[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu sme server

2009-06-02 Thread Daniel Lamb
Hi, About 6 months ago I wrote a script which installs a ubuntu server with groupware, file shares, printer shares, dns, dhcp, domain controller etc, just like a windows 2003 small business server, the script runs great and I have done a number of installs with it but currently have to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu sme server

2009-06-02 Thread Daniel Lamb
Yeah just spent the afternoon playing with ebox, its come on alot in the past year, the mail module didnt work though. Daniel Alan Pope wrote: 2009/6/2 Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com: You might try looking at the SME Server for some ideas: http://wiki.contribs.org/Main_Page

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Samba as Print Server

2009-04-21 Thread Daniel Lamb
Have you tried adding all users on the domain as admins on the local machine? might be worth a shot, printing works for me and this is what I have done. Regards, Daniel Cornelius Mostert wrote: OK, SO I plugged the printer directly into the Linux server, used cups to setup the server ans

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Song Pro or similar

2009-03-08 Thread Daniel Lamb
http://www.adebenham.com/lyricue/ is the only opensource worship software for linux i can find. Hope it works out for you. Daniel Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: Quoting red rik_bol...@btinternet.com: My house mate tonight has finaly taken the step to the world of Unbuntu! He is going

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Buying a Acer Notebook.....

2009-02-03 Thread Daniel Lamb
Dave Morley wrote: On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 17:04 +, Robert Longstaff wrote: I wondered if that was a good deal, also I wondered how easy it would be to install Ubuntu on it. As it doesnt have a dvd/cd player, would Ubuntu work on it, and how would I install it? I have an Aspire

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee

2009-01-04 Thread Daniel Lamb
I just stuck on the standard ubuntu os and it worked fine, needed a wireless driver and changed the kernel to a specific eee one, cant remember it but it works great. £40 thats good going. Daniel John Levin wrote: Liam Proven wrote: Setting up an Eee 900 for a mate. £40 off eBay! Great

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-26 Thread Daniel Lamb
To be fair the same could be said about any gui, like ebox as well, if you cant do it manually and know what your doing then dont use something like webmin or ebox, because if it doesnt work then you do need to know what your doing. Daniel Dave Morley wrote: On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 10:00 +0100,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-26 Thread Daniel Lamb
SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Lamb wrote: To be fair the same could be said about any gui, like ebox as well, if you cant do it manually and know what your doing then dont use something like webmin or ebox, because if it doesnt work then you do need to know what your doing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] webmin, was Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-23 Thread Daniel Lamb
I do, all my servers run it and monitoring is done via it, I find it alot better than ebox currently, however ebox does look promising. I know some people are anti webmin however I do find it brilliant. Regards, Daniel Alan Pope wrote: On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:23:37AM +0100, Daniel Lamb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu RAID Management

2008-08-22 Thread Daniel Lamb
Webmin does monitor software raid. Worth having a quick look at it. Regards, Daniel Alan Pope wrote: On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 09:18:53PM +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: I'm configuring a server with software RAID and wondered if any of you have any ideas about monitoring the RAID array. Does

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UKTeam parts exchange proposal

2008-08-18 Thread Daniel Lamb
Looks good, I shall list some of my hardware on there also. Regards, Daniel Philip Wyett wrote: On Mon, 2008-08-18 at 12:46 +0100, Philip Wyett wrote: Hi all, Having a bit of a clear out of smaller PC hardware... I thought better than throwing things away, could I offer good working

[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu sbs server

2008-07-31 Thread Daniel Lamb
I have finished a small script which installs all the necessary software needed as an sbs replacement on a ubuntu server, currently it is using files which have to be changed manually doing a find and replace, however I am hoping to do this as part of the install script and also scripts for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu sbs server

2008-07-31 Thread Daniel Lamb
, calendars etc as well as av and openoffice. Regards, Daniel Jon Reeves wrote: Daniel Lamb wrote: I have finished a small script which installs all the necessary software needed as an sbs replacement on a ubuntu server Very interesting - I have always thought this was something

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu sbs server

2008-07-31 Thread Daniel Lamb
it has been uploaded to www.openyourwindows.com/smb server.iso, this is the script and all needed software etc. Please let me know how you get on. Regards, Daniel Jon Reeves wrote: Daniel Lamb wrote: I have finished a small script which installs all the necessary software

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu sbs server

2008-07-31 Thread Daniel Lamb
Sorry it is infact: www.openyourwindows.com/smb/smb-server.iso Daniel Lamb wrote: it has been uploaded to www.openyourwindows.com/smb server.iso, this is the script and all needed software etc. Please let me know how you get on. Regards, Daniel Jon Reeves wrote: Daniel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] windows home server

2008-07-20 Thread Daniel Lamb
There is a distro called slampp i think. Which will do the majority of that other than streaming but you can do that with vlc. Daniel Original message From: Wayne Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] windows

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice re 8.04 server edition

2008-07-20 Thread Daniel Lamb
Id also suggest slampp for that, or possibly 8.04 with samba and and openssh then install webmin and configure samba with that, samba will work basically out of the box, look at this http://doxfer.com/Webmin/SambaWindowsFileSharing or read a guide i wrote which is in the Full Circle Magazine.

[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu sbs server

2008-07-04 Thread Daniel Lamb
Hello, Is anyone interested in an SBS equivalent ubuntu server with mail, domain, file shares etc? I have built something which does this using remastersys but I need help writing a script if anyone is interested please get in touch. Regards, Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How do I know when to reboot after upgrading Ubuntu Server?

2008-06-20 Thread Daniel Lamb
It will come up at the end of the upgrade it should come up with restart now, I usually upgrade my servers with sudo do-release-upgrade. It always comes up with restart at the end. If you have started with with ssh and closed the session you may need to run sudo dpkg --configure -a as some

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Migrating between distros

2008-06-20 Thread Daniel Lamb
Are the home directories on a separate partition? If not you could move them to a separate partition or an external hard drive I guess. Regards, Daniel Sean Miller wrote: Hi, I have this laptop running Mandriva... in the normal Ubuntu install situation I'd effectively wipe off Mandriva and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Spotting

2008-06-07 Thread Daniel Lamb
I saw an old friend of my parents this week and he was telling me about this brilliant alternative operating system something called Ubuntu, I then pointed out that is what my parents have been using for years lol, not really spotting but still came up in random conversation. regards, Daniel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Server Setup - Help Needed With Email

2008-05-20 Thread Daniel Lamb
Can you not setup your email to be picked up using postfix/smtp? Using an mx record from your domain and also securing the authentication for the email. You might be able to setup fetchmail to collect the email and distribute it out using dovecot and postfix. If you use webmin it will greatly

Re: [ubuntu-uk] watch tv on ubuntu!

2008-05-12 Thread Daniel Lamb
This is all well and good what the bbc say however as you are not recieving a transmission it would be harder for them to track surely, obviously they could track it by ip address however that would mean zattoo would need to work with them, I am not condoning or suggesting anyone breaks the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IMAP Server

2008-05-10 Thread Daniel Lamb
I would use postfix, dovecot and fetchmail but dovecot is a very good imap server, look at webmin for administering it, ebox isnt quite there yet. Also for groupware look at egroupware, install is very easy and you can just use your imap server for connect and groupdav for contacts. Regards,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sharing printer with Cups on Ubuntu server

2008-04-11 Thread Daniel Lamb
On top of that if you want a nice little script i have attached one here I found and have used. Simply add a bat extension at the end and it will map the printer automatically to your windows pc. If you need any help with writing it let me know. Works very well. Regards, Daniel On Fri,

[ubuntu-uk] windows

2008-03-17 Thread Daniel Lamb
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/image.php?u=3411type=sigpicdateline=1181677427 Probably old news I found it funny. Regards, Daniel On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 17:13 +, Dave Walker wrote: Hi, Ubuntu-uk will be holding it's 16th meeting on 26th March 2008, commencing 20:30 GMT. It will be

[ubuntu-uk] groupware

2008-03-06 Thread Daniel Lamb
Hi does anyone have experience with any groupware apps? What would you suggest as the best one for a small business server replacement? Regards, Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Accounting software ?

2008-02-25 Thread daniel . lamb
Norman you mean turbocash, which has now got a much nicer looking port called osfinancials, however neither run on linux(not even in wine) although they are opensource, I have spent many hours searching for an alternative to sage and have never found anything suitable, the best I have found is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 'The One': new low-priced laptop with linux inside

2008-02-17 Thread Daniel Lamb
Did anyone see the comment? I was pleased with this development until I read Linux Mike, Runcorn, United Kingdom I say we beat him until he changes his ways. No but seriously how can anyone have anything again linux? I really struggle with that. Regards, Daniel On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 00:02

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HDD drives... which brand(s)?

2008-02-05 Thread Daniel Lamb
Personally i always stick to western digital, as was said before they do fail but so do others, warranties on a drive usually arent worth it from my experience, as it would cost more than half the amount of a replacement drive to send off the faulty one. As far as externals are concerned dont buy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] jpeg from vcd

2007-12-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
How many pictures are in the vcd? Could you open the pics with a picture program? Just an idea, dont know if its possible. Daniel On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 21:20 +, norman wrote: On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 20:52 +, Dave Morley wrote: On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 20:20 +, norman wrote: snip

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why some people will never switch

2007-12-21 Thread Daniel Lamb
My Parents switched, and they are 50, wasnt all to hard, said it was better and explained why, then they moved. Had alot less problems and questions. Set it up alot like the mac(with the most used icons on the bottom bar, will be pushing it over 2008 to anyone i come in contact with who does not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Why some people will never switch

2007-12-21 Thread Daniel Lamb
You can downgrade from vista to xp home legally, Regards, Daniel On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 11:29 +, Rob Beard wrote: My Dad bought a new PC last week, and me being the family geek, was -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Email hosts (was Re: (no subject))

2007-12-07 Thread Daniel Lamb
Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Email hosts (was Re: (no subject)) On 07/12/2007, Philip Newborough [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 7, 2007 12:30 AM, John Levin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel Lamb wrote: Me? Or you could use fasthosts, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7131431.stm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoneminder camera

2007-12-06 Thread Daniel Lamb
December 2007 15:47 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Zoneminder camera Daniel Lamb wrote: Hi there, Has anyone had or used zoneminder with external ip cameras? Is it easy to setup? Also anyone got any suggestions for camera models to use? Regards, Daniel Daniel, I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2007-12-06 Thread Daniel Lamb
Me? Or you could use fasthosts, pipex or 11 in my experience all are good. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Rimicans Sent: 06 December 2007 22:40 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm stuck

2007-12-03 Thread Daniel Lamb
You could try a windows repair, as I sent you details on before. That should work. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 03 December 2007 17:10 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm stuck

Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm stuck

2007-12-03 Thread Daniel Lamb
Try a windows repair: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341 regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 03 December 2007 21:17 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] I'm stuck You could try a windows

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mbr removal command

2007-12-01 Thread Daniel Lamb
You would change hda1 to sda0 I would think bs=512 comes first but don't know for sure. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 01 December 2007 10:51 To: ubuntu-uk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] mbr removal command As a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Installing more than one 'buntu- Your thoughts!!!

2007-11-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
Works, my first experience of the other breeds of ubuntu was doing that. If you want to give them a shot or want to try out any kde/xfce specific software its well worth it. Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Javad Ayaz Sent: 30

Re: [ubuntu-uk] would you believe it

2007-11-29 Thread Daniel Lamb
What I suggest is to install windows xp, wipe the hard drive( are you installing to the satat drive? If so you need the driver for the sata device.) and start all over again. After xp works setup the dual boot. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] would you believe it

2007-11-29 Thread Daniel Lamb
That is due to you not having the sata driver installed. Do you have the original xp disk that came with the pc? Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 29 November 2007 13:39 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] would you believe it

2007-11-29 Thread Daniel Lamb
I mean the one that came with the pc that has the sata drive? If you don't you will need to download it. This may help: Just in case anyone else has this problem and doesn't want to spend an hour figuring it out... If you are loading Windows XP onto a computer with a serial ATA (SATA) hard

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to fix Gnome problem

2007-11-29 Thread Daniel Lamb
? Pete On 11/28/07, Daniel Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just had problems after an update, so ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, after running throught the setup again it resolved it. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2007-11-28 Thread Daniel Lamb
Yes, you should be able to set the cd drive as slave and hard drive as master. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 28 November 2007 12:47 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot snip

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2007-11-28 Thread Daniel Lamb
Yes, as far as everything is concerned the computer will still see it as the main drive so grub will work fine. Are you transfering an old drive to a new pc? Sorry havent been following the topic as I have been ill. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2007-11-28 Thread Daniel Lamb
Have you connected it as a master drive into the new pc? On the same channel as the cd drive. One thing that might throw a spanner in the works is I believe you are running 2000 on the drive as well? If so then I most likely will not work on the new pc without running a windows repair. Regards,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2007-11-28 Thread Daniel Lamb
Well you will need to reinstall windows to make it run on a different machine. I would suggest resizing the ubuntu disk and install windows on that. Then setup grub to run with that setup. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2007-11-28 Thread Daniel Lamb
What you need to do is check what device the drive is now connected as, grub might well see it as hd1 instead of before as hd0. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 28 November 2007 18:57 To:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How to fix Gnome problem

2007-11-28 Thread Daniel Lamb
I just had problems after an update, so ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, after running throught the setup again it resolved it. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mac Sent: 28 November 2007 20:53 To: British Ubuntu Talk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2007-11-28 Thread Daniel Lamb
Check your cd drive is set to master and your bios is set to detect ide devices, Also while you are there check how many ide channels you have(perhaps 2 with 2 primary and 2 secondary). If you have 2 channels perhaps you could put the drive onto the primary. Regards, Daniel -Original

Re: [ubuntu-uk] boot problem

2007-11-25 Thread Daniel Lamb
Try a windows repair, http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic8356.html Should work fine after that. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alec Wright Sent: 25 November 2007 12:49 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] boot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Children DVD (Windows compatible)

2007-11-15 Thread Daniel Lamb
You should make sure that libdvd is installed follow this guide: http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2006/12/14/how-to-enable-dvd-playback-ubuntu-510 -6061-610/ Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pascal Khoury Sent: 15 November 2007 14:08

Re: [ubuntu-uk] serious advice

2007-11-14 Thread Daniel Lamb
Why not buy an asus laptop with linux on it and introduce her to linux games, there are a number of education ones for linux also. Or if you do want to still use linux/oss, why not look at reactos? You didn't say how much your wanting to spend, you could get the ubuntu box from tescos and stick

Re: [ubuntu-uk] serious advice

2007-11-14 Thread Daniel Lamb
Well just buy a desktop from tescos then and use that, nows the time for her to learn, otherwise she might be stuck like the rest of the blind windows users. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of norman Sent: 14 November 2007

Re: [ubuntu-uk] workplacement

2007-11-14 Thread Daniel Lamb
Where abouts are you? Are you wanting to help with a project or work for a company? Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tryo tas Sent: 14 November 2007 16:24 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] workplacement hi, i'm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] workplacement

2007-11-14 Thread Daniel Lamb
Ok, what afre your skills and abilities? Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tryo tas Sent: 14 November 2007 21:37 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] workplacement hi matt, i'm living in stepney green,london but would

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sunkeyboard not welcome

2007-11-12 Thread Daniel Lamb
started working with command line etc..it.s just good to get used to know where to get information in the first place.do you know anybody who is into sparc linux or busy with building a linux recording studio? cheers shen Daniel Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: does that mean it is now resolved

Re: [ubuntu-uk] lack of command-line installation...

2007-11-12 Thread Daniel Lamb
There is an alternative install cd which allows you to install without using a live cd. Works very well on low memory machines. Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Miller Sent: 12 November 2007 10:53 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please can someone look at this and try tohelp............ SATA Hdd Problem.

2007-11-12 Thread Daniel Lamb
How about trying it on the onboard sata controller? Can you do that? remove a device and plug it in? Also is it a cheap or obscure sata card? is it maybe not full supported by ubuntu? I had a perc controller on a dell server which was similar, but that was with 6.06, to be honest i ended up

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please can someone look at this and try to help............ SATA Hdd Problem.

2007-11-12 Thread Daniel Lamb
I feel like a baby. Lol Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Arnold Sent: 12 November 2007 13:43 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please can someone look at this and try to help SATA Hdd Problem. Sean

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sunkeyboard not welcome

2007-11-11 Thread Daniel Lamb
the forum and there was good information about the keyboard.the layout is generic 104/105 and not sun type 4 or 5. cheers shen Daniel Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry so you are using 6.06.1 instead of 7.04? Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme

2007-11-10 Thread Daniel Lamb
For lemmings clone there is pingus, which works very well not tested it on ubuntu just another os :-(. Daniel - original message - Subject:Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme From: Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 11/11/2007 00:07 Adam Bagnall wrote: Dianne Reuby

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Open Hosting project

2007-11-08 Thread Daniel Lamb
, Daniel Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was actually thinking something along similar lines, i have gone as far as getting a dedicated server hosted in the us. My thoughts had been to offer free hosting and take donations which would be invested in the server/hosting, one of these things being

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Open Hosting project

2007-11-08 Thread Daniel Lamb
I was actually thinking something along similar lines, i have gone as far as getting a dedicated server hosted in the us. My thoughts had been to offer free hosting and take donations which would be invested in the server/hosting, one of these things being buying domains for projects etc.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another broadband related q? Sorry!

2007-11-01 Thread Daniel Lamb
You can not judge your connection on torrents for a start as it also depends on how many people are sharing and speed they are sharing at. Also I believe it is 2mb per minute rather than kbs, if you are worried about your speed try the broadband speed test that think broadband provide. Also is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Another broadband related q? Sorry!

2007-11-01 Thread Daniel Lamb
It also depends who you have broadband with Tesco etc offer llu broadband which means they can add as many users as they want. The other thing is that people talk about the best broadband provider, from my experience (I am an entanet and zen reseller) if you are happy paying more you get a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux mysteriously broke my computer!

2007-11-01 Thread Daniel Lamb
Does that surprise you? Anyways what machine are you running? What are the problems? Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alec Wright Sent: 01 November 2007 14:56 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Linux

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux mysteriously broke my computer!

2007-11-01 Thread Daniel Lamb
Yes usually do not volunteer information, and agree when they say something, I they say to try something then take some time and then say you tried it, usually if you keep saying it doesn't work whatever they say then they will send out an engineer. The only time you have problems is if they ask

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up a Dell Latitude D420

2007-10-31 Thread Daniel Lamb
How doesn't it find the wifi? In the top right hand corner what does it have? Also check what card was used in your machine, I just got a d830 today and installed Ubuntu on it, it works great!! Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas

2007-10-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
Or we could have a better one just for scots!!! Lol. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Barber Sent: 30 October 2007 01:36 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] UbuCon UK Ideas On 29/10/2007, John Levin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternative...in Ubuntu and windows

2007-10-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
Sorry are you joking? Openoffice is written in java which means it is platform independent, as long as you can run java on your machine you will essentially be able to run any java app. Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of STONE

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up a Dell Latitude D420

2007-10-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
Has this been resolved because was just reading up and there is a fair chance that the d420 is using the same wifi as the 1420n which is dells Ubuntu machine, or am I wrong? Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Douglas Sent: 29 October 2007

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternative...in Ubuntu and windows

2007-10-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
is written in C++, however there are certain components and features which do rely on Java to work. Hope this helps, Matthew. On 30/10/2007, Daniel Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry are you joking? Openoffice is written in java which means it is platform independent, as long as you can run

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternative...in Ubuntu and windows

2007-10-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
Pdf creator, http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ Works as a printer. Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of STONE COLD Sent: 30 October 2007 14:12 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternative...in Ubuntu and windows

2007-10-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
Yes it is _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of STONE COLD Sent: 30 October 2007 14:50 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] PDF file ADOBE alternative...in Ubuntu and windows IS this free? _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IPv6 - are you using it?

2007-10-30 Thread Daniel Lamb
Windows does support IPv6, When I asked a colleague(who has been working in it for 20+ years) what it was used for he explained, basically with nat it is pointless as was said before we cant or are unlikely to run out of ip addresses using IPv4. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu TV Advert

2007-10-28 Thread Daniel Lamb
Surely someone must have a contact in tv or a tv show? Wouldn’t it be better to do something jointly with dell or someone and promote it on a breakfast show or a gadget show, they might well be interested in it, once that is done it could be followed up a lot easier by radio and papers so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Memory problems with Gutsy and OpenOffice

2007-10-27 Thread Daniel Lamb
I presume the version you are using was upgraded with gutsy? What specs are your machine? You can change the amount of memory assigned to openoffice via Tools, Options, Memory, I would normally make sure it is sitting at 20+ mb. Also go to Java and untick it see if it runs any better, if not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC Poll Choices

2007-10-26 Thread Daniel Lamb
Think their polls work on ip addresses? Or think you could sit there and continually click linux? Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kirrus Sent: 26 October 2007 15:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] mono display in cshell konsole window etc..

2007-10-25 Thread Daniel Lamb
As long as you searched for it and found it using that it should automatically install all the dependencies. What I could suggest is open the terminal and type sudo apt-get install -f which will fix any dependency errors you are having. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] VMWare on gutsy

2007-10-25 Thread Daniel Lamb
Why not use qemu? Is the ipod touch not supported on gutsy? Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Pope Sent: 25 October 2007 12:25 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] VMWare on gutsy Hi Kris, On Thu,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What mail client do people use.

2007-10-25 Thread Daniel Lamb
I use evolution, think its brilliant, wish someone would do a decent port of it to windows(I know about markybobs one) so I can give it to clients as well. Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Beard Sent: 25 October 2007 13:23 To:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kittens in ubuntu pose

2007-10-25 Thread Daniel Lamb
Quoting Daniel Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Just realised my kittens are kind of doing the Ubuntu sign, maybe not though, check it out http://www.openyourwindows.com/ubuntu.JPG. Daniel Aww thats so cute. What we need is someone to put an Ubuntu logo (and link) on there, then we can e-mail it out

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kittens in ubuntu pose

2007-10-25 Thread Daniel Lamb
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kirrus Sent: 25 October 2007 15:02 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kittens in ubuntu pose - Daniel Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cool, a bit less dangerous than I had in mind. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kittens in ubuntu pose

2007-10-25 Thread Daniel Lamb
Cool, a bit less dangerous than I had in mind. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gord Sent: 25 October 2007 14:47 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kittens in ubuntu pose On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 14:18 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kittens in ubuntu pose

2007-10-25 Thread Daniel Lamb
pose Quoting Daniel Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: They were probably 6 weeks then, they are 20 weeks old now I think, one has died now though, was just looking through old phones and kind of saw a little resemblance, if anyone wants to play with it please do. Regards, Daniel Aww poor thing. Did

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP?

2007-10-24 Thread Daniel Lamb
I personally would use zen, maybe a bit more expensive but good customer service. Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Bagnall Sent: 23 October 2007 23:40 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Best ISP? Alan Pope wrote:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Tesco Selling Ubuntu 6.06 Machines - Good value.

2007-10-21 Thread Daniel Lamb
Maybe someone should actually mention esys are making the pcs and laptops: http://www.esysglobal.com/contents/products/epc-with-linux.html#laptop http://www.esysglobal.com/contents/products/epc-with-linux.html These are selling in Tesco, Asda and PC World, or at least the brand is, don't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy,evolution problems

2007-10-21 Thread Daniel Lamb
,evolution problems On Sun, 2007-10-21 at 11:38 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote: Ok, then its almost freezing going into the address book which is weird. Anyone with any ideas? Daniel Are you using evolution-exchange? I know there are problems with that... waiting ten minutes for something to happen

[ubuntu-uk] Gutsy,evolution problems

2007-10-20 Thread Daniel Lamb
Hi, Is anyone else having problems with the speed of evolution on Gutsy? I have checked, it is not the most up to date version, I have just managed to get my parents converted to ubuntu and would love this to work. Regards, Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Downloading Ubuntu 7.10 CD image

2007-10-18 Thread Daniel Lamb
Yeah I got it fine from the virgin mirror, I saw the email as it came in so managed to download it quickly. Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David M Sent: 18 October 2007 13:53 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject:

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10 server and ebox

2007-10-18 Thread Daniel Lamb
Hi, Does anyone know if 7.10 server comes with ebox as I can not find any mention of it, however I did see it mentioned with regards to the rc before. Cheers, Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice for the future

2007-10-17 Thread Daniel Lamb
Daniel - No Degree - IT services basically everything from home user machines to corporate environments(this is what we focus on) with up to 50 users, worked for myself for a year just taken my company under another companies umbrella. Generally I find when people first of all ask me how old I am

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Networking with an Dell Optiplex GX620

2007-10-16 Thread Daniel Lamb
With 6.06 there are problems with the dell servers detecting the cards and I believe it will be the same with the optiplexes, I would suggest using a newer version than 6.06, I know it isn't as well supported but an newer version will at least work out the bux. Regards, Daniel -Original

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice for the future

2007-10-16 Thread Daniel Lamb
Experience is almost as important or even more important than degrees, my advice would be find someone in your area then get some work with them if you can, easy than it sounds I know you might even need to do it for free but its good to get experience and then you will know what you want to focus

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice for the future

2007-10-16 Thread Daniel Lamb
into its not as well paid as you think. Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Larsen Sent: 17 October 2007 00:06 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Advice for the future On 16/10/2007, Daniel Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Dell Ubuntu Laptops?

2007-10-14 Thread Daniel Lamb
] On Behalf Of alan c Sent: 14 October 2007 21:56 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Dell Ubuntu Laptops? Alan Pope wrote: Hi, On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 10:58 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote: Why buy the Dell laptop then?(and not another cheaper or maybe more expensive but better

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Which do you use?

2007-10-12 Thread Daniel Lamb
Lol, does it not deend on the person? Personally I prefer g-nome as the pronunciation. At home(and are we counting clients pcs?) I have Xubuntu, Kubuntu and Ubuntu as well at linuxMCE and afew of the other distros of ubuntu without any real preference. Regards, Daniel -Original

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sunkeyboard not welcome

2007-10-09 Thread Daniel Lamb
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tryo tas Sent: 09 October 2007 11:58 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] sunkeyboard not welcome sorry daniel.no result is not correct.it's rather that the mapping is completely chaotic and you get all kind of letters and symbols on the most unexpected key. Daniel

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