e in the least bit interested!
True but it doesn't have to be huge on day 1. We can test drive the
concept with small sessions in a coffee shop between interested people
bringing their own laptops.
Bruno Girin
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On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 12:03 +, Matthew Daubney wrote:
> On 17/01/10 04:08, Bruno Girin wrote:
[snip]
> > In terms of material, I agree that there's no point in having a slide
> > deck as trainees will promptly forget the content. Furthermore it
> > requires
els the need to
> elaborate on what I've said or contribute some more ideas/information, please
> of course feel free to do so! Obviously we will need to organise suitable
> dates. :)
>
> Thank you,
>
> Isabell.
>
Great idea! Count me in.
Bruno Girin
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On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 18:43 +, Matthew Daubney wrote:
[snip]
> > Beginners are not the easiest people to teach to. I would suggest
> > starting with some moderately advanced topics like "how to package an
> > app for Ubuntu".
> I was hoping to avoid this if possible. There is a _lot_ of stuff
On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 16:45 +, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> I need to buy a new laser printer and am wondering whether to get a
> wireless or network one. I am running Ubuntu 9.10 and there are 4
> computers which will need to access the printer. I understand that HP
> equipment is Linux friendl
On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 10:08 +, Matthew Daubney wrote:
[snip]
> Ok, last night I had a quite productive chat to the Learning team. They
> are in the process of creating some course ware, and have already
> created some bits and pieces. They seem to be more than happy for us to
> use this, and
On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 20:00 +, Isabell Long wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I haven't forgotten about this, I just haven't yet had a response from the
> Science Museum! I rang them on Tuesday afternoon and I had to inform them
> that their website did in fact say that they did organised *group* tours,
>
On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 17:22 +, Rob Beard wrote:
[snip]
> Something else which might be worth mentioning, a friend of mine in our local
> LUG came up with an idea of doing a complete training course, for a small fee
> to cover room hire we were looking at providing a free PC running Ubuntu.
On Fri, 2010-01-22 at 11:18 +, Andrew Seyes wrote:
> I have been looking for a low power server to replace an old machine I
> run at home (a pentium II running hardy). In my search I came across
> the Aleutia T1 fanless PC [1] which seems to fit the bill and comes
> with Karmic pre-installed.
>
On Sun, 2010-01-31 at 23:13 +, Liam Wilson wrote:
> Hey everyone;
>
> IF we are going to make this video, ideally, it would be better to
> think about actual content first. I think the best plan of action to
> get this going is to think about what we want in the first 30-60
> seconds.
Note th
On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 13:53 +, Liam Wilson wrote:
[snip]
> Before this project actually gets to a head, I'd just like to know who
> would definitely be interested in contributing. And it wouldn't just
> be making videos, remember, we need people to manage any web hosting
> channels we have, p
On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 10:24 +, Johnathon Tinsley wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
>
> John Matthews wrote:
> > I am getting excited and worked up with the rest of you about the
> > impending rush on advertising Ubuntu to get more people to use it, plus
> > the course
On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 19:34 +, Alan Pope wrote:
> 2010/2/3 Dianne Reuby :
> > In the PC Pro newsletter today, these two items caught my attention.
> > http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/355246/arm-our-netbooks-will-fly-with-or-without-windows
> > One significant barrier to ARM CPUs in netbooks is Wind
On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 10:55 +, Graham Smith wrote:
> Simon,
>
> > Stepping back a little, what happens if you plug a projector in after the
> > laptop has booted and logged in?
>
> I did try that and nothing happens, ie no signal goes to the projector.
>
> However searching for "external mon
On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 17:51 +, John Matthews wrote:
> Oh wow, thanks everybody for the replies, that has helped. I just
> wondered then, what is the difference between the /desktop and
> ~/Desktop. Sorry for being so thick. Why is it used in the Terminal?
John,
Part of the confusion arises
On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 10:10 +, Johnathon Tinsley wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
>
> Anyone seen this? Looks interesting..
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8522952.stm
Very interesting indeed. It's a shame that the article looks a bit
clobbered together in 5
On Sun, 2010-02-21 at 16:10 +, Keith wrote:
> It's recently dawned on me that it's been some time since I heard the
> jungle drums when Ubuntu boots up. I tried playing an mp3 which
> confirmed that I had no sound
>
> I've done a fair bit of googling but to no avail. Sound is turned on,
>
On Sun, 2010-02-28 at 15:30 +, Dianne Reuby wrote:
> I have a spare ex-XP partition which I don't need now. I'm wondering
> which would be best - to delete it and expand my /home partition, or
> keep it as a separate (Ubuntu) partition for photos and music?
>
> I know people do have partitions
Hi Matthew,
I live and work in London and am part of Bug Squad. I can usually free
an hour during the day quite easily and I'd be happy to take part in
some user testing.
Best regards,
Bruno Girin
On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 15:49 +, Matthew Revell wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I work
On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 17:32 +, Alan Bell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The minutes from the meeting held on 03/03/2010 are available at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/MeetingNotes/20100303 and you can always
> find the minutes of the most recent meeting at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LastMeeting
On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 10:12 +, Bruce Beardall wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Last night, while working on my Aspire One (running Karmic), I was
> prompted for some updates which I allowed to run and carried on with
> my work. Problem is, my touchpad's no longer working. Admittedly, I
> had also installe
On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 18:05 +, John Matthews wrote:
> I was just wondering, when the bnupdate to FF 3.6 will be out. I have
> 3.5.8 installed at the moment. How would I update to 3.6, and could
> somebody show me using the Terminal?
>
> Thanks.
>
> John
>
John,
You'll find all the detail
Hi everyone,
Has anybody heard of Document Freedom Day [1]? I just discovered it by
accident and wanted to know if anyone knew about it or knew of anything
planned around it in the UK?
[1] http://www.documentfreedom.org/
Bruno
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On Wed, 2010-03-24 at 23:15 +, John Stevenson wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> As the new version of Ubuntu will be with us all soon I was wondering
> if there are any install parties happening in the London area? I have
> not been able to find anything yet. If not, I would be interested in
> organis
On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 19:58 +, Rob Beard wrote:
> LOL, I've got a breadbin style C64 in the loft, I'm undecided if I
> should leave it as is (it's dead), bung a MiniITX board in there or wire
> up one of those C64 joysticks to it.
>
> The wife isn't too happy though with my 'collection of ju
On Sat, 2010-03-27 at 19:40 +, John Stevenson wrote:
> Hello all,
>
>
> On 27 March 2010 18:35, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> On 27/03/10 18:02, John Stevenson wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > Thanks for all the feedback. I was planning this for the
> 1st May, but
>
On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 15:27 +0100, James Thomas wrote:
> Phoned around 3 x o2 stores, got the last joggler at store number 3...
> If anyone wants to buy a joggler and can't #blamepopey
>
>
> :)
The Camden Town shop was so busy I gave up, went home and ordered it
online. Now I just have to work o
On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 08:15 +0100, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Alan Lord (News)
> wrote:
>
>
> I ordered one yesterday on-line and I had a dispatch email
> yesterday
> evening saying it will be with me today. Not bad at
On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 13:48 +0100, Daniel Case wrote:
> Alright :)
>
> I'l put it here and on the etherpad, i mainly followed this guild:
> http://magician.gforums.de/wiki/index.php5?title=UNE_Installation
> but a lot of it is wrong, and one of its packages is packaged badly,
> so iv repackaged th
On Fri, 2010-04-09 at 17:24 +0100, Dave Smith wrote:
> Long time listener, first time caller
>
>
>
> Have acer aspire one netbook with 9.10.
>
>
>
> I have until now been using a phone with an app to convert 3G to
> 802.11g but the cost per MB through a phone just isn’t comparable to
> th
On Sat, 2010-04-10 at 12:36 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there .
>
> I've been lurking and listening for a while. You seem a friendly group,
> so I thought I'd leap in.
>
> A couple of weeks ago I bought a Dell Inspiron Mini 10v pre-loaded with
> Ubuntu. Now I've got it working as I wan
On Sat, 2010-04-10 at 14:30 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Bruno Girin wrote:
> >
> > I just installed Xubuntu Lucid beta 2 on an old Pentium III (700MHz,
> > 384MB RAM, 8.8GB HDD) and it absolutely flies. Windows 2000 that was
> > running
On Sat, 2010-04-10 at 14:19 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
> Bruno Girin wrote:
> > How heavily customised? Does it come with non-standard software and
> > drivers or is it just a case of having it heavily Dell branded?
> Heavily branded, as you'd expect, but annoying things li
On Sat, 2010-04-10 at 17:49 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
>
> I am interested: do people really find Xubuntu much lighter, faster or
> more resource-frugal than vanilla GNOME Ubuntu? In my experiments, I
> don't, & GNOME offers novice-friendly features like the ability to
> lock panel widgets & contr
On Sat, 2010-04-17 at 21:37 +0100, Joe O'Dell wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> Just two things to share:
>
> 1) A big thanks to Issy for organising the Science Museum geek-out today! It
> was great fun and I can confidently say we all enjoyed it, (well, apart from
> waiting for the lifts!). *geek hug
On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 13:30 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
> HI
>
> I have picked up the flash image from dysentry referenced in
> http://www.joggler.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=235 and it works
> fine. In http://www.jogglerwiki.info/index.php?title=Ubuntu_Netbook_Remix
> it is suggested the the cra
- Original message -
> On 22 April 2010 14:44, Bruno Girin wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 13:30 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
> > > HI
> > >
> > > I have picked up the flash image from dysentry referenced in
> > > http://www.joggler.info/forum/vie
On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 11:51 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 23 April 2010 11:47, John Matthews wrote:
> > Even though we get told most of the time Linux is safe, the more tis
> > used, the more viruses will get written for it. I noticed somebody was
> > talking about checking ports to see if they are
On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 09:04 +0100, mac wrote:
> Norman Silverstone wrote:
>
> > ...The Bamboo is recognised, works as a mouse, there
> > is some button reaction but what happens is not what is required.
>
> Oh, dear, not again! I'm still using 9.10, where - as you said - the
> Wacom tablet work
On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 16:12 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> Bruno, I am not sure whether what I observe is a bug in Ubuntu or GIMP
> so, I will state my observations and look for advice. Just to confirm, I
> am using Ubuntu 10.04 RC, Wacom Bamboo tablet and GIMP 2.6.8.
>
> Firstly, the cursor p
Hi all,
I'll be at the London release party tomorrow[1]. Will anybody else be
there apart from the already confirmed attendees?
[1] http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/121/detail/
Bruno
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On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 08:43 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> > > I note that the package wacom-tools is not listed in Ubuntu 10.04 RC.
> > > Without this package I presume that it will not be possible to use Wacom
> > > tablets to their full potential. Should this be reported as a bug?
> > >
> >
On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 09:50 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
> Hello. Thanks for your post. I can't access anything on the system,
> only holding the power button can turn it off. I just know the card
> works on 9.10.
>
> Kris Douglas,
Kris,
When you boot the machine, press SHIFT to get the GRUB menu
On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 11:43 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
> On 30 April 2010 10:53, Bruno Girin wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 09:50 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
> >> Hello. Thanks for your post. I can't access anything on the system,
> >> only holding the power but
On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 11:51 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
> On 30 April 2010 11:48, Bruno Girin wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 11:43 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
> >> On 30 April 2010 10:53, Bruno Girin wrote:
> >> > On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 09:50 +0100, Kris Douglas wr
On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 18:30 +0100, Jon Farmer wrote:
> Hi
>
> Suddenly the panel has lost the network chooser and also the icon for
> Empathy that flashes when you have new IM. How do I get the back? I have
> tried right-clicking and choosing "Add to panel" but no luck
Jon,
Could it be a symptom
On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 19:06 +0100, Jon Farmer wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 18:52 +0100, Bruno Girin wrote:
>
> > Jon,
> >
> > Could it be a symptom of bug 439448 [1]?
> >
> > [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/439448
>
On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 11:40 +0100, philip taylor wrote:
> Hi
>
>
> Due to the time and effort, i put into organising and planning the
> Lucid release party.
> For maverick meerkat 10.10, i will setup a website where people can
> register their interest as well as attendance and ideas, so i can se
On Wed, 2010-05-05 at 09:40 +0100, David Jones wrote:
>
> On 05/05/2010 09:37, Dianne Reuby wrote:
> > I'm confused - I've read about the min/max/close buttons being moved,
> > and I was quite happy, soon got used to it. But I changed to another
> > theme and they're back on the right.
> >
> > Is
On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 12:55 +0100, John Stevenson wrote:
> On 6 May 2010 12:13, Jon Farmer wrote:
> Hi
>
> Every time I disconnect the power the notification bubble
> tells me I
> have less than 2% of battery left and proceeds to hibernate
> the mac
On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 13:28 +0100, Jon Farmer wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 13:10 +0100, Bruno Girin wrote:
>
> > Could it be related to bug #403303 [1]?
> >
> > [1]
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/devicekit-power/+bug/403303
>
>
> It&#x
On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 14:04 +0100, Jon Farmer wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 13:50 +0100, Bruno Girin wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 13:28 +0100, Jon Farmer wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 13:10 +0100, Bruno Girin wrote:
> > >
> > > >
On Tue, 2010-05-18 at 19:50 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 18 May 2010 19:22, Dianne Reuby wrote:
> > I thought that Dell sold machines with Ubuntu?
>
> They can do, but it's not something they do in all regions, and not
> all models are available.
It's still damn confusing though. If you look at
Hi all,
Just a thought I wanted to put to the list. Considering today's news [1]
and in particular the demise of Becta, the government's technology
agency for schools, is there an opportunity for FOSS to replace some or
all of what Becta used to provide?
I have no idea what sort of software a sch
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 18:14 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote:
> On 25 May 2010 17:38, Dianne Reuby wrote:
> > Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox in Lucid? I can play
> > pre-watershed items, but others give another flash window which lets me
> > choose whether I want a PIN or not. Whichever opt
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 19:17 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote:
> On 25 May 2010 19:05, Bruno Girin wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 18:14 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote:
> >> On 25 May 2010 17:38, Dianne Reuby wrote:
> >> > Has anyone tried the ITV Player in Firefox i
On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 18:09 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> On 28/05/10 17:18, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> > My rather ancient desktop PC has stopped working due, I think, to a
> > faulty MBoard and I am now using a laptop running 10.04. I would like to
> > be able to transfer a variety of files s
On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 13:09 -0400, e-mail b.drake wrote:
> Hi there .
>
> I'm staying with friends in the US at the moment, so although I've
> been following the list, I haven't been writing of late. I just made
> a lengthy effort to research Dell on their web sites. First it seems
> to be i
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 09:24 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> > > > My rather ancient desktop PC has stopped working due, I think, to a
> > > > faulty MBoard and I am now using a laptop running 10.04. I would like to
> > > > be able to transfer a variety of files such as Firefox Bookmarks and
> >
On Mon, 2010-05-31 at 23:34 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> I run the resque init script using /etc/init.d/resque start at
> the command line which works perfectly fine while the machine is up
> and
> running fine, The issue is it doesnot come up automatically after
> bootup.
This is
On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 00:12 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Bruno Girin
> wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-05-31 at 23:34 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > I run the resq
On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 11:45 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Bruno Girin
> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 00:12 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Tue,
On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 22:23 +0100, Joe O'Dell wrote:
> Hi
>
> > I was wondering if maybe we could have pictures of places from across
> > the UK?
>
> Why not have a list on the Wiki of places people can take pictures of local
> landmarks (CC-BY or PD licensed, of course) and then have a communi
On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 12:09 +0100, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote:
> On 4 June 2010 10:57, Christopher Swift wrote:
> >
> > Actually just scrap the above, I've checked their bzr branch at
> > lp:~ubuntu-website-community/ubuntu-website/light-drupal-theme and
> > there's seems to have been no revisions
Hi all,
I recently installed OpenERP and as I struggled to find documentation
that was really up to date for Lucid, I thought I'd write an how-to
article myself once I had worked it out [1]. So I'd be very interested
in any feedback on that article: is it clear, does it say everything it
needs to
On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 13:49 +0100, Rhys Morgan wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> This is pretty much a call for help. I have this morning been
> confronted with a couple of opportunities which add up to the makings
> of a good Ubuntu event.
>
>
>
> I have been offered a venue free of charge on a sel
On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 15:59 -0400, e-mail b.drake wrote:
> Hi Dianne .
>
> On 4 June 2010 11:45, Dianne Reuby wrote:
>
>
> Great work! What email address did you use? I can only find
> phone/chat/postal contacts for them.
>
> Someone on this list suggested writing to Dell C
On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 22:19 +0100, Dianne Reuby wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-06-04 at 22:14 +0100, Bruno Girin wrote:
> > On the other hand, Dell could very well sell their hardware with
> > Ubuntu
> > on it but say that they will only support the hardware, not the
> > sof
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 08:53 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there ...
>
> Just checked out the Dell UK site. A search for Ubuntu now throws up
> two netbooks and three laptops that actually are available with Ubuntu
> and if you follow the customization through, it says they come with
> 10.04. Th
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 09:58 +0100, Matthew Bassett wrote:
> On 16 June 2010 09:47, Bruno Girin wrote:
> > [...] the only ones I manage to configure with Ubuntu are the Latitude
> > 2100 and 2110 but they only come with 9.10, not 10.04. [...]
> >
> > That doesn'
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 10:38 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Bruno Girin wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 08:53 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
> >> Hi there ...
> >>
> >> Just checked out the Dell UK site. A search for Ubuntu now t
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 11:24 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> > Oh I'm sure there are no insoluble problems, it's just that I don't
> > really feel like spending an inordinate amount of time getting it to
> > work. If I am to buy a £1000+ laptop (top of the range as I said), I
> > don't particularly wan
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 12:11 +0100, Rowan Berkeley wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Bruno Girin
> wrote:
> > If I am to buy a ?1000+ laptop (top of the range as I said), I
> > don't particularly want to find myself with a doorstop until I hunt
> > down all
On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 08:29 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> On 14/06/10 11:18, Rob Beard wrote:
> > I use PS3 Media Server. I first tried it with Windows on my XBOX 360
> > and surprisingly enough it worked well. Now I have a PS3 I tend to use
> > it for that. It's possibly not the most efficie
On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 08:18 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> On 17/06/10 21:09, Bruno Girin wrote:
>
> >
> > You've got a handy comparison of DLNA servers here:
> > http://www.rbgrn.net/content/21-how-to-choose-dlna-media-server-windows-mac-os-x-or-linux
> >
On Sun, 2010-06-20 at 22:45 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I'm going to try to upgrade my spare Dell Optiplex 740 from Windows to
> Ubuntu 10.04 for my daughter. First question: should I go for the 64
> bit iso? (The machine has an AMD 64 processor). Also, any thoughts
> from an
On Sun, 2010-06-20 at 23:08 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> 32-bit Ubuntu copes just fine with more than 4GB RAM these days. It
> autodetects during the install and installs the PAE kernel. It works
> just fine, whatever some people might say :)
True. I keep forgetting about the PAE kernel.
>
> The m
On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 09:15 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 07:54 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
> > How much memory has this machine got? If it's under 4GB I'd say stick
> > with the 32-Bit version.
>
> Thanks everyone for your help here. It only has one Gig of memory
> anyway, and
Hi Matthew,
I'd be happy to help. As before, I can come to your offices in London
and I can be fairly flexible on date and time.
Best regards,
Bruno
On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 11:38 +0100, Matthew Revell wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm looking for five or six people who can get to either central
> London o
On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 22:59 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 21 June 2010 20:16, John Matthews wrote:
> > I cant remember having a computer that didnt use a mouse,
>
> The first mouse I bought for a PC was a 3-button white serial one (see
> pic below) from CPC around 1993, but I certainly had used m
On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 11:41 +0100, Jon Spriggs wrote:
> http://jon.sprig.gs/blog/2009/11/29/use-gmails-smtp-gateway-using-the-command-line-from-ubuntu-without-lots-of-config-tips/
>
> This will relay SMTP via GMail. There's no reason why you can't just
> set the same thing up to relay to your ISP'
Hi all,
There's a shiny new LoCo Directory API [1]. I'm sure there's lots of
cool stuff you can do with it.
[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoDirectory/API
Bruno
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On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 08:54 +0100, Alan Bell wrote:
> Daniel Case wrote:
> > Depends when it is as to whether i can attend...7th of July is my
> > return date.
> > What time will the meeting be? (my first one too!)
> the meeting will be at 9PM UK time (or 20:00 UTC - all Ubuntu meeting
> times are
On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 22:19 +0100, John Stevenson wrote:
> On 28 June 2010 22:12, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
> As long as the card is on the bus, it is powered. The card
> itself may have a
> specific power-save mode, but I very much doubt it.
>
> The power con
On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 12:30 +0100, Bob Clough wrote:
> My kitchen PC project is coming along, and I'm now wishing i'd bought
> another joggler when they were on offer!
>
>
> Does anyone happen to have one they've decided is useless to sell me?
Sorry, I love my Joggler, it's not going anywhere ;-
On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 17:06 +0100, Alan Bell wrote:
> I have been mulling over a few logo related ideas, I think we have to
> have a decent idea of the core image we want prior to redesigning the
> website.
> Here is one idea
>
> http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/uuk/logoconcept.png
>
> I am hop
On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 17:35 +0100, Alan Bell wrote:
> On 02/07/10 17:20, Bruno Girin wrote:
> >
> > I like it. But have a the UK in small caps rather than in scaled down
> > caps as it will make them the same height and weight as the lowercase
> > letters in ubuntu. Tha
On Wed, 2010-07-07 at 15:57 +0100, Simon Wears wrote:
> Heyhey fancy people,
>
>
> I've decided to go wireless this year as I'm moving into a new house
> (and sticking holes in the walls for Ethernet isn't an option), so I'm
> looking for a wireless N card. Has anyone got one, or know of one tha
On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 20:23 +0100, Matthew Daubney wrote:
> The purpose of this is to get people who need help with _difficult_
> problems, which may not be easily solved by the groups general
> knowledge, in contact with the person who might be able to help. This
> does have a small time (and pat
On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 21:14 +0100, Joe O'Dell wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> It's emerged that our attendence list for the Ubuntu UK GeekNic is a little
> out of date!
>
> If you could please add/remove yourself from the list at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/UKGeekNic2010/Attendance it would b
On Sat, 2010-07-24 at 12:21 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
>
> $ gh_backup.sh vimes twoflower
>
> Would backup vimes to twoflower.
>
> $ gh_backup.sh binky vimes
>
> would backup binky to vimes.
>
> $ gh_backup lobsang
Is there one called vetinari? ;-)
Bruno
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ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.co
Hi all,
As promised during Wednesday's IRC meeting, here's a quick email for
those of you who are interested in photo management in Ubuntu.
As you may know, the default photo management application in Ubuntu will
change in Maverick. F-Spot is out, Shotwell is in. Shotwell is developed
by a non-pr
On 30 July 2010 22:58, Alan Bell wrote:
> On 02/07/10 17:06, Alan Bell wrote:
> well now we have the Ubuntu Sans Bold font in beta I have done the logo
> as an SVG in Inkscape with the UK bit in bold and the ubuntu- bit in a
> larger regular weight. This ends up with the UK bit looking a little
>
Hi all,
As I won't be able to attend the IRC meeting on Wednesday, I put my
summary of GUADEC online [1] if anybody is interested.
[1] http://brunogirin.blogspot.com/2010/08/guadec-2010.html
Cheers,
Bruno
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ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
http
On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 16:27 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 2 August 2010 15:59, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> > Here a mock up: http://lordies.co.uk/logo6.svg.
>
> That's the nicest I've seen so far.
>
> Thanks to everyone for contributing to this! :D
I agree, best one so far.
Bruno
--
ubuntu-uk
On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 21:40 +0100, Alan Bell wrote:
> On 02/08/10 21:35, James Tait wrote:
> > On 02/08/10 21:20, Alan Bell wrote:
> > > bit like this?
> > > http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/uuk/logo8.svg
> >
> > Something there didn't work for me - it came out in what looked like
> > Courier typ
On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 22:55 +0100, Alan Bell wrote:
> On 02/08/10 22:33, Bruno Girin wrote:
> >
> > I like it but I'd drop the "your" and I'd make "local community team"
> > aligned with "ubuntu-uk" both left and right, as in the o
On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 13:56 +0100, gazz wrote:
> Thanks, that's a lifesaver - I'll only have to reinstall the laptop
> this once! I'm mulling if this is a bug or a wishlist for an easier
> way?
>
> Paula
What about this? Would it work?
* Right click on the network manager icon before any c
On Thu, 2010-08-05 at 20:32 +0100, Alan Bell wrote:
> On 05/08/10 19:58, Rob Beard wrote:
> >
> > I like it but I think the actual image of the Meerkats is too low in
> > resolution and looks pixelated. It'll possibly show up more when printed.
> >
> > I like the idea though.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 00:03 +0100, Alan Bell wrote:
> On 05/08/10 22:57, Bruno Girin wrote:
> >
> > If you get no reply I have some hi-res (13MP) pics of meerkats that I'd
> > happily contribute. They're not on flickr yet because I haven't got
> &
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