Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scottish Users

2009-01-16 Thread Mark Burns
On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 13:14 +, Ken Robson wrote: > > Are there any scottish users that have any meeting sessions. > > > > If not I was thinkng about starting one. > > Jai > > > Jai, there are several of us in Scotland, my local Lug is EdLug > (http://www.edlug.org.uk/list_faq.html) which

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Program Development

2008-12-26 Thread Mark Burns
recommend it. I have used it daily at work for the last year or so, and also use at home for any personal projects. Hope everyone had an excellent Christmas, and are looking forward to the advent of 2009 a glass of their favourite tipple to hand. -- Mark Burns -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to Intrepid

2008-10-30 Thread Mark Burns
Being all excited about the release of Intrepid, I decided to upgrade. Slight snag however. It would seem that there isn't a nvidia driver (except the recently released beta version, 96.43.09) for my card, a GeForce 4 Ti 4200, that supports X.Org 1.5. So I am left with the choice of waiting till

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SW Scotland calling here .... cor, what an echo!

2008-02-26 Thread Mark Burns
John Levin Wrote: > Have you tried contacting ScotLug? > http://www.scotlug.org.uk/wiki/Welcome Could well be worth a try, I haven't checked their Wiki for a while now; it may well be worth diving into their mailing list. Nothing ventured, nothing gained and all that. I'll give it a go tomorrow w

[ubuntu-uk] SW Scotland calling here .... cor, what an echo!

2008-02-26 Thread Mark Burns
Alan's message about this years Software Freedom Day, has got me thinking. I have often wondered if there were enough people in the South West of Scotland/Dumfries and Galloway to get a LUG, or something similar, going. I am champing at the bit to become involved in some way, and think that doing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Compartmentalising us

2008-01-24 Thread Mark Burns
Probably part-"Mainstream Advocate", part-"Activist", part-"Open Source Programmer", part-"Fruit and Nut" case. But most definitely "Whole Nut" ;-D Alan Pope wrote: > > http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3723131 > > I'd say I'm "Mainstream Advocate", how about you? > > Cheers, >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chocolate Oranges WAS: By way of introduction

2008-01-20 Thread Mark Burns
Thanks for the welcome guys! (This message probably isn't going to help in the whole top/bottom post thing at all.) E wrote: > Welcome to the group - as you've been a lurker for a little while now > we'll expect full participation in all areas - especially those that > go wandering off at tangent

[ubuntu-uk] By way of introduction

2008-01-20 Thread Mark Burns
As I have just got recently got myself sorted with a Launchpad login, and have been lurking on this mailing list for a few months, I thought it may be about time to introduce myself. My name is Mark Burns, I'm a Web Developer from the South West of Scotland, and I have been using Ubuntu for