Re: [ubuntu-uk] Here endeth the era of the Joggler?

2010-06-16 Thread Kris Douglas
They shifted all their stock, will possibly be back if they can afford to sell them. Sent from my HTC Hero. On Jun 16, 2010 9:58 PM, "Colin Law" wrote: I see from the O2 website that the joggler is notable for it's absence. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu in Business - London, July 13th

2010-06-16 Thread Anton Piatek
My employer (IBM) has indeed done that and given me time to attend. I am looking forward to it! Anton On 16 Jun 2010 22:08, "Alan Bell" wrote: Rob Beard wrote: > Depends how big it is, not sure if the Lighthouse would realistically > have eno... part of the reason we are doing the London event

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu in Business - London, July 13th

2010-06-16 Thread Alan Bell
Rob Beard wrote: > Depends how big it is, not sure if the Lighthouse would realistically > have enough room considering it's layout. I'd have thought Westpoint in > Exeter (where Business South West is held) would be a better venue. > > There is also the question of how easy is it for folks to g

[ubuntu-uk] Here endeth the era of the Joggler?

2010-06-16 Thread Colin Law
I see from the O2 website that the joggler is notable for it's absence. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu in Business - London, July 13th

2010-06-16 Thread Rob Beard
On 16/06/10 21:24, Paul Sutton wrote: >> >> The Ubuntu UK community and Canonical, the commercial sponsors of >> Ubuntu, would like to invite you to a very different type of IT event. >> The Ubuntu operating system for the desktop and server has made >> significant inroads into UK businesses over

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu in Business - London, July 13th

2010-06-16 Thread Paul Sutton
On 09/06/10 10:10, Alan Bell wrote: > Hi all, > > One of the LoCo events that we have been talking about and planning for > a while is a event with a more businesslike feel to it, something where > I should be getting up in the morning and not wondering "should I wear a > Tshirt from ThinkGeek or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 12:11 +0100, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Bruno Girin > wrote: > > If I am to buy a ?1000+ laptop (top of the range as I said), I > > don't particularly want to find myself with a doorstop until I hunt > > down all the right drivers. > > Bruno, ha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ***Regading your email to Dell - incident # 16808254***

2010-06-16 Thread Rob Beard
On 16/06/10 12:23, Barry Drake wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 16:09 +0530, raj_mo...@dell.com wrote: >> Thank you for your email. We are still waiting for the update regarding your >> proposals and will contact you once we have the update. > > Thank you for your reply. Further update: the UK Dell

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ***Regading your email to Dell - incident # 16808254***

2010-06-16 Thread Barry Drake
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 16:09 +0530, raj_mo...@dell.com wrote: > Thank you for your email. We are still waiting for the update regarding your > proposals and will contact you once we have the update. Thank you for your reply. Further update: the UK Dell site now carries a range of two netbooks an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 11:24 +0100, Liam Proven wrote: > > Oh I'm sure there are no insoluble problems, it's just that I don't > > really feel like spending an inordinate amount of time getting it to > > work. If I am to buy a £1000+ laptop (top of the range as I said), I > > don't particularly wan

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Bruno Girin wrote: > If I am to buy a ?1000+ laptop (top of the range as I said), I > don't particularly want to find myself with a doorstop until I hunt > down all the right drivers. Bruno, have you really looked at all the machines Linux Emporium do? They suppli

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Liam Proven
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Bruno Girin wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 10:38 +0100, Liam Proven wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Bruno Girin wrote: >> > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 08:53 +0100, Barry Drake wrote: >> >> Hi there ... >> >> >> >> Just checked out the Dell UK site.  A searc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 10:38 +0100, Liam Proven wrote: > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Bruno Girin wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 08:53 +0100, Barry Drake wrote: > >> Hi there ... > >> > >> Just checked out the Dell UK site. A search for Ubuntu now throws up > >> two netbooks and three laptop

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PHP security

2010-06-16 Thread Chris Rowson
>> Please feel free to point out any errors etc. I might work this into a >> how to and publish it on the 'tinterweb (of course giving proper >> attribution to folk such as Tyler) as instructions on how to do this >> seem to be spread across quite a few sites. > > I'm glad you solved it, Chris! Con

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 09:58 +0100, Matthew Bassett wrote: > On 16 June 2010 09:47, Bruno Girin wrote: > > [...] the only ones I manage to configure with Ubuntu are the Latitude > > 2100 and 2110 but they only come with 9.10, not 10.04. [...] > > > > That doesn't sound very committed to Ubuntu t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Liam Proven
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Bruno Girin wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 08:53 +0100, Barry Drake wrote: >> Hi there ... >> >> Just checked out the Dell UK site.  A search for Ubuntu now throws up >> two netbooks and three laptops that actually are available with Ubuntu >> and if you follow the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows XP CD

2010-06-16 Thread James - SJ Computers
Oh my bad, I just assumed that it was as I'd just downloaded the Win7 32Bit ISO from Digital River, who Microsoft use for a lot of their big downloads, to dual boot a Netbook with Ubuntu. (It already had Win7 Starter on, but I broke it) If they do it for Win7 can't see an issue with XP. I assume t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Andy Partington
> > [snip] > > Shame because I would be on the market for a top of the range Vostro > 3300 if the specs that say it comes with Ubuntu were actually true. It's > doubly frustrating because Dell seem to be one of the few vendors who > have a 13" laptop with decent specs (the other one I know of being

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Matthew Bassett
On 16 June 2010 09:47, Bruno Girin wrote: > [...] the only ones I manage to configure with Ubuntu are the Latitude > 2100 and 2110 but they only come with 9.10, not 10.04. [...] > > That doesn't sound very committed to Ubuntu to me. > > Shame because I would be on the market for a top of the ra

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Bruno Girin
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 08:53 +0100, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi there ... > > Just checked out the Dell UK site. A search for Ubuntu now throws up > two netbooks and three laptops that actually are available with Ubuntu > and if you follow the customization through, it says they come with > 10.04. Th

[ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

2010-06-16 Thread Barry Drake
Hi there ... Just checked out the Dell UK site. A search for Ubuntu now throws up two netbooks and three laptops that actually are available with Ubuntu and if you follow the customization through, it says they come with 10.04. The site still shows the Mini 10 as an Ubuntu machine, but that's ob