thanks for your efforts Alan!
On Mon, 15 Jan 2024 at 11:12, Alan Pope wrote:
> Heya,
>
> Wakey, wakey, everyone! :D
>
> The Ubuntu Community Team at Canonical are rebooting the whole LoCo
> project. So, I wanted to help dust off the UK LoCo team. Alan Bell was
> previously the point of contact f
On 26/08/12 17:28, Bruno Girin wrote:
> I was planning to upgrade to 12.04 and install Scratch and TurtleArt.
> Other than that, I would welcome any suggestion of fun software for a 6
> year old.
Frozen Bubble seems to go down well in my experience.
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Ok Guys,
This is an end-user question... which is strange because I usually think
I should know the answer to a question like this... but I don't.
It is reputed that I snow. Allegedly, when camping, people have confused
the sound with that of a quadbike due the the volume and consistency.
I'm no
On 09/03/12 20:42, paul sutton wrote:
> Any ideas, if this is not possible how would i go about suggesting this
> to Mozilla and an idea for later versions.
Sieve.
Who uses this? I know in theory it's possible for it to all work very
nicely.
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On 18/10/11 12:02, Daniel Case wrote:
> These are all good, but I can't seem to find an 'unlimited' plan on any
> of them, or prepay for 3000 minutes cheaply. They all seem to be pay as
> you go, while 1.20p is cheap...I go through 3000-5000 minutes to UK home
> phones which was why I got the 'Skyp
On 17/10/11 22:21, Daniel Case wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> Sorry for the off-topicness, but I figured you guys would be the most
> knowledgeable people I know for this kind of thing.
>
> I'm looking to move to an open-source alternative to Skype, I know SIP
> is one of the protocols used, and I tried
On 14/09/11 07:42, Ted Wager wrote:
> Anything going on in the High Peak/Stockport area ?
There should be something happening in Manchester (I'd imagine).
Perhaps poke Ucubed? http://ucubed.info/
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On 04/04/11 13:14, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 4 April 2011 13:07, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote:
>> I heard around here that someone worked with charities. I have a work
>> colleague that has several in storage and is willing to give them away as
>> they are (minus the HDD, though he hinted he might put
On 03/04/11 21:10, Tim Dobson wrote:
> Just wondered, does anyone have any experience or has seen any blogs
> posts of anyone bonding two or more 3G connections so they can
> aggregate the bandwidth?
>
> If you've seen or heard of anyone doing this I'd be interested t
Hey hey,
Just wondered, does anyone have any experience or has seen any blogs
posts of anyone bonding two or more 3G connections so they can
aggregate the bandwidth?
If you've seen or heard of anyone doing this I'd be interested to know
any hints on how they went about it. :)
cheers,
Tim
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On 08/03/11 20:46, Alan Pope wrote:
> Saw this on another list and thought it might resonate with some of you :)
>
> http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-reasons-for-quitting-it/2316
Some of the points resonate very strongly.
Of course, some of those negatives can also be viewed as posit
could be interesting to people. Certainly wish I could be there. :(
Original Message
Subject: [UK event] Open Source Junction - developing open
cross-platform mobile apps
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 12:12:00 +
From: Steve Lee
Reply-To: Managing community led projects
To: communit
Hey guys,
Can I pick your brains please. :)
I'm trying to work out what technology to use;
Situation:
Mobile Linux computer connected via 3G/GPRS to internet.
The computer is likely to encounter fluctuating connectivity where it
connectivity drops between low GPRS signal, full HDPSA signal and
On 07/01/11 15:06, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> Sorry if this is common knowledge - I'm after recommendations for a
> webcam with built-in mic to work on Ubuntu 10.04 installed on a Toshiba
> Satellite using an Intel 82801H audio device.
Things may well have massively changed now and I admit I'm
On 07/01/11 22:03, David King wrote:
> I would be interested to know if any of the webcams that work with
> Ubuntu also have an optical zoom -- does anyone know of any? Or is that
> too fancy for a webcam? I need something more powerful than your average
> webcam but a lot cheaper than a proper cam
John,
On 05/01/11 21:42, John Levin wrote:
> LimeSurvey might fit the bill:
> http://www.limesurvey.org/ for the floss php code
> https://www.limeservice.com/ for the free, hosted service
That's fantastic. Just what I was looking for! :D
I knew there must be something out there. :)
For complete
Hi Tony,
On 05/01/11 23:18, Tony Arnold wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 20:53 +0000, Tim Dobson wrote:
>> I shouldn't think you'd have any problems as a result of you using
>> Ubuntu. What are you going to use it for? Connecting to the internet and
>> co
On 05/01/11 21:13, A J Binnie wrote:
>
>
> On 5 January 2011 20:47, Tim Dobson <mailto:li...@tdobson.net>> wrote:
>
> Does anyone know of a FOSS, easy, simple way of creating forms to gather
> user feedback?
>
>
> There's always Polldaddy.com,
Hey Tony,
On 05/01/11 20:08, Tony Arnold wrote:
> I'm thinking of replacing my current wireless ADSL modem/router as it
> keeps hanging up and does not support ADSL-2
>
> My inclination is to go for the Edimax AR-7266WnA Wireless N ADSL
> Router. It seems to do what I want and Edimax are known fo
Hi there,
This seems like a really silly question, but I've asked a few people and
I suggest it may not be.
Does anyone know of a FOSS, easy, simple way of creating forms to gather
user feedback?
I.e. something similar to google docs forms or like
http://viniglobal.wufoo.com/forms/q7x3p3/ which
This would probably be a good time to start a separate thread for anyone
who would like to share their Diaspora handles;
mine is tdobson (at) joindiaspora.com
(I'm tdobson everywhere!)
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On 02/01/11 19:58, Neil Perry wrote:
> I've invited you Vin.
Thanks for the community spirit. :D
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On 02/01/11 19:26, James Thomas wrote:
> That would be great.
> :-)
Invited. :)
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On 02/01/11 19:24, J Fernyhough wrote:
> On 2 January 2011 19:20, Neil Perry wrote:
>> I'd love to give diaspora a go, An invite would very much welcomed
>> Thanks
>> Neil Perry
>>
>
> [aol] meee t! [/aol]
>
> But in all seriousness, yes please.
Invited. :)
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On 02/01/11 19:20, Neil Perry wrote:
> I'd love to give diaspora a go, An invite would very much welcomed
Invite sent. :)
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You've all seen the comings and goings of the likes of Google Wave,
Plaxo, Plurk, Virb, Friendfeed, Friendster, Myspace...
Well there's a new effort out there called Diaspora:
http://join-diaspora.com in alpha right now with very limited numbers
of invites.
Here's my first impression: I think it
Heya,
I'm having some issues with my parent's recently upgraded maverick
desktop and I wondered if anyone had any thoughts here.
The issue is that the ethernet connectivity appears to (in about 50% of
boots) bounce continuously giving the users no connectivity.
When the interface doesn't come
On 03/12/10 18:50, danteash...@gmail.com wrote:
> We are creating advert(s) for Ubuntu, for a non-technical audience.
Yo-buntu!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOHAUvbuV4o&feature=youtu.be
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On 18/11/10 14:36, Alan Bell wrote:
> I am pleased to announce the Ubuntu UK Christmas party. It will be at
> the Hub Islington (same venue as last year) on Tuesday 21st December
> from 7PM until about 10ish
> http://islington.the-hub.net/public/
> The venue is easy to get to from Islington tube st
On 29/10/10 00:39, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 28 October 2010 23:34, Tim Dobson wrote:
>> Is anyone else affected by this and can suggest any potential fixes or
>> workarounds.
>>
>> Not at all scared of getting my hands dirty. :)
>
> Sadly this sounds like a bug th
Hey there,
I suspect this is a known issue, is anyone to point me in the direction
of any fixes.
My parents are on Ubuntu 10.04 and have a problem clicking on controls
of flash players embedded in web pages - specifically the play button in
BBC iPlayer for instance. They can click the button, it
On 19/10/10 17:05, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 19 October 2010 16:54, Cornelius Mostert
> wrote:
>
> Is
>
>> 1. You have permission to work as Admin on a Lan
>
> All of which probably contravenes rule 1 you set out.
As I read it, you appear to have misread parent.
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htt
On 16/10/10 18:16, Chris Rowson wrote:
> Empathy doesn't have a Windows port at the moment but knowing that
> you've got video working with Empathy gives me a bit of hope that I
> can get a decent video solution up and running using something or
> other.
Good luck. :)
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On 13/10/10 18:38, Jacob Mansfield wrote:
> I can solve the help vampires
> sudo apt-get install garlic
Please do be careful when upgrading:
http://xkcd.com/797/
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On 13/10/10 10:48, Alan Pope wrote:
> The fact is though that right now there are few manufacturers making
> machines with Ubuntu pre-installed, so people do have to do the
> install. However I believe you should be comparing "Oranges and
> Oranges". If my mum bought a blank computer and wanted win
On 07/08/10 12:06, Alan Bell wrote:
> I was at the presentations yesterday for the Young Rewired State
> hackweek http://rewiredstate.org/young lots of young people, including
> our very own Isabell Long throwing together applications and mashups
> based on government data. Joe O'Dell was along as
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On 28/07/10 07:15, Lucy wrote:
> Last time we held our first ever Global Jam at the MadLab. It was
> great to meet up with people and it would be good to hold it there
> again. Thoughts?
Unfortunately, this sounds like the first weekend of my holiday
prizes would be very gratefully
recieved.
Contact the organisers:
Tim Dobson/Steven Flower: y...@tdobson.net
Tim: 01457 597 007
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Very interesting article.
For anyone interested there's an edugeek discussion raging here:
http://www.edugeek.net/forums/blue-skies/60124-open-source-schools-miles-berry-offers-radical-response-ict-funding-cuts.html
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Subject: [sf-uk-discuss] An 'open source manif
On 20/07/10 11:57, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> I've enquired on the Bristol Wireless list to see if they have anything.
>
> I'll keep you updated if they come back to me.
thanks! :)
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Hey,
I know this is pushing it a bit but does anyone have any trade suppliers
of WRT54G routers running DD-WRT.
Ideally, I'd prefer Linksys WRT54G-TM's with UK power supplies but
really any of the WRT54G range with DD-WRT would do.
Does anyone have
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On 28/06/10 23:11, Steve Flynn wrote:
>>> Also spotted an Ubuntu mug in the kitchen.
>
> Frankly, I'm surprised that anyone actually watches the programme as a
> whole. I've endured 6 or 7 episodes and tried to like it but as my
> wife says "This is s
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On 28/06/10 10:35, darren.mans...@opengi.co.uk wrote:
> Did anyone spot the Ubuntu logo on the back of Moss's screen? As most of
> the episode focuses on Moss talking from behind his screen, the Ubuntu
> logo was visible quite a lot!
It was practicall
can we document this fork on the beebhack wiki if it's not already been
done so?
http://beebhack.wikia.com
http://beebhack.wikia.com/wiki/Programs
:)
-Tim
On 13/05/10 21:38, Rob Beard wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I gather the get_iplayer has been forked, the thing is, I can't seem to
> get it inst
On 11/05/10 16:43, Isabell Long wrote:
> On 11 May 2010 16:40, Dianne Reuby wrote:
>> On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 16:33 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I've never tried, but it'd probably be a laugh to go to PC World with
>>> a bunch of live CDs, insert them into the PCs and reboot them
>>> (ob
I don't know if people have already seen this but it might be cool to go
to for people in the south east.
Original Message
Subject: [backstage] Open Source Show And Tell
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 12:50:42 +0100
From: Phil Whitehouse
Reply-To: backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk
To: backst...
hortly before it begins!
http://debflashmobmanchester.eventbrite.com/
We'll have plenty of flyers so just bring yourself and something to
censor yourself with but we'll be providing black tape in case you can't.
I'm sorry it has got to this stage, however I hope you'll join me there,
This might be interesting to some people here...
Original Message
Subject: [Fsuk-manchester] MFS Talk. Tuesday, 16th March. Rob Taylor,
"The Semantic Desktop, SPARQL and You!"
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:19:14 +
From: Michael Dorrington
To: Manchester Free Software
* Talk:
Cornelius Mostert wrote:
> I have an audio stream coming in via usb or input jack (line in) and would
> like to:
> 1. Record this and
> 2. Live stream this to the network
This should be possible with pulseaudio itself:
http://cubicgarden.com/wordpress/2009/05/10/pulseaudio-networked-audio-2/
I'v
Kevin Safford wrote:
> Thanks for the replies. He he, I'm really looking for a 'quick and
> dirty' solution, but I should have expected the responses I got.
>
> SIP isn't our main phone option - we just use it on those occasions when
> Virgin Media charge us for calls. I'm happy to use the soft p
Kevin Safford wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'm thinking of buying a USB phone, to make things easier for my wife,
> who struggles with the headset and softphone (Twinkle). I haven't
> found much information about what works with Ubuntu; can anyone help?
>
> My provider is sipgate.co.uk. I asked them about
Hey there,
I wonder if anyone can help as this isn't exactly something I have a lot
of experience doing and I can either start off in the direction I think
looks best and possibly regret it later or I can ask for some pointers...
So we are looking at putting together a custom server in a micro-AT
Russell Hay wrote:
> It may be that I just need to port forward port 5060 to my Ubuntu box...
> will try that..
if you forward 5060 and 5061that should do it, but BT home hubs have a
bit of a reputation in the VOIP world.
I would recommend enabling NAT Traversal (STUN) if you can, else you'll
Simon Osborne wrote:
> Yes. It upgrades libavcodec to a version which is incompatible with
> gstreamer and VLC, along with other things. It can be fixed by forcing
> a downgrade on libavcodec to the version supplied with Karmic.
I'm not on karmic yet but this is an interesting point. Currently
KD
Lucy wrote:
> This is a reminder that Manchester will be celebrating the release of
> Ubuntu 9.10,
> Karmic Koala with a release party.
woop woop!
Getting close now! :)
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I'm sure this could be interesting to you lucky London lot!
Original Message
Subject: [ORG-discuss] Come see Bruce Schneier talk in London
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:16:27 +
From: Michael Holloway
Reply-To: Open Rights Group open discussion list
To: Open Rights Group open d
Rik Boland wrote:
> Spotify is letting people listen to their fav tracks, this is great!
>
> Surely this mean that you are able to capture these song and save them
> on one's hard drive. Would this not be a problem and is there open
> source software to achieve this?
Spotify, unfortunately, is
Lucy wrote:
> Can anyone suggest anywhere else it should be advertised?
>
the usual northern lugs :)
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Gordon Allott wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 22:32 +0100, Daniel Drummond wrote:
>> I love that the address for Pitcher and Piano is Arches 9-10 Deansgate
>> Locks.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>
>
> I have absolutely no idea if thats the correct address, I just copied
> whatever google told me. if its not pleas
Gordon Allott wrote:
> added to the ubuntu wiki
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicReleaseParties
>
> added to http://houseparty.cx
>
> If we could all post to the local LUGS as well that would be
> fantastic :)
Someone mail a sample announcement mail to (td at tdobson dot net) which
we are happy
Hey Lucy,
Thanks for CC'ing me in.
Sorry!
I had intended to be more proactive on this but due to me being occupied
chasing Barcamp Manchester (whih is the 7th and 8th of november)
Sponsorship stuff, I've been worked off my feet and unfortunately not
been able to give this the energy I had hop
Matt Jones wrote:
> I wonder where they got this idea from?
> http://houseparty.com/windows7
Apple?
In all seriousness, I was thinking of "throwing" a windows 7 release
party (in my windows free house) and sending them home with a karmic CD...
Tbh though, I don't really care about microsoft the
Rowan Berkeley wrote:
> Has anyone else tried this? I have just installed it from the repos. and
> attempted to make a very simple music video for upload to YouTube. I
> used a still jpg for the video and attempted to use an mp3 audio file,
> then an ogg version of the same audio file, but although
alan c wrote:
> I am delighted to say that I have arranged a FOSS display table at the
> festival in Wallingford, the so called 'Bunkfest'
> fri 4th - sun 6th september 2009
> http://www.bunkfest.co.uk/
that's cool!
Pity I can't be there but people I know have been to Wallingford
Bunkfest in the
Dave Walker wrote:
> Andrew Williams wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 06:33:23PM +0100, William Anderson wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not young, and I'm not in the North West of England. I know these
>>> messages aren't very frequent, but still ...
>>>
>> Suprisingly, this is one of the best lists i
Just a reminder that the DFEY-NW meeting is taking place tomorrow from
12:00pm -> ~3:30pm
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DFEY-NW (Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West) is a group
aiming to provide a social space for young people interested in
technology, issues of freedom and technology in r
Details for the next DFEY-NW are enclosed...
Please forward this to anybody or any lists you think might be interested.
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James Milligan wrote:
> So effectively I /can/ relicence it to opensource (or the developers
> etc) and relaunch it?
Email licenc...@fsf.org for a sound opinion.
Always the best thing to do before doing anything that potentially could
cause headaches. :)
They'll walk you through things from a
All you Loco people near Manchester might be interested in this - it's
this tuesday!
Tim
Original Message
Subject: [Fsuk-manchester] Manchester Free Software Talk - Dan Lynch,
Audio Production with Free Software
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:09:51 +0100
From: Lucy
To: Manchester
If you've never been to FOSDEM, I sincerely recommend attending.
I'm very glad I went to it this year and will certainly be attending for
FOSDEM's 10th birthday!
It is a fantastic event, insightful, interesting, fun and incredibly
welcoming. :D
Tim
Original Message
Subject: [F
David King wrote:
> I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like?
Well for starters, there'd be none of these legacy proprietary
limitations regarding stairs (unless there were outstanding patent
issues with this technology).
All Daleks would be a tasteful shade of chocolate brown with
Hi Guys,
Company hat on today, apologies ;)
I'm looking for reccomendations for a supplier of cheap, reliable basic
spec tower servers of about:
2x 2.6 GHZ CPU
2GB RAM
250GB Sata Hard Disk Disk
CD/DVD Sata Disk drive
No OS, display, keyboard, mouse etc...
No manufacturer warranty required
and:
Hi there,
I'm having some difficulties modifying a custom ubuntu server CD so it
automatically installs an extra package.
I have been following the instructions here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallCDCustomization
Word for word, however when I try and boot from it, it works fine - it
Neil Greenwood wrote:
> Finding a common set of terms (and then remembering to use them!) is
> difficult.
>
> The best thing to do is ask if you don't understand.
Seconded. Just ask for clarification - even if it's not something your
particularly interested in or if you can't understand it eno
Tony Arnold wrote:
> Alan,
>
> Alan Pope wrote:
>> 2009/6/22 Dave Morley :
>>> As far as I can tell the main reasoning is the fact that they can lose 2
>>> apps (ekiga and pidgin) thus saving space and also the empathy upstream
>>> were working on bugs faster than pidgin were.
>>>
>>> this should
Lucy wrote:
>> Does anyone have ideas on how to solve this or work around it?
>
> Based in a similar problem I had over the weekend. Have you tried
> removing the usb stick and putting it back in when it's searching for
> the install media?
Just tried it. It doesn't seem to be making any differen
John wrote:
> Hi I was wondering if anybody knows of an Image Hosting that works with
> Ubuntu. I did use Photobucket and Webshot, but neither work with Linux.
> I tried Imageshack, but cant get that to work either.
AFAIK they should or do work for me.
> Anyone?
however, I use BayImg by prefer
Hi guys perhaps you can help.
I'm producing a customised Ubuntu alternate CD at the moment so we can
install Ubuntu at work with a custom set of packages, in our case,
orientated towards Asterisk.
I've followed the instructions on the Ubuntu Wiki and the iso image
appears to work fine on a CD.
Details for the next DFEY-NW are enclosed... Please forward this to
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currently based i
alan c wrote:
> Most of bbc radio listen again is flash based I think, and it works ok
> for me.
>
> However, just lately I find that some programmes do not play and a
> message appears that I need to 'install real player'.
>
> In a machine which has an older install - an asus 900 which is still
Saikiran Madugula wrote:
> In case some one missed
>
> http://tuxradar.com/content/100-open-source-gems-part-1 and
> http://tuxradar.com/content/100-open-source-gems-part-2
>
> Very nice list! My fav is #6 back in time.
That's cool. thanks for posting it. Interestingly they don't just dig
out w
danattwood wrote:
>> Still probably the best solution. My boss's laptop is blue screening on
>> average twice a day, which obviously, isn't good.
>>
> Be aware virtualising the machine might not solve the blue screen issue.
> You might just end up converting a broken laptop into a virtual broken
Michael Holloway wrote:
> Recently, I spent a lot of time trying to find a decent (easy) way to do
> it, and VMWare's P2V (free) is by far the easiest.
I'll take a look at it.
> Other ways are painfully slow(er) and complicated.
hmmm.
> It worked fine fir Vista64, but for use in VMWare server/
Hi there,
I wonder if anyone can help.
I'm in the situation (with someone else's laptop) where it would be
ideal if I could image their Windows Vista installation on their machine
into a virtual machine, ideally Virtualbox.
Is this possible at all? Has anyone successfully done anything like th
This is bound to be a load of fun interspersed with really useful
networking and cool sessions,
If you've never been to a barcamp before, I strongly recommend coming -
It'd be good to see a good ubuntu-uk turnout after the manchester
release party :)
Tim
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Subje
Daniel Rhodes-Mumby wrote:
> Thanks for this.
> I'm just forwarding it on to a local youth council I'm involved in - it's
> not typical of our activities, but maybe I'll be able to change that.
Wow, this sounds like a really good opportunity! It's worth a go at least!
> The issue of digital freed
DFEY is having a Logo Competition.
Top Prize: £40
First Runner Up: £10
Brief for Entries
=
* Should be easily recognisable, visually pleasing and easily reproduced
in different mediums.
* Should echo themes of Digital Freedom, Technology, Young People and
Education.
* All entr
It's naive to think that the .mov file extension refers to it being in a
nonfree video format.
Actually the reason get_iplayer can get the video is because the iphone
(possibly one of the most drm'd devices in the world) couldnt support
Windows media DRM so they made it h.264 codec video.
You
Sean Miller wrote:
> Why are Linux people so "territorial"??
>
> Any attempts I make in Somerset to organise a release party for
> something like Ubuntu gets folks saying "can't be doing with that -
> Debian's the only decent distro" or "Sorry, that's one of those Debian
> derivitives isn't it? a
easing on valentines day doesn't make
having a release party popular with long suffering spouses! :p
In two->three years time, when I expect Squeeze will be released, I for
one will be celebrating the release, and I hope many Ubuntu users will
join me. :)
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Andrew Williams wrote:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/nik_doof/sets/72157617311869238/
Other people took photos too: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/ubuntumcr/
Use the #ubuntumcr tag on your content!
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ng on on #dfey a bit.
DFEY-NW has very good connections with industry in the northwest but the
occasional things else where do come to our attention.
It'd be good to see you around sometime.
Tim Dobson
http://nw.dfey.org
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Anyone coming to the Jaunty release party later on this week might also
be interested in this:
Hope to see you there!
Tim :)
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Subject: [Fsuk-manchester] Re: Manchester Free Software Talk: green h
consulting, a social venture using free software
Date: Mon, 20 A
Details for the next DFEY-NW are enclosed... Please forward this to
anybody or any lists you think might be interested.
===
DFEY-NW (Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West) is a group
focusing on young people and issues of freedom in the digital world,
based in the N
Philip Wyett wrote:
> OK, I scrolled back through my email and see it has been posted. Wish
> some users would keep up. ;-)
Sadly I didn't see this the first time, so thanks anyway! :)
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Lucy wrote:
> 2009/4/7 Simon Wears :
>> A) I'd Digg that!
>
> I don't use digg, but cool :)
fsdaily.com ftw!
> Good idea. I'll create a poster this weekend - I know that the
> community have made similar ones available so it shouldn't be
> difficult. I'll let you know when it's available for pr
Alan Pope wrote:
> http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2009/04/01/s02e01-the-return/
>
> Feedback and suggestion as ever are always welcome!
woop woop Manchester Jaunty Release party plugged. :D
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Lucy wrote:
> 2009/3/25 Gordon Allott :
>> On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 12:57 +, Lucy wrote:
>>> I'm pleased to announce that Ian Forrester (from BBC Backstage) has
>>> booked us the BBC Manchester Bar on Friday 24th April for the
>>> Ubuntu-UK Manchester release party. The party will start at 7pm an
Lucy wrote:
> It would be great if someone from Canonical could come up to
> Manchester to give a talk at the release party. I don't know if any
> Canonical employees or Ubuntu developers already live in the North
> West?
>
> If not, assuming that the London party is on the same night, would it
>
Lucy wrote:
> Okay, I've spoken to someone at BBC Manchester and it's possible that
> we will be able to use the BBC bar inside the BBC building on Oxford
> Road. What do people think of this idea?
>
> The advantages are: it will be quiet, it's likely that we will have
> the bar to ourselves. It h
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