Re: [Hampshire] Laptop

2021-02-16 Thread Owain via Hampshire
On 26/01/2021 22:30, Nick Chalk wrote: Hello Owain. On Tuesday, 26 January, 2021, you wrote My son is in the last leg of his chemistry degree and finding that his laptop is not up to the statistically heavy Matlab calculations he has to do, so he wants a higher spec laptop. Does the

Re: [Hampshire] Laptop

2021-01-27 Thread Owain via Hampshire
but we have had excellent service from Rocket Repairs in Southampton. I would recommend them highly for their repair service but they might be happy to advise based on their experience. Regards Roger On 26/01/2021 14:53, Owain via

Re: [Hampshire] Laptop

2021-01-27 Thread Owain via Hampshire
egards Roger On 26/01/2021 14:53, Owain via Hampshire wrote: > Afternoon. > > I wonder if anyone could give me some advice?  My son is in the last > leg of his chemistry degree and finding that his laptop is not up to > the statistically heavy Matla

[Hampshire] Laptop

2021-01-26 Thread Owain via Hampshire
Afternoon. I wonder if anyone could give me some advice?  My son is in the last leg of his chemistry degree and finding that his laptop is not up to the statistically heavy Matlab calculations he has to do, so he wants a higher spec laptop.  In the past I have used PC World and the like with

Re: [Hampshire] Printers

2019-11-07 Thread Owain via Hampshire
Thank you for all your printer advice.  It's really made an impression (geddit??) It's a shame this list is so much quieter than it used to be, but good advise is still on hand Owain -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface:

[Hampshire] Printers

2019-11-06 Thread Owain via Hampshire
Hi all. I am so regretting accepting a free HP Officejet printer.  The software works ok, but for me part of the open source ethic is being able to use non OEM cartridges (I suppose that's my philosophical rationalisation of being an out-and-out cheapskate). Does anyone have good

Re: [Hampshire] Quick cron question

2017-11-08 Thread owain via Hampshire
Thank you Gareth On 08/11/17 10:57, Gareth wrote: Monday -> Saturday = 1 -> 6 Sunday = 0 On 8 Nov 2017 10:49 a.m., "owain via Hampshire" <hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk>> wrote: How does "dow" (day of t

[Hampshire] Quick cron question

2017-11-08 Thread owain via Hampshire
How does "dow" (day of the week) work in crontab? Is 0 Sunday or Monday? Thanks Owain -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk

Re: [Hampshire] problem installing silentcast

2017-07-12 Thread owain via Hampshire
On 12/07/17 12:03, Peter Alefounder via Hampshire wrote: I have been trying to install silentcast on a laptop running Ubuntu. It depends on ffmpeg, which appears to be missing from the standard Ubuntu repository. I compiled it from source, available at ffmpeg.org. Silentcast still won't

Re: [Hampshire] Best place to buy a Raspberry Pi?

2017-01-09 Thread owain via Hampshire
I used http://uk.rs-online.com. Don't know if they are the cheapest, but they're not Amazon, and they are one of the approved sellers Owain On 09/01/17 18:27, Andy Random via Hampshire wrote: However now I have something I want a low power always on wifi enabled device for and I'm think

[Hampshire] RAM sticks

2016-12-10 Thread owain via Hampshire
I don't know if these are useful to anyone but I have 2 sticks of Crucial 2GB DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10600 RAM. These have been in use for a year or so and are working but untested, so free to anyone who wants them (or free + postage if I have to send them). I am in North Baddesley Owain --

Re: [Hampshire] How to get a laptop with Linux?

2016-11-03 Thread owain via Hampshire
I used Jamies Computers. I had to do the install, but they tested my Latitude laptop with a live CD to make sure it all worked. These are reconditioned machines, but they upgraded the RAM and the hard-drive, and the advantage of having a slightly older machine is the hardware is more likely