[ubuntu-uk] New boy.

2006-10-25 Thread Ian
I just joined today. Although not new to computer by a good many years of use I am new to Linux. I installed to the slave drive with no trouble, but am still having difficulty setting up the broadband. Any help would be gratefully received. Ian -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New boy.

2006-10-25 Thread Ian
of my connection to XP on the master drive from 2.3mbps to 1.0mbps. ---Original Message--- From: Samuel Toogood Date: 25/10/2006 15:22:02 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] New boy. On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:42:00 +0100 (GMT Standard Time), "Ian" [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New boy.

2006-10-25 Thread Ian
Bexhill on theSouth Coast. ---Original Message--- From: alan c Date: 25/10/2006 21:47:23 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] New boy. Ian wrote: I just joined today. Although not new to computer by a good many years of use I am new to Linux. I installed

[ubuntu-uk] Wow

2006-10-25 Thread Ian
Seems a long time ago I used DOS. Will take a lot longer to get to grips with code and where the heck things go in Ubuntu now I have became a lazy XP user. Ian -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New boy.

2006-10-26 Thread Ian
:17 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] New boy. On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 15:31 +0100, Ian wrote: Well as I'm in the UK and eager to get a good deal on broadband I signed with TalkTalk and they only supply a USB Sagem 8oo modem so its hooked to the BT plug.throiugh the usual fliter. I

[ubuntu-uk] USB modem

2006-10-26 Thread Ian
Well try as I may nothing I do will make my USB modem work. All your good suggestions have fallen by commands not being there or just not working. Any more suggestions gratefully received Ian -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB modem

2006-10-27 Thread Ian
mostly succeeded in the end dispite the many hickups along the way. ---Original Message--- From: Neil Greenwood Date: 27/10/2006 08:15:34 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB modem On 26/10/06, Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well try as I may nothing I do will make my USB

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wow

2006-10-27 Thread Ian
Well my broadband runs at 2.3mbps and the borrowed router I tried cut that speed in half so I don't know. ---Original Message--- From: Sean Miller Date: 10/27/06 14:24:35 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wow Ian wrote: I think the Router is my only way

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New boy.

2006-10-27 Thread Ian
Bexhill when I'm not at uni. Ian wrote: Bexhill on the South Coast. ---Original Message--- From: alan c Date: 25/10/2006 21:47:23 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] New boy. Ian wrote: I just joined today. Although not new to computer by a good many years of use I am

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wow

2006-10-27 Thread Ian
---Original Message--- From: Andy Date: 27/10/2006 18:46:46 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-UK] Wow On 27/10/06, Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well my broadband runs at 2.3mbps and the borrowed router I tried cut that speed in half so I don't know

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wow

2006-10-28 Thread Ian
is that any modern modem-router should be able to do 8mbps, let alone 2mbps so let's forget this nonsence. Just get the thing Ian... you know it's right :-) Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wow

2006-10-28 Thread Ian
No offence taken my friend. ---Original Message--- From: Sean Miller Date: 28/10/2006 11:07:12 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wow Ian wrote: My feet are right here Sean. I will get one when I can afford it and find the right one for me. Remember I am

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Uk Loco team forums

2006-11-03 Thread Ian
I'm new to this, but think a UK forum would help no end, because of the very marked differences we experience in systems and pricing here,as well as the total overload of the current forum. ---Original Message--- From: Caroline Ford Date: 03/11/2006 13:15:20 To: British Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Uk Loco team forums

2006-11-04 Thread Ian
Then I am out of here, good bye! ---Original Message--- From: Andy Date: 04/11/2006 13:03:52 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-UK] Uk Loco team forums On 04/11/06, Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm new to this, It shows, A little note about

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Uk Loco team forums

2006-11-04 Thread Ian
I could not see where to unsub? ---Original Message--- From: Andy Date: 04/11/2006 13:03:52 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Uk Loco team forums On 04/11/06, Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm new to this, It shows, A little note about mailing list etiquette. We

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Uk Loco team forums

2006-11-04 Thread Ian
You have and its appalling bad taste in my language. ---Original Message--- From: Alan c Date: 04/11/2006 20:54:57 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-UK] Uk Loco team forums Ian wrote: I could not see where to unsub? I think it is: https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] top posting row (was Uk Loco team forums)

2006-11-04 Thread Ian
But I was not here to make a date. And I see other top posting OK. ---Original Message--- From: Sean Miller Date: 05/11/2006 05:10:03 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: [ubuntu-UK] top posting row (was Uk Loco team forums) Ian wrote: You have and its appalling

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sonic Stage alternative

2006-11-04 Thread Ian
Have you told Stone Cold off yet??? ---Original Message--- From: STONE COLD Date: 05/11/2006 00:50:43 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-UK] Sonic Stage alternative That is true...but it doesn't support a drag and drop system..all music must

Re: [ubuntu-uk] top posting row (was Uk Loco team forums)

2006-11-05 Thread Ian
---Original Message--- From: Sean Miller Date: 11/05/06 08:11:13 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-UK] top posting row (was Uk Loco team forums) Ian wrote: But I was not here to make a date. And I see other top posting OK. Indeed, I'm sure they do

Re: [ubuntu-uk] top posting row (was Uk Loco team forums)

2006-11-06 Thread Ian
I will just ask one more question, after all I said I am still receiving mail. Why ---Original Message--- From: John K Masters Date: 06/11/2006 19:08:28 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] top posting row (was Uk Loco team forums) On Mon Nov 06, 2006 at

[ubuntu-uk] Re New To Linux OS

2005-07-23 Thread ian deare
again my thanks for your help, and all help is welcome... Ian -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] DVDs on Dapper

2006-06-23 Thread Ian Brooksbank
. Thanks Ian -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 19, Issue 66

2006-11-24 Thread Ian Moffatt
in Harlow Ian -- web.mac.com/ianmoff Find a Better Way of Life at marillion.com Do your ears a favour with radioparadise.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] FW: Orange broadband

2007-04-19 Thread Ian Pascoe
on the actual ADSLs themselves have varied from 1.2 Mb to 6.8Mb consistently! Ian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of TheVeech Sent: 19 April 2007 18:03 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Orange broadband On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 13:10

[ubuntu-uk] FW: High Performance Computing

2007-04-23 Thread Ian Pascoe
of total mis understanding out onto the back lane of total ignorance by getting virtualisation and cluster / parallel computing mixed up? Ian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Ewart Sent: 23 April 2007 18:57 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] FW: Linux on a USB pendrive

2007-04-30 Thread Ian Pascoe
Could you install an equivilant of a Live CD onto a USB device? Although I appreciate that this doesn't answer the original question, I'd guess it would speed up the experience of using a CD? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Johnathon

[ubuntu-uk] screencasts, was Leaflets

2007-05-02 Thread Ian Pascoe
in the past? Stop re-inventing the wheel type of thing. Ian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Pope Sent: 02 May 2007 13:13 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] screencasts, was Leaflets On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 12:50:57PM +0100, TheVeech

[ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-05-03 Thread Ian Pascoe
that is being targetted. Geographical area? Well I suppose I mean social group more than geographical area but out here in the wilds the two seem to go along hand-in-hand! Anyway, my two penny worth. Ian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf

[ubuntu-uk] emails

2007-05-18 Thread Ian Pascoe
and I can too Well, it's almost the summer and time for repeats! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Rowson Sent: 08 May 2007 13:41 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] emails I can hear you loud and clear, can't

[ubuntu-uk] Branching Threads

2007-05-18 Thread Ian Pascoe
suppressor or such like. Ian Ian -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Kernal Bugs was new scanner

2007-05-24 Thread Ian Pascoe
the distro or direct to the kernal? Ian Ian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of norman Sent: 24 May 2007 08:43 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] new scanner You can't have everything. Nope HP PSE 1215 printer

[ubuntu-uk] Multiple Desktops

2007-05-25 Thread Ian Pascoe
of one particular desktop and removed it, would it also remove dependencies required by the other(s). Actually, having written this down, the logical thing to do would be to have two totally seperate installations, but I don't know! Thoughts? Ian -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Preventing lightning strike surges

2007-05-26 Thread Ian Pascoe
. Alternatively, belkin, I think, makes a 4 gang socket surge protection with an inbuilt telephone socket. Normal disclaimer applies to all above. Oh, and of course the other option is to move! Ian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robin Menneer

[ubuntu-uk] Multi Platform Development

2007-05-30 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Folks Since leaving school many moons ago, where I originally learnt Basic, I have since moved onto Visual Basic and most recently .NET - all self taught. As the MONO project appears to be concentrating on C style programming, I was wondering if anyone had a recommendation for a VB IDE that

[ubuntu-uk] FW: USB Drives

2007-06-03 Thread Ian Pascoe
as I need to get this darn report done before coco time tonight. E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Morley Sent: 03 June 2007 21:31 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB Drives Ian is the usb disk formated? The disk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Repo's on Demand was repo in a box

2007-06-04 Thread Ian Pascoe
Yep sounds great and a real good un too! My only worry on this would be the cost of maintaining the stocks of those USB drives. Presumeably this would be just a web based and not a telephone based service Alan? How about taking it one step back and providing CD / DVD with just the new apps and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Repo's on Demand was repo in a box

2007-06-06 Thread Ian Pascoe
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Pope Sent: 05 June 2007 14:10 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Repo's on Demand was repo in a box Hi Ian, On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 10:41:57PM +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: My only worry on this would be the cost

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Face to Face support on the Ohio

2007-06-06 Thread Ian Pascoe
My views are: You can't just have a call outbound facility if you want to offer a Service Desk. It has to be both ways even if the inbound call goes to voicemail advising the user that a technician will call them back. Next, whatever is done has to be seen by the person needing support as being

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FW: USB Drives

2007-06-06 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Folks This is the output from DMESG that's relevant: [ 166.971816] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 [ 167.148024] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 167.355842] usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual [ 167.521034] Initializing USB

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wep key and ubuntu

2007-06-10 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Tony Although not quite on topic, at work we moved to using HP Pavillions about a year ago, unfortunately we are a MS house but this I don't think is OS specific. When connecting to ADSL through a router using a cabled connection, the HP gradually drops the connection more and more often, the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wep key and ubuntu

2007-06-11 Thread Ian Pascoe
Neil Nope, this wouldn't be covered by any of the current legislation well not yet anyway. The disability Discrimination Act 1198 and subsequent amendments relates mainly to the workplace. The other Act whose name escapes me at the moment relates to access to buildings and public spaces

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wep key and ubuntu

2007-06-11 Thread Ian Pascoe
Oops, stepped back in a typing time warp there - the Disability Discrimination Act was 1998 not 1198! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ian Pascoe Sent: 11 June 2007 21:59 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] wep key and ubuntu

[ubuntu-uk] Wireless Cracking was setting up bt home hub in ubuntu

2007-06-13 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Folks Some clarity on these times to break please! Is this done by snooping the traffic that is going between the computer and router or by bombarding the router with various keys until it responds? Anyone know for sure? I know a couple of guys who work on computer crypotography and they

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-06-13 Thread Ian Pascoe
Wasn't someone somewhere meant to be designing a mock up for viewing? E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Tait Sent: 12 June 2007 15:41 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets Andy wrote: On 12/06/07, James Tait

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Booting Up

2007-06-17 Thread Ian Pascoe
This thing about Networks seems to ring bells - wasn't there a kernal upgrade for a network security patch that opened up more security issues and a furthre kernal upgrade done on the same / following day to rectify this? Can't find reference to it at the moment - I think it was on Linux Weekly

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Searching for a Killer App

2007-06-17 Thread Ian Pascoe
I presume that there isn't a Scribus add-in that allows for direct import of FP files circumnavigating the need for all this file format changing? Addmitedly I've done a quick Google and can't find anything. E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Cracking was setting up bt home hubin ubuntu

2007-06-17 Thread Ian Pascoe
: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Cracking was setting up bt home hubin ubuntu On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 19:50 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: Hi Folks Some clarity on these times to break please! Is this done by snooping the traffic that is going between the computer and router or by bombarding the router with various

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-06-17 Thread Ian Pascoe
How's about adding a footer on the leaflets to say that This leaflet was produced using Open Office Writer or some such? A small thing but it would show that: A. The FOS equivalent is just as good as the paid for equivilantss B. We practice what we preach C. It's good! E E -Original

Re: [ubuntu-uk] accessing certain apps

2007-06-18 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Mike Have you tried the Orbtrics (?) file as described on the Orca System Admin help pages? Note only works in 7.0.4 For any other versions of Ubuntu you'll have to go into the terminal sudo into root and launch the program from there. This of course is dependant on the app in question

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-06-18 Thread Ian Pascoe
Chris, nice one mate. Going back to the previous thread on this subject, we need to get a style that everyone accepts and move on from there. Maybe the next leaflet should be a What is Linux on one side and a What is the Community on the other, or if there's sufficient to write about one leaflet

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-06-18 Thread Ian Pascoe
Ah, Web 2.0 formatting! Seriously though, nice one Matt and I agree with Alan. To re-iterate one point though, think of it being printed grey scale, and also aim to keep contrasts high between text and background. There's nothing worse than getting to the juicy bit of a leaflet to find that the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] accessing certain apps

2007-06-19 Thread Ian Pascoe
to be created in a text editor so when I typed the commands into the Gnome terminal and rebooted I did not get the changes for making adminstration tasks accessible. On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 22:06 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: Hi Mike Have you tried the Orbtrics (?) file as described on the Orca System Admin

[ubuntu-uk] Audio Apps

2007-06-19 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Folks Need some recommendations from you please. I'm looking for an audio recording program with the following criteria: * Can record from the mic input of the PC * Record in both PCM and MP3 formats * The App must run on the desktop * All recording and editing controls must be accessible

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Apps

2007-06-20 Thread Ian Pascoe
Thanks folks I'll do some reading up on this. E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of luxxius Sent: 20 June 2007 18:00 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Apps Mark Harrison wrote: Alan Pope wrote: snip Audacity. +1 for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu (linux) vulnerabilty?? Comment please

2007-06-20 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Folks As this has split into two threads, I'm gonna confuse everyone and reply to both in one. Firefox - hasn't there just been a security breach with FF's extensions whereby some of them don't conform to using SSL to update so can be duped to update from a interposing server? Running FF

Re: [ubuntu-uk] suck it and see

2007-06-21 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Norman Well let's turn the tables on this thread - I use Windows in preference to Ubuntu! Now for those of you who didn't delete this mail straight away here's the reason why. As you may have gathered from a couple of other postings I've done I'm partially sighted and use screen readers a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] suck it and see

2007-06-25 Thread Ian Pascoe
June 2007 17:38 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] suck it and see On Thursday 21 June 2007 20:27, Ian Pascoe wrote: In fact here's a challenge for you all to do on those rainy evenings. Get Orca up and running - it's part of the Gnome desktop from 6.06 onwards - turn your

Re: [ubuntu-uk] suck it and see

2007-06-25 Thread Ian Pascoe
Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] suck it and see On Thursday 21 June 2007 20:27, Ian Pascoe wrote: In fact here's a challenge for you all to do on those rainy evenings. Get Orca up and running - it's part of the Gnome desktop from 6.06 onwards - turn your monitors off, no cheating now, and have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Are you blocked in China?

2007-06-25 Thread Ian Pascoe
This all brings to mind the old saying of who watches the watchers? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Tansom Sent: 24 June 2007 16:26 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Are you blocked in China? ** Alan Pope [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Repository Contents

2007-06-26 Thread Ian Pascoe
Cheers Alan Merci beaucoup! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Pope Sent: 25 June 2007 22:55 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Repository Contents Hi Ian, On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 21:27 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: Forgetting

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sound and software speech

2007-06-26 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Mike You may well need to have something like Alsa (not sure on spelling) installed. My understanding is that natively Ubuntu is a single sound source system unless the apps in use use Alsa or a similar library to enable software mixing of soundstream unless your card supports this in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Ubuntu - gradually looking more hopeful

2007-06-28 Thread Ian Pascoe
I wonder if one of the UK resellers could do it off their own back? This would also allow consumer as well as business products to be pre-installed with whatever flavour of OS you wanted, including dual booters. Mind you, I can see quite a few problems doing this - oh well, nice idea whilst it

[ubuntu-uk] FW: Dell Ubuntu - gradually looking more hopeful

2007-06-28 Thread Ian Pascoe
packages, now available in Universe. To install it, just enable the universe repository, and install the firefox-granparadiso package. Enjoy.-- Luke Yelavich E -Original Message- From: Ian Pascoe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 June 2007 10:21 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: RE

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-06-28 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Matt Welcome back to the soft and squishy embrace of the United Kingdons of England and it's principalities! Well I hope you're feeling well rested and rareing to go the style of leaflets that you and Chris have done seem fine so far. I do think that we need a few more though and we

[ubuntu-uk] SMS Texting was Vodafone 3G card with T-Mobile uk SIM [Works]

2007-07-09 Thread Ian Pascoe
As a matter of interest could this combination be used for SMS correspondance direct from a laptop / desktop? Anyone tried this approach and with what type of results? E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of alan c Sent: 30 June 2007 18:46 To:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK repositories slow

2007-07-12 Thread Ian Pascoe
Tony One of the UK international gateways fell over on Monday night. E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony Arnold Sent: 11 July 2007 10:14 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] UK repositories slow Downloading this

[ubuntu-uk] Computer Related News

2007-07-13 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Folks Being a VIP I have the pleasure of getting audio tapes with current publications read on them. The problem is that the information I now get, as opposed to actually reading it, doesn't keep me up to date with what's going on within the Computer Industry - things like new hardware etc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Computer Related News

2007-07-17 Thread Ian Pascoe
www.reddit.com news.bbc.co.uk to name a few :o) Regards On 13/07/07, Ian Pascoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Folks Being a VIP I have the pleasure of getting audio tapes with current publications read on them. The problem is that the information I now get, as opposed to actually reading

[ubuntu-uk] Repos on a Disk

2007-07-24 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi-de-hi Popey floated an idea a little while back about putting the entire Ubuntu Repository onto a portable HD for use by those who don't have the ability to connect to the Internet or only over dial-up. Just to bring to everyones attention that the apt-get series of commands appears to have

[ubuntu-uk] USB Drives

2007-07-24 Thread Ian Pascoe
OK, I've got back to this one again. Still can't see it eithre on the desktop or within Nautilus. Anyone got any ideas how I can get it to appear? E -Original Message- From: Ian Pascoe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 June 2007 21:33 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: RE: [ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] Hardware Offers

2007-07-24 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Folks Following on from the Repos posting, I've just got a mail shot from Amazon advising on special offer prices on laptops and portable HDs until 29/07/07. Haven't had chance to look muyself yet though - normal disclaimer. E -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Users - disabled or learning difficulty

2007-07-24 Thread Ian Pascoe
Alan Well snooped! What does the charity do that requires it to set up a small PC group for it's clients; any idea what they're looking for yet? Unfortunately, living on the Isle of Worcestershire I will have to bow out gracefully from the hands on support. E -Original Message- From:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Users - disabled or learning difficulty

2007-07-24 Thread Ian Pascoe
Just for those of you who are interested, here's a copy of my reply to Alan on the Accessability list. Alan, apologies just realised I replied direct to you and not through the list! Hi Alan Sorry to jump lists on this one. The majority of the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Contents of ubuntu-uk digest...

2007-07-25 Thread Ian Pascoe
Popey replied, when I asked about the size of the repos, that they were about 30 Gb for 7.0.4, so 170 Gb for all flavours seems quite reasonable. And of course the beauty of HDDs is that they're R/W, so you store the up to date images on a server and when the HDDs go out you just copy across the

[ubuntu-uk] Remote Repos

2007-07-27 Thread Ian Pascoe
I've been trying to put some flesh around Alan's idea, not that easy with three daughters constantly after your attention but here goes anyway. The web side of the house is fairly run of the mill stuff, so that's been pushed to one side. Only thought is to keep any interfaces clean and simple.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Repos

2007-07-29 Thread Ian Pascoe
Forgetting about the how, when and what, let's concentrate on the why. * BB availability is not actually all that it's hyped up to be. Although the majority of the BT exchanges are ADSL /ADSL+ enabled, there are still some outlying areas that aren't. * BB is still distant dependant. * in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help with custom live CD please?

2007-07-30 Thread Ian Pascoe
Alan Well done! Have to admit I never thought about customising splash and wall paper to organisations' corporate identity. Any chance when you feel comfortable with the whole process you could post links to those tutorials / processes that gave you the most help? E E -Original

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why not fix this?

2007-07-30 Thread Ian Pascoe
Don't just limit this to within Linux projects, any project that crosses inter-department boundaries normally suffers from this to some extent too! I presume that this is personally causing you tooth ache at the moment, so have you uploaded the fixed driver to see if it works, or are you going to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] This came in on the local Freecycle

2007-08-04 Thread Ian Pascoe
Yep, and for those requests for old copies of Windows and Office I also politely tell them about Linux / Open Office respectively. Out of 6 attempts so far, no coversions to Linux, but 2 to Open Office smug smile. E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ubuntu-uk] This came in on the local Freecycle

2007-08-04 Thread Ian Pascoe
Good idea, and tried it a little while ago with nil response. Spoke with a couple of people in the Freecycle cafe and of course the reason why they were not interested were those already covered by other postings ie why change, what is it etc etc E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Usage in the UK

2007-08-04 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Mark Generally speaking Braille readers are connected to the host PC as a periferal , so I'd guess the computer would report whatever the screen resolution has been set to during set up. Actually, continuing on this theme, what would things like PSAs and Mobile Internet devices report? E

[ubuntu-uk] High Performance Computing

2007-08-05 Thread Ian Pascoe
G'day all Anyone out there involved with, or has theoretical experience with HPC using clusters? Before I approach the various projects and make myself look a complete twonk, I'd appreciate some views and thoughts. Please? Been looking at Rocks Clusters (http://www.rockclusters.org) which

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] Help with custom live CD please?

2007-08-05 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Alan Well done mate. Extra tit-bit of information that may come in handy when talking at the national level. The Assistive Technologies Infrastructure within Gnome has been jointly developed by Sun Microsystems Inc, IBM, and community developers. We are all aware that various high profile

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Celebrity culture in Britain

2007-08-05 Thread Ian Pascoe
Strange thought just hit me, how about confusing everyone by saying that MS actually stands for Mark Shuttleworth? E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tristan Wibberley Sent: 05 August 2007 22:26 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Migrating from MS Windows

2007-08-06 Thread Ian Pascoe
To add to Bill's list, how do you get the Windows key on a standard keyboard to open the menus on the Gnome desktop? (The windows key being the one located between the Alt and Ctrl keys on the bottom left of the keyboard) E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Migrating from MS Windows

2007-08-07 Thread Ian Pascoe
Cheers Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Kissel Sent: 06 August 2007 22:21 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Migrating from MS Windows Ian Pascoe wrote: To add to Bill's list, how do you get the Windows key

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Do we have a forum?

2007-08-08 Thread Ian Pascoe
Sorry guys 'n' gals, personal preference means I don't frequent forums. Don't feel too bad as I don't do IRC or IM either! E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of PAul Mellors Sent: 08 August 2007 16:01 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re:

[ubuntu-uk] Power Management

2007-08-09 Thread Ian Pascoe
In the previous postings about the Dell launch of Ubuntu boxes a question was posed about power management etc. Have a look see at the following article - it's fairly hefty but it gives you all the detail you want and probably do and don't need! http://lwn.net/Articles/243404/ E --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-13 Thread Ian Pascoe
Josh If you're feeling daring, and my apologies as I'm tight on time tonight, there was either an article or a development annoucement on Linux Weekly News on either 02/08/07 or the week previous about an app that could be run instead of iTunes. If not, apologies as I'm trying to multi-task

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BIttorent Clinets (was iPod Management)

2007-08-14 Thread Ian Pascoe
Not sure how much is actually going to be made Open, but certainly some of the first modules have been made free by Sun. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alec Wright Sent: 14 August 2007 13:29 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk]

[ubuntu-uk] Linux BIOS

2007-08-18 Thread Ian Pascoe
Afternoon all Has anyone out there used Linux BIOS with any of the Ubuntu flavours? Mind sharing your experiences? In particular relating to overwriting the existing BIOS and any quirks you came upon whilst trying to run / install Ubuntu. Chheers E -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] Kroning Updates

2007-08-18 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi all I'm looking to provide my eldest daughter with a laptop as she will shortly be moving into secondary education. I don't want to necessarily provide her with full admin rights to her machine, but my only qualm is that of keeping it updated. How can I set up a kron job or similar that will

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kroning Updates

2007-08-19 Thread Ian Pascoe
Gents - thanks. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony Arnold Sent: 19 August 2007 08:32 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kroning Updates Ian, Ian Pascoe wrote: I'm looking to provide my eldest daughter with a laptop as she

[ubuntu-uk] UK Marketing: Promo Videos

2007-08-22 Thread Ian Pascoe
Following on from recent posts about Viral videos and screencasts, is there such a thing as a promo video / DVD, that could be left runing on something as part of a stand? Just thought that something like that is a trap for people to watch without necessarily actually having to speak with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK Marketing: Promo Videos

2007-08-22 Thread Ian Pascoe
2007 19:43 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK Marketing: Promo Videos Ian Pascoe wrote: Following on from recent posts about Viral videos and screencasts, is there such a thing as a promo video / DVD, that could be left runing on something as part of a stand? Just thought

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK Marketing: Promo Videos

2007-08-23 Thread Ian Pascoe
wrote: Ian Pascoe wrote: PS Is everyone on holiday this week as the list seems awful quiet? Only all of Europe, or so it seems. Not only are the mailing lists I subscribe to quite, there is not much news either or so it seems to me. now is the time then to field the type of story about 'Man

[ubuntu-uk] Niggly Problems

2007-09-01 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Folks My Ubuntu 7.04 is as per Live CD install - ie no added goodies or extras. The desktop is about 5 years old now running an AMD 1.2GHz CPU with 1 Gb RAM - a fairly bog standard system without any fiddly extras bolted on. I have some niggles that I'd like to get rid of. These are: A.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-03 Thread Ian Pascoe
Brum is better for me as it gives me an extra half hour drinking and celebrating before I need to catch the last train home at the totally unreasonable time of 21:30! E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Darren Mansell Sent: 03 September 2007

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-03 Thread Ian Pascoe
Yeah, after all Brum is the second city and for those who protest that it's Manchester - well, protest away! Unfortunately Smethwick Council didn't see fit to re-lay the beech and pond under spageti junction this year, so we can't offer the beech bar-b-que. Mind you we could always gate

[ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu on Live CD

2007-09-05 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Folks At the LUG meeting I went to last night, one of the guys was trying to install kubuntu onto his new laptop - an Advanta (?) that currently has vista on it. He wanted to make it a dual boot machine, so far so good. However, when the Live CD booted up, the maximum screen size it would

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