On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 20:06 +, Paul Sutton wrote:
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> I did a google search for uk computer fairs and found the followin site
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> http://www.britishcomputerfairs.com/index.htm
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> there is a contact form, on the site which I tried to use to a
I think the cost of replacing microslow with linux might be higher and the
testing involved in making sure other system build to work on microslow
would have to have rework done to get them work on Linux.
Regards
Bob
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Rik Boland wrote:
> There has been talk about
Hi -- I tried last night to install Ubuntu on an external FW drive on my
Macbook.It wouldn't reboot from the external drive, and managed to kill the
install on my main HD -- hopefully the drive itself is ok, but I'm not sure
(I can see it in the restore list).
I tried restoring from TimeMachine to
On 09/02/2009 19:53, Paul Sutton wrote:
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>> I just wish there were computer fairs down here in Devon, there used to
>> be one a few years back but nothing like that now, the nearest thing is
>> a car boot sale. I wonder actually if we'd be
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:18 AM, David King wrote:
> It is far better to teach the children the fundamentals of computing,
> and how to use any computer system regardless of which interface is
> used, so that in the future, when it is all different, they will still
> be able to use a computer.
I
On 09/02/2009 21:50, Alan Pope wrote:
> 2009/2/9 Paul Sutton:
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>> I am sure if one was organised there are enough of us here, on both
>> lists to have a good presence to represent free software.
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> I applaud your optimism. Past history indicates this isn't necessarily
> an accurat
sounds a good plan, I can drop em an e-mail and ask nd see if they publish
it, if others do the same then perhaps they can indicate some level of
interest in the south west.
Paul
> I think you'd have more luck with MicroMart as they seem to target the
> demographic who go to computer fairs (at l
Would it not be sensible to combine a computer fair with other
collectors type fairs, such as (perhaps) antiques and records?
I don't think any of these things justify the hire of a hall these
days on their own, but would quite happily work combined - with free
entry, ideally, paid for by the exhi
On 10/02/2009 00:18, David King wrote:
> I signed the petition as well.
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> I am thinking that the schools'/education system's thinking is a bit out
> of date. Why teach the children just one OS when there are many choices
> now in the real world? Not all companies use the same OS. Some use
> Windo
On 10/02/2009 08:54, Dianne Reuby wrote:
> This is interesting, on their forum:
> http://www.afm96.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=320
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> The reasons why fairs are dying out, and vendors switching to online
> stores.
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> Dianne
>
Although I do buy a lot of stuff online now, there's often times I
Hi Guys,
Anything like this happening in Scotland?
Kind Regards,
Jai
2009/2/10 Rob Beard
> On 10/02/2009 08:54, Dianne Reuby wrote:
> > This is interesting, on their forum:
> > http://www.afm96.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=320
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> > The reasons why fairs are dying out, and vendors switching
On 10/02/2009 11:03, Sean Miller wrote:
> Would it not be sensible to combine a computer fair with other
> collectors type fairs, such as (perhaps) antiques and records?
>
> I don't think any of these things justify the hire of a hall these
> days on their own, but would quite happily work combined
Amateur Radio rallies are arranged throughout the uk, often advertised as Radio
and Computer Rally. Computers are used in Amateur Radio, would be nice to see
applications written for Linux and not just microslow.
The RSGB has a list of rally dates and locations, please tell me if you have
probl
IIRC, Microsoft won the contract in 2004/5, but the NHS used a linux
solution (from Sun?) as a bargaining point to get a lower price from
Microsoft. The price paid for the cost of the licenses was £500m.
Please can we refer to Microsoft by the proper name, it looks childish
and goes against the im
Matt Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Paul Sutton wrote:
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> http://infopointproject.org/wordpress/
> Looks to be a little dead now, but was exactly what you described, I
> think it was started by Jono and some of the other lugradio guys.
> Matt.
I use Infopoint as a bran
On 10/02/2009 11:53, mike daniels wrote:
> Amateur Radio rallies are arranged throughout the uk, often advertised as
> Radio and Computer Rally. Computers are used in Amateur Radio, would be nice
> to see applications written for Linux and not just microslow.
> The RSGB has a list of rally dates
2009/2/10 Matt Jones :
> Please can we refer to Microsoft by the proper name, it looks childish
> and goes against the image that is needed to win these contracts that
> are viewed as important use cases.
>
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>> The good news is that one of our very own - Alan Cocks is doing great
>> work in Bracknell, Berkshire. He's probably run more stands at
>> computer fairs than any of the other teams put together!
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>> If you want to
On 10/02/2009 12:07, alan c wrote:
> Matt Jones wrote:
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>> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Paul Sutton wrote:
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>> http://infopointproject.org/wordpress/
>> Looks to be a little dead now, but was exactly what you described, I
>> think it was started by Jono and some of t
On 10/02/2009 12:14, alan c wrote:
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> Just a thought:
> If you make it an undiluted 'Ubuntu' stand you may fall foul of the
> confusion that considers Ubuntu to be a commercial product (being
> sponsored) and therefore not applicable for a non trading status. I
> could not continue if I had 35 po
Dianne Reuby wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 20:06 +, Paul Sutton wrote:
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>> I did a google search for uk computer fairs and found the followin site
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>> http://www.britishcomputerfairs.com/index.htm
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>> there is a contact form, on the
Yes Rob, but if any contact problems, let me know and I'll try to sort it out.
I will not try to write what might be seen to be advertising, but computer use
in radio varies from log-keeping to signal processing with many "in-betweens"!
My latest transceiver is microprocessor controlled, and muc
Doug, I'm no Mac user but I would throw caution to the wind when dual
booting between and internal and external hard drive. Could cause
problems with the MBR/active/boot partition being in the wrong location
when the drive is removed etc.
I would suggest partitioning the internal hard drive and ha
2009/2/10 Sean Miller :
> And that's why I think this petition is flawed, because it won't
> succeed whilst it's worded as it is. This thread has the wrong
> name... it's not a case of getting Windows out of schools, it's a case
> of getting a mixture of computer architectures into schools and
> e
On 10/02/2009 12:31, mike daniels wrote:
> Yes Rob, but if any contact problems, let me know and I'll try to sort it
> out. I will not try to write what might be seen to be advertising, but
> computer use in radio varies from log-keeping to signal processing with many
> "in-betweens"!
> My lates
Hey Guys,
I have been running with this conversation and what a topic it has become.
unless I am mistaken this is a scenerio if it is not broke dont fix it.
As much as I am an avid Linux fan I do believe that the both technologies
can co-exist.
Microsoft has had the added advantage of being at t
Cheers for that -- I'm thinking the same way, after seeing how hot the ext
drive is getting as a boot drive!
2009/2/10 Michael Holloway
> Doug, I'm no Mac user but I would throw caution to the wind when dual
> booting between and internal and external hard drive. Could cause
> problems with the
On 10/02/2009 12:39, Lucy wrote:
> It's saying 'primary operating system' not only operating system.
> Also, there's more than one FOSS OS (and even more UIs).
>
> By getting FOSS into schools you are getting rid of the current
> monopoly, you are telling the kids that it's okay to learn about the
Rob Beard wrote:
> On 10/02/2009 12:07, alan c wrote:
>> Matt Jones wrote:
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>>> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Paul Sutton wrote:
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>>> http://infopointproject.org/wordpress/
>>> Looks to be a little dead now, but was exactly what you described, I
>>> think it was s
I have my nice SuSE Tux, as seen here... http://lugog.org.uk
If anybody wants to use it to promote Linux let me know...
unfortunately being in Somerset I'm a bit "out in the sticks" but I
could certainly bring "him" to places relatively nearby... the Orkneys
are probabaly not a viable proposition.
On 10/02/2009 14:17, Sean Miller wrote:
> I have my nice SuSE Tux, as seen here... http://lugog.org.uk
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> If anybody wants to use it to promote Linux let me know...
> unfortunately being in Somerset I'm a bit "out in the sticks" but I
> could certainly bring "him" to places relatively nearby... th
My mum is a home care NHS nurse, and when I was talking to her about her
work computers a while back, she told me they use a mixture of systems. I
know they use MS computers for things such as creating documents, but they
also use something else (I think a specialist *nix system of some kind) to
st
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On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 13:23, John
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Rob Beard wrote:
> I'm sure us folks down in Devonshire would be happy to borrow him. Is
> he a giant toy or an actual Tux suit?
He's a large (3' or whatever") "Teddy Bear" :-)
Sean
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Quoting Simon Wears :
> My mum is a home care NHS nurse, and when I was talking to her about her
> work computers a while back, she told me they use a mixture of systems. I
> know they use MS computers for things such as creating documents, but they
> also use something else (I think a specialist
In view of the various recent threads about Ubuntu on netbooks, I just
thought I'd mention that I recently bought a Samsung NC10, and replaced
the pre-installed legacy OS with Ubuntu 8.04. It's a cracking little
machine - great build quality, with 160GB HDD, 10" screen and great
keyboard (both
Simon Wears wrote
> My mum is a home care NHS nurse, and when I was talking to her about her
work computers a while back, she told me they use a mixture of systems. I
know they use MS computers for things such as creating documents, but they
also use something else (I think a specialist *nix sys
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Rob Beard wrote:
> On 10/02/2009 12:14, alan c wrote:
>> Just a thought:
>> If you make it an undiluted 'Ubuntu' stand you may fall foul of the
>> confusion that considers Ubuntu to be a commercial product (being
>> sponsored) and therefore not applic
I have been a member of this list for 2 days. I have aslo subscribed to
my local linux list from the same source.
I am learning UBUNTU and LINUX. Almost 20 years ago I was a UNIX Systems
Administrator for about 2 years before embarkng on a database programming
career.
At a risk of being flamed, an
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If we can't get any computer fairs down, here or they are dying due to
vendors turning to the internet, perhaps this could be an alternate plan
Many charity groups and organisations hold events to raise funds, e.g
raffle, stalls, etc, craft sales,
Quoting da...@boavon.plus.com:
> I have been a member of this list for 2 days. I have aslo subscribed to
> my local linux list from the same source.
> I am learning UBUNTU and LINUX. Almost 20 years ago I was a UNIX Systems
> Administrator for about 2 years before embarkng on a database programmi
Quoting Paul Sutton :
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> If we can't get any computer fairs down, here or they are dying due to
> vendors turning to the internet, perhaps this could be an alternate plan
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>
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> Many charity groups and organisations hold events to raise funds, e.
Sean Miller wrote:
> I have my nice SuSE Tux, as seen here... http://lugog.org.uk
>
> If anybody wants to use it to promote Linux let me know...
> unfortunately being in Somerset I'm a bit "out in the sticks" but I
> could certainly bring "him" to places relatively nearby... the Orkneys
> are prob
Rob Beard wrote:
> On 10/02/2009 14:17, Sean Miller wrote:
>> I have my nice SuSE Tux, as seen here... http://lugog.org.uk
>>
>> If anybody wants to use it to promote Linux let me know...
>> unfortunately being in Somerset I'm a bit "out in the sticks" but I
>> could certainly bring "him" to places
In the open and sharing spirit of FOSS I offer a heads up to a well
written item which looks like it needs some actions in response.
There may be some nice debate about a definition here or there, but
the real world is in this article as far as I can see.
I trust it will not be long before I can
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