Re: [ubuntu-uk] This train terminates here. All change, All change.

2011-03-17 Thread Phill Whiteside
To be honest, i do not think you could have got a more gifted and talented new head. I see him across across many channels and teams - He really is an outstanding guy. Alan, well what can I say - except my usual thankyou. You really are a star, and I am sure ubuntu-uk will continue to flourish und

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Removing Windows dual boot

2011-03-17 Thread Rob Beard
On 17/03/11 21:31, Neil Greenwood wrote: If you really want to convert, you have to delete the extended partition and create a new primary partition. Otherwise, if there's room, you could reformat the ex-Windows partition and copy the Ubuntu partition into it, then delete the old Ubuntu partiti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] This train terminates here. All change, All change.

2011-03-17 Thread Rob Beard
On 17/03/11 21:52, Alan Bell wrote: On 17/03/11 21:27, David Jones wrote: Train stops here? Would that be the Real Ale Train? What an excellent suggestion and as luck would have it the train is already penciled in for June http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/2011plan in response to the demands for a sp

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Team Leadership Election Process

2011-03-17 Thread Rob Beard
On 17/03/11 23:04, Matthew Daubney wrote: Otherwise known as "The Most Important Thing You'll Read This Week"! It had been pointed out that there was no documented process anywhere for the LoCo leadership contest. Somehow I seemed to manage with the action of doing this from a meeting I forgot t

[ubuntu-uk] Team Leadership Election Process

2011-03-17 Thread Matthew Daubney
Otherwise known as "The Most Important Thing You'll Read This Week"! It had been pointed out that there was no documented process anywhere for the LoCo leadership contest. Somehow I seemed to manage with the action of doing this from a meeting I forgot to attend (that'll teach me!) Anyway, can ev

Re: [ubuntu-uk] This train terminates here. All change, All change.

2011-03-17 Thread Dianne Reuby
Thanks to Dave for his work, and thank you Alan for taking on the job. Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] This train terminates here. All change, All change.

2011-03-17 Thread Alan Bell
On 17/03/11 21:27, David Jones wrote: Train stops here? Would that be the Real Ale Train? What an excellent suggestion and as luck would have it the train is already penciled in for June http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/2011plan in response to the demands for a speech, I don't really do that kinda

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Removing Windows dual boot

2011-03-17 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 17 March 2011 13:21, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > I have a dual-boot machine - Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04. I'm looking to > remove the Windows part but unfortunately the Ubuntun install is on an > extended partition. Is there any way to convert that extended partition to > the active partitio

Re: [ubuntu-uk] This train terminates here. All change, All change.

2011-03-17 Thread David Jones
On 17/03/11 21:16, Alan Pope wrote: On 14 February 2011 10:38, Dave Walker wrote: I would like to suggest a process for finding my successor, this is that suitable candidates self nominate to the wiki [0] with a name and short intro. Then between now and 12:00 28th February, and an election is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] This train terminates here. All change, All change.

2011-03-17 Thread J Fernyhough
On 17 March 2011 21:16, Alan Pope wrote: > So with that. Thanks very much to Dave for caring for the community, > and we're now over to Alan Bell's stewardship. > > Congratulations Alan, thanks for stepping up! > > SPEECH! SPEECH! > > Al. Can't think of a better Alan to do the job. :P Congrats,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] This train terminates here. All change, All change.

2011-03-17 Thread Alan Pope
On 14 February 2011 10:38, Dave Walker wrote: > I would like to suggest a process for finding my successor, this is that > suitable candidates self nominate to the wiki [0] with a name and short > intro. Then between now and 12:00 28th February, and an election is > conducted using the CIVS proces

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mail hosting

2011-03-17 Thread mac
On 14/03/2011 13:57, Tony Travis wrote: Sorry, I am late to this thread, but I use UKFSN (UK Free Software Network), who donate money to FLOSS development: http://ukfsn.org Tony >>> Thanks for taking the trouble to reply to this. I'm afraid that, at £20 + VAT for a single domain, the U

[ubuntu-uk] Removing Windows dual boot

2011-03-17 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
I have a dual-boot machine - Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04. I'm looking to remove the Windows part but unfortunately the Ubuntun install is on an extended partition. Is there any way to convert that extended partition to the active partition, or do I have to reformat and re-install? -- My Alternat

Re: [ubuntu-uk] java issues with Ooo Base

2011-03-17 Thread Sarah Chard
> Al > thanks for the suggestion > I already looked at this - my problem is I cannot revert to the .22 > version without removing the .24 version and then getting the broken > package problem (i have tried twice) it looks as if this java issue with Ubuntu 10.04 & 10.10 is a Bug #724217 which