Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotted on BBC

2015-02-14 Thread Liam Proven
On 14 February 2015 at 14:55, Barry Titterton wrote: > Hi All, > > Just spotted Ubuntu on the BBC Click magazine program. It was in a story > about teaching inmates to code at San Quentin jail in the USA. There is > a brief shot of a monitor that is clearly running Ubuntu Unity. It is > about 15 m

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotted on BBC

2015-02-14 Thread Barry Titterton
Hi All, Just spotted Ubuntu on the BBC Click magazine program. It was in a story about teaching inmates to code at San Quentin jail in the USA. There is a brief shot of a monitor that is clearly running Ubuntu Unity. It is about 15 minutes into the show. Regards, Barry T -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotted In The Wild

2012-04-30 Thread John Oliver
On 30/04/12 22:07, Barry Drake wrote: On 30/04/12 22:04, Barry Titterton wrote: My employer's IT department confirmed that they have no plans to move away from a Windows based installation. Shame. Be patient. Persuade them in a roundabout way that won't involve you, that they MUST upgrade to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotted In The Wild

2012-04-30 Thread Barry Drake
On 30/04/12 22:04, Barry Titterton wrote: My employer's IT department confirmed that they have no plans to move away from a Windows based installation. Shame. Be patient. Persuade them in a roundabout way that won't involve you, that they MUST upgrade to Windows 8!!! -- Barry Drake is a mem

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotted In The Wild

2012-04-30 Thread Barry Titterton
Last week, while walking through the IT department at work, I spotted a laptop running Ubuntu (Unity). For one brief, wonderful moment I thought my employers were investigating a move to a linux based system. However it turned out that the laptop belonged to an engineer from one of the software com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotted

2008-12-26 Thread Matt Jones
I got one of the ones from the canonical store and the keyring. They are both very nice, the keyring is very substantial. Mj On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 9:47 AM, alan c wrote: > Seen by keen eyed family member in Bentalls in Bracknell, before xmas, > and now sitting on the desk next to me, is a 'Ubu

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu spotted

2008-12-26 Thread alan c
Seen by keen eyed family member in Bentalls in Bracknell, before xmas, and now sitting on the desk next to me, is a 'Ubuntu' mug. It is Big - 500ml, so my liter is half full rather than half empty :-) http://shop.whateverittakes.org/product.php?xProd=19&xSec=2 -- alan cocks Ubuntu user #10391 Li