UK Linux

Communications using ekiga
I would like to video conference with my children who both use skype and/or Messenger under Windows. Can that be done from Linux, perhaps with ekiga? ... 27 Aug 2007 05:22

Add PPD for new printer to CUPS?
Hi, I have a new HP 2605DN printer and the standard vendor-supplied PPD file. I am trying to add it to CUPS, without success. I copied the file to /usr/share/cups/model, and optionally gzipped it. I then restarted or reloaded cups. On invoking redhat-config-printer-tui, I expected to find the new printer mo... 23 Aug 2007 13:12

Dell UK's little joke book
Hi: I got my Linux Dell laptop on Tuesday and have been playing with it. At first I couldn't seem to get anything working (I'm not used to Ubuntu), even the Help file. So I looked in the manual that came with the laptop. What did it say? "Click on *Start*". The manual was keeping a very straight face, but I was ... 1 Sep 2007 08:11

Linux compatible NAS box
Hi Folks, I'd like to add some storage to my network, as well as the WL-HDD2.5 WAP (which has a titchy disk in it). Can anyone recommend something which, unlike the Netgear "Toasters", is Linux compatible? I have a spare new 200GB disk, so a housing would be fine. Ian ... 10 Sep 2007 10:03

PDA / Phone recommendations?
Hi, I'm thinking of replacing my Treo 600 which has started doing odd things. Does anyone have any recommendations for a replacement? Basically I'm after a phone with calendar and todo list which can be synchronised to evolution reasonably reliably, preferably using bluetooth. The gnome-pilot + treo combina... 23 Aug 2007 06:12

MI5 Persecution: Chris Tarrant - 10/March/1999 (6894)
Chris Tarrant - 10/March/1999 Certainty level: 25% This one might be aimed at me, or it might be tinged with a whiff of intent, although I only give one chance in four for Tarrant's thoughts being aimed at me when he said this. During his "Who wants to be a Millionaire" TV show in March 1999, he said; if yo... 20 Aug 2007 17:25

MI5 Persecution: Channel Four TV News - 12/Feb/1999 (5671)
Channel Four TV News - 12/Feb/1999 Certainty level: 100% I am positively, utterly, completely sure this item is about me. It's a bit subtle so the objective reader might not understand my certainty. Here is what happened. I was watching Channel Four News with Jon Snow, on the day Clinton "got off" (as it were)... 20 Aug 2007 16:53

MI5 Persecution: Dimbleby / John Major, April 1997 (4448)
Dimbleby / John Major, April 1997 Certainty level: 90% Dimbleby interviews John Major during the election campaign. Here is the exchange, regarding Neil Hamilton, the "sleazy" Tory candidate; Dimbleby: "It's a direct quotation from what he said to Sir Gordon Downey and what he said to his local newspaper, ... 20 Aug 2007 16:53

MI5 Persecution: Ken Clarke (2), April 1997 (3225)
Ken Clarke (2), April 1997 Certainty level: 30% The second of two video segments from the same programme, this shows Ken Clarke during the election campaign. He makes the following statement; "we have a party, and we have a Cabinet which has produced a manifesto consistent with our policy of the last five ... 20 Aug 2007 16:21

MI5 Persecution: Ken Clarke (1), April 1997 (2002)
Ken Clarke (1), April 1997 Certainty level: 30% The first of two video segments from the same program, this shows Jon Snow interviewing Ken Clarke in April 1997, during the general election campaign. The following exchange is heard; Jon Snow: "You say we are booming in your posters, the bust's around the c... 20 Aug 2007 16:21