Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-12 Thread Rob Beard
On 12/02/11 22:04, Jacob Mansfield wrote: well I've got a meeting with herts council on the 1st, wish me lick and I'll tell you how it goes Good Lick ;-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Click ....

2011-02-12 Thread Bruno Girin
On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 12:15 +, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi any of you see 'Click' on BBC news this morning? > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m9ry It gives a brief but very > positive look at Linux. It advises trying a live-cd and specifically > says that Linux is not just for geeks thes

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-12 Thread Jacob Mansfield
should be luck, damn you non-context-checking-spellcheck Jacob Mansfield Programmer CyberKing Solutions www.cyberkingsolutions.co.uk On 12 February 2011 22:09, Colin Law wrote: > On 12 February 2011 22:04, Jacob Mansfield wrote: >> well I've got a meeting with herts council on the 1st, wish me

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-12 Thread Colin Law
On 12 February 2011 22:04, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > well I've got a meeting with herts council on the 1st, wish me lick I hope you don't need to go quite *that* far to convince them. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-12 Thread Jacob Mansfield
well I've got a meeting with herts council on the 1st, wish me lick and I'll tell you how it goes Jacob Mansfield Programmer CyberKing Solutions www.cyberkingsolutions.co.uk On 12 February 2011 20:06, Rob Beard wrote: > On 12/02/11 19:46, alan c wrote: > >> I contacted my local Councillors, abo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Click ....

2011-02-12 Thread Barry Drake
On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 19:36 +, alan c wrote: > > On 12 February 2011 12:15, Barry Drake wrote: > > > >> Hi any of you see 'Click' on BBC news this morning? It's back on now at : http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m9ry -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-12 Thread Rob Beard
On 12/02/11 19:46, alan c wrote: I contacted my local Councillors, about using FOSS, fo rgood financial reasons... and my heart sank when (she) innmmediately referred me to th eIT manager, her non elected subordinate on grounfds od ignorance. However, I was happily amazed to be invited to a

[ubuntu-uk] local council

2011-02-12 Thread alan c
On 12/02/11 16:12, Alan Pope wrote: On 12 February 2011 16:06, wrote: Damn, if linux isn't for geeks, I'm gonna have to go Free-BSD Some people think Linux is for geeks and it should stay that way. I personally don't. At least the bbc are talking about it. I work for local government IT,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Click ....

2011-02-12 Thread alan c
On 12/02/11 12:29, Sean Miller wrote: On 12 February 2011 12:15, Barry Drake wrote: Hi any of you see 'Click' on BBC news this morning? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m9ry It gives a brief but very positive look at Linux. It advises trying a live-cd and specifically says that L

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Click ....

2011-02-12 Thread Alan Pope
On 12 February 2011 16:06, wrote: > Damn, if linux isn't for geeks, I'm gonna have to go Free-BSD > Some people think Linux is for geeks and it should stay that way. I personally don't. > At least the bbc are talking about it. I work for local government IT, but my > bosses won't give FOSS the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Click ....

2011-02-12 Thread bodsda
Damn, if linux isn't for geeks, I'm gonna have to go Free-BSD At least the bbc are talking about it. I work for local government IT, but my bosses won't give FOSS the time of day Bodsda Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Barry Drake Sender: ubuntu-uk-bo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ANNOUNCE] shiny new website - yay \o/

2011-02-12 Thread Alan Bell
On 12/02/11 13:49, Colin Law wrote: I don't know whether it is a factor (probably not) but the html is not fully valid. See http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fubuntu-uk.org%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0. One of the issues is that there appears to be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ANNOUNCE] shiny new website - yay \o/

2011-02-12 Thread Alan Bell
there was a tag in the code but some silly bunny had commented it out. remaining errors are for the secondary menu when it is empty and an invalid alt tag on something in the twitter feed, I am not too worried about either of these ones. I fixed some of the colour errors in the css file, but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ANNOUNCE] shiny new website - yay \o/

2011-02-12 Thread Colin Law
On 12 February 2011 13:49, Colin Law wrote: > On 12 February 2011 13:10, Paul Tansom wrote: >> ** Alan Bell [2011-02-11 12:56]: >>> http://ubuntu-uk.org >>> >>> http://ubuntu-uk.org/2011/02/11/announcing-the-new-ubuntu-uk-org-website/ >> ** end quote [Alan Bell] >> >> On my system I only see "Lo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ANNOUNCE] shiny new website - yay \o/

2011-02-12 Thread Colin Law
On 12 February 2011 13:10, Paul Tansom wrote: > ** Alan Bell [2011-02-11 12:56]: >> http://ubuntu-uk.org >> >> http://ubuntu-uk.org/2011/02/11/announcing-the-new-ubuntu-uk-org-website/ > ** end quote [Alan Bell] > > On my system I only see "Loco Dire" on the top menu bar (part of the e is > obscu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ANNOUNCE] shiny new website - yay \o/

2011-02-12 Thread Liam Gallear
On 12 Feb 2011, at 13:10, Paul Tansom wrote: > ** Alan Bell [2011-02-11 12:56]: >> http://ubuntu-uk.org >> >> http://ubuntu-uk.org/2011/02/11/announcing-the-new-ubuntu-uk-org-website/ > ** end quote [Alan Bell] > > On my system I only see "Loco Dire" on the top menu bar (part of the e is >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ANNOUNCE] shiny new website - yay \o/

2011-02-12 Thread Paul Tansom
** Alan Bell [2011-02-11 12:56]: > http://ubuntu-uk.org > > http://ubuntu-uk.org/2011/02/11/announcing-the-new-ubuntu-uk-org-website/ ** end quote [Alan Bell] On my system I only see "Loco Dire" on the top menu bar (part of the e is obscured). I'm sure we are not a dire loco - or at least not al

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Click ....

2011-02-12 Thread Sean Miller
On 12 February 2011 12:15, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi any of you see 'Click' on BBC news this morning? > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m9ry It gives a brief but very > positive look at Linux. It advises trying a live-cd and specifically > says that Linux is not just for geeks these days

[ubuntu-uk] Click ....

2011-02-12 Thread Barry Drake
Hi any of you see 'Click' on BBC news this morning? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m9ry It gives a brief but very positive look at Linux. It advises trying a live-cd and specifically says that Linux is not just for geeks these days. Great! That and PCPro in one week! Regards,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadcom driver problem (sigh).....

2011-02-12 Thread Barry Drake
On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 10:09 +, alan c wrote: > I would, as a rule, also post into the laptop compatibility/ > incompatibility thread in ubuntuforums > http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=332 Have done. Thanks. I've also posted on Dell's own forums under Laptop and under Linux. Rega

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadcom driver problem (sigh).....

2011-02-12 Thread alan c
On 12/02/11 08:28, Barry Drake wrote: On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 21:22 +, Barry Drake wrote: On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 21:01 +, alan c wrote: > another possibility is a usb wifi dongle? Wonderful idea! I'll get one. It's the ideal solution. Thanks Alan. Works straight out of the box and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Broadcom driver problem (sigh).....

2011-02-12 Thread Barry Drake
On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 21:22 +, Barry Drake wrote: > On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 21:01 +, alan c wrote: > > another possibility is a usb wifi dongle? > Wonderful idea! I'll get one. It's the ideal solution. Thanks Alan. Works straight out of the box and proves to me that the Broadcom BCM4132