Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread TT Mooney
Hey all -- Long time listener, first time caller. With my obcession for small Linux devices (man the N800 was COOL, but not terribly useful) I couldn't resist the Joggler. Went down to Oxford Street -- apparently they sold out in store on 2 April, and may have more in on Thursday. Online seems

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPhone software....

2010-04-07 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 07/04/10 01:28, John Matthews wrote: I just got myself an iPhone today, and was wondering, is there software fort it on Ubuntu? If so can somebody point me in the right direction? Hopefully for a novice to install. Hi John, I doubt that you will very find much available for the iPhone that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 07/04/10 07:24, TT Mooney wrote: Hey all -- Long time listener, first time caller. With my obcession for small Linux devices (man the N800 was COOL, but not terribly useful) I couldn't resist the Joggler. Went down to Oxford Street -- apparently they sold out in store on 2 April, and may

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Paul Morgan-Roach
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.comwrote: I ordered one yesterday on-line and I had a dispatch email yesterday evening saying it will be with me today. Not bad at all at just £49.99 inc VAT and Shipping. Cheers Al I got the same - so Online appears to

[ubuntu-uk] Video Card

2010-04-07 Thread Jon Farmer
Hi I have been asked by a charity I work with to recommend some new PC to replace some of their older machines. They are keen to give Ubuntu a try after hearing me evangelize about it. I am looking for the install process to go as smooth as possible and the one area I am unsure of is the video

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPhone software....

2010-04-07 Thread Alan Pope
On 7 April 2010 01:28, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: I just got myself an iPhone today, and was wondering, is there software fort it on Ubuntu? If so can somebody point me in the right direction? Hopefully for a novice to install. The nice little bot in our irc channel says:- 08:53:08

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Card

2010-04-07 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 07/04/10 08:38, Jon Farmer wrote: Hi I have been asked by a charity I work with to recommend some new PC to replace some of their older machines. They are keen to give Ubuntu a try after hearing me evangelize about it. I am looking for the install process to go as smooth as possible and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

2010-04-07 Thread Thomas Ibbotson
On 6 April 2010 23:18, doug livesey biot...@gmail.com wrote: And if you're as appalled as other people, this may come in handy: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/speakout/extremeinternetl You never know -- democracy might actually work. I know, I know ... Ok I've emailed my MP. --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Card

2010-04-07 Thread Jon Farmer
On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 08:59 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote: ATI have been making big moves toward supporting linux and also open sourcing much of the driver code. They just recently announced a new driver that will support the brand new OpenGL 4.0 specification simultaneously across Windows

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Card

2010-04-07 Thread John Stevenson
Hello Jon, Why not just buy a PC with linux preinstalled? Or better still, keep the existing hardware and run Ubnutu on it as it should work more efficiently than what they already have, possibly using xbuntu if the hardware is really old. You can of course run Ubuntu live from CD, but its a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Card

2010-04-07 Thread Gordon Allott
On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 08:59 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote: If it just for the Compiz effects and user interface then almost any modern chipset should work just fine and out-of-the-box. There are (were) some issues with one of the intel chipsets (gma950?) but I am not sure if that has been

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 08:15 +0100, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote: On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com wrote: I ordered one yesterday on-line and I had a dispatch email yesterday evening saying it will be with me

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

2010-04-07 Thread Ashley Whetter
On 6 April 2010 23:18, doug livesey biot...@gmail.com wrote: And if you're as appalled as other people, this may come in handy: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/speakout/extremeinternetl You never know -- democracy might actually work. I know, I know ... Ok I've emailed my MP. I've

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gadget Show Live Meet-Up

2010-04-07 Thread Ashley Whetter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 There is a Doodle poll set up, ( http://doodle.com/fsm46vwinihs5zdf ), but I shall enquire as to whether this could be posted to the ubuntu-uk wiki, as most people would be able to see it there... It's a shame that i wont see you there... Lets

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

2010-04-07 Thread Harry Rickards
On 7 April 2010 10:37, Ashley Whetter ashley.whet...@googlemail.com wrote: On 6 April 2010 23:18, doug livesey biot...@gmail.com wrote: And if you're as appalled as other people, this may come in handy: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/speakout/extremeinternetl You never know -- democracy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gadget Show Live Meet-Up

2010-04-07 Thread Harry Rickards
On 7 April 2010 10:46, Ashley Whetter ashley.whet...@googlemail.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 There is a Doodle poll set up, ( http://doodle.com/fsm46vwinihs5zdf ), but I shall enquire as to whether this could be posted to the ubuntu-uk wiki, as most people

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gadget Show Live Meet-Up

2010-04-07 Thread javadayaz
Slightly off topicbut i wish i won those awesome competitions they have every week!!! :) On 7 April 2010 10:46, Ashley Whetter ashley.whet...@googlemail.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 There is a Doodle poll set up, ( http://doodle.com/fsm46vwinihs5zdf ), but I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

2010-04-07 Thread Paul Morgan-Roach
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Ashley Whetter ashley.whet...@googlemail.com wrote: I've also emailed my MP. A good site for messaging your MP was on the Ubuntu uk podcast: www.writetothem.com. The third hearing of the bill should be on BBC Parliament today but I'm not sure what time it is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Card

2010-04-07 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 07/04/10 09:58, Jon Farmer wrote: On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 08:59 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote: ATI have been making big moves toward supporting linux and also open sourcing much of the driver code. They just recently announced a new driver that will support the brand new OpenGL 4.0

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Mark Fraser
On Tuesday 06 Apr 2010 00:03:20 Alan Pope wrote: No, not that Apple thing, but the O2 Joggler. 50 quid (for 14 days from 2nd April) and free delivery gets you a 7 inch touch screen device with:- 1.3GHz Intel Atom CPU 1GB storage 512MB RAM Wired ethernet Broadcom b/g/n WiFi Audio +

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More bug triagers wanted to talk about your experiences

2010-04-07 Thread Rob Beard
On 07/04/2010 14:37, Matthew Revell wrote: Hello, I'm looking I want to learn more about how and why people triage bugs, whether that’s in Launchpad or another bug tracker. Sorry I'm possibly being a bit thick here, when you say triage bugs, do you mean just reporting them or does it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Jamie Bennett
On 7 Apr 2010, at 14:49, Mark Fraser wrote: On Tuesday 06 Apr 2010 00:03:20 Alan Pope wrote: No, not that Apple thing, but the O2 Joggler. 50 quid (for 14 days from 2nd April) and free delivery gets you a 7 inch touch screen device with:- 1.3GHz Intel Atom CPU 1GB storage 512MB RAM

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More bug triagers wanted to talk about your experiences

2010-04-07 Thread Thomas Ibbotson
On 7 April 2010 15:00, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: On 07/04/2010 14:37, Matthew Revell wrote: Hello, I'm looking I want to learn more about how and why people triage bugs, whether that’s in Launchpad or another bug tracker. Sorry I'm possibly being a bit thick here, when you say

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

2010-04-07 Thread jim.cameron
On 6 April 2010 23:18, doug livesey biot...@gmail.com wrote: And if you're as appalled as other people, this may come in handy: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/speakout/extremeinternetl You never know -- democracy might actually work. I know, I know ... Ok I've emailed my MP. Most

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

2010-04-07 Thread Daniel Case
Hahaha ^^ I'm in ~Daniel On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 3:20 PM, jim.came...@buhlersortex.com wrote: On 6 April 2010 23:18, doug livesey biot...@gmail.com wrote: And if you're as appalled as other people, this may come in handy: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/speakout/extremeinternetl You

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

2010-04-07 Thread James Thomas
What a fabulous idea! :) Shame I think the irony would be lost in the chambers... On 7 April 2010 15:22, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: Hahaha ^^ I'm in ~Daniel On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 3:20 PM, jim.came...@buhlersortex.com wrote: On 6 April 2010 23:18, doug livesey

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Mark Fraser
On Wednesday 07 Apr 2010 15:11:27 Jamie Bennett wrote: On 7 Apr 2010, at 14:49, Mark Fraser wrote: On Tuesday 06 Apr 2010 00:03:20 Alan Pope wrote: No, not that Apple thing, but the O2 Joggler. 50 quid (for 14 days from 2nd April) and free delivery gets you a 7 inch touch screen device

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

2010-04-07 Thread John Matthews
The problem is, you do that, and you get this happen, which is what I posted about earlier this week. http://mashable.com/2010/02/24/open-source-threatens-capitalism/ It seems that Open source is a threat to capitalism, and those who are loosing money because of it, are beginning to fight

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 60, Issue 11

2010-04-07 Thread Teej
Why not have several Windows users chip in a few quid too! Stupid enough to pay for it in the first place, might get him a place in the Seychelles!! ;) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 60, Issue 11

2010-04-07 Thread Dave Morley
On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 18:52 +0100, Teej wrote: Why not have several Windows users chip in a few quid too! Stupid enough to pay for it in the first place, might get him a place in the Seychelles!! ;) I'm sure it'll be cheaper to buy a blackmarket gun you know ;) -- Seek That Thy Might Know

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 60, Issue 11

2010-04-07 Thread Alan Pope
On 7 April 2010 18:55, Dave Morley davm...@davmor2.co.uk wrote: I'm sure it'll be cheaper to buy a blackmarket gun you know ;) I appreciate this was meant as humorous, but lets not go down this direction. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPhone software....

2010-04-07 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 07/04/10 07:44, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 07/04/10 01:28, John Matthews wrote: I just got myself an iPhone today, and was wondering, is there software fort it on Ubuntu? If so can somebody point me in the right direction? Hopefully for a novice to install. Hi John, I doubt that you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Daniel Case
I have also got telnet to work, had a look around the files, it seems like it supports SSH too, not sure how to start it though. ~Daniel On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Mark Fraser ubu...@mfraz.orangehome.co.uk wrote: On Wednesday 07 Apr 2010 15:11:27 Jamie Bennett wrote: On 7 Apr 2010, at

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital economy bill

2010-04-07 Thread Daniel Case
Open source threatens capitalismwhat the hell :S More like It threatens out business so we dont like it I thought competition was meant to be good for the economy?? On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:53 PM, John Matthews jake...@sky.com wrote: The problem is, you do that, and you get this happen,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Alan Pope
On 7 April 2010 19:33, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: I have also got telnet to work, had a look around the files, it seems like it supports SSH too, not sure how to start it though. I've made some notes on the etherpad.. http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/Joggler I have sshd running

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Daniel Case
Have you changed the permissions of the directory to 755? ~Daniel On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 7 April 2010 19:33, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: I have also got telnet to work, had a look around the files, it seems like it supports SSH

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 7 April 2010 10:06, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 08:15 +0100, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote: I got the same - so Online appears to be the way forward, if they're fulfilling orders on a next-day delivery basis :) I must have been unlucky then. I ordered it online

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Les
I'll be getting one of these little beauties later in the week. Is it possible to backup the default OS, in case the Ubuntu install goes wrong? On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 21:10 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote: On 7 April 2010 10:06, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 08:15

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Daniel Case
Install Ubuntu Netbook onto a USB and boot from it, then go a clone of the current hard-drive into a network location, that should do it :) ~Daniel On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Les lespoun...@googlemail.com wrote: I'll be getting one of these little beauties later in the week. Is it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Les
Good thinking there mate, cheers. On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 22:04 +0100, Daniel Case wrote: Install Ubuntu Netbook onto a USB and boot from it, then go a clone of the current hard-drive into a network location, that should do it :) ~Daniel On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Les

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Les
Is this any good to anyone? http://hackthejoggler.freeforums.org/index.php On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 22:04 +0100, Daniel Case wrote: Install Ubuntu Netbook onto a USB and boot from it, then go a clone of the current hard-drive into a network location, that should do it :) ~Daniel On Wed, Apr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The tablet everyone is talking about..

2010-04-07 Thread Daniel Case
we have a pad with all the links (including that one) on it: http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/Joggler :) Daniel On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Les lespoun...@googlemail.com wrote: Is this any good to anyone? http://hackthejoggler.freeforums.org/index.php On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 22:04 +0100,