Grant Sewell wrote:
I would dispute this. Not the part that says that people won't turn
to Linux - I agree (at the moment) with that wholesale. I disagree
that people will turn to Mac.
I thought it was generally accepted that Apple won big-time on the
'personal' desktop/laptop front from
On 13/06/11 08:44, Avi Greenbury wrote:
it is called Ubuntu 11.04, it is *not* officially called Ubuntu
Natty Narwhal. Mac was codenamed Snow Leopard until it was
officially released, where-upon it became OSX 10.6.
Really?
yes, really.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames
I thought
Codenames are not designed to survive post release:
Since the actual release date is not known until it's ready and humans tend to
prefer names rather than numbers, a set of codenames are used by developers and
testers during the buildup to a release:
from
Alan Bell wrote:
On 13/06/11 08:44, Avi Greenbury wrote:
it is called Ubuntu 11.04, it is *not* officially called Ubuntu
Natty Narwhal. Mac was codenamed Snow Leopard until it was
officially released, where-upon it became OSX 10.6.
Really?
yes, really.
Tony Scott wrote:
Since the actual release date is not known until it's ready and
humans tend to prefer names rather than numbers, a set of codenames
are used by developers and testers during the buildup to a release:
I particularly like here the implication that the courtesy of bending to
On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 23:15:57 +0100
Nigel Verity nigelver...@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Guys
snip
Anything that helps to give Ubuntu the image of being mainstream can only
be of help. Quirky release names suggest that Ubuntu is perhaps intended only
for people in the know.
Which of the
On 13/06/11 11:18, Avi Greenbury wrote:
Tony Scott wrote:
Since the actual release date is not known until it's ready and
humans tend to prefer names rather than numbers, a set of codenames
are used by developers and testers during the buildup to a release:
I particularly like here the
I think the year.month release numbers are very useful... if somebody says
to me I have OS-Something Version 1.5 I have absolutely NO idea whatsoever
whether that release is bleeding edge or deprecated. If I read Ubuntu
11.04 I know that is up-to-date: on the other hand, if I have somebody
saying
On 13 June 2011 11:48, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote:
I think the year.month release numbers are very useful... if somebody says
to me I have OS-Something Version 1.5 I have absolutely NO idea whatsoever
whether that release is bleeding edge or deprecated. If I read Ubuntu
11.04 I
Hi Alan
Apologies for my strange question in the list here. I totally mis-read
your text (!)
alan cocks
On 11/06/11 20:15, alan c wrote:
On 11/06/11 17:48, Alan Bell wrote:
On 11/06/11 16:51, gazz wrote:
I dunno if we should do another list for people interested in
While I agree that some of the discussion on the denomination of software is
only a distraction, I hope we are not collectively throwing the baby out
with the bath water. As far as I can perceive, Ubuntu and other distros are
in a weird position, trying to increase their mass appeal (have a look
** Carlos Ferreira carlosemferre...@gmail.com [2011-06-13 14:42]:
snip
So, perhaps it is interesting to discuss whether or not names and other
idiosyncrasies of free software are important. After all, when I recently
suggested that my students (first year undergraduates) use a certain Firefox
Carlos Ferreira wrote:
the former require (supposedly) more user-friendliness and more
eye-candy (not to mention OEM contracts), while the latter are into
command-line love and the feel good factor associated with fiddling
your way through numerous work-arounds.
No, they both require
Hello Peeps
I have a Dell Studio 540 system with integrated Intel i915(?) graphics
controller. The system works well, but I am wondering if it would
benefit from an upgrade? I am looking at purchasing an NVIDIA card,
but I am somewhat lost as to which one. I am not too bothered about it
being the
On 13 June 2011 17:27, Philip Newborough corenomi...@corenominal.org wrote:
I am not a gamer, but I would like it to
perform well at HD media playback and possibly recording some
screencasts.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/232853
Is the one I recently bought. I previously ran Ubuntu Natty
Hi all,
Just a reminder, the first Ubuntu Gaming Team meeting in well over a
year is taking place tomorrow at 7PM UTC in #ubuntu-gaming
Agenda is here, feel free to add your ideas!
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GamingTeam/Meetings/Minutes/2011-06-14
(CCed Ubuntu UK loco to drive up some interest, as
On 13/06/11 17:27, Philip Newborough wrote:
Hello Peeps
I have a Dell Studio 540 system with integrated Intel i915(?) graphics
controller. The system works well, but I am wondering if it would
benefit from an upgrade? I am looking at purchasing an NVIDIA card,
but I am somewhat lost as to which
On 13/06/11 17:44, Alan Pope wrote:
On 13 June 2011 17:27, Philip Newboroughcorenomi...@corenominal.org wrote:
I am not a gamer, but I would like it to
perform well at HD media playback and possibly recording some
screencasts.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/232853
Is the one I recently
On 13/06/11 18:11, Rob Beard wrote:
On 13/06/11 17:27, Philip Newborough wrote:
Hello Peeps
I have a Dell Studio 540 system with integrated Intel i915(?) graphics
controller. The system works well, but I am wondering if it would
benefit from an upgrade? I am looking at purchasing an NVIDIA
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote:
On 13 June 2011 17:27, Philip Newborough corenomi...@corenominal.org wrote:
I am not a gamer, but I would like it to
perform well at HD media playback and possibly recording some
screencasts.
On Monday 13 Jun 2011 18:11:58 Rob Beard wrote:
On 13/06/11 17:27, Philip Newborough wrote:
Hello Peeps
I have a Dell Studio 540 system with integrated Intel i915(?) graphics
controller. The system works well, but I am wondering if it would
benefit from an upgrade? I am looking at
On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:44:32 +0100
Avi Greenbury wrote:
Grant Sewell wrote:
I would dispute this. Not the part that says that people won't turn
to Linux - I agree (at the moment) with that wholesale. I disagree
that people will turn to Mac.
I thought it was generally accepted that
Thanks for all the suggestions so far. After looking into some of the
suggested cards, it looks like I might be limited by my system's PSU,
which is only 350W -- this is lower than recommended for Alan's
initial suggestion. :(
I could upgrade the PSU, but I would rather not. So, I am now looking
Grant Sewell wrote:
I realise that a large number of (quite vocal) people did move over to
Apple with the release of Windows Vista, but was it enough to have a
significant impact on the market? If so, I certainly didn't notice
it.
Hm, perhaps I'm just in the middle of a few unique
Hi all --
I am getting rid of some surplus equipment from home, and rather than
fuss with Ebay, I thought perhaps someone on the list would be interested.
Current techie toys littering the flat include:
O2 Joggler (works, briefly used, still in box, replaced with Nook Color
Tablet for kitchen
On 13/06/11 19:24, Avi wrote:
Grant Sewell wrote:
I realise that a large number of (quite vocal) people did move over to
Apple with the release of Windows Vista, but was it enough to have a
significant impact on the market? If so, I certainly didn't notice
it.
Hm, perhaps I'm just in the
I have a couple of old Thinkpad T43s that a friend gave to me thinking
that he had killed them with a faulty USB device.
A bit of googling and a 'deep reset' restored them both to life much to
my friends consternation.
I offered them him back but was given permission to keep them :)
Martin, I like you enthusiasm.
I am planning to distribute a usb based Ubuntu distro to Leeds Met
University with an Oracle XE installation on as the admin there don't trust
the students to have full admin rights themselves.
I shall mention your speed thoughts and report back, it is obviously
hiyas,
Crikey... a 250MB usb hard drive? Please let me have some more details as
the lowest we can get Lubuntu down to as a full install is 2.7GB on Hard
Disk - I am sure JM would love to have a look at it.
Regards,
Phill.
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Martin Houston
Hello,
This is a question mainly for developers. I think. It's really a
curiosity of mine and I have little say in the result of the project.
Someone I know is thinking of releasing his software. It's a program
that at it's core is written in Fortran but has the gui written in
win32. it has
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