Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do non-techies like the most about Ubuntu?

2007-05-20 Thread London School of Puppetry
On 20/05/07, Robin Menneer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 5/20/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am always recommending it to friends but > > they always look so alarmed at the thought of change and I 'm not very > good > > at telling them why Ubuntu is so much better.- someone

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do non-techies like the most about Ubuntu?

2007-05-20 Thread London School of Puppetry
On 20/05/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am always recommending it to friends but > they always look so alarmed at the thought of change and I 'm not very good > at telling them why Ubuntu is so much better.- someone give me some sales > talk quick!!! > > Caroline (LSP) Hi Caroli

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do non-techies like the most about Ubuntu?

2007-05-20 Thread Robin Menneer
On 5/20/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am always recommending it to friends but > they always look so alarmed at the thought of change and I 'm not very good > at telling them why Ubuntu is so much better.- someone give me some sales > talk quick!!! > > Caroline (LSP) Hi Carolin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] non-destructive rescue of Feisty?

2007-05-20 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 18/05/07, Terence Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > > Quoting Leon Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> On 18/05/07, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> It then just sits there. Is there any way of doing a "chroot >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do non-techies like the most about Ubuntu?

2007-05-20 Thread Chris Rowson
I am always recommending it to friends but > they always look so alarmed at the thought of change and I 'm not very good > at telling them why Ubuntu is so much better.- someone give me some sales > talk quick!!! > > Caroline (LSP) Hi Caroline, Giving someone a good reason to change, when they'r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do non-techies like the most about Ubuntu?

2007-05-20 Thread Gregory Kirby
> >Hi There- It is the politics of Linux etc that attracted me. But I also >find it easy to use and I like the way updates are continually >happening.  I now have Feisty on my laptop too.  I am always >recommending  it to friends but they always look so alarmed at the >thought of change and I 'm n

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What do non-techies like the most about Ubuntu?

2007-05-20 Thread London School of Puppetry
On 17/05/07, christopher chatfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 10:35 +0100, Robin Menneer wrote: > > > On 5/15/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought it'd be interesting to find out what it is that > impresses > new non-techie users t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] libpath-class-perl 0.15-1 - again. And again. And...

2007-05-20 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Sun, 20 May 2007 08:24:51 +0100 I C McNab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert McWilliam wrote: > > Does it get to successfully applied? > > Robert >>> Hard to say what's really happening. There's no further > output in the 'Details' screen to indicate that anything is actually > being insta

Re: [ubuntu-uk] libpath-class-perl 0.15-1 - again. And again. And...

2007-05-20 Thread I C McNab
Robert McWilliam wrote: > On Sat, 19 May 2007 18:11:54 +0100 > I C McNab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Unpacking replacement libpath-class-perl ... >> Setting up libpath-class-perl (0.15-1) ... >> and then it stops. > > Does it get to successfully applied? Robert >>> Hard to say what's really h