Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Dell Ubuntu Laptops?

2007-10-08 Thread Kris Douglas
On 08/10/2007, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 08/10/2007, James Grabham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > No, I need a laptop for under £100 to replace my IBM TP 600 at some > > point though. Having no money sucks. > > > > On 10/7/07, Alec Wright < [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [IDEA] ICS calendar of meetings

2007-10-08 Thread Ron Rhodes
Matthew Larsen wrote: > Christ dont you guys have jobs you should be getting on with? > > Hi Matthew, Not me! been retired for 13 years come next month. Rgards, Ron. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Tag Lines?

2007-10-08 Thread London School of Puppetry
On 08/10/2007, James Grabham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ubuntu - cos were better than you. And we know it. :D > > (yes I did steal it from dodgeball) > > Seriously though > > I think it needs to explain what Ubuntu is, and what an OS is, as well as > saying how easy it is, and of course that

[ubuntu-uk] Gutsy release party: The Pembury Tavern

2007-10-08 Thread John Levin
Hi all, I visited the Pembury Tavern, the venue I suggested for the Gutsy London launch party. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/GutsyReleaseParty It's a nice large pub, one room but with a spur to the right that we could ensconce ourselves in. No music, jukebox or piped; no tv; very good beers reas

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Dell Ubuntu Laptops?

2007-10-08 Thread London School of Puppetry
On 08/10/2007, James Grabham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, I need a laptop for under £100 to replace my IBM TP 600 at some point > though. Having no money sucks. > > On 10/7/07, Alec Wright < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Title says it all really. > > I just ordered one three minutes ago

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Tag Lines?

2007-10-08 Thread James Grabham
Ubuntu - cos were better than you. And we know it. :D (yes I did steal it from dodgeball) Seriously though I think it needs to explain what Ubuntu is, and what an OS is, as well as saying how easy it is, and of course that its free, and up to date. - This could be difficult On 10/2/07, Phil

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Dell Ubuntu Laptops?

2007-10-08 Thread James Grabham
No, I need a laptop for under £100 to replace my IBM TP 600 at some point though. Having no money sucks. On 10/7/07, Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Title says it all really. > I just ordered one three minutes ago xD > -- > Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [IDEA] ICS calendar of meetings

2007-10-08 Thread Matthew Larsen
> This _is_ my job ;) Wanna swap? -- Matthew G Larsen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sunkeyboard not welcome

2007-10-08 Thread Daniel Lamb
Please give some more details, what machine are you using? What version of Ubuntu server? What connection is the keyboard, ps2, usb or old keyoard 5 pin? Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tryo tas Sent: 08 October 2007 13:50 T

[ubuntu-uk] sunkeyboard not welcome

2007-10-08 Thread tryo tas
hoi, has anybody an idea why my sun keyboard type 5 from an old ultra5 is not recognised by the lovely ubuntu server? cheers shen - Don't let your dream ride pass you by.Make it a reality with Yahoo! Autos. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Dell Ubuntu Laptops?

2007-10-08 Thread Daniel Lamb
No I meant it you use a cd or do it from the Ubuntu repositories then it voids the Dell warranty I think does it not? Regards, Daniel _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Holloway Sent: 08 October 2007 12:18 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Dell Ubuntu Laptops?

2007-10-08 Thread Daniel Lamb
Fair play, if it was your old man who bought should have got the support, lol. Cheers, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Daubney Sent: 08 October 2007 12:21 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Del

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Dell Ubuntu Laptops?

2007-10-08 Thread Matthew Daubney
Daniel Lamb wrote: > Why buy the Dell laptop then?(and not another cheaper or maybe more > expensive but better model) > > Surely the point in buying a Dell Ubuntu laptop is that there is support > with it to help setup the pc, isn't this is more an end user thing? > > Or am I being stupid? > > Reg

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Dell Ubuntu Laptops?

2007-10-08 Thread Michael Holloway
On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 12:15 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote: > See that is what I mean, but Dell don't cover upgrades do they? > > Was it a D620? > > Regards, > Daniel I would have no idea - do they have separate repositories?? I just use the standard ubuntu ones... Its a D610... -- ubuntu-uk@lists

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Dell Ubuntu Laptops?

2007-10-08 Thread Daniel Lamb
See that is what I mean, but Dell don't cover upgrades do they? Was it a D620? Regards, Daniel -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Holloway Sent: 08 October 2007 12:07 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [IDEA] ICS calendar of meetings

2007-10-08 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 11:39 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote: > Christ dont you guys have jobs you should be getting on with? > > ;-) This _is_ my job ;) Cheers, Al. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Dell Ubuntu Laptops?

2007-10-08 Thread Michael Holloway
On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 11:59 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote: > Plus if you know it works on the inspiron you could buy a latitude and put > it on there just check the chipsets are similar. > Regards, > Daniel I bought a latitude (okay over a year ago already), and have taken it from 6.06 through 7.04...

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Dell Ubuntu Laptops?

2007-10-08 Thread Daniel Lamb
Agreed and it is nice to have that guarantee but surely then you might as well pay the extra and get the 30 days support just incase an update causes problems? Plus if you know it works on the inspiron you could buy a latitude and put it on there just check the chipsets are similar. Regards, Dani

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Dell Ubuntu Laptops?

2007-10-08 Thread Pete Stean
Also, if you're considering a laptop as an addition or replacement to your desktop machine, it's good to know that there's a product out there that will "just work". Given the nightmares people have had trying to get linux distros to install reliably on various laptops, if I was considering a lapto

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [IDEA] ICS calendar of meetings

2007-10-08 Thread Matthew Larsen
Christ dont you guys have jobs you should be getting on with? ;-) Regards, On 08/10/2007, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Ron, > > On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 10:51 +0100, Ron Rhodes wrote: > > From the meeting notes page "This is the 14th meeting of the UKTeam, > > starting at 20:30 GMT an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Dell Ubuntu Laptops?

2007-10-08 Thread Daniel Lamb
I really like dell kit, not a fan of inspirons though would rather have latitudes though, personally I would rather dell offered it on a lot more machines rather than just them and 1 desktop. As for my professional relationship with Dell, they are the main pc manufacturer we put into clients and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Dell Ubuntu Laptops?

2007-10-08 Thread Alan Pope
Hi, On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 10:58 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote: > Why buy the Dell laptop then?(and not another cheaper or maybe more > expensive but better model) > Some people like Dell kit :) > Surely the point in buying a Dell Ubuntu laptop is that there is support > with it to help setup the pc,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [IDEA] ICS calendar of meetings

2007-10-08 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Ron, On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 10:51 +0100, Ron Rhodes wrote: > From the meeting notes page "This is the 14th meeting of the UKTeam, > starting at 20:30 GMT and finishing at 21:30 BST". Which is it GMT or BST? > Good eyes. Now fixed. Cheers, Al. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Dell Ubuntu Laptops?

2007-10-08 Thread Daniel Lamb
Why buy the Dell laptop then?(and not another cheaper or maybe more expensive but better model) Surely the point in buying a Dell Ubuntu laptop is that there is support with it to help setup the pc, isn't this is more an end user thing? Or am I being stupid? Regards, Daniel -Original Messag

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [IDEA] ICS calendar of meetings

2007-10-08 Thread Ron Rhodes
Alan Pope wrote: > On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 00:23 +0100, Freddie Ruddick wrote: > >> On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 00:04 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: >> >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/MeetingNotes?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=meeting.ical >>> >> Yes! That's perfect, thanks a lot. :) As long a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Dell Ubuntu Laptops?

2007-10-08 Thread Matthew Daubney
Sean Miller wrote: > Not quite on topic, though not far off, but I wonder... what's the > situation regarding support from Dell if you choose to upgrade your > Ubuntu or tweak the settings? > > Is it possible to invalidate a warranty or lose support by moving away > from the version that comes p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [IDEA] ICS calendar of meetings

2007-10-08 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Neil, On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 08:13 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote: > Just one point about the announcement template. Our cousins across the > pond use the verb "table" to mean that something won't be discussed at > a meeting. I wonder if it might be better to find a different term, in > order to ke

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Dell Ubuntu Laptops?

2007-10-08 Thread Sean Miller
Not quite on topic, though not far off, but I wonder... what's the situation regarding support from Dell if you choose to upgrade your Ubuntu or tweak the settings? Is it possible to invalidate a warranty or lose support by moving away from the version that comes pre-installed? Sean -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How 'Gnu' are you?

2007-10-08 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 05/10/2007, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My server has 3 non-free packages, linux-server, rar and unrar. > > My desktop has 14 non-free packages, linux-generic, 6 x > linux-restricted-modules, 6 x java packages, tango icon theme, rar and > unrar. > > I thought Java was supposed to be r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [IDEA] ICS calendar of meetings

2007-10-08 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 08/10/2007, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Excellent, thanks for testing. In order to reduce the chance that the > meeting announcement wont be made, I have put a template page up, so > that whoever runs a meeting can copy/paste it and send the mail out. > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTea

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Dell Ubuntu Laptops?

2007-10-08 Thread Matthew Daubney
Mac wrote: > Matthew Daubney wrote: > >> Alec Wright wrote: >> >>> Title says it all really. >>> I just ordered one three minutes ago xD >>> >>> >> I have one, Love it to bits, does everything I ask of it and more :-) >> > > Is the touchpad as trigger-happy as the reports sug