[ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Javad Ayaz
Hi, My previous experience with tv cards was not that great! I had a MSI something or other. Ive had cable installed and would like very much to save space by chucking out the tv and use my pc as one-in-all kind of thing. Please suggest some good value (read cheapish) tv cards that i could

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Beard
Javad Ayaz wrote: Hi, My previous experience with tv cards was not that great! I had a MSI something or other. Ive had cable installed and would like very much to save space by chucking out the tv and use my pc as one-in-all kind of thing. Please suggest some good value (read

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Javad Ayaz
ok i will look at those links.! I dont want any of my cards trying to catch the transmission themselves as aerial reception is terrible. Ive got virgin cable so that would be the primary source! I suppose i will look into Regards Javad 2008/10/15 Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Javad Ayaz

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing default settings for all users

2008-10-15 Thread Darren Mansell
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:10:55 +0100, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the process of trying to roll out Ubuntu across one of our offices as a replacement to Windows XP. At the moment on Windows XP we have a standard desktop which includes desktop background, Internet

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Changing default settings for all users

2008-10-15 Thread James Westby
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 14:10 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the process of trying to roll out Ubuntu across one of our offices as a replacement to Windows XP. At the moment on Windows XP we have a standard desktop which includes desktop background, Internet Explorer proxy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Javad Ayaz
THank you all for your help and advice. 2008/10/15 Eddie Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheers, Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Darren Mansell
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:17:41 +0100, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well it depends exactly what you want to do. To give you an idea... I have put a TV card in my kids PC after their TV blew up. The original idea was to install MythTV and use a Freeview TV card so they could record

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Javad Ayaz
now that you understand my setup...would an analogue tv card be better than a digital one or vice versa? 2008/10/15 Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Javad Ayaz wrote: ok i will look at those links.! I dont want any of my cards trying to catch the transmission themselves as aerial reception

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Philip Wyett
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 10:03 +0100, Philip Wyett wrote: On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 09:49 +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: now that you understand my setup...would an analogue tv card be better than a digital one or vice versa? 2008/10/15 Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Javad Ayaz wrote:

[ubuntu-uk] Remastersys

2008-10-15 Thread James Hooker
Has anyone been having trouble lately with making backups with remastersys? (I know there are a few Ubuntu UK'ers that like this tool) e.g. When installing a distro from a disk created with the Backup option, GDM is failing to start etc... Thanks! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Changing default settings for all users

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, I'm in the process of trying to roll out Ubuntu across one of our offices as a replacement to Windows XP. At the moment on Windows XP we have a standard desktop which includes desktop background, Internet Explorer proxy settings and other tweaks. Now rather than have the hassle of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Dan Attwood
I believe that you need an analogue card like rob says. You then plug the virgin box into into and tv into it in the same way that you do a tv. You will then have the issue though that you can only change channels by using the virgin remote control (which also stuffs up being able to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Eddie Armstrong
Rob Beard wrote: Javad Ayaz wrote: now that you understand my setup...would an analogue tv card be better than a digital one or vice versa? How is all this going to be affected by analogue broadcasts being stopped soon? Eddie -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Beard
Javad Ayaz wrote: I only want to view the channels on my virgin subscription. Not really planning on recording anything. I just wana get rid of the tv because its taking up space. Im planning on geting a bigger monitor soon so id just the monitor as my primary tv viewing method. In that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Beard
Javad Ayaz wrote: ok i will look at those links.! I dont want any of my cards trying to catch the transmission themselves as aerial reception is terrible. Ive got virgin cable so that would be the primary source! I suppose i will look into Regards Javad Ahh in that case

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Beard
Eddie Armstrong wrote: Rob Beard wrote: Javad Ayaz wrote: now that you understand my setup...would an analogue tv card be better than a digital one or vice versa? How is all this going to be affected by analogue broadcasts being stopped soon? Eddie Well

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Javad Ayaz
i dont have an aerial. im only using virgin (freeview only) to watch tv! 2008/10/15 Eddie Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rob Beard wrote: Javad Ayaz wrote: now that you understand my setup...would an analogue tv card be better than a digital one or vice versa? How is all this going to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Beard
Darren Mansell wrote: I'm currently setting up a MythTV network at my house and I've been trying out various technologies and angles of attack to get the best possible performance and widest choice at the lowest cost. I started with Freeview as thats the easiest route hardware wise. A decent

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Darren Mansell
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:37:07 +0100, Javad Ayaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i dont have an aerial. im only using virgin (freeview only) to watch tv! As said below your best option is to get an analogue TV card as they have composite and s-video in. Generally Hauppauge (pron. hop-hog, not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Philip Wyett
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 09:49 +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: now that you understand my setup...would an analogue tv card be better than a digital one or vice versa? 2008/10/15 Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Javad Ayaz wrote: ok i will look at those links.! I dont

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-spotting (sort of)

2008-10-15 Thread Josh Holland
This Monday the Metro (that fine journalistic endeavour) ran a feature on how the first British-born space tourist (who is a US citizen) took the Metro, making it the first newspaper in space. It also mentioned some other space tourists including our very own Mark Shuttleworth! -- Josh Holland

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-spotting (sort of)

2008-10-15 Thread Alan Pope
2008/10/13 Josh Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This Monday the Metro (that fine journalistic endeavour) ran a feature on how the first British-born space tourist (who is a US citizen) took the Metro, making it the first newspaper in space. It also mentioned some other space tourists including our

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Javad Ayaz
I only want to view the channels on my virgin subscription. Not really planning on recording anything. I just wana get rid of the tv because its taking up space. Im planning on geting a bigger monitor soon so id just the monitor as my primary tv viewing method. 2008/10/15 Rob Beard [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-spotting (sort of)

2008-10-15 Thread Josh Holland
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 19:00 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: 2008/10/13 Josh Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This Monday the Metro (that fine journalistic endeavour) ran a feature on how the first British-born space tourist (who is a US citizen) took the Metro, making it the first newspaper in space. It

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Eddie Armstrong
Cheers, Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Suggest a ubuntu compatible TV-CARD

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Beard
Javad Ayaz wrote: now that you understand my setup...would an analogue tv card be better than a digital one or vice versa? Well it depends exactly what you want to do. To give you an idea... I have put a TV card in my kids PC after their TV blew up. The original idea was to install MythTV

[ubuntu-uk] Authenticating against Samba/NT 4.0 domain

2008-10-15 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, As part of the change over from Windows XP to Ubuntu I'm trying to get the Ubuntu machine to authenticate against a domain. At the moment we have a Windows 2003 SBS server which is going to be _hopefully_ replaced with SME Server 7.3 which provides a domain via Samba. Now I've got

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-spotting (sort of)

2008-10-15 Thread Josh Blacker
On 15 Oct 2008, at 19:00, Alan Pope wrote: Also last Friday Clare and I went to the BBC Television Centre to see the filming of episode 6 of a TV programme called 'Genius' with Dave Gorman. There was one segment in it where I was behind the presenter with my big Ubuntu logo jumper on. Dunno

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-spotting (sort of)

2008-10-15 Thread Matt Jones
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:23 PM, Josh Blacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15 Oct 2008, at 19:00, Alan Pope wrote: Also last Friday Clare and I went to the BBC Television Centre to see the filming of episode 6 of a TV programme called 'Genius' with Dave Gorman. There was one segment in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-spotting (sort of)

2008-10-15 Thread Alan Pope
2008/10/15 Matt Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't think that Alan can win on his own podcast :P You honestly wouldn't believe the lengths to which we go to ensure the competition winner is a) not one of us (not actually that hard to do), b) random. Buy me a pint at the Intrepid release party