Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fsuk-manchester] Any folks in Manchester interested in participating in an Ubuntu Global Jam event if I were to organise one?

2013-02-19 Thread Chris Wilson
I'm pretty sure this will go ahead. Keep an eye on the Manchester Free Software and Ubuntu UK mailing lists for more info. Chris On 19 February 2013 09:19, Steffi Tinder steffi.tin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I would be interested but I'm not sure if I can make it. It would be on the first

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fsuk-manchester] Any folks in Manchester interested in participating in an Ubuntu Global Jam event if I were to organise one?

2013-02-19 Thread Alan Bell
excellent stuff Chris! On 19/02/13 14:35, Chris Wilson wrote: I'm pretty sure this will go ahead. Keep an eye on the Manchester Free Software and Ubuntu UK mailing lists for more info. Chris -- Libertus Solutions http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fsuk-manchester] Any folks in Manchester interested in participating in an Ubuntu Global Jam event if I were to organise one?

2013-02-19 Thread Chris Wilson
So after a quick chat with a few people experienced in such matters, it's apparent that there isn't enough time to organise an event for the first weekend in March and have it be brilliant for all attendees. There won't be an 'in person' event this time round, and instead I'll organise an online

[ubuntu-uk] Tablets announcement: Skype for Arm Linux?

2013-02-19 Thread TT Mooney
So, the tablets announcement wasn't really surprising, but it did raise a question. On the features page, it talks about: Take calls in Skype while you work in a document, make notes on the side while you surf the web, tweet while you watch a movie. And, of course, most of the target tablets are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tablets announcement: Skype for Arm Linux?

2013-02-19 Thread Kris Douglas
On 19 February 2013 16:21, TT Mooney ttmoo...@dilettantism.com wrote: So, the tablets announcement wasn't really surprising, but it did raise a question. On the features page, it talks about: Take calls in Skype while you work in a document, make notes on the side while you surf the web,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

2013-02-19 Thread Rowan Berkeley
My friend in Denmark has now got her Ubuntu. The main thing was, she had to re-make the stick; she had made it wrongly in some respect, the first time. It is not clear yet whether she managed the successful installation without having disabled all the security features in the BIOS or not. If

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

2013-02-19 Thread Gareth France
On 19/02/13 17:14, Rowan Berkeley wrote: My friend in Denmark has now got her Ubuntu. The main thing was, she had to re-make the stick; she had made it wrongly in some respect, the first time. It is not clear yet whether she managed the successful installation without having disabled all the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

2013-02-19 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On 19/02/13 17:40, Gareth France wrote: On 19/02/13 17:14, Rowan Berkeley wrote: My friend in Denmark has now got her Ubuntu. The main thing was, she had to re-make the stick; she had made it wrongly in some respect, the first time. It is not clear yet whether she managed the successful

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu unusably slow

2013-02-19 Thread Gareth France
On 11/02/13 17:54, Neil Greenwood wrote: Doesn't look like the swap is thrashing the disk - there's memory and swap free, but I/O is blocking 56% of the CPU time. Next time it happens, try getting the vmstat output that Alan suggested. My machine has had a hissy fit and lost control of the