Re: [ubuntu-uk] (UK) Virginmedia mobile internet- Troubles with yahoo and google sign in using Virginmedia mobile internet dongle

2009/11/27 alan c : > Question: > If I change the MTU value, do you know if, if /when I change it back > to its original value later, the system will properly revert to the > original settings? That is, does anything irreversible happen > according to MTU settings? > > Might be a strange question,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (UK) Virginmedia mobile internet- Troubles with yahoo and google sign in using Virginmedia mobile internet dongle

Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > 2009/11/27 alan c : >> Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: >>> 2009/11/26 alan c : (also to ubuntu forum) Is anyone in UK using Virginmedia mobile internet dongle and yahoo or google accounts? I would be most interested to know if you see the following p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu tethering

On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 5:16 PM, javadayaz wrote: > where should i enter this?  Give it a fixed IP - like 10.0.0.1 or > 192.168.0.1? > You should be able to set this in teh ipv4 settings, take it off auto (dhcp) _ Michael Fletcher Interested in Linux? Then visit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PS3?

On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 11:53 +, Tony Travis wrote: > > This extra processor can only be used by proprietary applications. > Add > to this the announcement by IBM that it has stopped developing the > Cell > processor and my interest in the PS3 has quickly evaporated! > > http://arstechnica.co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PS3?

On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 11:22 +, Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm mulling over getting a PS3 for Christmas for the family, mainly for > Bluray playback, but also for the odd game or two. Now I realise the > new PS3 Slimline doesn't support the 'Other OS' option, although I have > the opt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PS3?

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 12:30 PM, wrote: > A friend of mine tried installing both ubuntu and yellow dog on PS3, his > plan was to play HD content from linux, but it couldn't handle it, and > performence was way too slow (guessing it's because of the limitations sony > have on Other OS option).

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PS3?

Hello, On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 11:48 AM, javadayaz wrote: Installing ubuntu on a ps3 or xbox360 sounds like a great way forward. I would buy a console with ubuntu installed. 2009/11/27 Rob Beard javadayaz wrote: > This sounds good I'm not sure what to do though.  I mean at the moment I pla

Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting

Philip Stubbs wrote: > ...If anybody is going to trust their deepest darkest secrets to an > open postcard, then they are a fool. The kind of data-mining that Google does on *everything* that you pass through their servers is not about logging our extra-marital affairs (if any!) or our carelessl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PS3?

Rob Beard wrote: > [...] > Is anyone on here running Ubuntu on the PS3? Hello, Rob. I was quite keen to run Ubuntu on a PS3 too until I found out about the *severe* memory constraints of this computer: The main CPU can only access 256MiB of the *maximum* 512MiB RAM that can be installed, but th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PS3?

Installing ubuntu on a ps3 or xbox360 sounds like a great way forward. I would buy a console with ubuntu installed. 2009/11/27 Rob Beard > javadayaz wrote: > > This sounds good > I'm not sure what to do though. I mean at the moment I play HD stuff on > the wife's PC running Windows 7 which is p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PS3?

javadayaz wrote: > This sounds good I'm not sure what to do though. I mean at the moment I play HD stuff on the wife's PC running Windows 7 which is plugged into the TV. It's not ideal (i.e. no remote, I have to use the mouse) but it works. Now I want to get a Bluray player, and I was planning

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PS3?

This sounds good 2009/11/27 Rob Beard > Hi folks, > > I'm mulling over getting a PS3 for Christmas for the family, mainly for > Bluray playback, but also for the odd game or two. Now I realise the > new PS3 Slimline doesn't support the 'Other OS' option, although I have > the option of getting

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on PS3?

Hi folks, I'm mulling over getting a PS3 for Christmas for the family, mainly for Bluray playback, but also for the odd game or two. Now I realise the new PS3 Slimline doesn't support the 'Other OS' option, although I have the option of getting one of the original PS3 consoles (a 40GB I think)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (UK) Virginmedia mobile internet- Troubles with yahoo and google sign in using Virginmedia mobile internet dongle

2009/11/27 alan c : > Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: >> 2009/11/26 alan c : >>> (also to ubuntu forum) >>> >>> Is anyone in UK using Virginmedia mobile internet dongle and yahoo or >>> google accounts? >>> I would be most interested to know if you see the following problems >>> too. tia. >>> >>> Workar

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (UK) Virginmedia mobile internet- Troubles with yahoo and google sign in using Virginmedia mobile internet dongle

Jonathon Fernyhough wrote: > 2009/11/26 alan c : >> (also to ubuntu forum) >> >> Is anyone in UK using Virginmedia mobile internet dongle and yahoo or >> google accounts? >> I would be most interested to know if you see the following problems >> too. tia. >> >> Workaround - please see below. >> >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] vodafone- free internet

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 08:10:07AM +, Stephen Garton wrote: > I don't think it's wifi access they are offering, it mobile data > (2G/3G). As the article says, most people who use the mobile web (i.e. > Smartphone users) will already have an unlimited package. I know I do > with my HTC Magic on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting

2009/11/26 Matt Wheeler : > On Thursday, November 26, 2009, Philip Stubbs wrote: >> I hope you are wearing your foil hat right now > > While I do use gmail, I think it's important to consider carefully how > much you trust them to keep your data secure. Have you read the gmail > privacy policy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] vodafone- free internet

2009/11/27 javadayaz : > hi, > just to let all mobile users know that vodafone are offering free wifi > todayhttp://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/11/27/vodafone_free_mobile_web/ > Hope you make the most of it... > Although it would be nice if they told us where to find a vodafone wifi > point i su

[ubuntu-uk] vodafone- free internet

hi, just to let all mobile users know that vodafone are offering free wifi todayhttp://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/11/27/vodafone_free_mobile_web/ Hope you make the most of it... Although it would be nice if they told us where