On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 01:42 +, Simon Wears wrote:
> The only issue I've got with Ubuntu is the media player selection. I'm
> trying to find a nice media player (preferably GTK, and very
> preferably not mono) but I'm having a hard time - specifically because
> I'd like one that supports video p
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 2:08 AM, Simon Wears wrote:
> I'm very uncomfortable using Apple computers. My friend bought one about 2
> years ago, I still struggle to use it. It seems to try to be different so
> much, it becomes a little unusable (in my opinion). Case example is (again,
> 2 years ago)
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:56 AM, Sean Miller wrote:
> Means that when folks ask me about switching to Macs, which people
> seem to increasingly do, I am rather jaded. I accept their positives
> but I also am befuddled as to why they seem to have created for their
> converts such a steep learning
On 16/01/2009 01:25, Simon Wears wrote:
> My family run Windows XP. I'll have a look into that, thank you for
> the link! Setting it up wouldn't be too difficult, my mum gets how to
> use a computer and is fairly good at fixing them with simple things,
> this is more for the advanced stuff that
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 03:34:16PM +, Ken Robson wrote:
>
> US woman says Ubuntu can't access internet
>
The follow up [1] from the station is pretty disheartening:
> Ubuntu fans read our story and linked to it on Linux fan message
> boards and other technology blogs. By Thursday
Graham Binns wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 03:34:16PM +, Ken Robson wrote:
>> US woman says Ubuntu can't access internet
>>
>
> The follow up [1] from the station is pretty disheartening:
>
>> That's also when the comments - many of them angry, rude, and hateful
>> - started pou
I didn't even know about it to be honest. Looked around for a local LUG
last year and didn't get far at the time so gave up, probably due to the
last time I looked - which was I hasten to add a long time ago - I found
one that was very 'beard and sandles' :)
I won't be able to make this one - but
2009/1/16 piskie :
> I didn't even know about it to be honest. Looked around for a local LUG
> last year and didn't get far at the time so gave up, probably due to the
> last time I looked - which was I hasten to add a long time ago - I found
> one that was very 'beard and sandles' :)
>
I own neit
This paragraph is particularly pithy:
"Stop blaming those of us who aren't techies for your inabilities to
market a product properly. Stop blaming Windows/Mac for trying to
block you from offering open source software. You think that all
people should be as computer savvy as you and that's just lu
Hi Guys,
Are there any scottish users that have any meeting sessions.
If not I was thinkng about starting one.
Any ideas would be most welcome.
Kind Regards,
Jai
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heh - I own neither myself - and as I said "I hasten to add a long time
ago" - a long time before I'd looked at Ubuntu, it was very cliquey and
'if you've not compiled it yourself - we're not interested' - so as a
result neither was I.
I certainly don't feel the same way now and have been happily
2009/1/16 piskie :
> heh - I own neither myself - and as I said "I hasten to add a long time
> ago" - a long time before I'd looked at Ubuntu, it was very cliquey and
> 'if you've not compiled it yourself - we're not interested' - so as a
> result neither was I.
>
That still goes on with some peop
Cool - anyway maybe see you next time in Soton then :)
Alan Pope wrote:
> 2009/1/16 piskie :
>> heh - I own neither myself - and as I said "I hasten to add a long time
>> ago" - a long time before I'd looked at Ubuntu, it was very cliquey and
>> 'if you've not compiled it yourself - we're not inte
On 16/01/2009 01:31, Sean Miller wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:25 AM, Simon Wears
> wrote:
>
>
> I've found that doing something like that is a poison chalice...
> whereas if somebody has Windows they go to their mates for help, if
> you give them Ubuntu or any other Linux they always as
I always thought that Macs would be easy to use, especially the new OS
X. So when I had the opportunity to try it out in an Apple shop, I was
disappointed at how hard it was to do anything. I tried several things,
and on different occasions, but it was not as intuitive as Apple's
advertising ma
I know what you mean about the beard and sandals. Just look at a picture
of Richard Stallman -- would you trust a man who looks like that to
create your OS?
Stallman has done much for the free software movement, and I respect him
greatly (for his ideas), but for a newcomer who might see his pic
Hi folks,
Having read through the follow up article on that woman who had Dell
laptop running Ubuntu, I found this in the comments...
http://www.kswo.com/Global/story.asp?S=9675283
It's a nice story about Ubuntu. It appears that a soilder in Fort Sill,
Oklahoma has been refurbishing old PCs a
Rob Beard wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Having read through the follow up article on that woman who had Dell
> laptop running Ubuntu, I found this in the comments...
>
> http://www.kswo.com/Global/story.asp?S=9675283
>
> It's a nice story about Ubuntu. It appears that a soilder in Fort Sill,
> Oklahoma
Thankfully, free software has slightly more "respectable" looking
poster boys these days!
- http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/business/11ubuntu.html
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:31 PM, David King wrote:
> I know what you mean about the beard and sandals. Just look at a picture
> of Richard Stallma
2009/1/16 David King :
> I know what you mean about the beard and sandals. Just look at a picture
> of Richard Stallman -- would you trust a man who looks like that to
> create your OS?
>
Danger Will Robinson! That way prejudice lies..
> There is no reason why a person who is friendly with barber
On 16/01/2009 12:31, David King wrote:
> I know what you mean about the beard and sandals. Just look at a picture
> of Richard Stallman -- would you trust a man who looks like that to
> create your OS?
>
Why not, I trust him far more than the shy and retiring,
/softly/-/spoken/ CEO of Microsof
On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 16:16 +, alan c wrote:
> Verizon has offered to dispatch a technician to assist her accessing
> the internet without the CD,
Lucky woman. Permission to forward this to Virgin Media? :)
Dianne
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> Are there any scottish users that have any meeting sessions.
>
> If not I was thinkng about starting one.
> Jai
>
Jai, there are several of us in Scotland, my local Lug is EdLug
(http://www.edlug.org.uk/list_faq.html) which meets in Edinburgh (too
far for me to visit them though (an 80mile
On 16/01/2009 12:54, Alan Pope wrote:
>> There is no reason why a person who is friendly with barbers should not
>> also be good with Ubuntu or running a LUG. I have never been to a LUG,
>> but mostly because I do not have the time, and their meetings take place
>> in the evening, when I am worki
Well - that's all good then, from an off the cuff remark I also find
that the hants lug meeting is during the day - so I might manage it
after all, if I can work out how to get my name on the door list :)
piskie
Alan Pope wrote:
> 2009/1/16 David King :
>> I know what you mean about the beard an
Hi,
Is there anyone who lives in the North Devon area who would be willing
to help me and my mother out?
I need to change the wireless card in her Ubuntu system. The card is
being delivered to my mother's address, but she does not have the skills
to fit it. I live in Manchester, so it's a long tr
Rob Beard wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Having read through the follow up article on that woman who had Dell
> laptop running Ubuntu, I found this in the comments...
>
> http://www.kswo.com/Global/story.asp?S=9675283
>
> It's a nice story about Ubuntu. It appears that a soilder in Fort Sill,
> Oklah
2009/1/16 piskie :
>
> Well - that's all good then, from an off the cuff remark I also find
> that the hants lug meeting is during the day - so I might manage it
> after all, if I can work out how to get my name on the door list :)
>
http://hants.lug.org.uk/lurker/message/20090115.162811.184c8344.
Thanks for posting the link, that was a very inspiring article.
David King
Ian Betteridge wrote:
> Thankfully, free software has slightly more "respectable" looking
> poster boys these days!
>
> - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/business/11ubuntu.html
>
>
>
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On 16/01/2009 13:38, Tony Arnold wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there anyone who lives in the North Devon area who would be willing
> to help me and my mother out?
>
> I need to change the wireless card in her Ubuntu system. The card is
> being delivered to my mother's address, but she does not have the skill
Ta - done that now :)
Hope to get there and say hello
piskie
Alan Pope wrote:
> 2009/1/16 piskie :
>> Well - that's all good then, from an off the cuff remark I also find
>> that the hants lug meeting is during the day - so I might manage it
>> after all, if I can work out how to get my name on
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 05:29:00PM +, Liam Proven wrote:
> [1] She's using some kind of USB Internet connection that doesn't work
> out of the box. (USB because either Ethernet or wireless should work
> fine.) Could be a USB cable modem or ADSL modem, either of which would
> be Hard Work to set
Rob Beard wrote:
> On 16/01/2009 12:31, David King wrote:
>
>> I know what you mean about the beard and sandals. Just look at a picture
>> of Richard Stallman -- would you trust a man who looks like that to
>> create your OS?
>>
>>
> Why not, I trust him far more than the shy and retiri
Hi Ken,
thanks for checking that out.
I would be grateful i fyou can point me in the right direction where i can
find information on more lugs
Kind Regards,
Jai
2009/1/16 Ken Robson
>
> > Are there any scottish users that have any meeting sessions.
> >
> > If not I was thinkng about starting
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Colin Watson wrote:
> As I recently wrote on the sounder list: Adobe are entirely aware of the
> existence of Ubuntu, and we are expressly forbidden from distributing
> Flash in this manner. Unless you want Ubuntu to be distributed only from
> a single site, with
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 04:18:59PM +, Jamie Pow wrote:
> Hi Ken,
>
> thanks for checking that out.
>
> I would be grateful i fyou can point me in the right direction where i can
> find information on more lugs
>
lug.org.uk has a list of LUGs with contact details.
Robert
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Ian Betteridge wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Colin Watson wrote:
>
>
>> As I recently wrote on the sounder list: Adobe are entirely aware of the
>> existence of Ubuntu, and we are expressly forbidden from distributing
>> Flash in this manner. Unless you want Ubuntu to be distributed
On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 13:14 +, Ken Robson
wrote:
> > Are there any scottish users that have any meeting sessions.
> >
> > If not I was thinkng about starting one.
> > Jai
> >
> Jai, there are several of us in Scotland, my local Lug is EdLug
> (http://www.edlug.org.uk/list_faq.html) which
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