Re: ubuntu 14.10 now available via ubuntu.net.au

2014-10-25 Thread Ali Linx
Hi everyone, On 10/26/2014 10:45 AM, Jared Norris wrote: Thanks for that Peter, always helpful. I just updated to 14.10 yesterday without a hitch, no big changes just a lot of little ones it seems. Handy to hear about Mac specific ones as well as I've just had to buy a Mac for study as I'm

Re: ubuntu 14.10 now available via ubuntu.net.au

2014-10-25 Thread Jared Norris
On 26 October 2014 13:09, Ali Linx ali.li...@amjjawad.net wrote: Hi everyone, @Jared I have sent several emails yet no reply. Waiting for your reply :) It is time to breathe new life into Australia LoCo Team as I can see it is dead. I know this is off-topic but just taking the advantage

ubuntu 14.10 now available via ubuntu.net.au

2014-10-24 Thread peter baker
hey guys I have started offering ubuntu/kubuntu and xubuntu 14.10 via ubuntu.net.au alongside the slightly older long term support 14.04 LTS. I notice there is a mac specific version of 14.04 that I will start offering soon too still only $3 for the dvd in a quality plastic case including

Re: I'd like to join :)

2014-09-23 Thread Ali Linx
On 09/20/2014 04:01 PM, Ali Linx wrote: Hello everyone, Hi again, I guess Jared Norris may recognize my name. For those who don't know me yet, this is my Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad For the last 4 years, I have been one of the most super active contributors to Ubuntu

Re: Files in /dev

2014-09-21 Thread Martin Visser
David, Ultimately the answer is in written in the annals history - it is the way UNIX has always done it. Most of the /dev devices are just pointers to something that may or not be there, and thus is easy to to when the kernel is just booting. Probing hardware is hard, and even error prone.

I'd like to join :)

2014-09-20 Thread Ali Linx
Hello everyone, I guess Jared Norris may recognize my name. For those who don't know me yet, this is my Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad For the last 4 years, I have been one of the most super active contributors to Ubuntu Communities and during that time, I have started my own

Free Software postgraduate courses

2014-09-11 Thread Abel García Vitier
Hello everyone, my university is inviting to participate in Free Software postgraduate courses in November. For further information here is a link http://humanos.uci.cu/2014/09/cesol-ofrece-cursos-de-postgrado-en-software-libre-a-profesionales-foraneos/ or fallowing @CESOL_UCI or hashtag

Files in /dev

2014-08-24 Thread David Bowskill
Hello all I have a simple question - why are there more files in the /dev directory then actual existing devices on a particular machine ? In particular, on start up, why does not the system interrogate the hardware and only create files corresponding to the actual hardware present ? - in

Re: Files in /dev

2014-08-24 Thread Boden Matthews
I've always assumed it's because it allows for plug-and-play devices to be connected and mounted without having to reboot the system On 25/08/2014 11:31 AM, David Bowskill da...@bowskill.net wrote: Hello all I have a simple question - why are there more files in the /dev directory then actual

Re: Software Updater

2014-07-20 Thread Paul Gear
On 20/07/14 12:15, Geoffrey Combes wrote: ... geoffrey@geoffrey-desktop:~$ dpkg --configure -a dpkg: error: requested operation requires superuser privilege You need to give that a sudo. attachment: paul.vcf-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: Perth Release party

2014-07-20 Thread Michael
Hi my name is Michael I live in kalgoorlie W.A I won't to help get involved in helping in Ubuntu in kal or near there I try to get land or get same land so we cane start Ubuntu here can u help? Thank u mdes...@yahoo.com.au Sent from my iPad -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: Translating Ubuntu for phones into English (Australia) by RTM

2014-07-20 Thread David Planella
Awesome, thanks Jared! On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Jared Norris jarednor...@ubuntu.com wrote: Good evening all, Apologies for the noise but I know there are still a few translators around. If anyone wants to work on the strings that will be available on retail phones later this year

Re: Translating Ubuntu for phones into English (Australia) by RTM

2014-07-20 Thread Stephen Rees-Carter
Hi all, I thought I'd give this a go in my spare time... but have already hit a problem. Launchpad gives me a Timeout error any time I click 'Save Continue'. Anyone else experiencing this, or know of a reason why? Timeout error Sorry, something just went wrong in Launchpad. We’ve recorded

Re: Fwd: Translating Ubuntu for phones into English (Australia) by RTM

2014-07-20 Thread David Planella
Hi Michael, You should find all the info, including how to contribute, on: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-l10n-en-au But in a nutshell, that page points to a link with the word substitutions from en_US to en_AU: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects/Translation/WordSubstitution

Re: Fwd: Translating Ubuntu for phones into English (Australia) by RTM

2014-07-20 Thread Michael D
What is entailed in an en_AU translation? Just some regionalisms? Thanks Michael On Jul 18, 2014 8:31 PM, Jared Norris jarednor...@ubuntu.com wrote: Good evening all, Apologies for the noise but I know there are still a few translators around. If anyone wants to work on the strings that will

Re: Translating Ubuntu for phones into English (Australia) by RTM

2014-07-20 Thread Joel Addison
Hi everyone, It is great to see so many people getting involved with the en_AU translations again! I thought I would let you know of some resources we made up a while ago, which can be quite useful when doing translations through Launchpad. You can use these in Chrome/Chromium or Firefox

Re: Software Updater

2014-07-19 Thread Geoffrey Combes
Hello Paul, One more thing. When installing the latest updates and just before failure it was running post-installation trigger dpkg-exec. Geoffrey -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Fwd: Translating Ubuntu for phones into English (Australia) by RTM

2014-07-18 Thread Jared Norris
Good evening all, Apologies for the noise but I know there are still a few translators around. If anyone wants to work on the strings that will be available on retail phones later this year see the email below from David. As mentioned there aren't many left so if a few people got in and did some

Re: Translating Ubuntu for phones into English (Australia) by RTM

2014-07-18 Thread Boden Matthews
I'll get started on these right now :) On 18 July 2014 20:30, Jared Norris jarednor...@ubuntu.com wrote: Good evening all, Apologies for the noise but I know there are still a few translators around. If anyone wants to work on the strings that will be available on retail phones later this

Re: Software Updater

2014-07-17 Thread Paul Gear
On 07/17/2014 09:32 PM, Geoffrey Combes wrote: Sorry Paul. I wrote down exactly as you said and then typed something different and illogical. Here is the latest result from Terminal: geoffrey@geoffrey-desktop:~$ sudo -i [sudo] password for geoffrey: ... Preconfiguring packages ... E:

Re: Software Updater

2014-07-16 Thread Chris Robinson
You'll need to give us more information about the failure.  When you get the error message make a note of it, then click on the details and give us the extra information the box.  It could be any of several problems including a problem with the lock file, the repository information on your

Re: Software Updater

2014-07-16 Thread Geoffrey Combes
This replies to Chris Robinson's advice of 16th July. Thanks Chris, here is some more information. Firstly, 1. I realised that, if I uninstalled Software Updater I would not be able to re-install it, and 2. When updating I can see that the downloading is successful; it seems that it

Re: Software Updater

2014-07-16 Thread Paul Gear
On 07/17/2014 08:38 AM, Geoffrey Combes wrote: This replies to Chris Robinson's advice of 16th July. Thanks Chris, here is some more information. Firstly, 1. I realised that, if I uninstalled Software Updater I would not be able to re-install it, and 2. When updating I can see that

MAKING IT EASIER FOR LOCOS TO SHARE NEWS/STORIES

2014-06-28 Thread peter baker
saw this yesterday, looks like a good way for loco teams to see what is happening worldwide https://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2014/06/making-it-easier-for-locos-to-share-newsstories/?utm_source=rssutm_medium=rssutm_campaign=making-it-easier-for-locos-to-share-newsstories -- 0411 437137

Membership Board Nominations

2014-05-19 Thread Elfy
The Ubuntu Membership Board is currently calling for nominees to replace expiring board members. While there has been some response so far - most of those of have been for the 22:00 Board - there appears to be a need for more help for the 12:00 Board. During the recent meeting between the

Re: Ubuntu 12.04 application launching problem

2014-05-16 Thread Geoffrey Combes
The launching problem experienced was induced, I am fairly sure, by a PC hardware defect and the software issue solved by installing 14.04LTS. But not before the hardware caused numerous shutdowns. Initially I installed 14.04 on-line. The download went effortlessly but the subsequent upgrade

Re: 12.04 applications launching problem

2014-05-16 Thread Robyn Combes
Thanks Timothy, I have taken your advice but for some unclear reason have moved from the frying pan into the fire. Ths download of 14.04 went perfectly and was completed in about 30 minutes. Upgrading followed and I stopped watching. 20 minutes later I came back to find that the PC had

Re: Ubuntu 12.04 applications launching problem

2014-05-01 Thread Timothy Arceri
I upgraded directly from 12.04 to 14.04 and it when very smoothly. I was surprised to see that even my wallpaper remained the same after the upgrade. See for the steps to kick of the upgrade: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/04/upgrade-ubuntu-14-04-12-04 Let us know how it goes. Tim On Wed,

Ubuntu 12.04 applications launching problem

2014-04-29 Thread Geoffrey Wilfred Combes
This fault occurred a few days ago out-of the-blue, that is, seemingly unprovoked. It has prevented launching any applications other than those (with one exception as described below) that happen to be among the launching icons on the LHS of screen. The two abnormalities are: 1. Dash Home will not

Re: ubuntu 14.04 now available via ubuntu.net.au

2014-04-22 Thread Jared Norris
On 18 April 2014 09:52, peter baker jellyw...@gmail.com wrote: hey guys ubuntu 14.04 LTS is now available via www.ubuntu.net.au even though the price of stamps has recently increased from 60c to 70c I have kept the price of each dvd at $3 including shipping happy ordering! peter --

ubuntu 14.04 now available via ubuntu.net.au

2014-04-17 Thread peter baker
hey guys ubuntu 14.04 LTS is now available via www.ubuntu.net.au even though the price of stamps has recently increased from 60c to 70c I have kept the price of each dvd at $3 including shipping happy ordering! peter -- 0411 437137 www.peter.id.au -- ubuntu-au mailing list

Fwd: Pine Rivers Computing April Club Night.

2014-04-13 Thread Jared Norris
Good evening all, Geoff has contacted me below to see if anyone is available to help the Pine Rivers Computer Club (to the north of Brisbane) with their migration from Windows XP to Ubuntu. With Geoff's permission I've forwarded his email below with all the details. I will be unable to attend

Potential job for a Ubuntu System Admin

2014-01-19 Thread Stephen Rees-Carter
Hi all, I'm looking for someone with skills in Ubuntu System Administration, custom ISO generation, Ubuntu/Debian packaging, server and package testing, and optionally C and/or Perl development for a potential job at my work. One of our products is a large server appliance written in C, Perl,

V International Workshop on Free and Open Source Software Technologies

2014-01-17 Thread Abel García Vitier
V International Workshop on Free and Open Source Software Technologies UCIENCIA 2014 International Scientific Conference of the University of Information Sciences First Call Havana, April 2014 The Scientific Council of the University of Informatics Sciences convenes to participate in the V

Teen Reported to Police After Finding Security Hole in Website

2014-01-09 Thread david
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2014/01/teen-reported-security-hole/ That looks like Linux Mint or Gnome 2 in the picture? Anyone know? - David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Teen Reported to Police After Finding Security Hole in Website

2014-01-09 Thread Michael D
I can see the gnome status indicators up top, and it looks like Thunderbird email in the background, so fair to say probably gnome or cinnamon. I saw this in the age today, and I hate the way that police, and potentially charges are brought against what is clearly white hat behaviour. Michael

kubuntu stickers

2013-12-11 Thread Jackson Doak
I have recently received around 200 kubuntu stickers, with the intention to send the to people Australia wide. I'd ideally get whoever sends the powered by ubuntu stickers to do this, but until then, send me a paid envelope with your address on it and how many stickers you want. Email me for my

Fwd: Empowering LoCo teams at UDS

2013-11-18 Thread Jared Norris
Good evening all, I am unable to attend the vUDS but I thought I'd forward on the email from David Planella below about the Loco sessions in case others were interested in dropping in on them. If anyone does go along I'd love to hear a summary on the list about how it went if you have the time to

Fwd: Local Team sections ready on discourse.ubuntu.com

2013-11-18 Thread Jared Norris
I know a few of you were interested in Discourse so I thought I'd forward on this email from Jorge as it's now available for LoCos. -- Forwarded message -- From: Jorge O. Castro jo...@ubuntu.com Date: 19 November 2013 07:00 Subject: Local Team sections ready on

Re: ubuntu 13.10 “Saucy Salamander” available via ubuntu.net.au

2013-10-23 Thread David Dartnall
On 21/10/13 15:42, Jared Norris wrote: On 18 October 2013 14:50, peter baker jellyw...@gmail.com wrote: hey guys I have made ubuntu

Re: ubuntu 13.10 “Saucy Salamander” available via ubuntu.net.au

2013-10-23 Thread Jackson Doak
Yes, it's called that because amd made the first 64-bit CPUs. It should be fine On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 2:17 PM, David Dartnall da...@dialix.com.au wrote: On 21/10/13 15:42, Jared Norris wrote: On 18 October 2013 14:50, peter baker jellyw...@gmail.com wrote: hey guys I have made ubuntu

Meeting Team Verification

2013-09-24 Thread Jared Norris
Good evening all, Just a brief wrap of the meeting from Sunday, essentially we discussed the awesome event Joel ran at UQ recently where he had 50+ students keen to hear about Ubuntu and also linked up with some of the local LUG members who helped out. I also wanted to let people know that I

Re: New Local communities health check process

2013-09-20 Thread Jared Norris
Great work Joel, I just added in a few more details. A few more sets of eyes would be great and feel free to add in anything you think is helpful. On 19 September 2013 23:19, Joel Addison jadd...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I have created the 2013 Verification Application for Ubuntu-AU. I

Re: New Local communities health check process

2013-09-19 Thread Jared Norris
Just a quick heads up, I got an expiry notification today stating we had a week left before our status expired. I have asked for a short extension due to the change in process however I'm not sure it will be granted. The process for verification is much simpler and easier than approval however I

Re: New Local communities health check process

2013-09-19 Thread Joel Addison
Hi everyone, I have created the 2013 Verification Application for Ubuntu-AU. I have filled in several details, but I am sure there is still more to be added. In particular, I would like to see the Activities section updated to include all activities we have run from 2012 to now. You can find

Ubuntu-AU Sept 2013 Team Meeting

2013-09-19 Thread Joel Addison
Hi all, I will be holding the September 2013 Ubuntu-AU team meeting this Sunday, 22 September. As usual, it will start at 8pm AEST, and will be held in #ubuntu-au on FreeNode IRC. The agenda can be found here: http://loco.ubuntu.com/meetings/ubuntu-au/663/detail/ Current topics are our

Youtube Audio Files

2013-09-04 Thread David Bowskill
Hello All Can anybody please tell me how to store the audio on a downloaded youtube video to a file ? Thanks David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Youtube Audio Files

2013-09-04 Thread Michael
Use the ffmpeg command (install it from the ffmped package) ffmpeg -i whatever.format -vn -ac 2 -ar 44100 -ab 320k -f mp3 output.mp3 Here's a short explanation on what every parameter does: -i input file -vn skip the video part -ac audio channels -ar audio rate -ab audio

Gnome 2 window manager

2013-09-04 Thread David Bowskill
Hello All Can anybody please tell me how difficult it is to replace the window manager(s) in the latest Ubuntu with Gnome2 from Ubuntu 10.04 ? Thanks David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Gnome 2 window manager

2013-09-04 Thread David Fawcett
Is this what you were looking for? http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-classic-gnome-desktop-in-ubuntu-13-04-raring-ringtail.html On 4 September 2013 17:38, David Bowskill da...@bowskill.net wrote: Hello All Can anybody please tell me how difficult it is to replace the window

Re: Gnome 2 window manager

2013-09-04 Thread Joel Addison
Hi David, I suspect you will find that it is pretty hard. Gnome 2 is quite different to Unity/Gnome Shell, which both use Gnome 3 applications. You would have to completely uninstall all Gnome applications, and then find someone who is still compiling Gnome 2 for Ubuntu (there may be some

Youtube Audio Files

2013-09-04 Thread peter baker
david you can use minitube to download youtube videos to mp4 format http://flavio.tordini.org/minitube from there I believe you can use vlc or sound convertor to strip the audio from the video peter -- 0411 437137 www.peter.id.au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

Fwd: Re-Energizing LoCo Teams

2013-08-30 Thread Jared Norris
Good morning all, I came across this message on the Loco Contacts mailing list today and thought I'd pass it on. Jono is essentially seeking Loco re-energisation as well as getting some enthusiastic and commited people to the Loco Council (which has a call for nominations current and linked in

Re: Re-Energizing LoCo Teams

2013-08-30 Thread Jackson Doak
I've got a few suggestions, 1. Allocate a time weekly, fortnightly or monthly where the whole team get's together to translate one program 2. An ubuntu-AU meetup, that we can try and get everyone to attend 3. Get everyone possible to run an install-fest, similar to the one ran at brisbane

Fwd: New Local communities health check process

2013-08-30 Thread Jared Norris
Good morning all, I also thought I should forward on the message below as it relates to re-approval which is now known as verification. If anyone wants to champion the creation of the verification health check please let me know and we can get started. We are actually due for a health check this

Re: New Local communities health check process

2013-08-30 Thread Joel Addison
Hi everyone, I think we should add this to the agenda for the next meeting, which should be on Sunday 8 September. It is worthwhile doing the health check, even if just to ensure we have everything documented and up to date. It seems to be much easier now, and much less time consuming

Re: Lindsay Johnson

2013-08-30 Thread Jared Norris
On 28 August 2013 17:21, optio...@tpg.com.au wrote: Jared, I have had a female acquaintance approach me with major repeated security problems. (Taking over her email accounts and loading bad stuff on her computer.) I have suggested that Ubuntu may solve many of her problems, but

Lindsay Johnson

2013-08-28 Thread option40
Jared, I have had a female acquaintance approach me with major repeated security problems. (Taking over her email accounts and loading bad stuff on her computer.) I have suggested that Ubuntu may solve many of her problems, but my competence with computers is minimal. She has paid out

Emergency Ubuntu Help!!

2013-07-30 Thread Rhyll Tonge
Hi All! My ubuntu has crashed at a very inconvenient time. Please, please help as i know nothing about technology !!! J I was updating to the new ubuntu and half way through my computer turned off.. When i turned it back on again it has totally frozen, my mouse is not responding (my

Re: Emergency Ubuntu Help!!

2013-07-30 Thread Tom Sparks
On Tue, 30/7/13, Rhyll Tonge rto...@link-upqld.org.au wrote: Subject: Emergency Ubuntu Help!! To: 'ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com' ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Tuesday, 30 July, 2013, 9:14 AM snip I was updating to the new ubuntu and half way

Ubuntu-AU July 2013 Team Meeting

2013-07-18 Thread Joel Addison
Hi everyone, A reminder that the July 2013 meeting for the Ubuntu Australian Team will be held this Sunday 21 July. It will start at 8pm AEST (UTC+10:00), and will run in #ubuntu-au on Freenode IRC. You can access the channel through any IRC client, or via online webchat (

AUTO: Bernard Gray is out of the office.

2013-06-24 Thread Bernard Gray
I am out of the office from Fri 21/06/2013 until Wed 10/07/2013. Please contact Dion Edwards for any enquiries - Note: This is an automated response to your message ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 88, Issue 2 sent on 06/24/2013 10:00:06 PM. This is the only notification you will receive while this

Opportunity

2013-06-14 Thread Jared Norris
Good evening all, I just read an article that was posted to me about a large Brisbane university setting up an open source group and thought I'd share it - http://www.qut.edu.au/about/news/news?news-id=59355 I was wondering if anyone had already heard of it or was planning to be involved? For

Making an Ubuntu custom PC

2013-05-27 Thread Jackson Doak
I'm thinking of making an ubuntu themed case mod for my next PC. Possibly with a PowerMac G5 case as the base. do you think it would be possible to get canonical sponsorship? i'll post pics as i get things made -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: ubuntu 13.04 now available via ubuntu.net.au

2013-05-11 Thread Jared Norris
Awesome job, it's always good to have a local service for this. It makes it easy for those without much bandwidth as well as those who aren't sure how to correctly burn ISOs to disk or set up a USB drive. On 30 April 2013 13:23, peter baker jellyw...@gmail.com wrote: hey guys I have updated

Ubuntu-AU - Team Meeting

2013-05-10 Thread Joel Addison
Hi everyone, Just a reminder that there is a team meeting tomorrow night (12 May). Currently there is nothing on the agenda, but I am sure as with past meetings a number of things will come up. Agenda: http://loco.ubuntu.com/meetings/ubuntu-au/574/detail/ Please come along to #ubuntu-au on

Re: Ubuntu-AU - Team Meeting

2013-05-10 Thread Jared Norris
Good afternoon all, Just to let everyone know I've added an agenda item to the meeting regarding re-approval. It will be coming up in the Saucy cycle so we need to start thinking about if we want to see re-approval or not. At our current level of activity I'd suggest we are unlikely to obtain

ubuntu 13.04 now available via ubuntu.net.au

2013-04-29 Thread peter baker
hey guys I have updated ubuntu.net.au to ship the latest version of ubuntu, 13.04 Raring Ringtail still the same price, $3 for a cd/dvd, $10 for a brand name usb thumb drive (currently imation 8gb drives) this includes postage anywhere in australia shipping ubuntu, kubuntu and xubuntu 13.04

Sydney Release Party is next weekend!

2013-04-18 Thread Joel Pickett
Hi all, Just a reminder that there is a Sydney release party on next Saturday, 27th April at 2:00pm in Paddington. Full location and direction details are available at http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-au/2208-ubuntu-au-sydney-raring-release-gathering/ It's not a formal event as such, just a

Re: Sydney Release Party - April 2013

2013-04-16 Thread Ferdinand Lehnard
Hi Joel, I cannot make it, I am currently overseas. Hope to make it next time. kind regards Fred -Original Message- From: Joel Pickett jpick...@ubuntu.com To: Ubuntu-AU ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Sydney Release Party - April 2013 Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 14:21:09 +1100 Hi all,

Re: Fwd: 13.04 Raring Ringtail Global Release Party

2013-04-04 Thread Cary Bielenberg
Hi folks, I can't make 27/28th due to work commitments but have a great time guys. Cary On 03/04/13 07:07, Jared Norris wrote: Good morning all, A reminder about the 13.04 release came through that I thought

Re: PDF printing problem

2013-04-04 Thread Jared Norris
On 31 March 2013 14:34, Geoffrey Wilfred Combes gcomb...@bigpond.comwrote: In a previous posting I mentioned my problem with printing PDFs and some other documents where some of the page is cut off. I came up with a complicated answer but the best answer is much simpler: For example if the

Fwd: 13.04 Raring Ringtail Global Release Party

2013-04-02 Thread Jared Norris
Good morning all, A reminder about the 13.04 release came through that I thought I'd forward on. I've also edited the Sydney event so it links to the global event (now that it has been created). Lets see if we can get 3 - 4 parties going this release. Anyone up for one in Brisbane? --

Membership Board Re-Staffing

2013-04-01 Thread Jared Norris
Good evening all, I just wanted to drop a quick (belated) note to let you know the Ubuntu Membership Boards are looking for some new members. If you've been involved in Ubuntu teams for a little while it might be worth checking out. It requires only a little allocation of time but is a very

Re: PDF printing problem

2013-03-30 Thread Geoffrey Wilfred Combes
In a previous posting I mentioned my problem with printing PDFs and some other documents where some of the page is cut off. I came up with a complicated answer but the best answer is much simpler: For example if the page size is A4 select paper 'A4 borderless 297x 210' rather than 'A4'. Problem

Fwd: Ubuntu Global Jam (S-Series) Announcement

2013-03-28 Thread Jared Norris
Good afternoon all, They've given us plenty of notice for the next global jam so I thought I'd pass it on just to get people contemplating ideas at this stage. All the information is in the email below. -- Forwarded message -- From: Randall Ross rand...@executiv.es Date: 29 March

Ubuntu-AU March 2013 Team Meeting

2013-03-10 Thread Joel Addison
Hi everyone, The March 2013 Team Meeting for Ubuntu Australia was held tonight. We discussed events in 2012, what we should look at for 2013, and release parties for Raring Ringtail. If you missed the meeting, you can catch up by reading the minutes. The meeting event page has links to the

Arduino loading problem

2013-03-09 Thread Geoffrey Wilfred Combes
I am trying to load a program into an Arduino UNO microprocessor. The program is a AZ-EL rotator controller. It has been successfully uploaded by others using the Ardunio IDE for Windows. I am using the IDE downloaded (from the Ubuntu software centre) to Ubuntu 12.10LTS, my current system. I began

Sydney Release Party - April 2013

2013-03-05 Thread Joel Pickett
Hi all, Coinciding with the release of Ubuntu 13.04, I'm created an event at http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-au/2208/detail/. The release party is scheduled for Saturday, 27th April 2013 at 2pm local Sydney time at the Ampersand Cafe and Book Store in Paddington. This is the Saturday after

Linux Tablet

2013-03-04 Thread Geoffrey Wilfred Combes
Is it true that an operating system by Canonical or another is available for someone to produce a tablet comparable with others on the market? If so how soon should be reasonably expect one to appear? Presently I own neither a tablet nor a mobile phone. I'm not in a hurry to buy such time-wasting

Re: Linux Tablet

2013-03-04 Thread Boden Matthews
If it interests you, the Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 already have developer builds of Ubuntu Touch, and I'm working on porting it to the TouchPad.-- Sent from my HP Veer on the Telstra NextG NetworkOn 5 Mar 2013 12:07 p.m., Geoffrey Wilfred Combes gcomb...@bigpond.com wrote: Is it true that an operating

Re: Linux Tablet

2013-03-04 Thread Jared Norris
On 5 March 2013 12:05, Geoffrey Wilfred Combes gcomb...@bigpond.com wrote: Is it true that an operating system by Canonical or another is available for someone to produce a tablet comparable with others on the market? If so how soon should be reasonably expect one to appear? Presently I own

Ubuntu 12.10, separate drive to Win - manual partitioning, feedback please

2013-02-23 Thread David
Hi, I've googled and read, and again, and as a newbie to partitioning am going to take the plunge and install Ubuntu 12.10 by partitioning manually during install. Please let me know what you think of the following: I have Windows already on sdc, plus a free 500Gb hdd (sdb) for extra storage,

Re: Ubuntu 12.10, separate drive to Win - manual partitioning, feedback please

2013-02-23 Thread bevin_watson
A couple of little thoughts. Are you sure Windows is on sdc?  Windows tends to get pretty upset if it isn't on partition 1, disk 1.30 Gig sounds like a lot for /home, but remember that by defaults all your video, pictures, music and downloads will try and land there.I'm afraid I can't help with

Re: PDF printing problem

2013-02-23 Thread Geoffrey Wilfred Combes
Thanks Jarrod for the advice. I tried another viewing program but the result was precisely the same as I have described. However there is a simple way around the problem which I have used before but which I had forgotten about. It is: Open GIMP and import. From 'Print Image Settings' open the

Re: PDF printing problem

2013-02-23 Thread Jared Norris
On 24 February 2013 14:54, Geoffrey Wilfred Combes gcomb...@bigpond.comwrote: Thanks Jarrod for the advice. I tried another viewing program but the result was precisely the same as I have described. However there is a simple way around the problem which I have used before but which I had

Re: live-CD environment, online banking

2013-02-23 Thread Jared Norris
On 24 February 2013 08:19, David ag...@justemail.net wrote: Hi, is Firefox in the live-CD environment ('try out Ubuntu') equally as secure for online banking as in a normal full installation? Thanks Dave -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

Fwd: Re: Ubuntu 12.10, separate drive to Win - manual partitioning, feedback please

2013-02-23 Thread David
Thanks Bevin. There's the 2TB drive listed as dev/sdc, then dev/sdc1 listed as 'Windows boot loader', and then dev/sdc2. The 2TB Windows drive was put in the computer first and the 1.5 TB drive for Ubuntu was added later. In Windows disk management the 2TB drive is listed as disk0, then the 500Gb

Fwd: Second Call For Ubuntu Global Jam Events

2013-02-19 Thread Jared Norris
Just another quick reminder about the upcoming global jam and to see if anyone wanted to be involved in anything. It also has a good link to a video about Ubuntu for phones and tablets that's worth a look. -- Forwarded message -- From: Randall Ross rand...@executiv.es Date: 20

printer applet

2013-02-16 Thread David Bowskill
Dear All I may just be stupid but I am having trouble in getting the printer applet together with it's icon ( as in 10.04) installed in 12.04. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

Fwd: Global Jam is Coming. Please Plan Your Events

2013-02-06 Thread Jared Norris
Good afternoon all, The reminder for the Ubuntu Global Jam popped up on the loco-contacts mailing list yesterday so I thought I'd pass it on. The email below has all the details and it would be good to see if we can get some involvement. In the past we've successfully been able to run online

linux.conf.au dinner?

2013-01-27 Thread Daniel Sobey
Hello everyone, Is anyone at linux.conf.au? I would like to go out to dinner one night if there is anyone around. Regards, Daniel -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Package management system 4 files

2013-01-26 Thread Tom Sparks
I am looking for package management system for video files? --- tom_a_sparks It's a nerdy thing I like to do Child of the Internet born 1983 Please use ISO approved file formats excluding Office Open XML - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Ubuntu wiki page

Re: Home server

2013-01-19 Thread Jared Norris
On 17 January 2013 07:32, Cary Bielenberg c...@bielenberg.id.au wrote: I too have a nice new N40L on my desk to replace a IBM pc (firewall ipcop) and 2 x IBM X346 servers. I have installed UFW for firewall virtualmin for my mail server and web server. Am hoping this puppy will save me lots

Re: Home server

2013-01-16 Thread Jason Cox
Or if you knowwhat your doing.. RaspberryPI (256M version) running debian Runs 1 TB and 2x 550G USB2 HDD Print server File server UPNP render DLNA server SANE network SCANNER server X10 Automation controller Occasional buildbot slave Check_mk client All this with not problems in over 4 months

Re: Home server

2013-01-16 Thread Paul Gear
On 01/15/2013 08:18 PM, Stephen Rees-Carter wrote: Hey Jared, Just so you've got some context, I've got the N40L model, running with 8GB RAM and 4x 2TB drives. 2 of the drives are running btrfs as root (/), and the other two are /backup. Everything else is stock, no custom RAID cards, etc.

Re: Home server

2013-01-16 Thread Cary Bielenberg
I too have a nice new N40L on my desk to replace a IBM pc (firewall ipcop) and 2 x IBM X346 servers. I have installed UFW for firewall virtualmin for my mail server and web server. Am hoping this puppy will save me lots on power bills. Am hoping to migrate data this

Re: Home server

2013-01-15 Thread Stephen Rees-Carter
Hey Jared, Just so you've got some context, I've got the N40L model, running with 8GB RAM and 4x 2TB drives. 2 of the drives are running btrfs as root (/), and the other two are /backup. Everything else is stock, no custom RAID cards, etc. * how loud are they in real world applications? It's

Re: Home server

2013-01-14 Thread Paul Gear
On 01/13/2013 01:42 PM, Tom Sparks wrote: ... based on an old thread I asked, Paul replied with: i can vouch for the QNAP TS-219P and the HP ProLiant Microserver as good options. The former is a very small, quiet 2-bay NAS - on mine i wiped the factory firmware on and installed Debian squeeze.

Re: where is GRUB installed to (dual-drive)?

2013-01-13 Thread Daniel Sobey
Hi David, The windows boot loader is installed on the MBR as well as the partition containing windows. Installing a linux distro will typically install grub on the MBR leaving the boot loader on the windows partition intact. The Easiest way to install grub on a different partition / different

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