Hi all
I have, very foolishly in hindsight, offered to help my partner to bring
order to her tens of thousands of digital pictures. You can guess what the
main problem is, one of being able to find that picture of the cute whatever
she took on holiday a couple of years ago. All the pictures are
Thanks all, appreciated.
I glanced at Picasa and from initial inspection thought this was a cloud
based solution - so I'll now go back and actually read some of the
background and see what it can do as a client based piece of software.
Ian.
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From:
Morning All
I'm in the process of installing GNUCash on both my Windows and Ubuntu
boxes, both of which currently have FF as the browser.
I seem to remember that FF uses SQLite as it's own back end, but have a
nagging memory that Mozilla have optimised it for FF's use and this makes it
unusable
Hi all
Having caught up with my reading I see that SpeakUp has been accepted into
the current Release Candidate for the 2.6.37 kernal.
A couple of questions.
1. Will this kernal be shipped in Ubuntu 11.04?
2. Will the module be available for use?
3. Does the SpeakUp module in the kernal
Morning all
Knowing that we've some gadget geeks onm this list, I wondered if anyone had
as yet got a Weiki Reader - the latest offering from Open Moco. I came
across this whilst catching up on my LWN reading
(http://lwn.net/Articles/366927/#Comments) and thought this might be a great
little
: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Web Collabaration
I really like the Horde groupware suite. Check it out over at horde.org
Regards,
--
Jon The Nice Guy Spriggs LPIC-1 Certified
2009/12/14 Ian Pascoe softy.lofty@btinternet.com:
Folks
Before I ask the question, my hand is firmly in the air admitting
Folks
Before I ask the question, my hand is firmly in the air admitting to the
fact that apart from some HTML coding, I have no web programming experience.
With that being said, I'm looking for a FOS project, Operating System
independant, that will allow a number of different organisations to
Have to admit didn't think there was much of a price difference between
tablets and netbooks / smartbooks perhaps a wonder into the Interweb is
called for.
Ian
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[mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com]on Behalf Of gerry
Have heard some good things about OpenChange; never used it or seen it in
action though.
Ian
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From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com]on Behalf Of Alan Lord (News)
Sent: 13 November 2009 06:42
To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Thanks to all who replied.
I'll spend some time over the weekend looking at the various links supplied.
I've purchased a standalone slide and negative scanner that was posted to
this list during the Summer. I've gone for this one as it has the option to
either scan directly into the PC or if
Evening all
I have the pleasant task over the Winter months to start to scan in a few
thousand 35mm colour negatives.
However, before I start I wonder if anyone knows of anything that will turn
a digitised colour negative into a colour positive. I've wandered through
the GIMP, but really
Tony
On 1 Nov 2009 at 10:22, Neil Perry wrote:
Only thing I can find which might make a little bit of difference, not
sure
how much though.
http://www.yugatech.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/atom-z530-vs-n270.gi
f
Hope this helps
Neil Perry
2009/11/1 Ian Pascoe softy.lofty
An Autumnal Morning to you all!
Been doing some research for my new Xmas toy, and as the title says it looks
like it's going to be the Dell Mini 10. My reasoning is totally subjective,
and it's down to the keyboard - I like the sloping keys!
However, a question for those of you in the know.
Yep, lots of people working on voice / speech recognition, but still lots of
problems to overcome - the least of which are the kernels audio sub system,
and that current versions require the real-time kernel too!
Ian -Original Message-
From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com
The eSpeek package is only the voice, not the entire TTS suite. For the
audio book scenario suggested, I'm not even sure that the quality of the
voice would be sufficient.
The entire TTS package, through the Gnome (only) desktop at the moment is
through the Orca package.
If you want to try it
2009 14:49
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless File Server
Ian Pascoe wrote:
Hi all
Some pointers please. I am having to move my 9.04 SAMBA file / printer
server to another room at home which doesn't have ethernet cabled into it.
I'm looking for an alternative
: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless File Server
Ian Pascoe wrote:
Hi Rob
Have to admit I did wonder about installing a desktop for this very
feature, but it does seem somewhat of an overkill!
Cheers
Ian
Yep I agree, I mean for a headless server I'd generally use just the
server install although I'm
Hi all
Some pointers please. I am having to move my 9.04 SAMBA file / printer
server to another room at home which doesn't have ethernet cabled into it.
I'm looking for an alternative way to connect it back into the network. I
know of the powerline adaptors, but not keen on this solution.
I
Hi Paul
Just to point out the obvious, if you want something that is just on your
desktop, then go along with whatever you feel comfortable with.
However, if you want to be able to synch the various parts of the PIM, then
either follow the advice provided so far, remembering that by using G-Mail
Oh dear, the project seems to be manned by Trekkies! See the release names.
Ian
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From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com]on Behalf Of Rob Beard
Sent: 27 July 2009 15:48
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk]
Afternoon Norman
I honestly think, from experience not from a technical standpoint, that any
storage device attached through a hub is likely to perform intermittently at
best. This is, as I have been told by those who know more than I, due to a
combination of the hub not correctly filtering the
A couple of thoughts that I'd be interested in peoples comments on.
If Mark was to sally forth to the land of the French and bought this item,
apart from the keyboard, which might be en Francais, to change the
localisation would you have to do a fresh install?
Secondly, on the same machine, not
10 Netbook
2009/7/17 Ian Pascoe softy.lofty@btinternet.com:
If Mark was to sally forth to the land of the French and bought this item,
apart from the keyboard, which might be en Francais, to change the
localisation would you have to do a fresh install?
Depends if the language packages
Chris
Have a look see at a Linux Weekly News of about two weeks ago about the Low
Latency issues that Rob mentions. It also refers to an article at a site
that I can't remember at the moment written by Dave Phillips, I think, who
is always looking at linux audio. Might give you some pointers.
The other alternative to land based ADSL / Broadband is the 3G variety.
That being said, remember that if she changes ISPs, she may also have to
change Email addresses - not a problem if it's just close knit group that
contacts her thusly.
Personally, I'd go for the capped Broadband and make
Hi Folks
I think the correct acronym is LVD - it's the tool that can make multiple
HDDs look like a single HDD on a machine.
Anyhow, a quick question on how it works.
If you set up an installation using this tool, can you remove one of the
participating drives and use it on another machine
Message-
From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com]on Behalf Of Alan Lord (News)
Sent: 16 May 2009 16:25
To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] LVD (maybe)
On 16/05/09 16:13, Ian Pascoe wrote:
Hi Folks
I think the correct acronym is LVD
Ian Pascoe softy.lofty@btinternet.com:
Hi Al
Ah-ha, everything becomes clearer with the right acronym! Thanks.
However, still not too sure about things having read the documentation.
Can someone confirm for me please that:
- the disk / partition's metadata is left intact and correctly
Hi, two quick questions.
Do you get the same degregation with any other distros you've tried? That
is is it Ubuntu specific or distro wide?
Secondly, have you tried Dell's own Ubuntu clone to see if that gives you
the performance stability you're after?
Dependant on your answers, it may then
Cheers Folks, Ian
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From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com]on Behalf Of Alan Pope
Sent: 19 April 2009 19:08
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Server Power Management
2009/4/19 Ian Pascoe softy.lofty
Hi Folks
Some thoughts please.
I'm trying to find a way to automajically power up and down my home server
as both my partner and I commute to work each day, and most weekend daytimes
we're flitting in and out so wouldn't be using the home file and print
server until the evenings.
I have a timer
2009 12:09
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] BT Home Hub
Tony Travis wrote:
Ian Pascoe wrote:
[...]
2. What can be connected to the Home Hub USB ports? Most mass storage
devices will work out of the box. Apparently the Home Hub has SAMBA
built in to aid with this. IP address
: [ubuntu-uk] BT Home Hub
Ian Pascoe wrote:
[...]
2. What can be connected to the Home Hub USB ports? Most mass storage
devices will work out of the box. Apparently the Home Hub has SAMBA
built in to aid with this. IP address 192.168.0.253
Hello, Ian.
Thanks for the Jungle tip! I'd no idea
Hi all
A little while ago someone around here, I hope, asked about the BT Home Hub.
I've done a bit of research, as I use one myself, and thought I would share.
1. Can the Home Hub be used to connect to another ISP? Unless you're
feeling really daring the answer is no. The other option is to
Suggest walking through linuxdevices.com for a while. A number of
manufacturers produce base systems that are suitable for DVR / Set top
boxes, so you could grab one of these as your base system and build it up as
you want.
Alternatively, there's also a number of MPC like spec machines that have
...@lists.ubuntu.com]on Behalf Of Matthew Daubney
Sent: 05 April 2009 10:22
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server
On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 07:37 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote:
Gents
So I take it then that for a Server installation the recommendation is to
go
into the back of those cupboards
Gents
So I take it then that for a Server installation the recommendation is to go
into the back of those cupboards shudder and find that CD drive. Oh well,
it's chucking it down outside and I suppose that's a better use of time than
surfing.
Cheers
Ian
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From:
Guys and Gals
Some help please.
Had planned this weekend to set up one of those nice little Viglen MPC's,
curtesey of the now Series 2 UK Podcast, to act as a File Server connected
to my home LAN with a couple of USB drives attached. This is my first
attempt to get this type of setup working,
Folks
Many moons ago one of my boxes failed to upgrade from 7.01 to 7.10
properly - the Ubuntu installation runs OK-ish, but with extremely
unpredictable results; not really surprising. This box is a dual boot with
XP, for which it is primarily used at the moment.
I'd like to install 8.04 in
2009/2/15 Ian Pascoe softy.lofty@btinternet.com:
What is the recommended way of doing this?
Get a live cd, boot from it and install. If you install over the top
of the existing install and choose _not_ to format then it will wipe
all the programs/libs and config but will leave your /home
Ooo! Well spotted that man, take a gold star and become teachers pet for a
day.
Cheers Lee
Ian
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From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com]on Behalf Of LeeGroups
Sent: 31 January 2009 21:03
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re:
Gents
Thanks for the pointers - Foxmark would be the ideal if it could be
persuaded to use either the local HD, or the local file server I will have.
But I think for the moment I'll go with the safer answer of not available!
Ian
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From:
Gents
Slightly off topic.
On my PC I use Firefox when both in Ubuntu and Windows. Is it possible to
utilise a FAT partition to act as a common storage place for bookmarks
between the two variants of FF? And really pushing the boat out,also the
browsing history which I know is managed by
Hi Rob
I presume this is for your LTSP server?
Have a trawl through the LTSP LTSP discuss mailing list over on
SourceForge - I seem to remember that someone had a similar problem on a
Ubuntu installation just before Xmas and a work around was provided.
Ian
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From:
Hi Rob
As 8.04.2 is only a roll up of all the current patches and fixes that have
come in since 8.04.1, I shouldn't think there'd be much of a problem.
If it's not a live server then there's no harm in trying it out and letting
us know what happens!
Ian
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From:
Hi Josh
The Worcs LUG tended to be very heavily into their web stuff back when things
were live - 2006ish. Their fortnightly meets used to be at a pub near
Kidderminster I think.
You've three other LUGs in close proximity.
Gloucestershire LUG - great guys and good talks operates out of
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote support was Sad but true? From the
Register
A few comments inline
On Sat, 2009-01-17 at 15:11 +, Ian Pascoe wrote:
Johnathon, et al,
snip
About a year or two ago, discussions were held here about providing some
sort of support package
On 18/01/2009 10:19, Ian Pascoe wrote:
Well, it seems that an acorn has been planted.
Which one?
Electron, BBC B? :-)
Sorry couldn't resist.
I agree that crawling needs to be successfully accomplished before any
walking, and a proof of concept seems to be the order of the day.
If this concept
OK, looks like we've got three different strands here:
- on line support
- user education
- diagnostic apps
And personally, the last one scares me as it's a major project in itself. -
although there may be stuff out there that could be adapted like the distro
that ships with an app that collects
Johnathon, et al,
In your post from Thursday you mention you have OpenVPN installed to provide
remote access etc.
In Rob's case he doesn't appear against this but worried about connections
to his own private network.
Do you know if you can set up an OpenVPN server on a hosting site, no direct
Morning All
This is somewhat uncharted terrotory for me, in fact I know that little on the
subject I don't even know the correct questions to ask! However, let's hope
this makes sense!
If I wanted to set up a file / mail server at home, and be able to connect to
it through the internet, if
...@seanmiller.net:
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Ian Pascoe
softy.lofty@btinternet.com wrote:
If I wanted to set up a file / mail server at home, and be able to
connect to it through the internet, if the ADSL
connection is dynamic, how does the DNS server (I presume that's the only
way
Dave
Sorry, this is not even a third of an answer, but I've read not so long ago
something to do with a hidden directory that needs to exist on the USB stick
/ drive. I can't find the reference but maybe that'll point you in the
right direction.
Merry Xmas to all
Ian
-Original
Gents
Although I agree that the idea of PowerLine adapters is a great one and can
be a boon may I put in a word of caution?
As the majority of homes do not have any type of filtering on the mains that
comes into the house, the PowerLine will end up broadcasting back into the
local domestic
Evening Graham
Welcome to the list and no doubt as you've met the dynamic trio now, you're
fully up to speed as to what to expect on the list.
Enjoy, have fun and don't forget to occasionally contribute!
Ian
Ian
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From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com
Gents
An interesting diversion to the original topic.
I keep a watch on http://linuxdevices.com and there's quite a few mini form
factor Atom based stuff coming through that although primarily aimed at the
embedded market, could be easily used to become a fairly green
workstation; in fact some
Hi all
Somewhat OT, but I'm hoping someone here can help.
My Desktop MB is on the way out, intermittent strange behaviour, and it
being some 8 years old and well used, I'm not really that surprised.
Now, as I hate wasting money I thought I'd get myself a new MB that would
handle the current
not the answer that you were looking for, but it may be a
significant increase in performance and longegivity.
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Ian Pascoe
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Hi all
Somewhat OT, but I'm hoping someone here can help.
My Desktop MB is on the way out, intermittent
I think we've actually got three different types of user to accommodate.
Those who will upgrade pre release, those who will upgrade at the release
date, and those who will upgrade a period of time into the release.
The first type are normally done by those who have a bit of savvy in dealing
with
Just to build upon Alan's note about adding yourself to an existing bug, in
a recent Ubuntu news the Launchpad guys had introduced a new Me Too tab to
enable developers to gauge the quantity of users affected, without having to
wade through lots of me too type notes.
Obviously if you wish to add
Hi Paul
Welcome! Unfortunately, I think that most of the rest of the list is
currently suffering from sore heads due to the Ibex release party. But
you're welcome to our throng.
Cheers
Ian
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be too high to run any
VoIP services from 2 miles over an unlicenced radio frequency
Jake
2008/10/29 Ian Pascoe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Unashamedly cribbed from another list - very interesting application of
LTSP and Ubuntu!
Ian
http://gnuveau.net/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi
From
Unashamedly cribbed from another list - very interesting application of LTSP
and Ubuntu!
Ian
http://gnuveau.net/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi
From the overview:
The SolarNetOne ICT terminal network was conceived and designed to solve the
challenging problem of how to provide Internet access and
Evening all
A quick question on how the forthcoming encryption will work.
Can it be set up to allow root to access the encrypted files as well as the
legitimate owner?
Ian
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Hi Seif
Before going down the new PSU route, do you have any power conditioners on
the mains supply to your box?
If not, that would certainly be the next purchase I'd recommend, followed by
the PSU afterwards.
To my inexperienced eyes, if a full power off and break with mains is
required to
Folks
Thought I'd miss the end of the above offer, which was due to expire
yesterday. However, phoned up today and ordered my discounted MPC-L to be
told as well that the offer has been extended. Good work U-UK podcasters
for negoiating this offer!
So, if you've diddled and daddled over
I wonder if this in any way ties in with the PM's announcement about giving
poor children eithre laptops or Broadband access?
Ian
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Sent: 23 September 2008 18:52
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re:
Gents
Thanks - I'll do some research on those 3 brands and see's where it gets me.
Ian
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Sent: 17 September 2008 18:22
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Monitors
Thanks for the
, Sep 16, 2008 at 09:17, Adam Bagnall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ian Pascoe wrote:
Hi Folks
Being at the leading edge of the rear of the crowd, I'm starting to look
at
chaging out my trusty CRT monitor to one of those new fangled LCD
thingys!
I don't mind doing the research, but would
Hi Folks
Being at the leading edge of the rear of the crowd, I'm starting to look at
chaging out my trusty CRT monitor to one of those new fangled LCD thingys!
I don't mind doing the research, but would appreciate some pointers to what
people consider reliable and trustworthy makes, as it's been
Folks
Has anyone experience of using OO's Base to read/write MS Access databases?
And conversely will MS Office work happily with databases created by Base?
I've googled but get both yes it does and no it doesn't responses - I'd like
to try and get some reliable opinions before I settle down
Chris
From other mailing lists people have been having strange problems with the
latest release of SentOs - nothing consistant but may be worth looking at
before taking the plunge.
Have you thought about how the servers will be administered/backed up?
Are those programs in the Ubuntu repos?
If
G'day all
Scenario. I'm going to have to stay on and off for a number of weeks at my
partners house whilst doing some on site work nearby.
Her current setup is an old desktop connected via an USB ADSL modem to the
internet - it doesn't have a working ethernet card and she doesn't want to
put
Andy
Could you point me in the direction of the open source stuff, presumeing
it's not already in Ubuntu?
Ian
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Sent: 07 August 2008 20:13
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB
Folks
Having a techy problem dealing with the site at the moment, so can someone
answer me a quick query?
From the interview, they want people to upload GPS tracks, and although
they'd prefer you to identify the missing routes you travelled on, they
really just want tracks at the moment - is
Tim
What's the phone storage and memory size as bought?
Ian
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Sent: 05 August 2008 13:38
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Opinions for a mobile phone in the Ubuntu
community
Javad
Cheers Chris
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Sent: 05 August 2008 20:35
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Opinions for a mobile phone in the Ubuntu
community
On 05/08/08 19:53, Ian Pascoe wrote:
Tim
What's
Hi Rob
Not sure if you're looking for this, but the folks at
www.locustworld.com
are MESH networking specialists and have recently started to ship Asterisk
as standard - they also operate their own PSTN Gateway.
No idea on costs etc, but it's all Open Source stuff from what I can see.
They're
Evening Alan
Books I'd like to see either in dead tree or eBook formats:
1. A Windows User Guide to the Desktop - the MS way versus the vanilla
Ubuntu way leading onto how to customise in easy non command line steps to
make it look and feel like Windows. A subject tackled many times here,
How's about something surrounding FF 3s release and plug in migration?
Ian
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Sent: 11 July 2008 17:27
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] News for the podcast
David Futcher wrote:
2008/7/10
Evening all
I seem to recall from previous postings that we have a couple of home
automation peeps lurking on the list.
I've been presented with a working temperature sensor that uses RS-485
standard, together with a USB convertor. The problem is that it came with
no software to grab hold of /
Al et all
Bit late on the band wagon but count me in, with the normal time caveats.
I suggest, apologies if already suggested, in splitting the podcast not into
equal chunks but into the more logical articles, and where an article is
long - say the interview with Jono, or difficult due to
The only word that appears to be missing from section 12.9 is Windows!
Perhaps a little mail to the ombudsman to clarify things might not go a
miss? Although I'd suspect that the wording is there for a catch all.
Ian
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Gents
As I'm a nosey so and so I've had a look at both Alan's and your videos
Matt.
My only comment is they all seem to be very very quiet - strangely Matt the
in built mic gives a better clarity volume than the headphone appears to do.
Come on folks, let's have a few more contenders for the UK
Alan
Be interested to hear on current views about positive / active interactions
Ubuntu have with upstream projects currently following the Debion security
hole, and the on going suggestion that distros should have their own patches
against a branch of the kernal GIT repo. and not just hold them
Popey et al
A question that I think has been answered before.
During the life of a supported release, non LTS and LTS, are the CD ISO
images ever re-spun to incorporate any type of updates?
I know that the art of a CD spin is very much achieved through majic,
quantum mathmatics, rocket science
On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 21:32 +, Ian Pascoe wrote:
Hi Diane
Quick question - will the normal exhibits still be available for viewing?
The museum will be open as usual - the current exhibition is Pong to
Playstation (which includes the Wii, but Pong to Wii didn't sound so
good!) This exhibition
] Sound broken in Hearty
Ian Pascoe wrote:
Folks
Just a heads up for those of you tracking Hearty.
The latest version of the kernal has servere broken parts as far as sound
is
concerned.
Current advice is to keep with the 2.6.24-11 kernal if you can.
Ian
I found this too, I thought
Folks
Just a heads up for those of you tracking Hearty.
The latest version of the kernal has servere broken parts as far as sound is
concerned.
Current advice is to keep with the 2.6.24-11 kernal if you can.
Ian
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Just catching up on mails.
What about SQLite instead?
Ian
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Sent: 06 March 2008 17:38
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Minimal, Lighttpd, Perl CGI,PHP and
MySQL with Tiny
Ah ignore previous posting
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Sent: 06 March 2008 21:27
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Minimal, Lighttpd, Perl CGI, PHP and
MySQL with Tiny Memory
Kris Douglas wrote:
Curiously enough this seems to be world wide as a few lists I'm on have gone
very quiet over the past couple of days and various where are you mails are
popping up.
Personally, I reckon it's all the sons and daughters hiding from their
mothers' over the weekend it kinds of knocks your self
Folks
As the Audio Description service on digital TV seems to be becoming more
widespread on broadcasts these days, I was wondering if anyone knew of any
media centre application that dealt with AD.
So far everything I found seems to be around digiboxes and Sky boxes, but I
haven't as yet found
Can we back date? If so I phoned up one of our homeworker ICT specialists
on Friday with a problem, and heard the drums as he was switching off his
home PC.
Also, on the local Freecycle list, a non LUG member advertised an old PIII
desktop running Ubuntu as a dual booter they wanted to get rid
Folks
For those interested or involved.
Ian
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Sent: 23 February 2008 19:54
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Subject: [orca-list] Videos of Orca in India,featuring Orca list member
Krishnakant Mane
Folks
Due to reasons that are to mind numbingly boring to go into, I need to try
and find a plug in for eithre Windows Media or REAL that will play (Nanny)
OGG audio files - anyone know of any and where to get them?
Cheers
E
PS Apparently Granny Weatherwax nor Magrat Garlick sounded like a
Rob
If I get your drift, you don't actually want an extended desktop, but two
seperate window managers working on seperate monitors?
If so, have a look at the front page of last week's Linux Weekly News about
the extension to the X environment to handle multiple devices - is that what
you were
Wasn't there some problems with AoL that meant that they were not compatible
with Linux based OS's?
Anyhow, I agree with Rob about steering clear of Talk Talk unless you want
to tie yourself into a, still?, crap Customer Services and a long contract.
E
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Hi Andy
Welcome to the list of those magnificent men, and women, driving those
ubuntu machines Just remember that Ubuntu goes up-titty-titty-up, whilst
vista goes down-titty-titty-down really shouldn't watch Ealing comedys on a
Sunday but it beats the depression from yesterday's pasting
Sean
LWN finished off a video editing series week before last, which I sped read
through - it may provide some enlightenment.
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