Re: [ubuntu-uk] Loosy splah screen after update to 10.10

2010-11-18 Thread Jacob Mansfield
does anybody know if it's possible to customise the Plymouth graphics, I quite fancy giving it a stab and ending up with something a bit more impressive than 'dots'. Jacob Mansfield Programmer -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Christmas Party \o/

2010-11-18 Thread Colin Law
On 18 November 2010 21:37, Bruno Girin wrote: > On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 14:36 +, Alan Bell wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I am pleased to announce the Ubuntu UK Christmas party. It will be at >> the Hub Islington (same venue as last year) on Tuesday 21st December >> from 7PM until about 10ish > > Damn,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Christmas Party \o/

2010-11-18 Thread Bruno Girin
On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 14:36 +, Alan Bell wrote: > Hi all, > > I am pleased to announce the Ubuntu UK Christmas party. It will be at > the Hub Islington (same venue as last year) on Tuesday 21st December > from 7PM until about 10ish Damn, I'll be out of the country :-( Bruno -- ubuntu-u

[ubuntu-uk] Podcast 20 - easy bug reporting

2010-11-18 Thread Andrés Muñiz Piniella
he idea if you think it has merit. If it had some support from anyone in canonical it might gain some traction. Cheers, Vic. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/attachments/20101118/ce153f0d/attachment.htm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 67, Issue 30

2010-11-18 Thread Mark Harrison
> I do not actually agree with this, for the record. I think that the > Linux commitment to Free Open Source Software (not sure what the 'L' > stands for in Mark's acronym) From: Alan Bell > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback? [was: ubuntu-uk >Digest, Vol 67, Issue 2

[ubuntu-uk] Podcast 20 - easy bug reporting

2010-11-18 Thread Jones, Victor
Hi Guys and Laura, I must say I really enjoyed your last episode (20). The discussion on putting up with bugs v's reporting them v's changing apps/distros/underwear was *great*. I REALLY agree with the principle that bugs should be reported. The thing that limits that is the effort it takes t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback? [was: ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 67, Issue 28]

2010-11-18 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 17:32 +, Jon Spriggs wrote: > Actually, I was under the impression that the stack exchange software > (which drives stack overflow and askubuntu and others) is Free > Software, albeit on a Windows and C# platform. It appears to run nginx on Linux, or at least its front-en

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback? [was: ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 67, Issue 28]

2010-11-18 Thread Jon Spriggs
Actually, I was under the impression that the stack exchange software (which drives stack overflow and askubuntu and others) is Free Software, albeit on a Windows and C# platform. -- Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs Please excuse any top posting, typographical or gramatical errors and brevity, as this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback? [was: ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 67, Issue 28]

2010-11-18 Thread Alan Bell
On 18/11/10 16:16, Sean Miller wrote: > > I do not actually agree with this, for the record. I think that the > Linux commitment to Free Open Source Software (not sure what the 'L' > stands for in Mark's acronym) it stands for Libre meaning freedom as opposed to the other sort of free which is me

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback? [was: ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 67, Issue 28]

2010-11-18 Thread Sean Miller
On 18 November 2010 11:47, Tony Scott wrote: > Hi Mark > > Just to clarify I said "Surely using an (sic!) FOSS system would be more > appropriate for a Linux Q&A site?". I do not actually agree with this, for the record. I think that the Linux commitment to Free Open Source Software (not sure wh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback?

2010-11-18 Thread Sean Miller
I agree with Alan C and the others who have said the URL itself sends out the wrong message... linuxsolutions.org is positive, linuxproblems.org just strengthens the resolve of those who argue that Linux "is a problem to have on your desktop", which I do not believe it is. Would Morrisons create a

[ubuntu-uk] Christmas Party \o/

2010-11-18 Thread Alan Bell
Hi all, I am pleased to announce the Ubuntu UK Christmas party. It will be at the Hub Islington (same venue as last year) on Tuesday 21st December from 7PM until about 10ish http://islington.the-hub.net/public/ The venue is easy to get to from Islington tube station, but there are rather a lot

[ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback? [was: ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 67, Issue 28]

2010-11-18 Thread Tony Scott
Hi Mark Just to clarify I said "Surely using an (sic!) FOSS system would be more appropriate for a Linux Q&A site?". I did not say that FOSS must be used... Cheers -- Tony Scott http://tonyscott.org.uk | http://twitter.com/tonys | http://uk.wordcamp.org > >From: Mark Harrison >To: ubuntu-u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 67, Issue 28

2010-11-18 Thread Mark Harrison
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:56:46 + (GMT) > From: Tony Scott > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback? > To: UK Ubuntu Talk > Message-ID: <726420.10698...@web29514.mail.ird.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Daniel > > Putting aside whether (yet) anoth

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback?

2010-11-18 Thread John Stevenson
On 17 November 2010 23:22, Daniel Case wrote: > Hi Tony, > > I am glad you brought that up as I am currently making a script to suit the > needs of the site (I am a PHP developer by profession) . I would like to > make it as unique as possible and add my own "spin" to the typical Q+A > scripts ou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback?

2010-11-18 Thread Jon Farmer
I think it is realistic and honest, no OS is without issues. Regards Jon On 18 Nov 2010 08:48, "alan c" wrote: > On 17/11/10 21:55, Daniel Case wrote: >> And I forgot to provide the link! >> http://www.linuxproblems.org > > I think this gives a negative message about Linux. > -- > alan cocks > U

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Linux website - Feedback?

2010-11-18 Thread alan c
On 17/11/10 21:55, Daniel Case wrote: > And I forgot to provide the link! > http://www.linuxproblems.org I think this gives a negative message about Linux. -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/