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  1. Re: European Court: API's can't be copyrighted, and then some...

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17916879
  2. [ubuntu] Re: 12.04 LibreOffice Impress bug: insert comments causes silent quit

    I'm very glad you did survive; I'm trying to find the LibreOffice 3.5.2 English UK packages from LibreOffice or a mirror so that I can see if it is a LibreOffice bug or an Ubuntu packaging issue.
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  3. [ubuntu] Re: 12.04 LibreOffice Impress bug: insert comments causes silent quit

    I suspected it might be a Ubuntu package issue, so I'll download the 3.5.2 debs from LO website and try that on a test box over the weekend. If an appropriate version of 3.5.2 from LO works, then...
  4. [ubuntu] 12.04 LibreOffice Impress bug: insert comments causes silent quit

    Hello All

    http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Inserting-comment-causes-Impress-to-close-without-warning-td3958875.html

    Vasa1 has posted a bug against LibreOffice 3.5.2.2 Build ID:...
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    Re: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Precise Pangolin

    Well done Vasa, I'll register on that system

    My plan was to get someone else with different hardware to confirm the bug first, then try to see if it is specific to the Ubuntu LO packages or...
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    Re: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Precise Pangolin

    UK time zone, no LibreOffice upgrades, in fact no upgrade packages at all, LibreOffice is

    LibreOffice 3.5.2.2
    Build ID: 350m1(Build:202)

    Anyone else seeing LO Impress quit silently as soon...
  7. [SOLVED] Re: Best image viewer with basic edit (resize, crop, rotate)?

    Fair enough.

    In Nautilus, right click over image file and select 'open with Shotwell'

    You can then just use the editing and export features and not the import.

    Resizing is counter-intuitive,...
  8. [SOLVED] Re: Best image viewer with basic edit (resize, crop, rotate)?

    Hello All

    I may have misunderstood the question, but Shotwell can crop, can resize and can rotate in increments of 90 degrees.

    Free with every install :twisted:

    Seriously, I did all the...
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    Re: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Precise Pangolin

    Hello wolfen69 and all

    I have had a largely bug free experience with Ubuntu (and with Debian for the record) since around 5.10, after I sorted my infamous fan problem on a P3 Dell L400 laptop....
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    Re: Personal Ubuntu Timeline

    Hello All

    All my mistakes, live as I made 'em

    http://www.sohcahtoa.org.uk/legacy/blog/category/ubuntu/index.html

    http://sohcahtoa.org.uk/pages/linux_ubuntu_lucid_light_gnome.html
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    [ubuntu] Re: A netbook OS

    +1

    On my EeePC 1000 ssd at present I have 12.04 Unity, works fine, Dash can take half a second the first time you press it in a session. I'm getting about 4.5 hours or so on the 6600mhA battery....
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    Re: Unity has slowed down my productivity

    OK, so I need to see stuff and have visual cues, you have a more search oriented way of working. We have different cognitive styles. There are probably others.

    Now imagine being an interface...
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    Re: Xubuntu 12.04

    I'm glad you said that. I noticed exactly that on the PC with Xubuntu on top of an Ubuntu base install. On this netbook, which is a Xubuntu install, the font rendering is ace. I was putting it down...
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    Poll: Re: Does your Ubuntu boot in 10 seconds?

    Hello All

    Recycled HP workstation, Quad core xeon, 4Gb ram, slow as molasses mechanical hard drive, doubles as a handy room heater.

    From pressing the power switch to usable desktop (autologin...
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    Re: Xubuntu 12.04

    Hello mips

    Let us know what packages you use on top of a command line install. Font rendering is important to me (Ubuntu's is really good, keeps me coming back) but I guess it is for you as well....
  16. [ubuntu] Re: Growing pains! Problems after upgrading from 11.10 to 12.04

    That is a good explanation thanks!

    @gontofe: you can adjust the reveal sensitivity in 12.04 without installing CCSM. Just

    right click over the desktop and select the Change Desktop Background...
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    Re: Unity has slowed down my productivity

    Hello All

    I like the detail in this discussion. It helps me understand how other people use Unity.

    I have a 1024 by 600 screen netbook which is quite light to carry and seems to run Unity on...
  18. [ubuntu] Re: In need of a better email client for 12.04 - Thunderbird started consuming too mu

    Hello AlexOnVinyl

    Yes, Sylpheed is very simple and basic, that is exactly why I like it for email.

    On Xubuntu on my netbook, I can see an attached jpeg in sylpheed displayed inline below the...
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    Re: Annoying People asking for computer help

    Yes.

    For instance, if you had watched people struggling to copy files, make backups and keep their work and music and photos safe a few years ago, made notes, had a think, you might have come up...
  20. Re: Citrix ICA Receiver 12.100 corrupt heads up

    64 bit debs are OK apparently. It is i386 debs that have the problem.

    Google for the previous deb by file name - icaclient_12.0.0_i386.deb - if you don't have copies of the debs from last time....
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    Re: Dual monitors not working

    Great!

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1967803

    The other way of enabling both monitors is to use a separate X server for each monitor, that is an option in the dropdown list in the...
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    Re: Dual monitors not working

    Hello Th3Alchemist

    Are you using the nvidia restricted drivers (usually installed via jockey)?

    If so do you have the nvidia-settings app (minty green icon) installed?

    I use that to set up...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu 12.04 - Citrix Receiver

    Hello A4orce84

    There is a thread on the Citrix support forums, someone has made a mistake in packaging version 12.10

    Google for the previous icaclient_12.0.0_i386.deb if you don't have backups...
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    [ubuntu] Re: LibreOffice Writer Problem

    +1 for glabels

    I have taken the drastic step on one of my machines of uninstalling LO and installing OpenOffice 3.3.0 from the Apache Foundation openoffice.org web site. It works ok, but you don't...
  25. [ubuntu] Re: LibreOffice3.5 broken - no text in options menus

    Hello kohoutek1

    I have one PC with a clean install of 12.04 and a small netbook with an install that has been upgraded over the last few weeks from a daily. I can't see any issue with LO.

    Have...
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