Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 170 - Ubuntu 21.04 DVD & VLC

Dear Dave Thanks very much indeed for the infordmation Highly Appreciated! I can buy this at local sainsburys or whsmiths Many Thanks Mark. Virus-free. www.avg.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 170 - Ubuntu 21.04 DVD & VLC

On Fri, 28 May 2021 at 11:13, wrote: > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Mark Dorrington > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 07:18:07 +0100 > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Hello is it possible for me to buy a ubuntu dvd > As unfortunately i have to use p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 20.04 freezing at startup

On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 at 15:02, Ben Davies wrote: > > I've been using it without problems for about 4 weeks. However, in the > last 2 weeks it has started to stall at the boot screen Check that the firmware is up-to-date. It should be on v1.7.4: https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/drive

[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 20.04 freezing at startup

Hi, I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 on a Dell Latitude 5500. I changed the BIOS settings to turn off RAID support as this was a prequisite for installing Ubuntu. I also shrank the Windows 10 partition, in Windows 10, and installed Ubuntu to the larger parition using a usb thumb drive. I've bee

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 19.10 release Get Together

I was on holiday. Shame. I used to really enjoy these events! :) I wonder whether holding other events are in order? Like the Science museum one or the Real Ale Train et al... Be good to reconnect with peeps. :) Cheers JT On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 at 15:37, Alan Pope wrote: > > > > > *Hi all,Tomor

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 19.10 release Get Together

On 16/10/2019 16:02, Iain Cuthbertson wrote: London is way out of the way! Secondary release party in Manchester this weekend? ;) Hope the release goes smoothly as 19.04 did, and you enjoy your beers in London. Iain Why shouldn't this be held in Mudeford as we have the most expensive bea

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 19.10 release Get Together

On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 at 15:36, Alan Pope wrote: > > *Hi all,Tomorrow is Ubuntu 19.10 release day, our 15th release so far. * > Duh, 15 years, 30 releases. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 19.10 release Get Together

Gosh - Not been to one of these for *YEARS* Am unlikely to make it but I will try if I can. Al On 16/10/2019 15:36, Alan Pope wrote: * Hi all, Tomorrow is Ubuntu 19.10 release day, our 15th release so far. As is customary we’ve found a small London pub in which to celebrate. If you’re in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 19.10 release Get Together

London is way out of the way! Secondary release party in Manchester this weekend? ;) Hope the release goes smoothly as 19.04 did, and you enjoy your beers in London. Iain On 16/10/2019 15:36, Alan Pope wrote: * Hi all, Tomorrow is Ubuntu 19.10 release day, our 15th release so far. As is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 19.10 release Get Together

On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 at 16:37, Alan Pope wrote: > > Hi all, > > > Tomorrow is Ubuntu 19.10 release day, our 15th release so far. As is > customary we’ve found a small London pub in which to celebrate. If you’re in > the area of SE1 from 6pm, why not drop by and help us celebrate the Eoan > Ermin

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 19.10 release Get Together

*Hi all,Tomorrow is Ubuntu 19.10 release day, our 15th release so far. As is customary we’ve found a small London pub in which to celebrate. If you’re in the area of SE1 from 6pm, why not drop by and help us celebrate the Eoan Ermine :)The first few people will get a little ‘party bag’ of Ubuntu sw

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Youth

I decided to have a look, the original founder is here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/philipballew but mostly hasn't been around since 2016 or so, except on IRC where he was last seen August last year. I can only assume he stepped down... I went to have a peek in the #ubuntu-youth-council channel and #ub

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Youth

Hi I just wondered if the Ubuntu Youth group is still running. Their website is still up https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuYouth but maybe there are people here who are also part of that who can help act as a go between here and their list.l I am asking as I am up at meeting today and have a chance

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Artful Fit & Finish Sprint

Hey all, I posted a blog post on insights this morning:- https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/08/08/ubuntu-artful-desktop-fit-and-finish-sprint/ We're looking for people to join us in the London Canonical office on August 24th after work between 4pm and 9pm to help get Ubuntu Artful ready for releas

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Entroware contact?

On 12 November 2016 at 12:49, Nigel Verity wrote: > Whilst I fully understand why a PC, pre-installed with a Linux distro, is > no cheaper than one with Windows I do question what is gained by paying a > significant premium. A Linux enthusiast will presumably be both prepared > and able to instal

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Entroware contact?

On 12 November 2016 at 13:49, Nigel Verity wrote: > Whilst I fully understand why a PC, pre-installed with a Linux distro, is no > cheaper than one with Windows Go on then. Ignoring the misplaced comma, do please explain why. I just want to check. > I do question what is gained by paying a > sig

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Entroware contact?

Whilst I fully understand why a PC, pre-installed with a Linux distro, is no cheaper than one with Windows I do question what is gained by paying a significant premium. A Linux enthusiast will presumably be both prepared and able to install a distro on any piece of kit that can run it, the newbi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Entroware contact?

If you're interested, PC Specialist (pc.co.uk) sell the same Clevo machines for considerably less with similar configurations - they just don't support Linux officially, although there is plenty of community support. I'm using one with what has now become a combination of Xubuntu and Cinnamon deskt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Entroware contact?

On 10/11/16 13:34, alan c wrote: > Anyone currently using, or had recent contact with Entroware? > https://www.entroware.com/store/ > It has a nice site and an interesting range of products. A friend > contacted them recently, as I did also, with purchase inquiries, > however neither of us has had

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Entroware contact?

Anyone currently using, or had recent contact with Entroware? https://www.entroware.com/store/ It has a nice site and an interesting range of products. A friend contacted them recently, as I did also, with purchase inquiries, however neither of us has had a reply. A year ago I had a useful reply fr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Phone web browser broken

I am still having a problem with my Ubuntu Phone, lots of it not working now. No web browser, no text messaging, no Network Indicator and thus no phone connection, no wifi connection and sometimes keyboard not working when trying to type. If I reset the phone, and lose all my data, would every

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Phone web browser broken

Hi Dave No problem with the browser on my BQ Aquarius 4.5. Tony On 15 August 2016 at 22:25, David King wrote: > I have been using Ubuntu phone, BQ Aquarius E45, for the past year. Until > now the web browser has always worked. But today it stopped working. I went > to use it, and wanted to ac

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Phone web browser broken

I have been using Ubuntu phone, BQ Aquarius E45, for the past year. Until now the web browser has always worked. But today it stopped working. I went to use it, and wanted to access my History, as all tabs had disappeared that had previously been open. Then the web browser froze, and I had to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 16.04 fsck and display issue (SOLVED)

Finally fixed the problem - not 100% but I'm now happy! First of all including nomodeset in my grub config file had no effect whatsoever - perhaps this is just one of the examples that defies the usual fix. Remember my machine is a desktop with proprietary drivers(installed during the upgrade) fo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 16.04 fsck and display issue

On 11 August 2016 at 12:17, David Goldsbrough wrote: > As always help and comments most welcome. As far as I know, the order of quiet and splash make no odds. You could add ``nomodeswitch'' right after them to try it out. If you edit /etc/grub/default then you must run sudo update-grub .. af

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 16.04 fsck and display issue

Many thanks for the links provided regarding how to temp change the grub config file at boot and indeed permanently. Still the same though, no splash screen on boot, although I have not attempted to change the /etc/default/grub file. However, I did notice in there it said splash quiet as opposed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 16.04 fsck and display issue

On 10 August 2016 at 16:45, David Goldsbrough wrote: > Well, I tried the suggestion to no effect. I have looked through the logs > but cannot find any hints - but I am not that experienced and my low vision > can miss things. Sorry to hear that you're having problems. Here is how to both tempo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 16.04 fsck and display issue

I said (extract) > To the point, when I boot now I no longer see the "Ubuntu" message in the > > centre of the screen with the changing coloured dots underneath. Do I > need to tweak something to re-instate it? > > > > Liam Proven said (extract) > >>I have successfully resurrected this in the >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 16.04 fsck and display issue

On 9 August 2016 at 13:22, David Goldsbrough wrote: > So, I bit the bullet and upgraded from 14.04 to 16.04 on an old desktop as > a pre cursor to upgrading my Lenovo T60 laptop - my sturdy workhorse for > now. One day I will get round to buying a 64bit machine. > > Any way, all went smoothly -

[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu 16.04 fsck and display issue

So, I bit the bullet and upgraded from 14.04 to 16.04 on an old desktop as a pre cursor to upgrading my Lenovo T60 laptop - my sturdy workhorse for now. One day I will get round to buying a 64bit machine. Any way, all went smoothly - no real problems. I was glad that the upgrade retained all my

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu upgade 14.04 to 16.04 - incomplete Lois McNab

On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 6:04 PM, Michael wrote: > [nothing] ... OK? -n -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu upgade 14.04 to 16.04 - incomplete Lois McNab

On 05/08/16 14:15, William Anderson wrote: On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Colin Law wrote: First a couple of points about protocol on this list. Please don't top post. Insert your reply into the previous message at appropriate points. Also please post in plain text not html. Thanks. [prev

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu upgade 14.04 to 16.04 - incomplete Lois McNab

On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Colin Law wrote: > First a couple of points about protocol on this list. Please don't > top post. Insert your reply into the previous message at appropriate > points. Also please post in plain text not html. Thanks. > [previous message quoted in entirety] Also,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu upgade 14.04 to 16.04 - incomplete Lois McNab

-------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 06:22:46 + (UTC) > From: Lois McNab > To: "ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com" > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu upgade 14.04 to 16.04 -incomplete > Message-ID: > <104012

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu upgade 14.04 to 16.04 - incomplete Lois McNab

4 -incomplete (Lois McNab)   2. Re:  Ubuntu upgade 14.04 to 16.04 -incomplete (Colin Law) -- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 06:22:46 + (UTC) From: Lois McNab To: "ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com" Subject: [ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu upgade 14.04 to 16.04 -incomplete

On 4 August 2016 at 07:22, Lois McNab wrote: > Hello, > > I started to upgrade on 1.8.2016 from 14.04 to 16.04 and the files were > being upgraded , when it stopped/froze. > > I attempted to restart the computer ,pressed F1 the following message > appeared on black screen: > ... > Flashing curso

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu upgade 14.04 to 16.04 -incomplete

Hello, I started to upgrade on 1.8.2016 from 14.04 to 16.04  and the files were being upgraded , when it stopped/froze. I attempted to restart the computer ,pressed F1 the following message appeared on  black screen: [ ok ] Started create volatile files and directories.         starting update U

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 134, Issue 6

On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 12:41:37PM +, Lois McNab wrote: >Thanks for the suggestion. This is the message after I ran the unzip >command: >unzip: cannot find or open v, v.zip or v.ZIP. You need to pass the filename as one of the command line arguments. For example, if your file is c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 134, Issue 6

is McNab)   2. Re:  Ubuntu: archive manager error (Paul Waring) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 09:54:42 + (UTC) From: Lois McNab To: "ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com" Subject: [ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu: archive manager error

On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 09:54:42AM +, Lois McNab wrote: > I am attempting to open a zip file with archive manager and the message >' an error occurred while loading the archive'. >Any suggestions? There are lots of things which could cause that message. Running unzip on the comm

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu: archive manager error

Good morning ,   I am attempting to open a zip file with archive manager  and the message '  an error occurred while loading the archive'. Any suggestions? Kind regards, Lois McNab-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 134, Issue 4

Good morning On 19 Jun 2016 13:00, wrote: > 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 or b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 9:21 PM, Stuart Ward wrote: > On 15 April 2016 at 00:35, William Anderson wrote: >> >> From where?! :) > > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262302223446 [snip] Not too shabby! I notice Dell are doing base-model Latitude 3450s for £189 ex VAT right now ... http://www.dell.com/uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

On 15 April 2016 at 00:35, William Anderson wrote: > From where?! :) > > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262302223446?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

On 15 April 2016 14:09:13 BST, Liam Proven wrote: >On 15 April 2016 at 01:35, William Anderson wrote: >>> I recently got a ex=-corporate thinkpad for under £200, with no OS, >>> Quad i7 4G memory. >> >> From where?! :) > > >Have to admit, that does sound exceptionally good! > >I vaguely covet o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

On 15 April 2016 at 01:35, William Anderson wrote: >> I recently got a ex=-corporate thinkpad for under £200, with no OS, >> Quad i7 4G memory. > > From where?! :) Have to admit, that does sound exceptionally good! I vaguely covet one of these: http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/product_detail/1

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 9:52 PM, Stuart Ward wrote: > On 7 April 2016 at 16:26, Jim Price wrote: >> Any alternatives in a similar price range (£200 after trade-in for this one) >> would be appreciated too. > > I recently got a ex=-corporate thinkpad for under £200, with no OS, > Quad i7 4G memory

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

On 7 April 2016 at 16:26, Jim Price wrote: > Any alternatives in a similar price range (£200 after trade-in for this one) > would be appreciated too. I recently got a ex=-corporate thinkpad for under £200, with no OS, Quad i7 4G memory. You might find a local supplier who accept a check for somet

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptopOn

Do let me (or us) know. I'm sure the question will come round again. To the list and, mainly, digest mode users: sorry for replying to digest, not snipping or deleting. I'll be more careful next time. (The only right thing I did was bottom post) -- -- Andres (he/him/his) Ham United Group Richmon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

On 08/04/16 08:15, amunizp wrote: https://minifree.org/ They use a free Ubuntu derivative (trisquel) so no problem with drivers. (nor windows tax). As per paying by check I am sure they accept it (looking at their thoughts on paypal). Do ask, they are a small UK based company and are quick t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

On 08/04/16 02:07, William Anderson wrote: On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 4:26 PM, Jim Price wrote: Does anyone know of a supplier of Ubuntu laptops who would accept payment by cheque? I'm told eBuyer don't for this one: I don't mean to derail the conversation, but if you are paying by cheque, is thi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

On Fri, Apr 08, 2016 at 02:07:58AM +0100, William Anderson wrote: > On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 4:26 PM, Jim Price wrote: > > Does anyone know of a supplier of Ubuntu laptops who would accept payment by > > cheque? I'm told eBuyer don't for this one: > > I don't mean to derail the conversation, but if

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

Price) > 4. Re: Ubuntu laptop (Tony Pursell) > 5. Re: Ubuntu laptop (Wechsel Wirkung) > 6. Re: Ubuntu laptop (James Morrissey) > > >---- > >De: Jim Price >Para: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >E

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 4:26 PM, Jim Price wrote: > Does anyone know of a supplier of Ubuntu laptops who would accept payment by > cheque? I'm told eBuyer don't for this one: I don't mean to derail the conversation, but if you are paying by cheque, is this because you do not have a debit card for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Laptop

I totally agree that looking for a laptop with Ubuntu pre-installed is probably not the best approach. If it were a straight choice between buying model X with Windows or Ubuntu for the same price, then that would be very satisfying from an idealogical perspective. Back in the real world, howev

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

In the vein of buying a laptop without an OS, The 'going linux' podcast from last week featured someone talking about how he had bought a t420 and got the specs up to the point that it beats out a new macbook pro. http://ia801501.us.archive.org/25/items/glp295/glp295.mp3 It seems you can do it fo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

Hi Jim, just buy one laptop without an os maybe. I buyed on notebooksbilliger just an acer for 500 euro and installed just ubuntu by myself and i dont use ubuntu so long. its much cheaper and easy > > Jim Price hat am 7. April 2016 um 18:39 > geschrieben: > > > Hi Tony, > > I'm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

Sorry, you are right, it's good for another year. But there is still the issue with the wifi. On 7 April 2016 at 17:39, Jim Price wrote: > Hi Tony, > > I'm still using 12.04 - I thought it was supported for 5 years, so there's > another year to go. Also, I would expect a machine which runs 12.0

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

Hi Tony, I'm still using 12.04 - I thought it was supported for 5 years, so there's another year to go. Also, I would expect a machine which runs 12.04 would manage 16.04 without too much trouble, and might be cheaper as it has an older OS on it. There's not much else around at the £200 mark.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

Hi Jim I wouldn't by that one as one comment say it comes with 12.04 (which is out of support) and you can't easily update it because of the driver for the Realtek wifi card. I would go for any other computer that will run 14.04 or 16.04 out of the box, whether or not I had to overwrite the Windo

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu laptop

Does anyone know of a supplier of Ubuntu laptops who would accept payment by cheque? I'm told eBuyer don't for this one: http://www.ebuyer.com/705955-hp-455-quad-core-laptop-l8b56es Any alternatives in a similar price range (£200 after trade-in for this one) would be appreciated too. JimP

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 131, Issue 7

Thanks for all the suggestions. I tried "sftp user@hostname" as advised and that did indeed work fine. This set me off on a search for known problems with Filezilla. It seems a lot of Fedora users were having similar problems with Filezilla 3.7.3, which turned out to be the version I was run

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone - F-DROID

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/12/15 15:52, Barry Drake wrote: > On 04/12/15 15:16, Liam Proven wrote: >> I talked to the Tizen people at LinuxCon Europe in October.> It >> is not as locked-down as all that, not for developers. But bear >> in mind, it's for semi-embedded use

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

There is a known issue with the Audacity package in 15.10 in that it was built against the wrong version of wxWidgets so this may be related. The Audacity devs advise using their PPA and release. On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:15 Colin Law wrote: > On 13 January 2016 at 18:07, Barry Drake > wrote: > >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

On 13 January 2016 at 18:07, Barry Drake wrote: >>Not sure what you mean by gnome menus in the top panel. Can you be >>more explicit? Are you running Ubuntu with Unity? > > Hi Colin . When you move the mouse pointer into the top panel, many > applications show a menu on the left of the top p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

>Not sure what you mean by gnome menus in the top panel. Can you be >more explicit? Are you running Ubuntu with Unity? Hi Colin . When you move the mouse pointer into the top panel, many applications show a menu on the left of the top panel. Libreoffice is one example, but the one I'm hav

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

On 13 January 2016 at 15:46, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi In 16.04, currently all the gnome menus on the top panel seem to > have disappeared. This makes some applications, Libreoffice, not fully > useable as some functions can only be accessed from the menu. I can't find > an existing bug rep

[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Hi In 16.04, currently all the gnome menus on the top panel seem to have disappeared. This makes some applications, Libreoffice, not fully useable as some functions can only be accessed from the menu. I can't find an existing bug report for this. What program should I report it agains

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 3 December 2015 at 11:58, Barry Drake wrote: > And the code Sailfish use for the Android platform is mostly FOSS and > downloadable straight from the Sailfish site. This, though, is a potentially possible route. Same as you can install the `ubuntu-restricted-extras` package and get Java, Flas

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 4 December 2015 at 16:52, Barry Drake wrote: > I took a further look this morning. It is impossible (almost) to get > Android apps without going via Google Play. In order to use Google Play, > you have to give a Google login, and that means a Google account with all > the information grabbin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 4 December 2015 at 15:52, Barry Drake wrote: > I took a further look this morning. It is impossible (almost) to get > Android apps without going via Google Play. In order to use Google Play, > you have to give a Google login, and that means a Google account with all > the information grabbin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 04/12/15 15:16, Liam Proven wrote: > I talked to the Tizen people at LinuxCon Europe in October.> > It is not as locked-down as all that, not for developers. But bear in > mind, it's for semi-embedded use, for locked-down single-function or > narrow-function devices with a rich UI. It's not a d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 3 December 2015 at 11:58, Barry Drake wrote: > On 02/12/15 12:52, Barry Drake wrote: > > TIZEN >> >> They seem way ahead of Ubuntu in the phone market. I'm sad about that.> >> I've subscribed to one of their mailing lists to keep informed. > > > I talked to some of the Tizen developer guys - T

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 02/12/15 12:52, Barry Drake wrote: TIZEN They seem way ahead of Ubuntu in the phone market. I'm sad about that.> I've subscribed to one of their mailing lists to keep informed. I talked to some of the Tizen developer guys - The told me their OS is so locked in, you wouldn't recognise it a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 1 December 2015 at 17:17, Barry Drake wrote: > Oh, I know it's quite feasible. And quite a lot of the system is open > source. The Android core OS is FOSS, yes. The Google Play stuff is very much not, and Google is successfully manipulating the marketplace so that you really need that. As Am

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 2 December 2015 at 12:52, Barry Drake wrote: > They seem way ahead of Ubuntu in the phone market. I'm sad about that. > Inevitable. They had a massive head start and are/were backed by two massive companies - Intel & Samsung which have many hundreds of developers available to work on the plat

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 01/12/15 14:15, Alan Pope wrote: No, other platforms (Jolla, Tizen) have it. Thanks Alan. I've looked carefully at Tizen. Their site's a bit strange to navigate around, but I found it quite fascinating. They are now listing on ebay some Tizen OS smartphones, and they have a number of

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone problems

Since the latest system update a few days ago, has anyone else experienced some problems? Cannot connect to my Ubuntu PC on USB any more, PC does not recognise phone being there, although it did previously. Cannot read some emails in Dekko, they just appear blank, but were okay before. When cl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 01/12/15 22:57, Barry Drake wrote: Found it. It doesn't have a Huawei in the list, but I might take a chance anyhow. Huawei is my new phone. I meant Samsung Galaxy Young2. The history shows that Samsung worked well on early models, but everything remotely recent; the Galaxy Note for ex

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 01/12/15 20:54, Barry Drake wrote: It just so happens that I've scheduled a listing for my old phone on ebay. I won't get a lot for it, and I'm very willing to risk that one. I've just looked on the web site. There used to be a list of phones that had been tried, and what to download from

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 1 December 2015 at 20:57, Colin Law wrote: > On 1 December 2015 at 17:47, Tony Pursell > wrote: > > I have both an Android and an Ubuntu phone. The only Google thing the > > Ubuntu phone doesn't do is Hangouts. I would love to have that. What I > do > > have is Gmail, G+, Maps & Calendar.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 1 December 2015 at 17:47, Tony Pursell wrote: > I have both an Android and an Ubuntu phone. The only Google thing the > Ubuntu phone doesn't do is Hangouts. I would love to have that. What I do > have is Gmail, G+, Maps & Calendar. For those that use it Hangouts is an essential (including i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 01/12/15 16:45, Pete S wrote: Too scared of bricking my phone to take the plunge and put Ubuntu on it! One day.. It just so happens that I've scheduled a listing for my old phone on ebay. I won't get a lot for it, and I'm very willing to risk that one. I've just looked on the web sit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

I have both an Android and an Ubuntu phone. The only Google thing the Ubuntu phone doesn't do is Hangouts. I would love to have that. What I do have is Gmail, G+, Maps & Calendar. Tony On 1 December 2015 at 16:48, Colin Law wrote: > On 1 December 2015 at 16:39, Alan Pope wrote: > > On 1 Dec

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 1 December 2015 at 16:39, Alan Pope wrote: > On 1 December 2015 at 16:35, Colin Law wrote: >> Without the Google Apps (Gmail, Hangouts, Maps, navigation, G+) a lot >> of Android users will be very resistant to moving to Ubuntu, >> unfortunately. >> > > ..and many don't need any of those.. :) >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

Hi, And here's me using Android phone and all I really want is phone / text camera email, and browser, a few games would be a luxury... Too scared of bricking my phone to take the plunge and put Ubuntu on it! One day.. Pete S On 1 December 2015 16:39:52 GMT+00:00, Alan Pope wrote:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 1 December 2015 at 16:35, Colin Law wrote: > Without the Google Apps (Gmail, Hangouts, Maps, navigation, G+) a lot > of Android users will be very resistant to moving to Ubuntu, > unfortunately. > ..and many don't need any of those.. :) My brother - a very typical mobile phone user - just swi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 1 December 2015 at 16:17, Barry Drake wrote: > On 01/12/15 14:19, Liam Proven wrote: >> >> On 1 December 2015 at 15:15, Alan Pope wrote: >>> >>> No, other platforms (Jolla, Tizen) have it. > > >> And Blackberry 10, which isn't even a version of Linux. (I have a >> Passport, a new smartphone wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 01/12/15 14:19, Liam Proven wrote: On 1 December 2015 at 15:15, Alan Pope wrote: No, other platforms (Jolla, Tizen) have it. And Blackberry 10, which isn't even a version of Linux. (I have a Passport, a new smartphone with an actual physical *keyboard*. There's innovation for you!) Oh,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

On 1 December 2015 at 15:15, Alan Pope wrote: > No, other platforms (Jolla, Tizen) have it. And Blackberry 10, which isn't even a version of Linux. (I have a Passport, a new smartphone with an actual physical *keyboard*. There's innovation for you!) Android apps are essentially Java apps -- And

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

Hi Barry, On 1 December 2015 at 14:10, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi there I've just had to get a new Android phone. I still feel very > 'locked in'. I'd love to have an Ubuntu phone, but am wondering if it will > ever have an Android compatibility layer. Who knows. There's no plan to do that

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu phone

Hi there I've just had to get a new Android phone. I still feel very 'locked in'. I'd love to have an Ubuntu phone, but am wondering if it will ever have an Android compatibility layer. Is it Google's policy not to allow it? With regard to the last few emails on the $5 computer thread

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu update warning messages

On 22 October 2015 at 19:03, David Goldsbrough wrote: > I am using 14.04 LTS. > I use the "about Computer" facility to update on a regular basis or when > reminded to do so. > I always like to display what is going on if only to half understand what is > going on, > Today during the big kernal, et

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu update warning messages

I am using 14.04 LTS. I use the "about Computer" facility to update on a regular basis or when reminded to do so. I always like to display what is going on if only to half understand what is going on, Today during the big kernal, etc updates I noticed some warning message with a suggestion on a com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Pre installed - HP 'standard images' 'may not work' WTF

On 07/06/15 10:53, alan c wrote: On 07/06/15 10:50, alan c wrote: I was very interested in the HP laptops on EBuyer - Ubuntu pre installed. '..HP ProBook 455 Notebook PC is powered by an AMD A10-7300 APU with AMD Radeonâ„¢ R6 Graphics. ..' http://www.ebuyer.com/705955-hp-455-quad-core-laptop-l8b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Pre installed - HP 'standard images' 'may not work' WTF

On 07/06/15 18:35, Simon Greenwood wrote: It's probably more about the training that HP's support teams have been given. Until very recently the support cycle of most PCs would assume that they had the same OS throughout their lifespan because few people even upgrade the version of Windows they u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Pre installed - HP 'standard images' 'may not work' WTF

It's probably more about the training that HP's support teams have been given. Until very recently the support cycle of most PCs would assume that they had the same OS throughout their lifespan because few people even upgrade the version of Windows they use, so to allow the people on the phones to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Pre installed - HP 'standard images' 'may not work' WTF

On 07/06/15 11:23, Colin Law wrote: On 7 June 2015 at 10:50, alan c wrote: I was very interested in the HP laptops on EBuyer - Ubuntu pre installed. '..HP ProBook 455 Notebook PC is powered by an AMD A10-7300 APU with AMD Radeonâ„¢ R6 Graphics. ..' http://www.ebuyer.com/705955-hp-455-quad-core-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Pre installed - HP 'standard images' 'may not work' WTF

On 7 June 2015 at 10:50, alan c wrote: > I was very interested in the HP laptops on EBuyer - Ubuntu pre installed. > '..HP ProBook 455 Notebook PC is powered by an AMD A10-7300 APU with AMD > Radeon™ R6 Graphics. ..' > http://www.ebuyer.com/705955-hp-455-quad-core-laptop-l8b56es > > then I came ac

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Pre installed - HP 'standard images' 'may not work' WTF

On 07/06/15 10:50, alan c wrote: I was very interested in the HP laptops on EBuyer - Ubuntu pre installed. '..HP ProBook 455 Notebook PC is powered by an AMD A10-7300 APU with AMD Radeonâ„¢ R6 Graphics. ..' http://www.ebuyer.com/705955-hp-455-quad-core-laptop-l8b56es then I came across the cavia

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