Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introducing Ubuntu Unity to new people

2012-03-13 Thread Pmgazz
I've been using freenx which used to do the job perfectly but doesn't work with unity. Waiting to see if it'll work on 12.04 -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Andres Muniz andre...@gmail.com wrote: - Mensaje original - On 11/03/12 22:25, Alan Bell

[ubuntu-uk] FOSS Friday volunteers

2011-03-29 Thread pmgazz
Don't suppose anyone's around on the afternoon of Friday 1st? We've got more people than usual registered and each person tends to need a fair bit of time. If anyone's able to make it, you'd be very welcome :) Details and reg here: http://foss-dropin.eventbrite.com/ Best wishes, Paula --

[ubuntu-uk] Fossbox Friday Open Day for March

2011-02-14 Thread pmgazz
Next Ubuntu/FOSS drop-in will be Friday 4 March 12 noon to 7pm if anyone's free to help out (or just wants to come along). More info here: http://fossbox.org.uk/blog/ Register here: http://foss-dropin.eventbrite.com/ Or email me if you think you might be able to volunteer? Cheers, Paula --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] e-books without Adobe Digital Editions

2010-11-09 Thread pmgazz
On 08/11/10 22:46, Bruno Girin wrote: Thanks for the epubbooks link, I shall definitely have a browse! Not sure about your tinyurl though :-) Ooops - here's one that works: **http://tinyurl.com/krlta **- I got bored trying to figure out how to actually find and download free epubs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] e-books without Adobe Digital Editions

2010-11-08 Thread pmgazz
Open standard epub format works great on Ubuntu: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB I use FBReader as a client - works fine both on my Ubuntu laptop and my N900, reads epubs, txt and html books. It's a bit basic but perfectly useable. In addition to Gutenberg, which is publishing some of its

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cheese on netbook

2010-11-08 Thread pmgazz
On 05/11/10 21:33, Simon Greenwood wrote: There is a hardware information tool that should be able to detect what is visible to the kernel in a bit more meaningful way than dmesg but its name escapes me at the moment. Have a search for 'hardware' in Software Centre. Try lspci for pci

[ubuntu-uk] FOSS Friday went really well!

2010-11-05 Thread pmgazz
We launched the free advice and support sessions today, the workshop was filled to capacity and lots of Ubuntu (well, and Puppy Linux) users' problems solved! Really nice atmosphere and lots of fun. We'll definitely be doing another on December 3rd, probably at the earlier time of 12 noon, so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is grandr the best way to use digital projector?

2010-11-04 Thread pmgazz
Plug in the monitor then go to System Preferences Monitors (or Displays I think, dependent on Ubuntu version) then click Detect Monitors and it should then recognise it. Colin Unless I'm missing something here (recovering from 'flu and groggy) this should be pretty straightforward.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video and DVD creation ....

2010-11-04 Thread pmgazz
Hello Barry, I have been using PiTiVi recently, after a great course run at Fossbox. We used an MP4 container with a DivX codec. Output of this was great and was relatively quick to render and is accepted by Vimeo and YouTube. I really liked the editing options in PiViTi and found it very

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is grandr the best way to use digital projector?

2010-11-04 Thread pmgazz
My response was how to get the monitor recognised _without_ logout or reboot. Colin I'll shut up till I'm off the medication ;) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu volunteers wanted!

2010-10-28 Thread pmgazz
We're running an Ubuntu sociable help session on the 5th November at 1pm to 7pm near Tower Bridge (Central London). We've got half a dozen people signed up, which isn't much - but they're all bringing their tech issues with them and I think each one will need a fair bit of time. We could use

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu volunteers wanted!

2010-10-28 Thread pmgazz
12:40, pmgazz wrote: We're running an Ubuntu sociable help session on the 5th November at 1pm to 7pm near Tower Bridge (Central London). We've got half a dozen people signed up, which isn't much - but they're all bringing their tech issues with them and I think each one will need a fair bit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What accounting software to recommend

2010-10-25 Thread pmgazz
On 22/10/10 14:23, Glen Mehn wrote: A quick search has given me some hint that it may be possible to get his sage stuff in to either of these apps so thanks again. I use GNUCash myself, but some of my clients who're used to Quickbooks or Sage swear by this:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] how to's is this useful to someone

2010-10-22 Thread pmgazz
On 20/10/10 12:28, Paul Sutton wrote: What license are the other help sheets under? If you could let me know please. I will try and add an appropriate link. Thanks Hi Paul - we mostly use the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ - although sometimes we use the commercial

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world

2010-10-21 Thread pmgazz
On 20/10/10 10:46, Andy Partington wrote: On 20 October 2010 10:42, jakewc2jake...@sky.com wrote: Well, this thread was a total waste of time. All this crap about help, willingness, is a load of bollocks. Your just a nasty group of people. I think we might want to stop feeding

Re: [ubuntu-uk] how to's is this useful to someone

2010-10-21 Thread pmgazz
On 20/10/10 12:28, Paul Sutton wrote: Hi I have created a quick how to, in order to explain how to take a few photos and print these on 1 sheet of paper, using gthumb, http://www.zleap.net/how-to/howto.htm I am using 10.04 but I am guessing the procedure is the same for 10.10 the above

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Release Party Photos

2010-10-20 Thread pmgazz
I've just got around to putting some pics from our ICT for Resilience workshop on Facebook - which was basically an Ubuntu installation, tour and maintenance basics workshop: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fossbox/246451092550#!/album.php?aid=237905id=246451092550 The Lottery funded us to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Christmas pis^H^H^H Party

2010-10-19 Thread pmgazz
On 18/10/10 19:54, Alan Bell wrote: I would rather not do a pub evening for this (but we should do one some other time). Agree, Hub much nicer :) Paula -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/Linux is still not an OS for the masses - discuss

2010-10-19 Thread pmgazz
On 19/10/10 10:24, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 13/10/2010 12:08, John Matthews wrote: On 13/10/10 11:49, chris cundy wrote: Installing Ubuntu IS as easy as installing Windows and a darn sight faster to get a fully-functioning machine. Once you have installed Windows you THEN have to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Christmas pis^H^H^H Party

2010-10-19 Thread pmgazz
On 19/10/10 10:42, Alan Bell wrote: Here are some of the pictures from the event last year: http://picasaweb.google.com/alanbelltolc/UbuntuUK Alan. OMG were there any women at all? Paula -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Christmas pis^H^H^H Party

2010-10-19 Thread pmgazz
Yes. At least three in this picture alone. http://picasaweb.google.com/alanbelltolc/UbuntuUK#5418430093759282834 Al. What a relief! Missed that one . . . -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Find a Router's IP address

2010-10-19 Thread pmgazz
Try the usual suspects (192.168.1.1 / 192.168.0.1 / 192.168.1.254 etc etc). If that doesn't work, google the model for it's default IP and hope no-one changed it ;) Paula On 19/10/10 16:54, Cornelius Mostert wrote: Hi The scenario is as follow: 1. You have permission to work as Admin on a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world

2010-10-18 Thread pmgazz
we could do worse than the odd meet-up and mini installathon, perhaps...? I'm up for that - and can provide a central space with broadband and a kitchen (unless people prefer pubs). Paula -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The new Ubuntu-UK website

2010-10-18 Thread pmgazz
kind of, yes the API changed, but Canonical had a premium subscription allowing them to do Google maps over https this expired about a year ago and mysteriously kept on working. Apparently it is rather expensive to renew the https deal and as launchpad is always https and not http (for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world

2010-10-16 Thread pmgazz
I live in North London and work in London Bridge. I've been using Ubuntu since 7.04 and I'm happy to help with basic support issues too. As my day job I design enterprise software solutions so I'm also happy to help out anybody interested in programming. Cheers, Bruno It's really good

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Training

2010-10-15 Thread pmgazz
you can sub to our newsletter which has updates about our training sessions: http://fossbox.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce_fossbox.org.uk Cheers, Paula On 14/10/10 21:03, Bruno Girin wrote: On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 14:06 +0100, pmgazz wrote: Oh yes, and I meant to mention - we're starting

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Support - Where are we in the real world

2010-10-15 Thread pmgazz
I'm near Tower Bridge in central London, we're a small independent Community Interest Company and we do a lot of FOSS advocacy and training, digital inclusion projects and also Ubuntu support and LAMP development for charities and SEs. We run Ubuntu servers (LAMP and LTSP) and desktops for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/Linux is still not an OS for the masses - discuss

2010-10-14 Thread pmgazz
On 13/10/10 17:55, Colin Law wrote: On 13 October 2010 10:28, Melv Baileymelvbai...@googlemail.com wrote: If you're a power user of any platform and you change platform, the experience feels very dis-empowering and frustrating. This isn't necessarily related to the relative merits of

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Training

2010-10-14 Thread pmgazz
Oh yes, and I meant to mention - we're starting informal drop-in help sessions for Ubuntu and FOSS on the first Friday of every month if anyone wants to help out (let me know) - or come and get help: http://fossbox.org.uk/blog/?p=362 We're also running a free introductory session on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Successful Ubuntu workshop at UCL

2010-10-14 Thread pmgazz
On 14/10/10 09:58, Roy Jamison wrote: Wow! That's a really good turnout :) I'm hoping there might be some kind of Ubuntu open day somewhere in north Kent soon. It will give me a chance to get my hands dirty and muck in in the hands-on area instead of bug triage/fixing. Roy - I have a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu/Linux is still not an OS for the masses - discuss

2010-10-14 Thread pmgazz
On 14/10/10 11:31, John Matthews wrote: Hi Barry, thank you, I really appreciate it, unfortunately, I live in London. Thank you any way. :) John. GLLUG meets fairly regularly and they do this kind of thing. http://www.gllug.org.uk/ We have drop-ins starting soon, these are aimed at

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Hour

2010-10-11 Thread pmgazz
On 09/10/10 13:30, Ashley Whetter wrote: Hi, Just thought I'd let everyone know that I've started an Ubuntu Hour in Stockport, Cheshire. It will take place every other Saturday starting 23rd October 2010 at 3pm-4pm at Fresco (The cafe in the middle of Merseyway Shopping Centre). I've put this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.10 installation workshop in London

2010-10-11 Thread pmgazz
On 11/10/10 13:36, John Stevenson wrote: Hello Paula, I've just about recovered from the Ubuntu release party, so I will see you tomorrow at your event. I should get there around 12 noon. See you then. Thanks John - look forward to seeing you :) Paula -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.10 installation workshop in London

2010-10-11 Thread pmgazz
On 11/10/10 13:45, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 11/10/10 13:36, John Stevenson wrote: I am running a workshop at the University College London on the 13th, so it will be good practice for my own session. Hello Paula, I've just about recovered from the Ubuntu release

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Musick Manager

2010-10-06 Thread pmgazz
On 05/10/10 16:26, Jacob Mansfield wrote: banshee crashes every 10 seconds, due to the fact that I have 103.7GB of music On 5 October 2010 14:28, pmgazzpmg...@gmx.co.uk wrote: I have 97 GB of music, works fine for me - must be another reason why it's crashing. You could try

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Musick Manager

2010-10-06 Thread pmgazz
On 06/10/10 13:14, Alan Pope wrote: Be nice to find out why banshee is crashing rather than just jump ship and use something else though. Al. Good point! But all the music browsers are a bit temperamental with big collections except gmusicbrowser - so if I can't get anything else to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Musick Manager

2010-10-06 Thread pmgazz
On 06/10/10 13:58, Alan Pope wrote: But if everyone just says music player X is broken with large music collections and then _nobody_ files a bug about it, how will that status quo ever change? Cheers, Al. OK OK, I'll try to be less of a slob ;) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Musick Manager

2010-10-05 Thread pmgazz
On 05/10/10 12:33, Jacob Mansfield wrote: rythmbox keeps crashing, but I'll try songbird On 5 October 2010 09:39, George MacLeodbhalt...@gmail.com wrote: Strange that you've had problems with these players I have used all three but have stuck with Rythmbox and Songbird. Rythmbox can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diagnostics tools

2010-10-04 Thread pmgazz
On 04/10/10 13:55, javadayaz wrote: would the thermal gel really be exhausted after a few years...wasnt long ago when i applied it, it seems. One of mine's making a noise like an idling black cab - I've reseated the heat sink and messed around with it - only way to get it to stop for a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.10 installation workshop in London

2010-09-30 Thread pmgazz
On 29/09/10 19:59, John Stevenson wrote: Hello Paula, I should be able to come along and help out for the day, I can confirm nearer the date. I am running a workshop at the University College London on the 13th, so it will be good practice for my own session. Are you planning to use Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.10 installation workshop in London

2010-09-30 Thread pmgazz
I have no idea how many people will turn up, so I could be there practicing my Inkscape skills or be swamped by rampaging students all wanting Ubuntu !! - Hopefully some middle ground would be good (for me). I know - same for us, you never know with the VCS ;) Sure, I'll come along

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.10 installation workshop in London

2010-09-30 Thread pmgazz
My event details are now on the LoCo site at: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/427/detail/ Thank you Thanks, will try to make it as close to noon as I can - shall I bring one of our laptops with me? Paula -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-uk] 10.10 installation workshop in London

2010-09-29 Thread pmgazz
It's not on the right day and has a different 'slant' (the VCS wouldn't 'get' an install fest) but we're doing a day workshop showing charities and community orgs how to install Ubuntu and do basic admin tasks on the 12th. http://fb-resilience.eventbrite.com/ We're providing laptops for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.10 installation workshop in London

2010-09-29 Thread pmgazz
On 29/09/10 13:44, James Thomas wrote: Hi Paula, Trying to find where this event is happening... Am I missing something? (quite possible) :) Sorry guys, I've now added address details to the EventBrite page. There's also info on our blog: http://fossbox.org.uk/blog/?p=210 Directions and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.10 installation workshop in London

2010-09-29 Thread pmgazz
I seem to remember it being in Swindon somewhere - either that or I am going slightly mad. Vince No, this is London :) http://fossbox.org.uk/blog/?p=210 - there's another one in Swindon :) Paula -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.10 installation workshop in London

2010-09-29 Thread pmgazz
I realised after that yes I was going mad. Good luck with the event - I would help but am not in the area unfortunately. Vince Thanks Vince :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.10 installation workshop in London

2010-09-29 Thread pmgazz
On 29/09/10 13:35, pmgazz wrote: It's not on the right day and has a different 'slant' (the VCS wouldn't 'get' an install fest) but we're doing a day workshop showing charities and community orgs how to install Ubuntu and do basic admin tasks on the 12th. http://fb-resilience.eventbrite.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommend a small form factor pc

2010-09-23 Thread pmgazz
On 23/09/10 09:20, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote: Have a look at Crunchbang as an option. My wife is running it on her EEEPC701 and it's stable and fast :) Thanks, looks good - I'll try it out over the weekend, Paula -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cheap Laptop [Was: recommend a small form factor pc]

2010-09-21 Thread pmgazz
I like Novatech and have one of their laptops - the laptop chassis is great overall, however the case is stylish but a bit flimsy - spongy keyboard and the battery fell out after a couple of months (a regular occurrence according to the forums). That's why I got my latest batch from eBuyer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommend a small form factor pc

2010-09-21 Thread pmgazz
It would be a lovely little machine if we could get it running some Linux system or other. It won't run Ubuntu but Puppy should be OK on it. Puppee has drivers for the Intel Celeron and wifi chip in the early eeePCs, better check how easy it is to install on this particular laptop though.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommend a small form factor pc

2010-09-21 Thread pmgazz
On 20/09/10 21:46, Jacob Mansfield wrote: no cd drive to load *nix It must have USB? Make a bootable USB with Unetbootin (I don't know if it's just me, but the Ubuntu CD Creator only seems to work with Ubuntu isos?) Or just borrow a USB external CD drive? Paula --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS vs. OO - and Adobe!

2010-09-18 Thread pmgazz
You can install 32 bit air on 10.04, even 64-bit. Essentially, you need to download the .bin (not the .deb) version. It's really easy to install Air onto Lucid, as I understand it, problem is the iPlayer doesn't work with the version of Air in the repos. You might be able to sort it out

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS vs. OO - and Adobe!

2010-09-18 Thread pmgazz
On 16/09/10 22:53, Grant Sewell wrote: O tongue location=cheek style=firmly I'm sure the BBC have thoroughly tested it in all versions of everything available to have come up with this statement. /tongue Umm, well that's not exactly what they said lol - I'd already established

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gwibber account window spontaneously opening

2010-09-16 Thread pmgazz
FYI, the fix for this is to go to the twitter account, authorise it then make sure you press save, have to press save or it'll keep coming back Tried this already - didn't work. Just starts doing it again and when I check Twitter is unauthorised again. Have had to remove Gwibber as it's

[ubuntu-uk] MS vs. OO - and Adobe!

2010-09-16 Thread pmgazz
I had a similar heart-searching around Adobe Air - I work with non-profits for whom fundraising is core - most funders issue badly-constructed pdf forms and trying to fill these in with Evince is still a work in progress. I can manage to do it because I know Evince fairly well and what it can

Re: [ubuntu-uk] backup home folder

2010-09-16 Thread pmgazz
To achieve a reinstall/upgrade of this nature simply boot from a recent CD and when you get to the partitioning step, choose to 'manually' partition the disk. Choose where you want to install and make sure 'Format' is _not_ ticked. The installer will go through /bin, /usr, /var, /etc, /lib and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] backup home folder

2010-09-16 Thread pmgazz
Reinstalling using the existing home folder is a fabulous idea thanks! But you still need to back up in case of problems. And I back up constantly anyway in case I accidentally delete files myself or am struck by lightning etc etc. I use rsnapshot, which keeps rotating timed backups in a very

Re: [ubuntu-uk] MS vs. OO - and Adobe!

2010-09-16 Thread pmgazz
On 16/09/10 18:48, Alan Bell wrote: The adobe air iplayer app works for me on Maverick, pretty sure I have it on a Lucid box too. Works on Maverick in 32 bit and in 64 bit. Alan. Nu-uh, I emailed BBC and they said only works up to Karmic. Paula -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gwibber account window spontaneously opening

2010-09-13 Thread pmgazz
Well, I'm in a bit of a hurry this week so haven't looked much - have to say that finding the Gwibber config files is a pain in the neck, locate didn't help me find the relevant files - I deleted the gwibber folder in gconf without effect and it doesn't seem to have any profile in /home. The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Direction

2010-09-13 Thread pmgazz
On 13/09/10 10:52, alan c wrote: Although I wished they had contacted me, because I guessed such a problem might simply be that a downloaded binary might have needed an executable permission set (maybe) I think it's that the BBC hasn't updated the Adobe platform version. BBC knows about

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gwibber account window spontaneously opening

2010-09-13 Thread pmgazz
Deleted the Twitter account and it seems to have worked. Thanks :) But since I now can't use Twitter or Facebook with it, it's just got identi.ca and doesn't really word as an aggregator. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Problem Installing Ubuntu 10.04.1 Desktop

2010-09-10 Thread pmgazz
On 10.04 Gwibber has suddenly started opening the add account window spontaneously whether Gwibber is running or not. Anyone else getting this? On 10/09/10 11:53, Jon Farmer wrote: Hi I tried to install from CD on a machine running Windows 7 Enterprise. I booted from the CD and told the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy Blocking Contacts

2010-09-07 Thread pmgazz
It does seem a pretty basic requirement for a chat client! On 06/09/10 15:46, Jon Farmer wrote: On 6 September 2010 14:49, pmgazzpmg...@gmx.co.uk wrote: Well, it's kinda unbelievable, but apparently you can't: http://tinyurl.com/33txoor Hmm, that's not good. Especially as it is a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Updating Website on server.......

2010-09-07 Thread pmgazz
On 06/09/10 18:06, John Matthews wrote: On 05/09/10 17:43, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 05/09/10 16:27, John Matthews wrote: Sorry, dont know why I asked you really, should know better. Sorry to bother you all. I know you are busy. John It's not that people don't want to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Samba Shares

2010-09-06 Thread pmgazz
I couldn't get the tool to work either, I haven't experimented with Meercat yet, I installed 4 on a Lucid installation - finally, I copied over my old manually-typed smb.conf and it sorta worked OK ;) Gotta say, my brush with it inspired me with trepidation but I'm sure it'll get sorted out

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy Blocking Contacts

2010-09-06 Thread pmgazz
Well, it's kinda unbelievable, but apparently you can't: *http://tinyurl.com/33txoor *Paula* * On 06/09/10 13:59, Jon Farmer wrote: Hi I have Empathy configured with my Yahoo and MSN accounts. I am constantly get bombarded by 2 people who request adding as a contact or want to chat. How do I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy Blocking Contacts

2010-09-06 Thread pmgazz
I know, I used to like pidgin but empathy kept crashing my desktop for a while. They've fixed that, but it still has a way to go, I think. It's a pity Wengo never got anywhere (Qutephone seems to be Win/Mac only) - that was buggy but it could integrate VoIP social networking with all the

[ubuntu-uk] Software Freedom Day

2010-09-03 Thread pmgazz
We're doing a day of demos and presentations for the voluntary sector on Software Freedom Day, details on our website: http://fossbox.org.uk/blog/?p=216 Everyone welcome whether individuals or representing organisations, if anyone else works with VCS organisations, please do pass it on to them

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Is this the new battle ground - energy saving?

2010-08-27 Thread pmgazz
There's been some work to tune up Linux kernels to ensure they run as efficiently as possible - I think the bigger gains are in extending the life of computer equipment though. As we all know, Ubuntu can run on anything up to 6 years old and you can re-use pretty much any old kit with an LTSP

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10/10/10 installfests

2010-08-20 Thread pmgazz
On 20/08/10 12:31, John Stevenson wrote: On 5 August 2010 18:32, Alan Bellalan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.comwrote: Could I be cheeky and ask you for the source file so I can create a tailored poster? Otherwise I will have a go from scratch. Thank you. I'm not sure yet whether I'll

Re: [ubuntu-uk] loco logo

2010-08-02 Thread pmgazz
Looks good - have you tried bolder type, might be more striking? On 01/08/10 11:30, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 31/07/10 17:32, Andy Braben wrote: And I prefer the lower case as well. However I think the logo would look better if it is bottom aligned. here's my take on the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTML as desktop background?

2010-08-02 Thread pmgazz
I think you could probably do it with xwinwrap, but it's not exactly user-friendly . . . On 31/07/10 17:35, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: On 31/07/10 13:08, Jack Leigh wrote: Hey guys, I recently came across this awesome demo of using thecanvas tag in HTML to do 8-bit color cycling

Re: [ubuntu-uk] loco logo

2010-08-02 Thread pmgazz
If I get a minute later, I'll have a go in Inkscape (and hope there's no 'ewweeuuurrrghhh') . . . when does it have to be done by? Paula On 02/08/10 13:28, Alan Lord (News) wrote: On 02/08/10 13:08, pmgazz wrote: Looks good - have you tried bolder type, might be more striking

[ubuntu-uk] Software Freedom Day

2010-07-30 Thread pmgazz
the person managing the list at ubuntu-uk-ow...@lists.ubuntu.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of ubuntu-uk digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: Fwd: [sf-uk-discuss] An 'open source manifesto' to counter the ICT cuts (pmgazz

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [sf-uk-discuss] An 'open source manifesto' to counter the ICT cuts

2010-07-29 Thread pmgazz
Think I must be looking at the wrong thing? A couple of their software products seem to have Linux versions, but I can't see any hardware drivers? Paula On 26/07/10 13:18, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 26/07/10 12:36, pmgazz wrote: I'm getting a 404 on that url? Try this: http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for small business

2010-07-28 Thread pmgazz
Besides the obvious issues with privacy and proprietary etc - small orgs have all sorts of practical problems with Google - stuff just not working very well and being frustrating. Also sync not working properly etc. Better to pay an expert (and opensource) provider of groupware services? But

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Renaming The Home Folder

2010-07-28 Thread pmgazz
Years ago, a user complained that Win 98 wasn't booting properly - in the C: root I found a user-created folder called 'scary stuff' with the .bat and config.sys files in it ;) Paula On 27/07/10 09:14, Alan Pope wrote: I had a user rename c:\windows once. Just once. --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for small business

2010-07-28 Thread pmgazz
Great! By the way, just bought some Ebuyer extra value (Clevo) laptops which they're selling without preinstalled OS (Pentium Dual Core T4300 2.1GHz, 2GB RAM, 320GB HDD, 15.6 HD*)*. I put Lucid on without any hassle - touchpad a bit annoying but overall a nice sturdy machine with OK keyboard

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [sf-uk-discuss] An 'open source manifesto' to counter the ICT cuts

2010-07-26 Thread pmgazz
I'm getting a 404 on that url? On 22/07/10 12:26, Daniel Case wrote: Paula, as far as i know many schools use SMART: They have a linux installation for there drivers http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/S...BSv97Linux.htmhttp://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Support/Downloads/SBS/SBSv97Linux.htm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [sf-uk-discuss] An 'open source manifesto' to counter the ICT cuts

2010-07-26 Thread pmgazz
Thanks, I'll have another look at this. :) On 26/07/10 13:18, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 26/07/10 12:36, pmgazz wrote: I'm getting a 404 on that url? Try this: http://www.smarttech.com/us/Support/Browse+Support/Download+Software They all seem to have a Linux variant

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-technical events?

2010-07-20 Thread pmgazz
Also takes a lot of fiddling about to set up a custom Debian desktop and I don't have time to make a habit of it. It's a while since I reviewed all the packaged lightweight desktops and there's been a lot of development since then, I'll have a look at Peppermint. There was an Ubuntu-lite

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-technical events?

2010-07-20 Thread pmgazz
Thanks - I'll have a look at Lubuntu when I get a minute :) Crunchbag looks interesting but interface needs to be for beginners when dealing with non-techies . . . On 20/07/10 14:51, Liam Proven wrote: That is what Ubuntu Lite tried to be - later rebadged U-Lite. We never got the critical

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-technical events?

2010-07-20 Thread pmgazz
Sounds like I ought to revisit Debian installation . . . On 20/07/10 16:20, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote: On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Liam Provenlpro...@gmail.com wrote: Real Debian is getting pretty good these days - it's smaller and faster than Ubuntu and the default Gnome desktop is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-technical events?

2010-07-19 Thread pmgazz
Environmental events are good, foreground stuff like how to refurbish their XP kit and keep perfectly good electronic kit out of landfill . . . Paula On 19/07/10 11:53, Alan Pope wrote: Hey! We seem to be quite good at turning up to technical events such as LUG meetings, technical

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-technical events?

2010-07-19 Thread pmgazz
the environment and save money at the same time is a powerful incentive to consider something new. Paula On 19/07/10 13:42, Rob Beard wrote: On 19/07/10 13:21, pmgazz wrote: Environmental events are good, foreground stuff like how to refurbish their XP kit and keep perfectly good electronic

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-technical events?

2010-07-19 Thread pmgazz
On 19/07/10 15:24, Dianne Reuby wrote: On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 13:42 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: if it wasn't for another guy on our local Freecycle list who gets old machines, refurbishes them and sticks Windows XP and Office 2003 on them (I think he's either got a whole load of Office 2003

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [SFD-announce] SFD 2010 registration is OPEN!!!

2010-07-19 Thread pmgazz
Happy to do what I can, count me in. GLLUG is also thinking of doing something. Paula On 19/07/10 14:49, Alan Pope wrote: Anyone fancy doing something for Software Freedom Day? -- Forwarded message -- From: Frederic Mullerf...@beijinglug.org Date: 19 July 2010 14:45 Subject:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-technical events?

2010-07-19 Thread pmgazz
. Again, you can get away with Xubuntu standalone on P4 with 256 MB RAM as long as no-one's going to try to get much more ambitious than surfing the web. Older than that and it's gulp Puppy . . . or a custom Debian desktop. Paula On 19/07/10 15:50, Rob Beard wrote: On 19/07/10 14:16, pmgazz

[ubuntu-uk] Non Technical Events

2010-07-19 Thread pmgazz
Totally agree -- really important to stay positive and focus on benefits. Also agree that speed and relief from 'drive by' downloads etc is a major selling point :) Paula One thing I've learned after years of attending trade and techie exhibitions is that knocking the opposition doesn't

[ubuntu-uk] Powered By Ubuntu stickers

2010-07-09 Thread pmgazz
Hi - Linux Emporium is out of stickers (and, anyway, I want more than 4). Is there anywhere I can just buy a few sheets of them? Thanks, Paula -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Powered By Ubuntu stickers

2010-07-09 Thread pmgazz
Doh! Sorry - Just found some on the Ubuntu site . . . On 09/07/10 13:02, pmgazz wrote: Hi - Linux Emporium is out of stickers (and, anyway, I want more than 4). Is there anywhere I can just buy a few sheets of them? Thanks, Paula -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 2 weeks until Ubuntu in Business event!

2010-06-30 Thread pmgazz
I sent the publicity out to voluntary sector networks. Paula On 30/06/10 11:26, Alan Pope wrote: Hi, Just a quick note to say if you haven't already collared a co-worker and ordered a ticket for the Ubuntu in Business event then you'd better hurry. There's currently only 32 tickets left for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-29 Thread pmgazz
Well, it's not nearly as good as The Big Bang Theory but I do enjoy The IT Crowd. Bit silly but when was a Brit sitcom not silly? Paula On 28/06/10 23:48, Steve Flynn wrote: On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:26 PM, javadayazjavada...@gmail.com wrote: I agree. The it crowd is really quite good

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-29 Thread pmgazz
An excellent point - which I probably should've noticed ;) Paula On 29/06/10 11:32, Steve Garton wrote: On 29/06/10 11:29, Alan Pope wrote: On 29 June 2010 11:22, pmgazzpmg...@gmx.co.uk wrote: Well, it's not nearly as good as The Big Bang Theory but I do enjoy The IT Crowd. Bit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-29 Thread pmgazz
I thought Leslie Winklier was great. There's also Raj's childhood friend who prefers Sheldon. Not to mention Leonard's mother who has me in stitches. Penny sort of represents Middle America rather than any idiocy specifically of womankind, I thought. She had to be a woman, the geeks

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The IT Crowd

2010-06-29 Thread pmgazz
Me too! On 29/06/10 12:53, Matthew Daubney wrote: On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 11:53 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: On 29/06/10 11:35, Jon Spriggs wrote: On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Alan Popea...@popey.com wrote: On 29 June 2010 11:22, pmgazzpmg...@gmx.co.uk wrote:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WinXP to Ubuntu upgrade

2010-06-23 Thread pmgazz
On 23/06/10 15:53, Andy Partington wrote: are found in C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{GUID}\Microsoft\Outlook Express Again not sure how well it imports them, pretty sure Thunderbird can handle them but not 100% Andy I've done this loads of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Improving Support

2010-06-08 Thread pmgazz
sounds just fine, send them in. Excellent, thanks :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Aptitude

2010-06-08 Thread pmgazz
I use aptitude 'cos I always make a typo on the hyphen in 'apt-get' ;) Paula On 07/06/10 10:49, Philip Stubbs wrote: On 7 June 2010 08:51, Neil Perrynpe...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Guys, I've just been pointed out, that for Maverick they have removed aptitude being install by default. I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Improving Support

2010-06-06 Thread pmgazz
On 05/06/10 14:32, Alan Bell wrote: where? and do join #ubuntu-uk. #fossbox - but it's not really used I don't tend to see joins and parts happening, but it is perfectly possible to have a bot in a channel that greets people the first time it has seen them. (not sure we want

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