Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-12 Thread paul sutton
On 12/07/12 15:23, Alan Bell wrote: > On 09/07/12 22:09, Barry Drake wrote: >> >> I would feel a bit more encouraged if Canonical were to put a tiny >> bit of effort into raising the profile. The time is ripe as you say, >> Alan. Look at the really annoying adverts that Microsoft put on the >> Li

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-12 Thread Liam Proven
On 12 July 2012 14:58, Alan Bell wrote: > On 12/07/12 14:40, Liam Proven wrote: >> >> >> I do rather feel I am being criticised for something I tried hard to >> avoid doing here. > > do try that little bit harder next time please. Just to reinforce what Laura > and Sarah have already pointed out,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-12 Thread Alan Bell
On 09/07/12 22:09, Barry Drake wrote: I would feel a bit more encouraged if Canonical were to put a tiny bit of effort into raising the profile. The time is ripe as you say, Alan. Look at the really annoying adverts that Microsoft put on the Linux Mag e-pages. A similar effort from Canonic

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-12 Thread Alan Bell
On 12/07/12 14:40, Liam Proven wrote: I do rather feel I am being criticised for something I tried hard to avoid doing here. do try that little bit harder next time please. Just to reinforce what Laura and Sarah have already pointed out, it was not an appropriate comment to make. Lets move on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-12 Thread Sarah Chard
O n Thu, 2012-07-12 at 14:25 +0100, Laura Czajkowski wrote: > > > Maybe you're right and this is why they start watching her, but that > doesn't negate the fact that she gets people interested in Ubuntu and > feeling like they're involved and a basis for learning things. They > also > stay aro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-12 Thread Liam Proven
On 12 July 2012 14:25, Laura Czajkowski wrote: > On 12/07/12 14:11, Liam Proven wrote: >> >> On 12 July 2012 14:01, Laura Czajkowski wrote: >>> >>> On 12/07/12 13:55, Liam Proven wrote: However, she is young, female, appears to be quite geeky and has moderately large breasts,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-12 Thread Laura Czajkowski
On 12/07/12 14:11, Liam Proven wrote: On 12 July 2012 14:01, Laura Czajkowski wrote: On 12/07/12 13:55, Liam Proven wrote: However, she is young, female, appears to be quite geeky and has moderately large breasts, which has ensured her a considerable popular following. I'm not one of them. L

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-12 Thread Liam Proven
On 12 July 2012 14:01, Laura Czajkowski wrote: > > On 12/07/12 13:55, Liam Proven wrote: >> >> >> However, she is young, female, appears to be quite geeky and has >> moderately large breasts, which has ensured her a considerable popular >> following. I'm not one of them. > > Liam there are numerou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-12 Thread Laura Czajkowski
On 12/07/12 13:55, Liam Proven wrote: However, she is young, female, appears to be quite geeky and has moderately large breasts, which has ensured her a considerable popular following. I'm not one of them. Liam there are numerous other ways to describe the work she's done and the audience s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-12 Thread Liam Proven
On 11 July 2012 20:09, Andres Muniz wrote: > > I follow a youtube channel done by Nixie Pixie, seems she can help out on > the gaming and advertizing front? That's "Nixie Pixel". "Nixie" is a kind of early display tube: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tube "Pixel" is short for "picture eleme

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-11 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - > Hi Ivan, > > On 10/07/12 15:44, Ivan Wright wrote: > > Or maybe people aren't interested in Youtube anymore? > > > > Interesting stats you have there Ivan, thanks for that. > > I think there's probably less interest in the distro review style > videos. My youtube

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-10 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Ivan, On 10/07/12 15:44, Ivan Wright wrote: Or maybe people aren't interested in Youtube anymore? Interesting stats you have there Ivan, thanks for that. I think there's probably less interest in the distro review style videos. My youtube stream is awash with them, most of which just sho

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-10 Thread Ivan Wright
Hi Everyone I've been doing Youtube vids for a while focusing mainly on Ubuntu Tutorials, Distro Reviews, and some Application & Gaming reviews. http://www.youtube.com/quidsup My channel has been around for a couple of years and I've had getting on two million views, so I've seen the level of int

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-10 Thread paul sutton
On 10/07/12 01:47, Andres Muniz wrote: > > - Mensaje original - > > The best way to get a linux gaming page could be a updated ebook style > > format-much like the introduction to linux (in pdf format from ages > ago) > > that explains everything clearly for newcomers. A book style > approa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-09 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - > The best way to get a linux gaming page could be a updated ebook style > format-much like the introduction to linux (in pdf format from ages ago) > that explains everything clearly for newcomers. A book style approach (in > digital format) could include documentation

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-09 Thread Anton Kanishchev
The best way to get a linux gaming page could be a updated ebook style format-much like the introduction to linux (in pdf format from ages ago) that explains everything clearly for newcomers. A book style approach (in digital format) could include documentation on games, sources (ppas) of games for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-09 Thread Barry Drake
On 09/07/12 20:53, alan c wrote: I think you have an excellent point. I notice though, that although the more technical Windows user I meet does now, often, actually know of the existence of Ubuntu, it is still most unlikely that the general users of Windows will even have heard about it. I wou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-09 Thread alan c
On 09/07/12 20:36, Daniel Case wrote: Hey guys, If you haven't heard, Windows 8 drops in October (around the release of 12.10) and a lot of speculation says people will be looking for alternate operating systems, Windows 8 gets rid of a lot and it is another Windows Vista as it were, whereas Uni

[ubuntu-uk] Gaming on Ubuntu

2012-07-09 Thread Daniel Case
Hey guys, If you haven't heard, Windows 8 drops in October (around the release of 12.10) and a lot of speculation says people will be looking for alternate operating systems, Windows 8 gets rid of a lot and it is another Windows Vista as it were, whereas Unity has become a pleasure to use. So I th