Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld

2006-10-27 Thread alan c
Alan Pope wrote: > On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 08:41:38AM +0100, Gary Kearley wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> Great day out yesterday at LinuxWorld. It was good to meet some of you, >> even if it was quite briefly, it seemed rather busy there and the booths >> were pretty cramped. >> > > It was indeed a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld

2006-10-27 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 08:41:38AM +0100, Gary Kearley wrote: > Hi folks, > > Great day out yesterday at LinuxWorld. It was good to meet some of you, > even if it was quite briefly, it seemed rather busy there and the booths > were pretty cramped. > It was indeed a top couple of days. My legs a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld

2006-10-26 Thread Caroline Ford
On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 21:53 +0100, Matthew Saunders wrote: > On 26/10/06, Gary Kearley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Great day out yesterday at LinuxWorld. > > A superb event. I look forward to it all year long. > > Good to see a large number stands offering Ubuntu disks - more square > footage

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld

2006-10-26 Thread Matthew Saunders
On 26/10/06, Gary Kearley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Great day out yesterday at LinuxWorld. A superb event. I look forward to it all year long. Good to see a large number stands offering Ubuntu disks - more square footage of Ubuntu than Novell. Any ideas as to how many CDs were given out? Ma

[ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld

2006-10-26 Thread Gary Kearley
Hi folks, Great day out yesterday at LinuxWorld. It was good to meet some of you, even if it was quite briefly, it seemed rather busy there and the booths were pretty cramped. Sadly I had to make a move, as for the last few years I've suffered with what can only be described as agoraphobia, and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld Planning .ORG requirements.

2006-09-28 Thread Tony Arnold
Nik, On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 09:03 +0100, nik wrote: > Just a reminder from Brian Teeman who is the point of contact for the > .ORG village for us. > > -- > Promoting the Expo > Can I remind you all that part of the deal in participating in the .Org > Village is that you promote the Expo within y

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld Planning .ORG requirements.

2006-09-28 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 09:03:11AM +0100, nik wrote: > Just a reminder from Brian Teeman who is the point of contact for the > .ORG village for us. > > -- > Promoting the Expo > Can I remind you all that part of the deal in participating in the .Org > Village is that you promote the Expo within

[ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld Planning .ORG requirements.

2006-09-28 Thread nik
Just a reminder from Brian Teeman who is the point of contact for the .ORG village for us. -- Promoting the Expo Can I remind you all that part of the deal in participating in the .Org Village is that you promote the Expo within your community. This can be in the form of a newsletter, emailshot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September

2006-09-25 Thread Alan Helmore-Simpson
From: "Andrew Gee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I can't make it to LinuxWorld unfortunately as I'm only 15. But is there > any chance of buying one of these t-shirts and you sending them to me? I will happily pick one up for you and send it to you. Send me a message off-list with your details. Alan.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September

2006-09-25 Thread Andrew Gee
On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 17:27 +0100, Nik Butler wrote: > Id like to order up some Polo Shirts to > wear on the day as well as Sell can I get a Commitment for at least an > order of 20 , since I can get the price reduced on larger quantities and > I can get 25 for £10.00 each so guess what .. if we

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September

2006-09-25 Thread ac
Nik Butler wrote: [...] > Things im still waiting for suggestions/content/materials/confirmation > of a good idea on ; keeping it simple theres just a couple of things: > > 1. Things to Show/Demo during the two days. Ah - something I have thought of but do not know how to do yet, and might be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September

2006-09-25 Thread ac
Nik Butler wrote: > Afternoon all. So its been a quiet week on the list regarding the > exhibition but that does not mean we have not been hammering away > behind the scenes. > > First off thanks to Alan Helmore-Simpson and Paul Sladen for keeping the > Ubuntu Tablet demo project moving forwar

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 - Who Where When...

2006-09-25 Thread Nicholas Butler
Hi Gary This might help https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LinuxWorldLondon2006 Nik -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 - Who Where When...

2006-09-25 Thread Gary Kearley
Hi, I'm planning to make the trip down to London from Essex to go to LinuxWorld, not sure what day to go, where ubuntu-uk will be in the halls and who will be there... Who else is going? ie how many ubuntu-uk people might I find down there? Does anyone have a hall/stand layout map? (or will thi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September

2006-09-25 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 11:07:38AM +0100, Sean Miller wrote: > > > Alan Pope wrote: > > > >> On the subject of Kubuntu/Ubuntu/Xubuntu, I dont mind installing > >> kubuntu-desktop and xubuntu-desktop on my ubuntu laptop and logon 3 times > >> to > >> allow us to quickly switch between desktops

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September

2006-09-25 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 11:03:58AM +0100, john levin wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: > > > > > On the subject of Kubuntu/Ubuntu/Xubuntu, I dont mind installing > > kubuntu-desktop and xubuntu-desktop on my ubuntu laptop and logon 3 times to > > allow us to quickly switch between desktops for demos. > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September

2006-09-25 Thread Sean Miller
Chadwick Longstaff wrote: >> How does that work, Alan? >> >> Are you saying you run the other two desktops in >> parallel with the main >> one? How do you then switch? Ctrl-Alt-Fx etc.? >> >> Would be interested to see this in action... >> Fascinating... I must look into this further... if you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September

2006-09-25 Thread Chadwick Longstaff
--- Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Alan Pope wrote: > > > >> On the subject of Kubuntu/Ubuntu/Xubuntu, I dont > mind installing > >> kubuntu-desktop and xubuntu-desktop on my ubuntu > laptop and logon 3 times to > >> allow us to quickly switch between desktops for > demos. > >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September

2006-09-25 Thread Sean Miller
> Alan Pope wrote: > >> On the subject of Kubuntu/Ubuntu/Xubuntu, I dont mind installing >> kubuntu-desktop and xubuntu-desktop on my ubuntu laptop and logon 3 times to >> allow us to quickly switch between desktops for demos. >> How does that work, Alan? Are you saying you run the other

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September

2006-09-25 Thread john levin
Alan Pope wrote: > > On the subject of Kubuntu/Ubuntu/Xubuntu, I dont mind installing > kubuntu-desktop and xubuntu-desktop on my ubuntu laptop and logon 3 times to > allow us to quickly switch between desktops for demos. > VMWare Player is your friend. I have images of Ubuntu and Kubuntu 6.06

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September

2006-09-25 Thread Alan Pope
On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 05:27:11PM +0100, Nik Butler wrote: > More people have signed up to help out on the stand. You can expect me > to be asking the commitment question next week to ensure we can start > planning who will be where and if equipment will need to be moved and > how we can start

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September

2006-09-24 Thread Caroline Ford
On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 17:27 +0100, Nik Butler wrote: > Afternoon all. So its been a quiet week on the list regarding the > exhibition but that does not mean we have not been hammering away > behind the scenes. > > The Ubuntu people have contacted me to confirm that the request for > SHIP-IT

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September

2006-09-24 Thread Adam Bagnall
Nik Butler wrote: > Afternoon all. So its been a quiet week on the list regarding the > exhibition but that does not mean we have not been hammering away > behind the scenes. > > First off thanks to Alan Helmore-Simpson and Paul Sladen for keeping the > Ubuntu Tablet demo project moving forward

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September

2006-09-24 Thread john levin
Nik Butler wrote: > Afternoon all. So its been a quiet week on the list regarding the > exhibition but that does not mean we have not been hammering away > behind the scenes. > > First off thanks to Alan Helmore-Simpson and Paul Sladen for keeping the > Ubuntu Tablet demo project moving forwar

[ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September

2006-09-24 Thread Nik Butler
Afternoon all. So its been a quiet week on the list regarding the exhibition but that does not mean we have not been hammering away behind the scenes. First off thanks to Alan Helmore-Simpson and Paul Sladen for keeping the Ubuntu Tablet demo project moving forward. By now Paul should be in p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning - Update 14th Sept.

2006-09-15 Thread ana
o fill out? I was thinking for the > postcard idea that ASDA do 6x4 prints for 10p each if you buy a lot, > but it doesnt matter what you get developed, it doesnt have to be a photo. > > - Original Message - > From: nik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, September 14, 2

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning - Update 14th Sept.

2006-09-14 Thread Alan Helmore-Simpson
> I'll do some picture taking, but I dont have a website or blog to upload > them. Also I've got a big HP Laserjet printer although it's only b&w, > so if needed I can print out loads of handouts maybe? As for interviewing > visitors are we going to have some sort of short questionnaire I have a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning - Update 14th Sept.

2006-09-14 Thread ac
nik wrote: > Since I wont get a chance to post this over the weekend, here is your > end of week update, > > > > 1: Thank You to > > Adam Bagnall, Alan Pope, Alan Helmore-Simpson,Stuart Parkington and > Ashley Hooper whom have all volunteered to aid in Setup and Attendance. > We believe Jo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning - Update 14th Sept.

2006-09-14 Thread ajb35
03 amSubject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning - Update 14th Sept.To: British Ubuntu Talk > Since I wont get a chance to post this over the weekend, here is > your > end of week update,> > > > 1:  Thank You to> > Adam Bagnall, Alan Pope, Alan Helmore-Simpson,S

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning - Update 14th Sept.

2006-09-14 Thread nik
Since I wont get a chance to post this over the weekend, here is your end of week update, 1: Thank You to Adam Bagnall, Alan Pope, Alan Helmore-Simpson,Stuart Parkington and Ashley Hooper whom have all volunteered to aid in Setup and Attendance. We believe Jono Bacon may even make an appea

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning page

2006-09-12 Thread Philip Wyett
On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 18:18 +0100, nik wrote: > William Anderson wrote: > > nik wrote: > > > >>> use the boot to gather in people and get them involved after the event. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> id also suggest not leaving it to the spill checker ! boot should be booth > >> ! > >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning page

2006-09-12 Thread ac
nik wrote: > William Anderson wrote: >> nik wrote: >> use the boot to gather in people and get them involved after the event. >>> id also suggest not leaving it to the spill checker ! boot should be booth ! >>> >> >> Booth person: Would you like to peruse the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning page

2006-09-12 Thread nik
William Anderson wrote: > nik wrote: > >>> use the boot to gather in people and get them involved after the event. >>> >>> >>> >> id also suggest not leaving it to the spill checker ! boot should be booth ! >> > > Booth person: Would you like to peruse the enlightened wares of >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning page

2006-09-12 Thread nik
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning page

2006-09-12 Thread Matthew Saunders
I have a contact at Turret group who works with the Linux World Expo marking. They may be able to put a link and logo on the front page of the LinuxWorldExpo.co.uk website to point towards the UKTeam wiki page, if we have a link back to them (on the LinuxWorldLondon2006 wiki page maybe). They wer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning page

2006-09-12 Thread William Anderson
nik wrote: >> use the boot to gather in people and get them involved after the event. >> >> > id also suggest not leaving it to the spill checker ! boot should be booth ! Booth person: Would you like to peruse the enlightened wares of Ubuntu? Show attendee: E, not really, I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning page

2006-09-12 Thread nik
> use the boot to gather in people and get them involved after the event. > > id also suggest not leaving it to the spill checker ! boot should be booth ! > NIk > > > -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning page

2006-09-12 Thread nik
> carrier bags, leaflets, CDs and so on. How much do they read? What do > you need to do to make yours stand out? > Well starters for ten for the ideas why not pick a theme from the LUG bof Ubuntu ... Just Do It. Of course ive removed the F bomb . You right though people get hammered and bo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning page

2006-09-12 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 00:34 +0100, Jono Bacon wrote: > I have created a page at > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LinuxWorldLondon2006 to help organise the > booth. If everyone who is interested can keep that page up to date, that > would be great. :) Ok, updated with my info. I can probably do all

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning page

2006-09-12 Thread Tony Arnold
Jono, On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 00:34 +0100, Jono Bacon wrote: > Sorry for breaking up the thread, but I figured this will make it more > obvious to those who have volunteered to help the booth at LinuxWorld. > > I have created a page at > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LinuxWorldLondon2006 to help

[ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld planning page

2006-09-11 Thread Jono Bacon
Hi all, Sorry for breaking up the thread, but I figured this will make it more obvious to those who have volunteered to help the booth at LinuxWorld. I have created a page at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LinuxWorldLondon2006 to help organise the booth. If everyone who is interested can keep tha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linuxworld London

2006-09-09 Thread Ashley Hooper
-- Jonobacon wrote: > So, I am proposing we meet in the .org village on Wed 25th Oct at > 2.30pm. > Can anyone make it along? I shall do my damnedest and, living in London, I don't have many excuses for not attending! Ash -- "We do not inherit the earthhttp://backtobreath.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London

2005-08-26 Thread john levin
Scott James Remnant wrote: > On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 01:20 +0100, john levin wrote: > >>Benj. Mako Hill wrote: >> >>>We have a "long" history of sharing space with the both Debian and >>>GNOME booths. If the folks at this Debian expo are also OK with it, we >>>can work something out. It's really up

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London

2005-08-26 Thread Scott James Remnant
On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 01:20 +0100, john levin wrote: > Benj. Mako Hill wrote: > > We have a "long" history of sharing space with the both Debian and > > GNOME booths. If the folks at this Debian expo are also OK with it, we > > can work something out. It's really up to them. > > I'll email the De

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London

2005-08-26 Thread Jonathan Riddell
On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 01:30:19AM +0100, john levin wrote: > Jonathan Riddell wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 03:20:26PM +0100, Paul Sladen wrote: > > > >>It would be handy to at least have the Ubuntu/Debian stands adjacent. Also > >>don't know what Jonathan wants to do about Kubuntu... jr:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London

2005-08-26 Thread john levin
Jonathan Riddell wrote: > On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 03:20:26PM +0100, Paul Sladen wrote: > >>It would be handy to at least have the Ubuntu/Debian stands adjacent. Also >>don't know what Jonathan wants to do about Kubuntu... jr: any ideas? > > > Alas I won't be there. > > Jonathan > Can you ge

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London

2005-08-26 Thread Jonathan Riddell
On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 03:20:26PM +0100, Paul Sladen wrote: > It would be handy to at least have the Ubuntu/Debian stands adjacent. Also > don't know what Jonathan wants to do about Kubuntu... jr: any ideas? Alas I won't be there. Jonathan -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London

2005-08-26 Thread john levin
Benj. Mako Hill wrote: > > >>This brings me to the second point; we can hopefully get the Ubuntu >>community along, but beyond that there's a large overlap between the >>Ubunties and Debianites. Last year at the Expo we had two mega-stands: >>Debian/Emdebian/Linux-ARM cabal and a GNOME/KDE/Xorg

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London

2005-08-26 Thread Benj. Mako Hill
> This brings me to the second point; we can hopefully get the Ubuntu > community along, but beyond that there's a large overlap between the > Ubunties and Debianites. Last year at the Expo we had two mega-stands: > Debian/Emdebian/Linux-ARM cabal and a GNOME/KDE/Xorg/FreeDesktop.org one. > £ >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London

2005-08-24 Thread Sean Miller
Jane, Happy to help out if required. Like Magnus may only be able to do one day, but would love to promote the distro. Sean -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London

2005-08-24 Thread Magnus Therning
On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 03:35:16PM +0100, Jane Silber wrote: [..] >If Canonical provides some free stuff, are there enough community people >who will man the stand for us? I'd be available for one day. Any standards one has to live up to in order to be help out? /M -- Magnus Therning

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London

2005-08-22 Thread Jane Silber
Hi all - We've been trying to get an Ubuntu stand in the .org village at LWE, but it is all full and the organisers aren't budging. There is a chance that we can get part of stand B57 next door, but I won't know for sure until sometime next week (see attached map. Shaded means the stand is taken)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London

2005-08-22 Thread Paul Sladen
On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Benj. Mako Hill wrote: Hello Mako et al, > Hi Jane and rest of the Ubuntu-UK community! > It sounds like our presence is desired. :) First off, the dates are: Tuesday 2005-10-05 - Wednesday 2005-10-06 (With setup being the afternoon before). It's amazing to think that