Re: ShipIt label translations

2009-10-07 Thread John Abbott
unclear comment! On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 23:57 +0700, Russell John wrote: > No the languages are needed? -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts

Re: Help Available For Community Teams

2009-10-20 Thread John Abbott
Thank you for your offer! I love Linux communities - you just don't find this anywhere else. I would like to form a group in Mission Texas. We currently meet as The Tip of Texas LUG. I am the contact for the LUG. Thanks again. John Abbott fewcl...@gmail.com On Tue, 2009-10-20 at

shipit changes

2009-10-21 Thread John Abbott
I am extremely disappointed in seeing this move. Ubuntu Membership is difficult or impossible for new users to qualify. It is moving the "community" further out of the reach of non-programmers and new Linux users. The elite nature of membership is also diminishing its attraction to many. I hav

Re: ShipIt Changes

2009-10-21 Thread John Abbott
I am extremely disappointed in seeing this move. Ubuntu Membership is difficult or impossible for new users to qualify. It is moving the "community" further out of the reach of non-programmers and new Linux users. The elite nature of membership is also diminishing its attraction to many. I hav

Re: ShipIt Changes

2009-10-21 Thread John Abbott
off a lot of those migrating from Windows or other Linux communities. On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 18:56 +0100, Matthew East wrote: > John, > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 5:59 PM, John Abbott wrote: > > I have been a beta tester for Ubuntu for six years. I have generated almost > >

Re: ShipIt Changes

2009-10-21 Thread John Abbott
ed to hold it in the party room of the biggest pizza parlor in Southern Texas. We will have free pizza - free as in FLOSS! and we will have local TV Network coverage. We'll do it as the ToT-LUG. On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 14:24 -0400, Jorge O. Castro wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 2:10 PM

Re: ShipIt Changes

2009-10-21 Thread John Abbott
I totally Agree Michael. I have pointed to the shipit program as one of the most outstanding efforts of Linux Evangelism anywhere. I seem to have been whining in public and on the wrong forum. I support Ubuntu's position and would prefer to see that money put into development. I have supporte

Re: Help Available For Community Teams

2009-10-21 Thread John Abbott
of the time. I am 100% sold on Ubuntu but I'm about to become a more broad focused group. On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 17:48 -0400, Elizabeth Krumbach wrote: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 5:27 PM, John Abbott wrote: > > I would like to form a group in Mission Texas. We currently meet as

Re: Ubuntu at ICT Africa 2009

2009-10-22 Thread John Abbott
Neil, The site is fabulous. It took awhile but I managed to review the photos. Looks like a great group and you certainly put Ubuntu's best foot forward. The links might be slow but they were worth the wait!! John On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 08:27 +0200, Neil Coetzer wrote: > Hi David, > > Th

Re: Shipping Karmic CDs for LoCo teams

2009-10-22 Thread John Abbott
n glean some of your concepts I might be able to put them into effect here as well. John Abbott, Chairman Tip of Texas LUG On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 21:56 +0200, Dolev Ravid wrote: > Alex, > The "event" is an important program that marketing Ubuntu among poor > population st

Re: Shipping Karmic CDs for LoCo teams

2009-10-22 Thread John Abbott
On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 23:48 -0300, Mauricio PeƱaloza S. wrote: > It's very important do not loose the real objective of Ubuntu, is to be > an alternative as an operative system. No it is not! The real objective of Ubuntu is to provide a meaningful operating system. When you continually ref

Re: Community pack: check!

2009-10-27 Thread John Abbott
Fabian, apparently working for Cononical has its advantages! What Community Pack? W! On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 14:33 -0400, Fabian Rodriguez wrote: > Hi all > > Just got my community pack in time. Rocks! > > Except there were no pen inside. Is anyone missing their pen too ? > > Cheers,

Re: Community pack: check!

2009-10-27 Thread John Abbott
done more to advance the Linux Community than the rest combined. I'll just be a happy Ubuntu User when we have our release party and will hand out things we've bought through the store. On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 15:33 -0400, Fabian Rodriguez wrote: > John Abbott wrote: > > Fa

Re: Community pack: check!

2009-10-27 Thread John Abbott
x27;m trying to convince people to do that with as many parties as > possible :-) > > > Alex. > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 11:01 PM, John Abbott > wrote: > > Oh I understand Fabian. I was just crying because I live in > Texas and cannot qualify

Re: Ubuntu CD for Ghana??

2009-10-28 Thread John Abbott
Daniel, Send me your mailing address and I'll send you a CD born and burned in Texas. John Abbott, moderator Tip of Texas Linux User Group fewcl...@gmail.com On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 10:04 +0100, Daniel Holbach wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 27.10.2009, 22:23 + schrieb don_k: > > m

Re: Top things to do after installing Karmic

2009-10-29 Thread John Abbott
Danny, Great page! I've sent out a note to my LUG to view it before they jump on 9.10 And - Sleeping bag inversion only works in a cool climate otherwise you're going to sweat. And no bamboo mat for me - if I can't sleep on my Tempur-pedic memory foam I'm staying up! John On Thu, 2009

Re: Contact change for ubuntu-us-ohio

2009-10-31 Thread John Abbott
Jacob, Take a bow for a great job. I think the Ohio LoCo is the highest visible LoCo in the US. I look forward to Paultag's effort to match you. On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 16:46 -0400, Jacob Peddicord wrote: > Hey Ohioans & LoCo folk, > > The Ohio team has had some great times in the past couple o