Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on BBC news website

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 1:47 AM, Sean Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Josh, I thought that they were probably referring to the Windows > preview, but I would not consider booting from a CD in any way a major > change to my system :) > > Sean. Then I guess your name isn't Darren Waters

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on BBC news website

On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 00:42 +0100, Josh Blacker wrote: > On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 22:03 +0100, Sean Anderson wrote: > > > > The version [Hardy Heron] has also been designed to ... give users the > > > chance to try the OS without making radical alterations to their > > > current computer set-up. > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Digitial Development Agency

I have contacts at Manchester DDA given that they're one of the Digital Challenge runners up - I'll be seeing the director at the Digital Inclusion Conference next week if that helps? Pete -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/U

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on BBC news website

On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 22:03 +0100, Sean Anderson wrote: > > The version [Hardy Heron] has also been designed to ... give users the > > chance to try the OS without making radical alterations to their > > current computer set-up. > The liveCD is nothing new to ubuntu, even if trying ubuntu under th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

Paint it pink, attach wings to it, drop it into a goldfish bowl and then send it to the Tate Modern with accompanying literature saying that it is a testiment to trapped flying pigs in 21st century society. Before you know it you'll be being interviewed by The Observer and hailed as the most excit

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

** Thomas Ibbotson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-04-21 19:51]: > I guess this is a little off topic, but a bit of random googling didn't > really inspire me. I have a spare laptop hard drive and I want to do > something with it. I could of course buy a USB casing for it and have > yet another extern

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on BBC news website

awesome rant !!! :) On 21/04/2008, Kris Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7358483.stm > > It's the top article on the Technology page > [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm], and it was the on > the main BBC news page [http://news.bbc.co.uk/]

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on BBC news website

On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 18:34 +0100, Colin McCarthy wrote: > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Kris Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7358483.stm > > It's the top article on the Technology page > [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/techno

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

On 21/04/2008, Thomas Ibbotson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess this is a little off topic, but a bit of random googling didn't > really inspire me. I have a spare laptop hard drive and I want to do > something with it. I could of course buy a USB casing for it and have > yet another externa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

Quoting Tim Dobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> I'd go for the USB hard drive option, you never know when it might come >> in handy. IIRC you can also get some media players that take laptop >> size hard drives (actually I might have mistaken them with 3.5" hard >> drive players).

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two Hardy Release Parties in London

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 8:47 PM, Mark Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday 21 April 2008 19:23:51 Alan Pope wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 19:13 +0100, Mark Fraser wrote: > > > Can't we find a pub around here to go to instead?! > > > > Where "here" is?? > > Deepest darkest Somerse

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Digitial Development Agency

On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 20:26 +0100, Tim Dobson wrote: > James Westby wrote: > > We're still looking for a venue for the packaging/bug jam, do you think > > this would be a good location? > > I have never been/done a packaging/bug jam so I couldn't comment really > - I don't know what would be good

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two Hardy Release Parties in London

On Monday 21 April 2008 19:23:51 Alan Pope wrote: > On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 19:13 +0100, Mark Fraser wrote: > > Can't we find a pub around here to go to instead?! > > Where "here" is?? Deepest darkest Somerset - Yeovil to be precise. -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two Hardy Release Parties in London

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 19:13 +0100, Mark Fraser wrote: > > Can't we find a pub around here to go to instead?! > > Where "here" is?? > Agreed, that was rather open ended and generic... ..Anyway, I also will be unable to make

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

Rob Beard wrote: > I'd go for the USB hard drive option, you never know when it might come > in handy. IIRC you can also get some media players that take laptop > size hard drives (actually I might have mistaken them with 3.5" hard > drive players). Other than that, you could always sell it o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Digitial Development Agency

James Westby wrote: > We're still looking for a venue for the packaging/bug jam, do you think > this would be a good location? I have never been/done a packaging/bug jam so I couldn't comment really - I don't know what would be good or what would be bad. I'm not sure if a packaging/bug jam would

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

Paul Mellors wrote: > > Hi Tom, > > what about attaching it to a mini-itx board and have something like > mythtv running on it or some other PVR? > > Cheers > MooDoo > > > I'd totally forgotten about mini-itx. I remember looking through the different projects a while back and considering doing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > I guess this is a little off topic, but a bit of random googling didn't > really inspire me. I have a spare laptop hard drive and I want to do > something with it. I could of course buy a USB casing for it and have > yet another external hard drive, but I don't really ne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 20:00 +0100, James Grabham wrote: > Give it to me? > > XD > > On 4/21/08, Thomas Ibbotson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I guess this is a little off topic, but a bit of random googling didn't > > really inspire me. I have a spare laptop hard drive and I want to do > > somet

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 19:38 +0100, Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > I guess this is a little off topic, but a bit of random googling didn't > really inspire me. I have a spare laptop hard drive and I want to do > something with it. I could of course buy a USB casing for it and have > yet another externa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

Give it to me? XD On 4/21/08, Thomas Ibbotson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess this is a little off topic, but a bit of random googling didn't > really inspire me. I have a spare laptop hard drive and I want to do > something with it. I could of course buy a USB casing for it and have > yet a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Digitial Development Agency

On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 18:57 +0100, Tim Dobson wrote: > They are a *really* nice venue and I would thoroughly recommend using them. > > They like it if you talk to them fairly far in advance though. Hi, We're still looking for a venue for the packaging/bug jam, do you think this would be a good l

[ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

I guess this is a little off topic, but a bit of random googling didn't really inspire me. I have a spare laptop hard drive and I want to do something with it. I could of course buy a USB casing for it and have yet another external hard drive, but I don't really need it. Some sort of custom mad

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two Hardy Release Parties in London

On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 19:13 +0100, Mark Fraser wrote: > Can't we find a pub around here to go to instead?! Where "here" is?? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two Hardy Release Parties in London

On Monday 21 April 2008 18:20:01 Sean Miller wrote: > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Michael Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Choice is all well and good, but can we not agree to all go to the > > Canonical party ? at De Hems > > > > Would be a shame to miss someone if they're at the other par

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?

peter wrote: > On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 11:53 +0100, Jason Liquorish wrote: > >> peter wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 17:48 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:10 PM, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So i just upgraded

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Digitial Development Agency

On 17/04/2008, Lucy wrote: > Thanks Dianne. The Manchester free software group currently use the > MDDA for their monthly meetings, but it hadn't occurred to me that we > could do something Ubuntu related there too! Unfortunately though, > they are currently undergoing a funding review (or som

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two Hardy Release Parties in London

On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 18:31 +0100, Josh Blacker wrote: > On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 18:13 +0100, Michael Wood wrote: > > > > Choice is all well and good, but can we not agree to all go to the > > Canonical party ? at De Hems > > > > Would be a shame to miss someone if they're at the other party. > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?

On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 11:53 +0100, Jason Liquorish wrote: > peter wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 17:48 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:10 PM, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> So i just upgraded to hardy, and one thing I was not expecting is that >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on BBC news website

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Kris Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7358483.stm > > It's the top article on the Technology page > [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm], and it was the on > the main BBC news page [http://news.bbc.co.uk/] earl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two Hardy Release Parties in London

On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 18:13 +0100, Michael Wood wrote: > > Choice is all well and good, but can we not agree to all go to the > Canonical party ? at De Hems > > Would be a shame to miss someone if they're at the other party. > Seconded. De Hems it is - plus it's probably easier for me to get to!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two Hardy Release Parties in London

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Michael Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Choice is all well and good, but can we not agree to all go to the > Canonical party ? at De Hems > > Would be a shame to miss someone if they're at the other party. I won't be able to make it, trapped down here in darkes

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Two Hardy Release Parties in London

Alan Pope wrote: > There now appear to be two choices for the Hardy release party if you're > in London. > > Both on Thursday 24th April, one is at The Pembury Tavern > , the other is at De Hems >

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on BBC news website

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7358483.stm It's the top article on the Technology page [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm], and it was the on the main BBC news page [http://news.bbc.co.uk/] earlier. Kris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Canon Lide25 and Xsane

On Saturday 19 April 2008 19:39:03 Dianne Reuby wrote: > I have a Canon Lide 25 scanner on Gutsy - the hardware pages report that > it works out of the box, which is why I chose it. > > It scans OK with Xsane, but when the scanned image window comes up it > fills the whole screen, covering the pane

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?

Kris Douglas wrote: > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Jason Liquorish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Well I have upgraded my Lenovo to Hardy and given it a test run. I >> cannot say I noticed anything amazingly different, maybe a little >> clearer but it still does not beat the glossy display

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Jason Liquorish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well I have upgraded my Lenovo to Hardy and given it a test run. I > cannot say I noticed anything amazingly different, maybe a little > clearer but it still does not beat the glossy display on my HP. Now see, I dont t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?

peter wrote: > On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 17:48 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote: > >> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:10 PM, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> So i just upgraded to hardy, and one thing I was not expecting is that >>> the LCD screen on my chepo lenovo 3000 c200 laptop is now much clea

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card Problems

- "Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > X is crashing. Take a look in (should be) /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old, > > hopefully it may give some error output. Put that file on pastebin > or > > somewhere, and send us the link. > > > > Matthew > > > > http://pastebin.com/m170839ea - /var/log/Xorg

[ubuntu-uk] 8.04 Ubuntu release party - London - 24th April

Hi guys, Just wanted to let you know that we have an area reserved in a pub called De Hems in the West End from 7pm next Thursday to celebrate the 8.04 LTS release. It is a Dutch pub and has a wide range of great beers and wines, plus it has a plethora of yummy finger food available. Map