Re: [ubuntu-uk] canonical free cd's

2010-02-04 Thread Iain Farrell
hi Paul, depending on how soon the event is fill in the form here: https://shipit.ubuntu.com/specialrequest Alan Bell wrote: Paul Sutton wrote: Are canonical still giving away free cds in multiples for use at events etc: Paul Put in a request and explain why the event needs them. It

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Good news for Linux promotion?

2010-02-04 Thread Tony Travis
Rob Beard wrote: > Tony Travis wrote: >> Rob Beard wrote: >> >>> [...] >>> I've been mulling over getting a netbook but keep holding out to see >>> what the ARM offerings will be like. I've not been too impressed with >>> the MIPS based netbooks, but I've got high hopes for these netbooks. >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] canonical free cd's

2010-02-04 Thread Alan Bell
Paul Sutton wrote: > Are canonical still giving away free cds in multiples for use at > events etc: > > Paul Put in a request and explain why the event needs them. It may depend a bit on the timing of the event in the cycle, if it is close to the Lucid launch then they may be running out of Karmic

[ubuntu-uk] canonical free cd's

2010-02-04 Thread Paul Sutton
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[ubuntu-uk] Interesting BBC R4 Program

2010-02-04 Thread David Restall - System Administrator
Hi, I caught the tail of this on the way home on Tuesday :- Inside the Virtual Anthill: Open Source Means Business Gerry Northam goes behind the scenes to investigate 'open source