Re: [ubuntu-uk] New series of 'The IT Crowd'

2008-11-21 Thread Josh Blacker
On 21 Nov 2008, at 22:30, Philip McGaw wrote: It could be better Sent from my iPod Sent from your iPod on an Ubuntu mailing list? For shame, sir! Josh -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

2008-11-17 Thread Josh Blacker
On 17 Nov 2008, at 15:30, Jai Harrison wrote: Hey guys, So I just won a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate Edition in a prize draw and figured that it's no use to me as an Ubuntu user. I'm pretty sure that it's the retail version (not OEM) and was just wondering if anyone had any tips on how a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Intrepid release party, Waxy O'Connors, London - who's coming?

2008-10-28 Thread Josh Blacker
on and on and on and on and on and onso I may see you there, I may not! If not, I hope everyone has a fantastic time, last year was great. Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-spotting (sort of)

2008-10-15 Thread Josh Blacker
if it will be spot-able when it's on next year. Cheers, Al. That's awesome! Should the podcast be giving away a prize for the best product-placement of this type, I wonder...? All the best, Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Intrepid Release Parties]

2008-10-07 Thread Josh Blacker
/Canonical party. John -- John Levin http://www.technolalia.org/blog/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Last year was pretty good - see you all again soon! All the best, Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] Grauniad tech section: Perhaps Ubuntu

2008-08-30 Thread Josh Blacker
Hi all - Don't know if anyone else caught sight of this last week, but at the end of a piece by Charles Arthur on Vista, he writes: Still, at least there's one ray of hope. Winer only said it [Vista] has the smell of death about it. When that turns into the stench of death, it's time to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for $20

2008-07-12 Thread Josh Blacker
On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 6:48 AM, alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Several years ago, when I was a weary Windows user wanting to dig an escape tunnel to the free world, I did know about downloading free but I was uncomfortable about it. Funnily enough, this popped up at the top of my Ubuntu

[ubuntu-uk] Sir Alan Sugar: it's too late for Linux

2008-06-20 Thread Josh Blacker
Something of an, er, interesting comment beginning 7:11 on this video: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7462104.stm The rest of the video is pretty boring, including the preceding section on 'Is Microsoft a monopoly?'. -- All the best, Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

[ubuntu-uk] (OT) New banking regulations

2008-06-12 Thread Josh Blacker
the best, Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop Choices

2008-05-13 Thread Josh Blacker
Windows on it, of course.) Can't say anything about the Ubuntu Dells, but I wouldn't say no to a new Dell when the time comes for me to get a new machine. Hope that helps! -- All the best, Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Rhythmbox not resuming after youtube play

2008-05-01 Thread Josh Blacker
On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 06:36 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Michael Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Josh Blacker wrote: Hi everyone, Before I submit this as a bug, just wondered if anyone could replicate this problem I have in Hardy. With firefox and rhythmbox open initially

Re: [ubuntu-uk] was idea-Torrents- Now- Suggest low power consumption silent PC

2008-04-30 Thread Josh Blacker
On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 14:07 +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: So i guess this is next logical question! So what do you suggest!!!? The nslu2 that Alan Pope and others have already mentioned is a perfect candidate. Add a large external hard drive and you're sorted. -- All the best, Josh Blacker

[ubuntu-uk] Rhythmbox not resuming after youtube play

2008-04-28 Thread Josh Blacker
this is a pulseaudio problem as well, so do I report against rhythmbox or pulseaudio? -- All the best, Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] show of hands.. was: 8.04 Ubuntu release party - London - 24th April

2008-04-23 Thread Josh Blacker
/HardyReleaseParties Show of hands... Who's going to this? o/ Cheers, Al. o/ Why wouldn't I? -- All the best, Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two Hardy Release Parties in London

2008-04-21 Thread Josh Blacker
to! -- All the best, Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on BBC news website

2008-04-21 Thread Josh Blacker
installer, I believe - rather than the liveCD. Installing under windows means you don't have to partition - the radical alterations the article mentions. -- All the best, Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] evolution smileys

2008-04-17 Thread Josh Blacker
on this list prefer plaintext emails (e.g. those using 3g modems to download mail), so it's safest to stick to that. -- All the best, Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Competition starting on the Ubuntu UK Podcast

2008-04-16 Thread Josh Blacker
On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 15:51 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 15:31 +0100, Josh Blacker wrote: A limerick contest! Quality! There once was a podcast by popey, And Daviey and Ciemon and Tony, Though the content was great, Some said the music did grate, But those

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hardy Heron Release Party

2008-04-04 Thread Josh Blacker
/where.html -- All the best, Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hardy Heron Release Party

2008-04-03 Thread Josh Blacker
/ubuntu-uk-release-party.html [2] http://www.individualpubs.co.uk/pembury/ Well, as the time fast approacheth, I'm going to throw my hat in the ring and say, come the 24th, I shall be sat in the Pembury with a pint. Any other Londoners willing to join? -- All the best, Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Capitalising on XP's demise

2008-03-26 Thread Josh Blacker
be only Windows machines. If I were going into uni I'd check in the PC World on Tottenham Court Road, but alas, it is revision season and I avoid the library so sticking at home. Could someone else confirm? -- All the best, Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Capitalising on XP's demise

2008-03-25 Thread Josh Blacker
A lot to reply to - will do my best! I'm glad this has sparked interest and debate. Hopefully my inline replies will make sense... On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 16:17 +, andy wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Lucy wrote: On 25/03/2008, Paul Mellors [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hardy Heron Release Party

2008-03-21 Thread Josh Blacker
On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 20:22 +, Dave Walker wrote: I will buy drinks for anyone who travels over two hours to attend the celebration. :) Kind Regards, Dave Walker Do delays on the Northern line count towards this limit? :P I was ill for the last one, but if there's a London event

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Reminder: Miro talk at Westminster tomorrow 12 March.

2008-03-11 Thread Josh Blacker
On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 11:03 +, John Levin wrote: HOLMES WILSON TALKS AT GLLUG, March 12th 2008. The Greater London Linux User Group (GLLUG) announces a special guest appearance from Holmes Wilson of Miro at the University of Westminster, Cavendish Street Campus, on Wednesday March

Re: [ubuntu-uk] where is everyone?

2008-03-05 Thread Josh Blacker
alan c wrote: Is it me, or something at my end here, but things seem uncommonly quiet on this list for the last several days? I've got a *lot* of work on at the moment. It's not fun, but it's almost Easter - but then that means it's also almost revision time... Josh --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Brainstorm site

2008-02-28 Thread Josh Blacker
happens when lots of people vote something up high and get ignored (for whatever reason)? -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotting

2008-02-26 Thread Josh Blacker
Alan Pope wrote: I'm thinking about starting a new sport called Ubuntu Spotting. Using your keen eye, look out for indications of Ubuntu use in every day life. Points are awarded for spotting:- * Machines running Ubuntu * Articles about Ubuntu in mainstream press * Official Ubuntu shipit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: OT: Small tremor just now? Earthquake?

2008-02-26 Thread Josh Blacker
Kris Douglas wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Kris Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 1:03 AM Subject: OT: Small tremor just now? Earthquake? To: StaffSlug Linux UserGroup [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm no geologist.. But at 12:57 on 27th... I felt the whole

Re: [ubuntu-uk] news services was: BBC news site

2008-02-06 Thread Josh Blacker
Dianne Reuby wrote: When I've got too depressed with real news, I read the headlines from Sky's Offbeat section. Today I've been uplifted to see that: * an 18-year old student swallowed his door key to stop his friends taking him home when they thought he'd drunk enough - he

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Pyweek Ubuntu-UK entry?

2008-02-04 Thread Josh Blacker
Thomas Ibbotson wrote: Alan Pope wrote: Hi all, Hope everyone's having a good weekend. I've noticed that there is a pyweek game development competition coming up and the thought entered my head that (some of) Ubuntu-UK might want to put heads together and work on an entry. For those

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Evening All

2008-02-04 Thread Josh Blacker
London School of Puppetry wrote: On 03/02/2008, *Andrew Hudson* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone, Just wanted to post a 'Hello' to the list to introduce myself. Are there any UK SIGs at all, or is it just the Ubuntu UK list? Cheers,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Compartmentalising us

2008-01-24 Thread Josh Blacker
On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 14:37 +, Jim Kissel wrote: Alan Pope wrote: http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3723131 I'd say I'm Mainstream Advocate, how about you? Microsoft hating, Bargain hunting, Open Source Programmer, that is a Soft/Mainstream Advocate as R.A.H.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sending Gnome popup notifications over a network...

2008-01-09 Thread Josh Blacker
I believe you are looking for something like notify-send: notify-send Title of pop-up Text of pop-up (screenshot of one at http://jerichokb.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/screenshot2.png) I suppose you would ssh into a machine and run it from the command-line? I have no experience of ssh, so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dual boot

2008-01-02 Thread Josh Blacker
On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 13:12 +, norman wrote: Old nuisance is here again - Happy New Year - I had a sata hdd for Christmas on to which I installed Win XP Pro having first disconnected the Ubuntu hdd. Then, with both drives connected I confirmed that the Ubuntu drive is hd0 and the Windows

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Just ordered an iPod.. Have I just made a big mistake?

2007-11-10 Thread Josh Blacker
On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 23:29 +, Kris Douglas wrote: Hi, a while ago I noticed a thread going on about the iPod Classic 160GB... Now I know, they're expensive and all that, so lets forget all that flaming... I was just wondering what the support in Ubuntu was like... Are there any things

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype with video now on linux

2007-11-08 Thread Josh Blacker
On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 11:07 +, Rob Beard wrote: Quoting Anders Jacobsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Users and Maintainers of video drivers around the world, take note: Skype is now in beta with video support. I foresee a rush of bugs and launchpad requests for video drivers as people dig out

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Community Gaming Server

2007-11-08 Thread Josh Blacker
On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 22:06 +, Alan Pope wrote: I've recently been chatting with someone who is enthusiastic about an Ubuntu Community Gaming Server, and wanted to run it past you lot to get opinions/ideas. The idea is that a physical server would be provided which would run servers

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wifi mini-survey

2007-11-08 Thread Josh Blacker
On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 17:24 +, Mac wrote: Friends Following the surprisingly few responses to some recent questions about wifi, I'm beginning to wonder how many of us are actually using Ubuntu wirelessly on laptops. So here's a quick poll: Do you use Ubuntu on a laptop + wifi?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cisco VPN Client

2007-10-30 Thread Josh Blacker
On 10/30/07, Tony Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Josh, Josh Blacker wrote: Thanks for the heads-up: patched it, and it's installed. Now just to go into college a bit early tomorrow and make sure all the config files are right, and I'm another step closer to ditching XP for good

[ubuntu-uk] Cisco VPN Client

2007-10-29 Thread Josh Blacker
!). I've previously found a patch for this via popey's site, but that applies to version 4.7, which, as you might have noticed, college doesn't provide! So, anyone got any clues? (Don't worry if not, I just like to let off steam about my problems really!) Cheers, -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cisco VPN Client

2007-10-29 Thread Josh Blacker
On 10/29/07, Lucy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 29/10/2007, Tony Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Josh, Josh Blacker wrote: which suggests the latest version of the client works. Version 4.8.01.0640. My Uni is still only supplying 4.8.00.???, so I'll ask our network guys for the latest

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cisco VPN Client

2007-10-29 Thread Josh Blacker
On 10/29/07, Tony Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Josh, Josh Blacker wrote: On 10/29/07, Lucy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 29/10/2007, Tony Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Josh, Josh Blacker wrote: which suggests the latest version of the client works. Version 4.8.01.0640. My

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Niggling wireless issue

2007-10-21 Thread Josh Blacker
wireless on? Cheers, -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Niggling wireless issue

2007-10-21 Thread Josh Blacker
On 10/21/07, Josh Blacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/20/07, David Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's interesting. On my X31 (great laptop) the Fn-F5 combo does nothing, I have read that it should operate the bluetooth adapter - I have to switch it manually if it should get

[ubuntu-uk] Niggling wireless issue

2007-10-19 Thread Josh Blacker
doesn't work, regardless of what I do in Ubuntu. I can 'disable' and 'enable' it from the network-manager applet all I like, but it just won't work until I reboot into Windows and turn the wireless on there and go back to Ubuntu. Rant over. Anyone else experiencing this? -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy, first reports!

2007-10-19 Thread Josh Blacker
experience on Gutsy. But I am very impressed so far :) -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Interesting link..

2007-10-18 Thread Josh Blacker
! -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Gutsy London Launch Party Tonight!

2007-10-18 Thread Josh Blacker
] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clean install with separate home partition questions

2007-10-17 Thread Josh Blacker
to overwrite whatever the problem was - home folder is all backed up anyway, so not a problem if it goes tits up again. The live cd worked fine, so am assuming it will work fine when installed. -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

[ubuntu-uk] Clean install with separate home partition questions

2007-10-16 Thread Josh Blacker
prompted to enter new user information? I would have thought it would be able to see my exisiting Ubuntu /home. Yours confusedly, -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Clean install with separate home partition questions

2007-10-16 Thread Josh Blacker
On 10/17/07, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 23:38 +, Josh Blacker wrote: Am currently all booted up in gutsy rc live cd, but going through the installer it doesn't seem to be very intelligent about me having user profiles in my /home partition. It detects

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy release party: The Pembury Tavern

2007-10-15 Thread Josh Blacker
, Highbury and Islington, Stratford, (a few mins walk from) Camden Town, and other places... According to TfL, walking there is about as quick for me as getting a combination of bus and train...I do worry sometimes! See you folks there :) Pete Thursday...it's in the diary. -- Josh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gutsy release party: The Pembury Tavern

2007-10-11 Thread Josh Blacker
Larsen wrote: I nominate the first round is on Popey for winning the election Ok. Deal. If you can find me :) Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile phone ?

2007-09-12 Thread Josh Blacker
UK Using Sidux Linux -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vote for Ubuntu on Lenovo

2007-09-08 Thread Josh Blacker
-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-04 Thread Josh Blacker
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-04 Thread Josh Blacker
on the site) Tho it looks pretty spacious anyway. I can *just* see a bottle of captain morgans at the bar, so it suits me fine! -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-03 Thread Josh Blacker
/ -- Matthew G Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music playback in rhythmbox

2007-09-02 Thread Josh Blacker
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Listening to audio samples on amazon?

2007-08-26 Thread Josh Blacker
Thanks Stephen, Installed mozilla-mplayer and can now listen to the clip. Sound quality is quite poor, but at least it works. On 8/24/07, stephen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2007-08-24 at 01:11 +0100, Josh Blacker wrote: Hi all, I can't seem to listen to samples from CDs on Amazon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Movie pirate forced to use Windows

2007-08-24 Thread Josh Blacker
://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Listening to audio samples on amazon?

2007-08-23 Thread Josh Blacker
programme I want to open hurl.exe with, which is really quite strange given that it's meant to be an audio clipIn both reaplayer and totem, it buffers and then plays the stream, but I have no sound on it. Any ideas? -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-13 Thread Josh Blacker
present moment at least when she returns from a long stay in Senegal), so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, -- Josh Blacker http://jerichokb.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-13 Thread Josh Blacker
is pretty well covered in Ubuntu. The only problem is that there isn't a version of iTunes for linux. Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker http://jerichokb.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-13 Thread Josh Blacker
at Amarok with regards to this, and then probably post up my experiences on here if that sounds like a good idea? Lots of people, especially students, have iPods and I think this is an important area to look at, certainly for my friend (who was first wowed by Beryl). -- Josh Blacker http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] iPod management

2007-08-13 Thread Josh Blacker
is, every time I plug it in, Rhythmbox starts up. Oh well - I think Amarok wins it. Thanks everyone for your help, -- Josh Blacker http://jerichokb.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DELL w/Ubuntu available in the UK

2007-08-07 Thread Josh Blacker
case, we wish. -- Josh Blacker http://jerichokb.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [SALES PITCH ]Dell hardware and Ubuntu.

2007-08-07 Thread Josh Blacker
@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker http://jerichokb.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DELL w/Ubuntu available in the UK

2007-08-07 Thread Josh Blacker
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 :) Brilliant :) Still not updated though :( -- Josh Blacker http://jerichokb.wordpress.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] find a file

2007-08-06 Thread Josh Blacker
://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker http://jerichokb.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] find a file

2007-08-06 Thread Josh Blacker
: Permission denied /home/josh/pi_poster.sla The final result is the one I would have been looking for (and even then, it misses a couple of files in a subdirectory of my home folder). On 8/6/07, norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Josh Blacker wrote: There are the two commands 'find

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 'Simple' cron job help...

2007-08-03 Thread Josh Blacker
at a time, starting with the e-mailing! On 8/3/07, Tony Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Josh, Josh Blacker wrote: Being a slight newbie, I'd appreciate some direction with this! I have an open office file that I'm constantly updating and sharing with a friend. Emailing it to him every so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Freecycle / Ubuntu tie-up????

2007-08-02 Thread Josh Blacker
-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker http://jerichokb.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] 'Simple' cron job help...

2007-08-02 Thread Josh Blacker
oo.org, ideally it would save it as a pdf first...] I know I'm probably asking a lot, but I really don't know the simplest thing about how to go about this! TIA, -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Buying Online WAS: Why not fix this?

2007-08-01 Thread Josh Blacker
been opened Regards, Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ANNOUNCEMENT] IRC meeting for Ubuntu - UK 5th August HAS MOVED TO THE 12th August

2007-07-16 Thread Josh Blacker
/group.php?gid=2387304172 -- I'll be joining that when I get home, due to the network overlords facebook is banned here :) Andrew Williams -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Petition against BBC iplayer

2007-07-15 Thread Josh Blacker
high. Shame the BBC can't get *its* staff to use apostrophes correctly. Perhaps basic punctuation isn't cost-effective either? -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [uk-marketing] Writing for your local rag

2007-07-14 Thread Josh Blacker
to this. On 7/14/07, Neil Greenwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice idea Chris. Please post a link when it's on the Wiki. Hwyl, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTML Mail

2007-07-13 Thread Josh Blacker
sometimes use formatting in emails. I do try and remember to turn it off for posting to the list. Cheers MooDoo -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Viewing GM TV stuff - media player?

2007-07-04 Thread Josh Blacker
@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unreal Tournament (was Re: suck it and see)

2007-06-23 Thread Josh Blacker
Windows version. It's really worth looking again to see if you can find the install CDs/DVDs because you'll really notice the difference. Cheers, Al. Yeah, I'll see what I can do once we've moved on Monday - any rummaging around in boxes now would lead to my mother castrating me, I fear! -- Josh

[ubuntu-uk] Unreal Tournament (was Re: suck it and see)

2007-06-22 Thread Josh Blacker
we're packed up to move home, and they're not in any sensible places) the install disks. On windows I don't need the disks to play. Can I use this Loki thing to play from an existing install, do you know? -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unreal Tournament (was Re: suck it and see)

2007-06-22 Thread Josh Blacker
is for installing from the disk - as you have discovered, wine is the best option if you have the game already installed on your other drive. Mark Just as soon as I can sort the graphics! Thanks, -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unreal Tournament (was Re: suck it and see)

2007-06-22 Thread Josh Blacker
everything works at the moment without any *major* issues, I shall leave it as it is. Thanks everyone for the help on this thread. On 6/22/07, Josh Blacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, It's an ATI Mobility Radeon M300 I think, or something like that. It works fine for Beryl (followed the installation

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Skype

2007-06-21 Thread Josh Blacker
, | phone:+44 (0)1224 712751 Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK.| fax:+44 (0)1224 716687 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: [ubuntu-uk] suck it and see

2007-06-21 Thread Josh Blacker
Photoshop and Indesign on Macs, naturally) I've had a look at both the Gimp and Scribus but haven't had a good play around yet - now that summer's here (and until I get a job) I've got plenty of time to! -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] suck it and see

2007-06-21 Thread Josh Blacker
Hi, On 6/21/07, Chris Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Josh Blacker wrote: nostalgia of Worms :) I boot into XP to play Unreal Tournament, but wouldn't mind being able to play it from Ubuntu... Isn't it available? I have the Linux version of UT2004 and it works fine (shame it's

[ubuntu-uk] Interview with Mark Shuttleworth in the Economist

2007-06-13 Thread Josh Blacker
?story_id=9249327 if you watch an advert, I think, or of course buy it, but it is £3.60 (and going out of date in 2 days time)! Or, I could provide a quick synopsis once I've read it properly if you'd all prefer? -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] wep key and ubuntu

2007-06-09 Thread Josh Blacker
my sudo password etc for Ubuntu Feisty? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Ubuntu pricing revealed...

2007-05-26 Thread Josh Blacker
they ignore you then they laugh at you then they fight you then you win. - Mohandas Gandhi -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu in Newspaper and on TV

2007-05-14 Thread Josh Blacker
it online here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/6646469.stm Enjoy. David Martin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Social FLOSS?

2007-05-09 Thread Josh Blacker
(and it must be one hell of a database). They also release advances they make back to the open-source community, such as 'phpsh', whatever that might be! *And* Mark Zuckerberg hasn't sold out (yet) despite at least one very high offer! -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu: Too Good to be True?

2007-05-07 Thread Josh Blacker
... nice... I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 7.04 and have had no trouble reading my external ntfs disk out of the box. Haven't tried writing to it, but reading certainly works for me without additional drivers. -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu: Too Good to be True?

2007-05-07 Thread Josh Blacker
@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Josh Blacker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets [long reply]

2007-05-06 Thread Josh Blacker
On 5/6/07, norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to raise another point relevant to all UK citizens. We all, in one way or another, pay taxes a fair proportion of which gets spent on education. Thus, if schools could be persuaded to change to Ubuntu, by how much would our taxes be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BooHoo Yahoo

2007-05-06 Thread Josh Blacker
Google's Picasa is quite good in my experience (and have an ubuntu client running under an integrated, tweaked wine), but doesn't offer nearly as many of the features of Flickr, I'm afraid, but its desktop-web integration is useful. Josh On 5/6/07, TheVeech [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yahoo's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free Me to download!

2007-05-05 Thread Josh Blacker
Hi, Great idea and kudos to you for getting it all done! Have you thought about campaigning to get your union/university moving towards completely open-source software? I know my uni computers all have openoffice and firefox installed, but numerous warnings appear about the software being

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free Me to download!

2007-05-05 Thread Josh Blacker
On 5/5/07, Jonathan Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Great idea and kudos to you for getting it all done! Have you thought about campaigning to get your union/university moving towards completely open-source software? I know my uni computers all have openoffice and firefox

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-05-03 Thread Josh Blacker
On 5/3/07, Kris Marsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And most importantly: Why should I use it? Maybe before we decide what we want to tell people, we really need to decide *who* we are talking to, and what we want to tell them as the big picture? I like the Ubuntu specification way of doing