Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrade to Hardy: Fail!

Morning all, On 11/03/2008, James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The error messages that you get before being dropped in to the shell > would help us to diagnose the problem and try and fix it. Can you > transcribe at least the last few lines in to an email? > I'm not getting any error m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

Dianne Reuby wrote: > Hi Rob, > > The Uni is about 20 minutes by bus - the main departure/arrival point is > about a 5 minute walk from the station. Our buses don't give change, so > you need the exact fare - adult single is £1, return £1.90 to Oakfield > Campus. > > There are always taxis at the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] If you had a wiki, which wiki would you wiki with?

On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 17:17:35 + Dave Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I ended going with DokuWiki. Not 100% happy with it, but it installed > a helluva lot easier than Moin! I doubt anyone will care, but I've now switched to Moin. I actually prefer the features of DokuWiki, but the vast major

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

Hi Rob, The Uni is about 20 minutes by bus - the main departure/arrival point is about a 5 minute walk from the station. Our buses don't give change, so you need the exact fare - adult single is £1, return £1.90 to Oakfield Campus. There are always taxis at the station - I think the fare is about

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrade to Hardy: Fail!

On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 20:45 +, Stephen Garton wrote: > Evening all, > > I wanted to help log bugs etc in Hardy, but have hit a bit of a snag- > I can't do anything apart from boot into recovery mode from grub! If I > choose(or let grub choose) the default kernel, I get nothing. > > I can manu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Demo Day

Dianne Reuby wrote: > Just to confirm the demo day is set for April 26, from 10 til 4. The > website has been a severe pain in the posterior for ages, and the newish > CMS just don't want to work right! It's embarrassing for a computer > museum, but there it is. If anyone wants the alternative acti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Marketing] How to increase OSS Exposure

I think that marketing Ubuntu and FOSS together mightn't always be the best way to move forward. I've written about this before, and I know it's an unpopular view, but sometimes I think that people who might be interested in Ubuntu might be a bit put off by open source evangelism. Sometimes I thi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Upgrade to Hardy: Fail!

Stephen Garton wrote: > Evening all, > > I wanted to help log bugs etc in Hardy, but have hit a bit of a snag- > I can't do anything apart from boot into recovery mode from grub! If I > choose(or let grub choose) the default kernel, I get nothing. > > I can manually start up eth0 from the recover

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Marketing] How to increase OSS Exposure

andy wrote: > Whilst we want to push ubuntu as much as possible - pushing FLOSS > in general is going to help create an environment in which Ubuntu > can thrive. The two issues: 1) Public awareness (and use) of FOSS (floss?), and 2) awareness (and use) of Ubuntu. I display monthly at a local c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

Ciemon Dunville wrote: > Last weekend four of us got together, with four microphones and some > other gadgets to do a little recording. > > The last few days has seen some frantic activity editing audio files, > and web pages so that we could launch the podcast. > > I could post a lot more here,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Marketing] How to increase OSS Exposure

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Colin McCarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One of the main problems is the public sector are locked against us. > > Many of the government agencies require the public to use .doc files > > if y

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sound broken in Hearty

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is Hearty? > > Is it Hardy, or something else? As far as I know, he meant hardy, who knows what this Ubuntu release is called any more anyway, hah. -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sound broken in Hearty

What is Hearty? Is it Hardy, or something else? Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 20:22 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > I'm not sure what everyone else thinks, but having recently watched > an > > old episode of Micro Live (from the BBC in the 80's) there was a thing > > about some footballer or someone buying his first computer for the > > family. It

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Marketing] How to increase OSS Exposure

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of the main problems is the public sector are locked against us. > Many of the government agencies require the public to use .doc files > if you want to fill out stuff online[2], and there is the lack of > anything non Microsof

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Marketing] How to increase OSS Exposure

Andy wrote: > One of the main problems is the public sector are locked against us. > Many of the government agencies require the public to use .doc files > if you want to fill out stuff online[2], and there is the lack of > anything non Microsoft in education :( > > We need to somehow combat the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Reminder: Miro talk at Westminster tomorrow 12 March.

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 8:44 PM, John Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Josh Blacker wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 11:03 +, John Levin wrote: > >> HOLMES WILSON TALKS AT GLLUG, March 12th 2008. > >> > >> > > > > > Alas, I have two birthday parties to go to tomorrow night - will the >

[ubuntu-uk] Upgrade to Hardy: Fail!

Evening all, I wanted to help log bugs etc in Hardy, but have hit a bit of a snag- I can't do anything apart from boot into recovery mode from grub! If I choose(or let grub choose) the default kernel, I get nothing. I can manually start up eth0 from the recovery console, is there any way I can do

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Marketing] How to increase OSS Exposure

Andy wrote: > > > One of the main problems is the public sector are locked against us. > Many of the government agencies require the public to use .doc files > if you want to fill out stuff online[2], and there is the lack of > anything non Microsoft in education :( > > We need to somehow comba

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Reminder: Miro talk at Westminster tomorrow 12 March.

Josh Blacker wrote: > On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 11:03 +, John Levin wrote: >> HOLMES WILSON TALKS AT GLLUG, March 12th 2008. >> >> > > Alas, I have two birthday parties to go to tomorrow night - will the > talk be recorded? > > All the best, > Josh > > Quite possibly, equipment and talent allow

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

Colin McCarthy wrote: > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > Ciemon Dunville wrote: > > On 11/03/2008, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > >> Just a comment on the quality. The so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Marketing] How to increase OSS Exposure

Andy wrote: > On 11/03/2008, andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Does anyone have an ideas how we should go about this? > > An idea came to me while watching TV. > Channel 5 have this thing called "Your News"[1], maybe we should > contact them, might not make it in time for anything about Hardy's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 8:17 PM, Colin McCarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Back when Kent LUG experimented with it's KLUGcasts (which did feature one > of Ubuntu-UK's presenters) I used The Conversations Networks Levelator > (http://www.conversationsnetwork.org/levelator/) to sort out the levels

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ciemon Dunville wrote: > > Andy et al, > > > > Thanks for all the feedback, and I do mean all. Nothing ever happens > > without a negative side, and the secret is in understanding the > > negativity so that it can be appre

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sound broken in Hearty

Ian Pascoe wrote: > Rob > > System sounds are still apparently non existant but on version -20 you can > now get normal bleeps bangs and music etc > > Ian > Ahh I think I might be a bit behind here. I'm running Kernel 2.6.24-12-generic (AMD64) and SPDIF passthrough doesn't appear to be worki

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ciemon Dunville wrote: > > On 11/03/2008, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Just a comment on the quality. The sound levels seem inconsistent > >> between the voices and the music. I turned down the volume while the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

Ciemon Dunville wrote: > Andy et al, > > Thanks for all the feedback, and I do mean all. Nothing ever happens > without a negative side, and the secret is in understanding the > negativity so that it can be appreciated for the next time. > > So far I think the only real criticism/comment has been

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

Ciemon Dunville wrote: > On 11/03/2008, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Just a comment on the quality. The sound levels seem inconsistent >> between the voices and the music. I turned down the volume while the >> intro music was playing then I could hardly hear the voices when they >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Marketing] How to increase OSS Exposure

On 11/03/2008, andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have an ideas how we should go about this? An idea came to me while watching TV. Channel 5 have this thing called "Your News"[1], maybe we should contact them, might not make it in time for anything about Hardy's release but might be ab

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sound broken in Hearty

Rob System sounds are still apparently non existant but on version -20 you can now get normal bleeps bangs and music etc Ian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rob Beard Sent: 10 March 2008 23:02 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk]

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Matthew Daubney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > alan c wrote: > > Colin McCarthy wrote: > > > >> I can't stand podcasts with > >> [...] and the general BS and swearing that goes on. > > > > I listened to one

[ubuntu-uk] [Marketing] How to increase OSS Exposure

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Guys, On the back of the release of the podcast, I though it sensible to either publish, or work out and then publish, what the targets of ubuntu-uk are in regards to marketing. One of the issues that has come up on the openoffice.org lists is the fa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 alan c wrote: > Colin McCarthy wrote: > >> I can't stand podcasts with >> [...] and the general BS and swearing that goes on. > > I listened to one such, and did not return. I do not think bad > language is necessary to get the subject across. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

Paul Mellors wrote: > On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 15:53 +, Chris Rowson wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Ciemon Dunville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Last weekend four of us got together, with four microphones and some >>> other gadgets to do a little recording. >>> >>> The last few day

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

Ciemon Dunville wrote: > Last weekend four of us got together, with four microphones and some > other gadgets to do a little recording. > > The last few days has seen some frantic activity editing audio files, > and web pages so that we could launch the podcast. > > I could post a lot more here,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

Colin McCarthy wrote: > I can't stand podcasts with > [...] and the general BS and swearing that goes on. I listened to one such, and did not return. I do not think bad language is necessary to get the subject across. -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:58:27 + "Kris Douglas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ciemon > > -cake master > > Mmm cake. The cake is a lie. -- Dave Murphy - http://schwuk.com Get in touch - http://schwuk.com/contact -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

Alan Pope wrote: [...] I really like the idea of a Ubuntu-UK podcast, I cannot listen to it yet and am looking forward to it. The main issue here seems to be one of people identifying with Ubuntu-UK yet feeling alienated from a UK branded, creative, event. In saying this I emphasise that this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Ciemon Dunville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andy et al, > > Thanks for all the feedback, and I do mean all. Nothing ever happens > without a negative side, and the secret is in understanding the > negativity so that it can be appreciated for the next time. > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

Andy et al, Thanks for all the feedback, and I do mean all. Nothing ever happens without a negative side, and the secret is in understanding the negativity so that it can be appreciated for the next time. So far I think the only real criticism/comment has been the fact that I was too far away fro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > LOL! "the content was sound"! What else would it be on a podcast:-) Haha, sound as in good. .. I thought it would be suitably appropriate =] -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

> > I also enjoyed the show. I can't see why people don't like the music, there > is not too much of it, its fun and upbeat and completely different to > anything else. To be fair there's only me whinging about the music. > > I think the interviews really made the show. I can't stand podcasts w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 6:34 PM, andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just listening to the podcast now. It's sounding good to me - the > levels do need honing a small bit, but it's a brilliant first attempt. > > For future reference, I'm currently in the process of having a recording > studio/'big

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Colin McCarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also enjoyed the show. I can't see why people don't like the music, > there is not too much of it, its fun and upbeat and completely different to > anything else. The music was pretty classy, and I think that it was

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

Kris Douglas wrote: > Cool, I did notice some small issues with the audio, but the content was > sound. LOL! "the content was sound"! What else would it be on a podcast:-) Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ciemon Dunville wrote: > Last weekend four of us got together, with four microphones and some > other gadgets to do a little recording. > > The last few days has seen some frantic activity editing audio files, > and web pages so that we could launch t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ciemon Dunville wrote: > > > > Last weekend four of us got together, with four microphones and some > > > other gadgets to do a little recording. > > > > > > The last few days has seen some frantic activity editing audio fi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

> Ok then, Ciemon, Alan & all other people associated with the creation of > this podcast. I'm sorry for interrupting your release post. I just think > that you deserve a little more appreciation than you received. > > I really like your Podcast, and I hope that some development time can be > appli

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Chris Rowson < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:29 P

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Reminder: Miro talk at Westminster tomorrow 12 March.

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Josh Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alas, I have two birthday parties to go to tomorrow night - will the > talk be recorded? > > Lucky fellow :) I would imagine they would have someone recording, considering its quite high level... -- Kris Douglas Softdel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Ciemon Dunville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/03/2008, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just a comment on the quality. The sound levels seem inconsistent > > between the voices and the music. I turned down the volume while the > > intro music was p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

Ciemon Dunville wrote: > > Last weekend four of us got together, with four microphones and some > > other gadgets to do a little recording. > > > > The last few days has seen some frantic activity editing audio files, > > and web pages so that we could launch the podcast. > > > > I could post a lo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

On 11/03/2008, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a comment on the quality. The sound levels seem inconsistent > between the voices and the music. I turned down the volume while the > intro music was playing then I could hardly hear the voices when they > came on. I downloaded the ogg

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

Ciemon Dunville wrote: > Last weekend four of us got together, with four microphones and some > other gadgets to do a little recording. > > The last few days has seen some frantic activity editing audio files, > and web pages so that we could launch the podcast. > > I could post a lot more here,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Ciemon Dunville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Last weekend four of us got together, with four microphones and some > > other gadgets to do a little recording. > > > > The last few days has seen some frantic activity editing audio files, > > and web pages so t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 04:38:19PM +, Chris Rowson wrote: > I'm mega tired at the moment, I've had flu for a few days now and I > can't be bothered to debate this to be fair. I'll say what I've got to > say and then I'll shut up. > If you don't want to debate it then don't mail. Please don't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Ciemon Dunville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/03/2008, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not being awkward, but it's harder to consider this the definitive > > ubuntu-uk podcast if the ubuntu-uk team (as a whole) have had very > > little to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

Hi Chris, On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 03:53:23PM +, Chris Rowson wrote: > The last time I remember hearing any discussion about this, a planning > page seemed to have been created here: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/PodcastProposal > That's right. Quite a few people signed up to help as well,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

On 11/03/2008, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not being awkward, but it's harder to consider this the definitive > ubuntu-uk podcast if the ubuntu-uk team (as a whole) have had very > little to do with it. Chris, Has anything actually changed? All that's happened is that the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 15:53 +, Chris Rowson wrote: > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Ciemon Dunville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Last weekend four of us got together, with four microphones and some > > other gadgets to do a little recording. > > > > The last few days has seen some franti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 15:28 +, Ciemon Dunville wrote: > Last weekend four of us got together, with four microphones and some > other gadgets to do a little recording. > > The last few days has seen some frantic activity editing audio files, > and web pages so that we could launch the podcast.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Ciemon Dunville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Last weekend four of us got together, with four microphones and some > other gadgets to do a little recording. > > The last few days has seen some frantic activity editing audio files, > and web pages so that we could

[ubuntu-uk] Music to your ears, something new for the UK

Last weekend four of us got together, with four microphones and some other gadgets to do a little recording. The last few days has seen some frantic activity editing audio files, and web pages so that we could launch the podcast. I could post a lot more here, but I think I'll let the site and pod

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Reminder: Miro talk at Westminster tomorrow 12 March.

On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 11:03 +, John Levin wrote: > HOLMES WILSON TALKS AT GLLUG, March 12th 2008. > > The Greater London Linux User Group (GLLUG) announces a special guest > appearance from Holmes Wilson of Miro at the University of Westminster, > Cavendish Street Campus, on Wednesday March

[ubuntu-uk] Reminder: Miro talk at Westminster tomorrow 12 March.

HOLMES WILSON TALKS AT GLLUG, March 12th 2008. The Greater London Linux User Group (GLLUG) announces a special guest appearance from Holmes Wilson of Miro at the University of Westminster, Cavendish Street Campus, on Wednesday March 12th 2008, at 7pm. Miro is free, non-profit, open-source soft

Re: [ubuntu-uk] KlamAV and AV in general

> > > > If you're sharing a C:\ drive, you've got to be stark starting > mad... > That's s bad XP even warns you NOT to do it... > > I totally agree... But when you can control the way people can access > it, its not too bad

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sound broken in Hearty

- Original Message - From: "Rob Beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "British Ubuntu Talk" Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 11:02 PM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sound broken in Hearty > Ian Pascoe wrote: >> Folks >> >> Just a heads up for those of you tracking Hearty. >> >> The latest version of the