[ubuntu-uk] OT: Firefox Officeanados

2009-01-31 Thread Ken Robson
Ian. try the Foxmarks extension, it will sync your bookmarks optionally passwords between multiple copies. Ken -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] heads up - Novatech new Linux forum

2009-01-31 Thread alan c
Hopefully a sign of things to come. Novatech forums now have a Linux forum. Possibly very useful for information about what works, or not. As you probably know, Novatech price stuff with and *without* OS. I saw a suggestion there that they had been or are still, in contact with Canonical.

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Jaunty

2009-01-31 Thread Ted
Trying to upgrade Jaunty and both apt and synaptic tell me they cannot find the repos..I go to /etc/apt/sources.list and find I can ping all the repos both by name and ip number..I have tried altering the address to us but makes no difference...Any advice welcome.. Regards Ted Wager High

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Jaunty

2009-01-31 Thread Alan Pope
2009/1/31 Ted t...@trufflesdad.plus.com: Trying to upgrade Jaunty and both apt and synaptic tell me they cannot find the repos..I go to /etc/apt/sources.list and find I can ping all the repos both by name and ip number..I have tried altering the address to us but makes no difference...Any

[ubuntu-uk] Google blocking the Ubuntu home page

2009-01-31 Thread doug livesey
Hi -- is there a good reason for Google warning me away from the Ubuntu site?It's telling me that the site may harm my computer, then throwing me a 502 when I look for details. Cheers, Doug. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google blocking the Ubuntu home page

2009-01-31 Thread Graham Binns
2009/1/31 doug livesey biot...@gmail.com: Hi -- is there a good reason for Google warning me away from the Ubuntu site? It's telling me that the site may harm my computer, then throwing me a 502 when I look for details. Can't say I'm seeing the same thing... Is this an attack site warning in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google blocking the Ubuntu home page

2009-01-31 Thread Alec Wright
Its doing that for every single website. Its a bug, they should have it fixed soon. 2009/1/31 doug livesey biot...@gmail.com Hi -- is there a good reason for Google warning me away from the Ubuntu site?It's telling me that the site may harm my computer, then throwing me a 502 when I look for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google blocking the Ubuntu home page

2009-01-31 Thread Sean Miller
That's reassuring - I thought it was something on my PC. Sean On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Alec Wright ale...@gmail.com wrote: Its doing that for every single website. Its a bug, they should have it fixed soon. 2009/1/31 doug livesey biot...@gmail.com Hi -- is there a good reason for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google blocking the Ubuntu home page

2009-01-31 Thread Chris Rowson
And it's working again now :-) On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: That's reassuring - I thought it was something on my PC. Sean On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Alec Wright ale...@gmail.com wrote: Its doing that for every single website. Its a bug,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Firefox Officeanados

2009-01-31 Thread Michael G Fletcher
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 7:10 AM, mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote: Stuart wrote: snip ...the Foxmarks add-on for Firefox lets you synchronize your bookmarks... They are all stored on a central server. The privacy issues with this are mentioned in the thread. Here's Eben Moglen on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google blocking the Ubuntu home page

2009-01-31 Thread doug livesey
Kickass!I thought that was a little bizzare -- it seemed to be every site that even _mentioned_ Ubuntu. 2009/1/31 Chris Rowson christopherrow...@gmail.com And it's working again now :-) On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: That's reassuring - I thought it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google blocking the Ubuntu home page

2009-01-31 Thread Simon Wears
Google had about a 15 minute period where it flagged the entire internet as Malware. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/31/google-flags-whole-internet-as-malware/ 2009/1/31 doug livesey biot...@gmail.com Kickass!I thought that was a little bizzare -- it seemed to be every site that even

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google blocking the Ubuntu home page

2009-01-31 Thread mac
Simon Wears wrote: Google had about a 15 minute period where it flagged the entire internet as Malware. Now there's an interesting philosophical proposition! Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Firefox Officeanados

2009-01-31 Thread Ian Pascoe
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 -Original Message- From:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Firefox Officeanados

2009-01-31 Thread LeeGroups
E Use a local file server, like in the Advanced settings tab, last box, Use Own Server check box Lee 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

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Firefox Officeanados

2009-01-31 Thread mac
LeeGroups wrote: E Use a local file server, like in the Advanced settings tab, last box, Use Own Server check box Sorry for being stupid, but where exactly is this? I've looked in Firefox Edit/Preferences/Advanced, where there are four tabs: General; Network; Update;

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Firefox Officeanados

2009-01-31 Thread LeeGroups
E Use a local file server, like in the Advanced settings tab, last box, Use Own Server check box Sorry for being stupid, but where exactly is this? I've looked in Firefox Edit/Preferences/Advanced, where there are four tabs: General; Network; Update; Encryption.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Firefox Officeanados

2009-01-31 Thread mac
LeeGroups wrote: snip Wrong menu :) Tools / Foxmarks / Foxmarks settings / Advanced / Server Ah! That explains everything! Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/