A local Shipit service for regional users

2010-03-15 Thread Jared Norris
Good evening all, With the release of Lucid Lynx approaching us sooner rather than later one idea I had that I would like to put out there to the mailing list was a bit of a Shipit type service (see https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ for the official version) that aims at delivering the new release much s

Suggestions for Sydney Lucid Release Party

2010-03-15 Thread Mitch Towner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 We discussed the idea of having a Lucid release party in Sydney during the Loco Meeting. I believe this would be a great idea & an excellent opportunity to promote Ubuntu. If we all bring a friend or two it could be a great day. It would also be the pe

Re: A local Shipit service for regional users

2010-03-15 Thread James Beake
Sounds like a nice way to provide a value add for regional Aus and I'm happy to be part of the experiment. I'm prepared to fund $20 worth of CDs. Ie, I''ll burn / ship 8 CDs @2.50 each. More if the potage is less :) Is there any Ubuntu CD art work we can access? cheers James On Mon, Mar 15, 201

Kennards Hire offloads Linux machines after costly experiment | The Australian

2010-03-15 Thread Paul Gear
Looks like you're the one laughing now, Cary... http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/kennards-hire-offloads-linux-machines-after-costly-experiment/story-e6frgakx-1225810376238 <>-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: A local Shipit service for regional users

2010-03-15 Thread Dale
On 15 March 2010 23:22, Jared Norris wrote: > Good evening all, > > With the release of Lucid Lynx approaching us sooner rather than later > one idea I had that I would like to put out there to the mailing list > was a bit of a Shipit type service (see https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ for > the official

Re: Kennards Hire offloads Linux machines after costly experiment | The Australian

2010-03-15 Thread Michael
Take a look at the date on that article, it is old news. It does make a point that I personally think is valid. Industry won't want to convert to Linux IF the support structure are not available. On Mar 16, 12:22 pm, Paul Gear wrote: > Looks like you're the one laughing now, Cary... > > http://w

Re: Kennards Hire offloads Linux machines after costly experiment | The Australian

2010-03-15 Thread IKT
"It was taking a lot to support because we didn't get a commercial Linux vendor . . . we had all sorts of problems, including driver issues," Kennards IT manager Richard Fox-Smith said. What commercial linux venders are in Australia? On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Michael wrote: > Take a loo

Last nights meetings

2010-03-15 Thread AndrewG
Here is the log file for last nights meeting, for anybody that missed it. Ubuntu-au governance was not talked about. http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/free/2010/03/15/%23ubuntu-au.html -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Kennards Hire offloads Linux machines after costly experiment | The Australian

2010-03-15 Thread Paul Gear
IKT wrote: > "It was taking a lot to support because we didn't get a commercial Linux > vendor . . . we had all sorts of problems, including driver issues," > Kennards IT manager Richard Fox-Smith said. > > What commercial linux venders are in Australia? Red Hat have their base for Asia-Pacific in