Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spread Ubuntu today

2010-04-29 Thread Rob Beard
On 29/04/10 09:46, John Stevenson wrote: > On 29 April 2010 09:34, simon bennie > > wrote: > > Hi guys i've decided to spend a half hour > today politely emailing news outlets and tech websites/shows trying > to conince them to give a full

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spread Ubuntu today

2010-04-29 Thread John Stevenson
On 29 April 2010 09:34, simon bennie wrote: > Hi guys i've decided to spend a half hour today politely emailing news > outlets and tech websites/shows trying to conince them to give a full > reveiew of the new Ubuntu. i got the idea from the forums. > > I think it would all be great if we could do

[ubuntu-uk] Spread Ubuntu today

2010-04-29 Thread simon bennie
Hi guys i've decided to spend a half hour today politely emailing news outlets and tech websites/shows trying to conince them to give a full reveiew of the new Ubuntu. i got the idea from the forums. I think it would all be great if we could do this. So far i have emailed: click online: cl...@bb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spread Ubuntu: More stuff added

2007-04-22 Thread Toby Smithe
On Sat, 2007-04-21 at 13:35 -0700, Robin Stent wrote: > Just wanted to let you know that I've added a load of marketing material to > my Spread Ubuntu site. As well as some of the more obviously available stuff > I've collated items from various forum posts etc that should be a useful > resource fo

[ubuntu-uk] Spread Ubuntu: More stuff added

2007-04-21 Thread Robin Stent
Just wanted to let you know that I've added a load of marketing material to my Spread Ubuntu site. As well as some of the more obviously available stuff I've collated items from various forum posts etc that should be a useful resource for people who want to help spread Ubuntu. Have a look, let me

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spread Ubuntu

2007-04-14 Thread Rob Stent
Ok I'll try to respond to all the comments in one go: As I mentioned in my first post I have read various discussions on the possibility of setting up a Spread Ubuntu site in a similar vain as spread firefox. This includes spending some time reading the discussions at the Marketing Team wiki. T

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spread Ubuntu

2007-04-13 Thread Dean Sas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alan Pope wrote: > On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 05:15:06PM +0100, Dean Sas wrote: >> As mentioned previously the Marketing Team have plans (possibly >> vapourware I first heard of it over a year ago I think) for a spread >> ubuntu site, and indeed someone r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spread Ubuntu

2007-04-13 Thread Alan Pope
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 05:15:06PM +0100, Dean Sas wrote: > As mentioned previously the Marketing Team have plans (possibly > vapourware I first heard of it over a year ago I think) for a spread > ubuntu site, and indeed someone registered the spreadubuntu.com and > donated it to Ubuntu. It may be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spread Ubuntu

2007-04-13 Thread Dean Sas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 TheVeech wrote: > On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 01:07 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 03:02:48PM +0100, Rob Stent wrote: >>> If you have any comments or suggestions about the site I'd love to hear >>> them. I do occasionally check this list

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spread Ubuntu

2007-04-13 Thread TheVeech
On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 01:07 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 03:02:48PM +0100, Rob Stent wrote: > > If you have any comments or suggestions about the site I'd love to hear > > them. I do occasionally check this list but if possible I'd prefer > > comments to be made on the forum.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spread Ubuntu

2007-04-12 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 03:02:48PM +0100, Rob Stent wrote: > If you have any comments or suggestions about the site I'd love to hear > them. I do occasionally check this list but if possible I'd prefer > comments to be made on the forum. > I don't see why you have a forum there really. In my op

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spread Ubuntu

2007-04-12 Thread Toby Smithe
On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 15:02 +0100, Rob Stent wrote: > If you have any comments or suggestions about the site I'd love to hear > them. I do occasionally check this list but if possible I'd prefer > comments to be made on the forum. Have you collaborated with the Marketing Team [0] with this? They

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spread Ubuntu

2007-04-12 Thread Benjamin Webb
> campaign similar to the Get Firefox link buttons, saying Get Linux. > Would you consider putting one of these on your site? By the way, these buttons and the code can be found here - http://planet.getgnulinux.org/help -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk htt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spread Ubuntu

2007-04-12 Thread Benjamin Webb
On 12/04/07, Rob Stent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I've not posted to the list much before but I wanted to let you guys > know that I've set up a site called Spread Ubuntu. > > I've seen discussions in various places about the possibility of this > kind of site in the same vain as Spr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spread Ubuntu

2007-04-12 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 05:46:51PM +0100, Tony Travis wrote: > I didn't know there was a Drupal theme for Ubuntu! > It's kept a bit quiet to be honest. If everyone used the theme it would somewhat dilute the "brand" of ubuntu.com. As happens with every other drupal theme. > I always thought t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spread Ubuntu

2007-04-12 Thread Tony Travis
Alan Pope wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 04:42:43PM +0100, Tony Travis wrote: >> Have a look at the Drupal 'Aberdeen' theme on: >> > > Why not use the ubuntu theme as used on ubuntu.com? Hello, Al. I didn't know there was a Drupal theme for Ubuntu! I've just had a look, and you're quite right

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spread Ubuntu

2007-04-12 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 04:42:43PM +0100, Tony Travis wrote: > Have a look at the Drupal 'Aberdeen' theme on: > Why not use the ubuntu theme as used on ubuntu.com? Cheers, Al. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spread Ubuntu

2007-04-12 Thread Tony Travis
Rob Stent wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I've not posted to the list much before but I wanted to let you guys > know that I've set up a site called Spread Ubuntu. > > I've seen discussions in various places about the possibility of this > kind of site in the same vain as Spread Firefox but nothing seems

[ubuntu-uk] Spread Ubuntu

2007-04-12 Thread Rob Stent
Hi Guys, I've not posted to the list much before but I wanted to let you guys know that I've set up a site called Spread Ubuntu. I've seen discussions in various places about the possibility of this kind of site in the same vain as Spread Firefox but nothing seems to have materialised. So I ju