Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-10 Thread alan c
Alan Pope wrote: > On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 09:11:47PM +, alan c wrote: >> agreed yes, an da topic I discuss with real newcomers is about the >> wonders of installation and partitions. There are many different >> circumstances, and each can be handled with some text and some screen >> shots. Ins

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 11:30:54PM +, Alan Pope wrote: > http://quickones.org/videos/20061108_installing_updates.ogg (10.7MB) > http://quickones.org/videos/20061108_installing_updates.mpeg (34.4MB) > Added:- http://quickones.org/videos/20061108_installing_updates_audio_only.ogg (3.1MiB) aud

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Tony Arnold
Alan Pope wrote: > Yeah, I am thinking of doing one on installation using the alternate cd > rather than the live > one. Simply because the alternate one has so many more options that people > might need whereas > the live installer is pretty basic and not fun to watch. I was wondering abou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 09:11:47PM +, alan c wrote: > agreed yes, an da topic I discuss with real newcomers is about the > wonders of installation and partitions. There are many different > circumstances, and each can be handled with some text and some screen > shots. Install is the biggest anx

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 09:07:07PM +, alan c wrote: > charity calendar pictures in swimsuits? :-) I suspect we'd get paid *not* to release that! :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread alan c
Alan Pope wrote: > On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 08:43:03PM +, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: >> On 09/11/06, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 07:59:05PM +, alan c wrote: >> > Cool, don't forget to make suggestions as to what you think should go in >> > them. I'm basi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread alan c
Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > On 09/11/06, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 07:59:05PM +, alan c wrote: >> Cool, don't forget to make suggestions as to what you think should go in >> them. I'm basically >> working through my own list, but if anyone suggests *simple

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 08:43:03PM +, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > On 09/11/06, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 07:59:05PM +, alan c wrote: > > Cool, don't forget to make suggestions as to what you think should go in > > them. I'm basically > > working throu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
On 09/11/06, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 07:59:05PM +, alan c wrote: > Cool, don't forget to make suggestions as to what you think should go in > them. I'm basically > working through my own list, but if anyone suggests *simple* topics for > recording I'll c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 07:59:05PM +, alan c wrote: > Nicholas Butler wrote: > > [...] > > > In my mind I feel that we could do with something like a new member > > information pack something which at first does not intimidate with a > > plethora of things to know but also can serve as a ju

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread alan c
Alan Pope wrote: > On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 11:30:54PM +, Alan Pope wrote: >> I am also currently uploading the video to Google, as I believe this can >> help raise the > > It's live already:- > > http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=453662309640788290&hl=en-GB Really nice Alan, well d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread alan c
Alan Pope wrote: > On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 12:37:25PM +, Jonathan Roberts wrote: >> Hey, >> >> I've just watched the screen cast and thought it was really good! Don't >> really think you need to make any changes to the splash screen, although >> with the idea of pretty as a feature being thr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread alan c
Nicholas Butler wrote: [...] > In my mind I feel that we could do with something like a new member > information pack something which at first does not intimidate with a > plethora of things to know but also can serve as a jumping off point > from FAQs ( these vary in their usefulness ! ) to W

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Nicholas Butler
> A guy in the states does a podcast called Linux Reality. > http://linuxreality.com/ . He does an > excellent job of covering Linux based stuff in an audio only format. It can > be a little dry at > True story: I had no idea who Ted Heagar ( reverented.wordpress.com ) was when we were ha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 04:18:38PM +, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > Are you hosting them on your own server (&bandwidth)? If so, you may > want to look at using coralcache (& Apache rewrite rules) to reduce > your bandwidth a little. Yes, currently they're on my own paid for hosting. This is fin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
On 09/11/06, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 03:27:31PM +, Tony Arnold wrote: > > I certainly think we should find an Ubuntu branded home for these screen > > casts, if only so we all have a single place to look for such things and > > don't have to remember/bookm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 04:13:50PM +, Stuart Parkington wrote: > >> I certainly think we should find an Ubuntu branded home for these screen > >> casts, > > I think eventually a Ubuntu branded home would certainly be best. If > nothing else Alan's credits screen at the end of the 'case would

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Stuart Parkington
>> I certainly think we should find an Ubuntu branded home for these screen >> casts, I think eventually a Ubuntu branded home would certainly be best. If nothing else Alan's credits screen at the end of the 'case would then point viewers in the direction of the main Ubuntu site. Top job Alan B

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 03:27:31PM +, Tony Arnold wrote: > I certainly think we should find an Ubuntu branded home for these screen > casts, if only so we all have a single place to look for such things and > don't have to remember/bookmark different URLs. > > I have no idea where the right pl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Tony Arnold
Alan, Alan Pope wrote: > I've made this one available in both OGG/Theora/Vorbis and MPEG/MPEG2/MP2 > format. Hopefully this > should mean people can play it with little or no effort on any platform. I'd > be interested to > hear feedback from people about platforms and/or players they play on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Tony Arnold
Jonathan Roberts wrote: > I know I've said this about the screencasts on this list before, but I > really think any one making them should post them to > http://ubuntuclips.org/ as well: otherwise I worry we'll be duplicating > efforts. Just a thought. I certainly think we should find an Ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 12:37:25PM +, Jonathan Roberts wrote: > Hey, > > I've just watched the screen cast and thought it was really good! Don't > really think you need to make any changes to the splash screen, although > with the idea of pretty as a feature being thrown around by Mark > Sh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Jonathan Roberts
Hey, I've just watched the screen cast and thought it was really good! Don't really think you need to make any changes to the splash screen, although with the idea of pretty as a feature being thrown around by Mark Shuttleworth and the like maybe it would be a nice extra (although I have zero

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-08 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 12:01:51AM +, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > It's nicely done & comes over very professionally / easy to follow. Thamks! > One problem I have though is that the video quality makes it sometimes > impossible to read what's actually on the screen - especially large > lines

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-08 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
On 08/11/06, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 11:30:54PM +, Alan Pope wrote: > > I am also currently uploading the video to Google, as I believe this can > > help raise the > It's live already:- > http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=453662309640788290&hl=en-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-08 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 11:53:48PM +, Rob Beard wrote: > That sounds good. I'll take a look at it tomorrow at work and show a > couple of the non-Linux users and see what they think. > Excellent idea. They're target audience as far as I'm concerned. > Having it available in MPEG 2 format s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-08 Thread Rob Beard
Alan Pope wrote: > Hi, > > Thought I'd have another go at a screencast. This one is about installing > updates as and when > required. It's only 7 mins long and doesn't go into massive detail, but shows > the basics of > installing updates on Ubuntu. I added the header and footer at the start a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-08 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 11:30:54PM +, Alan Pope wrote: > I am also currently uploading the video to Google, as I believe this can help > raise the It's live already:- http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=453662309640788290&hl=en-GB Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://l

[ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-08 Thread Alan Pope
Hi, Thought I'd have another go at a screencast. This one is about installing updates as and when required. It's only 7 mins long and doesn't go into massive detail, but shows the basics of installing updates on Ubuntu. I added the header and footer at the start and end. I'm not entirely hap