On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 13:14 +, Ken Robson
wrote:
> > Are there any scottish users that have any meeting sessions.
> >
> > If not I was thinkng about starting one.
> > Jai
> >
> Jai, there are several of us in Scotland, my local Lug is EdLug
> (http://www.edlug.org.uk/list_faq.html) which
Ian Betteridge wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Colin Watson wrote:
>
>
>> As I recently wrote on the sounder list: Adobe are entirely aware of the
>> existence of Ubuntu, and we are expressly forbidden from distributing
>> Flash in this manner. Unless you want Ubuntu to be distributed
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 04:18:59PM +, Jamie Pow wrote:
> Hi Ken,
>
> thanks for checking that out.
>
> I would be grateful i fyou can point me in the right direction where i can
> find information on more lugs
>
lug.org.uk has a list of LUGs with contact details.
Robert
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On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Colin Watson wrote:
> As I recently wrote on the sounder list: Adobe are entirely aware of the
> existence of Ubuntu, and we are expressly forbidden from distributing
> Flash in this manner. Unless you want Ubuntu to be distributed only from
> a single site, with
Hi Ken,
thanks for checking that out.
I would be grateful i fyou can point me in the right direction where i can
find information on more lugs
Kind Regards,
Jai
2009/1/16 Ken Robson
>
> > Are there any scottish users that have any meeting sessions.
> >
> > If not I was thinkng about starting
Rob Beard wrote:
> On 16/01/2009 12:31, David King wrote:
>
>> I know what you mean about the beard and sandals. Just look at a picture
>> of Richard Stallman -- would you trust a man who looks like that to
>> create your OS?
>>
>>
> Why not, I trust him far more than the shy and retiri
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 05:29:00PM +, Liam Proven wrote:
> [1] She's using some kind of USB Internet connection that doesn't work
> out of the box. (USB because either Ethernet or wireless should work
> fine.) Could be a USB cable modem or ADSL modem, either of which would
> be Hard Work to set
Ta - done that now :)
Hope to get there and say hello
piskie
Alan Pope wrote:
> 2009/1/16 piskie :
>> Well - that's all good then, from an off the cuff remark I also find
>> that the hants lug meeting is during the day - so I might manage it
>> after all, if I can work out how to get my name on
On 16/01/2009 13:38, Tony Arnold wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there anyone who lives in the North Devon area who would be willing
> to help me and my mother out?
>
> I need to change the wireless card in her Ubuntu system. The card is
> being delivered to my mother's address, but she does not have the skill
Thanks for posting the link, that was a very inspiring article.
David King
Ian Betteridge wrote:
> Thankfully, free software has slightly more "respectable" looking
> poster boys these days!
>
> - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/business/11ubuntu.html
>
>
>
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2009/1/16 piskie :
>
> Well - that's all good then, from an off the cuff remark I also find
> that the hants lug meeting is during the day - so I might manage it
> after all, if I can work out how to get my name on the door list :)
>
http://hants.lug.org.uk/lurker/message/20090115.162811.184c8344.
Rob Beard wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Having read through the follow up article on that woman who had Dell
> laptop running Ubuntu, I found this in the comments...
>
> http://www.kswo.com/Global/story.asp?S=9675283
>
> It's a nice story about Ubuntu. It appears that a soilder in Fort Sill,
> Oklah
Hi,
Is there anyone who lives in the North Devon area who would be willing
to help me and my mother out?
I need to change the wireless card in her Ubuntu system. The card is
being delivered to my mother's address, but she does not have the skills
to fit it. I live in Manchester, so it's a long tr
Well - that's all good then, from an off the cuff remark I also find
that the hants lug meeting is during the day - so I might manage it
after all, if I can work out how to get my name on the door list :)
piskie
Alan Pope wrote:
> 2009/1/16 David King :
>> I know what you mean about the beard an
On 16/01/2009 12:54, Alan Pope wrote:
>> There is no reason why a person who is friendly with barbers should not
>> also be good with Ubuntu or running a LUG. I have never been to a LUG,
>> but mostly because I do not have the time, and their meetings take place
>> in the evening, when I am worki
> Are there any scottish users that have any meeting sessions.
>
> If not I was thinkng about starting one.
> Jai
>
Jai, there are several of us in Scotland, my local Lug is EdLug
(http://www.edlug.org.uk/list_faq.html) which meets in Edinburgh (too
far for me to visit them though (an 80mile
On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 16:16 +, alan c wrote:
> Verizon has offered to dispatch a technician to assist her accessing
> the internet without the CD,
Lucky woman. Permission to forward this to Virgin Media? :)
Dianne
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On 16/01/2009 12:31, David King wrote:
> I know what you mean about the beard and sandals. Just look at a picture
> of Richard Stallman -- would you trust a man who looks like that to
> create your OS?
>
Why not, I trust him far more than the shy and retiring,
/softly/-/spoken/ CEO of Microsof
2009/1/16 David King :
> I know what you mean about the beard and sandals. Just look at a picture
> of Richard Stallman -- would you trust a man who looks like that to
> create your OS?
>
Danger Will Robinson! That way prejudice lies..
> There is no reason why a person who is friendly with barber
Thankfully, free software has slightly more "respectable" looking
poster boys these days!
- http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/business/11ubuntu.html
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:31 PM, David King wrote:
> I know what you mean about the beard and sandals. Just look at a picture
> of Richard Stallma
Rob Beard wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Having read through the follow up article on that woman who had Dell
> laptop running Ubuntu, I found this in the comments...
>
> http://www.kswo.com/Global/story.asp?S=9675283
>
> It's a nice story about Ubuntu. It appears that a soilder in Fort Sill,
> Oklahoma
Hi folks,
Having read through the follow up article on that woman who had Dell
laptop running Ubuntu, I found this in the comments...
http://www.kswo.com/Global/story.asp?S=9675283
It's a nice story about Ubuntu. It appears that a soilder in Fort Sill,
Oklahoma has been refurbishing old PCs a
I know what you mean about the beard and sandals. Just look at a picture
of Richard Stallman -- would you trust a man who looks like that to
create your OS?
Stallman has done much for the free software movement, and I respect him
greatly (for his ideas), but for a newcomer who might see his pic
I always thought that Macs would be easy to use, especially the new OS
X. So when I had the opportunity to try it out in an Apple shop, I was
disappointed at how hard it was to do anything. I tried several things,
and on different occasions, but it was not as intuitive as Apple's
advertising ma
On 16/01/2009 01:31, Sean Miller wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:25 AM, Simon Wears
> wrote:
>
>
> I've found that doing something like that is a poison chalice...
> whereas if somebody has Windows they go to their mates for help, if
> you give them Ubuntu or any other Linux they always as
Cool - anyway maybe see you next time in Soton then :)
Alan Pope wrote:
> 2009/1/16 piskie :
>> heh - I own neither myself - and as I said "I hasten to add a long time
>> ago" - a long time before I'd looked at Ubuntu, it was very cliquey and
>> 'if you've not compiled it yourself - we're not inte
2009/1/16 piskie :
> heh - I own neither myself - and as I said "I hasten to add a long time
> ago" - a long time before I'd looked at Ubuntu, it was very cliquey and
> 'if you've not compiled it yourself - we're not interested' - so as a
> result neither was I.
>
That still goes on with some peop
heh - I own neither myself - and as I said "I hasten to add a long time
ago" - a long time before I'd looked at Ubuntu, it was very cliquey and
'if you've not compiled it yourself - we're not interested' - so as a
result neither was I.
I certainly don't feel the same way now and have been happily
Hi Guys,
Are there any scottish users that have any meeting sessions.
If not I was thinkng about starting one.
Any ideas would be most welcome.
Kind Regards,
Jai
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2009/1/16 piskie :
> I didn't even know about it to be honest. Looked around for a local LUG
> last year and didn't get far at the time so gave up, probably due to the
> last time I looked - which was I hasten to add a long time ago - I found
> one that was very 'beard and sandles' :)
>
I own neit
This paragraph is particularly pithy:
"Stop blaming those of us who aren't techies for your inabilities to
market a product properly. Stop blaming Windows/Mac for trying to
block you from offering open source software. You think that all
people should be as computer savvy as you and that's just lu
I didn't even know about it to be honest. Looked around for a local LUG
last year and didn't get far at the time so gave up, probably due to the
last time I looked - which was I hasten to add a long time ago - I found
one that was very 'beard and sandles' :)
I won't be able to make this one - but
Graham Binns wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 03:34:16PM +, Ken Robson wrote:
>> US woman says Ubuntu can't access internet
>>
>
> The follow up [1] from the station is pretty disheartening:
>
>> That's also when the comments - many of them angry, rude, and hateful
>> - started pou
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 03:34:16PM +, Ken Robson wrote:
>
> US woman says Ubuntu can't access internet
>
The follow up [1] from the station is pretty disheartening:
> Ubuntu fans read our story and linked to it on Linux fan message
> boards and other technology blogs. By Thursday
On 16/01/2009 01:25, Simon Wears wrote:
> My family run Windows XP. I'll have a look into that, thank you for
> the link! Setting it up wouldn't be too difficult, my mum gets how to
> use a computer and is fairly good at fixing them with simple things,
> this is more for the advanced stuff that
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:56 AM, Sean Miller wrote:
> Means that when folks ask me about switching to Macs, which people
> seem to increasingly do, I am rather jaded. I accept their positives
> but I also am befuddled as to why they seem to have created for their
> converts such a steep learning
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 2:08 AM, Simon Wears wrote:
> I'm very uncomfortable using Apple computers. My friend bought one about 2
> years ago, I still struggle to use it. It seems to try to be different so
> much, it becomes a little unusable (in my opinion). Case example is (again,
> 2 years ago)
On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 01:42 +, Simon Wears wrote:
> The only issue I've got with Ubuntu is the media player selection. I'm
> trying to find a nice media player (preferably GTK, and very
> preferably not mono) but I'm having a hard time - specifically because
> I'd like one that supports video p
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