[ubuntu-uk] Users needed for masters project

2011-05-06 Thread Andrés Muñiz Piniella
Isn't this similar to eyeOS? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EyeOS Sorry if it's out of line. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Unity and Gnome 3

2011-05-06 Thread Tony Arnold
I'm wondering why Ubuntu decided to side-line Gnome 3 in favour of Unity? And does this mean Ubuntu may never support Gnome 3? How are such decisions made and is it documented anywhere? Personally I'd like to make my own choice about the user interface I use. Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity and Gnome 3

2011-05-06 Thread J Fernyhough
On 6 May 2011 09:42, Tony Arnold tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk wrote: I'm wondering why Ubuntu decided to side-line Gnome 3 in favour of Unity? And does this mean Ubuntu may never support Gnome 3? How are such decisions made and is it documented anywhere? Personally I'd like to make my own

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity and Gnome 3

2011-05-06 Thread Alan Pope
On 6 May 2011 09:42, Tony Arnold tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk wrote: I'm wondering why Ubuntu decided to side-line Gnome 3 in favour of Unity? And does this mean Ubuntu may never support Gnome 3? These are questions that have been asked numerous times. Here's some places you can see the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity and Gnome 3

2011-05-06 Thread John Stevenson
On 6 May 2011 09:42, Tony Arnold tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk wrote: I'm wondering why Ubuntu decided to side-line Gnome 3 in favour of Unity? And does this mean Ubuntu may never support Gnome 3? How are such decisions made and is it documented anywhere? Personally I'd like to make my own

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity and Gnome 3

2011-05-06 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 6 May 2011 09:42, Tony Arnold tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk wrote: I'm wondering why Ubuntu decided to side-line Gnome 3 in favour of Unity? And does this mean Ubuntu may never support Gnome 3? How are such decisions made and is it documented anywhere? Personally I'd like to make my own

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Users needed for masters project

2011-05-06 Thread gazz
On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 21:06 +0100, Bill Cumming wrote: Been meaning to jump in on this when you posted this. Sounds very interesting especially if you can get FireFox to move between machines. On 5 May 2011 21:01, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 2011-05-04

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Users needed for masters project

2011-05-06 Thread Barry Drake
On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 19:27 +0100, Chris Wilson wrote: I've just started the project for my MSc course in Applied Computing and am in need of some guinea pigs to help design and test it. I'm going to be working on it between now and Monday 12th September You can include me on this. My main

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity and Gnome 3

2011-05-06 Thread bodsda
Someone shouldn't be put off just because of the desktop environment. I have the latest ubuntu but have installed fluxbox because I prefer it. There's no reason to swap distro's just because you don't like a choice someone made Bodsda Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original

[ubuntu-uk] odd printer behaviour under Natty .....

2011-05-06 Thread Barry Drake
Hi there Since going over to Natty, I find that the page layout fails to print the top centimetre or so. This is not a problem when printing from LibreOffice as I can adjust margins, but printing PDF's is not good. It didn't happen before Natty - using the identical driver downloaded from

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu + computing in schools

2011-05-06 Thread Bruno Girin
Hi all, I came across this via /. today and thought it would be a great thing for Ubuntu UK members to get involved in: http://raspberrypi.org/ Quick summary: it's a UK charity who are trying to put fun back into learning computing by coming up with a £15 computer the size of a USB stick that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu + computing in schools

2011-05-06 Thread Tony Scott
See http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/rorycellanjones/2011/05/a_15_computer_to_inspire_young.html for background info.   -- Tony Scott http://tonyscott.org.uk | http://twitter.com/tonys | http://2011.portsmouth.wordcampuk.org | http://lpd.bectu.com | http://orangecoconut.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu + computing in schools

2011-05-06 Thread Rob Beard
On 06/05/11 20:46, Bruno Girin wrote: Hi all, I came across this via /. today and thought it would be a great thing for Ubuntu UK members to get involved in: http://raspberrypi.org/ Quick summary: it's a UK charity who are trying to put fun back into learning computing by coming up with a £15

[ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2011-05-06 Thread J FRANCIS
I have recently downloaded Ubuntu on to a computer.  I am unable to connect to my e-mail server who is btinternet.com.  Is there anyone on the forum,  using Ubuntu and using  btinternet.com. as their e-mail server   BT say that they do not support Linux.  Is this so?   Would appreciate any help

[ubuntu-uk] Fw: Ubuntu and btinternet.com

2011-05-06 Thread J FRANCIS
--- On Fri, 6/5/11, J FRANCIS j.francis...@btinternet.com wrote: From: J FRANCIS j.francis...@btinternet.com Subject: To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Friday, 6 May, 2011, 22:02 I have recently downloaded Ubuntu on to a computer.  I am unable to connect to my e-mail server who is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fw: Ubuntu and btinternet.com

2011-05-06 Thread Alan Bell
can you connect to the internet in general, so see websites in firefox? generally getting email to work is just like windows, you need to put the right account settings in. For BT the mail server is mail.btinternet.com they might not support Linux, but then again they don't support Windows or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2011-05-06 Thread Chris Wilson
Hey there, Sorry your first experience of Ubuntu isn't as great as you would like it to be. We'll do everything we can to help you out. First of all, when a company says they don't support Linux, it only means that they haven't been formally trained in how to guide a user through the process of