Re: [ubuntu-uk] Unity is not working.
He didnt know the logo but a simple click the top left icon then type the name of the program couldn't have been said? I got my dad at 68 years old to do that easily over the phone. *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* On 22 February 2012 14:11, Alan Bell alanb...@ubuntu.com wrote: On 22/02/12 13:43, Kris Douglas wrote: Unity is honestly broken, someone must understand this, I will happily speak to people in person or on email in more detail about this. code talks. Fix it the way you want it and submit a merge request. Alan. -- The Open Learning Centre is rebranding, find out about our new name and look at http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ukhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] New Laptop
Seen the Fujitsu LifeBook E751?* *10 hours battery life. 15.6 inch screen, i5 Core processor. Bit pricey though as VAT runs it to £700+. Acer Aspire Timeline X 4820T is another one. £500 odd but only 14 inch screen. Lasts 8 hours. * Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* On 24 July 2011 21:11, Jon Farmer j...@bctech.co.uk wrote: Hi In the next couple of months I am looking to replace my 2 year old netbook. The machine is starting to fall to bits after being in use most work days around the office and in data centres. The new machine will mostly be used for web / web apps and SSH sessions. One of the top features I am looking for is decent battery life. By that I mean at least 7 hours for those horrific days in a data centre. I have beening looking at Chrome books which have the desired battery uptime however I have decided I want to continue running Ubuntu. The new Asus UX21 that should becoming out in September looks interesting. Anyone got any other suggestions? Oh I am looking for a 15 screen. Regards Jon Sent from my IPad3 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Courses
Thanks to everyone who's answered. I'll do some more research with the material you've given me. *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* On 21 July 2011 11:06, bod...@googlemail.com wrote: The OU also allow you to use tesco clubcard points to pay for some courses (this one included) The problem i found when looking for courses/certification is that most of it is almost always outdated or unrecognised. Comptia Linux+ for example has sample questions, one of which asked what the default X server for linux desktops is: the answer they give is Xfree86, which due to licensing issues was forked to X.org around 2004, so their material is about 7 years out of date. The only certifications i personally would trust is the LPI qualifications. Having said that, LPI-1 can be passed by anyone with minimal linux admin experience, so you would need at least LPI-2 to prove your worth. Bodsda Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Simon Redmond si...@sibass.co.uk Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:54:04 To: UK Ubuntu Talkubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Reply-To: si...@sibass.co.uk, UK Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Courses On Wed, 2011-07-20 at 19:35 +0100, Dino T. wrote: Hi everyone. I was thinking of doing a Linux course but haven't got a clue on who to do it with. I live in Liverpool so any centre close that is credible and good? The OU do a Linux course, the course code is T155 I believe... here a link http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/t155.htm its not cheap but then I think you get discount to take the CompTIA Linux+ exam at the end of the course. might be worth a look. Simon -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Linux Courses
Hi everyone. I was thinking of doing a Linux course but haven't got a clue on who to do it with. I live in Liverpool so any centre close that is credible and good? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Courses
Exactly, it's not the easiest thing to understand. *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* http://www.liverlinux.co.uk On 20 July 2011 19:39, Kris Douglas krisdoug...@gmail.com wrote: I would also be interested in learning a little more about doing courses in Linux in the UK. I followed some links to do with the LPI but it was a bit confusing as to what exactly is the definite one to do. The Ubuntu website shows there are courses but the literature isn't the best. On 20 July 2011 19:35, Dino T. dinot1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone. I was thinking of doing a Linux course but haven't got a clue on who to do it with. I live in Liverpool so any centre close that is credible and good? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Regards, Kris Douglas. T. 0845 004 2066 | M. 07728574285 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Courses
It would be both, for my CV and learning experience. I dont want to be investing time and money however on a course where it'd be worthless as a qualification. I want to focus on desktop technical support and system maintenance. *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* On 20 July 2011 19:38, Avi li...@avi.co wrote: Dino T. wrote: Hi everyone. I was thinking of doing a Linux course but haven't got a clue on who to do it with. I live in Liverpool so any centre close that is credible and good? What do you want to get out of it? Is this for your CV or as a genuine learning experience? Are you wanting to focus particularly on some use (desktop, server etc.)? -- Avi -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] System Wide Settings
Does anyone know how to transfer settings from .config to system wide so when using Remastersys, the settings stay saved? *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* http://www.ubuntu.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] boot time
Yeah it does. Mine used to boot in about 20 seconds. it went past 30 seconds. *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* http://www.ubuntu.com/ On 8 July 2011 10:41, Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org wrote: Is it my imagination or does 11.04 take considerably longer to cold boot than previous, recent versions of Ubuntu? Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google+
yeah closed already :( backlog of registrations. *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* http://www.ubuntu.com/ On 7 July 2011 10:01, J Fernyhough j.fernyho...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 July 2011 09:33, Dino T. d...@dinot.co.uk wrote: Registration is open again. Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons) Closed again (unless there's a trick to it). :( If anyone already on would like to add me to a circle I would be forever grateful. :) Jonathon -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity
Sent to those who asked. :) Hope you got the emails guys. Let me know. *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* http://www.ubuntu.com/ On 4 July 2011 16:23, Paul Tansom p...@aptanet.com wrote: ** Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com [2011-07-02 13:48]: On 1 July 2011 16:58, Paul Tansom p...@aptanet.com wrote: ** Dino T. d...@dinot.co.uk [2011-07-01 14:37]: I didn't realise you could associate Hotmail or Yahoo addresses with your Google account, I'm curious now - not that I use them for anything! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/23/getting_most_gmail/ In my *completely unbiased* opinion, a wonderful, helpful insightful article. ;-) ** end quote [Liam Proven] Ah, collecting mail via POP3, I was assuming something more sophisticated for some reason! :) -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 == Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Crawford House, Hambledon Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6NU -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity
Sent you an invite Matt but registration is closed now due to full capacity. Check the status for when you can use it. *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* http://www.ubuntu.com/ On 1 July 2011 13:33, Matthew Daubney m...@daubers.co.uk wrote: On 1 July 2011 13:18, Alan Bell alanb...@ubuntu.com wrote: well we reached the milestone of 25 likes on our Facebook page so now have a sparkly new vanity URL: http://www.facebook.com/UbuntuUK . . . and we got it just in time for Google Plus to be released and render Facebook redundant. Discuss! Alan. Not having had an invite to google plus, the concept both amuses and confuses me. Should anyone wish to help clarify my confusion by sending me an invite (to daubers AT gmail dot co with the dot uk), please feel free :) -Matt Daubney -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity
I can send google+ invites to anyone, just need a gmail address or hotmail/yahoo that has a google account associated. Not a fan of Diaspora*, simply because im not a fan of the multiple urls called seeds like diasp.org, joindiaspora, diaspora.eu etc. if i join a network, i want my id to be unique. anyone can create a diasp.domain etc with my name and claim to be me. Its a pet peeve of mine. *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* http://www.ubuntu.com/ On 1 July 2011 13:38, Paul Tansom p...@aptanet.com wrote: ** Alan Bell alanb...@ubuntu.com [2011-07-01 13:19]: well we reached the milestone of 25 likes on our Facebook page so now have a sparkly new vanity URL: http://www.facebook.com/UbuntuUK . . . and we got it just in time for Google Plus to be released and render Facebook redundant. Discuss! ** end quote [Alan Bell] If I could get an invite to take a look I may have something to discuss ;) Actually I'm in two minds, I don't like Facebook much but it does have the killer feature of user base - or more specifically the fact that people I know use it (technically I have a Hi5 account because I was trying to get in touch with someone who used it and not Facebook, but it isn't a nice service and I'd rather they'd been on Facebook!). In theory Google should be able to use it's position to gain traction, and making it use Gmail for messaging and Picassa for photo sharing could give it an edge in flexibility (and instant user base). Diaspora*, if it ever gets going, will likely be much like Identica, preferred by techies, but always the also ran to Twitter purely on user base. Somebody ought to do a mashup that combines something like Identica, Wordpress, IMAP mail with webmail, Gallery, Jabber or etc. using RSS / Planet so the actual service being used for each contact is largely irrelevant. Then it wouldn't matter what blogging, instant messaging, picture sharing, 'tweeting' services were used. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 == Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Crawford House, Hambledon Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6NU -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] What's in a name?
Glad to see I've been pronouncing Linux and Ubuntu the right way all along lol. *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* http://www.ubuntu.com/ On 12 June 2011 14:53, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On 11 June 2011 22:43, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: I gave a recycled Ubuntu PC to someone yesterday, who arrived with a black (English born) friend. The friend was interested and had simply not been aware of anything like Ubuntu, only Windows. They had enough African knowledge to know what the ubuntu philosophy meant. They even knew that my anglicised pronunciation was wrong (You buntu) and were a bit amused.. AIUI, it's really úbúntú. The languages isiZulu and isiXhosa are tonal: each syllable should be pronounced with a rising tone with the emphasis on the middle one. By a rising tone, imagine saying it in a questioning manner, or the way a young Australian might say it. Very roughly, in something like English orthography: ooh-BOON-too. Linux, of course, is lee-nucks or lynn-ucks, *not* line-ucks. And if you think that's hard, the xh in the name part - Xhosa - of isiXhosa is pronounced with a lateral tongue click - think of the noise used to encourage a horse. -- Liam Proven • Info profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] School websites
Teachers have enough on their plate teaching 2-3 subjects. So on top of teaching subjects they didnt do a degree, they now by your standards have to learn HTML etc? Give me a break. School websites are only done as a means to advertise and make the school have an online presence. They do not in majority hire web designers to do them. Most are templates altered to school colours or a teacher designed it that volunteered to create the site using Dreamweaver. That's why so many school websites look alike. Once the website is done its much faster to upload PDF's and point a link to it than create a layout for what is said on said PDF. Time is money and considering teachers don't get paid enough and are mistreated as it is, the last thing they need is to be told to become web designers too. They are schools, not the W3C or anyone linked with web accessibility so its not their responcibility to make sure you can view their website ok on your tablet PC or your Android phone. *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* http://www.ubuntu.com/ On 11 June 2011 11:01, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: I think schools have a lot to answer for... they're supposed to be educational establishments, yet they seem to fundamentally misunderstand the whole concept of the web... PDFs are fine, for documents that need to be printed consistently (eg. posters for school events) but ALL other information (where possible) should be in plain HTML, marked up in such a way as to be accessible to those on devices from the latest phones to the most basic 800x600 PC... Why should I have to load up a PDF reader to find term times? To find information on some school trip? To get the contact information for the staff? Even worse if it's Word or Excel, but PDF is bad enough. I would like to think that schools flew the flag for accessibile web content etc. yet it seems that they are well behind the times or could it be they're just too lazy? Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness
Hi A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. To increase awareness and show students that they can save money using free/open source software. This is scheduled for around September 2011. What do you suggest we cover? Has to be very basic too for beginners and if they want to learn more, we'll be providing sheets out to links etc. Dino T. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness Re: Avi On 23/05/11 14:13, Avi Greenbury wrote: Dino T. wrote: A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. Are you targeting the universities and colleges themselves as institutions, their staff, their students, or a mix of the lot? So far we will only be tutoring the staff whom the lessons belong too. They will be in attendance of the presentations. However do do plan to offer after hours extras to those who wish to learn more. A bit like an Ed. Linux Club. Re: Paul On 23/05/11 14:23, Paul Sutton wrote: On 23/05/11 14:13, Avi Greenbury wrote: Dino T. wrote: A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. Are you targeting the universities and colleges themselves as institutions, their staff, their students, or a mix of the lot? Perhaps you could cover the open document standard and why universities should allow use of either .doc or odf formats, at least why they should perhaps offer both on computers, they may have to settle on 1 file format, the OU now ask for assignments to be submitted in .doc, as before it was either .doc, docx or .odf, so at least .doc is something both open office, libreoffice and MS office can cope with. and i guess it reduces issues for the people marking the assignments. perhaps using firefox over internet explorer (standards and security) thunderbird + lightning over outlook (cost, security etc) The promotion of Firefox is a huge part of what we will present. We will also cover Chromium/Chrome too. But since Firefox is preinstalled in UBuntu, it will be main priority. The flexibility of LibreOffice will be the main selling point. We'll be explaining why docx is nothing more than a zipped format that includes xml files and others to create a document. Even for stability reasons, one should use .doc over .docx. Should they need to though, they'll now it can handle /docx too. Re: Alan On 23/05/11 14:41, Alan Bell. wrote: On 23/05/11 14:07, Dino T. wrote: Hi A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. To increase awareness and show students that they can save money using free/open source software. This is scheduled for around September 2011. rather than focussing on saving money I would seek to explain about how Free software can be economically transformative by allowing you to redistribute it without counting the number of times you do so, thus allowing you to scale things out without incurring crippling costs. Look at huge server farms like google/facebook/twitter etc. or even the fact that I have about 15 VMs on my laptop that I fire up to do work for different customers. Give me a shout if you want some Natty CDs to hand out (might not have many by September though) Great point Alan. Just noted that. THanks Alan, I'll send you my details to send over the Natty CD's and I'll put them in storage for now. Re: alan c On 23/05/11 14:45, alan c wrote: On 23/05/11 14:07, Dino T. wrote: Hi A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. To increase awareness and show students that they can save money using free/open source software. This is scheduled for around September 2011. What do you suggest we cover? Has to be very basic too for beginners and if they want to learn more, we'll be providing sheets out to links etc. Dino T. I gave a series of 1 hour talks to a FE college a few months ago, to students on computing *related* courses. The staff I arranged with were already Ubuntu aware though were not users, most of the students were not aware. I ran the initial part of the talk from a Live USB, (started prior to the talk beginning and quite fast) then pointed to Live session vs installed. Then continued to include Ubuntu basics, Wine basics, and a used trial version of Crossover too. Towards the end, I just happened :-) to show the compiz cube with transparency an dcap image (of fishing net), and sky globe image (of a goldfish). About half the audiences took a CD and leaflets. Needed careful timing to get into one hour. Happy to discuss off list, I can send some files if you like? THat'd be a huge help thanks Alan C. :) I was going to show a few videos of what compiz can change. Videos of different desktops, alterations using docks etc to show off the extreme customsability of Ubuntu. YOu can contact me off-list at dinot1...@gmail.com. Same for anyone that wants to contact me directly, feel free. Re: Graham On 23/05/11 16:54, Alan Bell. wrote: A little bit of a ramble here, but hopefully the concepts are clear. It probably depends on circumstances, but using
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness
Re: Grant Sewell On Mon, 23 May 2011 14:07:08 +0100 Dino T. wrote: Hi A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. To increase awareness and show students that they can save money using free/open source software. This is scheduled for around September 2011. What do you suggest we cover? Has to be very basic too for beginners and if they want to learn more, we'll be providing sheets out to links etc. Dino T. One thing that you could lean on is the open nature of Free Software and how it ties in with the very nature of how Universities (should) share information with others. You could talk about how open discussion and peer review has pushed the boundaries of scientific knowledge over the past century or so, and the parallels with the open and collaborative nature of Free Software. Grant. Good idea Grant. I've made a note. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help required! (off topic)
Quite a few nice designs there :) Thanks Simon. I'll use a few as ideas. I'm a designer by trade so I'll be working on the graphics for the project. *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* http://www.ubuntu.com/ On 23 May 2011 20:17, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: On 23 May 2011 20:08, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: What worries me more is this one... http://visualartistsuk.com/js/maine.js It looks bespoke, and therefore (presumably) not something can use or - indeed - find out who to ask if I can as there is nothing in the code saying who wrote it. The JQuery plug-in is a relatively small piece of script, which clearly serves as the link between JQuery and the code but it isn't the code and I am sure there is something that does similar to the end result. Alas, I am not being paid very much for this at all... favour for a friend, really so I can't afford to write something completely bespoke. There are a few nice JQuery based galleries that are pretty much plug and play but there'd still be some back end functionality. It's not an out of the box solution though. s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood Is this your sanderling? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness
Oh definitely We'll be creating a presentation using Impress with primary source design and stock / free photography. I'll be citing sources for each slide and I'll try and get a few video recordings of the project being shown to students. I'll then try and edit them and upload to Youtube. *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* http://www.ubuntu.com/ On 23 May 2011 20:54, Paul Sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: On 23/05/11 20:05, Dino T. wrote: Re: Grant Sewell On Mon, 23 May 2011 14:07:08 +0100 Dino T. wrote: Hi A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. To increase awareness and show students that they can save money using free/open source software. This is scheduled for around September 2011. What do you suggest we cover? Has to be very basic too for beginners and if they want to learn more, we'll be providing sheets out to links etc. Dino T. One thing that you could lean on is the open nature of Free Software and how it ties in with the very nature of how Universities (should) share information with others. You could talk about how open discussion and peer review has pushed the boundaries of scientific knowledge over the past century or so, and the parallels with the open and collaborative nature of Free Software. Grant. Good idea Grant. I've made a note. Are you planning to share the end result with the community perhaps under a cc license so we can use and modify for use elsewhere, Paul -- Paul Sutton Cert SLPS (Open) http://www.zleap.net Open Mic nights - Wednesday 8pm to 11pm (14+) Free entry Breakin' Ground - Street dance for young people (8+) Wednesday 6pm (starts May 11th) The Lighthouse,26 Esplanade Road, Paignton 01803 411 812 or e-mail i...@devonmusiccollective.com for more info. 17th September 2011 - Software freedom day -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Awareness
Excellent, thanks. I plan on bringing up that Google use Ubuntu inhouse and have done since 2006 (that I'm aware of.) If you know of any huge companies that use it too, please let me know.' *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* http://www.ubuntu.com/ On 23 May 2011 21:01, Barry Titterton barry.titter...@mail.adsl4less.comwrote: On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 14:07 +0100, Dino T. wrote: Hi A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. To increase awareness and show students that they can save money using free/open source software. This is scheduled for around September 2011. What do you suggest we cover? Has to be very basic too for beginners and if they want to learn more, we'll be providing sheets out to links etc. Dino T. I recently did a Linux Awareness talk for a local computer club. I based the talk around these points: What is Linux and Open Source? What do you get? What are the advantages? What are the disadvantages? (You need to be honest). And because linux take up is poor in the UK I did a round up of who uses linux around the world to show that it isn't a niche Geek way of working. Also students are very keen on Fairtrade so push the FOSS = Fairtrade/Ethical Computing as well. Barry -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Diaspora
Hi, anyone still have invites left please? Dino T. You've all seen the comings and goings of the likes of Google Wave, Plaxo, Plurk, Virb, Friendfeed, Friendster, Myspace... Well there's a new effort out there called Diaspora: http://join-diaspora.com in alpha right now with very limited numbers of invites. Here's my first impression: I think it might do what you wanted Buzz to do, but it isn't tied to anyone's company. Twitter is great for short posts and links, and very short chats. I like IRC/Jabber for text chats over just about anything else, but it isn't easy to do drawn out discussions spanning over several days. If you want to give diaspora a try, let me know and maybe others who have invites will also say hi in here as well. Diaspora might be pretty cool, but it won't be of any interest without a lot of like-minded people on it. Please consider joining us if - you enjoy testing all types of things with a bunch of people (that's why you're on this list, isn't it?) - you are willing to log in once a day for a while to try to help us get momentum - you are willing to try to get others in via your (currently) 5 invites. When you first get in to diaspora, you have two Aspects. These are simple groups of people, work and family. I created one I call Geeks where most of you would be. If you like diaspora, you can try and drag your family in from Facebook. Personally, I like diaspora as a discussion platform, but it isn't rich like FB. Because it's simple though, you can post to your groups and discuss with them. The down side is that it's yet another site to log in on. I have a few invites left if anyone wants thinks they want be willing to give it a try and I was hoping that other people with invites might also be willing to donate a few to interested parties. Cheers, Tim -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers (pete)
I'm interested, but what tweaks have you made? Just the main ones will do. Dino T. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 21
Thanks for the ideas. Wine won't work. Says something about 7zip not handling full names or something when I click on setup.exe. Installed VirtualBox but no luck. The drive is NTFS formatted, so Windows should run on it. Before the Live CD started working but got to the loading screen and then went BSOD. The error relating to the lack of SATA drivers on the installation disc. So I'm downloading the driver to reconfigure it. To prepare it I formated the driver to NTFS and made it bootable as well as enabling wrote to external and internal but the disc won't recognise again. So back to waiting for the torrent to download. Huge pain in the backside HP not providing the OS discs, so I've had to resort to illegally downloading the software so I can then legally own it by inputting my original Windows Serial. It's the Adobe Master Suite I require for work. Quanta Plus is good, as is GIMP. But I don't have time for the learning curve after professionally using Adobe for years. AS for the Windows Live CD. There's a few ways to do it. Google it :). Dino T. Hi guys full About a week ago I installed Ubuntu 9.10 on my HP Presario laptop. I did this because the laptop wouldn't boot up due to a corrupt dll file. I have since upgraded to Lucid Linux, however I want to install Windows 7 as well to dual boot. The instalation will be on my laptops separate drive. (2 x 250GB). I have made a Windows Live CD and tried doing what I did top install Ubuntu. No luck after booting the disk drive first. Just a black screen with Remove All Media and press control + alt + del. I then downloaded EP and installed it to a USB using Unetbootin after formating the USB with FAT32. Again, l same thing happens. I need a Windows OS because of work software that are not Linux compatible. Anyone have any idea what to try next? Thanks. Dino T. Run Windows in a VM? KVM (if your laptop supports the virtualisation extensions) or VirtualBox are both good. I've never heard of a Windows Live CD. You could do a standard installation of Windows and then restore the Ubuntu bootloader. There are instructions on the web: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows HTH Neil -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
