Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-24 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/6/23 Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com: On 23/06/09 21:05, Sean Miller wrote: Problem with learning Linux is that there is really no such thing, Linux is merely a kernel and every distribution is different... obviously the core bash and command line utilities tend to be fairly

[ubuntu-uk] Terminology and beginners, was Re: Scrambled screen reinstalling

2009-06-24 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/6/23 Greg Herdman gherd...@toucansurf.com: One general thought regarding this list - much of the chat is, by its very nature, very technical, or at least very much couched in 'insider' language. As a real beginner in the Ubuntu world I for one would appreciate a bit of 'translation' when

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-24 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 14:03 +0100, John wrote: The second thing I wanted to ask was, I am hopeless at picking things up by reading, I'm from the old school, where I learn better being shown. Are there any courses I can go on, that can help me learn Linux better? Thanks for your help.

[ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-24 Thread norman
I was asked some little time ago to report on how my efforts to set up the Bamboo tablet progressed. As mentioned in an earlier post, I changed my operating system from 9.04 to 8.04 primarily because I am not capable of using HAL. With a great deal of help from a non-Ubuntu user, the Bamboo, as

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Terminology and beginners, was Re: Scrambled screen reinstalling

2009-06-24 Thread Tim Dobson
Neil Greenwood wrote: Finding a common set of terms (and then remembering to use them!) is difficult. The best thing to do is ask if you don't understand. Seconded. Just ask for clarification - even if it's not something your particularly interested in or if you can't understand it enough

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-24 Thread John
Neil Greenwood wrote: 2009/6/23 Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com: On 23/06/09 21:05, Sean Miller wrote: Problem with learning Linux is that there is really no such thing, Linux is merely a kernel and every distribution is different... obviously the core bash and command line

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Terminology and beginners, was Re: Scrambled screen reinstalling

2009-06-24 Thread John
Tim Dobson wrote: Neil Greenwood wrote: Finding a common set of terms (and then remembering to use them!) is difficult. The best thing to do is ask if you don't understand. Seconded. Just ask for clarification - even if it's not something your particularly interested in or if

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-24 Thread Mac
-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-24 Thread John
Matthew Daubney wrote: On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 14:03 +0100, John wrote: The second thing I wanted to ask was, I am hopeless at picking things up by reading, I'm from the old school, where I learn better being shown. Are there any courses I can go on, that can help me learn Linux better?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-24 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 17:40 +0100, John wrote: snippy snip snip Hi Neil, thank you for the links, they are really useful, I keep forgetting about those. I do already have those, and have looked through a few of them. I learnt how to add Root Nautilus Launcher to the panel, and a few

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-24 Thread John
Matthew Daubney wrote: On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 17:40 +0100, John wrote: snippy snip snip Hi Neil, thank you for the links, they are really useful, I keep forgetting about those. I do already have those, and have looked through a few of them. I learnt how to add Root Nautilus

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-24 Thread Alan Pope
2009/6/24 John jake...@sky.com: Oh wow, that would be really useful. I have not been to one before. Would it be in London, or somewhere else. We're hoping for there to be more than one. See this mail I sent to the list. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/2009-June/019439.html Sadly

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two things I wanted to ask about.....

2009-06-24 Thread John
Alan Pope wrote: 2009/6/24 John jake...@sky.com: Oh wow, that would be really useful. I have not been to one before. Would it be in London, or somewhere else. We're hoping for there to be more than one. See this mail I sent to the list.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wacom bamboo

2009-06-24 Thread norman
the Bamboo, as far as I can tell, is fully operative with the stylus, all the buttons and the circle working... Norman That's great news. You must be very pleased! I guess you got the buttons working with the script you mentioned earlier? I think you were looking to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] usb wireless adapter

2009-06-24 Thread Barry Titterton
My brother who is a very recent convert to Ubuntu has a Belkin USB Wireless G adapter which he would like to use. In order to do this I understand that it is necessary to know the chipset details so could someone please tell me if it is possible, using Ubuntu, to get this information. Norman I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] usb wireless adapter

2009-06-24 Thread norman
My brother who is a very recent convert to Ubuntu has a Belkin USB Wireless G adapter which he would like to use. In order to do this I understand that it is necessary to know the chipset details so could someone please tell me if it is possible, using Ubuntu, to get this information.