[ubuntu-uk] Pupils conquer fear of computers

2009-01-08 Thread Michael Rimicans
A report on secondary school students using a computer for the first time Nepal http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7684616.stm -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC radio Free For All - InBusiness item

2009-01-08 Thread Tim Dobson
alan c wrote: > I have just heard Peter Day's In Business program, and it is totally > about free software its past and future. Very concise I thought, and > well informed. > Worth a listen (podcast available) > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/inbusiness/inbusiness.shtml > > Free For All bro

[ubuntu-uk] BBC radio Free For All - InBusiness item

2009-01-08 Thread alan c
I have just heard Peter Day's In Business program, and it is totally about free software its past and future. Very concise I thought, and well informed. Worth a listen (podcast available) http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/inbusiness/inbusiness.shtml Free For All broadcast on 8-1-09 -- alan cock

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Venues and global bug jam

2009-01-08 Thread Iain Lane
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 5:57 PM, John Levin wrote: > > I've contacted the Uni of Westminster, who hold GLLUG (London LUG) > meetings as to whether it would be possible to use their rooms. I need > some idea of what we would require for the bug jam; I'll add the venue > to the list when they've give

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Venues and global bug jam

2009-01-08 Thread John Levin
James Westby wrote: > On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 22:30 +, Alan Pope wrote: >> FYI: Shall we do one? > > Yes. At least one. > > The discussion of venues comes up all the time, so I think we should > compile a list of UK venues, so that we know what our options are > for different events. > > There

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Backing Up Ubuntu

2009-01-08 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/1/7 Jai Harrison : > [snip] Also, do tarballs preserve permissions were I > ever to need to restore it? > Yes, they do. The only small problem you might have is that users are stored using numeric ID. If you're restoring on another machine, or re-create the users manually in a different orde