[ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2010-10-31 Thread bodsda
Hi, I'm Bodsda Thought I would send a quick introduction. I am a programming hobbyist and linux advocater. I am an Ubuntu member, and a member of the Ubuntu beginners team. My wiki link is http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bodsda Looking for more ways to contribute to the community, I have joined this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2009-03-20 Thread Lucy
2009/3/19 Matt : > Hello everyone > > I just wanted to introduce myself to the group. I am an experienced > Linux user, living in South Manchester. My interest is in the promotion > of free software to the general public. I am an experienced Ubuntu user, > web designer and can program in Java and P

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2009-03-19 Thread ged byrom
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:37:21 -, Tim Dobson wrote: > people wrote: > > I'm from South Manchester, Cheshire, etc. > > Are people aware of the existence of: > > Manchester Free Software Group - http://manchester.fsuk.org > Manchester Linux User Group - http://manlug.org > #manlug Currybeer Socia

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2009-03-19 Thread ged byrom
Please disregard the other message from me. I didn't check the email address before I pressed the button. Have sent the message to the list so no need to forward it. Ged -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2009-03-19 Thread ged byrom
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:37:21 -, Tim Dobson wrote: > people wrote: > > I'm from South Manchester, Cheshire, etc. > > Are people aware of the existence of: > > Manchester Free Software Group - http://manchester.fsuk.org > Manchester Linux User Group - http://manlug.org > #manlug Currybeer Socia

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2009-03-19 Thread Daniel Davies
I would be interested in an Ubuntu group. I'm quite experienced with Ubuntu installation and desktop usage, and have used it for a short time as a server as well (before I lost my job in West Yorkshire). I installed Ubuntu and Edubuntu for several friends, neighbours and relatives, usually with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2009-03-19 Thread Tim Dobson
people wrote: I'm from South Manchester, Cheshire, etc. Are people aware of the existence of: Manchester Free Software Group - http://manchester.fsuk.org Manchester Linux User Group - http://manlug.org #manlug Currybeer Social - http://manlug.org.uk DFEY-NW - Digital Freedom in Education and You

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2009-03-19 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 doug livesey wrote: > Yeah -- sadly they filled them in with pound shops! > > 2009/3/19 Sean Miller > >> 2009/3/19 doug livesey : >>> I'm terrible at actually making it to meetups, but nonetheless would be >>> interested in such a group. >>> I'm lov

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2009-03-19 Thread doug livesey
Yeah -- sadly they filled them in with pound shops! 2009/3/19 Sean Miller > 2009/3/19 doug livesey : > > I'm terrible at actually making it to meetups, but nonetheless would be > > interested in such a group. > > I'm loving Ubuntu, but work pressure being what it is, I'm just not > getting > > t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2009-03-19 Thread Sean Miller
2009/3/19 doug livesey : > I'm terrible at actually making it to meetups, but nonetheless would be > interested in such a group. > I'm loving Ubuntu, but work pressure being what it is, I'm just not getting > the time to explore it properly on my own, so a group could be perfect. > I'm based just d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2009-03-19 Thread doug livesey
I'm terrible at actually making it to meetups, but nonetheless would be interested in such a group. I'm loving Ubuntu, but work pressure being what it is, I'm just not getting the time to explore it properly on my own, so a group could be perfect. I'm based just down the road near Blackburn. Dou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2009-03-19 Thread Simon Wears
I'm in Manchester city center, and would be interested in such a group. Simon Wears munkyju...@gmail.com http://MunkyJunky.com | http://Twitter.com/MunkyJunky MunkyJunky on irc.freenode.net On 19 Mar 2009, at 07:39, James Milligan wrote: > Hi Matt > > I run Ubuntu on a virtual machine and don't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2009-03-19 Thread James Milligan
Hi Matt I run Ubuntu on a virtual machine and don't really have a lot of experience with it to be honest. I also live in south Manchester - well more Cheshire really - so it'd be helpful for me to have one of those groups ;-) James On 19 Mar 2009, at 07:24, Matt wrote: > Hello everyone >

[ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2009-03-19 Thread Matt
Hello everyone I just wanted to introduce myself to the group. I am an experienced Linux user, living in South Manchester. My interest is in the promotion of free software to the general public. I am an experienced Ubuntu user, web designer and can program in Java and Python to an intermediate lev

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction, and research

2009-01-22 Thread Karl Beecher
Thanks guys. I thought ubuntu-qa might be a good place to start. 2009/1/21 Dave Morley : > On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 10:48 +, Bruce Beardall wrote: >> Hi Karl >> >> I couldn't tell you where to start with this (although it's an >> interesting idea), just thought I'd drop a line and say welcome to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction, and research

2009-01-21 Thread Dave Morley
On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 10:48 +, Bruce Beardall wrote: > Hi Karl > > I couldn't tell you where to start with this (although it's an > interesting idea), just thought I'd drop a line and say welcome to the > adventure. > > Or should that be ubu-venture? > > Regards > > Bruce > > > 2009/1/21

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction, and research

2009-01-21 Thread Bruce Beardall
Hi Karl I couldn't tell you where to start with this (although it's an interesting idea), just thought I'd drop a line and say welcome to the adventure. Or should that be ubu-venture? Regards Bruce 2009/1/21 Karl Beecher > Hi, > > My name is Karl Beecher, I've been a Linux user for about 5

[ubuntu-uk] Introduction, and research

2009-01-21 Thread Karl Beecher
Hi, My name is Karl Beecher, I've been a Linux user for about 5 years now and a dedicated Ubuntu user for 3 of those. My personal passion right now is OSS research, and at the moment I'm finishing up my thesis on that topic at the University of Lincoln. I've done research into GNOME, KDE, and Deb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2007-01-10 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 23:34 +, Paul Tansom wrote: > I can almost hear Popey muttering "oh no, who let him in here" ;) > Now I can't quite figure if I am following you around mailing lists or you're following me. I'd say it's a draw at the moment! :) Cheers, Al. signature.asc Description: T

[ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2007-01-10 Thread Paul Tansom
After my first post I thought I'd better say a proper "Hi" to those that don't know me. Not sure how active I'll be on here yet, but decided to join as I'm expecting to use Ubuntu for customer installs (when I can get them to use Linux on the desktop). I'm (slowly) coming round to using Ubuntu mys

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2006-09-22 Thread ac
David Morley wrote: > Hi my name is Dave Morley, I'm 33 and live in Wolverhampton. I am > informed that I'm not a newbie any more, so class myself as a novice > in both computing in general and using Linux. I tried just about > every combination of Linux desktop/distro I could get my hands on, bu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2006-09-22 Thread ac
David Morley wrote: >> There is a page detailing the various things you can do to help out >> ubuntu and how to get involved with each here: >> >> http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate >> >> and a more lengthy and up to date version here: >> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ContributeToUbuntu >> >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2006-09-22 Thread David Morley
> There is a page detailing the various things you can do to help out > ubuntu and how to get involved with each here: > > http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate > > and a more lengthy and up to date version here: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ContributeToUbuntu > I already reply a fair amount o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2006-09-22 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:13:59 +0100 "David Morley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi my name is Dave Morley, I'm 33 and live in Wolverhampton. I am > informed that I'm not a newbie any more, so class myself as a novice > in both computing in general and using Linux. I tried just about > every combi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2006-09-22 Thread Scott James Remnant
On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 12:13 +0100, David Morley wrote: > Which brings me here to this list in order to see if there is > anything I can do to further the movement of my favoured Distro. > What interests you most? Scott -- Have you ever, ever felt like this? Had strange things happen? Are you g

[ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2006-09-21 Thread David Morley
Hi my name is Dave Morley, I'm 33 and live in Wolverhampton. I am informed that I'm not a newbie any more, so class myself as a novice in both computing in general and using Linux. I tried just about every combination of Linux desktop/distro I could get my hands on, but kept going back to Ubuntu.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question!

2006-05-07 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On Sunday 07 May 2006 17:42, john levin wrote: > Howard A N Perrin wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-05-07 at 13:30 +0100, Baza wrote: > >>> is there a way of upgrading Evolution to 2.6 on Breezy? > >> > >> Don't! it's rubbish and full of bugs. It's made me move to Thunderbird. > > > > What's wrong with it?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question!

2006-05-07 Thread john levin
Howard A N Perrin wrote: On Sun, 2006-05-07 at 13:30 +0100, Baza wrote: is there a way of upgrading Evolution to 2.6 on Breezy? Don't! it's rubbish and full of bugs. It's made me move to Thunderbird. What's wrong with it? Importantly for me: does the exchange connector work? Howy Ther

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question!

2006-05-07 Thread Dean Sas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Howard A N Perrin wrote: > On Sun, 2006-05-07 at 13:30 +0100, Baza wrote: >> > >> > is there a way of upgrading Evolution to 2.6 on Breezy? >> >> Don't! it's rubbish and full of bugs. It's made me move to Thunderbird. >> >> > What's wrong with it? Impo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question!

2006-05-07 Thread Howard A N Perrin
On Sun, 2006-05-07 at 13:30 +0100, Baza wrote: > > is there a way of upgrading Evolution to 2.6 on Breezy? Don't! it's rubbish and full of bugs. It's made me move to Thunderbird. What's wrong with it? Importantly for me: does the exchange connector work? Howy -- ubuntu-uk mailing lis

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question!

2006-05-07 Thread Gabriel Dragffy
What's wrong with kmail? Is it any good? On Sunday 07 May 2006 20:30, Baza wrote: > > is there a way of upgrading Evolution to 2.6 on Breezy? > > > > > > -- > > Don't! it's rubbish and full of bugs. It's made me move to Thunderbird. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question!

2006-05-07 Thread Baza
is there a way of upgrading Evolution to 2.6 on Breezy? -- Don't! it's rubbish and full of bugs. It's made me move to Thunderbird. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question!

2006-05-07 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
Hi all, I'm a retired Management and Systems Accountant, and I don't like the way MS locks people in and prevents indivduals from using their copy of Windows as they want to! I've tried Fedora Core, mepis and Knoppix, and have found Ubuntu the best. Eagerly looking forward to the gold release of Da

[ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2006-05-03 Thread Andrew McEwen
Well I've been reading all the introductions and so here's mine. By the sound of it I am the least capable in Linux. I have used Linux (Mandrake) for several years and just recently changed to Ubuntu. I'm glad I did. I use Ubuntu at home. I promote it whenever I can but usually to deaf ears. I am n

[ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2006-05-03 Thread Matthew Saunders
Hi, I'm Matthew from Chelmsford, Essex. I have been using Linux since 2001 and run the Chelmsford Linux User Group. I currently manage around 15 Linux Servers and another 40 other servers, mostly running Windows Server. The distro that I use mostly is OpenSuSE 10.1 and SuSE 9.3, but I want (ne

[ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2005-08-03 Thread Magnus Therning
I thought I'd send off a short introduction since I just joined the list. I've recently (6 months is recently I think) moved from Holland to the UK. Working in Cambridge as a security auditor and living walking distance from the office :-) My homepage has some more info. /M -- Magnus Therning

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question

2005-08-03 Thread Nick Mcmahon
Norman Silverstone wrote: I am sorry, bit I must disagree with you. One of the very strong points about Ubuntu is the community and, to some extent, the bigger and more diverse the community is the better for all. FWIW, I think the only reason for separate groups is one of ease of communication

RE: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question

2005-08-03 Thread Norman Silverstone
On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 17:12 +0100, Geoffrey Ready wrote: > Hi Matt > > Thanks for the welcome. I'd prefer to stick to the UK list! > > Geoffrey Good for you and may I also add my welcome. Norman -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question

2005-08-03 Thread Norman Silverstone
On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 16:37 +0100, Nick Mcmahon wrote: > Matthew East wrote: > > >When the group (-uk) was started, the reason we called it -uk was that > >we wanted to include all of the UK. In fact this was insisted upon :) > i'm also new, but i have to agree with that, setting up a seperate

RE: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question

2005-08-03 Thread Geoffrey Ready
Hi Matt Thanks for the welcome. I'd prefer to stick to the UK list! Geoffrey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew East Sent: 03 August 2005 14:23 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and questio

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question

2005-08-03 Thread Nick Mcmahon
Matthew East wrote: When the group (-uk) was started, the reason we called it -uk was that we wanted to include all of the UK. In fact this was insisted upon :) The "Britain" on that link you refer to is probably misplaced! We'll get it changed... This doesn't stop you setting up a separate Ir

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question

2005-08-03 Thread Matthew East
On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 10:01 +0100, Geoffrey Ready wrote: {snip} > My question involves whether this group is the right place for people > from Northern Ireland to be. It's called "ubuntu-UK" but the website > (HYPERLINK http://www.ubuntu-uk.org/ http://www.ubuntu-uk.org/) refers > to "Ubuntu and

[ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question

2005-08-03 Thread Geoffrey Ready
Title: Introduction and question Hi I've just joined this list and thought I'd introduce myself. I manage a not-for-profit social economy business operating in Belfast, Northern Ireland. We work mainly with charities and not-for-profits to help them with their ICT and other systems, doing