[ubuntu-uk] OggCamp 10

2010-03-25 Thread James Tait
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ladies and Gentlemen, I was about to book train tickets for OggCamp, but thought before I did so I'd see if anyone on these lists from the Derby area was going and wanted to car share and split the cost of petrol. I intend to travel to and from the v

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread DaveGK
Liam Proven wrote: > You should get her a Simplicity box... > > http://www.simplicitycomputers.co.uk/ Er-rrm, on the subject of subject :) Wasn't sure how to add myself to the list, and when I did, it wasn't hyperlink, just the nick. But I'll be there nonetheless ;) -- Cheers, Dave -- ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] London Ubuntu install party?

2010-03-25 Thread Tony Scott
Sounds good! Put my name down... Cheers -- Tony Scott http://tonyscott.org.uk | http://twitter.com/tonys | http://uk.wordcamp.org - Original Message > From: Isabell Long > To: UK Ubuntu Talk > Sent: Thu, 25 March, 2010 15:16:41 > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] London Ubuntu install part

Re: [ubuntu-uk] London Ubuntu install party?

2010-03-25 Thread Isabell Long
It all sounds very good to me! I'd be pleased to attend if it goes ahead. If everything specified in the original list goes ahead, yes we would definitely need more than 3 to 4 hours! Isabell. -- Regards, Isabell Long. [[User:Issyl0]] on all public Wikimedia projects. Freenode Community Co-O

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mums, Was: Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Alan Pope
On 25 March 2010 14:01, Jon Reynolds wrote: > The thought of giving screencasts a go had crossed my mind, but then I > don't have a tidy Windows setup on which to make them. Really must > convince her to try ubuntu. > Mines using Ubuntu, but I set the machine up to dual-boot just in case she does

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mums, Was: Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Isabell Long
On 25 March 2010 14:01, Jon Reynolds wrote: > The thought of giving screencasts a go had crossed my mind, but then I > don't have a tidy Windows setup on which to make them. Really must > convince her to try ubuntu. Yep! > > I think the problem with ubuntu on my parents computers (have nearly > c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mums, Was: Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Jon Reynolds
The thought of giving screencasts a go had crossed my mind, but then I don't have a tidy Windows setup on which to make them. Really must convince her to try ubuntu. I think the problem with ubuntu on my parents computers (have nearly convinced my dad to try - will push him for at least dual-boot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mums, Was: Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Darren.Mansell
-Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Alan Pope Sent: 25 March 2010 13:08 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mums,Was: Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available! Hi, On 25 March 2010 12:37, Thoma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mums, Was: Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Alan Pope
Hi, On 25 March 2010 12:37, Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > Are these personalised screencasts or are they freely available? I'm not sure whether to make them public or not to be honest. I've made some decisions about her desktop which people might disagree with. For example I've installed Picasa as th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mums,

2010-03-25 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 25/03/10 12:37, Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > On 25 March 2010 12:26, Alan Pope wrote: >> >> That way she can go over what I've told her. I've also planned to make >> some screencasts for her which get automatically delivered to her PC >> when she's online. That way she can watch the video multiple

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mums, Was: Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Thomas Ibbotson
On 25 March 2010 12:26, Alan Pope wrote: > > That way she can go over what I've told her. I've also planned to make > some screencasts for her which get automatically delivered to her PC > when she's online. That way she can watch the video multiple times so > it does 'sink in'. > > Cheers, > Al.

[ubuntu-uk] Mums, Was: Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Alan Pope
On 25 March 2010 11:52, Jon Reynolds wrote: > Yeah I try to explain things to her, but I think it is a > combination of falling deaf ears and simply not getting it. My mum is 66 this > year, has been using a computer a lot more in the last 4 or 5 years as she > has become more or less bed-bound,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Liam Proven
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Jon Reynolds wrote: > Oh god, don't even go there... My mum has a netbook running XP. I really > would like to get Ubuntu on it, seeing as I am her main support, > although I do live 200 miles away, so support at the mo is via > logmein.com... not that any of this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Jon Reynolds
Yeah I try to explain things to her, but I think it is a combination of falling deaf ears and simply not getting it. My mum is 66 this year, has been using a computer a lot more in the last 4 or 5 years as she has become more or less bed-bound, so its been a good thing for her. But even after ye

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Alan Pope
On 25 March 2010 11:12, Jon Reynolds wrote: > But she really doesn't have a clue bless her. The basic principles of > what a password is and what it is for and how her email username and > password isn't what the entire Internet is asking her for just doesn't > sink in. > Have you tried educating

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Jon Reynolds
Oh god, don't even go there... My mum has a netbook running XP. I really would like to get Ubuntu on it, seeing as I am her main support, although I do live 200 miles away, so support at the mo is via logmein.com... not that any of this is any reason not to use Ubuntu. But she really doesn't have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 25/03/10 10:47, Alan Bell wrote: > Jon Reynolds wrote: >> > Well as it turns out, April 17 is my Mum's birthday so not likely I >> > could come anyway. >> > > bring her along as a special birthday treat! We could tell her about popey's Mumbuntu project. :-) Al -- The Open Learning Centre h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Joseph O'Dell
> bring her along as a special birthday treat! > LOL! :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Alan Bell
Jon Reynolds wrote: > Well as it turns out, April 17 is my Mum's birthday so not likely I > could come anyway. > bring her along as a special birthday treat! > Its funny tho, as just this week I have been wanting to go only to see > the IMAX Hubble 3D showing in there that's on at the mo. Re

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Science Museum Visit - WiFi Available!

2010-03-25 Thread Jon Reynolds
Well as it turns out, April 17 is my Mum's birthday so not likely I could come anyway. Its funny tho, as just this week I have been wanting to go only to see the IMAX Hubble 3D showing in there that's on at the mo. Really would like to see it. Its about 50 mins long and should be spectacular v