Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam with built-in mic to work on Ubuntu?

2011-02-04 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 11/01/2011 16:30, Tony Pursell wrote: On Tue, 2011-01-11 at 10:39 +, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 07/01/11 15:22, Tony Pursell wrote: And so does my Logitech C250. Cheap and worked in 10.04 and 10.10. One more question - can you confirm that the microphone works as well as the

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [Ossg-announcements] Adoption of Open Source across HM Government – London 22/02/11 and 01/03/11]]

2011-02-04 Thread gazz
This might be of interest, there's clearly already a consultancy project assessing barriers to adoption of OSS in the civil service - as I thought, these aren't trivial. It could make sense to talk to the OSSG about any projected event? Anyway, I'm going to attend one of these meetings. Barry -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam with built-in mic to work on Ubuntu?

2011-02-04 Thread Tony Pursell
On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 10:24 +, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 11/01/2011 16:30, Tony Pursell wrote: On Tue, 2011-01-11 at 10:39 +, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 07/01/11 15:22, Tony Pursell wrote: And so does my Logitech C250. Cheap and worked in 10.04 and 10.10. One more

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Stickers?

2011-02-04 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
Is there anywhere I can buy (or even get free!) the small stickers that go on laptops/netbooks? Ta! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Stickers?

2011-02-04 Thread David Jones
Assuming you mean Ubuntu stickers, one possibility is thelinuxemporium, although they're saying out of stock of the free stickers at the moment, but say keep sending requests in and they'll send them out when they get new stocks http://shop.linuxemporium.co.uk/merchandise/ubuntu.html Another

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [Ossg-announcements] Adoption of Open Source across HM Government – London 22/02/11 and 01/03/11]]

2011-02-04 Thread Barry Drake
On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 11:14 +, gazz wrote: Barry - I'd like to go to the first one on 22 Feb - which is the day you arrive in London. Need to organise something as it starts half an hour after your train arrives! My train arrives at St Pancras at 5.00 pm, so if I go straight there, I can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Stickers?

2011-02-04 Thread Ronnie Tucker
Gordon, I still have a couple left (I was giving them away as prizes in Full Circle magazine), email me your address and I'll pop you one off in the post. On 04/02/11 12:15, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: Is there anywhere I can buy (or even get free!) the small stickers that go on

[ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-04 Thread Dianne Reuby
A friend has asked me to look at her husbands netbook, which is running Linux. He bought it from Tesco two years ago, so I think it probably *is* Ubuntu. His problems are mainly that it doesn't recognise USB devices when they're plugged in, and it downloads updates but doesn't install them. He

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-04 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 4 February 2011 21:22, Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: A friend has asked me to look at her husbands netbook, which is running Linux. He bought it from Tesco two years ago, so I think it probably *is* Ubuntu. His problems are mainly that it doesn't recognise USB devices when

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-04 Thread Barry Drake
On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 21:22 +, Dianne Reuby wrote: If it's two years old, and he hasn't upgraded, will it be pre-Unity? As I've never used a netbook, only Ubuntu on desktops and laptops, will I be able to find my way around it? Back then, Tesco sold a model with Ubuntu - I think it may

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-04 Thread Rob Beard
On 04/02/11 21:22, Dianne Reuby wrote: A friend has asked me to look at her husbands netbook, which is running Linux. He bought it from Tesco two years ago, so I think it probably *is* Ubuntu. It could also be Linpus (if it's an Acer) or one of the many other distros. IIRC the only Netbooks

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-04 Thread Barry Drake
On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 21:22 +, Dianne Reuby wrote: If it's two years old, and he hasn't upgraded, will it be pre-Unity? As I've never used a netbook, only Ubuntu on desktops and laptops, will I be able to find my way around it? Forgot to say you could grab the ISO of NetBook Remix

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-04 Thread alan c
On 04/02/11 21:22, Dianne Reuby wrote: A friend has asked me to look at her husbands netbook, which is running Linux. He bought it from Tesco two years ago, so I think it probably *is* Ubuntu. His problems are mainly that it doesn't recognise USB devices when they're plugged in, and it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netbook Ubuntu v. plain Ubuntu

2011-02-04 Thread Barry Drake
On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 22:10 +, alan c wrote: Easiest whatever to make a couple of live USB sticks, 10.04 netbook, and 10.10 netbook, run them each live and check everything works, then suggest a reinstall of something modern. !0.04 netbook (will have lots of updates) is a fairly benign

[ubuntu-uk] keyboard not working at startup

2011-02-04 Thread andres
Hello, Just a quick line about something that has been happening recently to me. I start up my netbook and the keyboard did not work: could not type my keyring password. Mouse was working nicely so I tried gedit and it wouldn't work. I reboot and it works. This has happened twice so I'm