Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Karmic (9.10) party

2009-09-28 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 28/09/09 07:56, Sean Miller wrote: > Hmmm with all due respect he mentions Linux so much I doubt any > impartial reader will take much notice of his comments. He is comparing the two. What's wrong with that? There are clearly some problems with Win 7. Unstable updates, iffy text editor...

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Karmic (9.10) party

2009-09-28 Thread Sean Miller
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 28/09/09 07:56, Sean Miller wrote: >> Hmmm with all due respect he mentions Linux so much I doubt any >> impartial reader will take much notice of his comments. > > He is comparing the two. What's wrong with that? There are clearly

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Karmic (9.10) party

2009-09-28 Thread mac
Sean Miller wrote: > Hmmm with all due respect he mentions Linux so much I doubt any > impartial reader will take much notice of his comments. Given that the author is completely upfront about his allegiances, perhaps his frequent references to GNU/Linux are not too unreasonable. And he is d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Karmic (9.10) party

2009-09-28 Thread Sean Miller
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 8:29 AM, mac wrote: > But compared with a lot of stuff you read from FOSS zealots, I thought > this piece was balanced, thoughtful and temperate. We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Karmic (9.10) party

2009-09-28 Thread Alan Bell
well there have been any number of reviews of Linux desktops by journalists who know about Windows and compare it at every step to Windows. This just happens to be one coming from the other direction, which he acknowledges from the start. I don't think anyone sensible would draw any conclusions fr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Karmic (9.10) party

2009-09-28 Thread mac
Alan Bell wrote: > I don't think anyone sensible would draw any conclusions from any single > article (on any subject) but this does appear to be a useful > contribution to the mix. Just wondered if anyone had come across this piece in the Guardian from a Windows devotee. (The author's descript

[ubuntu-uk] GlobalJam - London

2009-09-28 Thread James Thomas
Hi there everyone, I need to get an idea of numbers and on what day they might attend the London Jam at Finsbury circus. Also, it would be great to know if there are any people willing to lead any session? Please get back to me anyone who is interested in attending. Cheers JT #ubuntu-uk selin

[ubuntu-uk] Auto NFS mounting

2009-09-28 Thread Ken Adams
Hi People Right, to start I will explain what I have on my lan... Server - 3 nfs exports setup to share over the home network. Laptop - I use this to do all my work Wireless Access - Used to connect my laptop to the lan and internet when I am at home. If I only used my laptop at home, I could ad

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GlobalJam - London

2009-09-28 Thread leroy whyte
Hi James, i would like to attend for both days, as well as possibly 1 other for at least one day. Thanks in advance. Leroy. Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:28:57 +0100 From: selin...@googlemail.com To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] GlobalJam - London Hi there everyone, I need to ge

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GlobalJam - London

2009-09-28 Thread James Thomas
Cheers Leroy, Waiting on others responses. If there are no other takers for the Sunday I will just do the Saturday and attend another myself. :) So come on all you others! Let me know :) 2009/9/28 leroy whyte > Hi James, i would like to attend for both days, as well as possibly 1 > othe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Auto NFS mounting

2009-09-28 Thread William Anderson
Ken Adams wrote: > [snip] > > Is there a way I can run a script whenever my laptop connects to the > home AP. In this script I could then mount the nfs shares. http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=autofs -n -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Karmic (9.10) party

2009-09-28 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/9/28 mac : > Alan Bell wrote: >> I don't think anyone sensible would draw any conclusions from any single >> article (on any subject) but this does appear to be a useful >> contribution to the mix. > > > Just wondered if anyone had come across this piece in the Guardian from > a Windows devote