[ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations
Hi, I'm looking for reccomendations for broadband suppliers and hosting. First off, I'm getting rid of Entanet (via UKFSN) as they've seen fit to more than double their charges! (Getting ready for long phone session to customer services today) Don't have cable, so looking for a geek-friendly adsl service. Secondly, I'm looking for a second hosting service. I use evohosting http://www.evohosting.co.uk/ and am very happy with them, but in case of failure want to have (and to be able to reccomend to others) a secondary web/email system. Plus I'd like ubuntu-based servers, just for fun. Any suggestions? TIA John -- John Levin http://www.technolalia.org/blog/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Evolution the GPG/PGP keyring
People may recall me complaining a couple of times that every time I start the Evolution email client, I have to enter my password because it wants to unlock the GPG/PGP keyring and can't do so without it. Well, the latest updates include a number of Evolution-related items, and one of them is an always allow button for this, so thanks to them for that. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations
On 04/06/09 08:09, John Levin wrote: Hi, I'm looking for reccomendations for broadband suppliers and hosting. First off, I'm getting rid of Entanet (via UKFSN) as they've seen fit to more than double their charges! (Getting ready for long phone session to customer services today) Don't have cable, so looking for a geek-friendly adsl service. Pass on the ISP - I have been with Pipex for ages, was bought by Tiscalli, now CarPhone Warehouse. So I will probably have to move soon. But it is a reliable service, 8mbp/s static IP and 30GB/month for about £15/m. Secondly, I'm looking for a second hosting service. I use evohosting http://www.evohosting.co.uk/ and am very happy with them, but in case of failure want to have (and to be able to reccomend to others) a secondary web/email system. Plus I'd like ubuntu-based servers, just for fun. Any suggestions? We use Bytemark (www.bytemark.co.uk) and have been happy with them to-date. You can choose what image you run on your VMs (VPSs) including Ubuntu. They only do Linux and you get full root/ssh access + a serial port access for when things go fsck and you need to reboot. HTH Al -- The Way Out Is Open http://www.theopensourcerer.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] aptoncd or alternative...?
Farran Lee wrote: actually can someone help me with aptoncd anyway please, keryx isn't playing nice with me either atm :S ta :) === Farran Lee I'm only 16 :P Okay you say aptoncd is failing at 57%, do you get any error messages? Basically if you need help with it you'd have to give us something to go on otherwise we probably wouldn't know where to start. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] burning discs in virtual machines
Farran Lee wrote: so I've got it all working so far... the only problem is, the .iso I need to burn is in a virtual machine; specifically ubuntu 9.10 i386 in VirtualBox. How can I burn discs in it? Is there something special I need to install? Thanks :) === Farran Lee I'm only 16 :P Okay you need to shutdown the virtual machine, go into the settings for the individual virtual machine and then go to CD/DVD ROM (third option down on the list, at least on the non-open source Virtual Box 2.2). You need to make sure Mount CD/DVD Drive is ticked and Host CD/DVD Drive is selected, this will give you a drop down list of any CD/DVD drives. There should be a tickbox underneath that to Enable Passthrough, make sure this is ticked too. Then boot into the virtual machine and whatever CD?DVD burning software you use *should* detect the drive as a DVD/CD writer and allow you to burn discs. Bear in mind that this is on the non-free Virtualbox from their web site and not the open source version (VirtualBox OSE) which is in the repositories so there is a chance you may not get these options. Anyway, hope this helps. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations
John Levin wrote: Hi, I'm looking for reccomendations for broadband suppliers and hosting. First off, I'm getting rid of Entanet (via UKFSN) as they've seen fit to more than double their charges! (Getting ready for long phone session to customer services today) Don't have cable, so looking for a geek-friendly adsl service. There are a couple of decent ISP's out there, possibly Andrews Arnold (www.aaisp.net.uk) or Zen (www.zen.co.uk) but I understand they can be a little pricey. Other than that, if your local exchange is LLU enabled that is another option. If you go into the ThinkBroadband.com forums and ask in the Enta forum a few of the other Enta resellers are now offering LLU services or alternative ADSL services other than through Enta (basically because of the whole ALT thing that Enta customers were suffering from, exactly the reason I left). Some of the Enta resellers that I know are offering alternatives to Enta now are TitanADSL (titanadsl.org.uk), ADSL24 (www.adsl24.co.uk) and Vivaciti (www.vivaciti.net) who I was with when I had Enta. I can recommend Vivaciti as they offered great service, the only reason I left was because I couldn't get the LLU service and I was able to get Virgin Broadband, TV and Phone for less than I was paying for the BT phoneline Enta service. Ta, Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations
I was with Pipex before I moved and have had great trouble cancelling them - they keep billing me at the old address, despite written confirmation I'm no longer there and receiving any service. Their computers say if you don't pay we'll cut you off and their call centre won't acknowledge that if I'm not there I DON'T CARE if they do, as they already did. It's a nightmare - and the cancellation line is a premium rate number which doesn't get answered for 30 minutes You are in a queue - we will get to you when we will, but in the meantime please be assured that your 20p/minute contribution to our Christmas Party is very important to us. So avoid Pipex/Tiscali like the plague for now. Wife is with Talk Talk and appears to be happy, so perhaps the Carphone Warehouse will improve their service - or perhaps they'll destroy Carphone Warehouse. That is to be seen. I am with BE Broadband (http://beunlimited.co.uk) now and I'm getting speeds in excess of 8mbps (I've paid only for the 8mbps option, apparently the line could do 16mbps) for about £12.50/month and I'm very happy. They tried to charge me a connection fee but I phoned them on their freephone number and they apologised profusely and refunded them - that's customer service!! Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations
Just to say I believe BE Broadband, who I just praised above, is LLU so it's possible they won't be available in your area but the service I get (Be Value) which is actually £13.50 (not the £12.50 I said) is quite fast enough for my liking at 8mbps (as I used to only get 1mbps or thereabouts despite the service being 'up to 8mbps' with Pipex), comes with a very nice wireless router and - as I said - a very helpful call centre at the end of a freephone number. And to have an unmetered value package with a commitment in the TC's never to traffic shape etc. for that price is, to me, remarkably good value. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations
Sean Miller wrote: I was with Pipex before I moved and have had great trouble cancelling them - they keep billing me at the old address, despite written confirmation I'm no longer there and receiving any service. Their computers say if you don't pay we'll cut you off and their call centre won't acknowledge that if I'm not there I DON'T CARE if they do, as they already did. It's a nightmare - and the cancellation line is a premium rate number which doesn't get answered for 30 minutes You are in a queue - we will get to you when we will, but in the meantime please be assured that your 20p/minute contribution to our Christmas Party is very important to us. That matches what I've heard about Pipex and Tiscalli, IIRC Nildram and possibly Freedom 2 Surf are owned by them too. Shame really as years ago Pipex were one of the good ISPs. So avoid Pipex/Tiscali like the plague for now. Wife is with Talk Talk and appears to be happy, so perhaps the Carphone Warehouse will improve their service - or perhaps they'll destroy Carphone Warehouse. That is to be seen. With any luck Carphone Warehouse will turn them around. Okay Carphone Warehouse aren't the best ISP either the few people I know who have connections with them don't seem to have many problems. I am with BE Broadband (http://beunlimited.co.uk) now and I'm getting speeds in excess of 8mbps (I've paid only for the 8mbps option, apparently the line could do 16mbps) for about £12.50/month and I'm very happy. They tried to charge me a connection fee but I phoned them on their freephone number and they apologised profusely and refunded them - that's customer service!! The only problem I find with Be is that you have to be connected to an exchange that they have their equipment installed in. I've heard they are pretty good and you can get some good offers from Be and especially O2 via Quidco (a visit to the O2 section on the ThinkBroadband.com forums is useful as there is someone in there who collates the offers that Be and O2 have and sometimes you can get cashback which covers most of the broadband fees (some people were getting the equivalent of about 9 months free after cashback!). Plus if you're an O2 mobile customer (either contract or Pay As You Go spending £10 every 3 months) you can also save money on O2 broadband. The only problem is if your exchange has their equipment. I'd say if you wanted to go down the O2 route read the ThinkBroadband.com forums first as O2 offer LLU connections which are pretty good and O2 Access (for those who can't get the LLU service) and that is pretty bad. If you have a look at SamKnows.com on the exchange search you should be able to find out what is available on your exchange. On my local exchange I have the choice of BT (or any ISP who uses BT Wholesale) or Talktalk LLU but some of the bigger exchanges may have 2 or 3 providers covering them. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/06/09 10:28, Rob Beard wrote: That matches what I've heard about Pipex and Tiscalli, IIRC Nildram and possibly Freedom 2 Surf are owned by them too. Shame really as years ago Pipex were one of the good ISPs. It's all a bit complicated isn't it? I'm a happy Nildram customer and have been for about 6 years now. They're now owned by Talk Talk though (was Pipex, then Tiscali). Thankfully I've never noticed a reduction in the quality of service (either hardware or human) throughout those changes. http://www.talktalk.co.uk/tiscali/ - -- Stephen O'Neill w: http://www.thefloatingfrog.co.uk/ e: sq...@thefloatingfrog.co.uk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkonmJQACgkQJ+Auntu1v4QprgCfWf9R8W0QSG8kUk4JOC7Gq772 XYMAn2S7fT77pgpZXIJMJ29KMNVctYRI =Ix63 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Stephen O'Neill sq...@thefloatingfrog.co.uk wrote: I'm a happy Nildram customer and have been for about 6 years now. They're now owned by Talk Talk though (was Pipex, then Tiscali). Thankfully I've never noticed a reduction in the quality of service (either hardware or human) throughout those changes. For the record I never had any great issue with the Pipex service, apart from the speed which they said wasn't their fault. It has been the issues getting away from them that would put me off ever touching these people again. To force somebody to actually call a premium rate number and then put them on hold and then not actually cancel is criminal imho. And to ignore written letters. Just be aware if you go with Pipex/Tiscali or any of their various brands that you may spend a significant amount of money cancelling if you ever wish to. BE aren't like that. Still getting bills to my old address from Pipex, and have written three letters saying I'M NOT HERE!!! PLEASE GO AWAY!!! CONSIDER THIS CANCELLED - AND HERE IS MY NEW ADDRESS! WRITE TO CONFIRM ACKNOWLEDGEMENT! and they just ignore them. Not had one letter back here, they still keep writing to the old. What is that about? Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations
On Thu, 2009-06-04 at 10:28 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: Sean Miller wrote: I was with Pipex before I moved and have had great trouble cancelling them - they keep billing me at the old address, despite written confirmation I'm no longer there and receiving any service. Their computers say if you don't pay we'll cut you off and their call centre won't acknowledge that if I'm not there I DON'T CARE if they do, as they already did. It's a nightmare - and the cancellation line is a premium rate number which doesn't get answered for 30 minutes You are in a queue - we will get to you when we will, but in the meantime please be assured that your 20p/minute contribution to our Christmas Party is very important to us. That matches what I've heard about Pipex and Tiscalli, IIRC Nildram and possibly Freedom 2 Surf are owned by them too. Shame really as years ago Pipex were one of the good ISPs. So avoid Pipex/Tiscali like the plague for now. Wife is with Talk Talk and appears to be happy, so perhaps the Carphone Warehouse will improve their service - or perhaps they'll destroy Carphone Warehouse. That is to be seen. With any luck Carphone Warehouse will turn them around. Okay Carphone Warehouse aren't the best ISP either the few people I know who have connections with them don't seem to have many problems. I am with BE Broadband (http://beunlimited.co.uk) now and I'm getting speeds in excess of 8mbps (I've paid only for the 8mbps option, apparently the line could do 16mbps) for about £12.50/month and I'm very happy. They tried to charge me a connection fee but I phoned them on their freephone number and they apologised profusely and refunded them - that's customer service!! The only problem I find with Be is that you have to be connected to an exchange that they have their equipment installed in. I've heard they are pretty good and you can get some good offers from Be and especially O2 via Quidco (a visit to the O2 section on the ThinkBroadband.com forums is useful as there is someone in there who collates the offers that Be and O2 have and sometimes you can get cashback which covers most of the broadband fees (some people were getting the equivalent of about 9 months free after cashback!). Plus if you're an O2 mobile customer (either contract or Pay As You Go spending £10 every 3 months) you can also save money on O2 broadband. The only problem is if your exchange has their equipment. I'd say if you wanted to go down the O2 route read the ThinkBroadband.com forums first as O2 offer LLU connections which are pretty good and O2 Access (for those who can't get the LLU service) and that is pretty bad. If you have a look at SamKnows.com on the exchange search you should be able to find out what is available on your exchange. On my local exchange I have the choice of BT (or any ISP who uses BT Wholesale) or Talktalk LLU but some of the bigger exchanges may have 2 or 3 providers covering them. Rob I'm now typing this through Evolution (woohoo!) Right, now back onto the topic I've heard great things about BE - they come highly recommended from everyone I know, and I would indeed swap to them if it wasn't for the fact that Orange are fairly uptight, and I can't be bothered dealing with them yet. Regarding hosting, TMDHosting(.com) have the best customer service EVER. They've replied to tickets within 1 minute before now - and they can help with anything you want, whether it's changing hosts, or merely something small. The only downside is that you can't 'choose' your server type, as far as I know James -- James Milligan http://www.lake54.com http://www.killermentality.com http://www.twitter.com/lake54 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations
I've just migrated to O2's LLU service which costs me £9 per month for upto 20 meg download (I get 13 as an actual speed). Hosting isn't really my area but Web Faction let you pleay arround quite a bit and will let u SSH into the box. They are expensive and they run a falvour of BSD pus the are bassed in Texas. Hope this helps, Neall -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Wireless Networking question: Ps3 or Xbox 360
Hi, Based on your experiences whats more easier to connect to a ubuntu running pc? a PS3 or xbox360? -- Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Networking question: Ps3 or Xbox 360
javadayaz wrote: Hi, Based on your experiences whats more easier to connect to a ubuntu running pc? a PS3 or xbox360? -- Javad Connect how exactly? Do you mean to view stuff on the console which is stored on the Ubuntu PC? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Networking question: Ps3 or Xbox 360
I mean primarily to view stuff/media thats stored on the ubuntu pc! sorry should have made that a bit clearer 2009/6/4 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk javadayaz wrote: Hi, Based on your experiences whats more easier to connect to a ubuntu running pc? a PS3 or xbox360? -- Javad Connect how exactly? Do you mean to view stuff on the console which is stored on the Ubuntu PC? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Networking question: Ps3 or Xbox 360
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 1:22 PM, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: I mean primarily to view stuff/media thats stored on the ubuntu pc! sorry should have made that a bit clearer I use my viglen to stream to my xbox360 using ushare, works pretty well. George -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations
2009/6/4 Neall Mclaren neall.mcla...@googlemail.com: I've just migrated to O2's LLU service which costs me £9 per month for upto 20 meg download (I get 13 as an actual speed). Hosting isn't really my area but Web Faction let you pleay arround quite a bit and will let u SSH into the box. They are expensive and they run a falvour of BSD pus the are bassed in Texas. WebFaction are very good value for money, actually. They are a UK based company, but the data centre is in Texas. They run CentOS, not a BSD. They are particularly good if you want to run Django or Rails applications. Cheers, Andrew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations
Do you have a URL for WebFaction? David King Andrew Turner wrote: 2009/6/4 Neall Mclaren neall.mcla...@googlemail.com: I've just migrated to O2's LLU service which costs me £9 per month for upto 20 meg download (I get 13 as an actual speed). Hosting isn't really my area but Web Faction let you pleay arround quite a bit and will let u SSH into the box. They are expensive and they run a falvour of BSD pus the are bassed in Texas. WebFaction are very good value for money, actually. They are a UK based company, but the data centre is in Texas. They run CentOS, not a BSD. They are particularly good if you want to run Django or Rails applications. Cheers, Andrew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations
2009/6/4 David King linux...@avoura.com: Do you have a URL for WebFaction? http://www.webfaction.com/ ;) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations
I also use UKFSN for my broadband ISP, and lately the service has been rubbish. I am getting much slower speeds, sometimes down to less than 1 Mbit/s. And the technical support is currently non-existent. I think it is a one-man show, who means well, wanting to support free open source software, but he obviously does not have the manpower to deal with queries and EntaNet are badly letting down the customers, for which UKFSN is a reseller. I have always heard many bad things about Tiscali, Pipex, and TalkTalk. Now they are all part of the same ISP, I will avoid them like the plague. I also hear that Virgin is very bad too, although if you can get cable and it works, and you do not have to deal with their helplines, it might be okay, but after many bad experiences with NTL in the past I will never go with them again, even though they are now rebranded as Virgin Media. I had a look at the http://adsl24.co.uk website, and according to that, I can get up to 24 Mbit/s where I live. Although their site suggests I would only get 3.2 Mbit/s, which is rather poor, considering I am only 2 km from the exchange. Maybe the routing of the BT cables is so not straight that it is a lot more than 2 km along the wires? I measured the distance on Google Earth, it was less than 2 km in a straight line, so about 2 km along the main roads. Elsewhere I read that at 2 km I should get 15 Mbit/s. I was considering BE but I do not like 12-month contracts, and their site does not give any details that I could find about cancelling. But they do allow for unlimited bandwidth, which is helpful when downloading updates to Ubuntu or various distro ISO files to try out, as well as the various free movies on http://www.archive.org/details/movies or free music from http://freealbums.blogsome.com/ ADSL24 have more limited bandwidth, the same as UKFSN currently offers (£18.90 for 30 GB peak, unlimited at weekends and 00:00-08:00). As for hosting, I use 11 Internet Ltd. http://www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=3899401 They have been very good for hosting overall, and I can have as many domain names there as I like (all paid for of course), so it's good for hosting multiple sites in one hosting space. I once had a problem with using FTP, they password they supplied contained a / character, and the FTP worked fine in Windows, but when I switched to using Linux it would not work, until I changed the password to something without any unusual characters in. David King John Levin wrote: Hi, I'm looking for reccomendations for broadband suppliers and hosting. First off, I'm getting rid of Entanet (via UKFSN) as they've seen fit to more than double their charges! (Getting ready for long phone session to customer services today) Don't have cable, so looking for a geek-friendly adsl service. Secondly, I'm looking for a second hosting service. I use evohosting http://www.evohosting.co.uk/ and am very happy with them, but in case of failure want to have (and to be able to reccomend to others) a secondary web/email system. Plus I'd like ubuntu-based servers, just for fun. Any suggestions? TIA John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Networking question: Ps3 or Xbox 360
George McLachlan wrote: On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 1:22 PM, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: I mean primarily to view stuff/media thats stored on the ubuntu pc! sorry should have made that a bit clearer I use my viglen to stream to my xbox360 using ushare, works pretty well. George My PS3 was v. easy to set up for streaming content from my PC. I connected it to the router, and then ran the serving software on Ubuntu. Worked flawlessly, and without any major configuration. My photos, videos and music were all available. It was harder to get streaming from Vista on my wife's computer. I had to change quite a few setting in the Windows Media Player. Very messy. Dan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations
David King wrote: I also hear that Virgin is very bad too, although if you can get cable and it works, and you do not have to deal with their helplines, it might be okay, but after many bad experiences with NTL in the past I will never go with them again, even though they are now rebranded as Virgin Media. I use Virgin Media over cable, and have the 20 Mb service, and have found it flawless. I usually get the full speed, especially when working with fast servers. One big plus is that at mirrors.virginmedia.com they mirror Tucows Mac Kernel Fedora Linux Tucows PDA Freebsd Debian Linux Openoffice Ubuntu linux Tucows Games Tucows Tucows Linux Gentoo OpenBSD Ubuntu linux Slackware Linux Tucows Themes Apache and so I have gotten great speeds downloading different distros, as this server is fairly local. Also my Ubuntu updates come from the virginmedia server, and these are very quick too. People only usually make noise when a service is bad, so often what your hear isn't always a true reflection. Dan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations
I would agree with Dan. I am with Virgin media and have the 20Mb service. I can't fault it, the caps are annoying if you have a heavy day but otherwise i get the full speed and good latency. Only thing they have got wrong is they didn't spell my name properly but it can't be changed now. strange. Thanks, Toby. 2009/6/4 Ken Robson k...@robsonfamily.co.uk After migrating from UKFSN about 4 months ago, I went with plusnet, depends on what you want, but the unlimited service I find is good, you are told the throttles up front and there are no caps. Only minus side is that now they have an 18month contract for new signups. But if you are a light user (10Gb/month) the light user is £11.99/month for most people or £5.99 if you are on a Market 3/4 exchange (the home page will give details) Get in-touch with me if you decide to go with them and I can have a recommendation discount ;-) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- -- Toby Satchell BSc (hons) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Networking question: Ps3 or Xbox 360
javadayaz wrote: I mean primarily to view stuff/media thats stored on the ubuntu pc! sorry should have made that a bit clearer Yeah no problem. Well I don't have either console (I have an original XBOX, PS2 and Wii). I know the PS3 has Linux support and I'm pretty certain there is a version of Ubuntu available (if I'm right it's the PowerPC version that runs on the PS3) so you could run your media that way with something like MythTV. I'm not sure if the default operating system on the PS3 (XMB is it?) can connect to Samba shares but I believe it does support uPNP which I understand there are servers available for this on Ubuntu, I've also read it supports Divx video files. With regards to the XBOX 360, I really don't know. I know it can connect to a Windows machine which is running Windows Media Centre and play stuff from that, and I would assume it can play WMA/WMV files (being Microsoft format files) but as far as connecting to a Samba share or uPNP server I just don't know. Doing a quick Google search pointed to a post about someone running Windows XP Media Centre edition in something like VirtualBox. If you haven't got either though you may also want to consider something like the Popcorn Hour device which plays a wide variety of media formats (I believe it also does Makrosa video files) and connects to a network plus IIRC also has space for a hard drive. I believe it supports standard definition and High Definition content with a pretty good variety of connections (HDMI, Composite, Component Video etc). I did see a review in a Linux Format magazine not long ago, and I think it retailed for something like £150 or so. Hope this helps. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Networking question: Ps3 or Xbox 360
i too have an original xbox and would like to connect it that way...but she who must be obeyed probably wont allow that because of all the wiring...and i really dont wana buy extra hardware.If i could wifi enable my xbox somehow that would be brilliant solution too 2009/6/4 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk javadayaz wrote: I mean primarily to view stuff/media thats stored on the ubuntu pc! sorry should have made that a bit clearer Yeah no problem. Well I don't have either console (I have an original XBOX, PS2 and Wii). I know the PS3 has Linux support and I'm pretty certain there is a version of Ubuntu available (if I'm right it's the PowerPC version that runs on the PS3) so you could run your media that way with something like MythTV. I'm not sure if the default operating system on the PS3 (XMB is it?) can connect to Samba shares but I believe it does support uPNP which I understand there are servers available for this on Ubuntu, I've also read it supports Divx video files. With regards to the XBOX 360, I really don't know. I know it can connect to a Windows machine which is running Windows Media Centre and play stuff from that, and I would assume it can play WMA/WMV files (being Microsoft format files) but as far as connecting to a Samba share or uPNP server I just don't know. Doing a quick Google search pointed to a post about someone running Windows XP Media Centre edition in something like VirtualBox. If you haven't got either though you may also want to consider something like the Popcorn Hour device which plays a wide variety of media formats (I believe it also does Makrosa video files) and connects to a network plus IIRC also has space for a hard drive. I believe it supports standard definition and High Definition content with a pretty good variety of connections (HDMI, Composite, Component Video etc). I did see a review in a Linux Format magazine not long ago, and I think it retailed for something like £150 or so. Hope this helps. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Networking question: Ps3 or Xbox 360
i too have an original xbox and would like to connect it that way...but she who must be obeyed probably wont allow that because of all the wiring...and i really dont wana buy extra hardware.If i could wifi enable my xbox somehow that would be brilliant solution too You can get wireless to ethernet adaptors. It's basically a small box with an ethernet port and a wireless ariel. Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Networking question: Ps3 or Xbox 360
id be grateful if someone could post a link for some of these cheap adaptors :) 2009/6/4 Chris Rowson christopherrow...@gmail.com i too have an original xbox and would like to connect it that way...but she who must be obeyed probably wont allow that because of all the wiring...and i really dont wana buy extra hardware.If i could wifi enable my xbox somehow that would be brilliant solution too You can get wireless to ethernet adaptors. It's basically a small box with an ethernet port and a wireless ariel. Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Networking question: Ps3 or Xbox 360
javadayaz wrote: i too have an original xbox and would like to connect it that way...but she who must be obeyed probably wont allow that because of all the wiring...and i really dont wana buy extra hardware.If i could wifi enable my xbox somehow that would be brilliant solution too Well what I do with my XBOX is run the ethernet over a Powerline ethernet adaptor. You could in theory do this for the PS3 and XBOX 360 too although if you're playing high definition stuff then you'd probably need at least an 85MBit/sec adaptor. AFAIK the PS3 has wifi built in but I believe the XBOX 360 as standard doesn't have wifi (well depending on the package you buy, IIRC the Premium systems used to have a wifi adaptor but the cheaper Core Arcade systems didn't). To wifi enable your existing XBOX you would need something like a wifi access point. I managed to install OpenWRT on an old Linksys router (and also on an old Buffalo router for a friend) which were able to be configured to connect into an existing wireless network. I then connected an ethernet cable from this into the XBOX. I'm pretty sure you could get one off the shelf from somewhere though that connects to an existing Wifi network (rather than a device that just add's wifi to an existing wired network). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Networking question: Ps3 or Xbox 360
javadayaz wrote: id be grateful if someone could post a link for some of these cheap adaptors :) Something like this would probably do the job: http://tinyurl.com/a2vv7 or alternatively this which is a bit cheaper: http://tinyurl.com/pdvfcc * *This is also this on eBay which looks like it might do the job but it only has a 90 day warranty: http://tinyurl.com/q27zmy Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadband and hosting reccomendations
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/04/09 08:19, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 04/06/09 08:09, John Levin wrote: Hi, I'm looking for reccomendations for broadband suppliers and hosting. First off, I'm getting rid of Entanet (via UKFSN) as they've seen fit to more than double their charges! (Getting ready for long phone session to customer services today) Don't have cable, so looking for a geek-friendly adsl service. Pass on the ISP - I have been with Pipex for ages, was bought by Tiscalli, now CarPhone Warehouse. So I will probably have to move soon. But it is a reliable service, 8mbp/s static IP and 30GB/month for about £15/m. Secondly, I'm looking for a second hosting service. I use evohosting http://www.evohosting.co.uk/ and am very happy with them, but in case of failure want to have (and to be able to reccomend to others) a secondary web/email system. Plus I'd like ubuntu-based servers, just for fun. Any suggestions? We use Bytemark (www.bytemark.co.uk) and have been happy with them to-date. You can choose what image you run on your VMs (VPSs) including Ubuntu. They only do Linux and you get full root/ssh access + a serial port access for when things go fsck and you need to reboot. HTH Al -- The Way Out Is Open http://www.theopensourcerer.com And on the subject of fsck, you could also give FSCKVPS a try. They have great prices and pretty good support. - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:646ED06A) - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C UL P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K+ w--- O- M- V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t 5 X R tv-- b+++ DI D G e* h! !r y? - --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkon6PQACgkQ1kZz3mRu0GqiPwCgq0H996rtcRLs3FsrC69JOEvu 5l8AnjaUvLUQ2LtS/WKQ0LqjYQnNAS3p =WbKb -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
