Re: [ubuntu-uk] Question on dual-booting 11.04 and Windows 7

2011-07-06 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 05.07.11 18:04, alan c wrote: 2) My understanding is that both vista and windows 7 are likely to place system files at the end of the partition, which means that a third party partition editor (such as gparted, as used in Ubuntu etc) may resize the partitons ok, but you may find that the

[ubuntu-uk] Education software - purplemash anyone?

2011-07-06 Thread Byte Soup
Hi All, My kids school are considering spending money on a yearly subsciption to this -- http://www.purplemash.com/ Now as most parents I think its a shame if the school spends money on things they dont need and I also believe that the reason this happens sometimes is that the school simply

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Question on dual-booting 11.04 and Windows 7

2011-07-06 Thread Sean Miller
Isn't WUBI an option? I have a dual boot of this sort (no partitioning at all) and it seems to work quite well. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Education software - purplemash anyone?

2011-07-06 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 08:56:29 +0100, Byte Soup wrote: Hi All, My kids school are considering spending money on a yearly subsciption to this -- http://www.purplemash.com/ Now as most parents I think its a shame if the school spends money on things they dont need and I also believe that the reason

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT - digital TV recorder (Humax) free software.....

2011-07-06 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 3 July 2011 16:26, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: I continued thumbing through to the appendices, and suddenly saw lots of free software stuff. '.. The licences for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Question on dual-booting 11.04 and Windows 7

2011-07-06 Thread alan c
On 06/07/11 08:54, Neil Greenwood wrote: On 05.07.11 18:04, alan c wrote: [...] 3) Consider and prepare for a reinstall or full recovery if things go badly for you, just in case. This is *very* *good* *advice*! Especially when you're dealing with proprietary filesystems, make sure you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Question on dual-booting 11.04 and Windows 7

2011-07-06 Thread alan c
On 06/07/11 09:34, Sean Miller wrote: Isn't WUBI an option? I have a dual boot of this sort (no partitioning at all) and it seems to work quite well. Not long ago some grub updates screwed wubi installations up. I considered this to be ultra bad news because the people I had been

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Education software - purplemash anyone?

2011-07-06 Thread Paul Sutton
On 06/07/11 08:56, Byte Soup wrote: Hi All, My kids school are considering spending money on a yearly subsciption to this -- http://www.purplemash.com/ Now as most parents I think its a shame if the school spends money on things they dont need and I also believe that the reason this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Education software - purplemash anyone?

2011-07-06 Thread Byte Soup
On 06/07/2011, Jon Reynolds maill...@jcrdevelopments.com wrote: On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 08:56:29 +0100, Byte Soup wrote: Hi All, My kids school are considering spending money on a yearly subsciption to this -- http://www.purplemash.com/ Now as most parents I think its a shame if the school

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Education software - purplemash anyone?

2011-07-06 Thread Alan Pope
On 6 July 2011 11:29, Byte Soup bytes...@gmail.com wrote: Its the cost, apparently we are told its £800 a year for a license For how many simultaneous users? Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Education software - purplemash anyone?

2011-07-06 Thread Byte Soup
On 06/07/2011, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: On 06/07/11 08:56, Byte Soup wrote: Hi All, My kids school are considering spending money on a yearly subsciption to this -- http://www.purplemash.com/ Now as most parents I think its a shame if the school spends money on things they dont

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Education software - purplemash anyone?

2011-07-06 Thread Alan Pope
On 6 July 2011 11:32, Byte Soup bytes...@gmail.com wrote: An annual licence costs just £500 +VAT a year and includes unlimited use both at school and at home. This price is based on schools with 100-500 pupils. Please contact 2Simple if your school is outside of this range. Does this seem

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Education software - purplemash anyone?

2011-07-06 Thread Avi
Byte Soup wrote: An annual licence costs just £500 +VAT a year and includes unlimited use both at school and at home. This price is based on schools with 100-500 pupils. Please contact 2Simple if your school is outside of this range. Does this seem expensive if there are foss

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Education software - purplemash anyone?

2011-07-06 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 06.07.11 11:32, Byte Soup wrote: Quoting from the site: An annual licence costs just £500 +VAT a year and includes unlimited use both at school and at home. This price is based on schools with 100-500 pupils. Please contact 2Simple if your school is outside of this range. Does this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Education software - purplemash anyone?

2011-07-06 Thread J Fernyhough
On 6 July 2011 08:56, Byte Soup bytes...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, snip Does anyone have any useful information, alternatives I could feedback to the school? Thanks -Mark This is made by 2Simple software who create a lot of software for schools - mostly reimplementation of existing

[ubuntu-uk] Asus x52f performance

2011-07-06 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi all, I recently bought an Asus X42F laptop computer with a Nehalem Core i3 M330 CPU with integrated Intel HD GPU. I'm finding that it works somewhat better under Windows 7 than under Ubuntu. For example: My son play flash games on the Internet. I've seen a bit of graphical corruption on a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LoCo team reapproval workshop now on

2011-07-06 Thread john beddard
Hi Alan, Can't see how Public Pad works. I'm looking to start LoCos in Darlington and Middlesbrough during August, September. This could be added to New Teams. Promoting through posters and DVD distribution throughout both towns. In the same places I am also starting an Open-Source Club for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus x52f performance

2011-07-06 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 6 July 2011 21:58, Chris Rowson christopherrow...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I recently bought an Asus X42F laptop computer with a Nehalem Core i3 M330 CPU with integrated Intel HD GPU. I'm finding that it works somewhat better under Windows 7 than under Ubuntu. For example: My son play

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LoCo team reapproval workshop now on

2011-07-06 Thread Alan Bell
On 06/07/11 21:58, john beddard wrote: Hi Alan, Can't see how Public Pad works. you type stuff, we all see it instantly. Name yourself in the top right. We are chatting on mumble for audio. I'm looking to start LoCos in Darlington and Middlesbrough during August, September. This could be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus x52f performance

2011-07-06 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi all, I recently bought an Asus X42F laptop computer with a Nehalem Core i3 M330 CPU with integrated Intel HD GPU. I'm finding that it works somewhat better under Windows 7 than under Ubuntu. For example: My son play flash games on the Internet. I've seen a bit of graphical corruption

[ubuntu-uk] questions on evolution use

2011-07-06 Thread andres
Hello, I have several questions on how to use evolution on ubuntu. Maybe some of you could give me a hand? a) Do I need to open evolution window to actually send a mail? b) I sometimes have a file I simply want to email somebody how do I get it in the right click menu (context menu?) I could

[ubuntu-uk] Our LoCo Directory page

2011-07-06 Thread Alan Bell
I have been uncovering a few hidden features of the LoCo directory website and our page on it http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-uk We now have it following twitter and identi.ca with the hashtag #ubuntuuk some of the tweets/dents there are somewhat old so if people could do a bit of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What aren't we doing? What should we be doing?

2011-07-06 Thread andres
Hello, I've been working on the lines as to how to help out in a local way. http://www.openclipart.org/detail/148519/ I did this clumsy flyer and was thinking of posting it on post office, bakers,tescos, etc. I deliberately did not mention operating system, ubuntu, windows or any other

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What aren't we doing? What should we be doing?

2011-07-06 Thread Chris Rowson
On Jul 6, 2011 11:20 PM, andres andre...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I've been working on the lines as to how to help out in a local way. http://www.openclipart.org/detail/148519/ I did this clumsy flyer and was thinking of posting it on post office, bakers,tescos, etc. I deliberately did