etc. .
A coupl
On 07/03/12 15:51, Alan Pope wrote:
The 'official' Fedora spin was made by a bunch of guys at a University
in Canada, not as I understand it Red Hat. Their video explains that
they went out and bought a bunch of ARM6 devices (not Pis) and did
the builds on the bare metal. This could just as "ea
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On 07/03/12 14:51, Alan Bell wrote:
> Well nobody has the hardware yet, I could have applied to get a
> dev board, but I am not a developer that low down the stack, and
> the Ubuntu ARM people I spoke to told me there was no possibility
> of Ubuntu bui
On 7 March 2012 15:12, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 7 March 2012 14:56, Alan Bell wrote:
> > On 07/03/12 14:43, Liam Proven wrote:
> >>
> >>
> https://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=raspberry+pi+700+second
> >>
> >> I scaled it down 2 orders of magnitude to something I find a bit
On 7 March 2012 14:56, Alan Bell wrote:
> On 07/03/12 14:43, Liam Proven wrote:
>>
>> https://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=raspberry+pi+700+second
>>
>> I scaled it down 2 orders of magnitude to something I find a bit more
>> plausible.
>>
>> At £25, yes, I can believe they h
On 07/03/12 14:43, Liam Proven wrote:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=raspberry+pi+700+second
I scaled it down 2 orders of magnitude to something I find a bit more plausible.
At £25, yes, I can believe they have a million-odd preorders.
yeah, I had seen the 700 a sec
On 07/03/12 12:32, Alan Pope wrote:
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On 07/03/12 12:20, paul sutton wrote:
I am also guessing here, that with the raspberry PI the exposure
that Linux will get should really help drive the fact there ARE
real alternatives.,
Or people will say "Linux
On 7 March 2012 14:41, Alan Bell wrote:
> On 07/03/12 13:28, Liam Proven wrote:
>>
>> Hey, it's a hella cool toy for £15 (standalone model) or £25 (with LAN).
>> They sold out the initial production run in about 3min, at 6AM, and there
>> have been 7 orders a second ever since.
>
> it is cool, and
On 07/03/12 13:28, Liam Proven wrote:
Hey, it's a hella cool toy for £15 (standalone model) or £25 (with
LAN). They sold out the initial production run in about 3min, at 6AM,
and there have been 7 orders a second ever since.
it is cool, and I have one on order, but I do have to pick on this "7
On 7 March 2012 14:12, Colin Law wrote:
>
> Not that low for Linux, I have linux on a machine with 12MB (12
> Megabytes) of RAM and an SD card, operating as a 1-wire server for my
> weather station. It is a Linksys WRT54G router running OpenWRT.
> Running top via ssh I see it is using about half
On 7 March 2012 13:49, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 7 March 2012 13:38, Alan Pope wrote:
>>
>> On 07/03/12 13:33, Colin Law wrote:
>>> Out of interest, in what way is it not open?
>>
>> It needs a binary blob for the GPU and to boot apparently. They also
>> "only" licensed the h.264 and one other code
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