Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.04 software center - cannot install untrusted packages
On 03/06/10 15:36, Liam Proven wrote: In case of minor APT problems, the first things I do are a clean followed by purging the cache. This means: apt-get clean apt-get autoclean If that doesn't help then I also nuke the APT package cache, which is in /var/cache/apt/archives . Thanks Liam, this seems to have resolved my problem :-) Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Error during update - duplicate entries
On 03/06/10 20:06, Dianne Reuby wrote: I'm getting this error on update: W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_partner_binary-i386_Packages) Hi, I had some other trouble with my software centre, and I got this tip from Liam Proven which sorted things out for me, it may work for you but its worth a shot: In case of minor APT problems, the first things I do are a clean followed by purging the cache. This means: apt-get clean apt-get autoclean If that doesn't help then I also nuke the APT package cache, which is in /var/cache/apt/archives . Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:31 PM, micheal harker micheal.har...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Ubuntu UK Team! Last Night in the meeting It was decided we are going to re-brand ubuntu-uk.org so I have made some mockups. Each Mocup has different ideas but with similar layouts. Mockup 1: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup1.png Mockup 2: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup2.png Mockup 3: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup3.png Mockup 4: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup4.png Mockup 5: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup5.png Mockup 6: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup6.png lets narrow it down to 3 ideas. I will make live demos of the Site then we will vote for the final one. Micheal H Improved Mockup - http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/improved.png -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups
On 3 June 2010 17:00, Christopher Swift christopher.sw...@linux.com wrote: I don't really see much point in reinventing the wheel here. Luckily the Ubuntu Drupal team has setup a lovely theme and a few extra modules for Drupal which can design a wonderful website. Here's a mockup of the site http://img2.pict.com/3e/8d/0b/3600091/0/1275580649.jpg . Is the Ubuntu Drupal team anything to do with the Ubuntu Website people - Matt Nuzum? https://lists.canonical.com/archives/ubuntu-website/2010-May/000926.html There is a team of people creating a common theme for LoCos to (optionally) use. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups
Hi, Of these I liked 1 best. I don't think you should use 'interesting' menus (3 - 6) for the general public. I don't dislike London skyline, though I don't live there. Other iconically British pictures - oak tree? Joe _ From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of micheal harker Sent: 03 June 2010 13:31 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups Hi Ubuntu UK Team! Last Night in the meeting It was decided we are going to re-brand ubuntu-uk.org http://ubuntu-uk.org/ so I have made some mockups. Each Mocup has different ideas but with similar layouts. Mockup 1: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup1.png Mockup 2: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup2.png Mockup 3: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup3.png Mockup 4: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup4.png Mockup 5: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup5.png Mockup 6: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup6.png lets narrow it down to 3 ideas. I will make live demos of the Site then we will vote for the final one. Micheal H -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups
How about doing something like this instead of the skyline picture... just with more faces? http://barbaragretter.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/faces_collage_30.jpg Joe Metcalfe joe.metca...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Hi, Of these I liked 1 best. I don't think you should use 'interesting' menus (3 - 6) for the general public. I don't dislike London skyline, though I don't live there. Other iconically British pictures - oak tree? Joe _ From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of micheal harker Sent: 03 June 2010 13:31 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups Hi Ubuntu UK Team! Last Night in the meeting It was decided we are going to re-brand ubuntu-uk.org http://ubuntu-uk.org/ so I have made some mockups. Each Mocup has different ideas but with similar layouts. Mockup 1: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup1.png Mockup 2: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup2.png Mockup 3: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup3.png Mockup 4: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup4.png Mockup 5: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup5.png Mockup 6: http://www.michealh.co.cc/ubuntu/ubuntu-uk/mockup6.png lets narrow it down to 3 ideas. I will make live demos of the Site then we will vote for the final one. Micheal H -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups
Ar Gwe, 2010-06-04 am 09:48 +0100, ysgrifennodd Alan Pope: On 3 June 2010 17:00, Christopher Swift christopher.sw...@linux.com wrote: I don't really see much point in reinventing the wheel here. Luckily the Ubuntu Drupal team has setup a lovely theme and a few extra modules for Drupal which can design a wonderful website. Here's a mockup of the site http://img2.pict.com/3e/8d/0b/3600091/0/1275580649.jpg . Is the Ubuntu Drupal team anything to do with the Ubuntu Website people - Matt Nuzum? https://lists.canonical.com/archives/ubuntu-website/2010-May/000926.html There is a team of people creating a common theme for LoCos to (optionally) use. Cheers, Al. As far as I know, not entirely sure but a few of the Ubuntu Drupal team do help with that website project. As I understand it though Ubuntu Drupal was here before the Ubuntu Website and as such I'm guessing that they contribute their work over to them in some form or another. Actually just scrap the above, I've checked their bzr branch at lp:~ubuntu-website-community/ubuntu-website/light-drupal-theme and there's seems to have been no revisions yet but then again that branch was only made 10 days ago. I have just however branched kuzeko's branch to take a look and it seems pretty alright as a foundation. Unfortunately my web-page screenshot tool isn't working but you can access a preview at http://98.142.210.218/light-base-theme/ if needed. Chris. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups
On 4 June 2010 10:57, Christopher Swift christopher.sw...@linux.com wrote: Actually just scrap the above, I've checked their bzr branch at lp:~ubuntu-website-community/ubuntu-website/light-drupal-theme and there's seems to have been no revisions yet but then again that branch was only made 10 days ago. I have just however branched kuzeko's branch to take a look and it seems pretty alright as a foundation. Unfortunately my web-page screenshot tool isn't working but you can access a preview at http://98.142.210.218/light-base-theme/ if needed. Chris. As a design this gets my vote. This would likely mean using Drupal but hey - it might make things easier in the long term. Jonathon -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups
On 4 June 2010 12:09, Jonathon Fernyhough j.fernyho...@gmail.com wrote: As a design this gets my vote. This would likely mean using Drupal but hey - it might make things easier in the long term. Ooh, that is pretty. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups
On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 22:23 +0100, Joe O'Dell wrote: Hi I was wondering if maybe we could have pictures of places from across the UK? Why not have a list on the Wiki of places people can take pictures of local landmarks (CC-BY or PD licensed, of course) and then have a community vote as to the best ones? I'm happy to contribute any of my UK pictures, they're all CC-BY-SA: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brunogirin/tags/uk/page3/ (start on page 3 as the first 2 pages are all about last year's Wimbledon so no landmarks there unless you consider Ana Ivanovic wacking a ball being a landmark) Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups
On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 12:09 +0100, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: On 4 June 2010 10:57, Christopher Swift christopher.sw...@linux.com wrote: Actually just scrap the above, I've checked their bzr branch at lp:~ubuntu-website-community/ubuntu-website/light-drupal-theme and there's seems to have been no revisions yet but then again that branch was only made 10 days ago. I have just however branched kuzeko's branch to take a look and it seems pretty alright as a foundation. Unfortunately my web-page screenshot tool isn't working but you can access a preview at http://98.142.210.218/light-base-theme/ if needed. Chris. As a design this gets my vote. This would likely mean using Drupal but hey - it might make things easier in the long term. It definitely gets my vote too! It's slick and simple. I'm sure the design can be adapted to other tools than Drupal if we want to, although using Drupal would probably make things simpler. Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Feedback on OpenERP installation how-to
Hi all, I recently installed OpenERP and as I struggled to find documentation that was really up to date for Lucid, I thought I'd write an how-to article myself once I had worked it out [1]. So I'd be very interested in any feedback on that article: is it clear, does it say everything it needs to say and is it actually useful to anybody? [1] http://brunogirin.blogspot.com/2010/05/installing-openerp-on-ubuntu-1004-lts.html Cheers, Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/New Technology Event
Hi All, This is pretty much a call for help. I have this morning been confronted with a couple of opportunities which add up to the makings of a good Ubuntu event. I have been offered a venue free of charge on a selection of dates - Ferneham Hall in Fareham, Hants The venue has capacity for 600+ people, Wifi, Bar and extremely good acoustics ( used for concerts ). There are a few proviso's for this: . We have to provide a section dedicated to Educational benefits of open source software, complete with demonstrations and presentations. There will be educational representatives attending from around the Portsmouth/Southampton area as well as a few local councillors. . We have to cover Ubuntu combined with low power consumption computing aimed at businesses ( but not limited to ). Secondly, I have been in a meeting this morning at work with Asrock. In passing I mentioned the possibility of this event and was greeted with an offer of sample hardware for the event as well as an array of their cutting edge hardware releases to help us demonstrate the abilities of Ubuntu. I am also in the process of getting the local newspaper ( The News ) to cover the event. My main lackings for such an event are: . People to give presentations . People with sufficient knowledge to control the educational section of the event. . General help with the on-the-day event. Any other suggestions/helpful hints or offers of help please let me know. Regards Rhys Morgan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.04 software center - cannot install untrusted packages
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 7:31 AM, ByteSoup bytes...@gmail.com wrote: On 03/06/10 15:36, Liam Proven wrote: In case of minor APT problems, the first things I do are a clean followed by purging the cache. This means: apt-get clean apt-get autoclean If that doesn't help then I also nuke the APT package cache, which is in /var/cache/apt/archives . Thanks Liam, this seems to have resolved my problem :-) Mark Excellent! Very glad to hear it. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/New Technology Event
On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 13:49 +0100, Rhys Morgan wrote: Hi All, This is pretty much a call for help. I have this morning been confronted with a couple of opportunities which add up to the makings of a good Ubuntu event. I have been offered a venue free of charge on a selection of dates - Ferneham Hall in Fareham, Hants The venue has capacity for 600+ people, Wifi, Bar and extremely good acoustics ( used for concerts ). There are a few proviso's for this: ·We have to provide a section dedicated to Educational benefits of open source software, complete with demonstrations and presentations. There will be educational representatives attending from around the Portsmouth/Southampton area as well as a few local councillors. ·We have to cover Ubuntu combined with low power consumption computing aimed at businesses ( but not limited to ). Secondly, I have been in a meeting this morning at work with Asrock. In passing I mentioned the possibility of this event and was greeted with an offer of sample hardware for the event as well as an array of their cutting edge hardware releases to help us demonstrate the abilities of Ubuntu. I am also in the process of getting the local newspaper ( The News ) to cover the event. My main lackings for such an event are: ·People to give presentations ·People with sufficient knowledge to control the educational section of the event. ·General help with the on-the-day event. I'd be quite happy to help out with any of this, depending on the date. I understand you have a list of possible dates so it's not fixed yet. However, can you advise more or less when it would be and whether it would be during the week or over a weekend? Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/New Technology Event
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Rhys Morgan rhysmorgan1...@aol.com wrote: Hi All, This is pretty much a call for help. I have this morning been confronted with a couple of opportunities which add up to the makings of a good Ubuntu event. I have been offered a venue free of charge on a selection of dates - Ferneham Hall in Fareham, Hants The venue has capacity for 600+ people, Wifi, Bar and extremely good acoustics ( used for concerts ). There are a few proviso's for this: · We have to provide a section dedicated to Educational benefits of open source software, complete with demonstrations and presentations. There will be educational representatives attending from around the Portsmouth/Southampton area as well as a few local councillors. · We have to cover Ubuntu combined with low power consumption computing aimed at businesses ( but not limited to ). Secondly, I have been in a meeting this morning at work with Asrock. In passing I mentioned the possibility of this event and was greeted with an offer of sample hardware for the event as well as an array of their cutting edge hardware releases to help us demonstrate the abilities of Ubuntu. I am also in the process of getting the local newspaper ( The News ) to cover the event. My main lackings for such an event are: · People to give presentations · People with sufficient knowledge to control the educational section of the event. · General help with the on-the-day event. Any other suggestions/helpful hints or offers of help please let me know. Regards Rhys Morgan I could possibly talk about the admin and licensing-cost angles of FOSS in education, although my personal background is the SME arena. Contact details below! -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/New Technology Event
Hi Rhys, Awesome opportunity! On 4 June 2010 13:49, Rhys Morgan rhysmorgan1...@aol.com wrote: This is pretty much a call for help. I have this morning been confronted with a couple of opportunities which add up to the makings of a good Ubuntu event. Sounds like it! · We have to provide a section dedicated to Educational benefits of open source software, complete with demonstrations and presentations. There will be educational representatives attending from around the Portsmouth/Southampton area as well as a few local councillors. This sounds bigger than an Ubuntu event, and could probably pull in people from other distros, upstream and other software vendors. · We have to cover Ubuntu combined with low power consumption computing aimed at businesses ( but not limited to ). Sounds like the venue is big enough to cover multiple strands such as this. Secondly, I have been in a meeting this morning at work with Asrock. In passing I mentioned the possibility of this event and was greeted with an offer of sample hardware for the event as well as an array of their cutting edge hardware releases to help us demonstrate the abilities of Ubuntu. Free hardware is always nice to have. · People to give presentations I'm sure we can put a call out to the community, business types and Canonical. · People with sufficient knowledge to control the educational section of the event. · General help with the on-the-day event. I suspect you'll have plenty of people offering help here. Any other suggestions/helpful hints or offers of help please let me know. Figure out the date first. Other things will fall into place once that's done. Having the venue already is a great start. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/New Technology Event
All the dates I have been given are in July, I have a choice of any Saturday/Sunday 7am - 3.30pm I am open to suggestions subject to key people's availability -Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Liam Proven Sent: 04 June 2010 13:59 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/New Technology Event On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Rhys Morgan rhysmorgan1...@aol.com wrote: Hi All, This is pretty much a call for help. I have this morning been confronted with a couple of opportunities which add up to the makings of a good Ubuntu event. I have been offered a venue free of charge on a selection of dates - Ferneham Hall in Fareham, Hants The venue has capacity for 600+ people, Wifi, Bar and extremely good acoustics ( used for concerts ). There are a few proviso's for this: · We have to provide a section dedicated to Educational benefits of open source software, complete with demonstrations and presentations. There will be educational representatives attending from around the Portsmouth/Southampton area as well as a few local councillors. · We have to cover Ubuntu combined with low power consumption computing aimed at businesses ( but not limited to ). Secondly, I have been in a meeting this morning at work with Asrock. In passing I mentioned the possibility of this event and was greeted with an offer of sample hardware for the event as well as an array of their cutting edge hardware releases to help us demonstrate the abilities of Ubuntu. I am also in the process of getting the local newspaper ( The News ) to cover the event. My main lackings for such an event are: · People to give presentations · People with sufficient knowledge to control the educational section of the event. · General help with the on-the-day event. Any other suggestions/helpful hints or offers of help please let me know. Regards Rhys Morgan I could possibly talk about the admin and licensing-cost angles of FOSS in education, although my personal background is the SME arena. Contact details below! -- Liam Proven Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 Cell: +44 7939-087884 Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/New Technology Event
On 04/06/10 13:49, Rhys Morgan wrote: Hi All, This is pretty much a call for help. I have this morning been confronted with a couple of opportunities which add up to the makings of a good Ubuntu event. snip / We (The Alans of The Open Learning Centre) would almost certainly be delighted to help. Off the top of my head we could talk about: * a school which save a shedload of money by using Linux on low power (Atom Revo) based hardware. * the myriad of interesting and useful OSS Business Apps that are available * low-power appliance-based server solutions OSS and Education fit together like a hand and glove :-) Most important bit for us is dates so we can schedule time to both be there and prepare. We are in Farnham, Surrey so Fareham isn't too far away. Cheers Al -- The Open Learning Centre http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/New Technology Event
On 4 Jun 2010, at 14:10, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: I'm sure we can put a call out to the community, business types and Canonical. I'm sure given this weeks Linaro announment that we can get someone to come along from Canonical/Linaro to talk about Ubuntu-on-ARM. Cheers, Al. Regards, Jamie. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups
On 4 June 2010 05:37, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:03 AM, Matt Wheeler m...@funkyhat.org wrote: This is mostly fixable these days using @font-face (supported by current versions of all the major browsers) -- the font can simply be embedded into the site and downloaded by the browser ⢁). I wouldn't rely on that. IE is still very picky about such things, and however much we might hope that people would be using Open Source options the fact is that the majority are not. Therefore, let's stick to web safe fonts Actually this works fine in IE8, and if a particular font is what's wanted I see no reason not to use it. Of course we should make sure it still looks ok in browsers that don't support @font-face though! -- Matt Wheeler m...@funkyhat.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Site Rebranding - Mockups
On 4 June 2010 12:53, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 12:09 +0100, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: On 4 June 2010 10:57, Christopher Swift christopher.sw...@linux.com wrote: Actually just scrap the above, I've checked their bzr branch at lp:~ubuntu-website-community/ubuntu-website/light-drupal-theme and there's seems to have been no revisions yet but then again that branch was only made 10 days ago. I have just however branched kuzeko's branch to take a look and it seems pretty alright as a foundation. Unfortunately my web-page screenshot tool isn't working but you can access a preview at http://98.142.210.218/light-base-theme/ if needed. Chris. As a design this gets my vote. This would likely mean using Drupal but hey - it might make things easier in the long term. It definitely gets my vote too! It's slick and simple. I'm sure the design can be adapted to other tools than Drupal if we want to, although using Drupal would probably make things simpler. Bruno Sorry for any confusion, I was saying that the Ubuntu Website team has no Drupal themes that I could find, the one that I linked was an HTML theme. The site available at http://staging.profarius.com/ is indeed a Drupal site. The one at http://98.142.210.218/light-base-theme/ on a VPS of mine is simply bog standard HTML. Chris. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [old topic i know, apologies] O2 Joggler - My success and a quick question please!
For those of you trying without any luck to get the O2 Joggler running Ubuntu, I have had success with a Black HP 4GB USB (from PC World, Leeds £9.99) and by using the image linked below, it works a lot smoother than the Netbook Remix image that is floating around, and leaves enough space on the disk to upgrade to Lucid (3 and a half hours wait mind - 2 1/2 to go!). http://fuzzylogic.co.uk/ I do have a question though... The Joggler provides about 1GB of free space internally to copy over images, videos etc, and I was wondering if it was possible to use this free space as swap space due to the Joggler's on board RAM being only approx 500MB - if possible this would surely only help performance?? [Apologies if that is an absolutely insane suggestion, still finding my feet with you Ubuntu pro's ;)] Thanks In Advance, MorleyPotter. attachment: face-wink.png-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [old topic i know, apologies] O2 Joggler - My success and a quick question please!
On 4 June 2010 15:42, Dave Hanson d.han...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: For those of you trying without any luck to get the O2 Joggler running Ubuntu, I have had success with a Black HP 4GB USB (from PC World, Leeds £9.99) and by using the image linked below, it works a lot smoother than the Netbook Remix image that is floating around, and leaves enough space on the disk to upgrade to Lucid (3 and a half hours wait mind - 2 1/2 to go!). Good luck with that! I haven't seen anyone run Lucid successfully on the Joggler. Be prepared to get a black screen, console or nothing when you reboot to lucid. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....
Hi there ... The e-mail I sent to Michael brought a reply from a guy (In Delhi?) asking for full details. I have this morning received the attached. I think it clarifies Dell UK position quite well. At least they state in writing that they ARE prepared to honour the hardware warranty when we have installed Ubuntu. We now need loads of Eurobuntians asking Dell UK to reinstate the Ubuntu machines Barry Drake ***Regading_your_email_to_Dell_-_incident___16808254 Description: Binary data -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....
Hi Barry, On 4 June 2010 16:13, e-mail b.drake b.dr...@ntlworld.com wrote: The e-mail I sent to Michael brought a reply from a guy (In Delhi?) asking for full details. I have this morning received the attached. I think it clarifies Dell UK position quite well. At least they state in writing that they ARE prepared to honour the hardware warranty when we have installed Ubuntu. We now need loads of Eurobuntians asking Dell UK to reinstate the Ubuntu machines Nice work! Thanks for following this through and letting us know, it's a rather good bit of news for a Friday afternoon! I had a little trouble reading the attachment, so here's the crux of the mail:- However, it is suggested that even if the systems are shipped with the Windows OS customers can change it to Ubuntu later, though dell would not support the Ubuntu OS issues, the hardware warranty will not be affected in anyway. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....
On 04/06/10 16:13, e-mail b.drake wrote: Hi there ... The e-mail I sent to Michael brought a reply from a guy (In Delhi?) asking for full details. I have this morning received the attached. I think it clarifies Dell UK position quite well. At least they state in writing that they ARE prepared to honour the hardware warranty when we have installed Ubuntu. We now need loads of Eurobuntians asking Dell UK to reinstate the Ubuntu machines Barry Drake Asus said the same to me when I got a netbook from them. I emailed them about their warranty before I wiped Windows but they said it was fine. Just don't expect us to support the software. I think it would be a pretty poor show of any PC manufacturer to not warranty the hardware irrespective of what software is, or isn't, installed. Al I mentioned it in this blog post last year: http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/07/21/getting-your-microsoft-tax-refunded-1010-for-amazon-uk/ -- The Open Learning Centre http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....
On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 11:13 -0400, e-mail b.drake wrote: Hi there ... The e-mail I sent to Michael brought a reply from a guy (In Delhi?) asking for full details. I have this morning received the attached. I think it clarifies Dell UK position quite well. At least they state in writing that they ARE prepared to honour the hardware warranty when we have installed Ubuntu. We now need loads of Eurobuntians asking Dell UK to reinstate the Ubuntu machines Barry Drake Great work! What email address did you use? I can only find phone/chat/postal contacts for them. I'm saving your email for possible future use. :) Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [old topic i know, apologies] O2 Joggler - My success and a quick question please!
Message: 1 Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 15:47:01 +0100 From: Alan Pope a...@popey.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] [old topic i know, apologies] O2 Joggler - My success and a quick question please! To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: aanlktinizoxqromfxhublxskdo80egdsqvd-unpvw...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On 4 June 2010 15:42, Dave Hanson d.han...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: For those of you trying without any luck to get the O2 Joggler running Ubuntu, I have had success with a Black HP 4GB USB (from PC World, Leeds ?9.99) and by using the image linked below, it works a lot smoother than the Netbook Remix image that is floating around, and leaves enough space on the disk to upgrade to Lucid (3 and a half hours wait mind - 2 1/2 to go!). Good luck with that! I haven't seen anyone run Lucid successfully on the Joggler. Be prepared to get a black screen, console or nothing when you reboot to lucid. Cheers, Al. Cheers Al - Yeah it failed, i got a load of messages like this... [134315.948864] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 [134395.949568] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 [134495.948082] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 5(5) BSS returned, data-length = 591 [134615.949559] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 [134735.949344] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 [134855.949462] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 [134975.948163] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 Oh well - Time to start again. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [old topic i know, apologies] O2 Joggler - My success and a quick question please!
On 4 June 2010 17:24, Dave Hanson d.han...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: Message: 1 Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 15:47:01 +0100 From: Alan Pope a...@popey.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] [old topic i know, apologies] O2 Joggler - My success and a quick question please! To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: aanlktinizoxqromfxhublxskdo80egdsqvd-unpvw...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On 4 June 2010 15:42, Dave Hanson d.han...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: For those of you trying without any luck to get the O2 Joggler running Ubuntu, I have had success with a Black HP 4GB USB (from PC World, Leeds ?9.99) and by using the image linked below, it works a lot smoother than the Netbook Remix image that is floating around, and leaves enough space on the disk to upgrade to Lucid (3 and a half hours wait mind - 2 1/2 to go!). Good luck with that! I haven't seen anyone run Lucid successfully on the Joggler. Be prepared to get a black screen, console or nothing when you reboot to lucid. Cheers, Al. Cheers Al - Yeah it failed, i got a load of messages like this... [134315.948864] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 [134395.949568] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 [134495.948082] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 5(5) BSS returned, data-length = 591 [134615.949559] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 [134735.949344] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 [134855.949462] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 [134975.948163] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 Oh well - Time to start again. If you look at Dysentry's thread on his UNR version he explains why lucid is a problem, a problem with some driver not available yet if I remember correctly. I am using that version successfully (his 1.3a with the mods in the first post of his thread). I do a dump of the usb stick occasionally (using dd) so that if an update or whatever mucks it up I can restore my previous working version rather than going back to the start each time. I have not tried the non unr version so I cannot comment on the relative speed. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD
Hi Guys Haven't been on the list in ages! Hope everyone is well and enjoying 10.04 as much as I am :-) I'm trying to fix a Computer of a friend of mine and it has Windows XP Home edition on it. I only have a copy of Windows XP Professional. I'm desperately in need of a XP Home Edition CD. Does anybody have a copy of one floating around they could post to me? I have a product registration key on the bottom of his Laptop, but need the cd to repair his install. I would try convert him to Ubuntu, but he wasn't buying it :-( Cheers --Michael _ Michael Fletcher Interested in Linux? Then visit - http://www.ilovemylinux.com Follow me at - http://twitter.com/big_fletch -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD
On 04/06/10 17:47, Michael G Fletcher wrote: Hi Guys Haven't been on the list in ages! Hope everyone is well and enjoying 10.04 as much as I am :-) I'm trying to fix a Computer of a friend of mine and it has Windows XP Home edition on it. I only have a copy of Windows XP Professional. I'm desperately in need of a XP Home Edition CD. Does anybody have a copy of one floating around they could post to me? I have a product registration key on the bottom of his Laptop, but need the cd to repair his install. I would try convert him to Ubuntu, but he wasn't buying it :-( Cheers --Michael What make is his laptop? Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD
What make is his laptop? Rob -- A Dell Inspiron 6000... trying to save his 38GB of music :-( I got it to the point where it loads the Welcome screen, but when I logon the user, it just automatically logs me out again. I can get into the safe-mode with command prompt, and tried to install SP3, but doesn't seem to want to install! Michael -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD
On 04/06/10 19:11, Michael G Fletcher wrote: What make is his laptop? Rob A Dell Inspiron 6000... trying to save his 38GB of music :-( I got it to the point where it loads the Welcome screen, but when I logon the user, it just automatically logs me out again. I can get into the safe-mode with command prompt, and tried to install SP3, but doesn't seem to want to install! Michael You'll probably find that a standard Windows XP CD won't work (that is, an OEM copy of Windows XP). You'll need a specific Dell version which is tied to the Dell BIOS (funnily enough doing it this way any Dell Windows XP CD should work). If you e-mail me off list I might possibly be able to help. In the mean time, if he hasn't got an external hard drive, I'd suggest he gets one (I bought a 1TB Western Digital USB 2 hard drive yesterday from PC World for £60 using their collect from store option when reserving it on the web site). Then try booting from an Ubuntu CD and you should be able to mount his hard drive and copy any data, pictures, music etc off the drive. At least that way his data is backed up. Then TBH I'd suggest maybe wiping the lot and starting from scratch. I've done repair installs of Windows before but they've never really worked that well. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Bare Metal virtualization on older Xeon hardware
Hi folks, At work we're looking at server virtualization, both to give us a bit more redundancy against hardware failure and also to try and cut down on our power requirements a bit by getting shot of some older servers (P3, early P4's). Now we already have two IBM x Series servers which are going on about 4 years old. The idea is to maybe replace these with something a bit newer and then re-use them for less mission critical uses. These servers have the old P4 based Xeons in them running at 3GHz. According to Intel's web site they don't support Intel-VT technology but they are 64-Bit capable (IIRC they support EM64T). In the past I've played around with VMWare Server running on top of Linux (and Windows), in fact at home I have it running happy on my server with a couple of VM's chugging away. What I'd like to do though is use some bare metal virtualization. I gather the newer virtualization software such as Microsoft Hyper-V, VMWare ESXi and KVM all require Intel-VT technology or AMD-V. I wondered if anyone knew of any bare metal virtualization software that supports the older CPUs? I'm pretty certain an older version of ESXi did although when I last tried it a couple of years back it didn't support the hardware I tried it on (a bog standard Phenom X4 desktop PC). I can't for the life of me find a download link for the older ESXi software (which I believe VMWare were starting to give away). So before I give up, does anyone know of anything that would be suitable which doesn't require Intel-VT or AMD-V? Ta, Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD
Michael, i have a burnt Windows XP Home CD due to the fact that mine actually snapped As long as you use the officially licensed product key, it is legal, i can post it if you like as i no longer have a need for it. An OEM copy of XP will work, its just a case of having the drivers. If it has a SATA harddrive you may need to include the correct SATA drivers onto the disk before installation. Dan On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: On 04/06/10 19:11, Michael G Fletcher wrote: What make is his laptop? Rob A Dell Inspiron 6000... trying to save his 38GB of music :-( I got it to the point where it loads the Welcome screen, but when I logon the user, it just automatically logs me out again. I can get into the safe-mode with command prompt, and tried to install SP3, but doesn't seem to want to install! Michael You'll probably find that a standard Windows XP CD won't work (that is, an OEM copy of Windows XP). You'll need a specific Dell version which is tied to the Dell BIOS (funnily enough doing it this way any Dell Windows XP CD should work). If you e-mail me off list I might possibly be able to help. In the mean time, if he hasn't got an external hard drive, I'd suggest he gets one (I bought a 1TB Western Digital USB 2 hard drive yesterday from PC World for £60 using their collect from store option when reserving it on the web site). Then try booting from an Ubuntu CD and you should be able to mount his hard drive and copy any data, pictures, music etc off the drive. At least that way his data is backed up. Then TBH I'd suggest maybe wiping the lot and starting from scratch. I've done repair installs of Windows before but they've never really worked that well. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [old topic i know, apologies] O2 Joggler - My success and a quick question please!
With your original question, it is possible to use the partition which stores everything. It is located on: /dev/mmcblk0p4 On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: On 4 June 2010 17:24, Dave Hanson d.han...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: Message: 1 Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 15:47:01 +0100 From: Alan Pope a...@popey.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] [old topic i know, apologies] O2 Joggler - My success and a quick question please! To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: aanlktinizoxqromfxhublxskdo80egdsqvd-unpvw...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On 4 June 2010 15:42, Dave Hanson d.han...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: For those of you trying without any luck to get the O2 Joggler running Ubuntu, I have had success with a Black HP 4GB USB (from PC World, Leeds ?9.99) and by using the image linked below, it works a lot smoother than the Netbook Remix image that is floating around, and leaves enough space on the disk to upgrade to Lucid (3 and a half hours wait mind - 2 1/2 to go!). Good luck with that! I haven't seen anyone run Lucid successfully on the Joggler. Be prepared to get a black screen, console or nothing when you reboot to lucid. Cheers, Al. Cheers Al - Yeah it failed, i got a load of messages like this... [134315.948864] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 [134395.949568] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 [134495.948082] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 5(5) BSS returned, data-length = 591 [134615.949559] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 [134735.949344] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 [134855.949462] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 [134975.948163] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 Oh well - Time to start again. If you look at Dysentry's thread on his UNR version he explains why lucid is a problem, a problem with some driver not available yet if I remember correctly. I am using that version successfully (his 1.3a with the mods in the first post of his thread). I do a dump of the usb stick occasionally (using dd) so that if an update or whatever mucks it up I can restore my previous working version rather than going back to the start each time. I have not tried the non unr version so I cannot comment on the relative speed. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD
Hi Daniel/all On 4 June 2010 19:33, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: As long as you use the officially licensed product key, it is legal, i can post it if you like as i no longer have a need for it. Ugh. Remember where you are. This is an Ubuntu list and it's not really the done thing for us to be discussing/arranging duplication of other peoples copyrighted work - even if it is Microsoft. Whilst some people might consider it 'ok' to copy an XP CD the fact is it most definitely is not 'legal' by any stretch. The contents of the CD is copyrighted work, and without permission from the copyright owner you should not be making copies. I appreciate the predicament that the original poster is in, and understand how frustrating it is to be in that position, this list is not the place to discuss / arrange that kind of thing. I'd appreciate it if these conversations were taken elsewhere. Thanks, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD
On 04/06/10 19:38, Alan Pope wrote: Hi Daniel/all On 4 June 2010 19:33, Daniel Casedanielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: As long as you use the officially licensed product key, it is legal, i can post it if you like as i no longer have a need for it. Ugh. Remember where you are. This is an Ubuntu list and it's not really the done thing for us to be discussing/arranging duplication of other peoples copyrighted work - even if it is Microsoft. Fair enough it is really a bit OT, I've sent an e-mail off list. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [old topic i know, apologies] O2 Joggler - My success and a quick question please!
On 4 June 2010 19:35, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: With your original question, it is possible to use the partition which stores everything. It is located on: /dev/mmcblk0p4 I is not a good idea to use it as 'swap' space though is it? I understood that using flash for swap was not a good idea as it wears it out by writing to it often. Flash has a limited life in terms of write cycles. Colin On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote: On 4 June 2010 17:24, Dave Hanson d.han...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: Message: 1 Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 15:47:01 +0100 From: Alan Pope a...@popey.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] [old topic i know, apologies] O2 Joggler - My success and a quick question please! To: UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: aanlktinizoxqromfxhublxskdo80egdsqvd-unpvw...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On 4 June 2010 15:42, Dave Hanson d.han...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: For those of you trying without any luck to get the O2 Joggler running Ubuntu, I have had success with a Black HP 4GB USB (from PC World, Leeds ?9.99) and by using the image linked below, it works a lot smoother than the Netbook Remix image that is floating around, and leaves enough space on the disk to upgrade to Lucid (3 and a half hours wait mind - 2 1/2 to go!). Good luck with that! I haven't seen anyone run Lucid successfully on the Joggler. Be prepared to get a black screen, console or nothing when you reboot to lucid. Cheers, Al. Cheers Al - Yeah it failed, i got a load of messages like this... [134315.948864] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 [134395.949568] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 [134495.948082] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 5(5) BSS returned, data-length = 591 [134615.949559] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 [134735.949344] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 [134855.949462] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 [134975.948163] ===rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data-length = 443 Oh well - Time to start again. If you look at Dysentry's thread on his UNR version he explains why lucid is a problem, a problem with some driver not available yet if I remember correctly. I am using that version successfully (his 1.3a with the mods in the first post of his thread). I do a dump of the usb stick occasionally (using dd) so that if an update or whatever mucks it up I can restore my previous working version rather than going back to the start each time. I have not tried the non unr version so I cannot comment on the relative speed. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....
Hi Dianne . On 4 June 2010 11:45, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Great work! What email address did you use? I can only find phone/chat/postal contacts for them. Someone on this list suggested writing to Dell CEO - Michael Dell ( mich...@dell.com) and my email was answered quickly by the guy in the reply I attached. I just got so frustrated by the lack of ways to make contact with Dell UK. I wonder if an official communication from Ubuntu UK asking to partner with Dell UK would help? We'll support the OS - you supply the hardware to our folk kind of approach might work I'm willing to write something, what do the folk here think? Regards, Barry Drake. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD
Rob In all honesty, you will stand a better chance of saving your friends 38 GiB of music by using an Ubuntu Live CD (or similar) than you will with a Win XP disc. Personally I would boot the machine from the live CD and then copy the data off to a safe media. Then you can re-install Windows once the data is safe. It would be safer than letting a Windows CD inadvertently hose the partition (and the music) for you. Stu On 4 June 2010 20:06, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: On 04/06/10 19:38, Alan Pope wrote: Hi Daniel/all On 4 June 2010 19:33, Daniel Casedanielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: As long as you use the officially licensed product key, it is legal, i can post it if you like as i no longer have a need for it. Ugh. Remember where you are. This is an Ubuntu list and it's not really the done thing for us to be discussing/arranging duplication of other peoples copyrighted work - even if it is Microsoft. Fair enough it is really a bit OT, I've sent an e-mail off list. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD
Hi Everyone Please accept my apologies, I posted to the list as I reckoned most were experienced computer users and would probably have an old copy of windows floating around which they were no longer using seeing as they were Ubuntu users. Alan, please note I was not fully aware of the copyright issues and thought that having an original Registration Code would be enough to cover this. I am firm believer against copyright theft, and am now better educated. Sorry again for the OT posting and very irrelevant posting! Have a lovely weekend in the sun --Michael -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD
Alan, I was not aware either that it was copyright theft to use another CD with your original license. Infact, i thought the following was true: ttp://download.microsoft.com/download/9/A/9/9A90E11E-43A3-4E7E-A919-961AF15820CA/Refurbished%20PC%20License%20Guide.pdf According to this, any PC that isn't brand new that you are performing a reinstall on is classed as a refurbished PC. From the file: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/A/9/9A90E11E-43A3-4E7E-A919-961AF15820CA/Refurbished%20PC%20License%20Guide.pdf A new Windows license is not required for a refurbished PC that has: (1) The original Certificate of Authenticity (COA) for a Windows operating system affixed to the PC, and (2) The original recovery media or hard-disk based recovery image associated with the PC. Therefore it is legal to install Windows from another disk? On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Michael G Fletcher mich...@ilovemylinux.com wrote: Hi Everyone Please accept my apologies, I posted to the list as I reckoned most were experienced computer users and would probably have an old copy of windows floating around which they were no longer using seeing as they were Ubuntu users. Alan, please note I was not fully aware of the copyright issues and thought that having an original Registration Code would be enough to cover this. I am firm believer against copyright theft, and am now better educated. Sorry again for the OT posting and very irrelevant posting! Have a lovely weekend in the sun --Michael -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD
On 4 June 2010 22:43, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: (2) The original recovery media or hard-disk based recovery image associated with the PC. How is a burnt Windows XP Home CD (your words) sent via post to someone either 'original recovery' or 'hard-disk based recovery image'? I'm not after an argument, but the fact is every single XP CD I have ever handled has 'DO NOT COPY' all over it. Besides which it's offtopic for this list. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD
On 4 June 2010 21:43, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: Alan, I was not aware either that it was copyright theft to use another CD with your original license. Infact, i thought the following was true: ttp://download.microsoft.com/download/9/A/9/9A90E11E-43A3-4E7E-A919-961AF15820CA/Refurbished%20PC%20License%20Guide.pdf According to this, any PC that isn't brand new that you are performing a reinstall on is classed as a refurbished PC. From the file: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/A/9/9A90E11E-43A3-4E7E-A919-961AF15820CA/Refurbished%20PC%20License%20Guide.pdf A new Windows license is not required for a refurbished PC that has: (1) The original Certificate of Authenticity (COA) for a Windows operating system affixed to the PC, and (2) The original recovery media or hard-disk based recovery image associated with the PC. Therefore it is legal to install Windows from another disk? snip Surely not. *and*(2) the *original* recovery media or hard-disk based recovery image associated with the PC. -- Harry Rickards - ha...@linux.com Vote Lib Dem - Building a fairer Britain - http://libdems.org.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....
On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 15:59 -0400, e-mail b.drake wrote: I wonder if an official communication from Ubuntu UK asking to partner with Dell UK would help? We'll support the OS - you supply the hardware to our folk kind of approach might work I'm willing to write something, what do the folk here think? That's what irritated me most - Dell are at perfect liberty to supply any OS they want to ... but why does the Ubuntu site still drone on about their partnership with Dell, with links to the UK site, when it's no longer correct? Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....
On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 15:59 -0400, e-mail b.drake wrote: Hi Dianne . On 4 June 2010 11:45, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Great work! What email address did you use? I can only find phone/chat/postal contacts for them. Someone on this list suggested writing to Dell CEO - Michael Dell (mich...@dell.com) and my email was answered quickly by the guy in the reply I attached. I just got so frustrated by the lack of ways to make contact with Dell UK. I wonder if an official communication from Ubuntu UK asking to partner with Dell UK would help? We'll support the OS - you supply the hardware to our folk kind of approach might work I'm willing to write something, what do the folk here think? You'd have to define the word support very precisely. Most large organisation understand support as having a call centre which can take customer calls 24/7 or at the very least Monday to Friday during office hours. Canonical can do that and I suspect already have that sort of talks with some hardware vendors (although maybe not Dell UK). A loose combination of individuals like the Ubuntu UK Loco team cannot do it this way. What could work is if the community was a second or third level support. This would mean that Dell would need to invest in some Linux/Ubuntu knowledge for their customer service so that they can act as first level support. Another option that could work would be for Dell to sell the hardware with Ubuntu pre-installed, include the Ubuntu manual [1] and add as an optional extra some Canonical support [2]. This would probably require an agreement between Dell and Canonical so that when a Ubuntu user calls the Dell support number, the support staff can redirect them to Canonical. On the other hand, Dell could very well sell their hardware with Ubuntu on it but say that they will only support the hardware, not the software and direct users to Canonical or Ubuntu UK for this. The risk here is that for issues for which it's not clear whether the issue is with the hardware or the software, you'd have users left in the lurch. So yes, lots of possibilities I think but it would require some goodwill on all sides. At the end of the day, what is important is that support works for the end user, whoever actually provides it. [1] http://ubuntu-manual.org/ [2] http://shop.canonical.com/product_info.php?products_id=528 Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....
On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 22:19 +0100, Dianne Reuby wrote: On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 22:14 +0100, Bruno Girin wrote: On the other hand, Dell could very well sell their hardware with Ubuntu on it but say that they will only support the hardware, not the software My son's friend bought a Dell with Win 7 recently - now everything he tries to run crashes; browser, word processor, solitaire. Dell have told him it's a software problem, so they can't help. :) That's always the risk in this case: the hardware vendor goes it's a software problem, nothing we can do about it then the software vendor goes it's a hardware problem, contact the hardware vendor, etc. I've been through this so many times when dealing with several suppliers that have to work together in providing a solution, it's frightening. The only way I've found to break the cycle is for one of the sides to help the user identify the issue and gather evidence. In practice, maybe it's an opportunity for the Ubuntu community to offer better support than what's available for Windows by helping users getting to the bottom of their problems rather than say it's a hardware problem. And maybe it's an opportunity to migrate your son's friend's Dell to Ubuntu ;-) Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bare Metal virtualization on older Xeon hardware
On 4 June 2010 19:28, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: Hi folks, At work we're looking at server virtualization, both to give us a bit more redundancy against hardware failure and also to try and cut down on our power requirements a bit by getting shot of some older servers (P3, early P4's). Now we already have two IBM x Series servers which are going on about 4 years old. The idea is to maybe replace these with something a bit newer and then re-use them for less mission critical uses. These servers have the old P4 based Xeons in them running at 3GHz. According to Intel's web site they don't support Intel-VT technology but they are 64-Bit capable (IIRC they support EM64T). In the past I've played around with VMWare Server running on top of Linux (and Windows), in fact at home I have it running happy on my server with a couple of VM's chugging away. What I'd like to do though is use some bare metal virtualization. I gather the newer virtualization software such as Microsoft Hyper-V, VMWare ESXi and KVM all require Intel-VT technology or AMD-V. I wondered if anyone knew of any bare metal virtualization software that supports the older CPUs? I'm pretty certain an older version of ESXi did although when I last tried it a couple of years back it didn't support the hardware I tried it on (a bog standard Phenom X4 desktop PC). I can't for the life of me find a download link for the older ESXi software (which I believe VMWare were starting to give away). So before I give up, does anyone know of anything that would be suitable which doesn't require Intel-VT or AMD-V? Hello there, we have also just switched to virtualization, and we are using Citrix XenServer, it's free. We were running on a Dell PowerEdge 750, which uses an old 2.4 dualcore Xeon chip. I would have a look at that, it is really quite fantastic, and I think it runs on any chip, but for Windows, you need the hardware virtualization. I know Virtualbox will run anything on anything, so that's also worth a try. Feel free to give me a bell for any info. HTH, Kris Douglas, NODE Computer Systems Servers - PCs - Design - Administration M. 07728574285 Please consider the environment before you print this E-Mail. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Graphics cards..
Hi there, I currently have an Xpress 200 ATI integrated graphics card and am looking to upgrade to something better (i dual-boot so that i can play Windows games under Windows) What graphics cards would you recommend for both Windows gaming, and full linux support so that i can use compiz without issues? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
