[ubuntu-uk] Documentation control software!

2011-06-06 Thread javadayaz
Hi, Does anyone know of any opensource (read free) software that can be be used for documentation control. This software needs to be able to : Be able to interact with outlook to send emails for reminders have a notification system for outstanding tasks. Be able to populate information into a

[ubuntu-uk] Rating software in software centre

2011-06-06 Thread Andrés Muñiz Piniella
Hello, Do any of you use the rating system in the ubuntu software centre? I was able to rate many apps but was unable to rate Gwyddion. Is there any reason for this? Could you try it? Would you go through the effort of saying it also affects you here:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] asus ubuntu

2011-06-06 Thread Andrés Muñiz Piniella
TONY Please tell me how you get on with the 13hr battery life. The laptop we have at home goes by 8hrs but only if the ASUS resource saving mode is on. I seem to recall that things like video watching where affected in this mode. -- Forwarded message -- From: Tony Pursell

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rating software in software centre

2011-06-06 Thread Dave Morley
On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 13:48 +0100, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: Hello, Do any of you use the rating system in the ubuntu software centre? I was able to rate many apps but was unable to rate Gwyddion. Is there any reason for this? Could you try it? Would you go through the effort of

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on android.

2011-06-06 Thread Dave Hanson
Does anyone know of an emulator type application which could run native Ubuntu programs on my Samsung galaxy s2, running android? Perhaps even a way to dual boot it to run the desktop edition or maybe meego? Dave -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on android.

2011-06-06 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 14:12 +0100, Dave Hanson wrote: Does anyone know of an emulator type application which could run native Ubuntu programs on my Samsung galaxy s2, running android? Perhaps even a way to dual boot it to run the desktop edition or maybe meego? No such thing exists. The

[ubuntu-uk] SMB Share - Fstab

2011-06-06 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi there folks, I'm having a stupid day today and would appreciate a sanity check! I have a line like this in my fstab file //mywindowsserver/share /home/myuser/mount cifs credentials=/home/myuser/smb/credentials,dir_mode=0700,file_mode=0700,uid=1000 0 0 As I understand it, when this remote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on android.

2011-06-06 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 6 June 2011 14:12, Dave Hanson d...@hansonforensics.co.uk wrote: Does anyone know of an emulator type application which could run native Ubuntu programs on my Samsung galaxy s2, running android? Perhaps even a way to dual boot it to run the desktop edition or maybe meego? XDA hackers

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on android.

2011-06-06 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 14:16 +0100, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: No such thing exists. The closest possibilities are: Oh sure. And now even a casual web search turns up several hacked up phones running Ubuntu. Madness. :) Tyler -- The map is not the territory. -- Alfred Korzybski --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on android.

2011-06-06 Thread Dave Hanson
Thanks Tyler. On Jun 6, 2011 2:16 PM, Tyler J. Wagner ty...@tolaris.com wrote: On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 14:12 +0100, Dave Hanson wrote: Does anyone know of an emulator type application which could run native Ubuntu programs on my Samsung galaxy s2, running android? Perhaps even a way to dual boot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on android.

2011-06-06 Thread Grant Sewell
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Tyler J. Wagner ty...@tolaris.com wrote: On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 14:12 +0100, Dave Hanson wrote: Does anyone know of an emulator type application which could run native Ubuntu programs on my Samsung galaxy s2, running android? Perhaps even a way to dual boot it to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] unity gimp

2011-06-06 Thread gazz
On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 20:39 +0100, George Tripp wrote: From: John Stevenson j...@jr0cket.com Move the mouse between the Gimp menu and the indicators on the panel and press the middle mouse button (or left/right buttons together). This cycles through the windows open on the workspace.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] unity gimp

2011-06-06 Thread Avi Greenbury
gazz wrote: Unity is just too much like hard work IMHO! Thank God, apparently GNOME 3 is implemented in Oneiric so it'll be possible just to install GNOME. I'm intrigued by this. I've so far found that Unity breaks far fewer of my assumptions and habits than Gnome3 does. The biggie with Gnome

Re: [ubuntu-uk] unity gimp

2011-06-06 Thread gazz
On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 15:50 +0100, Avi Greenbury wrote: gazz wrote: Unity is just too much like hard work IMHO! Thank God, apparently GNOME 3 is implemented in Oneiric so it'll be possible just to install GNOME. I'm intrigued by this. I've so far found that Unity breaks far fewer of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] unity gimp

2011-06-06 Thread scoundrel50a
On 06/06/11 15:57, gazz wrote: On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 15:50 +0100, Avi Greenbury wrote: gazz wrote: Unity is just too much like hard work IMHO! Thank God, apparently GNOME 3 is implemented in Oneiric so it'll be possible just to install GNOME. I'm intrigued by this. I've so far found that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rating software in software centre

2011-06-06 Thread Andrés Muñiz Piniella
* There is however a daily limit of reviews to try and limit bot - api attacks spamming the service to the point of unuse. It maybe that you hit your limit but you should of had an error saying that you couldn't send at that time please try again latter iirc.

[ubuntu-uk] Devon and Cornwall Linux user group meeting - show of hands

2011-06-06 Thread Paul Sutton
Hi Could I have a show of hands for the meeting on Saturday please Saturday 11th June 2011 (SECOND SATURDAY) Shoreline Bar + Bistro Paignton Seafront 14:30 to 17:00 thanks Paul -- Paul Sutton Cert SLPS (Open) http://www.zleap.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] BBC Click

2011-06-06 Thread Paul Tansom
I don't know how many people watch Click on the BBC News channel, but I thought I'd note that they had a piece on the Raspberry Pi on the last one (over the weekend), with a mention of Ubuntu as part of a piece on the lack of decent IT education in schools and the need to do it better - i.e.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click

2011-06-06 Thread J Fernyhough
On 6 June 2011 17:57, Paul Tansom p...@aptanet.com wrote: I don't know how many people watch Click on the BBC News channel, but I thought I'd note that they had a piece on the Raspberry Pi on the last one (over the weekend), with a mention of Ubuntu as part of a piece on the lack of decent IT

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Documentation control software!

2011-06-06 Thread John Stevenson
On 6 June 2011 04:08, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Does anyone know of any opensource (read free) software that can be be used for documentation control. Some suggestions I have are: Alfresco - http://www.alfresco.com/ Liferay - http://www.liferay.com/ I dont really understand

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click

2011-06-06 Thread Avi Greenbury
J Fernyhough wrote: Firstly, the vast majority of teachers don't have the skills of knowledge to be able to teach anything other than office skills This is precisely what's *wanted* in order that IT teachers can teach IT. At the moment, the IT taught in school is an introduction to using

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click

2011-06-06 Thread Grant Sewell
On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 18:13:29 +0100 J Fernyhough wrote: On 6 June 2011 17:57, Paul Tansom p...@aptanet.com wrote: I don't know how many people watch Click on the BBC News channel, but I thought I'd note that they had a piece on the Raspberry Pi on the last one (over the weekend), with a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click

2011-06-06 Thread J Fernyhough
I agree with much of what you say - I'm going to respond inline for the discussion. On 6 June 2011 18:42, Avi Greenbury li...@avi.co wrote: J Fernyhough wrote: Firstly, the vast majority of teachers don't have the skills of knowledge to be able to teach anything other than office skills

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2011-06-06 Thread Bod Soutar
http://nmp.megabyet.net/indexz42X.php -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click

2011-06-06 Thread Alan Bell
I have heard with my own ears teachers complaining about applications having a learning curve. . . why would anyone want to use something in school that didn't have a learning curve I wonder. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click

2011-06-06 Thread scralion...@gmail.com
That is a distinctly good question, I have been using computers, in some shape or form, since I was a young child, and without giving my age, that is a long time. And learn something new everyday, so my learning curve could be considered as being decades. Pmt -- Sent from my Android phone with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rating software in software centre

2011-06-06 Thread richard
On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 16:50 +0100, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote: * There is however a daily limit of reviews to try and limit bot - api attacks spamming the service to the point of unuse. It maybe that you hit your limit but you should of had an error

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click

2011-06-06 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hiyas, I'm only on just above 'nodding' terms with edubuntu, but have seen that they do have a good support group for the newcomers to it. As it is teachers talking to teachers, they do have a far better understanding of the specifics for classroom / computer labs than we could ever have. It is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click

2011-06-06 Thread J Fernyhough
On 6 June 2011 21:07, Phill Whiteside phi...@ubuntu.com wrote: Maybe Ubuntu-UK would like to propose 'adopt a school / college' - It would certainly get the LoCo about 2,000,000 brownie points for 'all the good things we do' for re-election of the UK LoCo to remain official? just a thought...

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click

2011-06-06 Thread Grant Sewell
On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 21:19:25 +0100 J Fernyhough wrote: On 6 June 2011 21:07, Phill Whiteside phi...@ubuntu.com wrote: Maybe Ubuntu-UK would like to propose 'adopt a school / college' - It would certainly get the LoCo about 2,000,000 brownie points for 'all the good things we do' for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click

2011-06-06 Thread Phill Whiteside
As some one who pops lubuntu onto old kit, I am certainly up for it in my local area. My problem being that I do get dragged across England for months at a time in my job as 'Holding Mananger' for bars (pubs). If I were to start one here in Warrington, I'd need to know there was some one to take

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Click

2011-06-06 Thread Paul Tansom
** J Fernyhough j.fernyho...@gmail.com [2011-06-06 19:22]: I agree with much of what you say - I'm going to respond inline for the discussion. On 6 June 2011 18:42, Avi Greenbury li...@avi.co wrote: J Fernyhough wrote: Firstly, the vast majority of teachers don't have the skills of