Re: [ubuntu-uk] News Item- Low Cost PC/ Motherboard running on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy)

2007-11-08 Thread David Restall - System Administrator
Hi, I'd be interested to know if anyone finds a supplier. http://www.mypcrevolution.com/index.php?main_page=product_infoproducts_id=1979 I love the sterling conversion rate :-( TTFN D ubuntu/uk-2007-11-08.4.tx [EMAIL PROTECTED] ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] News Item- Low Cost PC/ Motherboard running on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy)

2007-11-08 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Renjith Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello Everyone, Good morning ! Some of you may have already seen this newsitem on slashdot. It is a welcome sign that ubuntu is being considered as the operating system of their choice by various manufacturers :-) *Low Cost PC/ Motherboard running

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)now: my messed up emails!

2007-11-08 Thread STONE COLD
ive now set up forwarding to gmail. I will unsubsribe with this add..and then add my gmail add! Sorry for the annoyance guys! Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 10:00:40 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)now: my messed up emails!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)now: my messed up emails!

2007-11-08 Thread Chris Rowson
On Nov 8, 2007 9:44 AM, STONE COLD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i already have a gmail account! ive always thought thunderbird and evolution would always save the email on my hard drive..thats why i never use it! Not if you use IMAP rather than POP. When you use IMAP, it downloads the headers

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)now: my messed up emails!

2007-11-08 Thread STONE COLD
i already have a gmail account! ive always thought thunderbird and evolution would always save the email on my hard drive..thats why i never use it! Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 09:42:00 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)now: my

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)now: my messed up emails!

2007-11-08 Thread Chris Rowson
On Nov 8, 2007 8:26 AM, STONE COLD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i dont know how to...ive looked under all the options in hotmail...i cant see anything that i should change.! any ideas? Hi mate, Why don't you unsubscribe your hotmail email address from the list, create say a gmail account, and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)now: my messed up emails!

2007-11-08 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Tony, On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 11:32 +, Tony Arnold wrote: Thsi si true, but bear in mind that messages will be left in your inbox on the server. Some clients may also get confused about what has been read and what has not, so you may end up processing messages more than once if you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] News Item- Low Cost PC/ Motherboard running on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy)

2007-11-08 Thread Jim Kissel
Rob Beard wrote: Quoting Renjith Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello Everyone, Good morning ! Some of you may have already seen this newsitem on slashdot. It is a welcome sign that ubuntu is being considered as the operating system of their choice by various manufacturers :-) *Low Cost PC/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)now: my messed up emails!

2007-11-08 Thread Martyn
Message: 1 Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 08:26:52 + From: STONE COLD [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)now: my messed up emails! To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 i dont know how

[ubuntu-uk] News Item- Low Cost PC/ Motherboard running on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy)

2007-11-08 Thread Renjith Nair
Hello Everyone, Good morning ! Some of you may have already seen this newsitem on slashdot. It is a welcome sign that ubuntu is being considered as the operating system of their choice by various manufacturers :-) *Low Cost PC/ Motherboard running on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy) with the lightweight

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)now: my messed up emails!

2007-11-08 Thread David Restall - System Administrator
Hi, i dont know how to...ive looked under all the options in hotmail...i cant see anything that i should change.! any ideas? CALLING ALL USERS - CALLING ALL USERS - Anybody out there using HOTMAIL REPEAT Anybody out there using HOTMAIL ? If there is can they send a message to the list and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why did you all ignore me........................

2007-11-08 Thread Rohan Omard
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 00:59:18 + Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why did you all ignore me On 08/11/2007, Rohan Omard wrote: can still see the drive, it would not mount. It gave me some error about improper shutdown or it still being in use. Also something about ntfs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype with video now on linux

2007-11-08 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Anders Jacobsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Users and Maintainers of video drivers around the world, take note: Skype is now in beta with video support. I foresee a rush of bugs and launchpad requests for video drivers as people dig out old webcams out of the closet (I will!) Long awaited,

[ubuntu-uk] Recommended External SD Reader

2007-11-08 Thread Jai Harrison
Hey Guys + Girls, I recently gave up on trying to get my laptop's internal SD reader working. Now I would like to purchase a USB SD-reader for my laptop (running Gutsy Gibbon). My shop of choice is Amazon.co.uk. Can someone with a working USB SD reader select it from there so I can purchase one

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why did you all ignore me........................

2007-11-08 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting David Restall - System Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED]: access all the content. However, today I booted up from a Gutsy Live (CD) and although I can still see the drive, it would not mount. It gave me some error about improper shutdown or it still being in use. Also something about

[ubuntu-uk] Skype with video now on linux

2007-11-08 Thread Anders Jacobsen
Users and Maintainers of video drivers around the world, take note: Skype is now in beta with video support. I foresee a rush of bugs and launchpad requests for video drivers as people dig out old webcams out of the closet (I will!) Long awaited, despite it's non-free status, let's take it as a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] News Item- Low Cost PC/ Motherboard running on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy)

2007-11-08 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Jim Kissel [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Rob Beard wrote: Quoting Renjith Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello Everyone, Good morning ! Some of you may have already seen this newsitem on slashdot. It is a welcome sign that ubuntu is being considered as the operating system of their choice

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype with video now on linux

2007-11-08 Thread Josh Blacker
On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 11:07 +, Rob Beard wrote: Quoting Anders Jacobsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Users and Maintainers of video drivers around the world, take note: Skype is now in beta with video support. I foresee a rush of bugs and launchpad requests for video drivers as people dig out

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)now: my messed up emails!

2007-11-08 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Chris, On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 10:02 +, Chris Rowson wrote: On Nov 8, 2007 9:44 AM, STONE COLD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i already have a gmail account! ive always thought thunderbird and evolution would always save the email on my hard drive..thats why i never use it! Not if

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype with video now on linux

2007-11-08 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Anders, On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 10:58 +, Anders Jacobsen wrote: Users and Maintainers of video drivers around the world, take note: Skype is now in beta with video support. Well spotted! :) Whilst skype is evil, if someone wants to test this I have my webcam working. Feel free to add

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)now: my messed up emails!

2007-11-08 Thread Tony Arnold
Alan, Alan Pope wrote: By default POP allows you to download your mail and will remove it from the server as it is downloaded. _However_ you _can_ tell your email client to leave mail on the server rather than erase as you download. Thsi si true, but bear in mind that messages will be left

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why did you all ignore me........................

2007-11-08 Thread David Restall - System Administrator
Hi, Has nobody told you about the BO ? :-) I posted this and no one replied. I've met Alan Pope and Dave Walker at the gutsy party as well as Mark Shuttleworth who tried to help me out also. Please does anyoen have a clue to the below. Ok, some additional

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommended External SD Reader

2007-11-08 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Jai Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hey Guys + Girls, I recently gave up on trying to get my laptop's internal SD reader working. Now I would like to purchase a USB SD-reader for my laptop (running Gutsy Gibbon). My shop of choice is Amazon.co.uk. Can someone with a working USB SD

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)now: my messed up emails!

2007-11-08 Thread STONE COLD
i dont know how to...ive looked under all the options in hotmail...i cant see anything that i should change.! any ideas? Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 01:02:41 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject) On 07/11/2007, STONE COLD [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why did you all ignore me........................

2007-11-08 Thread David Restall - System Administrator
Hi, Has nobody told you about the BO ? :-) I posted this and no one replied. I've met Alan Pope and Dave Walker at the gutsy party as well as Mark Shuttleworth who tried to help me out also. Please does anyoen have a clue to the below. Ok, some additional

[ubuntu-uk] Apologies for the duplicate post.

2007-11-08 Thread David Restall - System Administrator
Hi, I'd like to blame it on bash's auto completion but I still have to hit return :-( TTFN D ubuntu/uk-2007-11-08.3.tx [EMAIL PROTECTED] ubuntu-uk ++ | Dave Restall, Computer Nerd, Cyclist, Radio Amateur

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcams

2007-11-08 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Michael Rimicans [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Anyone recommend a webcam for use with feisty? Cheers, Michael If you can get one, the Chicony Twinklecam works okay. Not sure about the Logitec cameras, I think there are one or two that do work okay if you compile a driver from source.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)now: my messed up emails!

2007-11-08 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 08/11/2007, Martyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can send you a Gmail invite if you want. You don't need invites any more. If you go to the page at http://mail.google.com/mail/signup, you can create an account without having an invite. I've still got 100 invites though - don't know why...

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Im Back!

2007-11-08 Thread David Restall - System Administrator
Hi, ok im back with a gmail add!! Can someone tell me if this is ok now? everyone happy? :) You can please some of the people some of the time... :-) It's certainly more readable - now all we need is to get you working without the gui and using vi, grep, cut, cat, mailx, sed, awk and a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Im Back!

2007-11-08 Thread Sean Miller
Looks good to me :-) Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Im Back!

2007-11-08 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Javad, On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 15:33 +, Javad Ayaz wrote: ok im back with a gmail add!! Can someone tell me if this is ok now? everyone happy? :) I can't tell because my email client seems to not be bothered by your mails. However what I will say is a big thank you for complying

[ubuntu-uk] Im Back!

2007-11-08 Thread Javad Ayaz
ok im back with a gmail add!! Can someone tell me if this is ok now? everyone happy? :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Im Back!

2007-11-08 Thread Chris Rowson
On Nov 8, 2007 3:33 PM, Javad Ayaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ok im back with a gmail add!! Can someone tell me if this is ok now? everyone happy? :) -- Hi Javad, I don't know why - but when you send an email announcing 'I'm Back!' - I get a mental image of a grinning bloke wearing a

[ubuntu-uk] Announcement/Advert/Offer from MeWe

2007-11-08 Thread Alan Pope
We are currently taking bookings on a first-come-first serve basis and LoCo members are entitled to discount on all courses and 50% discount on the ExamLab. Cheers, Al. --begin announcement-- The annual LPI ExamLab will be held at the LinuxWorld Conference Expo Spring 2008. This year's event

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Im Back!

2007-11-08 Thread Mark Fraser
On Thursday 08 November 2007 15:33:29 Javad Ayaz wrote: ok im back with a gmail add!! Can someone tell me if this is ok now? everyone happy? :) Looks OK here :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sorry but... wifi / WPA / hidden SSID problem

2007-11-08 Thread Mac
Martyn wrote: with the SSID hidden? snip it's not worth bothering with, its kind of like tipexing over the YALE name on your front door lock, and hoping it'll make it more difficult to pick... Martyn What a wonderful image! ROTFL Thanks for your advice. Mac --

[ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Mac
Friends Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. So here's a quick poll: Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? And, if you do, do you use no encryption / WEP / WPA /

[ubuntu-uk] Booting form USB Hard Drive.

2007-11-08 Thread Stephen Dickinson Finance Assistant
Good afternoon guys and girls, I've been reading this list for a couple of weeks now but this is my first post. I'm amazed at all the knowledge on here, so please bear with me if I'm being a little slow! Now am I right in thinking that if I had a 350gb USB Hard Drive that I could create a single

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Renjith Nair
Wireless can be on the desktop too :-) I use Ubuntu on my laptops and also on a desktop ( With WIFI) Wireless : Centrino based chipset ( laptops) Edimax 7318 USg (desktop) ESSID Broadcast: Yes Encryption: WPA WEP ( different networks) Ren On Nov 8, 2007 5:24 PM, Mac [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Im Back!

2007-11-08 Thread Javad Ayaz
ok im glad i sorted this mess out...since ive never helped anyone out on ubuntu (prob coz i dont anything lol) ill mark this down as my first act of help here!!! cool! * reloads his machine gun* :) On 08/11/2007, Steve Flynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 08/11/2007, Chris Rowson [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Rob Beard
Mac wrote: Friends Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. So here's a quick poll: Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? Yes, using a Dell Latitude D610 with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] problems upgrading

2007-11-08 Thread London School of Puppetry
On 07/11/2007, Sean Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Spaces shouldn't matter... When you say nothing happened what do you mean? If it returned to the prompt that is not necessarily a bad sign... it has probably worked... Sean I typed, nothing happened...the typing is there and that's all.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Booting form USB Hard Drive.

2007-11-08 Thread Rob Beard
Stephen Dickinson Finance Assistant wrote: Good afternoon guys and girls, I've been reading this list for a couple of weeks now but this is my first post. I'm amazed at all the knowledge on here, so please bear with me if I'm being a little slow! Now am I right in thinking that if I had a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread peter
On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 17:24 +, Mac wrote: Friends Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. So here's a quick poll: Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? Yes

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Matthew Daubney
Mac wrote: Friends Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. So here's a quick poll: Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? And, if you do, do you use no

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Mac, On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 17:24 +, Mac wrote: Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? Yes, a Toshiba M400, a Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 and an Intel Classmate. The Tosh has Intel 3945, the Dell has Intel 2200 and ironically the Intel has a ralink wifi card. no encryption / WEP / WPA /

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Im Back!

2007-11-08 Thread Steve Flynn
On 08/11/2007, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 8, 2007 3:33 PM, Javad Ayaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ok im back with a gmail add!! Can someone tell me if this is ok now? everyone happy? :) Happy as a pig in shi.. oh. Very happy - looks perfect to me. -- Steve When 1

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype with video now on linux

2007-11-08 Thread Chris Jones
Hi Rob Beard wrote: Ooh, thats good news. I've been trying to get my webcam working with Ekiga but for some reason I can't get it to talk to a Windows machine. This will hopefully solve all that. (In a proprietary way, not ideal but if it works I'll use it). upgrade to gutsy, then

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Ron Rhodes
Mac wrote: Friends Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. So here's a quick poll: Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? And, if you do, do you use no

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Stephen Drake
On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 17:24 +, Mac wrote: Friends Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. So here's a quick poll: Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Dave Morley
On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 18:08 +, Alan Pope wrote: Hi Mac, On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 17:24 +, Mac wrote: Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? Yes. Compaq C310EA. Intel 1395 chipset (I think that right anyway) no encryption / WEP / WPA / WPA2 I have tried both encrypted (all

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Tom Bamford
Josh Blacker wrote: WPA I think. I should know, as I set it up! (Checked: WPA Personal. Anyone care to explain the difference between Personal and Enterprise?) WPA personal will use a shared passphrase, with WPA enterprise it will likely use a Radius server to authenticate users as they

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Community Gaming Server

2007-11-08 Thread Tom Bamford
Great idea! I knew there was a reason I've been spending ages tuning my desktop PC. I'm happy to offer tech help with respect to both the server and for fellow ATI users with graphics issues. Tom Alan Pope wrote: I've recently been chatting with someone who is enthusiastic about an Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Community Gaming Server

2007-11-08 Thread Skeg Fast
Alan Pope wrote: I've recently been chatting with someone who is enthusiastic about an Ubuntu Community Gaming Server, and wanted to run it past you lot to get opinions/ideas. Snip Thoughts, ideas? Cheers, Al. A few years ago I was very active in a gaming clan. I realise that this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)now: my messed up emails!

2007-11-08 Thread James Dalley
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 09:19:47 + To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)now: my messed up emails! Hi, i dont know how to...ive looked under all the options in hotmail...i cant see anything that i should

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Community Gaming Server

2007-11-08 Thread Rohan Omard
Hey! What a great idea. Now I can start all over again, learning to tweak my pc so that I can get more frags. I'm up for it!!! N3m3sis (aka Rohan O'mard - Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now.--

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Community Gaming Server

2007-11-08 Thread Matthew Daubney
Alan Pope wrote: I've recently been chatting with someone who is enthusiastic about an Ubuntu Community Gaming Server, and wanted to run it past you lot to get opinions/ideas. The idea is that a physical server would be provided which would run servers for a number of popular games. The game

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Community Gaming Server

2007-11-08 Thread gord
I like the idea especially if the game days are days when i am actually around -_- one note i would make is that the only game on that list type thing that is non-free is wolf:ET no? if that's the only loss to having a 100% free software based server then i think its a loss worth having :) (alien

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Im Back!

2007-11-08 Thread ged byrom
STONE COLD is that you ? best wishes Ged -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why did you all ignore me........................

2007-11-08 Thread Rohan Omard
To Dave Restall I have give as much information as I can with my limited knowledge of what I should be looking for, however here is the output of dmseg when it hangs(at the ubuntu startup screen) below is the output from when I type dmesg in the terminal... 48.698824] NFORCE2: IDE

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Open Hosting project

2007-11-08 Thread Daniel Lamb
Well either or, dont really mind, i would be interested in it though. Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Douglas Sent: 08 November 2007 23:32 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Open Hosting project On 09/11/2007,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Open Hosting project

2007-11-08 Thread Kris Douglas
On 09/11/2007, Daniel Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was actually thinking something along similar lines, i have gone as far as getting a dedicated server hosted in the us. My thoughts had been to offer free hosting and take donations which would be invested in the server/hosting, one of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Open Hosting project

2007-11-08 Thread Daniel Lamb
I was actually thinking something along similar lines, i have gone as far as getting a dedicated server hosted in the us. My thoughts had been to offer free hosting and take donations which would be invested in the server/hosting, one of these things being buying domains for projects etc.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Community Gaming Server

2007-11-08 Thread Rohan Omard
Kirrus wrote... Hi, Its a good idea. The only game I'd say avoid would be Nexuiz. I've never had a good time trying to get that one to work, and there's a reason that its really hard to find anyone else playing it... Kirrus Hi all What I have found with Nexuiz is that you have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Stephen Drake
On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 21:52 +, Matthew Daubney wrote: Tom Bamford wrote: Mac wrote: snip There are 2 reasons I use WEP. 1. The Wii is a pig to set up with WPA 2. If someone really wants to break in, I doubt WPA would stop them. It's really just something there to deter people when

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Skeg Fast
Mac wrote: Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? And, if you do, do you use no encryption / WEP / WPA / WPA2 with ESSID broadcast / hidden? Interesting topic since I'm vaguely looking into buying a Linux compatible laptop. No wifi or laptop yet (probably going to get one after

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype with video now on linux

2007-11-08 Thread Matthew Daubney
Rob Beard wrote: Matthew Daubney wrote: Rob Beard wrote: Alan Pope wrote: Hi Chris, On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 12:06 -0500, Chris Jones wrote: I've been using it for some time to make daily video calls to my girlfriend. So it was YOU

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Community Gaming Server

2007-11-08 Thread Rob Beard
Alan Pope wrote: I've recently been chatting with someone who is enthusiastic about an Ubuntu Community Gaming Server, and wanted to run it past you lot to get opinions/ideas. The idea is that a physical server would be provided which would run servers for a number of popular games. The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Community Gaming Server

2007-11-08 Thread Josh Blacker
On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 22:06 +, Alan Pope wrote: I've recently been chatting with someone who is enthusiastic about an Ubuntu Community Gaming Server, and wanted to run it past you lot to get opinions/ideas. The idea is that a physical server would be provided which would run servers

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype with video now on linux

2007-11-08 Thread Rob Beard
Matthew Daubney wrote: Rob Beard wrote: Alan Pope wrote: Hi Chris, On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 12:06 -0500, Chris Jones wrote: I've been using it for some time to make daily video calls to my girlfriend. So it was YOU using all the bandwidth at UDS! :) Cheers, Al.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Matthew Daubney
Tom Bamford wrote: Mac wrote: Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? And, if you do, do you use no encryption / WEP / WPA / WPA2 with ESSID broadcast / hidden? Thinkpad with an Atheros 5212 a/b/g mini-PCI card running Madwifi-ng drivers. I use WPA (TKIP) and WPA2 (AES) with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Chris Rowson
On Nov 8, 2007 9:44 PM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 21:11 +, Tom Bamford wrote: Chris Rowson wrote: no encryption (me likey give free internet!!) Is that wise? Surely you are liable for activities conducted through your Internet service...

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Booting form USB Hard Drive.

2007-11-08 Thread Neil Greenwood
Hi Stephen, On 08/11/2007, Stephen Dickinson Finance Assistant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good afternoon guys and girls, I've been reading this list for a couple of weeks now but this is my first post. I'm amazed at all the knowledge on here, so please bear with me if I'm being a little slow!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Josh Blacker
On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 17:24 +, Mac wrote: Friends Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. So here's a quick poll: Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] problems upgrading

2007-11-08 Thread Robin Menneer
On 08/11/2007, London School of Puppetry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 07/11/2007, Sean Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Spaces shouldn't matter... When you say nothing happened what do you mean? If it returned to the prompt that is not necessarily a bad sign... it has probably

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype with video now on linux

2007-11-08 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Chris, On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 12:06 -0500, Chris Jones wrote: I've been using it for some time to make daily video calls to my girlfriend. So it was YOU using all the bandwidth at UDS! :) Cheers, Al. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Community Gaming Server

2007-11-08 Thread Kirrus
- Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've recently been chatting with someone who is enthusiastic about an Ubuntu Community Gaming Server, and wanted to run it past you lot to get opinions/ideas. snip Tremulous, Warsow, Nexuiz, Open Arena, Alien Arena, Enemy Territory. In

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Community Gaming Server

2007-11-08 Thread Chris Rowson
I'm loving the idea :-) Count me in! I'm an ex-gaming junky and would be more than happy to help out with this if you needed a hand. Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Community Gaming Server

2007-11-08 Thread Kris Douglas
On 08/11/2007, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've recently been chatting with someone who is enthusiastic about an Ubuntu Community Gaming Server, and wanted to run it past you lot to get opinions/ideas. The idea is that a physical server would be provided which would run servers for a

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Community Gaming Server

2007-11-08 Thread Alan Pope
I've recently been chatting with someone who is enthusiastic about an Ubuntu Community Gaming Server, and wanted to run it past you lot to get opinions/ideas. The idea is that a physical server would be provided which would run servers for a number of popular games. The game servers would be run

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread James Grabham
Mint; ubuntu wants to download the restricted driver... from the internet, Obviously the biggest load of in the history of the world! (rant over) and wep, SSID broadcasted. On Nov 8, 2007 8:58 PM, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? Yes -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype with video now on linux

2007-11-08 Thread Rob Beard
Alan Pope wrote: Hi Chris, On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 12:06 -0500, Chris Jones wrote: I've been using it for some time to make daily video calls to my girlfriend. So it was YOU using all the bandwidth at UDS! :) Cheers, Al. I'm not having much luck with it. I've tried 3 webcams, all

[ubuntu-uk] The Open Hosting project

2007-11-08 Thread Kris Douglas
I have been thinking a bit, and I have come up with somewhat of an idea. I just want some input from you guys, and gals. I was thinking about an open source web hosting project, where we run a donations/ low cost based web hosting service that can benefit the Linux community, where the money

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Chris Rowson
Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? Yes - Old Dell Latitude with Intel MiniPCI Jobby And, if you do, do you use no encryption / WEP / WPA / WPA2 no encryption (me likey give free internet!!) with ESSID broadcast / hidden? broadcast -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Tom Bamford
Chris Rowson wrote: no encryption (me likey give free internet!!) Is that wise? Surely you are liable for activities conducted through your Internet service... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Tom Bamford
Mac wrote: Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi? And, if you do, do you use no encryption / WEP / WPA / WPA2 with ESSID broadcast / hidden? Thinkpad with an Atheros 5212 a/b/g mini-PCI card running Madwifi-ng drivers. I use WPA (TKIP) and WPA2 (AES) with a nice long passphrase. SSID

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 21:11 +, Tom Bamford wrote: Chris Rowson wrote: no encryption (me likey give free internet!!) Is that wise? Surely you are liable for activities conducted through your Internet service... Liable in that you could be cut off for infringing your ISP AUP

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype with video now on linux

2007-11-08 Thread Matthew Daubney
Rob Beard wrote: Alan Pope wrote: Hi Chris, On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 12:06 -0500, Chris Jones wrote: I've been using it for some time to make daily video calls to my girlfriend. So it was YOU using all the bandwidth at UDS! :) Cheers, Al. I'm not having much luck

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why did you all ignore me........................

2007-11-08 Thread Sean Miller
My suspicion about the change of the default drive in Gutsy is confirmed here... http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg512470.html Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why did you all ignore me........................

2007-11-08 Thread Sean Miller
Assuming you can't boot in Windows and fix the improper shutdown issue, perhaps the key is to mount it from Gutsy with the older read-only driver? However, that is only half a fix because, of course, you won't be able to write to it which makes it little more than a glorified CD. Personally if it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Im Back!

2007-11-08 Thread Sean Miller
Javad, I think you'll like gmail. It's an excellent interface - way ahead of the rest in terms of webmail and, of course, you can also use it POP3 if you really need to... I like the threading so don't, but I know folks who do and find it excellent just for its spam-filtering etc. Sean --