From andy at tensixtyone.com Wed Sep 1 09:21:18 2010 From: andy at tensixtyone.com (Andrew Williams) Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:21:18 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Liverpool LUG Meeting - 1st September 2010 Message-ID: <20100901092117.GA18777@manex.tensixtyone.com> Liverpool Linux User Group Meeting - September 2010 Date Wed September 1st, 2010 from 7:00pm - 8:00pm Location: The Welkin, 7 Whitechapel, Liverpool, L1 6DS Liverpool Linux User Group are a group of Linux and open source software users that meet on the first Wednesday of the month. This month we do not have a talk organised so we're going directly to the pub. We'll be meeting up on the top floor of the Welkin, just keep a eye out for EeePCs, Android phones and people in techie t-shirts. The Welkin is right in the middle of Liverpool city centre and is very easy to find, a stones throw from Liverpool One and 4-5 minutes walk from Liverpool Lime Street, Central and Moorfields. Its a standard Weatherspoons pub so the beer is cheap and the food decent. Location: http://bit.ly/bWDO1j Website: http://livlug.org.uk/ From michael.dorrington at gmail.com Sat Sep 4 19:40:25 2010 From: michael.dorrington at gmail.com (Michael Dorrington) Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:40:25 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Software Freedom Day 2010 in Manchester. Madlab. Saturday, 18th September. Message-ID: <4C82A09E.9010909@gmail.com> Please feel free to forward this to those that would welcome it. Particularly to those that would be interested in free software if only they knew about it or who are interested to find out more about free software. _Software Freedom Day 2010 in Manchester_ http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2010/Europe/United%20Kingdom/Manchester * Location: Madlab. (Manchester Digital Laboratory). Downstairs. * Address: 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester. M4 1HN. "(Between Thomas St and the Craft Centre, opposite A Bar Called Common)" http://madlab.org.uk/ * Date: Saturday, 18th September. * Start time: 10:00 * Finish time: 16:00 Details ------- Firefox Linux Ubuntu Open Office Wordpress Moodle Want to find out more about these? And other free software? Want control over your computer? Then come to Software Freedom Day in Manchester Software Freedom Day is an annual global celebration of software freedom. Software Freedom Day 2010 in Manchester will be held at Madlab on Saturday, 18th September from 10am to 4pm. There will be Moodle demonstrations, Ubuntu for Beginners Workshops, demonstrations and install help, Robots and Arduinos on Free Software, Purchasable Recycled Computers with Free Software and Support, Wordpress demonstrations, PCs running Free Software for you to try, Ubuntu Linux and Free Software CDs, Linux Magazines, Free Software Books, Stickers and Badges, Creative Commons Licensed Music CDs and more! See the website for more details http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2010/Europe/United%20Kingdom/Manchester Post event ---------- After the event we will go for drinks and food to continue the informal discussions. This will be at location(s) decided on the day. Help ---- If you would like to help with the event then please contact us at . More Information ---------------- General information about Manchester Free Software can be found on our website. * http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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From thomas at thomasprophett.co.uk Tue Sep 14 09:59:43 2010 From: thomas at thomasprophett.co.uk (Thomas Prophett) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:59:43 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] IP telephony In-Reply-To: <4C8F4552.5050309@iucr.org> References: <4C8F4552.5050309@iucr.org> Message-ID: Dave We use http://www.voxhub.co.uk for our VOIP requirements.... Thomas. On 14 September 2010 10:50, David Holden wrote: > Hi, > >  Anyone know of a decent IP telephony company (UK) we're thinking of > getting our companies phones redone and was wondering about this option. > > Cheers, > >  Dave. > > > > -- > Dr David Holden. (dh at iucr.org) > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > From dh at iucr.org Tue Sep 14 10:15:02 2010 From: dh at iucr.org (David Holden) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:15:02 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] IP telephony In-Reply-To: <4C8F4552.5050309@iucr.org> References: <4C8F4552.5050309@iucr.org> Message-ID: <4C8F4B3C.3070607@iucr.org> Thanks for the replies guy's I'll check them out. Cheers, Dave. On 14/09/10 10:50, David Holden wrote: > Hi, > > Anyone know of a decent IP telephony company (UK) we're thinking of > getting our companies phones redone and was wondering about this option. > > Cheers, > > Dave. > > > -- Dr David Holden. (dh at iucr.org) From marcus.jones.wxm at gmail.com Tue Sep 14 11:09:14 2010 From: marcus.jones.wxm at gmail.com (Marcus Jones) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:09:14 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] IP telephony In-Reply-To: <4C8F4B3C.3070607@iucr.org> References: <4C8F4552.5050309@iucr.org> <4C8F4B3C.3070607@iucr.org> Message-ID: I found Soho66 to be excellent value for money. Probably ok if you just want a handful of numbers etc. http://soho66.co.uk/page.aspx Cheers Marcus On 14 September 2010 11:15, David Holden wrote: > Thanks for the replies guy's I'll check them out. > >  Cheers, > >  Dave. > > > On 14/09/10 10:50, David Holden wrote: >> Hi, >> >>  Anyone know of a decent IP telephony company (UK) we're thinking of >> getting our companies phones redone and was wondering about this option. >> >> Cheers, >> >>  Dave. >> >> >> > > -- > Dr David Holden. (dh at iucr.org) > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > From mrcrilly at googlemail.com Tue Sep 14 12:30:19 2010 From: mrcrilly at googlemail.com (Michael Crilly) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:30:19 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] IP telephony In-Reply-To: <4C8F4552.5050309@iucr.org> References: <4C8F4552.5050309@iucr.org> Message-ID: <33EEAA42-88AE-476B-A491-325513D4A47C@gmail.com> How many lines do you need? Opal (who I work for as a corporate account manager) do SIP and have their own network as well (worth ￡500m). I'm talking ISDN30 sized services. Regards, Mike. On 14 Sep 2010, at 10:50, David Holden wrote: > Hi, > > Anyone know of a decent IP telephony company (UK) we're thinking of > getting our companies phones redone and was wondering about this option. > > Cheers, > > Dave. > > > > -- > Dr David Holden. (dh at iucr.org) > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester From dh at iucr.org Tue Sep 14 12:55:51 2010 From: dh at iucr.org (David Holden) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:55:51 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] IP telephony In-Reply-To: <33EEAA42-88AE-476B-A491-325513D4A47C@gmail.com> References: <4C8F4552.5050309@iucr.org> <33EEAA42-88AE-476B-A491-325513D4A47C@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4C8F70ED.3070906@iucr.org> Very few were a small business (we have three at the moment) shared by about twenty people. Do they have a web site or would we be too small for them? Cheers, Dave. On 14/09/10 13:29, Michael Crilly wrote: > How many lines do you need? Opal (who I work for as a corporate account manager) do SIP and have their own network as well (worth £500m). > > I'm talking ISDN30 sized services. > > Regards, > > Mike. > > On 14 Sep 2010, at 10:50, David Holden wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Anyone know of a decent IP telephony company (UK) we're thinking of >> getting our companies phones redone and was wondering about this option. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Dave. >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr David Holden. (dh at iucr.org) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chester mailing list >> Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester -- Dr David Holden. (dh at iucr.org) From mrcrilly at googlemail.com Tue Sep 14 13:39:59 2010 From: mrcrilly at googlemail.com (Michael Crilly) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:39:59 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] IP telephony In-Reply-To: <4C8F70ED.3070906@iucr.org> References: <4C8F4552.5050309@iucr.org> <33EEAA42-88AE-476B-A491-325513D4A47C@gmail.com> <4C8F70ED.3070906@iucr.org> Message-ID: I'm not sure to be honest. You can try opal.co.uk, perhaps we can do ISDN2 sized SIP services. Regards, Mike. On 14 Sep 2010, at 13:56, David Holden wrote: > Very few were a small business (we have three at the moment) shared by > about twenty people. Do they have a web site or would we be too small > for them? > > Cheers, > > Dave. > > > On 14/09/10 13:29, Michael Crilly wrote: >> How many lines do you need? Opal (who I work for as a corporate account manager) do SIP and have their own network as well (worth ￡500m). >> >> I'm talking ISDN30 sized services. >> >> Regards, >> >> Mike. >> >> On 14 Sep 2010, at 10:50, David Holden wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Anyone know of a decent IP telephony company (UK) we're thinking of >>> getting our companies phones redone and was wondering about this option. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Dave. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr David Holden. (dh at iucr.org) >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Chester mailing list >>> Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk >>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chester mailing list >> Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > -- > Dr David Holden. (dh at iucr.org) > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester From dh at iucr.org Tue Sep 14 13:45:31 2010 From: dh at iucr.org (David Holden) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:45:31 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] IP telephony In-Reply-To: References: <4C8F4552.5050309@iucr.org> <33EEAA42-88AE-476B-A491-325513D4A47C@gmail.com> <4C8F70ED.3070906@iucr.org> Message-ID: <4C8F7C90.7040002@iucr.org> OK I've found them. Cheers, Dave. On 14/09/10 14:38, Michael Crilly wrote: > I'm not sure to be honest. You can try opal.co.uk, perhaps we can do ISDN2 sized SIP services. > > Regards, > > Mike. > > On 14 Sep 2010, at 13:56, David Holden wrote: > >> Very few were a small business (we have three at the moment) shared by >> about twenty people. Do they have a web site or would we be too small >> for them? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Dave. >> >> >> On 14/09/10 13:29, Michael Crilly wrote: >>> How many lines do you need? Opal (who I work for as a corporate account manager) do SIP and have their own network as well (worth £500m). >>> >>> I'm talking ISDN30 sized services. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Mike. >>> >>> On 14 Sep 2010, at 10:50, David Holden wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Anyone know of a decent IP telephony company (UK) we're thinking of >>>> getting our companies phones redone and was wondering about this option. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Dave. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dr David Holden. (dh at iucr.org) >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Chester mailing list >>>> Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk >>>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Chester mailing list >>> Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk >>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester >> >> -- >> Dr David Holden. (dh at iucr.org) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chester mailing list >> Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester -- Dr David Holden. (dh at iucr.org) From mark_kh at tiscali.co.uk Mon Sep 20 10:08:07 2010 From: mark_kh at tiscali.co.uk (mark_kh at tiscali.co.uk) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:08:07 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Linux on an ASUS? Message-ID: <26511780.1284977280632.JavaMail.root@ps27> hi folks Some years ago I went along to a few of your Linux meetings in Chester, but haven't been for quite a while. When I attended, I brought along my (then) new ASUS901, but there really wasn't any opportunity to do anything with it. Since then, it has been getting more and more painful to use. A friend who also has an ASUS says the installed operating system is rubbish and had a proper version of Linux installed, with the result that hers now works much better. Unfortunately, she now lives in France, so can't help me much. I've looked at a few web sites describing how to install Linux and they talk of creating a bootable disk on an existing Linux sysstem. As I don't have one, I'm not sure how to proceed. My friend said that her system was loaded from a USB stick. Question is; has someone in the local Linux group already done this and could I avail myself of the service? I'm afraid I've no experience using Linux (apart from the bowdlerised version on the ASUS) so need guidance. I'm not sure I'd be able to do it myself, unless there were very comprehensive instructions. thanks in anticipation Mark From wilp4a at hotmail.co.uk Mon Sep 20 11:02:21 2010 From: wilp4a at hotmail.co.uk (Paul Williams) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:02:21 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Linux on an ASUS? In-Reply-To: <26511780.1284977280632.JavaMail.root@ps27> References: <26511780.1284977280632.JavaMail.root@ps27> Message-ID: Hi Mark, I have 2 eeepcs and my mother has another. It would help to know the spec on yours. My eeepc is the 904HA (1.6 atom processor, 2Gb RAM (upgrade from 1Gb supplied), 160 Gb hd). I run Ubuntu 10.04 from it with no problems. My older eeepc was the 700 ( 800Mhz Processer underclocked to 500ish Mhz, 512 Mb RAM, 2Gb ssd). Default Xandros worked but was awful. Other linux attempts needed to install to a 4b SDHC card. They were slow and clunky. My wife currently runs XP on it. My mother's eeepc 900 (900 Mhz Processor, 1Gb RAM, 12 Gb ssd) The drive is a 4 Gb drive running XP and an 8Gb drive running Linux. It took me a while to find a distro that wasn't painfully slow or totally naff on it. If it looked lower tech than XP, she wouldn't use it. It currently runs Linux Mint LDXE. It runs faster than XP. If you tell me the spec on your eeepc, I can advise you and help you through the install if you want. Paul > Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:08:00 +0100 > From: mark_kh at tiscali.co.uk > To: chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > Subject: [Chester LUG] Linux on an ASUS? > > hi folks > > Some years ago I went along to a few of your Linux meetings in Chester, but > haven't been for quite a while. When I attended, I brought along my (then) new > ASUS901, but there really wasn't any opportunity to do anything with it. Since > then, it has been getting more and more painful to use. A friend who also has > an ASUS says the installed operating system is rubbish and had a proper version > of Linux installed, with the result that hers now works much better. > Unfortunately, she now lives in France, so can't help me much. I've looked at > a few web sites describing how to install Linux and they talk of creating a > bootable disk on an existing Linux sysstem. As I don't have one, I'm not sure > how to proceed. My friend said that her system was loaded from a USB stick. > > Question is; has someone in the local Linux group already done this and could > I avail myself of the service? I'm afraid I've no experience using Linux > (apart from the bowdlerised version on the ASUS) so need guidance. I'm not > sure I'd be able to do it myself, unless there were very comprehensive > instructions. > > thanks in anticipation > Mark > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mark_kh at tiscali.co.uk Mon Sep 20 16:37:37 2010 From: mark_kh at tiscali.co.uk (mark_kh at tiscali.co.uk) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:37:37 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Linux on an ASUS? Message-ID: <7737263.1285000648818.JavaMail.root@ps32.mc.tiscali.sys> Hi Paul, Offer of help MUCH appreciated. Working from memory, my 901 has 20G of solid-state memory, of which 4G has been dedicated to the OpSys, but I think you can change this. Looking at the system info, it's telling me that I have 1024Mb of RAM. Disk Utility says 14378M of storage and 3847M for system. CPU is an Intel (r) Mobile Processor (Atom), but I can't see anything about clock speed in system utilities or the manuals. I've not delved into the BIOS (yet). Cheers Mark ----Original Message---- From: wilp4a at hotmail.co.uk Date: 20/09/2010 12:02 To: Subj: Re: [Chester LUG] Linux on an ASUS? Hi Mark, I have 2 eeepcs and my mother has another. It would help to know the spec on yours. My eeepc is the 904HA (1.6 atom processor, 2Gb RAM (upgrade from 1Gb supplied), 160 Gb hd). I run Ubuntu 10.04 from it with no problems. My older eeepc was the 700 ( 800Mhz Processer underclocked to 500ish Mhz, 512 Mb RAM, 2Gb ssd). Default Xandros worked but was awful. Other linux attempts needed to install to a 4b SDHC card. They were slow and clunky. My wife currently runs XP on it. My mother's eeepc 900 (900 Mhz Processor, 1Gb RAM, 12 Gb ssd) The drive is a 4 Gb drive running XP and an 8Gb drive running Linux. It took me a while to find a distro that wasn't painfully slow or totally naff on it. If it looked lower tech than XP, she wouldn't use it. It currently runs Linux Mint LDXE. It runs faster than XP. If you tell me the spec on your eeepc, I can advise you and help you through the install if you want. Paul > Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:08:00 +0100 > From: mark_kh at tiscali.co.uk > To: chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > Subject: [Chester LUG] Linux on an ASUS? > > hi folks > > Some years ago I went along to a few of your Linux meetings in Chester, but > haven't been for quite a while. When I attended, I brought along my (then) new > ASUS901, but there really wasn't any opportunity to do anything with it. Since > then, it has been getting more and more painful to use. A friend who also has > an ASUS says the installed operating system is rubbish and had a proper version > of Linux installed, with the result that hers now works much better. > Unfortunately, she now lives in France, so can't help me much. I've looked at > a few web sites describing how to install Linux and they talk of creating a > bootable disk on an existing Linux sysstem. As I don't have one, I'm not sure > how to proceed. My friend said that her system was loaded from a USB stick. > > Question is; has someone in the local Linux group already done this and could > I avail myself of the service? I'm afraid I've no experience using Linux > (apart from the bowdlerised version on the ASUS) so need guidance. I'm not > sure I'd be able to do it myself, unless there were very comprehensive > instructions. > > thanks in anticipation > Mark > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From les at chesterlug.org.uk Mon Sep 20 19:29:12 2010 From: les at chesterlug.org.uk (Les Pritchard) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:29:12 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Linux on an ASUS? In-Reply-To: <7737263.1285000648818.JavaMail.root@ps32.mc.tiscali.sys> References: <7737263.1285000648818.JavaMail.root@ps32.mc.tiscali.sys> Message-ID: Hi Mark, I've run Ubuntu (normal edition) on a 901 it's worked pretty well. It isn't blindingly fast but does what you expect from a Netbook. I installed it from CD using a USB drive. If you like I could bring a drive along to the next meet (or whenever you could make it) and you can at least have a play with the live CD before installing. I don't know if it's the same for your model, but the ones I used had two SSD cards in them, a more expensive, faster 4gig and a cheaper, slower one for the rest of the space (this size differed depending on the model). You shouldn't have any problems installing Ubuntu and most of your apps on the 4gig whilst using the other for data. Les On 20 September 2010 17:37, mark_kh at tiscali.co.uk wrote: > Hi Paul, > > Offer of help MUCH appreciated. > > Working from memory, my 901 has 20G of solid-state memory, of which 4G has > been dedicated to the OpSys, but I think you can change this. Looking at > the system info, it's telling me that I have 1024Mb of RAM. Disk Utility > says 14378M of storage and 3847M for system. CPU is an Intel (r) Mobile > Processor (Atom), but I can't see anything about clock speed in system > utilities or the manuals. I've not delved into the BIOS (yet). > > Cheers > Mark > > ----Original Message---- > From: wilp4a at hotmail.co.uk > Date: 20/09/2010 12:02 > To: > Subj: Re: [Chester LUG] Linux on an ASUS? > > Hi Mark, > > I have 2 eeepcs and my mother has another. It would help to know the spec > on yours. > > My eeepc is the 904HA (1.6 atom processor, 2Gb RAM (upgrade from 1Gb > supplied), 160 Gb hd). I run Ubuntu 10.04 from it with no problems. > > My older eeepc was the 700 ( 800Mhz Processer underclocked to 500ish Mhz, > 512 Mb RAM, 2Gb ssd). Default Xandros worked but was awful. Other linux > attempts needed to install to a 4b SDHC card. They were slow and clunky. > My wife currently runs XP on it. > > My mother's eeepc 900 (900 Mhz Processor, 1Gb RAM, 12 Gb ssd) The drive is > a 4 Gb drive running XP and an 8Gb drive running Linux. It took me a while > to find a distro that wasn't painfully slow or totally naff on it. If it > looked lower tech than XP, she wouldn't use it. It currently runs Linux > Mint LDXE. It runs faster than XP. > > If you tell me the spec on your eeepc, I can advise you and help you > through the install if you want. > > Paul > > > > Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:08:00 +0100 > > From: mark_kh at tiscali.co.uk > > To: chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > > Subject: [Chester LUG] Linux on an ASUS? > > > > hi folks > > > > Some years ago I went along to a few of your Linux meetings in Chester, > but > > haven't been for quite a while. When I attended, I brought along my > (then) new > > ASUS901, but there really wasn't any opportunity to do anything with it. > Since > > then, it has been getting more and more painful to use. A friend who also > has > > an ASUS says the installed operating system is rubbish and had a proper > version > > of Linux installed, with the result that hers now works much better. > > Unfortunately, she now lives in France, so can't help me much. I've > looked at > > a few web sites describing how to install Linux and they talk of creating > a > > bootable disk on an existing Linux sysstem. As I don't have one, I'm not > sure > > how to proceed. My friend said that her system was loaded from a USB > stick. > > > > Question is; has someone in the local Linux group already done this and > could > > I avail myself of the service? I'm afraid I've no experience using Linux > > (apart from the bowdlerised version on the ASUS) so need guidance. I'm > not > > sure I'd be able to do it myself, unless there were very comprehensive > > instructions. > > > > thanks in anticipation > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Chester mailing list > > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roger.downing at stfc.ac.uk Mon Sep 20 10:19:35 2010 From: roger.downing at stfc.ac.uk (roger.downing at stfc.ac.uk) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:19:35 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] Linux on an ASUS? In-Reply-To: <26511780.1284977280632.JavaMail.root@ps27> Message-ID: <6BC8E5C6409FE941A4A19CC9A68D0CAE0173A4BB@exchange28.fed.cclrc.ac.uk> Hey there, I have an eeepc 701 (similar to yours but 7" screen and slower CPU). I have recently reinstalled it with Jolicloud OS and I am really pleasantly surprised! It boots up like lightning and has a really clean and usable interface. I have a small worry that your "desktop" is stored on their servers (that just means your application settings really, no remote desktop tech involved) but so far I have found it extremely good to use. If you go to http://www.jolicloud.com/ then you can download the ISO (disk image) and a piece of software that will create a bootable system on a USB stick from that ISO file. I found the instructions on the site very comfortable (though I am an IT pro who uses Linux). Please do give it a go. If you need any assistance then you can get in touch with me directly at roger.downing at gmail.com Cheers, Roger -----Original Message----- From: chester-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:chester-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of mark_kh at tiscali.co.uk Sent: 20 September 2010 11:08 To: chester at mailman.lug.org.uk Subject: [Chester LUG] Linux on an ASUS? hi folks Some years ago I went along to a few of your Linux meetings in Chester, but haven't been for quite a while. When I attended, I brought along my (then) new ASUS901, but there really wasn't any opportunity to do anything with it. Since then, it has been getting more and more painful to use. A friend who also has an ASUS says the installed operating system is rubbish and had a proper version of Linux installed, with the result that hers now works much better. Unfortunately, she now lives in France, so can't help me much. I've looked at a few web sites describing how to install Linux and they talk of creating a bootable disk on an existing Linux sysstem. As I don't have one, I'm not sure how to proceed. My friend said that her system was loaded from a USB stick. Question is; has someone in the local Linux group already done this and could I avail myself of the service? I'm afraid I've no experience using Linux (apart from the bowdlerised version on the ASUS) so need guidance. I'm not sure I'd be able to do it myself, unless there were very comprehensive instructions. thanks in anticipation Mark _______________________________________________ Chester mailing list Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester -- Scanned by iCritical. From lists at tdobson.net Tue Sep 21 21:03:20 2010 From: lists at tdobson.net (Tim Dobson) Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:03:20 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] IP telephony In-Reply-To: <4C8F4552.5050309@iucr.org> References: <4C8F4552.5050309@iucr.org> Message-ID: <4C9870ED.9020103@tdobson.net> On 14/09/10 10:50, David Holden wrote: > Hi, > > Anyone know of a decent IP telephony company (UK) we're thinking of > getting our companies phones redone and was wondering about this option. Blatent, but late, plug. www.dmcip.com / @dmcip We're Manchester based Asterisk consultants & would be happy to have a chat with you. Good luck with your search. Tim From joe.foy at gmail.com Sat Sep 25 17:39:01 2010 From: joe.foy at gmail.com (Joe Foy) Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:39:01 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] meeting Message-ID: I have just noticed that this thursday is the last thursday of the month, is the meeting still on and is it still in the same place? From stuart.james.burns at gmail.com Sat Sep 25 20:07:20 2010 From: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com (Stuart Burns) Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:07:20 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] meeting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hiya, As far as I know it is. Looking forward to it. Stu On 25 September 2010 18:38, Joe Foy wrote: > I have just noticed that this thursday is the last thursday of the > month, is the meeting still on and is it still in the same place? > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rcgibson at talktalk.net Sat Sep 25 20:13:24 2010 From: rcgibson at talktalk.net (Roger Gibson) Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:13:24 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] meeting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4C9E57D3.8000105@talktalk.net> Drat it, another one I can't get to - Roger. On 25/09/2010 21:07, Stuart Burns wrote: > Hiya, > > As far as I know it is. Looking forward to it. > > Stu > > On 25 September 2010 18:38, Joe Foy > wrote: > > I have just noticed that this thursday is the last thursday of the > month, is the meeting still on and is it still in the same place? > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From les.pritchard at gmail.com Sat Sep 25 20:30:49 2010 From: les.pritchard at gmail.com (Les Pritchard) Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:30:49 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] meeting In-Reply-To: <4C9E57D3.8000105@talktalk.net> References: <4C9E57D3.8000105@talktalk.net> Message-ID: Hi, Yes it's this Thursday, I'll double check with the venue to make sure everything is still ok with them. See you all on Thursday. Les On 25 September 2010 21:13, Roger Gibson wrote: > Drat it, another one I can't get to - Roger. > > > On 25/09/2010 21:07, Stuart Burns wrote: > > Hiya, > > As far as I know it is. Looking forward to it. > > Stu > > On 25 September 2010 18:38, Joe Foy wrote: > >> I have just noticed that this thursday is the last thursday of the >> month, is the meeting still on and is it still in the same place? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chester mailing list >> Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester >> > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > ______________________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing listChester at mailman.lug.org.ukhttps://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > > _______________________________________________ > Chester mailing list > Chester at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/chester > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From les.pritchard at gmail.com Tue Sep 28 15:18:28 2010 From: les.pritchard at gmail.com (Les Pritchard) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:18:28 -0000 Subject: [Chester LUG] meeting In-Reply-To: References: <4C9E57D3.8000105@talktalk.net> Message-ID: Hi all, Just confirming that we have the top room booked at the Bear and Billet (Lower Bridge Street) for the LUG meet this Thursday from 7pm. See you there. Les On 25 September 2010 21:30, Les Pritchard wrote: > Hi, > > Yes it's this Thursday, I'll double check with the venue to make sure > everything is still ok with them. > > See you all on Thursday. > > Les > > On 25 September 2010 21:13, Roger Gibson wrote: > >> Drat it, another one I can't get to - Roger. >> >> >> On 25/09/2010 21:07, Stuart Burns wrote: >> >> Hiya, >> >> As far as I know it is. 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