Re: [ubuntu-uk] Getting the group going

2006-09-09 Thread William Anderson
Steve Smith wrote: > On 08/09/06, Michael Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Steve Smith wrote: >>> Do you have ftp access to ubuntu-uk.org so that we can install xplanet >>> (http://packages.debian.org/stable/graphics/xplanet) on there? xplanet has a fair list of dependencies iirc; should be inte

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Meet @ LinuxWorld London - Wed 25th Oct 2006

2006-09-09 Thread William Anderson
Jono Bacon wrote: > Hi all, > > On Wed 25th Oct and Thu 26th Oct 2006, the LinuxWorld Expo and > Conference will be happening at Olympia 2 in London. The two event is > packed with stands, exhibitions, a .org village and more. > > I will be at the event, and I figured this could be a great opport

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introductions

2006-09-09 Thread ac
Matthew Bassett wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm catching up on my reading of this list (I've got as far as May!) and > I've noticed there was a thread for introductions... so I've decided to > introduce myself. > > My name is Matthew, and I'm an Electronics Engineer based around > Maidenhead (not far fr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] video convertion

2006-09-09 Thread Chadwick Longstaff
Norman Silverstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I am not very familiar with the workings of Linux especiallyin the use of the terminal but I am very willing to learn.Thanks in advance.Norman Norman, I've found this an invaluable aid in learning a bit about the CLI: http://dsl.org/cookbook/cookbook_toc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] video convertion

2006-09-09 Thread Norman Silverstone
< snip > > I do quite a lot of video conversion on my ubuntu system, and I > haven't been let down by ffmpeg for converting to mpeg, and mencoder > for anything else! The man pages for mencoder are useful, and I > believe at one point I found a good tutorial on the Gentoo forums > which gave a lot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] video convertion

2006-09-09 Thread Stephen Garton
Norman, On 08/09/06, Norman Silverstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder if anyone can help me. I am trying to find some software which > will convert video files from one format to another especially from > quicktime to .avi or .jpg. Also, I need to able to convert video files > produced on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linuxworld London

2006-09-09 Thread Ashley Hooper
-- Jonobacon wrote: > So, I am proposing we meet in the .org village on Wed 25th Oct at > 2.30pm. > Can anyone make it along? I shall do my damnedest and, living in London, I don't have many excuses for not attending! Ash -- "We do not inherit the earthhttp://backtobreath.c