Re: [ubuntu-uk] Application responsiveness, Windows and Ubuntu
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris Rowson wrote: | I wondered if anyone else has tried this out or have any reasons why | it would be so? The only question which springs to my mind is whether you're using the Mesa software graphics drivers or the binary drivers for your graphics card? I think that this should give you a clue about which driver you are definitely using (without poking around in xorg.conf). $ glxinfo|grep vendor server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation Plus to test your opengl performance you can run the following - if it's really jerky then that's probably due to your graphics card: $ glxgears I get between 1500 and 2500 FPS for reference. System->Administration->Restricted Drivers Manager is where I enabled my binary Nvidia drivers - they aren't open source so Ubuntu disables them by default. I'm not an expert so I'm sure you'll get better advice but hopefully this will get you started. - -- Stephen O'Neill w: http://www.thefloatingfrog.co.uk/ e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH+HMAJ+Auntu1v4QRArCMAJ0f2s1dFfORIFVTC4OJlU8efjc1sgCgiUwx 0n5LVfxYHJi9EmGJeS1ZzJ0= =vV/l -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ODF Petition
Doneroony On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 10:20 PM, Jason Liquorish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also signed here, lets hope it makes a difference. > > Signed > > > > Jai Harrison wrote: > >> Signed :) > >> > >> On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Mac > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> Sorry - left out the URL! > >>> > >>> http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ODFinNA/ > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > >>> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > > > -- > Jason Liquorish > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- Mr JE Grabham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ODF Petition
Also signed here, lets hope it makes a difference. > Signed > > Jai Harrison wrote: >> Signed :) >> >> On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Mac >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Sorry - left out the URL! >>> >>> http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ODFinNA/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >>> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >>> >>> >> >> > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- Jason Liquorish -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ODF Petition
Signed Jai Harrison wrote: Signed :) On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sorry - left out the URL! http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ODFinNA/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Application responsiveness, Windows and Ubuntu
Hi there, My little boy likes playing various flash based games from children's websites. I find that in Ubuntu, many of these run pretty badly and as this is all he uses my old laptop for, I decided to put Windows XP back onto it to see the if it would make any difference for him. I've just installed Firefox 3 Beta 5, Flash and a Java runtime environment and seen how it runs. Strangely Firefox runs about twice as fast under Win XP than on Hardy (although Hardy is on a laptop which is twice as powerful). Rendering and application response are greatly improved under Windows and Flash content flys. I'm bamboozled to say the least! Are these particular applications created specifically for Windows then ported to Linux? It's wierd, I've tried this on different hardware and find it to be the case on the machines I've tested. I wondered if anyone else has tried this out or have any reasons why it would be so? Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ODF Petition
Signed :) On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry - left out the URL! > > http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ODFinNA/ > > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] ODF Petition
Sorry - left out the URL! http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ODFinNA/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] ODF petition
You may be interested in signing this petition for the National Archive to use ODF and not M$ OOXML as planned. Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 36, Issue 6
Hello I need help with my DVD writer, I cannot burn any cd or dvd and I get an error stating could not determine resulting image file. The following is from the debugging output. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Paul System --- K3b Version: 1.0.4 KDE Version: 3.5.8 QT Version: 3.3.7 Kernel: 2.6.22-14-generic Devices --- HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B 0L23 (/dev/scd0, ) [CD-ROM, DVD-ROM] [DVD-ROM, CD-ROM] [None] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D 1.21 (/dev/scd1, ) [CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM, DVD-R Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Jump, DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite, DVD-RW Sequential, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R Dual Layer, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW] [SAO, TAO, RAW, SAO/R96P, SAO/R96R, RAW/R16, RAW/R96P, RAW/R96R, Restricted Overwrite, Layer Jump] K3bIsoImager --- mkisofs print size result: 0 (0 bytes) Used versions --- mkisofs: 1.1.6 mkisofs --- /usr/bin/genisoimage: No such file or directory. Invalid node - 'Documents/Electronics/An AVR microcontroller based Ethernet'. /usr/bin/genisoimage: No such file or directory. Invalid node - 'Documents/Electronics/An AVR microcontroller based Ethernet'. mkisofs calculate size command: --- /usr/bin/genisoimage -gui -graft-points -print-size -quiet -volid Documents -volset -appid K3B THE CD KREATOR (C) 1998-2006 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND THE K3B TEAM -publisher -preparer -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 -sort /tmp/kde-paul/k3bf9GZya.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list /tmp/kde-paul/k3b9icSaa.tmp -joliet -joliet-long -hide-joliet-list /tmp/kde-paul/k3b7m6Swa.tmp -no-cache-inodes -full-iso9660-filenames -disable-deep-relocation -iso-level 2 -path-list /tmp/kde-paul/k3bf9ax0b.tmp begin:vcard fn:Paul Midgley n:Midgley;Paul email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Persuading a school to switch
Ask the user/audience "What do you want to do with your computer? Give me a particular task/function that you wish to perform!". Some bright spark will shout out "Get it to make me a cup of tea" or "I wanna play Unreal Tournament" but once you get a serious answer you can usually impress. Someone said to me, "I'd like to do Computer Aided Design CAD, so I'd use a computer for that." You say, "No problem, give me a couple of minutes". Go to Applications, Add/Remove, show all available applications and put CAD into the search field. A few seconds later you're rewarded with a few different CAD programs. "Here you go" you say, "Now, watch how easy it is to install" You tick the checkbox, follow the 'wizard' and low and behold you can launch the CAD software on the PC... When this works (and to be fair, I must admit I've not had a problem when I've tried this although it's usually on a one to one basis) people are mega impressed! Punctuate your talk (whilst going through the package manager) with comments like "And of course we're not paying a penny for this software" "We don't have to perform any installation ourselves or worry about viruses, this software is all coming from a trusted respository" "Did you know that all of the software we get in this manner will get security updates along with the OS" Let us know how you get on. Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
