Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

2009-06-01 Thread Yishay Mor
2009/6/1 Bruce Beardall > > On the subject of ARM based netbooks/tops, I can't wait for these to come > out. Dave, any chance of the Ubuntu-UK team getting hold of one of these to > do a review of on the podcast? Perhaps do an interview with someone at ARM? > > Regards > > Bruce Speaking of ne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

2009-06-01 Thread Yishay Mor
2009/6/1 mac > Bruce Beardall wrote: > > > http://www.osnews.com/story/21589/Asus_Microsoft_Launch_Anti-Linux_Netbook_Campaign > > > > I suppose it was bound to happen. > > > > > > Yes, it's what Ghandi said: > > "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, > then you win.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Asus and Microsoft sitting in a tree....

2009-06-01 Thread Yishay Mor
mp;modelmenu=2 but yes, that ad is painful to watch. I think it should be rated as adult only, just to think what damage that can do to young children! ___ Yishay Mor, Researcher, London Knowledge Lab http://www.lkl.ac.uk/people/mor.html http://www.google.

[ubuntu-uk] Google O3D for Linux?

2009-04-22 Thread Yishay Mor
Is there a pre-built binary of - http://code.google.com/apis/o3d/ ? ___ Yishay Mor, Researcher, London Knowledge Lab http://www.lkl.ac.uk/people/mor.html http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=yishaym%40gmail.com +44-20-7837 x5737 -- ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Work Experience

2009-04-19 Thread Yishay Mor
is London out of scope? ___ Yishay Mor, Researcher, London Knowledge Lab http://www.lkl.ac.uk/people/mor.html http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=yishaym%40gmail.com +44-20-7837 x5737 2009/4/19 Josh Holland > Sorry if this is very late notice, bu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [marketing] great-grandma-takes-internet-shopping-by-storm-with-ubuntu

2009-03-31 Thread Yishay Mor
me too: http://twitter.com/yishaym/status/1424196619 2009/3/31 Bruce Durling > I tweeted about it on @otfrom, but I think digg, reddit or slashdot > would be the place to go. > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK government backs open source

2009-02-25 Thread Yishay Mor
maybe its my awkward sense of humour, but I couldn't resist running http://www.cio.gov.uk against http://uptime.netcraft.com/ ___ Yishay Mor, Researcher, London Knowledge Lab http://www.lkl.ac.uk/people/mor.html http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=yi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sad but true? From the Register

2009-01-15 Thread Yishay Mor
amp; family is that Ubuntu is a much easier platform to manage from the IT room perspective. ___________ Yishay Mor, Researcher, London Knowledge Lab http://www.lkl.ac.uk/people/mor.html http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=yishaym%40gmail.com +44-20-7837 x5737 2009/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sad but true? From the Register

2009-01-15 Thread Yishay Mor
d work for dumb people too, and everyone deserves to know what they're buying. It doesn't matter that we all know that FF is better than IE, for some people internet=IE, and office=M$. Dell need to explain the concept of compatible slowly, probably using shorter words. ______

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for the Eee

2009-01-03 Thread Yishay Mor
rface - nice big icons > etc - which suit my v. small 7" display. Hardware all works fine. I second that! Here's my little devil doing emergency file transfers from Pl. St. Pietro, Rome: http://www.flickr.com/photos/yish/3036511755/ ___ Yishay Mor, Researcher,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] EeePC 900A vs Acer Aspire One

2008-11-14 Thread Yishay Mor
my Eee is pretty old, if you can call any Eee old. Installing ubuntu-eee was a breeze, and everything just works. ___ Yishay Mor, Researcher, London Knowledge Lab http://www.lkl.ac.uk/people/mor.html http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=yishaym%40gmail.com +44-20

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobile Broadband Modem for Eee PC 901

2008-11-06 Thread Yishay Mor
slightly to the left of this topic, anyone managed to use the 3 skypphone as a modem under Ubuntu? ___ Yishay Mor, Researcher, London Knowledge Lab http://www.lkl.ac.uk/people/mor.html http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=yishaym%40gmail.com +44-20-7837 x5737

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Aspire

2008-11-05 Thread Yishay Mor
I have an eeePC running http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/ I imagine that should work for the Aspire as well. I would do the standard procedure: - burn a USB stick image - boot live from USB - if all goes well, install ___ Yishay Mor, Researcher, London Knowledge Lab http

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: 24 spoof video

2008-10-03 Thread Yishay Mor
I'm waiting for someone to do a spoof of those annoying "I'm a Mac" ads, with Halle Berry playing "I'm Ubuntu". _______ Yishay Mor, Researcher, London Knowledge Lab http://www.lkl.ac.uk/people/mor.html http://www.google.com/calendar/emb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Mini 9

2008-09-29 Thread Yishay Mor
I love my eee, and so do my kids (8 & 11 yrs). http://www.flickr.com/photos/yish/2759817022/ this is from a cafe in Karon beach, Phuket. shortly after this shot I switched to Ububntu - slightly slower to startup, but more robust & feels like a real computer. that said, I haven't tried the dell, so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Mini 9

2008-09-29 Thread Yishay Mor
http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/ ___ 2008/9/29 Colin McCarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Bruce Beardall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Is now available to order from Dell UK with Ubuntu pre-installed. [Just in >> case you're interested] >> >> http:/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Grauniad tech section: Perhaps Ubuntu

2008-08-30 Thread Yishay Mor
I'm not so sure.. If ubuntu was bread, would you use this as your campaign slogen: "Ubuntu - tastes better then charcoal" besides: 1. first rule of advertising - focus on a positive message (not on smearing the opposition) 2. seriously, how many people do you think read that article and know wha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Geeks and Nerds

2008-08-03 Thread Yishay Mor
Nerd: someone who spawns a thread on "what's the difference between a geek and a nerd" on a *nux user mailing list. Geek: someone who responds with cultural and historical references spanning from ancient Mesopotamia to firefly. -- _______ Yishay Mor, Res

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for $20

2008-07-18 Thread Yishay Mor
u-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- ___ Yishay Mor, Researcher, London Knowledge Lab http://www.lkl.ac.uk/people/mor.html http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=yishaym%40gmail.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for $20

2008-07-17 Thread Yishay Mor
se manuals were :-) > > -- > SteveM > > Linux User #290313 > http://counter.li.org > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- ___ Yishay Mor, Researche