On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 00:02 +, James Grabham wrote:
WOW
I REALLY WANT ONE!!!
Have you read the specification of that thing?
300MHz CPU.
The reason I never got an eee was the ridiculous price - £220!!??
It's clearly not that ridiculous or they wouldn't have flown off the
shelves in
Does anyone have any ideas why Synaptic and add/remove programs would
both be insisting on using a proxy that is no longer configured? I've
not only disabled, but removed the configuration information for the
proxy in Synaptic. I've checked that there is no /etc/apt/apt.conf proxy
information (in
On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 11:47 +, Paul Tansom wrote:
Does anyone have any ideas why Synaptic and add/remove programs would
both be insisting on using a proxy that is no longer configured? I've
not only disabled, but removed the configuration information for the
proxy in Synaptic. I've checked
** Alistair Crust [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-02-18 11:58]:
On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 11:47 +, Paul Tansom wrote:
Does anyone have any ideas why Synaptic and add/remove programs would
both be insisting on using a proxy that is no longer configured? I've
not only disabled, but removed the
On 18 Feb 2008, at 12:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...of course, what we're talking here is OS-X, an OS that is
completely
different... and, imho, very hard to use compared to the other two.
Having used all three systems, I'm amazed at this remark. An OS is an
OS. How different can
** Sean Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-02-18 12:23]:
Have you tried...
$ sudo apt-get clean
$ sudo apt-get update
...and see if that makes any difference...
** end quote [Sean Miller]
No, but I have now and it makes no difference :(
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I'm not sure that argument about games is going to be relevant for
much longer. Developers seem to be prepared to push out buggy rubbish
(Bioshock, Shadow of Chernobyl, LOTR to name a few) which they never
fix (I'm still waiting on patches for all of the above months and
months after release) and
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 12:31:37AM +, Daniel Lamb wrote:
No but seriously how can anyone have anything again linux? I really
struggle with that.
The number one killer-app that I find stops people moving to Linux is games.
Almost everything else can be replaced.
MS Office to Open Office or
On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 12:54 +, Gavin Ford wrote:
The number one killer-app that I find stops people moving to Linux is games.
Maybe some people, but not all. My wife, niece and brother all use Linux
on their main computer. None of them are interested in games. They all
use the pretty
Paul Tansom wrote:
Does anyone have any ideas why Synaptic and add/remove programs would
both be insisting on using a proxy that is no longer configured?
Is there a proxy set in gconf? Eg. gconf-editor - system - http_proxy or
elsewhere?
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Eddie Armstrong wrote:
Well what started out as a simple request has turned into a lot of
unpleasantness:
Hello, Eddie.
Having been brutalised once by Alan, I'll try to keep my reply short :-)
Please don't take these emails too seriously, because a forum like this
only exists so that we can
** Andrew Oakley [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-02-18 13:33]:
Paul Tansom wrote:
Does anyone have any ideas why Synaptic and add/remove programs would
both be insisting on using a proxy that is no longer configured?
Is there a proxy set in gconf? Eg. gconf-editor - system - http_proxy or
** Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-02-18 13:37]:
On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 12:54 +, Gavin Ford wrote:
The number one killer-app that I find stops people moving to Linux is games.
Maybe some people, but not all. My wife, niece and brother all use Linux
on their main computer. None of them
On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 13:33 +, Alan Pope wrote:
I know a few people who dual boot Windows and Linux. Only using Windows
for gaming. Seems ideal.
I for one am on of these people - a victim of WoW. I have a perfectly
legal and legit copy of Vista, just because i play games in what little
On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 13:54 +, Michael Holloway wrote:
I have managed to get most (some?) of the games i have to run in Linux
under Wine, though i must admit i have never tried Cedega.
You can compile cedega from source FYI.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Cedega although I have never
On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:54:01 +
Michael Holloway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I for one am on of these people - a victim of WoW. I have a perfectly
legal and legit copy of Vista, just because i play games in what
little spare time i have. All of the rest of the time
(working/surfing/time
Gavin Ford wrote:
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 12:31:37AM +, Daniel Lamb wrote:
No but seriously how can anyone have anything again linux? I really
struggle with that.
The number one killer-app that I find stops people moving to Linux is games.
I have two elderly friends who use linux (kde)
- Pete Stean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you have valid licence keys, personally I don't see a problem.
After all, the *licence* is what MS charge you for, *not the media*.
In fact, I have a slip-streamed XP install disc that I made myself
that incorporates service pack 2, and you'll even
If you have valid licence keys, personally I don't see a problem.
After all, the *licence* is what MS charge you for, *not the media*.
In fact, I have a slip-streamed XP install disc that I made myself
that incorporates service pack 2, and you'll even find tips on MS's
own site on how to create
Jono's just got Ashley Highfield (of iPlayer infamy) to try out Ubuntu:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/02/pic_of_the_day_ubuntu_installf.html
John
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Alan Pope wrote:
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:01:49PM +, Tony Travis wrote:
Sorry, I must subscribe to the list from my UKFSN account...
I agree with Alan, but what do you do when they don't give you a CD in
the first place?
Being brutal - not our problem and somewhat OT for this list.
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 05:10:45PM +, Johnathon Tinsley wrote:
Downloading, for example, Command and Conquer for the PC via torrent is
illegal. That won't stop people doing it.
Oh no it isn't.
http://www.commandandconquer.com/intel/default.aspx?id=61#NewsMain
-Gav
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Hi,
It's not often I ask questions like this of the list but I'm pretty
stumped at the moment.
I've got a Nokia N73, I've got a USB cable and I've got a PC with
Ubuntu Gutsy. How do I get them to party?
I'd like to be able to synchronise calendar and contacts but I can't
seem to be able to
On Feb 18, 2008 7:27 PM, Sean Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I do actually agree that the default Ubuntu colour scheme is pretty awful...
it's a shame because the splash screens on startup are now really pleasant,
but when you get onto the desktop it's very 1990s... granted, it is easy
John Levin wrote:
Jono's just got Ashley Highfield (of iPlayer infamy) to try out Ubuntu:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/02/pic_of_the_day_ubuntu_installf.html
John
Nice one Jono!
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When you get up to the big Nokias (like my N95) that have memory
identified as mass storage, you just plug the thing in and it shows
up as a removable drive. Not that that helps you out... sorry
Pete
Hi Pete,
The N73 seems to do that too. If I connect it to the laptop and select
the mass
On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:43:09 +
Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's not often I ask questions like this of the list but I'm pretty
stumped at the moment.
I've got a Nokia N73, I've got a USB cable and I've got a PC with
Ubuntu Gutsy. How do I get them to party?
You don't. If you
Johnathon Tinsley said
I know someone who is serving time for downloading movies via
torrent. 5 years to be exact, without chance of parole.
That would definitely have made the news - care to share?
Pete
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On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:33:12 +
Pete Stean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When you get up to the big Nokias (like my N95) that have memory
identified as mass storage, you just plug the thing in and it shows
up as a removable drive. Not that that helps you out... sorry
Which works brilliantly
When you get up to the big Nokias (like my N95) that have memory
identified as mass storage, you just plug the thing in and it shows
up as a removable drive. Not that that helps you out... sorry
Pete
On Feb 18, 2008 7:23 PM, Dave Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:43:09
I do actually agree that the default Ubuntu colour scheme is pretty awful...
it's a shame because the splash screens on startup are now really pleasant,
but when you get onto the desktop it's very 1990s... granted, it is easy
enough to change but first impressions do often count...
Sean
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On 2/18/08, Johnathon Tinsley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nope. I like and respect this person, and I'm not going to identify them,
or give more details.
5 years without parole sounds very harsh for a copyright violation... no
details required, but perhaps you could hint which country was this
Hi
What is the correct place to define PATH. I have usally defined it in
.bash_profile but this doesnt appear to get called when you start a gnome
session.
I want to be able to set the PATH when I start a gnome terminal session.
BASHRC doesnt seem the right place because you can sometimes
- Pete Stean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Johnathon Tinsley said
I know someone who is serving time for downloading movies via
torrent. 5 years to be exact, without chance of parole.
That would definitely have made the news - care to share?
Nope. I like and respect this person, and
What about /etc/profile ?
Sean
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Given the fact that Nokia uses so much FOSS. You'd think that they'd
release a synchronisation manager for Linux.
Chris
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On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 22:26 +, Chris Rowson wrote:
Given the fact that Nokia uses so much FOSS. You'd think that they'd
release a synchronisation manager for Linux.
I was wondering actually, is it possible to sync an Ubuntu Mobile
Edition with Ubuntu installed on a machine?? is so, i'd
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On Feb 8, 2008 2:36 PM, John Levin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kirrus wrote:
- Andrew Oakley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Failing all of those, Yahoo Groups is one of the better free web-based
mailing list managers, and
On 18/02/2008, andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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On Feb 8, 2008 2:36 PM, John Levin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kirrus wrote:
- Andrew Oakley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Failing all of those, Yahoo Groups is one of the
I'm not quite sure if this comes under 'off-topic' or not. If it does,
I apologise in advance and please feel free to slap my writes!
I've been pondering upon the possibility of setting up a vps as a
mobile internet proxy.
It would be good to add image transcoding (to reduce the size of
images
My mistake different Andy- you are now deleted. Caroline.
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On 18/02/2008, andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Dear Andy- I have just checked my contacts and you aren't on the
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Dear Andy- I have just checked my contacts and you aren't on the list- so
how did you get something today? Caroline
Matthew Wild wrote:
On Feb 8, 2008 2:36 PM, John Levin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tony Travis wrote:
Hey don't give up on Ubuntu!
Tony
I've no intention of giving up Ubuntu - I've been using it for a few
releases now and it is my main OS - I only use Windows for certain jobs
I can't get right in Ubuntu (printing High Quality photos on my Canon
Printer, occasional
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