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OK, a few things:

1. My first search was evidently not thorough enough. Embarrassing.

2. I put this thread in the wrong place.

3. This solved it:...

I've installed GNOME and tried it too, and this problem also affects me there. Not sure if I can alter the thread title prefix accordingly.

Hi,

I've just installed Xubuntu 10.10 on my new computer. The only problem is that I can't get my mouse wheel (USB wireless) to act normally. It's stuck on controlling the audio volume. I think...

Did everyone already know this? Anyway, I get excited when I discover unsuspected famous Linux users.

https://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/137822006279286785

He's upgrading to Oneiric this...

Those are references to the Book of the New Sun (and the 'coda' to the tetralogy, the Urth of the New Sun). I'm halfway through the Book of the Long Sun now... thoroughly recommend!

Oldish laptop: tzadkiel
New netbook: triskele

Google will tell you one of my favourite authors. ;)

If/when I get myself a desktop, it'll be autarch.

Hmm, fair enough.

I don't foresee myself getting profile-editing permissions back anytime. I only hang around in the Cafe really so don't get many beans, I'm not at all experienced so I'm no use...

Similar thing for people in the UK: http://pcspecialist.co.uk

I got my netbook from them, and lovely it is too. Dropping Windows saved me ~£70, which I used to choose an SSD instead of HDD. :)

One of my favourites. An extension, spotted on the walls of a water utility company's offices -- Half full? Half empty? Twice the necessary size? Does it even need to be glass?

Off-topic, I'm...

Here we go:

It's an NEC Generation (old and somewhat uncommon...)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16544742/images/2011-06-12%20laptop%20setup.jpg

My guess is it's because the two models work on exactly the same driver, I have the same kinda situation with my printer.

I can happily state that I have a lovely Epson printer which works flawlessly with Ubuntu. AFAIK printer compatibility is a matter of check-before-you-shop regarding Linux -- annoying when you learn...

I fail to see how you're backing up the position that it should therefore be removed. Losing the command-line is a loss of functionality, not progress!

I've also been using Ubuntu for almost a year now, and I'm very happy that the command-line is there. I don't think it will ever go away, it's far too useful.

Also, when looking for a fix for a...

I can't comment authoritatively on whether PHP is the best way to do what you want, though I suspect it is. But I can tell you that W3Schools does a very good tutorial to learn PHP:...

Thanks for all the info g/g/o*!

I'll probably do what hhh and FuturePilot suggested, I've given it a go on my current computer and am now writing this from the lubuntu desktop. :) Nice and simple....

Hi all,

This might be a stupid question (but I'd rather ask it anyway!)

I'm just getting a new netbook, and when considering what to put on it, I thought since I like 'standard' ubuntu for all...

+1

I'm lucky in that no one in my family (at least in the last 3 generations) smoked. I do hold my breath when passing smokers on the street, and/or cross to the other side! Blech.

Good luck to...

I know a postdoc who's working on quantum computing at Oxford, and I was under the impression that they're currently struggling to make even a 4-qubit computer work, and even then not in any way...

Erm, I would go ahead and say "they". I believe some people have made up some alternatives such as "ve"... but I find that a bit odd, though I'd use it if someone asked me to.

Using slightly fewer characters, there's always "s/he", fairly easy to type. Which covers most situations, except for the rare possibility that they're gender-neutral...!

You could always spend some time reading through the Bastard Operator From Hell archives for some entertaining inspiration!

+1 "no vandalism": make it funny, not destructive

That's a good one.

A non-techy proposal: get 3 sheep/goats, and spraypaint the numbers "1", "3" and "4" on them. Release them to roam the school, and laugh as the management tries to find number...

Assuming you mean bacterial... it would be an odd doctor who thinks that antibiotics do anything to viruses!

Just had lots of tea and chocolate... this is what happens when you have an evening...

This isn't creative on my part, but - ORLY Owl?