Category Archives: Linux

Trust In Remote Support

Recently in the Ubuntu-UK LoCo team IRC channel we had a new user arrive with a problem on their Ubuntu computer. Nothing new there, it happens every day, but the way the problem was solved was slightly different than the way we usually do it. I’m looking for feedback on this.

Emma told us that …

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Come to OggCamp

What: OggCamp
When: Sunday 25th October 2009
Where: Wolverhampton, UK
Who: Ubuntu UK Podcast and Linux Outlaws
Why: Hangover cure for LUGRadio Live 2009

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Acer Aspire Revo, Ubuntu, Boxee and Remote Control

On the latest episode of the podcast I briefly mentioned that I’d recently bought an Acer Aspire Revo to use as an Ubuntu based media player. Well, I’ve installed Ubuntu and Boxee on it, and it plays back all kinds of video including 720p and 1080p HD video via the HDMI port. The box …

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Migrating From WUBI to Full Ubuntu Install

Note: This blog post could also be titled “Reinstalling Ubuntu and Keeping Your Applications and Data” or “Migrating Ubuntu Data and Applications from One Machine to Another”.

I went over to a my friend Nicks house last night for a watch TV / play PS3 / geek out type evening. He’s got an old IBM …

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UDS Karmic Videos and HTML5 Goodness

I noticed that the videos from the most recent Ubuntu Developer Summit are now online, and thought I’d have a play with the new embedded HTML5 video stuff in Firefox 3.5.

Rather than view all the videos by downloading them individually I thought I’d make a page where I can view them all sequentially.

Here …

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