Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-04 Thread Josh Blacker
On 9/4/07, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to suggest, for the late-waking Londoners, the Pembury Tavern > in Hackney. > > http://www.individualpubs.co.uk/pembury/ > > I know it's a bit out of the way, and I admit I've not been there since > it reopened, but it has wireless and run

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-04 Thread John Levin
Ciaran Mooney wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to cast my vote for Birmingham. > > And I'd like to say having two will be a benefit rather than a > problem. There seems to be enough people from the Midlands and the > South regions to fill both events. > > Created a wiki page for those who want to have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-04 Thread Jim Kissel
Josh Blacker wrote: > What time is the final iso released? Just thinking if you could > install a new operating system on your laptop over breakfast it would > make good press. A windows installation would take until at least > brunch to finish, without all the extra drivers and programs... You

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-04 Thread Jim Kissel
Mark Harrison wrote: > Good call. > > I've entered details for a proposed BREAKFAST (near) Gatwick party. > > In my life, morning meetings match a freer diary than evening ones :-) > > Even if only 5-10 people come, it strikes me as a good PR stunt to be > able to say that "there are launch p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-04 Thread Josh Blacker
What time is the final iso released? Just thinking if you could install a new operating system on your laptop over breakfast it would make good press. A windows installation would take until at least brunch to finish, without all the extra drivers and programs... I'm afraid I only know studenty ve

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-04 Thread Mark Harrison
Good call. I've entered details for a proposed BREAKFAST (near) Gatwick party. In my life, morning meetings match a freer diary than evening ones :-) Even if only 5-10 people come, it strikes me as a good PR stunt to be able to say that "there are launch parties around the UK throughout the da

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dans Guardian help?

2007-09-04 Thread Chris Rowson
> does local box mean the 'modem router' or a specific PC set up as > something? I am not clear about what is the 'proxy port' (sorry). Is > this the port to a proxy server or from it? > > As I understand things (and expect) the PCs will not really have a > formal arrangement apart from being conne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dans Guardian help?

2007-09-04 Thread Chris Rowson
> I have become (slightly ambitiously) the volunteer system admin for a > small local charity serving a small number of vulnerable users. > I expect to commission and admin 5 PCs each with edubuntu 7.04 (a few > are dual boot with windows). There will be a modem router and LAN > including a switch.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dans Guardian help?

2007-09-04 Thread alan c
Rob Beard wrote: > alan c wrote: >> I have become (slightly ambitiously) the volunteer system admin for a >> small local charity serving a small number of vulnerable users. >> I expect to commission and admin 5 PCs each with edubuntu 7.04 (a few >> are dual boot with windows). There will be a mod

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-04 Thread Ciaran Mooney
Hi, I'd like to cast my vote for Birmingham. And I'd like to say having two will be a benefit rather than a problem. There seems to be enough people from the Midlands and the South regions to fill both events. Created a wiki page for those who want to have a look https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dans Guardian help?

2007-09-04 Thread Rob Beard
alan c wrote: > I have become (slightly ambitiously) the volunteer system admin for a > small local charity serving a small number of vulnerable users. > I expect to commission and admin 5 PCs each with edubuntu 7.04 (a few > are dual boot with windows). There will be a modem router and LAN > in

[ubuntu-uk] Dans Guardian help?

2007-09-04 Thread alan c
I have become (slightly ambitiously) the volunteer system admin for a small local charity serving a small number of vulnerable users. I expect to commission and admin 5 PCs each with edubuntu 7.04 (a few are dual boot with windows). There will be a modem router and LAN including a switch. I bel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Study from Oxford Internet Surveys - The Internet In Britain 2007

2007-09-04 Thread Pete Stean
Oops, that's the one John :) An interesting, educational report for anyone into this aspect of the information age Pete On 04/09/07, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Pete Stean wrote: > > Hi folks, not entirely relevant, but we had a meeting with these folks > from > > Oxford Uni this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Study from Oxford Internet Surveys - The Internet In Britain 2007

2007-09-04 Thread John Levin
Pete Stean wrote: > Hi folks, not entirely relevant, but we had a meeting with these folks from > Oxford Uni this afternoon, including Prof Dutton, and their work is very > impressive. Their recent report is a very interesting read and highlights > the different levels of take-up (or otherwise) of

[ubuntu-uk] New Study from Oxford Internet Surveys - The Internet In Britain 2007

2007-09-04 Thread Pete Stean
Hi folks, not entirely relevant, but we had a meeting with these folks from Oxford Uni this afternoon, including Prof Dutton, and their work is very impressive. Their recent report is a very interesting read and highlights the different levels of take-up (or otherwise) of internet access etc by dif

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?

2007-09-04 Thread Matthew Wild
Re. APTonCD, it actually creates a repository on the disc that can be used through Synaptic or any APT interface. It doesn't *just* copy the files over. As for using tar to pack your home folder, and extract again after the installation, having /home on a seperate partition is easy enough (there a

[ubuntu-uk] Screen res in Crossover

2007-09-04 Thread Stuart Saunders
Hello Team When I run a windows application through crossover everything is fine but when i exit the program my screen resolution goes to 1280 which was what it was when i first installed, the problem is my monitor only supports 1024. Thanks in advance. Stuart -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com htt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Screen Resolution Crossover

2007-09-04 Thread Stuart Saunders
Hello Team When I run a windows application through crossover everything is fine but when i exit the program my screen resolution goes to 1280 which was what it was when i first installed, the problem is my monitor only supports 1024. Thanks in advance. Stuart -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com htt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?

2007-09-04 Thread stephen
On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 14:44 +0100, Eddie Armstrong wrote: > stephen wrote: > > then just > > copy them between machines rather that have to download a new > Steve - how do you then install them - one at a time or by a script? > > > I let Synaptic/apt sort out the newly updated versions (apt-get

[ubuntu-uk] Screen Res Crossover

2007-09-04 Thread Stuart Saunders
Hello Team When I run a windows application through crossover everything is fine but when i exit the program my screen resolution goes to 1280 which was what it was when i first installed, the problem is my monitor only supports 1024. Thanks in advance. Stuart -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?

2007-09-04 Thread Darren Mansell
On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 14:46 +0100, Eddie Armstrong wrote: > Is it possible to elaborate on some of the possible pitfalls here? > Maybe there are config files I shoulsd avoid? Nothing that springs to mind unfortunately. It's been so long since I did it that way that I can't remember anything in pa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?

2007-09-04 Thread Eddie Armstrong
Gav Ford wrote: > I don't know what aptonCD is or does, so someone else will have to heop > you there. > > I've since looked at this and it seems to just copy from the deb archive + any other debs you tell it to copy then writes to an archive/cd/dvd - just with a gui. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?

2007-09-04 Thread Eddie Armstrong
Darren Mansell wrote: > ... I've had more problems from keeping old ~/. configs that Is it possible to elaborate on some of the possible pitfalls here? Maybe there are config files I shoulsd avoid? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?

2007-09-04 Thread Eddie Armstrong
stephen wrote: > then just > copy them between machines rather that have to download a new Steve - how do you then install them - one at a time or by a script? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music playback in rhythmbox

2007-09-04 Thread Stuart Saunders
Thank you for your help im using Amarok now is a good player and the crossfading problem has been sorted. On 9/3/07, Andy Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you want something on gnome - I like using banshee. > > Not 100% sure on the crossfading though (the whole point of the thread) so >

[ubuntu-uk] creen resolution crossover

2007-09-04 Thread Stuart Saunders
Hello Team When I run a windows application through crossover everything is fine but when i exit the program my screen resolution goes to 1280 which was what it was when i first installed, the problem is my monitor only supports 1024. Thanks in advance. Stuart -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com htt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-04 Thread Matthew Larsen
On 04/09/07, Pete Stean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *if* it's going ahead (the expo that is) it would be good to have it at the > 2 day linux-fest at Olympia in October... > > Pete > It's been cancelled i'm afraid :-( http://www.linuxworldexpo.co.uk/ LinuxWorld Conference & Expo London 2007 is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-04 Thread Tony Arnold
On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 10:15 +0100, Pete Stean wrote: > *if* it's going ahead (the expo that is) it would be good to have it > at the 2 day linux-fest at Olympia in October... Is there some doubt about the expo or is it just healthy cynicism? Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinato

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-04 Thread norman
On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 08:52 +0100, Stephen Garton wrote: > norman wrote: > > > > > Word of disappointment if I may? I have used Ubuntu from the time it was > > first released and yet there does not appear to be a dot for me. For the > > record I live in St Davids, Pembrokeshire. > > > > Norman >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-04 Thread Pete Stean
*if* it's going ahead (the expo that is) it would be good to have it at the 2 day linux-fest at Olympia in October... Pete On 04/09/07, Mark Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 04 September 2007 07:54:52 Sean Miller wrote: > > Ian Pascoe wrote: > > > Yeah, after all Brum is the seco

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-04 Thread Mark Fraser
On Tuesday 04 September 2007 07:54:52 Sean Miller wrote: > Ian Pascoe wrote: > > Yeah, after all Brum is the second city and for those who protest > > that it's Manchester - well, protest away! > > I'd personally prefer London, perhaps because I've been to Birmingham > far too many times on co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-04 Thread Tony Arnold
On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 07:54 +0100, Sean Miller wrote: > When in October (I assume it's October?) is Gutsy officially due to be > released? The 18th, I believe. Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-04 Thread Stephen Garton
norman wrote: > > Word of disappointment if I may? I have used Ubuntu from the time it was > first released and yet there does not appear to be a dot for me. For the > record I live in St Davids, Pembrokeshire. > > Norman > > Hi Norman, Frappr maps rely on people adding themselves. If you ha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-04 Thread Chris Rowson
> Word of disappointment if I may? I have used Ubuntu from the time it was > first released and yet there does not appear to be a dot for me. For the > record I live in St Davids, Pembrokeshire. > > Norman > Hey Norman, You have to add yourself mate ;-) Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release Party for Gutsy?

2007-09-04 Thread norman
> Organising release parties are a good idea, but in all honesty a > national meet is fairly awkward. The spread of users on the ubuntu-uk > frappr map here: > > http://www.frappr.com/?a=constellation_map&mapid=137439504139 > > Kinda shows London as rather distant from the largest majority of >