Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-06-29 Thread Mark Jose
On Saturday 30 June 2007 00:38, Kirrus wrote: > - "Matthew Larsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alan i like your leaflets a lot. They are very informational and I > > think we should definitely base the FOSS leaflet on the one you just > > uploaded. The wording is great however I think it cou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-06-29 Thread Kirrus
- "Matthew Larsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan i like your leaflets a lot. They are very informational and I > think we should definitely base the FOSS leaflet on the one you just > uploaded. The wording is great however I think it could be 'toned > down' a bit in parts. Can you linkme

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell & Ubuntu - gradually looking more hopeful

2007-06-29 Thread James Dalley
ubject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell & Ubuntu - gradually looking more hopeful> > I propose we raid the Royal Mail distribution center where all the> Dell PC's go out and simply stick an ubuntu CD on each box> > :)> > -- > Matthew G Larsen> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> +44(0)7739 785 249> My last Dell L

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell & Ubuntu - gradually looking more hopeful

2007-06-29 Thread Matthew Larsen
I propose we raid the Royal Mail distribution center where all the Dell PC's go out and simply stick an ubuntu CD on each box :) -- Matthew G Larsen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +44(0)7739 785 249 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-06-29 Thread Matthew Larsen
Alan i like your leaflets a lot. They are very informational and I think we should definitely base the FOSS leaflet on the one you just uploaded. The wording is great however I think it could be 'toned down' a bit in parts. " If your product is kept proprietary (secret protected contents) then you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflet - Wiki howto upload please?

2007-06-29 Thread Alec Wright
On 29/06/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Help - how do I log out of the wiki? (just close the browser??) Click on user preferences at the top right and click on the logout button on that page. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.k

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflet - Wiki howto upload please?

2007-06-29 Thread alan c
Steve wrote: > On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 07:57 +0100, alan c wrote: >> I have another leaflet which I have just produced, on FOSS only, but >> cannot see how to upload it (odt file) to the wiki. >> I have an account and can log in to edit the wiki, and I know how to >> edit and add text, but do not k

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell & Ubuntu - gradually looking more hopeful

2007-06-29 Thread Mark Harrison
Sean Miller wrote: >> Mark Harrison wrote: >> >> >>> I agree. I've used it when the "total cost of an adaptor" included such >>> externalities as "making eight paying customers sit around and wait half >>> an hour for the presentation to start while I nip out to B&Q" :-) >>> >>>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell & Ubuntu - gradually looking more hopeful

2007-06-29 Thread Sean Miller
> Mark Harrison wrote: > >> I agree. I've used it when the "total cost of an adaptor" included such >> externalities as "making eight paying customers sit around and wait half >> an hour for the presentation to start while I nip out to B&Q" :-) >> Didn't one of the paying customers jump

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell & Ubuntu - gradually looking more hopeful

2007-06-29 Thread Chris Jones
Hi Mark Harrison wrote: > I agree. I've used it when the "total cost of an adaptor" included such > externalities as "making eight paying customers sit around and wait half > an hour for the presentation to start while I nip out to B&Q" :-) Likewise :) Nowadays i carry round an everything-ever

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell & Ubuntu - gradually looking more hopeful

2007-06-29 Thread Mark Harrison
Chris Jones wrote: > Hi > > Mark Harrison wrote: > >> - Insert flat-head screwdriver into mains pin on one of the sockets on >> the N-way >> > > Insert it into the earth hole. That is how it's supposed to work - that > is why the earth pin is longer on plugs. It also dramatically reduces >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell & Ubuntu - gradually looking more hopeful

2007-06-29 Thread Chris Jones
Hi Mark Harrison wrote: > - Insert flat-head screwdriver into mains pin on one of the sockets on > the N-way Insert it into the earth hole. That is how it's supposed to work - that is why the earth pin is longer on plugs. It also dramatically reduces the chances of you electrocuting yourself if

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-06-29 Thread Mark Jose
On Friday 29 June 2007 08:30, Sean Miller wrote: > alan c wrote: > > I see it has been put onto the wiki > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets > > as > > leaflet1_alan_cocks.odt > > (this leaflet got a strong reaction from a Windows-only marketing > > professional that it covered too *many* s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell with Ubuntu outside US

2007-06-29 Thread Chris Rowson
> the Sell Linux PCs Worldwide from user ergo has been the top idea for a > few weeks now, and I've received hundreds of comments on Direct2Dell > about the same thing." > Ah, so it seems it might be worth holding off on buying new laptops for a couple of months then! Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ub

[ubuntu-uk] Dell with Ubuntu outside US

2007-06-29 Thread Andrew Gee
I just noticed a comment on the official Dell blog: "In this morning's Linux Live Expert Forum session, John Hull confirmed that we do plan to offer Linux on the client side in additional locations outside the United States. More details to come later this summer. That's something that we continue

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflet - Wiki howto upload please?

2007-06-29 Thread Steve
On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 07:57 +0100, alan c wrote: > I have another leaflet which I have just produced, on FOSS only, but > cannot see how to upload it (odt file) to the wiki. > I have an account and can log in to edit the wiki, and I know how to > edit and add text, but do not know how to upload.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell & Ubuntu - gradually looking more hopeful

2007-06-29 Thread Sean Miller
Neil Greenwood wrote: > On 28/06/07, Kris Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I wondered about that. I'm sure I know people who've worked in USA and >>> bought laptops there; returning home, they've changed the plug or used >>> a travel adapter, and the kit has worked fine. Or am I imagini

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell & Ubuntu - gradually looking more hopeful

2007-06-29 Thread Mark Harrison
Other way round! It's a "common" trick to fit a EuroPlug into a UK socket. This comes up when you run short of the appropriate type of kettle lead :-) The preferred method of doing it is as follows: - Take N-way mains adaptor - Remove N-way mains adaptor from mains - Insert flat-head screwdriv

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell & Ubuntu - gradually looking more hopeful

2007-06-29 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 28/06/07, Kris Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I wondered about that. I'm sure I know people who've worked in USA and > > bought laptops there; returning home, they've changed the plug or used > > a travel adapter, and the kit has worked fine. Or am I imagining this? > > > Most PSUs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-06-29 Thread Sean Miller
alan c wrote: > I see it has been put onto the wiki > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets > as > leaflet1_alan_cocks.odt > (this leaflet got a strong reaction from a Windows-only marketing > professional that it covered too *many* significant points) > I think it has a lot of words... could

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-06-29 Thread Sean Miller
peter.beattie2 wrote: > Please do not send I am UNSCUBSCRIBED > You clearly are not... so, in the interests of everybody else's sanity, rather than send this quite incorrect statement in reply to every single e-mail the group sends you please visit the page below where, at its base, you will