http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ubuntu.com
Guess that's what happens when you upgrade to 12.04. My system has not
worked since the update. Been surviving with a Linux Mint 12 Live CD :)
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Was it too subtle? I was saying that Ubuntu.com was down. Was down for
about 10mins before I posted. Appears to be up now. Thought would be news
to a Ubuntu list.
On 5 June 2012 21:27, Gareth France gareth.fra...@gmail.com wrote:
On 05/06/12 21:16, Colin McCarthy wrote:
http
Hi
I've a selection of branded Ubuntu CD's. 8.10 Server, 9.10 Desktop etc,
plus tons of Ubuntu stickers.
Does a Ubuntu Fanboy/girl want them before they go in the bin?
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On 22 June 2010 14:07, Gordon gbpli...@gmail.com wrote:
Trying to download 10.04 - EXCRUCIATINGLY slow. Anyone know if there's a
server problem today?
Was slow for me too today. Took over 2.5 hours on a 10mb fibre connection at
work this morning.
I just clicked the download link on Ubuntu.com
On 27 May 2010 17:00, Cornelius Mostert corneliusmost...@googlemail.comwrote:
Hi all
This is off topic but I am not sure where to go.
Did you not think to look on http://drupal.org/support
They even have a 'Help' Forum http://drupal.org/forum
Colin
More Senior IT Specialist with embedded
Smart Technologys the makers of 'SmartBoards' one of the two popular
interactive whiteboards already do a linux client. Its almost exactly the same
as the windows version and works perfectly. I have used to many times at our
LUG meeting which occasionally meets in a school.
Capita recently
On 26 March 2010 10:44, Colin Law clan...@googlemail.com wrote:
On 26 March 2010 10:22, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote:
I placed a DVD in the tray. A menu opened (CD/DVD creator). I dragdroped
the
mpeg file in there and clicked create. A dvd was created.
This works fine on several
On 11 March 2010 18:56, Neil Perry npe...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Guys,
Not to sure of how many programmers we've got here, but I've got some free
time over the next couple of weeks and would very much like to learn the
basics of python programming. I've had a look over at amazon and seen
this
On 1 March 2010 14:07, Cornelius Mostert corneliusmost...@googlemail.comwrote:
Hallo all
I know I have asked this before but only now have all my ducks in a row to
do this project so please could you tell me what apps I could use to do the
following:
I have an audio stream coming in via usb
On 20 February 2010 11:24, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote:
You might want to look at Yuuguu[1], who provide cross-platform
conferencing and screen sharing at a reasonable price.
Yuuguu is great, and free as in no cost depending on your conference
requirement. Also a viewer does
2009/12/17 Cornelius Mostert corneliusmost...@googlemail.com
Hallo all
I would like to know how (if possible) to setup a VNC server and Viewer/s
to allow more than 1 Viewer to view the desktop of 1 VNC Server *at the
same time*.
I have 1 VNC Server that will do a desktop demo and would like
2009/11/25 mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk:
Following the massive e-mail outage (again) at Fasthosts yesterday, I'm
looking to move my e-mail-only account. Does anyone have any experience
/ comments about Heart Internet or 5 Quid Host? Their free or
cheap-as-chips packages look OK. I'm
2009/11/11 Gordon gbpli...@gmail.com
Can someone point me to a tutorial on how to remotely control a machine
not in the same location and not on the same network?
One very easy program to use is http://www.yuuguu.com as it requires no
configuration of routers or Command Line knowledge.
Just
2009/9/20 John Matthews jake...@sky.com
I use Thunderbird and Google Calendar and my Nokia E71 and synch it all
with Goosynch. It works really well.
John
I use http://www.goosync.com/ too and it is a great product. Well worth
yearly or lifetime fee for contact and tasks syncing. The free
2009/9/2 Dave Walker davewal...@ubuntu.com
huet bartels wrote:
Dear all,
Has anyone got experience in using a mobile G3 Dongle with Ubuntu.
Vodafone or 3 Network some other provider.
Hi
I have a Huawei 169g 3G Dongle on '3' and it just works in Ubuntu. Just plug
it in, following the
2009/4/10 alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com
It looks like xandros is moving into Wubi space and also linking
commercial options (?)
I don't think they are moving into Wubi space but rather SplashTop space
http://www.splashtop.com/. And all the other companies now doing an instant
on OS.
I
2009/4/8 Lucy lucybrid...@gmail.com
2009/4/7 Simon Wears munkyju...@googlemail.com:
Also, seeing colins email on London party, Twitter? Do we have a
hashtag for it?
I'm on identi.ca rather than Twitter but a hashtag would be great. I'm
terrible at thinking up such things. Anyone have any
I don't think we really need the actual release information, it's not like
peole are going to get confussed and twitter about the wrong release party
:-)
Colin
2009/4/8 Lucy lucybrid...@gmail.com
Thanks :)
2009/4/7 Simon Wears munkyju...@googlemail.com:
It's up on the Forums -
2009/3/27 Kat Kinnie kat.kin...@canonical.com
Hi all,
Just wanted to let you know the details for the Ubuntu 9.04 Release Party.
I know it's still early but is there an official Twitter HashTag for this
event? :-)
Colin
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2009/3/4 John jake...@sky.com
I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but I was just wondering, are
there any websites or books that are Ubuntu specific, that are easy to
read and understand
Before spending any money on dead tree books take a look at
http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com it's a
2009/2/2 Dr James Stevens-Turner ja...@btguk.org
John,
Maplin are offering a laptop at £99.99 plus one at £129.99, with Linux on!
James.
I have played with one of these, a branded Elonex one and the quality is
terrible. The keyboard is just 'too' small. At least with an Acer or Asus
2009/2/1 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace matt...@truthisfreedom.org.uk
Is there anyway that anyone knows of to find the IP address of the
switch or what the defaults are?
You could use the free application 'Cisco Network Assistant'
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5931/index.html
This is a
2009/2/1 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace matt...@truthisfreedom.org.uk
Quoting Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net:
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Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
Hi All,
I've just picked up a WS-1912-EN from the ever awesome freecycle and
whilst It's plugged
With all these mentions of LUG, I thought I would mention Kent LUG as
a shameless plug.
Our next meeting is next Saturday 31st January from 10am to 1pm at;
Maplesden Noakes School
Buckland Hill, Buckland Road
Maidstone
Kent ME16 0TJ
We are doing an 'Install and Troubleshooting' session for
I am currently on a train going to the darkest parts of Kent and using
a 'Three' dongle on my eeePC 701 running eeeBuntu. 3G works fine in
Ubuntu 8.10. Although there is a know bug where you sometimes dont get
DNS from your provider, but it's being worked on. All I do is
disconnect and reconnect
2008/12/10 Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Stephen Garton wrote:
Afternoon All,
I look after my mother in laws's ubuntu box - currently running hardy.
She only has a 512 broadband connection, and a full upgrade needs to
download ~1.8GB of packages.
Can you download the Alternative CD via a
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Joshua Scotton [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Hi all,
I'm getting an Eee PC 901 which should be delivered tomorrow and I plan
to install ubuntu-eee on it as soon as it arrives.
Have any of you guys managed to get a Mobile Broadband USB modem such as
Vodafones's [1]
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm sure though someone else has actually tried it. I'm surprised
though that they didn't bundle in a restore CD/DVD, I mean an external
USB DVD writer is only about £30 nowadays.
I don't have an Acer, but I have an Asus
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 8:52 PM, norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
After months of trying I have finally got my little brother, who is in
his seventies, to join the 21st century and he has installed Ubuntu 8.04
(no newfangled stuff like 8.10 for him) along with his XP. Now, big
brother is
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:49 AM, Pete Stean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well I'll be blogging about it later but that was a great evening - there
were easily a hundred people there at the peak, and Mr Shuttleworth himself
was there for most of the evening, as was Popey from the UbuntuUK podcast
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Hi folks,
I was having a browse of Youtube and came across this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOOqbViQ7Zsfeature=related
Out of all the 24 spoofs I think this is the best one
another +1 for De Hems
Is there a nerdy dress code for these events? Do we have to wear a computer
T-shirt from thinkgeek.com?
Colin
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On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Michael Rimicans
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So to start the argument:
Which would you prefer?
Dell Mini 9 or the Asus Eeepc
The Asus eeePC. I have a 701 and recently bought a 901 for someones
birthday.
It wins hands down.
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On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Alfred Lakudzala
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
Please join me
Ok, now that really is spam! Should someone official speak to Alfred?
And ask him to stop or unsubscribe him?
Colin
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Alfred Lakudzala
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
some spam
Humm probably not a link to click on at work :-)
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On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 9:57 PM, James Grabham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm quite interested in an acer Extensa 4220-101G08Mi (Catchy name)
We have a lot of Acer laptops at work and they are terrible. Also Acer
customer service is the worst on earth. I would not wish an Acer
product on my
I have also seen Ubuntu on computers inside maps of the game
UrbanTerror. (Best game ever)
Does virtually spotting Ubuntu still count?
Colin
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On 5/23/08, LeeGroups [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Novatech are advertising a laptop as Works with ubuntu on this week's
newsletter:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/e-weekly.html
Tom
Whoa! £50 extra for Windows... That's what we need to see more of! :)
That'd really start
On 5/15/08, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If any of you have any burning questions you would like us to ask,
people you'd like us to talk to, or topics you'd like us to discuss -
either with the developers in general, or specific individuals, please
either comment on this thread or
On 5/7/08, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 18:03 +0100, Tim Dobson wrote:
Where possible, please use the torrent. :)
Which bizzarely contains multiple copies of the video. I am motivated to
_not_ use torrent in this situation for this reason. The torrent is
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Dianne Reuby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Finally had time to update today - only a couple of problems, and one is
driving me mad; I've got no Back/Forward buttons in Fx3.
What I can't believe is that a Long Term Support release has beta software
as the default
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Jai Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey Colin,
I imagine they'll release a 8.04.1 release once Firefox 3 goes final
(an updated release like they have done in the past).
Jai
Oh I am sure they will Jai, but they should have waited until FF was a final
3.
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Tan Xuan You [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Colin,
They can't wait for Firefox 3 final, nor for any other vendor. Canonical
has a strict 6-month update cycle that keeps development going.
They can't afford to wait for any other vendor, they have to take the
best
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Sean Anderson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 23:10 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
It's out!
http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2008/04/23/s01e04-such-an-easy-question/
Cheers,
Al.
I wonder if this release will over shadow any other releases
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Kris Marsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7358483.stm
It's the top article on the Technology page
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm], and it was the on
the main BBC news page [http://news.bbc.co.uk/] earlier.
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(feel free to speculate wildly as to what it might be)
A Ubuntu 8.04 CD? (you cheap b)
:-)
Colin
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On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
We've had a lot of great feedback about the podcast, and many suggestions,
offers of help and even offers of audio submissions which is fantastic!
One question that has cropped up a couple of times is that of audio
On 4/8/08, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2008/04/07/s01e03-help-me/
Good discussion on CLI vs GUI. I am on the fence a bit and see the benefits
of both. But I know that it's sometimes easier to help someone via
IRC/email/forum via the CLI. And that's how I
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Andrew Oakley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Any more? In particular I'm after a good GIMP manual.
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http://meetthegimp.org/ is a pretty good GIMP videocast explaining about all
the functions and how to do things.
I am learning a lot from it.
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ciemon Dunville wrote:
Last weekend four of us got together, with four microphones and some
other gadgets to do a little recording.
The last few days has seen some frantic activity editing audio files,
and web
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ciemon Dunville wrote:
On 11/03/2008, Tony Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just a comment on the quality. The sound levels seem inconsistent
between the voices and the music. I turned down the volume while the
intro
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One of the main problems is the public sector are locked against us.
Many of the government agencies require the public to use .doc files
if you want to fill out stuff online[2], and there is the lack of
anything non Microsoft in
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Tony Travis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Daniel Lamb wrote:
Hi does anyone have experience with any groupware apps?
What would you suggest as the best one for a small business server
replacement?
Hello, Daniel.
I recommend Drupal:
http://drupal.org/
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Daniel Lamb wrote:
Hi does anyone have experience with any groupware apps?
What would you suggest as the best one for a small business server
replacement?
Hello, Daniel.
I recommend Drupal:
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Tony Travis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Colin McCarthy wrote:
[...]
Isn't Drupal a CMS rather than Groupware?
I think Daniel is looking for a Groupware application like
www.opengroupware.org http://www.opengroupware.org.
This appears to have all
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If anyone is a 24 fan and has the Season 3 box set, check out Episode 1
about 2 minutes 43 seconds in and see what is on the laptop screen.
Looks to me like the K from KDE, possibly KDE3.
Rob
I noticed Linux being used
On Jan 28, 2008 6:14 PM, Eddie Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I would like software that I can use for 'educating' my family via the
web interactively re computers - I thought teleseminar software might
fit the bill.
Anyone know of anything suitable in OSS for Linux and maybe Win?
It
On Dec 31, 2007 7:14 PM, twager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What do I need to convert the .avi files to so they will play on the vid
machine
Do you mean convert your .avi files to DVD files?
If so this is an easy way to do it, http://www.linux.com/articles/53702
Colin
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This looks really exciting, Ubuntu specially taylored for the Asus eeePC.
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu:eeexubuntu:home
I'm planning on giving it ago on my unit tomorrow. Has anyone else put a
'different' OS on their eeePC?
I have been so impressed with the simple GUI and it's features I haven't
On 11/22/07, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Saw this today and thought people might be interested in it.
http://www.unwiredshow.tv/2007/10/31/14-asus-eee-pc/
He reviews the Eee PC (200 quid Linux Based PC) and seems to quite like
it.
Cheers,
Al.
I can't wait to review my 'own' unit
On 11/4/07, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was quite deliberate in the way I worded it actually. I'm pretty sure
most users don't actually know the difference between wiki.ubuntu.com,
help.ubuntu.com and help.ubuntu.com/community.
Seems like there is some confusion there.
Cheers,
On 10/9/07, Colin McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 10/9/07, Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What do you reckon to this:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/10/09/rm_asus_launches_minibook/
Mac
Cool, glad I work in a school so hopefully can get a demo unit from RM.
Would
On 10/9/07, Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What do you reckon to this:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/10/09/rm_asus_launches_minibook/
Mac
Cool, glad I work in a school so hopefully can get a demo unit from RM.
Would be prefect for whipping out on the train and doing a bit of work.
I am
On 10/4/07, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pretty much already done:-
https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/ubuntu-easy-business-server
https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/ebox
:)
The plan is for Ubuntu to release a server product which achieves many
of
On 9/27/07, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Could whoever is looking after the poll, please delete the incorrect
poll as it may well confuse some users and effect the vote.
Cheers
Chris
I hope their wont be any dimpled chads (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_(paper)) with this
On 8/8/07, Alec Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wake up everyone! It's 8th August at last!
http://dell.co.uk/ubuntu
The best thing thats happened in the UK since cillit bang grime and
lime :)
The link http://dell.co.uk/ubuntu works but when I select the Ubuntu
Desktop range I get this
I would be interested in the 'Linux in a Nutshell' book.
I am happy to Paypal you a few quid to cover postage.
Colin
On 4/13/07, DAVID [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Ted
I live in Peak dale near Buxton and I am interested in the books as I am
having some problems loading Linux with Windows.
On 3/28/07, TheVeech [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Trouble is, the one for my neck of
the woods is supposed to be active but its website hasn't been updated
for a long time.
What is your neck of the woods? I am a member of the Kent LUG and we are
quiet active.
It is great to 'physically' meet
They are great. I can't wait to show them to the 'Mac Fan' at work tomorrow.
On 3/26/07, Nicholas Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nice and to the point!
Tony.
are we allowed to say point ? grins ducks and runs like ...
seriously though great moxy on the part of Novell to make Linux
The site does look great, nice, simple and easy to read. Linux does need a
good '/switch' type site.
I hope the group involved has also registered getlinux.org before someone
else does.
Colin
On 3/21/07, Benjamin Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I for one would think, and I'm sure many would
I bought a 'no name cheaper than dirt budget' USB2 PCI card from
Dabs.comand it works perfectly on my system running Ubuntu.
Colin
On 3/12/07, alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Are there any problems to be anticipated if I try to use an expansion
card (PCI) to add some USB2 ports to a PC which
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