RE: mobile usb phones

2012-04-02 Thread Callan Jefferson Davies
I am running ubuntu 11.10 can anyone tell me if they are using 3g wireless dongles in Australia and how easy is it to install. Hi, Yes, it's easy :) I'm with Adam Internet, and behind the 'Adam' logo it's actually a Huawei branded USB dongle. The one I have is an E169 (an old

Precise Pangolin release parties

2012-03-31 Thread Joel Pickett
Hi, Just a quick reminder that the next Ubuntu releases on the 26th April. Brisbane http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-au/1618/detail/ and Sydneyhttp://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-au/1505/detail/ have release parties scheduled - if there's anyone willing to organise an event in Melbourne,

Re: Netcomm NB6Plus4WN - Wifi-connected devices can't see Ethernet-connected devices

2012-03-28 Thread Paul Gear
On 28/03/12 17:26, Boden Matthews wrote: It's not the firewall on my PCs, it happens even with firewalls manually disabled. I checked my router's settings, and it has an option for Virtual LAN on Ethernet, but that's disabled by default. It also groups connections, but by default, the Ethernet

Re: Banshee, Rhythmbox, or...

2012-03-28 Thread Stephen Rees-Carter
David, How about my two requirements: 1. Organising of the media library (renaming files/folders etc). (this one I can live without) 2. 'Score' or 'Skip Count' tracking - In Banshee I have a smart playlist which automatically ignores songs I skip frequently, so my random playlist is generated

Re: Banshee, Rhythmbox, or...

2012-03-27 Thread David Gillies
I've been using rhymthbox for ages and I think it almost hits all those requirements On 25/03/12 21:33, Paul Gear wrote: My essential features: * No-brainer Google-style filtering of playlist/collection. Amarok 2 lost me here: you have to write expressions instead of just typing

Netcomm NB6Plus4WN - Wifi-connected devices can't see Ethernet-connected devices

2012-03-27 Thread Boden Matthews
Hey all, I have an issue with my router. If I have 2 computers, one connected by ethernet, the other by WiFi, and I start a local game server (for example) on one, the other PC can't see it. The same issue happens with my printer, it's connected by WiFi, and all my WiFi devices (TouchPad, PS3,

Re: Netcomm NB6Plus4WN - Wifi-connected devices can't see Ethernet-connected devices

2012-03-27 Thread Paul Gear
On 28/03/12 11:52, Boden Matthews wrote: Hey all, I have an issue with my router. If I have 2 computers, one connected by ethernet, the other by WiFi, and I start a local game server (for example) on one, the other PC can't see it. The same issue happens with my printer, it's connected by

Re: Banshee, Rhythmbox, or...

2012-03-25 Thread Paul Gear
On 25/03/12 12:58, Jared Norris wrote: On 25 March 2012 12:29, Stephen Rees-Carter step...@rees-carter.net wrote: Hi all, With the impending switch back to Rhythmbox in 12.04, I was wondering which media player everyone here prefers, and why? I find Banshee slow and clunky, but I really

Fwd: Congrats to Egypt LoCo

2012-03-24 Thread Jared Norris
Good morning all, I just came across an email to the loco-contacts mailing list that I thought I would like to share with you all. The Egyptian team have a real focus on getting real world events going and have created a very nicely laid out and easy to follow wiki application. I thought if

Banshee, Rhythmbox, or...

2012-03-24 Thread Stephen Rees-Carter
Hi all, With the impending switch back to Rhythmbox in 12.04, I was wondering which media player everyone here prefers, and why? I find Banshee slow and clunky, but I really like the automatic media organiser and the 'score' sorting. So I'm in two minds about switching back to Rhythmbox, since

Re: Banshee, Rhythmbox, or...

2012-03-24 Thread Jared Norris
On 25 March 2012 12:29, Stephen Rees-Carter step...@rees-carter.net wrote: Hi all, With the impending switch back to Rhythmbox in 12.04, I was wondering which media player everyone here prefers, and why? I find Banshee slow and clunky, but I really like the automatic media organiser and the

Precise Pangolin Release Parties

2012-03-20 Thread Jared Norris
Good evening one and all, With the finalisation of the Brisbane release party details we now have 2 confirmed events for the Ubuntu-AU team. For those of you in the Sydney area check out - http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-au/1505/detail/ Everyone in and around Brisbane should look up -

Re: Brisbane Release Party - Location?

2012-03-16 Thread Chris Robinson
Yes, last time we seemed to get more people turn up than actually voted (which is good) but stick your hand up, or throw your hat into the ring, or at least vote in the poll.  :-) The release party is a social group; no pressure except to turn up and enjoy some friendly company;  It's nice to

Re: Brisbane Release Party - Location?

2012-03-15 Thread Jared Norris
On 9 March 2012 19:37, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote: On 9 March 2012 12:50, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: Adding the dates to the poll seems to have caused it to reset.  I appear to be the first respondent. Chris Apologies all, it would appear this is the case. It did

Sydney Release Party - Precise Pangolin update

2012-03-15 Thread Joel Pickett
Hi all, There's been an event posted for the last couple of months on the loco.ubuntu.com site outlining a release party event for Sydney. Thanks to those who have noted their attendance. The venue itself is a cafe with a second storey - upstairs; this is where we gathered last time. The event

Ubuntu-AU March 2012 Meeting Minutes

2012-03-11 Thread Joel Addison
Hi Ubuntu-AU members, Thanks to everyone who attended tonight's meeting. If you missed it, the agenda can be found at http://loco.ubuntu.com/meetings/ubuntu-au/347/detail/. Minutes can be found at http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-au/2012/ubuntu-au.2012-03-11-10.00.html The next meeting

Content Filtering

2012-03-11 Thread colin mcdermott
On 10/03/12 20:22, Tom Sparks wrote: I looking at internet filtering options for work, we have 10 computer running windows XP/vista, the filter well need to be transparent/forced because we have public laptops that connect to the network. what are my options? --- tom_a_sparks It's a

Re: internet filtering options

2012-03-11 Thread Matthew Hannigan
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 11:43:15PM +1000, Josh McFarlane wrote: Hi, I think that a proxy would be best suited to what you are trying to achieve. Check out this guide: http://www.howtoforge.com/dansguardian-content-filtering-with-transparent-proxy-on-ubuntu-9.10-karmic Also have a look at

internet filtering options

2012-03-10 Thread Tom Sparks
I looking at internet filtering options for work, we have 10 computer running windows XP/vista, the filter well need to be transparent/forced because we have public laptops that connect to the network. what are my options? --- tom_a_sparks It's a nerdy thing I like to do Please use ISO approved

Re: internet filtering options

2012-03-10 Thread Keith
On 10/03/12 20:22, Tom Sparks wrote: I looking at internet filtering options for work, we have 10 computer running windows XP/vista, the filter well need to be transparent/forced because we have public laptops that connect to the network. what are my options? --- tom_a_sparks It's a nerdy

Re: internet filtering options

2012-03-10 Thread Tom Sparks
--- On Sat, 10/3/12, Paul Gear p...@libertysys.com.au wrote: From: Paul Gear p...@libertysys.com.au Subject: Re: internet filtering options To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Saturday, 10 March, 2012, 10:17 PM On 10/03/12 19:40, Dave Hall wrote: Dear Senator Conroy, On 10/03/12

Apache issues

2012-03-09 Thread boden.matthews
Hey everyone,Does anyone know anything about Apache? I have a webserver, but when I visit the page (www.destructionincorporated.com), I just get the root folder with cgi-bin. I have set DocumentRoot (I set it to /var/www/html), and there is stuff in there, but Apache just refuses to read it. I do

Re: Brisbane Release Party - Location?

2012-03-09 Thread Jared Norris
On 9 March 2012 12:50, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: Adding the dates to the poll seems to have caused it to reset.  I appear to be the first respondent. Chris Apologies all, it would appear this is the case. It did not ever state it would delete all the data when I updated it

Re: Apache issues

2012-03-09 Thread Daniel Sobey
Hello Bowden, My guess is you have a .htaccess file that is overwriting the rules for that document base. What are you trying to do? just a normal site with static files and php? You should just need to put your files in the DocumentRoot directory and get a basic page unless you have added any

Re: Apache issues

2012-03-09 Thread boden.matthews
I have a phpBB setup in there, but I can't get to it. I haven't touch the .htaccess file either, but I'll take a look in there and see if I can figure it out.-- Sent from my HP TouchPad. Please excuse any brevity or typos.On 09/03/2012 8:53 PM, Daniel Sobey d...@dns.id.au wrote: Hello Bowden, My

Re: Apache issues

2012-03-09 Thread boden.matthews
Hmm, I looked at the error_log, and it was full of stuff. I've copypasted it below for you guys to look at.[Sun Mar 04 03:30:11 2012] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...[Sun Mar 04 03:30:11 2012] [notice] Digest: done[Sun Mar 04 03:30:11 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.15

Re: Apache issues

2012-03-09 Thread Chris Robinson
... file does not exist when it obviously does sounds like a permissions problem.  I haven't done it so haven't got the magic bullet for you, but review how permissions and groups need to be set up for php.  I seem to recall (from my reading) that there's a simple but quite counter intuitive

Re: Brisbane Release Party - Location?

2012-03-08 Thread Jared Norris
On 8 March 2012 07:40, Cary Bielenberg c...@bielenberg.id.au wrote: Would love to come but that weekend is the council elections state wide on Sat. As I have to work for that to the wee hours of Sun morning I cant guarantee that I can make it :( Cary Sorry mate, I thought I'd looked up to

Ubuntu-AU March 2012 IRC Team Meeting

2012-03-08 Thread Joel Addison
Hi everyone, Just a reminder that the next team meeting for Ubuntu-AU is on this Sunday 11 March, starting at 8pm AEST. As usual, the meeting will be held in #ubuntu-au on FreeNode IRC. The agenda for the meeting can be found at http://loco.ubuntu.com/meetings/ubuntu-au/347/detail/. Please

Re: Brisbane Release Party - Location?

2012-03-08 Thread Chris Robinson
Adding the dates to the poll seems to have caused it to reset.  I appear to be the first respondent. Chris From: Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com To: Cary Bielenberg c...@bielenberg.id.au Cc: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Friday, 9 March 2012 6:56 AM

Re: Brisbane Release Party - Location?

2012-03-07 Thread Jared Norris
Ok, time to make decisions! I've set up the obligatory doodle poll to determine the best time/day for the Brisbane event at http://www.doodle.com/6z7sw9rbvvgu5rkr Please, anyone and everyone that is thinking of attending should register whatever their preferred times are so we can make sure we

Re: Brisbane Release Party - Location?

2012-03-07 Thread Cary Bielenberg
Would love to come but that weekend is the council elections state wide on Sat. As I have to work for that to the wee hours of Sun morning I cant guarantee that I can make it :( Cary On 08/03/12 06:55, Jared Norris wrote: Ok, time to make decisions! I've set up the obligatory doodle poll

Lappy for sale

2012-03-04 Thread boden.matthews
Hi all,I've got a laptop here I no longer need, so I'm selling it so I can upgrade my desktop. It's a Toshiba Tecra A7, and it has a Core Duo T2300 (runs at 1.66GHz), 1GB of RAM and a ATi Mobility Radeon X1600. It's still pretty fast (runs Counter-Strike: Source at 60fps), but the battery has

Global Jam for Ubuntu-AU

2012-03-01 Thread Joel Pickett
Hi all, Just a quick reminder that there's a few sessions happening on this weekend in light of the Ubuntu Global Jam. Full details for these events can be found at - http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-au/events All the events being held in this cycle are being held in the #ubuntu-au channel on

Re: BASH Scripting

2012-02-28 Thread David Bowskill
Thanks Paul - very simple when one knows how. Cheers David On 28/02/12 22:03, Paul Gear wrote: -t Window Title -e command to run -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

BASH Scripting

2012-02-27 Thread David Bowskill
Hello All Could someone kindly please tell me how to write a BASH script, which opens up a terminal (easy) and, in that opened terminal, runs a pre-existing program. Thanks David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Alt+Ctrl+Arrow keys disabled in Precise

2012-02-25 Thread Chris Robinson
I've added a me-too with the following text: = However there IS conflict between the new shortcut keys and other uses of the super key.  Now, when I press and hold shift-super in preparation for pressing the arrow keys I get several unwanted and annoying behaviours:

Re: Videos appear a black box and won't play in ubuntu 11.10

2012-02-25 Thread Chris Robinson
Is this with Firefox?  It sounds like a flash problem.  I can highly recommend installing the flash-aid add-on in Firefox and letting it do its thing.  It will install the correct version of flash for the version of Firefox and the OS, removing any conflicting versions in the process.  After it

Alt+Ctrl+Arrow keys disabled in Precise

2012-02-24 Thread Stephen Rees-Carter
Hey all, Just a warning for those of us running precise: The Alt+Ctrl+Arrow keyboard shortcut for switching workspaces has been replaced for Super+Shift+Arrow keys. The change makes absolutely no sense, and shows no thought for backwards compatibility... Bug report:

Re: Doing work experience - suggestions in Brisbane?

2012-02-23 Thread Dave Hall
On 23/02/12 18:25, Boden Matthews wrote: Hey all, I've got work experience at the end of next term and end of term 4, and Mum wants me to find a place to apply for work experience (apparently if I don't do it more than a term in advance, I won't get a place anywhere). Anyway, does anyone have

Re: Thumbnail generator program

2012-02-23 Thread Scott Boyle
I believe you can just do this with CSS and not need any additional images or software. http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_image_gallery.asp just adjust the width and height in the div.img img section of the example. Scott

Re: Videos appear a black box and won't play in ubuntu 11.10

2012-02-22 Thread Jared Norris
On 21 February 2012 13:41, bob matheson unclebo...@hotmail.com wrote: I am running Ubuntu 11.10 on a Samsung laptop with intel i5 second generation processor. I update regularly when update message appears. For about a week I have had this problem where a video appears as a black box and will

Thumbnail generator program

2012-02-22 Thread Geoffrey
I have written a website in html and css which requires the presentation and selection of a gallery of images as thumbnails that can be enlarged individually to view. Synaptic Package Manager has programs listed (e.g. photon, webmagick) that will generate the markup code that may do the job

Re: Thumbnail generator program

2012-02-22 Thread Dave Hall
On 23/02/12 00:44, Geoffrey wrote: I have written a website in html and css which requires the presentation and selection of a gallery of images as thumbnails that can be enlarged individually to view. Synaptic Package Manager has programs listed (e.g. photon, webmagick) that will generate the

Re: Thumbnail generator program

2012-02-22 Thread David Fawcett
On 23 February 2012 09:41, Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com wrote: On 23/02/12 00:44, Geoffrey wrote: I have written a website in html and css which requires the presentation and selection of a gallery of images as thumbnails that can be enlarged individually to view. Synaptic Package Manager

Doing work experience - suggestions in Brisbane?

2012-02-22 Thread Boden Matthews
Hey all, I've got work experience at the end of next term and end of term 4, and Mum wants me to find a place to apply for work experience (apparently if I don't do it more than a term in advance, I won't get a place anywhere). Anyway, does anyone have some suggestions on where I could go for work

Brisbane Release Party - Location?

2012-02-18 Thread Jared Norris
Good evening, At the meeting last week we decided it was about time to start planning the release parties and the first point of business is the booking of a date, time venue. The main criteria for a successful venue are: * Fairly central * Accessible via public transport * Able to site 10 - 20

Re: Colour MFD recommendations?

2012-02-14 Thread Boden Matthews
I use a HP PhotoSmart C310, haven't tested with Linux, but it has WiFi networking plus ePrint, so if it doesn't work with Linux you can just set it up to email docs to it and it will print them. Regards, Boden Matthews, http://bodenm.wordpress.com On 12 February 2012 17:47, Paul Gear

Re: Colour MFD recommendations?

2012-02-14 Thread Boden Matthews
After a quick Googling I found that HP has an official Linux driver (HPLIP). The list of supported printers is at http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/release_notes.html and install instructions are at http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/install/index.html Regards, Boden Matthews,

Re: Launcher 'dodge' taken out of Precise

2012-02-11 Thread Chris Robinson
From: Stephen Rees-Carter step...@rees-carter.net To: Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com Cc: Ubuntu AU List ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Saturday, 11 February 2012 12:01 PM Subject: Re: Launcher 'dodge' taken out of Precise I'm also having issues with

Ubuntu Membership

2012-02-11 Thread Boden Matthews
Hey all, Just thought I'd let you know that I'm applying for Ubuntu Membership. Wish me luck :) Regards, Boden Matthews, http://bodenm.wordpress.com -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Ubuntu Membership

2012-02-11 Thread Joel Pickett
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Boden Matthews boden.matth...@gmail.comwrote: Hey all, Just thought I'd let you know that I'm applying for Ubuntu Membership. Wish me luck :) Regards, Boden Matthews, http://bodenm.wordpress.com -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu

2012-02-11 Thread Steve Colmer
Hi, I was wondering if I was able to get on the mailing list. I am looking at buying a desktop computer compatible with ubuntu and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions. Thanks! KeldaE: pinetre...@hotmail.com-- ubuntu-au mailing list

Re: Ubuntu

2012-02-11 Thread Boden Matthews
The majority of PC parts are compatible with Ubuntu - such is the benefit of a monolithic kernel. What will the PC be used for? (gaming, internet browsing, email, image editing, etc.) Regards, Boden Matthews, http://bodenm.wordpress.com On 12 February 2012 12:21, Steve Colmer

Re: Ubuntu Membership

2012-02-11 Thread Jared Norris
On 12 February 2012 12:19, Boden Matthews boden.matth...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, Just thought I'd let you know that I'm applying for Ubuntu Membership. Wish me luck :) Regards, Boden Matthews, http://bodenm.wordpress.com -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: Ubuntu

2012-02-11 Thread Joel Pickett
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Paul Gear p...@libertysys.com.au wrote: ** On 12/02/12 13:32, Boden Matthews wrote: The majority of PC parts are compatible with Ubuntu - such is the benefit of a monolithic kernel. What will the PC be used for? (gaming, internet browsing, email, image

Re: Colour MFD recommendations?

2012-02-11 Thread Paul Gear
On 06/02/12 08:11, Andre Mangan wrote: The HP C5280 MFD I had was cheap and worked very well for just over a year and then spewed black ink on the wall as it died. Replaced with an Epson Artisan 725. Epson support Linux via its Avahy site and take pride in doing so. Thoroughly recommended.

Launcher 'dodge' taken out of Precise

2012-02-10 Thread Chris Robinson
Just a heads-up on something we need to be aware of for Precise.  Those that aren't Alpha testing may not yet know that the launcher dodge feature has been removed.  Mark Shuttleworth's reply to a query on why this was done is here: https://lists.launchpad.net/unity-design/msg07665.html The

Re: Launcher 'dodge' taken out of Precise

2012-02-10 Thread Vadim Peretokin
I'm certain someone will make a PPA with the patched unity and the dodge code back in. While I can understand their reasoning, and can't blame them for experimenting and improving (Windows is doing the same thing, if you think about it - look at the feedback on the upcoming Metro interface how

Re: Launcher 'dodge' taken out of Precise

2012-02-10 Thread Stephen Rees-Carter
I'm pretty annoyed at this personally. I love the 'dodge' feature of the launcher, I didn't find it confusing, it made sense that you'd always see it if the window wasn't full-screened. But I guess I've been using it for a couple of releases now, so I am used to it's functionality. It's pretty

Re: Launcher 'dodge' taken out of Precise

2012-02-10 Thread Stephen Rees-Carter
I just read this in the email you linked to: - P.S. For those with a technical bent, CCSM can be used to restore the old 'dodge windows' behaviour for now. That codepath will disappear, we'd prefer to keep the code lean. In this case we've experimented, learned, and concluded a better

Re: Launcher 'dodge' taken out of Precise

2012-02-10 Thread Joel Pickett
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Stephen Rees-Carter step...@rees-carter.net wrote: I just read this in the email you linked to: - P.S. For those with a technical bent, CCSM can be used to restore the old 'dodge windows' behaviour for now. That codepath will disappear, we'd prefer to

Re: Australian Ubuntu Developers?

2012-02-10 Thread boden.matthews
I'm developing a port of Ubuntu to the HP TouchPad, if that counts-- Sent from my HP TouchPad. Please excuse any brevity or typos.On 11/02/2012 3:08 PM, Chris Jones chrisjo...@comcen.com.au wrote: I am writing an article on Ubuntu 12.04 development and am seeking an Aussie Ubuntu Developer to

Re: Cut down Linux + customisable X windows

2012-02-09 Thread Chris Robinson
Definitely have a look at Lubuntu.  It's an extremely light 'buntu that will typically use less than 100Mb at boot but does not require any Linux knowledge to get working on most hardware.  It has all the usual things we now take for granted - hardware support, package management, automated

Softphone for 10.04LTS

2012-02-09 Thread opm595
Hi Guys, Any Pennytel subscribers out there tell me of the best Softphone, codedecs, and config etc, to install on 10.04LTS. My actual VoIP system is going to be out of order for a few days, while I'm doing some reno's, and thought the soft phone idea might be an option. Pennytel have their own

Re: Melbourne Release Party Ideas

2012-02-09 Thread danyJ
On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 15:32:59 +1100 Benjamin Donald-Wilson benjamin.donald.wilso...@gmail.com wrote: Cool! At the moment I have no ideas for a place but I can organize it if I/we get some ideas to hold the party. Sent from a tablet. From Benjamin Domald-Wilson On Friday, February 3,

Re: Softphone for 10.04LTS

2012-02-09 Thread Dave Hall
On 10/02/12 11:40, opm595 wrote: Hi Guys, Any Pennytel subscribers out there tell me of the best Softphone, codedecs, and config etc, to install on 10.04LTS. My actual VoIP system is going to be out of order for a few days, while I'm doing some reno's, and thought the soft phone idea might be

Re: Softphone for 10.04LTS

2012-02-09 Thread OPM595
Well, how about that. I've finally found a reason to use Empathy :) All this time I thought it was just the Pidgin alternative. Never gave it a thought that it supported SIP. Anyway, installed the plugin from Synaptics, added the account details, and 5 minutes later I'm back on the phone making

Re: Cut down Linux + customisable X windows

2012-02-08 Thread colin mcdermott
On cut down distribution: Go to distrowatch.com and take a look. I would recommend checking out Vector linux as well. It was extreemly cut down and ran very well. Else if you really need to go cutdown DSL (damnsmalllinux) could be the way to go. But you need to define if you are talking cutdown

Re: Cut down Linux + customisable X windows

2012-02-08 Thread Ian Fleming
On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 12:37:25PM +1000, Paul Gear wrote: On 09/02/12 11:54, Ian Fleming wrote: ... I would say Arch Linux. Having said that you will need to be familiar with a couple of configuration files and/or have good google foo ;) ... and have patience for your package manager

Re: Cut down Linux + customisable X windows

2012-02-08 Thread Paul Gear
On 09/02/12 12:55, Ian Fleming wrote: On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 12:37:25PM +1000, Paul Gear wrote: ... and have patience for your package manager breaking every time you update. ... No fun. I do not recommend the testing repo and one just has to go to archlinux.org before the upgrade to look

Re: Cut down Linux + customisable X windows

2012-02-08 Thread Jason Warner
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Paul Gear p...@libertysys.com.au wrote: On 09/02/12 12:55, Ian Fleming wrote: On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 12:37:25PM +1000, Paul Gear wrote: ... and have patience for your package manager breaking every time you update. ... No fun. I do not recommend the

Re: Melbourne Release Party Ideas

2012-02-07 Thread Benjamin Donald-Wilson
Cool! At the moment I have no ideas for a place but I can organize it if I/we get some ideas to hold the party. Sent from a tablet. From Benjamin Domald-Wilson On Friday, February 3, 2012, Aaron Fenwick aaron.fenwi...@gmail.com wrote: I would be interested in something like this. Cheers

Team IRC meeting - Sunday 12th Feb 8:00pm AEST

2012-02-05 Thread Joel Pickett
Hi fellow Ubuntu-AU'ers, This coming Sunday, 12th Feb, is our next IRC team meeting. It is set to start at 8:00pm AEST Brisbane time (9pm NSW, VIC, TAS time). It will be held in the usual #ubuntu-au channel on irc.freenode.net The agenda - http://loco.ubuntu.com/meetings/ubuntu-au/316/detail/

Re: Team IRC meeting - Sunday 12th Feb 8:00pm AEST

2012-02-05 Thread Jared Norris
On 5 February 2012 23:32, Joel Pickett jpick...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi fellow Ubuntu-AU'ers, This coming Sunday, 12th Feb, is our next IRC team meeting. It is set to start at 8:00pm AEST Brisbane time (9pm NSW, VIC, TAS time). It will be held in the usual #ubuntu-au channel on irc.freenode.net

Re: Colour MFD recommendations?

2012-02-05 Thread Andre Mangan
The HP C5280 MFD I had was cheap and worked very well for just over a year and then spewed black ink on the wall as it died. Replaced with an Epson Artisan 725. Epson support Linux via its Avahy site and take pride in doing so. Thoroughly recommended. Great for photo printing - in fact it does

Re: Colour MFD recommendations?

2012-02-04 Thread Jared Norris
On 3 February 2012 12:21, Paul Gear p...@libertysys.com.au wrote: Hi folks, Can anyone recommend a cheap-ish, reliable colour MFD which works with Ubuntu?  We've been using an HP OfficeJet Pro L7300 and have had quite a few reliability problems on the printing side, and it's more than the

Re: Colour MFD recommendations?

2012-02-04 Thread Gregory Storer
I have a HP Photosmart C4380, it's wireless. Was very cheap and works a treat. It does scanning and printing. No fax. It works in xsane and I have had no trouble in getting it set up under Ubuntu. On Sun, 2012-02-05 at 14:53 +1000, Jared Norris wrote: On 3 February 2012 12:21, Paul Gear

Re: Colour MFD recommendations?

2012-02-04 Thread Chris Robinson
Speaking as a photographer interested in photo printing technology and longevity of papers and inks, Canon make technically great products but their software support for Linux is borderline at best.  Most people seem to recommend HP and for this reason I think I'll go upmarket HP in the future. 

Re: Anyone having issues installing 12.04?

2012-02-03 Thread Chris Robinson
From: Stephen Rees-Carter step...@rees-carter.net To: Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com Cc: Ubuntu AU List ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Friday, 3 February 2012 12:59 PM Subject: Re: Anyone having issues installing 12.04? I don't think it's a bug - I

Re: Problems running wubi.exe on window 7

2012-02-02 Thread danyJ
Hi Dom I suggest you get a new installer disk - it may be corrupted. If it still does the same thing, try a normal install (not using wubi) and let it set a dual boot system by itself if that is what you want. Also if you are in Melb - check out Linux Users Victoria (www.luv.asn.au) for

Re: Anyone having issues installing 12.04?

2012-02-02 Thread Chris Robinson
It's been doing that for a while, even if you specify to format the / partition (but re-use the /home partition)  My feeling is that it's config stuff like compiz that it's removing.  This is a *good*thing* if so, especially if it works this way for an LTS  dist upgrade as well.  It might stop

Re: Anyone having issues installing 12.04?

2012-02-02 Thread Stephen Rees-Carter
I don't think it's a bug - I think someones actually thought it through (fingers crossed). I think I'll make an effort to verify this next time I do a test install. Um... it hangs and cannot proceed any further than that message. I've left my machine sitting on it for an hour or two, and

Re: Anyone having issues installing 12.04?

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Gear
On 03/02/12 11:34, Stephen Rees-Carter wrote: Hi Daniel, Sorry, let me explain my over the top of :) My HDD is partitioned into three: a root (/) partition, a /home partition and swap. So what I am doing is telling the installer to format my root partition and leave the /home unformatted

Re: Anyone having issues installing 12.04?

2012-02-02 Thread Joel Pickett
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Paul Gear p...@libertysys.com.au wrote: On 03/02/12 11:34, Stephen Rees-Carter wrote: Hi Daniel, Sorry, let me explain my over the top of :) My HDD is partitioned into three: a root (/) partition, a /home partition and swap. So what I am doing is

website pages wanting to be saved by Firefox

2012-02-01 Thread David
Hi folks, LTS 10.04: I checked for updates, which included Firefox updates. I have never had problems with a bank's website before. Last night all websites I visited (including other banks' homepages) displayed fine, but now when trying to visit www.bankmecu.com.au I am getting a dialogue box

Re: website pages wanting to be saved by Firefox

2012-02-01 Thread Francis (Grizzly) Smit
On 02/02/12 08:31, David wrote: Hi folks, LTS 10.04: I checked for updates, which included Firefox updates. I have never had problems with a bank's website before. Last night all websites I visited (including other banks' homepages) displayed fine, but now when trying to visit

Re: website pages wanting to be saved by Firefox

2012-02-01 Thread Chris Robinson
- Forwarded Message - From: Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com To: Francis (Grizzly) Smit griz...@smit.id.au Sent: Thursday, 2 February 2012 12:38 PM Subject: Re: website pages wanting to be saved by Firefox The Home page seems to be working at the moment, but there's so many

Re: website pages wanting to be saved by Firefox

2012-02-01 Thread David
Thanks folks - I shall ring the bank about the website. Chromium - is it considered to be just as safe/secure (for banking) and quickly patched etc as Firefox and where do you go to install it in Ubuntu? Can Firefox then remain the default browser? Cheers Dave - Original message -

Problems running wubi.exe on window 7

2012-02-01 Thread Dominic Sgro
Hi Ubuntu list When running the wubi.exe file on windows 7, the Ubuntu Installer windows presents, and when I complete filling the required fields, I click on Install to run installer. Ubuntu-11.10 commences to download, and install, but presents a window called Ubuntu Installer, with the

Melbourne Release Party Ideas

2012-01-24 Thread Benjamin Donald-Wilson
Hello all, Just wondering does anyone have any ideas for a Melbourne Release Party, as with the Brisbane InstallFest it would have to be close to good parking (Have luck ;)) and public transport. I have thought about the State Library cafe there however I am not sure about the prices as I am yet

Selecting Window Managers

2012-01-24 Thread David Bowskill
Hello All Is it possible on boot-up (11.10) to select from a choice of window managers - such as lxde, xfce etc ? Thanks David Bowskill -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Selecting Window Managers

2012-01-24 Thread Chris Jones
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:05:34 +1100 From: David Bowskill da...@bowskill.net To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Selecting Window Managers Message-ID: 4f1e826e.4010...@bowskill.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hello All Is it possible on boot-up

Re: Selecting Window Managers

2012-01-24 Thread Andre Mangan
If you install them, yes. They are all available for installation via Synaptic or the Software Centre. And don't forget Cinnamon which is a very serious contender for your desktop. You can select which window manager you want to use before you sign in - left click on the gear icon on the

Ubuntu Global Jams - March 2012

2012-01-18 Thread Joel Addison
Hi everyone, The Ubuntu Global Jam [1] is an incredible opportunity for the Ubuntu community to unite together around the weekend of 2 - 4 March 2012 to work together to improve Ubuntu. Everyone is able to contribute to the Jam, and everyone is welcome and encouraged to get involved. Curious

Re: Ubuntu Global Jams - March 2012

2012-01-18 Thread Benjamin Donald-Wilson
Hello everyone, As last cycle I did a Documentation Jam I wouldn't mind doing another one. Any ideas? === Ben Donald-Wilson openSUSE Ambassador (July 2011) On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 00:52, Joel Addison jadd...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, The Ubuntu Global Jam [1] is an incredible

Re: Ubuntu Global Jams - March 2012

2012-01-18 Thread Joel Pickett
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Benjamin Donald-Wilson benjamin.donald.wilso...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, As last cycle I did a Documentation Jam I wouldn't mind doing another one. Any ideas? === Ben Donald-Wilson openSUSE Ambassador (July 2011) On Thu, Jan 19, 2012

Re: looking a NAS device

2012-01-17 Thread Paul Gear
On 18/01/12 08:07, Tom Sparks wrote: I am looking for a NAS device to remove some software of my currently taxed netbook computer (witch also runs XBMC, proxy-server) I would like to use bittorrent, SABnzbd, sickbeard,couchpotato on a NAS device Of the software on your list, i've only used

Re: [Linux-aus] Monash Computer Co-op

2012-01-13 Thread Daniel Jitnah
Ask them to contact me - I live close by and actually have been willing to contact them, but I could not get a contact. Most happy to help - I actually am an very old member of the Coop. Cheers Daniel On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:55:56 +1000 Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote: Good evening

Re: Window Managers for Kubuntu and Ubuntu

2012-01-10 Thread Dave
Hi, If you are an old school KDE user http://www.trinitydesktop.org/ Trinity is worth a look. Dave On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 6:11 AM, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.comwrote: -- *From:* David Bowskill da...@bowskill.net *To:* ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

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