Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vodafone 3G card with T-Mobile uk SIM [Works]

2007-06-30 Thread LeeUKHA
snip This is very interesting. I've been looking for such a solution for work. I see the cost is set to 0.73p per KB capped at £1. Does this mean it costs £1 for a whole day of bandwith? Rob nominally yes but the fair use is 40MB and it is stated that it is really intended for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] setting up bt home hub in ubuntu

2007-06-12 Thread LeeUKHA
On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 19:11 +0100, ged wrote: Just a polite enquiry about the WEP key wrote on the back of these BT wireless routers. Is it really wep ? The _default_ is. If you visit http://bthomehub.home/ once setup you can change it to WPA. As Alan said the default is WEP,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Shutting down Windows

2007-05-28 Thread LeeUKHA
Tony Arnold wrote: Matthew, Matthew Larsen wrote: Control Panel Power Options select 'Change Power Settings' for the selected Power Plan select 'Change advanced power settings' Expand the 'Power Buttons and Sleep' option Expand 'Start Menu power button' option and then choose

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-26 Thread LeeUKHA
Why bother? I just compared a Vista vs. Fiesty Inspiron laptop and the answer is It's (like for like*) $29 cheaper to buy a Vista laptop and install Fiesty on it yourself... Jeez... only Dell could replace a $40 OS with a free one and make it $69 more expensive... I really despair

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Ubuntu pricing revealed...

2007-05-26 Thread LeeUKHA
I just compared a Vista vs. Fiesty Inspiron laptop and the answer is It's (like for like*) $29 cheaper to buy a Vista laptop and install Fiesty on it yourself... Jeez... only Dell could replace a $40 OS with a free one and make it $69 more expensive... I really despair sometimes

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-26 Thread LeeUKHA
Why bother? I just compared a Vista vs. Fiesty Inspiron laptop and the answer is It's (like for like*) $29 cheaper to buy a Vista laptop and install Fiesty on it yourself... Jeez... only Dell could replace a $40 OS with a free one and make it $69 more expensive... I really despair

Re: [ubuntu-uk] scanner

2007-05-21 Thread LeeUKHA
Now we don't know what to think. Vista's Long Goodbye, as we've come to call this bizarre phenomenon, continues unabated. No amount of diagnosing by the untold number of confounded sysadmins sheds any light on the problem's cause, and Microsoft has yet to acknowledge its full extent.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Eurovision Song contest internet stream

2007-05-12 Thread LeeUKHA
Hello Again, So, It's the Eurovision song contest tonight, It's going to be streamed from http://www.eurovision.tv using a plugin that you can get from here: http://www.octoshape.com/files/octosetup-linux_i386.bin run the octosetup-linux_i386.bin file in a terminal via the command: sh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu: Too Good to be True?

2007-05-07 Thread LeeUKHA
Would kubuntu have installed a virtual drive/directory for the purposes of the exercise, or should I have been running as it will be after a full install? My mind grappled with the possibilities and I came down to the two drives on my machine being NTFS rather than Fat 32. Still having

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Loading Fiesty into Mac mini

2007-04-29 Thread LeeUKHA
We've got time for you to try writing the disk image on the laptop. Like I've said, though, if you can burn a disk image with software on your existing Mac, give it a go. Rather then messing about with burning CDs, why not just burn one yourself, check the integrity by booting the CD and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] EciAsdl

2007-02-22 Thread LeeUKHA
Although I don't like telling people to buy stuff. I would recommend getting yourself a cheap ethernet ADSL modem/router. And you will never (virtually)have to think about Internet connectivity again. Also if your network where to grow, eg another desktop, a wireless laptop/mobile phone then

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Could Linux (and Ubuntu) do more to encourage students?

2007-02-02 Thread LeeUKHA
The other argument I hear is that we should be using the system and tools that students expect to see in the big wide world once they have graduated, and that, of course is Microsoft stuff. That's funny... Uni's should use Vista because that's what businesses use... LOL... I work for a very