Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-05 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 01:04 +, Jonathan Riddell wrote: > If somebody comes up with a good text I'm happy to put it in > mailman's post to new subscribers. > If someone wants to take our (Hampshire LUG) guidelines they are more than welcome to pick out bits that are appropriate and reword. ht

Re: [ubuntu-uk] stop frame animation

2007-02-05 Thread Stephen Garton
London School of Puppetry wrote: > Is there an OS programme that can be used to animate still images- > something similar to Flash? - I have been asked by a local secondary > school. They have one computer with Linux installed. Caroline lsp > > I've just been playing with "add/remove..." in th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-05 Thread Jonathan Riddell
On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 12:28:26AM -, Martin wrote: > I second that - it would be good to see & gice me a bit more confidence to > post > > Is there any way a list of mailing list etiquette could be sent to > > every new member?? If somebody comes up with a good text I'm happy to put it in m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-05 Thread Martin
I second that - it would be good to see & gice me a bit more confidence to post On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:00:39 -, James Dalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there any way a list of mailing list etiquette could be sent to > every new member?? > James D > __

Re: [ubuntu-uk] stop frame animation

2007-02-05 Thread Ashley Smith
I think you can just use the gimp - create a layer for each frame then just save as a .gif and choose to save as an animation. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] stop frame animation

2007-02-05 Thread Pat
On 05/02/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is there an OS programme that can be used to animate still images- something similar to Flash? - I have been asked by a local secondary school. They have one computer with Linux installed. Caroline lsp Have you looked at synf

[ubuntu-uk] UK linux organisations (was Re: French FLOSS for Schools)

2007-02-05 Thread Caroline Ford
Benjamin Webb wrote: > What about my UK-Linux question. Is there any "official" overal site > for Linux in the UK? > There is nothing official and UK only that I know of. There is http://www.fsfeurope.org/ and some interesting resources such as http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/ Caroline (secretlond

Re: [ubuntu-uk] stop frame animation

2007-02-05 Thread David Morley
On 05/02/07, David Morley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 05/02/07, Caroline Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > London School of Puppetry wrote: > > > Is there an OS programme that can be used to animate still images- > > > something similar to Flash? - I have been asked by a local secondary > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] stop frame animation

2007-02-05 Thread David Morley
On 05/02/07, Caroline Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > London School of Puppetry wrote: > > Is there an OS programme that can be used to animate still images- > > something similar to Flash? - I have been asked by a local secondary > > school. They have one computer with Linux installed. Carolin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Scribes - First Meeting Tonight!

2007-02-05 Thread Nik Butler
> le more than 24 hours notice of meetings! This also > isn't uk-specific - you should announce this elsewhere - maybe to the > documentation team? > Um actually its very UK specific in terms of the UKTeam are the ones who through Seeker` built and created mootbot which drove Seeker to look

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Scribes - First Meeting Tonight!

2007-02-05 Thread Caroline Ford
Chris Oattes wrote: > Hi, > As many of you are aware most Ubuntu related meetings occur online in > IRC chat channels for which plenty has already been done to help people > find and become involved. These meetings are going on all the time all > over the world and generate an awful lot of docum

Re: [ubuntu-uk] stop frame animation

2007-02-05 Thread Caroline Ford
London School of Puppetry wrote: > Is there an OS programme that can be used to animate still images- > something similar to Flash? - I have been asked by a local secondary > school. They have one computer with Linux installed. Caroline lsp > > Blender can do animation but is overkill for this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] stop frame animation

2007-02-05 Thread Leon Barker
On 05/02/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there an OS programme that can be used to animate still images- > something similar to Flash? - I have been asked by a local secondary > school. They have one computer with Linux installed. Caroline lsp I'm pretty sure mplaye

Re: [ubuntu-uk] French FLOSS for Schools

2007-02-05 Thread Benjamin Webb
On 05/02/07, Caroline Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > London School of Puppetry wrote: > > On 05/02/07, Benjamin Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On 05/02/07, gord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 22:44 +, Benjamin Webb wrote: > >>> > It seems as if sch

Re: [ubuntu-uk] French FLOSS for Schools

2007-02-05 Thread Caroline Ford
London School of Puppetry wrote: > On 05/02/07, Benjamin Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 05/02/07, gord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 22:44 +, Benjamin Webb wrote: >>> It seems as if schools in France will be distributing Open Source So

Re: [ubuntu-uk] French FLOSS for Schools

2007-02-05 Thread Benjamin Webb
On 05/02/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 05/02/07, Benjamin Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 05/02/07, gord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 22:44 +, Benjamin Webb wrote: > > > > It seems as if schools in France will be distributing Open

Re: [ubuntu-uk] French FLOSS for Schools

2007-02-05 Thread London School of Puppetry
On 05/02/07, Benjamin Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 05/02/07, gord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 22:44 +, Benjamin Webb wrote: > > > It seems as if schools in France will be distributing Open Source > > > Software - http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070202/tc_inf

[ubuntu-uk] stop frame animation

2007-02-05 Thread London School of Puppetry
Is there an OS programme that can be used to animate still images- something similar to Flash? - I have been asked by a local secondary school. They have one computer with Linux installed. Caroline lsp -- --- London School of Puppetry www.londonschoolofpuppetry.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] French FLOSS for Schools

2007-02-05 Thread Benjamin Webb
On 05/02/07, gord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 22:44 +, Benjamin Webb wrote: > > It seems as if schools in France will be distributing Open Source > > Software - http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070202/tc_infoworld/85707. > > Its a shame that our government isn't trying

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IT Idiots cover introducing Linux.

2007-02-05 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 08:30:09AM +, Nicholas Butler wrote: > The latest Podcast from the ITIdiots provides a introduction to Linux by > way of Ubuntu. > > http://www.itidiots.com/ > Your thoughts please ? > Ok, first two are negative. 1. They said at the start that they would not add the

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Scribes - First Meeting Tonight!

2007-02-05 Thread Chris Oattes
Hi, As many of you are aware most Ubuntu related meetings occur online in IRC chat channels for which plenty has already been done to help people find and become involved. These meetings are going on all the time all over the world and generate an awful lot of documentation, discussion, ideas a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LUGRadio Live 2007 and Ubuntu UK

2007-02-05 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 12:42:15PM +, Philip Wyett wrote: > Cheers. I have had a flick through what happened in 2005 / 2006 and looks > good. > I only went last year, with a bunch of guys [0] from Hampshire LUG. We played the rather sad but fun Geek Car Numberplate Game [1] on the journey u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IT Idiots cover introducing Linux.

2007-02-05 Thread Nicholas Butler
I wrote to Nicholas Hill one of the presenters on the show and volunteered to help. He wrote back and agreed that they needed some Linux talking head experience and have asked me for some ideas which I provided; 1. Reintroduce Ubuntu living more Gui than command line and less Automatix 2. Galle

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IT Idiots cover introducing Linux.

2007-02-05 Thread alan c
Robin Menneer wrote: > > > On 2/5/07, *Alan Pope* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 10:44:02AM +, Robin Menneer wrote: > > Useless to me, a beginner. Concepts are too advanced and gappy in > > presentation. Nevertheless a well-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LUGRadio Live 2007 and Ubuntu UK

2007-02-05 Thread Philip Wyett
On 05/02/07, john levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Philip Wyett wrote: > > > For those who have not been present in previous years. Can you detail the > Ubuntu related activities etc. that have been going on at LUG Radio Live? > The main Ubuntu-related events at previous LRLs have been Mark Sh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LUGRadio Live 2007 and Ubuntu UK

2007-02-05 Thread john levin
Philip Wyett wrote: > > > For those who have not been present in previous years. Can you detail the > Ubuntu related activities etc. that have been going on at LUG Radio Live? > The main Ubuntu-related events at previous LRLs have been Mark Shuttleworth doing the headline talk. In 2005 it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LUGRadio Live 2007 and Ubuntu UK

2007-02-05 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 11:35:21AM +, Philip Wyett wrote: > For those who have not been present in previous years. Can you detail the > Ubuntu related activities etc. that have been going on at LUG Radio Live? > There was a BoF (Birds Of a Feather) session which IIRC John organised. It was a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IT Idiots cover introducing Linux.

2007-02-05 Thread Robin Menneer
On 2/5/07, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 10:44:02AM +, Robin Menneer wrote: > Useless to me, a beginner. Concepts are too advanced and gappy in > presentation. Nevertheless a well-intentioned try which should be > encouraged. > Ok, so what *would* be useful

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LUGRadio Live 2007 and Ubuntu UK

2007-02-05 Thread john levin
Jonathan Riddell wrote: > On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 11:28:52AM +, john levin wrote: >> Last year Kubuntu organised separately, and there was a lot of interest >> in Edubuntu. We should try to co-ordinate efforts, and have a strong >> edubuntu presence. > > This year's lugradio overlaps with th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LUGRadio Live 2007 and Ubuntu UK

2007-02-05 Thread Jonathan Riddell
On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 11:28:52AM +, john levin wrote: > Last year Kubuntu organised separately, and there was a lot of interest > in Edubuntu. We should try to co-ordinate efforts, and have a strong > edubuntu presence. This year's lugradio overlaps with the end of the KDE Akademy conferen

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LUGRadio Live 2007 and Ubuntu UK

2007-02-05 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 11:28:52AM +, john levin wrote: > Jono Bacon wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > We have just announced LUGRadio Live 2007 in Wolverhampton on the 7th > > and 8th July, and I am keen to have an Ubuntu UK presence there. Would > > you chaps like to have a think about what to do a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LUGRadio Live 2007 and Ubuntu UK

2007-02-05 Thread Philip Wyett
On 05/02/07, john levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jono Bacon wrote: > Hi all, > > We have just announced LUGRadio Live 2007 in Wolverhampton on the 7th > and 8th July, and I am keen to have an Ubuntu UK presence there. Would > you chaps like to have a think about what to do at the event. I am >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LUGRadio Live 2007 and Ubuntu UK

2007-02-05 Thread john levin
Jono Bacon wrote: > Hi all, > > We have just announced LUGRadio Live 2007 in Wolverhampton on the 7th > and 8th July, and I am keen to have an Ubuntu UK presence there. Would > you chaps like to have a think about what to do at the event. I am > thinking a bunch of BOFs and an exhibition stand wou

[ubuntu-uk] LUGRadio Live 2007 and Ubuntu UK

2007-02-05 Thread Jono Bacon
Hi all, We have just announced LUGRadio Live 2007 in Wolverhampton on the 7th and 8th July, and I am keen to have an Ubuntu UK presence there. Would you chaps like to have a think about what to do at the event. I am thinking a bunch of BOFs and an exhibition stand would be cool. :) Maybe someone

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IT Idiots cover introducing Linux.

2007-02-05 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 10:44:02AM +, Robin Menneer wrote: > Useless to me, a beginner. Concepts are too advanced and gappy in > presentation. Nevertheless a well-intentioned try which should be > encouraged. > Ok, so what *would* be useful to you as a beginner? As part of the screencast

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IT Idiots cover introducing Linux.

2007-02-05 Thread Robin Menneer
Useless to me, a beginner. Concepts are too advanced and gappy in presentation. Nevertheless a well-intentioned try which should be encouraged. On 2/5/07, David Morley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 05/02/07, Nicholas Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The latest Podcast from the ITIdiots pr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Etiquette

2007-02-05 Thread Andy
On 04/02/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good idea- then I might have avoided all the faux pas. Well there is a link to etiquette on the page that details what the mailing lists are. For reference here it is: > Though so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] firefox

2007-02-05 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 02/02/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 01/02/07, Robert McWilliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > [1] Please don't put a > at the start of lines that aren't quotes. > > Sorry Rob, didn't know I had. Finger must have slipped. Caroline > You might find that yo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IT Idiots cover introducing Linux.

2007-02-05 Thread David Morley
On 05/02/07, Nicholas Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The latest Podcast from the ITIdiots provides a introduction to Linux by > way of Ubuntu. > > http://www.itidiots.com/ > > > Your thoughts please ? > It's the dummies guide to ubuntu on video. :) In fairness if a bunch of windows users who

[ubuntu-uk] IT Idiots cover introducing Linux.

2007-02-05 Thread Nicholas Butler
The latest Podcast from the ITIdiots provides a introduction to Linux by way of Ubuntu. http://www.itidiots.com/ Your thoughts please ? Nik ps. im in no way affiliated to the show im just pointing out the podcast for interested parties. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubunt