Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 3 bookmarks

2008-05-06 Thread Sean Anderson
> An option would be to use Foxmarks syncronisation from addons.mozilla.org... It was my understanding that Foxmarks has not been migrated to FF3 yet? Sean. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 3 bookmarks

2008-05-06 Thread Kris Douglas
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just discovered that Firefox 3 does not allow the user-defined > 'browser.bookmarks.file' setting for pointing to a bookmarks.html > location. With Firefox 2 and Iceweasel I have the bookmarks on a > network drive, so I can u

[ubuntu-uk] file conv question: pdf to prc?

2008-05-06 Thread Javad Ayaz
hi anyone know how i can convert a pdf file to a prc file in buntu or online? regards javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] {Spam?} Re: Re: Firefox 3 bookmarks

2008-05-06 Thread LeeGroups
>> Mac wrote: >> >>> Can anyone advise how best to revert Hardy to Firefox 2? >>> > > LeeGroups wrote: > >> remove firefox firefox-3.0 >> install firefox-2 >> > > Mmm... Sounds way too simple... (I wonder what's going to go wrong!) > > ;-) > > Mac Nothing, I did it a couple of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] {Spam?} Re: Firefox 3 bookmarks

2008-05-06 Thread Mac
> Mac wrote: >> Can anyone advise how best to revert Hardy to Firefox 2? LeeGroups wrote: > remove firefox firefox-3.0 > install firefox-2 Mmm... Sounds way too simple... (I wonder what's going to go wrong!) ;-) Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubu

[ubuntu-uk] {Spam?} Re: Firefox 3 bookmarks

2008-05-06 Thread LeeGroups
remove firefox firefox-3.0 install firefox-2 :) Mac wrote: > I've just discovered that Firefox 3 does not allow the user-defined > 'browser.bookmarks.file' setting for pointing to a bookmarks.html > location. With Firefox 2 and Iceweasel I have the bookmarks on a > network drive, so I can use

[ubuntu-uk] Firefox 3 bookmarks

2008-05-06 Thread Mac
I've just discovered that Firefox 3 does not allow the user-defined 'browser.bookmarks.file' setting for pointing to a bookmarks.html location. With Firefox 2 and Iceweasel I have the bookmarks on a network drive, so I can use the same bookmarks regardless of which computer I'm using around th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

2008-05-06 Thread Jai Harrison
Thanks Tim On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Tim Dobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > == > RMS Video: > == > > The video of last week's Manchester Free Software, (in collaboration > with the BCS and IET) talk by Richard Stallman has been released, thanks > to Andrew John Hughes.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recording sound

2008-05-06 Thread norman
> > Thanks every one for your help and advice. I think that perhaps I did > > not state my question correctly. I have no problem in listening to the > > file and I can save it to the hard drive. What I would like to do is > > transfer it to a CD so that a person without a computer can listen to >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sorry-Non ubuntu related question!! Recommend a mobile pdf viewer for phone!

2008-05-06 Thread Javad Ayaz
oh yes,,,but i was lookin for something that is offline 2008/5/6 Gaurav Patel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > You did, and I replied: > > I don't know of any PDF software for mobile phones, however, > apparently the Gmail Mobile application > (http://www.google.com/mobile/mail/index.html) can view PDF fil

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sorry-Non ubuntu related question!! Recommend a mobile pdf viewer for phone!

2008-05-06 Thread Gaurav Patel
You did, and I replied: I don't know of any PDF software for mobile phones, however, apparently the Gmail Mobile application (http://www.google.com/mobile/mail/index.html) can view PDF files (http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=31623) Obviously you'd need to incur band

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recording sound

2008-05-06 Thread Rob Beard
norman wrote: >> Install WINE >> Go to mozilla website and download installer for Firefox for _windows_ >> Run the firefox for windows installer under WINE >> Go to Adobe site in Firefox for Windows under WINE >> - Install flash plugin >> - Install shockwave plugin >> Visit evil website that uses

[ubuntu-uk] Sorry-Non ubuntu related question!! Recommend a mobile pdf viewer for phone!

2008-05-06 Thread Javad Ayaz
ok i dont know if i posted this already. sorry its off ubuntu Can someone recommend a "free" and small ebook viewer.?...has to be able to view most formats..or pdf at least...i know of adobe but at 40mb its a massive file. i cant use mobi reader (google brings that up the most..i need windoze for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recording sound

2008-05-06 Thread norman
> > Install WINE > Go to mozilla website and download installer for Firefox for _windows_ > Run the firefox for windows installer under WINE > Go to Adobe site in Firefox for Windows under WINE > - Install flash plugin > - Install shockwave plugin > Visit evil website that uses shockwave plugin

[ubuntu-uk] Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

2008-05-06 Thread Tim Dobson
== RMS Video: == The video of last week's Manchester Free Software, (in collaboration with the BCS and IET) talk by Richard Stallman has been released, thanks to Andrew John Hughes. You can find a torrent and http mirrors for the video on the Manchester Free Software Website. W

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recording sound

2008-05-06 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 15:34 +0100, norman wrote: > I have bee4n asked to record some speech on a website to do with Higher > level French. The file is .swf and will not open on the applications I > have with Ubuntu 8.04. Could someone point me in the right direction > please. > It depends. swf ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Re-Spins

2008-05-06 Thread Tony Travis
Andrew Oakley wrote: > Ian Pascoe wrote: >> 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? > > Dapper 6.06 LTS CD ISO was re-spun as 6.06.2 a couple of months ago. > >> I know that the art of a CD spin is very mu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] thoughts?

2008-05-06 Thread Javad Ayaz
lol..erm.ok! :) 2008/5/6 Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Good stuff. > > Thankfully Ubuntu doesn't take sides in conflicts, unlike Micro$oft (God > Bless America!! Amen!! Hallejujah!! Stuff the Commies!! Stuff the Arabs!! > Stuff anybody who isn't American!! Linux is a thre

Re: [ubuntu-uk] thoughts?

2008-05-06 Thread Sean Miller
I'm not a troll, I just don't like the way that Micro$oft tried to ban Linux in America on the basis it compromised security! I'm actually quite pro-Microsoft in terms of products... typing this from a Vista laptop, so can't be that bad... But my "real" laptop runs Ubuntu, of course :-) Sean --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] thoughts?

2008-05-06 Thread Tony Arnold
Sean, Sean Miller wrote: > Thankfully Ubuntu doesn't take sides in conflicts, unlike Micro$oft (God > Bless America!! Amen!! Hallejujah!! Stuff the Commies!! Stuff the > Arabs!! Stuff anybody who isn't American!! Linux is a threat to National > Security!! Open Source? Open Borders! Do YOU want C

Re: [ubuntu-uk] thoughts?

2008-05-06 Thread Paul Mellors
On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 15:51 +0100, Sean Miller wrote: > Good stuff. > Thankfully Ubuntu doesn't take sides in conflicts, unlike Micro$oft > (God Bless America!! Amen!! Hallejujah!! Stuff the Commies!! Stuff the > Arabs!! Stuff anybody who isn't American!! Linux is a threat to > National Security!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recording sound

2008-05-06 Thread Mac
norman wrote: > I have bee4n asked to record some speech on a website to do with Higher > level French. The file is .swf and will not open on the applications I > have with Ubuntu 8.04. Could someone point me in the right direction > please. Here's a review of the various options for playing Flash

Re: [ubuntu-uk] thoughts?

2008-05-06 Thread Sean Miller
Good stuff. Thankfully Ubuntu doesn't take sides in conflicts, unlike Micro$oft (God Bless America!! Amen!! Hallejujah!! Stuff the Commies!! Stuff the Arabs!! Stuff anybody who isn't American!! Linux is a threat to National Security!! Open Source? Open Borders! Do YOU want Commies invading your d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recording sound

2008-05-06 Thread Huw Selley
Hi Norman, On 6 May 2008, at 15:34, norman wrote: > I have bee4n asked to record some speech on a website to do with > Higher > level French. The file is .swf and will not open on the applications I > have with Ubuntu 8.04. Could someone point me in the right direction > please. ffmpeg with th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recording sound

2008-05-06 Thread Sean Miller
swf is flash - you just need to download some sort of flash player, go into Synaptic and search for it. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recording sound

2008-05-06 Thread Andrew Oakley
norman wrote: > I have bee4n asked to record some speech on a website to do with Higher > level French. The file is .swf and will not open on the applications I > have with Ubuntu 8.04. Could someone point me in the right direction > please. That's a shockwave file and should open in your web brow

[ubuntu-uk] recording sound

2008-05-06 Thread norman
I have bee4n asked to record some speech on a website to do with Higher level French. The file is .swf and will not open on the applications I have with Ubuntu 8.04. Could someone point me in the right direction please. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sorry-Non ubuntu related question!! Recommend a mobile pdf viewer for phone!

2008-05-06 Thread Gaurav Patel
I don't know of any PDF software for mobile phones, however, apparently the Gmail Mobile application (http://www.google.com/mobile/mail/index.html) can view PDF files (http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=31623) Obviously you'd need to incur bandwidth costs and would hav

Re: [ubuntu-uk] thoughts?

2008-05-06 Thread Javad Ayaz
sorry. please ignore this message!!! On 06/05/2008, Javad Ayaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.shaykhabdalqadir.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] thoughts?

2008-05-06 Thread Javad Ayaz
http://www.shaykhabdalqadir.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/