Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community

2012-12-09 Thread Hassan "Haz" Williamson
The IRC boys & girls are good that way! ;) So glad IRC never died... would be totally lost without it! On 9 December 2012 19:26, Bill Baker wrote: > Hi all, > > I openly admit my contributions to the Ubuntu community are small & less > than I would wish [the occasional but of help, some guidan

[ubuntu-uk] Community

2012-12-09 Thread Bill Baker
Hi all, I openly admit my contributions to the Ubuntu community are small & less than I would wish [the occasional but of help, some guidance where needed and local advocacy when I am around] - due in main to work commitments and travelling nearly 1000 miles a week from site to site.. but I enjoy

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-09-02 Thread Yorvyk
On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:22:28 +0100 Sean Miller wrote: > Think "Flag not Banner"... :-) > > Then you can get somebody to march around with the flag raised high > when you're collecting people and then, when enough are present to be > a "group", you stick it in the ground and fly it proudly above

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-11 Thread Sean Miller
Think "Flag not Banner"... :-) Then you can get somebody to march around with the flag raised high when you're collecting people and then, when enough are present to be a "group", you stick it in the ground and fly it proudly above the assembled masses. Seems to work well enough in Rock Festivals

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-11 Thread Alan Bell
On 11/08/10 00:13, Hugh Wren wrote: > tied to it? > I would have thought some PVC piping and some elastic would work quite well. > > regards, > HughW > ah yes, push fit plumbing fittings, that might work quite well and is easy to make to any size. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-11 Thread Norman Silverstone
On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 00:13 +0100, Hugh Wren wrote: > >> Anyone got a bright idea on how to get or make a frame for one of > >> these things? > > >Couple of lumps of wood in a bucket full of concrete with the banner cable > tied to it? > > I would have thought some PVC piping and some elastic wo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Hugh Wren
>> Anyone got a bright idea on how to get or make a frame for one of >> these things? >Couple of lumps of wood in a bucket full of concrete with the banner cable tied to it? I would have thought some PVC piping and some elastic would work quite well. regards, HughW -- ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Rob Beard
On 10/08/10 23:41, Alan Bell wrote: > From what I can see the banner itself really doesn't cost much, £23 for > a 2ft x 5ft banner seems more than reasonable, the trouble is that just > gets you a floppy bit of vinyl, it needs a frame with elastic dohickys > to pull it all out. Frames seem to cost

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Rob Beard
On 10/08/10 23:19, Joe O'Dell wrote: >> If somebody organises an event out side London how’s a banner going to get >> to them? > Through connections (i.e. meeting up with someone else involved in Ubuntu > UK), at other events or by collection (or via post?) > There is always a way. If the banne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Alan Bell
>From what I can see the banner itself really doesn't cost much, £23 for a 2ft x 5ft banner seems more than reasonable, the trouble is that just gets you a floppy bit of vinyl, it needs a frame with elastic dohickys to pull it all out. Frames seem to cost > £100 and are quite big (hence needing a b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Joe O'Dell
0 > Joe O'Dell wrote: > >> >>>> >>>> Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? >>>> >>> Suppose you had the banner on Sunday. What would you have done with it? >> >> We would have stuck it in the ground with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Yorvyk
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:26:42 +0100 Joe O'Dell wrote: > > >> > >> Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? > >> > > Suppose you had the banner on Sunday. What would you have done with it? > > We would have stuck it in the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Bruno Girin
On Tue, 2010-08-10 at 22:24 +0100, Yorvyk wrote: > On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:22:00 +0100 > Joe O'Dell wrote: > > > > > > Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? > > > Suppose you had the banner on Sunday. What would you have done with i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Joe O'Dell
>> >> Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? >> > Suppose you had the banner on Sunday. What would you have done with it? We would have stuck it in the ground with some super-handy tent pegs near the group, and then it would have been easily visible

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Yorvyk
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:22:00 +0100 Joe O'Dell wrote: > > Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? > Suppose you had the banner on Sunday. What would you have done with it? -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Rob Beard
On 10/08/10 21:22, Joe O'Dell wrote: > Hello All, > > After the confusion regarding location at the GeekNic on Sunday, I > thought it would be wise to raise this point; > > *Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner?* > > **It would most likely just be

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Community Events Banner

2010-08-10 Thread Joe O'Dell
Hello All, After the confusion regarding location at the GeekNic on Sunday, I thought it would be wise to raise this point; Is it possible to have a Ubuntu UK Community Event Banner? It would most likely just be a rather large banner stating "Ubuntu UK - Local Community Event"

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK community, Was Ubuntu UK Bug Jam?

2008-07-30 Thread Ciaran Mooney
> I can appreciate that perspective. How would you suggest it's improved? Make it clear that you were organising *something*, and keeping us informed of all the progress or not that you make. Even if you were having trouble, knowing that you were dealing with it would let others know *something* i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK community, Was Ubuntu UK Bug Jam?

2008-07-30 Thread Julian Burgess
The main idea would be to try and make the UK linux and ubuntu community more coherent and friendly for people looking to get involved. I'm a fairly experienced coder, but I find it difficult to know where to start in order to contribute to Ubuntu. I'm sure no one in the community intends to it be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community Newsletter

2008-07-26 Thread Neil Greenwood
2008/7/26 Matthew Daubney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [snip] > Hopefully this could become another medium in which we can get the news out > through. If anyone has any comments please do comment so we can plan the > way forward. If you want to get involved fantastic! Reply back stating what > you would

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community Newsletter

2008-07-26 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:58:37 +0100, Dianne Reuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 2008-07-26 at 19:30 +0100, Matthew Daubney wrote: >> After a brief discussion in the IRC channel, I'm proposing an ubuntu-uk >> newsletter. The target audience would be you lot, the Ubuntu-UK user > base.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community Newsletter

2008-07-26 Thread matt
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:58:37 +0100, Dianne Reuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 2008-07-26 at 19:30 +0100, Matthew Daubney wrote: >> After a brief discussion in the IRC channel, I'm proposing an ubuntu-uk >> newsletter. The target audience would be you lot, the Ubuntu-UK user > base.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community Newsletter

2008-07-26 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Sat, 2008-07-26 at 19:30 +0100, Matthew Daubney wrote: > After a brief discussion in the IRC channel, I'm proposing an ubuntu-uk > newsletter. The target audience would be you lot, the Ubuntu-UK user base. > It would also be for people who are taking there first steps into the UK > Ubuntu worl

[ubuntu-uk] Community Newsletter

2008-07-26 Thread Matthew Daubney
After a brief discussion in the IRC channel, I'm proposing an ubuntu-uk newsletter. The target audience would be you lot, the Ubuntu-UK user base. It would also be for people who are taking there first steps into the UK Ubuntu world. The various things I see being included are the obligitary rev

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK community, Was Ubuntu UK Bug Jam?

2008-07-24 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:04:04AM +0100, Julian Burgess wrote: > Sorry, didn't mean to offend, I was just frustrated that it often > seems the UK Ubuntu community is quite disjointed. If progress isn't > made public on the wiki or lists then it appears that nothing is > happening. I look forward t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community distro ?

2007-03-26 Thread Michael Wood
Thanks for your response Mark, very insightful, much appreciated. Mark Shuttleworth wrote: >Michael Wood wrote: > > Two things have really touched a nerve with me recently and I would like > to open a discussion. > > Firstly: > [1]https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork#head-8c391b3699f3571c2aedfa7

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community distro ?

2007-03-24 Thread alan c
Michael Wood wrote: > Hi, > > Two things have really touched a nerve with me recently and I would like > to open a discussion. > > Firstly: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork#head-8c391b3699f3571c2aedfa7cb78adb4623206933 > > "Feisty artwork will be designed by kwwii -- of Kubuntu Edgy and KDE

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community distro ?

2007-03-23 Thread TheVeech
On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 10:17 +, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: >Michael Wood wrote: > > Two things have really touched a nerve with me recently and I would like > to open a discussion. > > Firstly: > [1]https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork#head-8c391b3699f3571c2aedfa7cb78adb4623206933 > > "Feisty

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community distro ?

2007-03-23 Thread Robin Menneer
On 3/23/07, Mark Shuttleworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Michael Wood wrote: > > Two things have really touched a nerve with me recently and I would like > to open a discussion. > > Firstly: > [1]https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork#head-8c391b3699f3571c2aedfa7cb78adb4623206933 > > "Feisty artwork

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community distro ?

2007-03-23 Thread Chris Rowson
At the risk of being keelhauled - I gotta say - what he says does make sense to be fair :-S Chris On 23/03/07, Mark Shuttleworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Michael Wood wrote: > > Two things have really touched a nerve with me recently and I would like > to open a discussion. > > Firstly: >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community distro ?

2007-03-23 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Michael Wood wrote: Two things have really touched a nerve with me recently and I would like to open a discussion. Firstly: [1]https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork#head-8c391b3699f3571c2aedfa7cb78adb4623206933 "Feisty artwork will be designed by kwwii -- of Kubuntu Edgy and KDE Oxygen Icon fame.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community distro ?

2007-03-20 Thread Michael Wood
Jonathan Riddell wrote: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 11:32:45PM +, Michael Wood wrote: > >> Firstly: >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork#head-8c391b3699f3571c2aedfa7cb78adb4623206933 >> >> "Feisty artwork will be designed by kwwii -- of Kubuntu Edgy and KDE >> Oxygen Icon fame. He will be work

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community distro ?

2007-03-20 Thread TheVeech
On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 10:10 +, Francis Giannaros wrote: > On Tuesday 20 March 2007 09:52:02 TheVeech wrote: > > I definitely agree that some things are surprisingly difficult, but I > > think there are more options than to merely turn to the commercial > > sector. > > Just a note that I'm not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community distro ?

2007-03-20 Thread Francis Giannaros
On Tuesday 20 March 2007 09:52:02 TheVeech wrote: > I definitely agree that some things are surprisingly difficult, but I > think there are more options than to merely turn to the commercial > sector. Just a note that I'm not sure kwwii can really be described as being in 'the commercial sector'.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community distro ?

2007-03-20 Thread TheVeech
On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 01:15 +, Jonathan Riddell wrote: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 11:32:45PM +, Michael Wood wrote: > > Firstly: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork#head-8c391b3699f3571c2aedfa7cb78adb4623206933 > > > > "Feisty artwork will be designed by kwwii -- of Kubuntu Edgy and KDE >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community distro ?

2007-03-19 Thread Jonathan Riddell
On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 11:32:45PM +, Michael Wood wrote: > Firstly: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork#head-8c391b3699f3571c2aedfa7cb78adb4623206933 > > "Feisty artwork will be designed by kwwii -- of Kubuntu Edgy and KDE > Oxygen Icon fame. He will be working closely with sabdfl in the desi

[ubuntu-uk] Community distro ?

2007-03-19 Thread Michael Wood
Hi, Two things have really touched a nerve with me recently and I would like to open a discussion. Firstly: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork#head-8c391b3699f3571c2aedfa7cb78adb4623206933 "Feisty artwork will be designed by kwwii -- of Kubuntu Edgy and KDE Oxygen Icon fame. He will be working c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community & Language (was: LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September)

2006-09-24 Thread Llywelyn Owen
Should you be considering translation into Welsh you'll need the following web sites:http://www.kyfieithu.co.uk/index.php?lg=en&AND http://www.kyfieithu.co.uk/kywiro/index.php?lg=en  where many common computer terms the terms have already been translated for KDE and other apps - and are available i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Community & Language (was: LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September)

2006-09-24 Thread Caroline Ford
On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 22:56 +0100, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > On 24/09/06, Caroline Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been looking at language packs and comparing our support with UK > > community languages. We don't do very well currently :( > > Perhaps that's something we could focus on

[ubuntu-uk] Community & Language (was: LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September)

2006-09-24 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
On 24/09/06, Caroline Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been looking at language packs and comparing our support with UK > community languages. We don't do very well currently :( Perhaps that's something we could focus on as a team (or a sub-project)? It's also allows people who may not norm