Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mailing list etiquette, Was Hard drive- Bad sectors

2010-04-20 Thread Darren.Mansell
-Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk- boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Alan Pope Sent: 18 April 2010 22:10 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Mailing list etiquette, Was Hard drive- Bad sectors Hi Darren, On 16 April 2010

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mailing list etiquette, Was Hard drive- Bad sectors

2010-04-20 Thread Tim Powys-Lybbe
On 18 Apr at 22:10, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 16 April 2010 14:33, darren.mans...@opengi.co.uk wrote: Without wishing to start yet another discussion about top-posting v bottom-posting I don't think anyone really minds anymore if anyone who isn't used to or doesn't have the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LPIC vs CompTIA Linux+

2010-04-20 Thread David
Thank you guys. On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Bill Quinn bill.qu...@linuxit.com wrote: John You need to put the question in context. What is the man command used for? A) It displays information about the syntax for a command. B) It is the replacement for the boy command. C) It

[ubuntu-uk] Manchester release party?

2010-04-20 Thread simonbennie
Does anyone know of plans for a Manchester meet up this year for the lucid release. Last years was a good deal of fun. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester release party?

2010-04-20 Thread Jon Spriggs
I think the fact that OggCamp is happening in Liverpool the release weekend, means that most of us that would have organised a Manchester event will probably be in Liverpool that weekend! That said, if someone else wants to organise something, either for that weekend, or probably better, the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester release party?

2010-04-20 Thread Lucy
On 20 April 2010 12:06, simonben...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone know of plans for a Manchester meet up this year for the lucid release. Last years was a good deal of fun. I agreed with Jon, most people are likely to be over in Liverpool for the OggCamp weekend. Perhaps a group could arrange

[ubuntu-uk] Planning Ubuntu release party in London for developers

2010-04-20 Thread John Stevenson
Hello all, As I am not able to make OggCamp http://oggcamp.org/, I am planning a release party on the afternoon of 1st Mayhttp://jr0cket.blogspot.com/2010/04/ubuntu-release-party-for-developers.htmlaiming at people who want to use Ubuntu as a productive environment, eg. developers of JVM and FOSS

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Planning Ubuntu release party in London for developers

2010-04-20 Thread Thomas Ibbotson
On 20 April 2010 12:49, John Stevenson j...@jr0cket.com wrote: Hello all, As I am not able to make OggCamp, I am planning a release party on the afternoon of 1st May aiming at people who want to use Ubuntu as a productive environment, eg. developers of JVM and FOSS applications. Most of the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester release party?

2010-04-20 Thread Ashley Whetter
If we are desperate to get it into release weekend then the Monday is a possibility as it is May day. Gadget3000 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester release party?

2010-04-20 Thread Tommy Pyatt
On 20 April 2010 12:32, Lucy lucybrid...@gmail.com wrote: I agreed with Jon, most people are likely to be over in Liverpool for the OggCamp weekend. Perhaps a group could arrange to meet up in a pub on the Saturday evening (probably best sorted out on the day itself though)? I plan to go

[ubuntu-uk] Warning to all users of Samba

2010-04-20 Thread Daniel Case
Hello There, I havent ever made my own email thread before, but i figured i would start with a check and protect message.. Never, ever leave Samba open without due care and attention, all too often i see people telling others to install Samba without warning them of the possible implications,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Warning to all users of Samba

2010-04-20 Thread Rob Beard
On 20/04/10 19:14, Daniel Case wrote: Never, ever leave Samba open without due care and attention, all too often i see people telling others to install Samba without warning them of the possible implications, many people are quite lazy, and instead of settings everything up, will just check

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Warning to all users of Samba

2010-04-20 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Daniel, Sorry to hear about this. Would you care to expand on some elements which might help others understand the issue.. On 20 April 2010 19:14, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: Allow guest access button. What i wasnt aware of, is the fact that it broadcasts on Port 139, It

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Warning to all users of Samba

2010-04-20 Thread paul morgan-roach
On 20/04/10 19:14, Daniel Case wrote: Never, ever leave Samba open without due care and attention, all too often i see people telling others to install Samba without warning them of the possible implications, many people are quite lazy, and instead of settings everything up, will just

[ubuntu-uk] Warn users about dodgy hardware

2010-04-20 Thread Chris Rowson
I've been testing Lucid recently, and found that support for the ATI X1200 graphics card is pretty rubbish. For those who aren't aware of the issues, the problem basically boils down to ATI sending the X1200 (and a raft of other chipsets) into legacy support despite the fact that manufacturers

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Warning to all users of Samba

2010-04-20 Thread John Stevenson
On 20 April 2010 23:11, Daniel Case danielcas...@googlemail.com wrote: My entire family own Windows boxes, and the internal IP is dynamic most of the time. Now what i didnt realize was that my sister opened DMZ onto her internal IP at the time so she could get a decent download speed over

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Warn users about dodgy hardware

2010-04-20 Thread John Stevenson
On 20 April 2010 20:21, Chris Rowson christopherrow...@gmail.com wrote: Wouldn't it make sense to run hardware detection during the installation process and if detected, warn users that certain hardware is known not to work well with Ubuntu? I can imagine that Jo Public would be rather miffed