Re: [ubuntu-uk] Real Ale Train this weekend

2017-11-01 Thread David Chatterton
. David Chatterton. Sent from my iPhone > On 1 Nov 2017, at 20:20, "laura.czajkow...@gmail.com" > wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > As you know we arrange for this years RAT and the weekend is almost here. > For those who wish to have food before hand we're mee

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Real ale Train poll closed

2017-08-28 Thread David Chatterton
Hello All, I shall probably be on bar duty on the RAT myself on 4 November. On behalf of the Watercress Line Bar Staff, we shall be pleased to welcome you onboard with real ale at just £2 a pint and RAT pint glasses to take away at £5 each. Hot food and snacks, wine and spirits are also availab

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spare RAT ticket?

2015-08-21 Thread David Chatterton
I hope that you RAT addicts will behave yourselves. I shall be wine waiting on the Watercress Belle which runs at the same time and crosses at intermediate stations. Have a good evening's entertainment. Sue Clements (Aka the Rottweiller) will be keeping her eye on all of you. Sent from my iPhone

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Linux Laptops in UK?

2015-03-14 Thread David Chatterton
For what it is worth, I bought a Del XPS13 developer edition laptop with Ubuntu 12.04 pre-installed last November. At the time, I chose to deal with a member of the sales team as my education discount did not appear to be available via the online purchase channel. I was invited by Ubuntu to upg

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-06 Thread David Chatterton
Dare I say, Ubuntu / Linux is just small fry for Dell who are intimately tied up with Microsoft. The fact that they do supply some models with Ubuntu pre-installed is at least a ray of light in the darkness but to expect some meaningful support is being over-optimistic. The fact that Dell just

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-05 Thread David Chatterton
> On 5 Jan 2015, at 16:12, Gibbs wrote: > > > > On 05/01/15 15:56, David Chatterton wrote: >> I have since upgraded the OS to Ubuntu 14.10 > > I am curious to know why? As a general rule of thumb you should only > upgrade to LTS .1 versions if you are look

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-05 Thread David Chatterton
For what it is worth, I recently bought a Dell XPS13-9333 that came with Ubuntu 12.04 pre-installed. Almost as soon as I switched it on, I received a message advising of an upgrade to 14.04 being available which I accepted. The upgrade retained the Dell-supplied drivers for the WiFi and Bluetoo