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 neithe

[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

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Anyone available to help a brand new user in Derbyshire?

Sorry I can't help in person, however, just a reminder that under many circumstances, the program Teamviewer is free of charge for amateur, non business use. I have used it for remote friends, on one occasion a friend had moved to France for some years. It works well, if sometimes slow on the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] $5 Computer

On 27/11/15 16:17, Colin Law wrote: > On 27 November 2015 at 16:02, alan c <aecl...@candt.waitrose.com> wrote: >> On 26/11/15 14:46, Simon Greenwood wrote: >>> On 26 November 2015 at 14:31, Alan Lord <alansli...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On

Re: [ubuntu-uk] $5 Computer

On 26/11/15 14:46, Simon Greenwood wrote: > On 26 November 2015 at 14:31, Alan Lord wrote: > >> On 26/11/15 14:03, Alan Pope wrote: >> >>> >>> I remember my brother getting music magazines with promo plastic >>> records on the front :) >>> >> >> lol - *I* remember getting

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux on the cheap?

On 22/09/15 19:59, Alan Pope wrote: On 22 September 2015 at 19:49, Steve Mynott wrote: Anyone any recommendations for very cheap laptops (ideally netbook like form factor) with good linux support? http://www.ebuyer.com/ubuntu One of those perhaps. Cheers, Al.

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

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 aecl...@candt.waitrose.com 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

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

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

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 across the caviat on the official certification

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

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Implications Of Secure Boot Lockout

On 06/04/15 12:38, Nigel Verity wrote: Hi I have been reading recently that Microsoft are removing the requirement for hardware manufacturers to provide a secure boot off switch, in order to gain Windows 10 accreditation. If this comes to pass it will place Linux distros entirely at the mercy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Exposure

On 15/02/15 12:57, Sheila Farmer wrote: Hi , My name is Sheila Farmer, I am a friend of the Professor Mike and his machine, I have cured malignant brain cancer, my book is soon to be serialised in the National Tabloids, called Blue Rooms www.sheilamfarmer.com, Your party is mentioned in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows?

On 22/01/15 13:52, Barry Drake wrote: On 22/01/15 13:43, Dave Morley wrote: Why would it mention Linux it is a report on the Windows 10 tech review launch yesterday Because it mentions Google Chrome and Android - both of which are non-Windows operating systems (and both of which are Linux

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?

On 06/10/14 21:32, Barry Drake wrote: On 06/10/14 20:40, alan c wrote: Barry pls tell link? thx Hi Alan . The link is closed now as I bought the item - but the seller has others and is at: http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/bnicomputers Kind regards,Barry. Hi Barry Thanks

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New netbook?

On 06/10/14 15:16, Barry Drake wrote: On 05/10/14 09:49, Bruno Girin wrote: I've had IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads for the last 10 years and they've all run Ubuntu brilliantly. Thinkpads are one of the safest choices to run Ubuntu (or any Linux distro): it generally just works. Thanks to all of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Need advice (Devs?) Urgent - HP printer duplex not fully op with Libre Office

On 03/09/14 23:23, alan c wrote: Please point me in a useful direction here New HP printer does not print Duplex from Libre Office, as it should, or should I say, Libre Office does not work duplex. The printer works ok duplex on test page, and with Thunderbird emails for example. It seems

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Need advice (Devs?) Urgent - HP printer duplex not fully op with Libre Office

On 03/09/14 23:23, alan c wrote: [..] HELP! What is best for me to do? Anyone have HP imaging contacts and or Libre Office? Or am I wrong in thinking that Ubuntu itself is ok? I cannot fix this, I need to get a dev to take interest in it and put in the (probable) missing colon

[ubuntu-uk] Need advice (Devs?) Urgent - HP printer duplex not fully op with Libre Office

Please point me in a useful direction here New HP printer does not print Duplex from Libre Office, as it should, or should I say, Libre Office does not work duplex. The printer works ok duplex on test page, and with Thunderbird emails for example. It seems to be Libre Office which screws the print

[ubuntu-uk] After XP - an experience re Ubuntu and printer

Just a snippet to report a nice experience. Below is a quote from a *novice* who had been currently using only XP on a very old PC. With suggestions from me and others, he purchased a low end naked Novatech PC after himself discussing his need with Novatech (and finding they said this PC would be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Should ubuntu play DVDs gratis? [OFF TOPIC]

On 02/03/14 12:40, Nigel Verity wrote: Hi The implementation of the law in the UK is already a laughing stock. I think it would move into another league if an attempt were ever made to prosecute somebody for using libdvdcss2. I would just install and be damned. Nige OFF TOPIC:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem with Linux Emporium website?

On 13/02/14 17:43, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: BTW, it looks like the Linux Emporium website is back up. thanks! Why are they still advertising Ubuntu 11.10 on laptops for heavens sakes? I cannot in conscience link that site to would be Ubuntu novices saying it is a brilliant company (which I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem with Linux Emporium website?

On 01/02/14 12:39, Andres wrote: On 1 de febrero de 2014 12:22:00 GMT, Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com wrote: [...] I bought my most recent PC from Cougar Extreme. They have a guy called Patrick who knows Linux well, and the entire firm is very helpful. They sell laptops as well

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem with Linux Emporium website?

On 31/01/14 12:02, Simon Greenwood wrote: That's a Magento error so it's a problem with the shop software. I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that they've stopped trading from that. LOL Its been like it for a while now, so if they are trading they are not doing any business. In today's world, a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem with Linux Emporium website?

On 31/01/14 11:10, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: Is there a problem? Trying to access it and I get this: There has been an error processing your request. Error in file: /home/magento-sites/emporium/app/code/core/Mage/Core/sql/core_setup/mysql4-install-0.8.0.php -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows free at last!

On 29/01/14 21:03, Barry Drake wrote: Hi there ... A couple of weeks ago, I did a BIOS (UEFI) update as requested after reporting a bug. The result was that an installation of Windows 7 which I had on a removable drive died completely and I lost it. How unstable Windows can be at times

Re: [ubuntu-uk] using workspaces.

On 07/12/13 13:50, Norman Silverstone wrote: I am starting to make use of more than one workspace and would like to know whether each space should behave as if it were an individual computer. I ask because if that should be the case then there may be something wrong with my set up. For

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bug 1251702

On 15/11/13 17:31, Dave Morley wrote: On 15/11/13 17:27, Barry Drake wrote: Hi there ... I've just reported Bug 1251702 under Trusty. I haven't checked out Saucy, but I wonder if it's in there too? It's probably the first time I've wanted to burn more than one iso at the same time. The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Heads-Up For Spotify Users

On 18/09/13 15:46, Nigel Verity wrote: I've been a Spotify user for the last 2 or 3 years; ever since its library overtook Napster's in terms of depth and coverage. Officially the only desktop clients are for Windows and Mac. However, there is also a preview version of a Linux client which

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - secure email?

On 05/09/13 12:57, Jon Spriggs wrote: On 4 September 2013 12:28, Nigel Verity nigelver...@hotmail.com wrote: SNIP I suspect that the solution fundamentally relies on denying access to encryption keys to anybody other than the sender and the intended recipient. The system based on page, line

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Invalid open-id transaction

On 05/07/13 21:04, Muñiz Piniella, Andrés wrote: Hello, I just got this message ' Invalid open-id transaction' when clicking on the login of the ubuntuone website. Using firefox on android. I do not get this with the ubuntu one app. Does anyone have this problem? I am just using U1 from a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Twitter fail on 12.04?

On 13/06/13 20:39, SuperEngineer wrote: Am I the only one who's noticed a complete twitter fail on 12.04 apps recently? It is a is a possibility it is a fail on my behalf but... I use 12.04 and for some time I have used only chrome browser for twitter. It is not perfect by any means, but at

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Imagine if Linux become massively popular?

On 13/06/13 11:25, Byte Soup wrote: I have been wondering on one thing though, would we really want to see a greater uptake of Linux by the general population? I do not think of Ubuntu as 'Linux'. Ubuntu it is supremely easy, Linux is not and never has been easy. I have no doubt whatsoever

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Public library OS choice

On 11/06/13 23:17, Muñiz Piniella, Andrés wrote: a gnu/linux admin could manage over more units, so turned out cheaper. That is - sort of - most certainly my personal experience. I help a big bunch of friends etc who, in the 'friends and family' network, looked to me to help them get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Public library OS choice

On 10/06/13 22:54, Muñiz Piniella, Andrés wrote: Hello all, I was hoping some of you could help me clear this up. My local library is one of the only libraries that is actually getting bigger in the near future. One of the improvements is that they are going to install some new computers. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Public library OS choice

On 11/06/13 09:20, Simon Greenwood wrote: it isn't going to change. It will change if people act to encourage and promote change. The library now using Open Office not MS is the same one which displayed my FLOSS leaflets regularly over the previous 2 years. Maybe they actually read them?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chromium - Memory Hog and Crashing

On 07/06/13 17:19, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 7 June 2013 16:27, Jon Farmer j...@bctech.co.uk wrote: Hi I am getting daily freezes and crashes of Chromium on both Ubuntu and Lubuntu machines. Sometimes it says it ran out of memory on a 8G ram machine with no other applications running or other

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Deja-dup [lucky] backup

On 30/05/13 16:01, SuperEngineer wrote: [...] Deja-dup now runs weekly backs up to the other disk in pooter that was used for [in retrospect] non-essential stuff. Whilst preaching to many of the converted here - there may be a few who could take this as a reminder of rule 1 rule 2. Rule 1 =

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dixons/PC World response .....

On 09/05/13 12:34, scoundrel50a wrote: On 09/05/2013 10:39, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 05/06/2013 01:55 PM, Barry Drake wrote: On 02/05/13 16:14, alan c wrote: I have often got undesirable responses from almost ANY 'shops' selling PCs, although I have not tried much now that Android

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dixons/PC World response .....

On 09/05/13 19:16, SuperEngineer wrote: On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 09:39 +, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: I find it very interesting that nearly four years ago, when I bought my Toshiba Netbook with Ubuntu Remix from Dixons, they were selling like hot cakes, far better than the equivalent Windows

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The problem with Bug #1

On 09/05/13 22:18, Sean Miller wrote: If Ubuntu wants to become the OS of choice then let's PERSUADE rather than force people to provide an option Pre installation is a significant factor, as is investment, and risk, and several other aspects too, in the story. A head-on confrontation with a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DSL provider (BT)

On 07/05/13 08:36, TT Mooney wrote: Hi all - I've been a happy user of O2 broadband for years, but now that Murdoch has laid his hands on it, I want to change provider. Does anyone have a recommendation? I used to have BT, and they were mostly useless. There is a bit of bittorent going on, so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dixons/PC World response .....

On 01/05/13 13:55, Jones, Victor wrote: Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:06:56 +0100 From: Barry Drake ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com To: ubuntu-uk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Dixons/PC World response . After a lot of contact making, including two opposing e-mails from the support

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UEFI bios update

On 29/04/13 12:45, James Morrissey wrote: Hi Dave, Thanks for getting back to me. This may work flawlessly. However (and it's a big however) it may not. To combat this I would suggest that before you did anything you back up your systems and ensure you have install mediums for both windows 7

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Raring release .....

On 24/04/13 21:07, Barry Drake wrote: I like this article about 10.04. See: http://ct.zdnet.com/clicks?t=1175492787-eef0371bfa001c7b947750c9172a1ab3-bfbrand=ZDNETs=5 I especially like the fact that wubi is out! My time spent on the help forums suggests that it has caused more problems

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Raring release .....

On 25/04/13 13:31, Muñiz Piniella, Andrés wrote: On Apr 25, 2013 9:22 AM, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: On 24/04/13 21:07, Barry Drake wrote: I like this article about 10.04. See: http://ct.zdnet.com/clicks?t=1175492787-eef0371bfa001c7b947750c9172a1ab3-bfbrand=ZDNETs=5 I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu as a Disruptive Technology

Well done for your aspirations, I wish you well. Do you currently have contact with any FLOSS groups elsewhere to date? On 15/04/13 05:43, Ramu Iyer wrote: I want to make a conscious transition from Windows to Ubuntu. At the office, everybody is required to use a Windows laptop because that is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot 12.10 64bit

On 03/04/13 20:01, andres wrote: On Apr 3, 2013 8:50 AM, alan c-2 [via Ubuntu] ml-node+s5n5019943...@n6.nabble.com wrote: On 03/04/13 07:01, andres wrote: My question is: how do i get the installer to ask us to install ubuntu side by side as it used to? Confirm that there are only 3

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot 12.10 64bit

. Thanks. So the free ones, if needed, will be installed automatically? I used to have to install the free one manually in the past. ¿How would I know if I am missing it? On Apr 4, 2013 5:51 PM, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: On 03/04/13 20:01, andres wrote: On Apr 3, 2013 8:50 AM, alan c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual boot 12.10 64bit

On 03/04/13 07:01, andres wrote: My question is: how do i get the installer to ask us to install ubuntu side by side as it used to? Confirm that there are only 3 partitions (or less) existing - you need two new partitions for Ubuntu (system and swap). You would maybe expect to create an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu unusably slow

On 07/02/13 10:03, Gareth France wrote: On 07/02/13 10:01, Colin Law wrote: On 7 February 2013 09:52, Gareth France gareth.fra...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/02/13 23:41, Philip Stubbs wrote: On 6 February 2013 23:05, Gareth France gareth.fra...@gmail.com wrote: To the best of my knowledge I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My new computer won't boot Ubuntu ....

On 05/02/13 17:33, Barry Drake wrote: Hi there I've just got my new computer from pcspecialist. I can't get it to boot with any version of Ubuntu later than 10.04. It also won't boot with the latest version of Mint although a Jan 2011 download boots OK. The motherboard is ASUS® F1A55-M

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Ubuntu Users

On 13/01/13 02:14, Alan Pope wrote: On 12/01/13 14:52, Dan Fish wrote: His broadband is damn expensive and sometimes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade may well use up much of his monthly allowance. Ironically, it's very cheap to post via snail mail a usb stick back and forth!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing Ubuntu on a machine with Windows 9

On 06/01/13 09:38, Rowan Berkeley wrote: I am still wrestling with it, actually, having acquired this machine only yesterday. I wasn't aware of how Windows have made it difficult to install anything else. Commiserations. May I respectfully suggest that you can do many others around you a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

On 04/01/13 09:06, Alan Pope wrote: On 03/01/13 21:48, Bruno Girin wrote: Very interesting! It would be even better if Richard Collins didn't sound like a politician and actually answered the questions though. Harsh. Some questions are not easy to answer right now, a year before we predict

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

On 03/01/13 09:09, Andy Braben wrote: The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones. Article at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20891868 I am confused by the difference - if any - between the 'Ubuntu on android' and the proposed Ubuntu (OS) phone? I have a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tablets for Ubuntu

On 30/12/12 16:38, Rowan Berkeley wrote: Hiya people, Do you have any thoughts about tablets? I have been googling around and so far have found one on-market (very expensive): http://www.ekoore.com/web/en/product/tablet-2/dylan-2/overview-10.html and one soon to be released (quite cheap):

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu and UEFI

On 02/12/12 08:28, scoundrel50a wrote: On 01/12/2012 17:37, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 01/12/12 14:26, Bruno Girin wrote: System 76 ship everywhere in Europe now, including the UK, have a International UK Keyboard Layout option and come pre-loaded with Ubuntu. Thanks for the info - I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu and UEFI

On 28/11/12 08:42, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: Hi all, Thought this might be of interest! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PyOYsQmetQ Very nice to see a 'properly implemented' machine. That particular one is a bit pricey for my target audience of potential new Ubuntu users. I look forward

[ubuntu-uk] Distrowatch - initial experience of secure boot

Interesting reality experience with comments. Hopefully this will get a bit easier in the long term once the ecosystem adjusts? Questions and Answers: Secure Boot has arrived http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20121126#qa (also see the readers' comments) -- alan cocks --

[ubuntu-uk] Chromebook Acer C7 - Ubuntu??

The Acer C7 Chromebook seems to be available in UK. Does anyone know if it is possible (or easy) to install ubuntu dual boot on this machine please? http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/chrome/devices/acer-c7-chromebook.html#specs -- alan cocks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Proposal for discussion

sounds good to me alan cocks On 12/11/12 11:55, Alan Pope wrote: I have added an item for discussion at the next Ubuntu UK meeting. I'm mailing the list so everyone is aware of the proposal and can have their 2p heard if they won't be at the meeting. I have proposed we reduce the number of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SOT - Pre-installed Linux machine vendors

On 13/10/12 18:33, paul sutton wrote: On 13/10/12 18:21, Anton Kanishchev wrote: isn't there a company called naked computers, who sell systems minus any OS Unfortunately that will not verify that all functions are compatible with - whatever - version of ubuntu. -- alan cocks --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SOT - Pre-installed Linux machine vendors

On 13/10/12 20:13, Mark Einon wrote: I can recommended novatech...uk based with some outlet stores, they sell bare systems but at a reduced price from the win versions. They're worth a look... I have bought a number of machines over the years from Novatech, for this reason. However, even

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SOT - Pre-installed Linux machine vendors

On 13/10/12 18:00, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: Hi! I'm looking at the inevitable replacement of my 4 year old Toshiba Satellite laptop in the near future and am looking at purchasing a laptop pre-installed. I'm having grave difficulties finding any vendors in the UK other than Linux Emporium -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SOT - Pre-installed Linux machine vendors

On 14/10/12 16:01, Liam Proven wrote: On 13 October 2012 18:00, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I'm looking at the inevitable replacement of my 4 year old Toshiba Satellite laptop in the near future and am looking at purchasing a laptop pre-installed. I'm having grave

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu One s/w centre payment

On 09/08/12 21:22, Bill Baker wrote: I refer the honourable gentleman to the current double dip recession ;D Nice one. In case people have not yet seen it, or have a spare hour or two coming up soon: F2C2012: Eben Moglen keynote - Innovation under Austerity

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux User Group of Glastonbury (was High Wycombe LUG)

On 29/07/12 11:40, Bill B. wrote: Make up an Ubuntu flag, stick it on a pole with a Tux flag adjacent [above or below] and set up at the next Glastonbury festival. The people you meet will [hopefully] be a nice surprise, more open minded and may solve all those problems for you - and maybe sow

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux User Group of Glastonbury (was High Wycombe LUG)

On 29/07/12 18:26, Laura Czajkowski wrote: On 29/07/12 17:56, alan c wrote: On 29/07/12 11:40, Bill B. wrote: Make up an Ubuntu flag, stick it on a pole with a Tux flag adjacent [above or below] and set up at the next Glastonbury festival. The people you meet will [hopefully] be a nice

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Stickers, Was: Linux User Group of Glastonbury

On 29/07/12 20:54, Alan Pope wrote: On 29/07/12 19:36, alan c wrote: I originally had in mind car window flags, and also a larger flag to hoist at various non tech camping type rallies. I've always wanted an Ubuntu sticker for the back of my car. I had a Debian one on there for some years

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (Team Meeting) Happy Hour

On 21/07/12 13:51, Alan Bell wrote: One other thing I would very much like to restart is the happy hour pub meetups http://ubuntu-uk.org/happy-hour/ . If someone would like to volunteer to be in a particular pub at a certain date and time (this has been Thursday evenings so far, but other

Re: [ubuntu-uk] http://ubuntuadverts.org/

On 10/07/12 11:14, Barry Drake wrote: On 09/07/12 23:10, Phill Whiteside wrote: I must ask, who is going to take ownership of the new server for updates etc? I'd be willing to have a go, but as Alan rightly said, there isn't an Ubuntu Advertising Team at the moment as nothing has appearred

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Starting an IT workshop

On 28/06/12 22:49, Andres wrote: I have just been to a local neighbourhood community [0] meeting and thought ann IT workshop would help out. The group already does workshops relating to gardening, bicycle maintenance and such. My question is: how do I propose it in your experience? What I have

[ubuntu-uk] [marketing] Good news feedback

Experiences at my displays at the Computer Fairs vary, however I received this by email yesterday (now anonamised) This person was interested in trying Ubuntu and had a fairly new Windows 7 machine, a method of reinstalling Windows7 if necessary, and had an Ubuntu 12.04 CD from me. I do not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu.com down?

On 05/06/12 21:29, Jim Price wrote: I have been having issues with the UK update server, so I've changed to the main server. This is something I seem to need to do quite a lot! -- alan cocks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] heads up - Secure Boot Problems for Linux Users Are Here Already

On 05/06/12 08:17, scoundrel50a wrote: On 03/06/2012 23:00, Bruno Girin wrote: On 03/06/12 19:03, Andres Muniz wrote: thanks for the info guys! Got more than I need! I was a bit concernd that some servers were using arm as well. But clearly it will not be a problem. Well, until

[ubuntu-uk] Passwords need prior to updates?

Is it my imagination, or have recent updates, not required my password? (Ubuntu 12.04) -- alan cocks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UEFI

On 02/06/12 20:23, paul sutton wrote: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFIBooting Just found the above with regard to UEFI AND LInux I would like to think that the very detailed information would help mean that in future, an Ubuntu live USB or CD will work in all future PCs, and that If I

[ubuntu-uk] Heads up: Fedora pays Microsoft

From the Bad News department: Lockdown: free/open OS maker pays Microsoft ransom for the right to boot on users' computers By Cory Doctorow May 31 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/31/lockdown-freeopen-os-maker-p.html -- alan cocks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Heads up: Fedora pays Microsoft

On 01/06/12 08:02, mac wrote: On 1 Jun 2012, at 07:48, alan caecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: From the Bad News department: Lockdown: free/open OS maker pays Microsoft ransom for the right to boot on users' computers By Cory Doctorow May 31

Re: [ubuntu-uk] heads up - Secure Boot Problems for Linux Users Are Here Already

On 01/06/12 13:58, Matt Wheeler wrote: On 1 June 2012 08:02, alan caecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: Time has passed. The problem has now matured, and Fedora have accepted defeat and decided to pay to be allowed to use Microsoft restricted hardware. Implementing UEFI Secure Boot in Fedora

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 upgrade failure

On 25/05/12 11:22, Paul Tansom wrote: I don't have full info on this failure yet as I've not been to the machine, but in preparation has anyone had a similar issue to this? The only info I have at the moment is: Now when I switch on the computer it is not possible to use. The icons on the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] boot-repair utility ...

On 16/05/12 12:07, Barry Drake wrote: I've just discovered boot-repair. I seems to be available on a stand-alone iso and on a customised Ubuntu 12.04 iso. I've made a boot SD card from the 12.04 version and it looks as though it might be a useful way of rescuing a damaged grub2. I just

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot problem

On 12/05/12 21:04, Norman Silverstone wrote: big snip Andy, all I know is that if there is one drive and the installer is instructed to install along side Windows, then the installer partitions the drive accordingly and gets on with the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My experience with 12.04 upgrade

On 09/05/12 21:34, Barry Titterton wrote: I have noticed that the reveal does not happen if the cursor is 'gently' taken to the (left) side, it only works for a fairly vigorous 'hit'. Even when sensitivity is turned up. There are many times when I am simply not feeling like hurling the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] My experience with 12.04 upgrade

On 09/05/12 07:56, Colin Law wrote: 2. The launcher will not 'reveal' if there is an application, such as Firefox, set to maximum size. The launcher will 'reveal' once all windows have been minimised or closed. I have a work around for this problem by setting the launcher to be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu beginners course in North Tyneside

On 06/05/12 18:26, John Bottomley wrote: Hi reading your comments on introducing Ubuntu I thought you might be interested in our experiences of Ubuntu as a training medium. We have been running a project in South Cheshire for 4 years. The aim of the project is to support local communities by

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best way to contribute to Ubuntu? - was Re: 12.04 has locked me out of my account

On 04/05/12 17:05, Alan Pope wrote: ubuntu-bug unity (replacing unity with whatever package has the issue) Then follow the prompts on the screen. I can confirm that this is a very convenient and practical way to register a bug, and works pretty well. I cannot recall using it for very long

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best way to contribute to Ubuntu? - was Re: 12.04 has locked me out of my account

On 04/05/12 17:32, Gareth France wrote: that new people don't already know the routine I have often forgotten how to do this (several times) and several times have used web, wiki or various searches, and I have been frustrated that this most convenient way is not generally the one which

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 12.04 Installer Doesn't Detect Partitions

On 02/05/12 01:41, Joe wrote: Hey guys, Yet another poor person having trouble installing Ubuntu 12.04, unfortunately :(. Using the graphical installer on the LiveCD (clicking Install shortcut on desktop) when asked how to install partition-wise there's no option to overwrite Ubuntu 11.04 (not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem installing

On 01/05/12 00:10, David Smith wrote: At the risk of someone having had a similar problem, I'm struggling to install Ubuntu on my desktop. My netbook accepted Xubuntu absolutely fine, and I am getting to grips it. My desktop however won't accept Ubuntu x86. I have tried with a CDROM and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04 ....

On 30/04/12 19:55, James Morrissey wrote: I found U1 to be very good with smallish files and a bit burdened with large files - I experimented with zipped files of 2GB or more, which would be useful for me. From Ubuntu 11.10 it was not too bad but it was hard to keep track of what stage it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Annoying stuff about Ubuntu Unity

On 01/05/12 16:11, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 01/05/12 16:07, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: However, I then minimised my app and the little arrow disappeared from my Talend launcher icon and clicking on it it tries to start a new instance of the app. I really, really hate to suggest this, but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Annoying stuff about Ubuntu Unity

On 01/05/12 15:29, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 01/05/12 14:38, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: However, you can create a launcher in ~.local/share/applications, give it an icon, and execute the launcher in nautilus. Then once it is running, right-click on the launcher icon and Lock to Launcher. After

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04 ....

On 30/04/12 09:35, Alan Bell wrote: easily confuse an up'date' with an up'grade'. Whereas updates are usually fairly safe, upgrades are not. that is the bit that needs fixing, an upgrade should be as safe as an update. Hi Alan There are *two* bits that need fixing not only the one bit!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04 ....

On 30/04/12 13:49, Colin Law wrote: On 30 April 2012 13:33, MSm...@hipcat2.plus.com wrote: SNIP Update = minor updates to existing software, no big changes. Upgrade = major upgrade of the whole system, including new software versions, possibly significant changes in UI, needs a lot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04 ....

On 30/04/12 10:57, Daniel Case wrote: Big clear warnings get a +1 from me - I was in #ubuntu and on the Ubuntu Forums the last few days and have noticed others have also been screwed by the upgrade - A lot of people assume it's safe, a lot of people have lost a lot of data attempting it. People

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04 ....

On 30/04/12 11:14, Colin Law wrote: On 30 April 2012 09:35, Alan Bellalanb...@ubuntu.com wrote: ... http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/upgradepics/offer.png http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/upgradepics/confirm.png Perhaps it would be worthwhile to have a warning on one of these that all

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04 ....

On 30/04/12 15:02, k...@sohcahtoa.org.uk wrote: Hello All Hum backups Ubuntu One accounts get 5Gb free. I'm wondering if an option to automatically sync the Documents folder with Ubuntu One might help people not loose lots of work? I know it is getting into Google Chrome OS territory, and,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to 12.04 ....

On 30/04/12 15:03, scoundrel50a wrote: I been following this because I posted on here a couple of days ago, about me having screwed my installation...well I managed to find somebody willing to help, and got talked through the actual installation, and instead of installing over, just

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