[SLUG] Useful exercise?

2008-01-06 Thread wbennett
Some time ago, I asked SLUG for help in expanding a photograph to act as background for the desktop. Several people responded (for which many thanks), suggesting different methods. It occurred to me that it might be a useful exercise to attempt *all* methods and post the results on SLUG,

[SLUG] Useful exercise?

2008-01-06 Thread wbennett
Some time ago, I asked SLUG for help in expanding a photograph to act as background for the desktop. Several people responded (for which many thanks), suggesting different methods. It occurred to me that it might be a useful exercise to attempt *all* methods and post the results on SLUG,

[SLUG] Let the UMPC wars start :)

2008-01-06 Thread elliott-brennan
Hi all, Check out this site: http://ubuntu-watch.com/ A very interesting machine and a supposed competitor to the eeepc. For those who just want the specs, here are the details from this site: http://www.sharperia.com/noahpad/Product-umpc-spec.php I'd recommend visiting the site because

Re: [SLUG] Let the UMPC wars start :)

2008-01-06 Thread David Gillies
elliott-brennan wrote: Hi all, Check out this site: http://ubuntu-watch.com/ A very interesting machine and a supposed competitor to the eeepc. What about the price? Sure, the fact that the eeepc generated alot of interest was due to it running linux but surely it was the price tag that

Re: [SLUG] Let the UMPC wars start :)

2008-01-06 Thread elliott-brennan
Hi David, I know, I was wondering about the price too. One of the links I found stated that the company claimed it was going to make it competitive with the eeepc - whatever that *really* means :) It's quite a quirky looking thing machine. I'm not sure about the 'transparent keyboard'

Re: [SLUG] howto reply-to list in Evolution?

2008-01-06 Thread Sonia Hamilton
On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 14:11 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Jeff Waugh Hrm, really odd that they're greyed out. I don't use Evolution much, but this has always been a nice feature of it, considering the massive use and abuse of mailing lists in the FLOSS world. ;-) Ah, one reason

Re: [SLUG] Let the UMPC wars start :)

2008-01-06 Thread Alex Samad
Is 512M really enough memory ? On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 09:46:57PM +1100, elliott-brennan wrote: Hi David, I know, I was wondering about the price too. One of the links I found stated that the company claimed it was going to make it competitive with the eeepc - whatever that *really*

Re: [SLUG] Let the UMPC wars start :)

2008-01-06 Thread Heracles
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 With other (regular) Laptops starting at around $500 or so, what is so special about the eeepc etc. Is it the tiny screen or something else? Heracles Alex Samad wrote: | Is 512M really enough memory ? | | | On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 09:46:57PM

Re: [SLUG] Tv Tuner

2008-01-06 Thread Mark Pearson
Chris Allen wrote: I have a AVerTV DVB-T Volar that works quite well under Ubuntu. I have looked at the web site. Looks good. Where and when did you get it? How much do you use it? A friend bought it for a project I am working on to turn a compact NAS unit into a media

Re: [SLUG] Reminder to reply all.

2008-01-06 Thread Steve Granger
Hi Tony, Blindraven wrote: .. snip .. Just a heads up to everyone who has been replying to me re: my Gentoo post, and in general because it keeps occurring. If you forget to hit reply all you are sending emails directly to the person and not the list. The whole purpose of the list is that

Re: [SLUG] Let the UMPC wars start :)

2008-01-06 Thread Adrian Chadd
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008, Alex Samad wrote: Is 512M really enough memory ? Yes? What target market is it targetting again? Adrian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html