Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Direction

2010-09-14 Thread David King
I never knew about the existing CTRL ALT d key combo, thanks! (still on Ubuntu 9.04) David King Daniel Case wrote: > Hi All, > > I have just tried the 10.10 Beta and here are my thoughts. > > Is it just me, or does anyone else think Ubuntu is losing its > direction from its initial philosoph

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Direction

2010-09-13 Thread pmgazz
On 13/09/10 10:52, alan c wrote: Although I wished they had contacted me, because I guessed such a problem might simply be that a downloaded binary might have needed an executable permission set (maybe) I think it's that the BBC hasn't updated the Adobe platform version. BBC knows about

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Direction

2010-09-13 Thread alan c
On 11/09/10 18:41, Anton Piatek wrote: > I generally disagree with the original comments - Ubuntu has always > shipped non-free software (flash, sun java, ...) and this is mostly > for the user's benefit in that these applications are very much > desired. If I want a pure, free environment I use De

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Direction

2010-09-13 Thread alan c
On 11/09/10 17:11, Rob Beard wrote: > On 11/09/10 16:39, Daniel Case wrote: [...] > Thinking back a few years ago, one of the complaints that I heard from > some Windows users (one complaint I had myself when I first started > using Linux was that I couldn't download a setup program). Some people

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Direction

2010-09-11 Thread Anton Piatek
I generally disagree with the original comments - Ubuntu has always shipped non-free software (flash, sun java, ...) and this is mostly for the user's benefit in that these applications are very much desired. If I want a pure, free environment I use Debian. The software centre is not new - I recal

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Direction

2010-09-11 Thread John Stevenson
On 11 September 2010 16:39, Daniel Case wrote: > Hi All, > > I have just tried the 10.10 Beta and here are my thoughts. > > Is it just me, or does anyone else think Ubuntu is losing its direction > from its initial philosophy? I have seen it happen all too often with > company-owned software, fir

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Direction

2010-09-11 Thread Rob Beard
On 11/09/10 16:39, Daniel Case wrote: > Hi All, > > I have just tried the 10.10 Beta and here are my thoughts. Okay to be fair I haven't had chance to try the 10.10 Beta yet, when I free up some space I'm going to to give it a try. > > Is it just me, or does anyone else think Ubuntu is losing it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Direction

2010-09-11 Thread Daniel Case
Looking again, its still ctrl+alt+l to lock...crazy! Daniel On 11 September 2010 16:39, Daniel Case wrote: > Hi All, > > I have just tried the 10.10 Beta and here are my thoughts. > > Is it just me, or does anyone else think Ubuntu is losing its direction > from its initial philosophy? I have s

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Direction

2010-09-11 Thread Daniel Case
Hi All, I have just tried the 10.10 Beta and here are my thoughts. Is it just me, or does anyone else think Ubuntu is losing its direction from its initial philosophy? I have seen it happen all too often with company-owned software, first it will be open source, then it will have some closed sour