Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

2013-02-18 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On 18/02/13 22:39, Alan Bell wrote: On 15/02/13 17:43, Alan Pope wrote: On 15/02/13 17:40, Rowan Berkeley wrote: He says: "Windows 8 hardware uses the UEFI replacement for the traditional BIOS, like Macs do. Some solid-state drive-equipped Windows 8 PCs boot so fast that you’d only have a 200 m

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 8 (a pox on it)

2013-02-18 Thread Alan Bell
On 15/02/13 17:43, Alan Pope wrote: On 15/02/13 17:40, Rowan Berkeley wrote: He says: "Windows 8 hardware uses the UEFI replacement for the traditional BIOS, like Macs do. Some solid-state drive-equipped Windows 8 PCs boot so fast that you’d only have a 200 millisecond (that’s 0.2 seconds) windo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Any folks in Manchester interested in participating in an Ubuntu Global Jam event if I were to organise one?

2013-02-18 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Chris, I can most likely attend a Manchester session. I'm more testing / QA side these days. We have held some sessions recently[1] and the QA/ Testing team have also recently updated the Jam area [2]. I'd be happy to go through these at a Jam. I'm a lubuntu person, but also test any flavour th

[ubuntu-uk] Any folks in Manchester interested in participating in an Ubuntu Global Jam event if I were to organise one?

2013-02-18 Thread Chris Wilson
Hey there, I was wondering if anyone in the Greater Manchester area would be interested in attending a Global Jam event in Madlab, in Manchester City Centre, if I were to get off my derrière and organise one. If you don't know what the Ubuntu Global Jam is, then check this