James Tait wrote:
> John Levin wrote:
>> Back from cd distribution duties at Lug Radio.
>
> Shame, I missed you.
>
Thought we met on the Saturday?
>> Met someone who is interested in doing a Linux install fest in Derby.
>>
>> Anyone on this list from there?
>
> I am. I assume you're referri
John Levin wrote:
> Back from cd distribution duties at Lug Radio.
Shame, I missed you.
> Met someone who is interested in doing a Linux install fest in Derby.
>
> Anyone on this list from there?
I am. I assume you're referring to Clare/Jellybeanz? If so I'll pick
it up on the LUG mailing lis
Evening Alan
Books I'd like to see either in dead tree or eBook formats:
1. A Windows User Guide to the Desktop - the MS way versus the vanilla
Ubuntu way leading onto how to customise in easy non command line steps to
make it look and feel like Windows. A subject tackled many times here,
b
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Joshua Scotton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 18:48 +0100, Jamie Bennett wrote:
> **snip**
>
>> > I'm in Derby
>>
>> Small world Josh ;)
>>
>> > Josh
>>
>> Jamie
>
> Fancy that..
>
> http://www.entertainer-project.com/development.php
> OT p
On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 18:48 +0100, Jamie Bennett wrote:
**snip**
> > I'm in Derby
>
> Small world Josh ;)
>
> > Josh
>
> Jamie
Fancy that..
http://www.entertainer-project.com/development.php
OT plug for our project ;)
Josh
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Quoting Chris Coulson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 13:18 +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Quick quiz for you - a friend of mine just tried to update/upgrade his
>> Ubuntu server (running X) using the update manager - it failed halfway
>> through upgrading lo
On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 17:42 +0100, Joshua Scotton wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 11:07 +0100, John Levin wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > Back from cd distribution duties at Lug Radio.
> >
> > Met someone who is interested in doing a Linux install fest in Derby.
> >
> > Anyone on this list from there
On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 13:18 +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Quick quiz for you - a friend of mine just tried to update/upgrade his
> Ubuntu server (running X) using the update manager - it failed halfway
> through upgrading locales and now most of /var/lib is missing.
>
Hi Gang,
I would like a chapter on curing post installation
problems.
I have an error message of about 20 pages when starting
and have not maaged to reduce it yet.
I get the impression the list is longer each run.
I am triple booting with Windows 98 Windows 2000 and Heron
V18 on C G and H dr
On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 11:07 +0100, John Levin wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Back from cd distribution duties at Lug Radio.
>
> Met someone who is interested in doing a Linux install fest in Derby.
>
> Anyone on this list from there?
>
> John
>
> --
> John Levin
> http://www.technolalia.org/blog/
>
I think the efforts that Future Publishing have done in the last 5-6
years have been pretty good... Live CD and book distributed through
WHSmith with content pitched at the novice rather than the expert;
mostly bits taken from Linux Format etc. but good nonetheless.
Red Hat 9 had a good manual too
Dan Attwood wrote:
> I would like to see something that I could give my Mother in Law.
> It would be big and colourfull with lots of nice pictures and nothing
> to hard or geeky.
> It would include
>
> Updating with the gui
> Using the internet/ firefox/ facebook
> Using fspot/ getting pics from a
Could be a good pamphlet? ... leaflet?... Blog Post? ahh well!
I switched my dear mad mother to Ubuntu, and she's been using it since
Edgy.
So I've just given her a call to ask her what she'd like to see in a
book.
Some answers:
- How to find help.. I'd like to be able to send an email to s
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:27:01 +0100, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Whilst I appreciate that not everyone likes books in dead-tree form, some
> do, so let's focus this on that group of people who do.
>
> I've been wondering if there's a set of Ubuntu related topics that are
not
>
> cover
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 04:44:18PM +0100, James Hooker wrote:
> Something most Windows users ask me when trying Ubuntu: "Where's C:\!?"
>
That will be a very short book.
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I would like to see something that I could give my Mother in Law.
It would be big and colourfull with lots of nice pictures and nothing to
hard or geeky.
It would include
Updating with the gui
Using the internet/ firefox/ facebook
Using fspot/ getting pics from a camera/ printing said pics
Typin
Something most Windows users ask me when trying Ubuntu: "Where's C:\!?"
On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 16:37 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> Start the ball rolling with my own answers :)
>
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 04:27:01PM +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> > Whilst I appreciate that not everyone likes books in d
Start the ball rolling with my own answers :)
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 04:27:01PM +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> Whilst I appreciate that not everyone likes books in dead-tree form, some
> do, so let's focus this on that group of people who do.
>
> I've been wondering if there's a set of Ubuntu relate
Whilst I appreciate that not everyone likes books in dead-tree form, some
do, so let's focus this on that group of people who do.
I've been wondering if there's a set of Ubuntu related topics that are not
covered, or not covered well in the current set of books available.
What would you like ou
Hi All,
Quick quiz for you - a friend of mine just tried to update/upgrade his
Ubuntu server (running X) using the update manager - it failed halfway
through upgrading locales and now most of /var/lib is missing.
Anyone know if I can get this system back from the dead (I can get a
command p
Hey all,
Back from cd distribution duties at Lug Radio.
Met someone who is interested in doing a Linux install fest in Derby.
Anyone on this list from there?
John
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On Sat, 2008-07-19 at 18:58 +0100, alan c wrote:
> It is not so much the 'google' end of things. Google and etc are just
> doing what is good for them - and me, now, - in a way that works well
> now. Unfortunately there are cracks in the floorboards of the
> structures in society, and we may not
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