Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Digitial Development Agency

2008-04-21 Thread Tim Dobson
On 17/04/2008, Lucy wrote: > Thanks Dianne. The Manchester free software group currently use the > MDDA for their monthly meetings, but it hadn't occurred to me that we > could do something Ubuntu related there too! Unfortunately though, > they are currently undergoing a funding review (or som

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Digitial Development Agency

2008-04-21 Thread Tim Dobson
James Westby wrote: > We're still looking for a venue for the packaging/bug jam, do you think > this would be a good location? I have never been/done a packaging/bug jam so I couldn't comment really - I don't know what would be good or what would be bad. I'm not sure if a packaging/bug jam would

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What to do with a spare laptop hard drive

2008-04-21 Thread Tim Dobson
Rob Beard wrote: > I'd go for the USB hard drive option, you never know when it might come > in handy. IIRC you can also get some media players that take laptop > size hard drives (actually I might have mistaken them with 3.5" hard > drive players). Other than that, you could always sell it o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] show of hands.. was: 8.04 Ubuntu release party - London - 24th April

2008-04-23 Thread Tim Dobson
Josh Blacker wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: >> Show of hands... Who's going to this? > Why wouldn't I? An 8 hour round trip by train? ;) -- www.tdobson.net If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, then each of us still has one object. If each of us have one idea, and we exchange

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gobunbtu 8.04?

2008-04-29 Thread Tim Dobson
Robert Kosten wrote: > Any chance we'll get one? There is one. I'm using it. I'm not sure exactly what it's *real* status is, and how _free_ it is, is certainly questionable (see gobuntu-devel mailing list if you are interested). If you google gobuntu hardy, should find a place to download som

[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [Fsuk-manchester] Reminder: Richard Stallman in Manchester tomorrow]

2008-04-30 Thread Tim Dobson
Hey guys... just a quick reminder, looking forward some of you tomorrow feel free to say hi... Tim Original Message Subject: [Fsuk-manchester] Reminder: Richard Stallman in Manchester tomorrow Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:04:10 +0100 From: Paul Waring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL

[ubuntu-uk] Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

2008-05-06 Thread Tim Dobson
== RMS Video: == The video of last week's Manchester Free Software, (in collaboration with the BCS and IET) talk by Richard Stallman has been released, thanks to Andrew John Hughes. You can find a torrent and http mirrors for the video on the Manchester Free Software Website. W

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Free Software : RMS Video

2008-05-07 Thread Tim Dobson
2008/5/7 Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Which bizzarely contains multiple copies of the video. I am motivated to > _not_ use torrent in this situation for this reason. The torrent is > considerably larger than one single video. The torrent contains: 20080501-rms.ogg 20080501-rms_med.ogg 200805

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sonix Webcam

2008-05-31 Thread Tim Dobson
Ken Adams wrote: > Having a nightmare trying to get my webcam running. Webcams *are* a nightmare, however, I was elated a few days ago when I found that my 8 pound, generic, bottom of the range, unbranded webcam, a) works natively with amsn & kopete - seriously - these programs have AWESOME SUPP

[ubuntu-uk] DVD filesystems problem

2008-06-09 Thread Tim Dobson
Hi guys, some one on a different list I am on recently had this problem with Ubuntu Hardy: - 8> mkisofs will NOT make DVD Video ISO filesystems correctly in Hardy. If you have a dig around, you'll find that mkisofs has been replaced by genisoimage in Hardy, and the cdrkit libraries are at fa

[ubuntu-uk] Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West :: August Meeting

2008-07-29 Thread Tim Dobson
ki/Chat --- Looking forward to your suggestions, Tim Dobson DFEY-NW Co-Organiser --- [1] http://dfey.freedomdreams.co.uk [2] http://dfey.freedomdreams.co.uk/wiki/Talk:Main_Page [3] http://www.manchesterdda.com -- www.tdobson.net If each of us have one object, and we exchange them,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West ::August Meeting

2008-07-29 Thread Tim Dobson
James Milligan wrote: > Great timing - I'm looking for a 'young' LUG in the NW - I've checked the > dates I should be available, and put them on the poll > > Thanks for the opportunity as well. Excellent! I look forward to seeing you there! :) Tim -- www.tdobson.net If each of us have one

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software Freedom Day, 20 September 2008

2008-07-30 Thread Tim Dobson
Lucy wrote: >> Will that group allow giving out of Ubuntu CDs? > > Hmm, difficult one ;) > > Personally, I would love to give out Ubuntu CDs. Unfortunately, when I > made the suggestion on the list others weren't so keen ;) We will > definitely be giving out the openDisc and gNewSense CDs and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Software Freedom Day, 20 September 2008

2008-07-30 Thread Tim Dobson
Alan Pope wrote: > Does the group know the the Ubuntu CD has a "Free Software Only" install > option? > > I expect this isn't good enough for them though. They should do... I use Gobuntu on a day to day basis! But it's not good enough really. In fact it's not good enough for either camp as I'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would you like in a book..

2008-08-02 Thread Tim Dobson
Alan Pope wrote: > I've been wondering if there's a set of Ubuntu related topics that are not > covered, or not covered well in the current set of books available. Some sort of removable media inside the book, with a PDF of the book on it. Allows non-commercial (though preferably commercial) red

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New FreeRunner

2008-08-03 Thread Tim Dobson
James Tait wrote: > Hi all, > > Need to be straight to the point, battery running low. Someone (Popey?) > mentioned something several months ago about a group of people getting > New FreeRunners and a discount being available. I'm looking to jump on > that bandwagon -- can anyone remind me of de

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Opinions for a mobile phone in the Ubuntu community

2008-08-05 Thread Tim Dobson
Javad Ayaz wrote: > Hi, > > Coming to the end of my contract, Im just wondering what Ubuntu > community uses for its mobile needs, in relation with ubuntu ? i.e Sync, > contacts, rss! Neo Freerunner! www.openmoko.com www.truebox.co.uk Failing that get a 3310 and be done with it :P /me runs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New FreeRunner

2008-08-05 Thread Tim Dobson
James Tait wrote: > Tim Dobson wrote: >> I have a freerunner which I bought from www.truebox.co.uk > > So what are your impressions? I certainly take Popey's point about a > phone that "works and works well", but just how much work/grief can one > expect w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Opinions for a mobile phone in the Ubuntu community

2008-08-05 Thread Tim Dobson
andylockran wrote: > In all serious, can people stop recommending the freerunner. This seems a bit of a strange request to me... > It's a sure way of annoying people - recommending an "iphone killer" > that doesn't make phone calls. I don't suggest it's an "iphone killer" anymore than I hear Shu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Opinions for a mobile phone in the Ubuntu community

2008-08-05 Thread Tim Dobson
Tim Dobson wrote: > andylockran wrote: >> In all serious, can people stop recommending the freerunner. > > This seems a bit of a strange request to me... > >> It's a sure way of annoying people - recommending an "iphone killer" oops. I wrote this After

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New FreeRunner

2008-08-05 Thread Tim Dobson
Javad Ayaz wrote: > how is it network support and price wise though? It's completely SIM free. It should work on all UK networks, with the possible exception of "3". If you are on 3 you might need to do some research. (Like putting your SIM in a non-3g unlocked phone and seeing whether it works

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New FreeRunner

2008-08-05 Thread Tim Dobson
Robert McWilliam wrote: > On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 02:19:20PM +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote: >> how is it network support and price wise though? i dont think the networks >> in the UK support it. And £200 plus i doubt if anyone wants to buy it >> specially if free-er versions that do the same thing are av

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New FreeRunner

2008-08-05 Thread Tim Dobson
Javad Ayaz wrote: > how does installing new apps on this work? like synaptic in ubuntu? yep - http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Om2008.8_Installer it's pretty similar really. > I think for the uptake of any technology by the masses...the hardware > has to be available...cheap-ish! How many people d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Opinions for a mobile phone in the Ubuntu community

2008-08-05 Thread Tim Dobson
Chris Bannister wrote: > On 05/08/08 19:53, Ian Pascoe wrote: >> Tim >> >> What's the phone storage and memory size as bought? >> >> Ian > > Clinking the big green banner on the main pages leads to: > > http://www.openmoko.com/product.html > > Which says: > > * Memory > o 128MB S

[ubuntu-uk] DFEY Meeting :: 31st August :: Manchester :: Digital Freedom in Education and Youth - North West

2008-08-18 Thread Tim Dobson
of England for a Group to encourage and promote young people's involvement with the free software community by creating a social space to make it more comfortable for young people to get involved with GLUGs and FSUGs. --- Tim Dobson DFEY-NW Co-Organiser --- [1] http://dfey.freedomdr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DFEY Meeting :: 31st August :: Manchester :: Digital Freedom in Education and Youth - North West

2008-08-20 Thread Tim Dobson
Alan Pope wrote: > Hi Tim, Hi Alan :) > On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 01:25:42AM +0100, Tim Dobson wrote: >> Please forward this to any other lists or people who you think might be >> interested. > > If you mail announcements like this to the lugmaster mailing list on >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DFEY Meeting :: 31st August :: Manchester :: Digital Freedom in Education and Youth - North West

2008-08-22 Thread Tim Dobson
Andy Smith wrote: > Hi Tim, Hi Andy, > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 09:53:58PM +0100, Tim Dobson wrote: >> It's worth pointing out that whilst people disagree with each other it >> does not necessarily stop them working together on common ground. >> (The converse of co

[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [ORG-discuss] Fw: [uk-parl] asking for your help in collecting names of associations]

2008-08-23 Thread Tim Dobson
Anyone know anyone who would be interested in this? Original Message Subject: [ORG-discuss] Fw: [uk-parl] asking for your help in collecting names of associations Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:03:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Glyn Wintle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Open Rights Group open d

[ubuntu-uk] Teenagers and GNU/Linux WAS: Re: ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 40, Issue 45

2008-08-28 Thread Tim Dobson
Scrase, Eddie wrote: > Jai Harrison wrote: > >> What we really need is a multiplatform messaging protocol + client to >> cut into the Microsoft instant messaging market - the younger >> generation of Microsoft Windows users. > > Alan cocks wrote: > >> Isn't that what Pidgin is for or have I misu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Teenagers and GNU/Linux WAS: Re: ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 40, Issue 45

2008-08-28 Thread Tim Dobson
Sean Miller wrote: > Thanks for that Tim. No problem! > Some very useful insights there. Happy to be of help :) > Am I right in thinking that aMSN doesn't actually support any of the > other protocols? I think the Yahoo IM network is to be/has been linked up with the MSN network, though not v

[ubuntu-uk] Stephen Fry talks about Free Software

2008-09-04 Thread Tim Dobson
For those who haven't seen it, The Free Software Foundation has released a video featuring Stephen Fry, explaining free software and GNU to those who might otherwise find it difficult to understand. The video, published at http://gnu.org/fry has caused quite a stir across the the F/LOSS atmosphe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] gracenote

2008-09-08 Thread Tim Dobson
Farran wrote: > can gracenote be connected to rhythmbox to download track info in any > way? I don't have too much experience with rythmbox, but in my experiences with amarok have been pretty good. > the one it uses at the moment doesn't always return the right info, > and there isn't much th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open source replacement for Adobe Flash

2008-09-08 Thread Tim Dobson
Dianne Reuby wrote: > My son's just started college, and one of the programs he'll be using is > Macromedia (Adobe) flash. Hi, I just started my second year of Applied ICT (I'm now at A2) and I have just found out we are going to be using Macromedia Director (Yes that's the shockwave creation too

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A Windows Mobile- Ubuntufied?

2008-09-08 Thread Tim Dobson
Alan Pope wrote: > Don't hold your breath. I dont anticipate Ubuntu Mobile running (and > working) on _any_ phone (with the possible exception of the freerunner) in > the next few months. Unfortunately the ubuntu-mobile team have limited themselves by only producing stuff for intel compatible

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wrong version of Firefox

2008-09-14 Thread Tim Dobson
Johnathon Tinsley wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Neil Greenwood wrote: > | 2008/9/12 Johnathon Tinsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > |> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > |> Hash: SHA1 > |> > |> Hello all, > | Hi Johnathon, > | > |> [snip] > |> Synaptic says it's v3.0  (sc

[ubuntu-uk] GTK/Theme Settings(?) problems

2008-09-19 Thread Tim Dobson
Hi there, I don't often ask for help but I'm not sure exactly what I'm looking for here. http://files.tdobson.net/ss/broken.desktop.png This screen shot, shows my desktop. There seem to be some problems with the theming, or GUI kit or something. I'm using my own layout of a GNOME desktop, whic

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GTK/Theme Settings(?) problems

2008-09-19 Thread Tim Dobson
Mac wrote: > Tim Dobson wrote: >> ...This screen shot, shows my desktop. There seem to be some problems with >> the theming, or GUI kit or something. > >> Anyway, if anyone can help, or point me in the right direction, it would >> be appreciated. :) > >C

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Semi Ubuntu question!- Google Android

2008-09-19 Thread Tim Dobson
Javad Ayaz wrote: > Having used a samsung Omnia for a few days and unable to conncect to a > ubuntu pc via the wifi connection I have returned it and am eagerly > awaiting the google android. How compatible will it be with Ubuntu do > you think? Pretty likely. Though connect is a pretty loosel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DVD & Xvid playback with zoom/crop facility?

2008-09-19 Thread Tim Dobson
Andrew Oakley wrote: > I'm looking for DVD & Xvid playback software with a zoom function, under > Ubuntu 8.04. At minimum, the ability to zoom in to a 16:9 video which > has been recorded as a 4:3 aspect ratio with black bars at the top & > bottom ("letterbox"). Ideally, the ability to zoom smoo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] GTK/Theme Settings(?) problems

2008-09-19 Thread Tim Dobson
Mac wrote: > Tim / Jai >>> Yes, you're quite right to be cautious: I only passed the > URL on as it might have meant something to you, Tim; but I had no idea > what consequences the proposed fix might have (it did look a bit > draconian to me!). Of course, as you say, you could risk experimen

[ubuntu-uk] DFEY-NW :: October 19th :: Marbella Cafe :: Digital Freedom in Education and Youth - North West

2008-09-29 Thread Tim Dobson
(Please forward this to anybody or any lists you think might be interested) DFEY-NW (Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West) is a group focusing on young people and issues of freedom in the digital world, based in the Northwest of England at the moment. === In Brief === WHERE: Meet

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non ubuntu related question- Can you log into gmail on your phone?

2008-10-06 Thread Tim Dobson
Javad Ayaz wrote: > just a quick question. Im trying to log into my gmail on my phone. but i > keep getting the incorrect username/password message? I use m.gmail.com or m.google.com on my neo freerunner running the FDOm distro and it works fine. I have managed to log in using the full blown AJ

[ubuntu-uk] Why DFEY? - Next meeting 19th October - Manchester

2008-10-10 Thread Tim Dobson
(Please forward this to anyone you think might be interested) The next DFEY-NW meeting is next Sunday - 19th of October, in central Manchester. All young people who have interest in issues of freedom and education are more than welcome to attend. You can find the full information here: http://df

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] How free is the Android OS?

2008-10-16 Thread Tim Dobson
Michael G Fletcher wrote: > * How free is the OS really?? I know it has a Linux based kernel and > will be open source (?), but with the 100% free OpenMoko, would OM be > better? I don't think anyone has their hands on it at the moment, so we don't k how free it is. I'm a proud Neo Freerunner own

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New series of 'The IT Crowd'

2008-11-22 Thread Tim Dobson
Josh Blacker wrote: > On 21 Nov 2008, at 22:30, Philip McGaw wrote: > >> It could be better >> >> Sent from my iPod > > Sent from your iPod on an Ubuntu mailing list? For shame, sir! Well he *could* be running GNU/Linux on his iPod, sir! However, you are probably right. :) -- www.tdobson.net

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC radio Free For All - InBusiness item

2009-01-08 Thread Tim Dobson
alan c wrote: > I have just heard Peter Day's In Business program, and it is totally > about free software its past and future. Very concise I thought, and > well informed. > Worth a listen (podcast available) > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/inbusiness/inbusiness.shtml > > Free For All bro

[ubuntu-uk] DFEY-NW :: January 18th :: BBC, Oxford Road, Manchester :: Digital Freedom in Education and Youth - North West

2009-01-12 Thread Tim Dobson
(Please forward this to anybody or any lists you think might be interested) DFEY-NW (Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West) is a group focusing on young people and issues of freedom in the digital world, based in the Northwest of England at the moment. === In Brief === WHERE: Meet

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manlug

2009-01-25 Thread Tim Dobson
Simon Wears wrote: > Firstly - my apologies! I think I sent out a blank email to the list > by accident. > > Second - I'm living in Manchester, and was thinking of going along to > one of the MANlug meetings. Does anyone on this list go, or know how > active they are? Hiya, I'm based near

Re: [ubuntu-uk] get_iPlayer

2009-03-08 Thread Tim Dobson
Gerald Williams wrote: > Hi all http://beebhack.wikia.com is where all the iplayer downloading stuff gets best documented and discussed. Personally, I prefer the iplayer_automator shell script which is a wrapper for iplayer-dl I think but presents a relatively friendly interface... Tim -- w

[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [GeekUp] Got anything cool to share about Free/Open Source Software? Sheffield University FSS is after speakers!]

2009-03-11 Thread Tim Dobson
anyone interested? they are a great bunch of people! Original Message Subject: [GeekUp] Got anything cool to share about Free/Open Source Software? Sheffield University FSS is after speakers! Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:51:17 + From: Chris Warburton Reply-To: gee...@googlegro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC won't support Linux

2009-03-16 Thread Tim Dobson
Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/3/15 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace : >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/10/highfield_quits_kangaroo/ >> >> Ashley Highfield (Ex-BBC Iplayer boss) now works for MS. I seem to >> recall that the latest appointee of the BBC's media division is an ex >> MS UK employee. >> > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC won't support Linux

2009-03-16 Thread Tim Dobson
Rowan Berkeley wrote: > I have an awful lot of short music videos (non-interactive), I mean > scores and scores of them, which I downloaded from YouTube in flash > format and converted to .mp4 format. I felt that this would be a more > versatile format for video jukebox type use on unknown machines

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC won't support Linux

2009-03-16 Thread Tim Dobson
Tim Dobson wrote: > If you have some cool technical ideas though, you might be interested in > the BBC Backstage mailing list or the Backstage Idea thingy: take a look down here: http://ideas.welcomebackstage.com/ideatorrent/most_popular_ever/ -- www.tdobson.net If each of us ha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC won't support Linux

2009-03-16 Thread Tim Dobson
Matt Jones wrote: > However, would it have been possible to create such a thing in an > entirely FOSS manner? I haven't looked at the game play of the controversial game, but maybe blender? Apricot project - apricot.blender.org is completely F/LOSS. I'm not a games dev, or anything like that, s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC won't support Linux

2009-03-16 Thread Tim Dobson
Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/3/16 Tim Dobson : >> Sorry but I have to defend the bbc here. >> > > I wasn't knocking the BBC, merely musing on the current situation and > where I'd like to see them go in the future. There was no ill intent > meant on my part towa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games

2009-03-17 Thread Tim Dobson
I used to hang out on openarena. Now days I do things like sleep, but if you you like that kind of game its there. Both my parents are horrifically addicted to ksirtet (tetris). There's a old, but good review that made slashdot of the best Free Software games... go look it up. :) Tim red wrote

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction

2009-03-19 Thread Tim Dobson
people wrote: I'm from South Manchester, Cheshire, etc. Are people aware of the existence of: Manchester Free Software Group - http://manchester.fsuk.org Manchester Linux User Group - http://manlug.org #manlug Currybeer Social - http://manlug.org.uk DFEY-NW - Digital Freedom in Education and You

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Ubuntu Release Party

2009-03-20 Thread Tim Dobson
Simon Wears wrote: > Quick question - are these locations mentioned in the city center ? I > haven't heard of them before! Yes, they all are. I strongly recommend joining some of the local mailing lists as meetings and events happen in the city centre all the time. I'm sure, whereever we choos

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Ubuntu Release Party

2009-03-21 Thread Tim Dobson
Lucy wrote: > Okay, I've spoken to someone at BBC Manchester and it's possible that > we will be able to use the BBC bar inside the BBC building on Oxford > Road. What do people think of this idea? > > The advantages are: it will be quiet, it's likely that we will have > the bar to ourselves. It h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Release party speaker or link up

2009-03-25 Thread Tim Dobson
Lucy wrote: > It would be great if someone from Canonical could come up to > Manchester to give a talk at the release party. I don't know if any > Canonical employees or Ubuntu developers already live in the North > West? > > If not, assuming that the London party is on the same night, would it >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Announcement: Manchester Release Party

2009-03-25 Thread Tim Dobson
Lucy wrote: > 2009/3/25 Gordon Allott : >> On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 12:57 +, Lucy wrote: >>> I'm pleased to announce that Ian Forrester (from BBC Backstage) has >>> booked us the BBC Manchester Bar on Friday 24th April for the >>> Ubuntu-UK Manchester release party. The party will start at 7pm an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Podcast season two

2009-04-02 Thread Tim Dobson
Alan Pope wrote: > http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2009/04/01/s02e01-the-return/ > > Feedback and suggestion as ever are always welcome! woop woop Manchester Jaunty Release party plugged. :D -- www.tdobson.net If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, then each of us still has one

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Announcement: Manchester Release Party

2009-04-07 Thread Tim Dobson
Lucy wrote: > 2009/4/7 Simon Wears : >> A) I'd Digg that! > > I don't use digg, but cool :) fsdaily.com ftw! > Good idea. I'll create a poster this weekend - I know that the > community have made similar ones available so it shouldn't be > difficult. I'll let you know when it's available for pr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu and a Great Grandma. A great story.

2009-04-15 Thread Tim Dobson
Philip Wyett wrote: > OK, I scrolled back through my email and see it has been posted. Wish > some users would keep up. ;-) Sadly I didn't see this the first time, so thanks anyway! :) -- www.tdobson.net If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, then each of us still has one obj

[ubuntu-uk] [ANN] DFEY-NW :: 25th April @ BBC Manchester

2009-04-16 Thread Tim Dobson
Details for the next DFEY-NW are enclosed... Please forward this to anybody or any lists you think might be interested. === DFEY-NW (Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West) is a group focusing on young people and issues of freedom in the digital world, based in the N

[ubuntu-uk] Manchester Free Software Talk: green h consulting, a social venture using free software

2009-04-20 Thread Tim Dobson
Anyone coming to the Jaunty release party later on this week might also be interested in this: Hope to see you there! Tim :) Original Message Subject: [Fsuk-manchester] Re: Manchester Free Software Talk: green h consulting, a social venture using free software Date: Mon, 20 A

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Work Experience

2009-04-20 Thread Tim Dobson
ng on on #dfey a bit. DFEY-NW has very good connections with industry in the northwest but the occasional things else where do come to our attention. It'd be good to see you around sometime. Tim Dobson http://nw.dfey.org -- www.tdobson.net If each of us have one object, and we excha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Release Party Pics

2009-04-26 Thread Tim Dobson
Andrew Williams wrote: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/nik_doof/sets/72157617311869238/ Other people took photos too: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/ubuntumcr/ Use the #ubuntumcr tag on your content! -- www.tdobson.net If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, then each of u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Release Party Pics

2009-04-27 Thread Tim Dobson
easing on valentines day doesn't make having a release party popular with long suffering spouses! :p In two->three years time, when I expect Squeeze will be released, I for one will be celebrating the release, and I hope many Ubuntu users will join me. :) Tim Dobson -- www.tdobson.net --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Manchester Release Party Pics

2009-04-27 Thread Tim Dobson
Sean Miller wrote: > Why are Linux people so "territorial"?? > > Any attempts I make in Somerset to organise a release party for > something like Ubuntu gets folks saying "can't be doing with that - > Debian's the only decent distro" or "Sorry, that's one of those Debian > derivitives isn't it? a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Click downloaded Ubuntu

2009-05-03 Thread Tim Dobson
It's naive to think that the .mov file extension refers to it being in a nonfree video format. Actually the reason get_iplayer can get the video is because the iphone (possibly one of the most drm'd devices in the world) couldnt support Windows media DRM so they made it h.264 codec video. You

[ubuntu-uk] DFEY - Logo Competition - Cash Prizes

2009-05-04 Thread Tim Dobson
DFEY is having a Logo Competition. Top Prize: £40 First Runner Up: £10 Brief for Entries = * Should be easily recognisable, visually pleasing and easily reproduced in different mediums. * Should echo themes of Digital Freedom, Technology, Young People and Education. * All entr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DFEY - Logo Competition - Cash Prizes

2009-05-04 Thread Tim Dobson
Daniel Rhodes-Mumby wrote: > Thanks for this. > I'm just forwarding it on to a local youth council I'm involved in - it's > not typical of our activities, but maybe I'll be able to change that. Wow, this sounds like a really good opportunity! It's worth a go at least! > The issue of digital freed

[ubuntu-uk] Barcamp Leeds, May 30-31st

2009-05-05 Thread Tim Dobson
This is bound to be a load of fun interspersed with really useful networking and cool sessions, If you've never been to a barcamp before, I strongly recommend coming - It'd be good to see a good ubuntu-uk turnout after the manchester release party :) Tim Original Message Subje

[ubuntu-uk] Image Windows Drive into a VM

2009-05-19 Thread Tim Dobson
Hi there, I wonder if anyone can help. I'm in the situation (with someone else's laptop) where it would be ideal if I could image their Windows Vista installation on their machine into a virtual machine, ideally Virtualbox. Is this possible at all? Has anyone successfully done anything like th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Image Windows Drive into a VM

2009-05-20 Thread Tim Dobson
Michael Holloway wrote: > Recently, I spent a lot of time trying to find a decent (easy) way to do > it, and VMWare's P2V (free) is by far the easiest. I'll take a look at it. > Other ways are painfully slow(er) and complicated. hmmm. > It worked fine fir Vista64, but for use in VMWare server/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Image Windows Drive into a VM

2009-05-20 Thread Tim Dobson
danattwood wrote: >> Still probably the best solution. My boss's laptop is blue screening on >> average twice a day, which obviously, isn't good. >> > Be aware virtualising the machine might not solve the blue screen issue. > You might just end up converting a broken laptop into a virtual broken

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 100 open source gems

2009-05-22 Thread Tim Dobson
Saikiran Madugula wrote: > In case some one missed > > http://tuxradar.com/content/100-open-source-gems-part-1 and > http://tuxradar.com/content/100-open-source-gems-part-2 > > Very nice list! My fav is #6 back in time. That's cool. thanks for posting it. Interestingly they don't just dig out w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] bbc listen again anomaly

2009-05-28 Thread Tim Dobson
alan c wrote: > Most of bbc radio listen again is flash based I think, and it works ok > for me. > > However, just lately I find that some programmes do not play and a > message appears that I need to 'install real player'. > > In a machine which has an older install - an asus 900 which is still

[ubuntu-uk] [ANN] DFEY-NW :: June 13th @ BBC Manchester

2009-06-07 Thread Tim Dobson
Details for the next DFEY-NW are enclosed... Please forward this to anybody or any lists you think might be interested. === DFEY-NW (Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West) is a group focusing on young people and issues of freedom in the digital world, currently based i

[ubuntu-uk] Custom Ubuntu Image pendrive problems

2009-06-22 Thread Tim Dobson
Hi guys perhaps you can help. I'm producing a customised Ubuntu alternate CD at the moment so we can install Ubuntu at work with a custom set of packages, in our case, orientated towards Asterisk. I've followed the instructions on the Ubuntu Wiki and the iso image appears to work fine on a CD.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Image Hosting

2009-06-22 Thread Tim Dobson
John wrote: > Hi I was wondering if anybody knows of an Image Hosting that works with > Ubuntu. I did use Photobucket and Webshot, but neither work with Linux. > I tried Imageshack, but cant get that to work either. AFAIK they should or do work for me. > Anyone? however, I use BayImg by prefer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Custom Ubuntu Image pendrive problems

2009-06-22 Thread Tim Dobson
Lucy wrote: >> Does anyone have ideas on how to solve this or work around it? > > Based in a similar problem I had over the weekend. Have you tried > removing the usb stick and putting it back in when it's searching for > the install media? Just tried it. It doesn't seem to be making any differen

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Empathy to replace Pidgin in Karmic?

2009-06-23 Thread Tim Dobson
Tony Arnold wrote: > Alan, > > Alan Pope wrote: >> 2009/6/22 Dave Morley : >>> As far as I can tell the main reasoning is the fact that they can lose 2 >>> apps (ekiga and pidgin) thus saving space and also the empathy upstream >>> were working on bugs faster than pidgin were. >>> >>> this should

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Terminology and beginners, was Re: Scrambled screen & reinstalling

2009-06-24 Thread Tim Dobson
Neil Greenwood wrote: > Finding a common set of terms (and then remembering to use them!) is > difficult. > > The best thing to do is ask if you don't understand. Seconded. Just ask for clarification - even if it's not something your particularly interested in or if you can't understand it eno

[ubuntu-uk] Custom Ubuntu Image

2009-06-29 Thread Tim Dobson
Hi there, I'm having some difficulties modifying a custom ubuntu server CD so it automatically installs an extra package. I have been following the instructions here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallCDCustomization Word for word, however when I try and boot from it, it works fine - it

[ubuntu-uk] Server Suppliers

2009-07-07 Thread Tim Dobson
Hi Guys, Company hat on today, apologies ;) I'm looking for reccomendations for a supplier of cheap, reliable basic spec tower servers of about: 2x 2.6 GHZ CPU 2GB RAM 250GB Sata Hard Disk Disk CD/DVD Sata Disk drive No OS, display, keyboard, mouse etc... No manufacturer warranty required and:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Stolen Earth

2009-07-11 Thread Tim Dobson
David King wrote: > I wonder what a Dalek running on Ubuntu would be like? Well for starters, there'd be none of these legacy proprietary limitations regarding stairs (unless there were outstanding patent issues with this technology). All Daleks would be a tasteful shade of chocolate brown with

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: FOSDEM X: 6+7 February 2010

2009-07-16 Thread Tim Dobson
If you've never been to FOSDEM, I sincerely recommend attending. I'm very glad I went to it this year and will certainly be attending for FOSDEM's 10th birthday! It is a fantastic event, insightful, interesting, fun and incredibly welcoming. :D Tim Original Message Subject: [F

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Manchester Free Software Talk - Dan Lynch, Audio Production with Free Software

2009-07-17 Thread Tim Dobson
All you Loco people near Manchester might be interested in this - it's this tuesday! Tim Original Message Subject: [Fsuk-manchester] Manchester Free Software Talk - Dan Lynch, Audio Production with Free Software Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:09:51 +0100 From: Lucy To: Manchester

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Open Source Project kafuffle...

2009-08-07 Thread Tim Dobson
James Milligan wrote: > So effectively I /can/ relicence it to opensource (or the developers > etc) and relaunch it? Email licenc...@fsf.org for a sound opinion. Always the best thing to do before doing anything that potentially could cause headaches. :) They'll walk you through things from a

[ubuntu-uk] DFEY-NW Meeting - August 15th

2009-08-09 Thread Tim Dobson
Details for the next DFEY-NW are enclosed... Please forward this to anybody or any lists you think might be interested. === DFEY-NW (Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West) is a group aiming to provide a social space for young people interested in technology, issues o

[ubuntu-uk] Reminder - DFEY-NW tomorrow :: Young Rewired State Announcements

2009-08-14 Thread Tim Dobson
Just a reminder that the DFEY-NW meeting is taking place tomorrow from 12:00pm -> ~3:30pm === DFEY-NW (Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West) is a group aiming to provide a social space for young people interested in technology, issues of freedom and technology in r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Reminder - DFEY-NW tomorrow :: Young Rewired State Announcements

2009-08-18 Thread Tim Dobson
Dave Walker wrote: > Andrew Williams wrote: >> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 06:33:23PM +0100, William Anderson wrote: >> >>> I'm not young, and I'm not in the North West of England. I know these >>> messages aren't very frequent, but still ... >>> >> Suprisingly, this is one of the best lists i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Display table at Wallingford Bunkfest 2009

2009-08-23 Thread Tim Dobson
alan c wrote: > I am delighted to say that I have arranged a FOSS display table at the > festival in Wallingford, the so called 'Bunkfest' > fri 4th - sun 6th september 2009 > http://www.bunkfest.co.uk/ that's cool! Pity I can't be there but people I know have been to Wallingford Bunkfest in the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Movie Editor

2009-08-29 Thread Tim Dobson
Rowan Berkeley wrote: > Has anyone else tried this? I have just installed it from the repos. and > attempted to make a very simple music video for upload to YouTube. I > used a still jpg for the video and attempted to use an mp3 audio file, > then an ogg version of the same audio file, but although

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Throw a release party to get free software.

2009-09-05 Thread Tim Dobson
Matt Jones wrote: > I wonder where they got this idea from? > http://houseparty.com/windows7 Apple? In all seriousness, I was thinking of "throwing" a windows 7 release party (in my windows free house) and sending them home with a karmic CD... Tbh though, I don't really care about microsoft the

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

2009-10-15 Thread Tim Dobson
Hey Lucy, Thanks for CC'ing me in. Sorry! I had intended to be more proactive on this but due to me being occupied chasing Barcamp Manchester (whih is the 7th and 8th of november) Sponsorship stuff, I've been worked off my feet and unfortunately not been able to give this the energy I had hop

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

2009-10-16 Thread Tim Dobson
Gordon Allott wrote: > added to the ubuntu wiki > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicReleaseParties > > added to http://houseparty.cx > > If we could all post to the local LUGS as well that would be > fantastic :) Someone mail a sample announcement mail to (td at tdobson dot net) which we are happy

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

2009-10-16 Thread Tim Dobson
Gordon Allott wrote: > On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 22:32 +0100, Daniel Drummond wrote: >> I love that the address for Pitcher and Piano is Arches 9-10 Deansgate >> Locks. >> >> Dan >> >> > > I have absolutely no idea if thats the correct address, I just copied > whatever google told me. if its not pleas

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