Re: [ubuntu-uk] Past Life Regression. How to cripple XP. Our dream come true.

2008-04-08 Thread Jmaes Edward Grabham
Sean Miller wrote: > I must admit that I wondered why it was so important to keep the > children off the internet... my daughter is now 13 (going on 18) and > needs the internet for her school homework... the expectation from her > teachers is that she will have access and there are websites tha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WeLoveLocal.com - maybe a way of spreading the word about Ubuntu?

2008-04-08 Thread Rob Beard
John Levin wrote: > Something similar is the mysociety-backed Groups near you > http://www.groupsnearyou.com/ > worth putting lugs on there perhaps. > > John > > Always worth a try I guess :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WeLoveLocal.com - maybe a way of spreading the word about Ubuntu?

2008-04-08 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 03:45:12PM +0100, John Levin wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I've recently setup a group for my local LUG on welovelocal.com, and I > > wondered if it was worth someone setting up a group for Ubuntu too. > > > > Basically welovelocal.com is a bit like a c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WeLoveLocal.com - maybe a way of spreading the word about Ubuntu?

2008-04-08 Thread John Levin
Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've recently setup a group for my local LUG on welovelocal.com, and I > wondered if it was worth someone setting up a group for Ubuntu too. > > Basically welovelocal.com is a bit like a cross between Facebook and > the Yellow Pages web site (from what I can s

[ubuntu-uk] WeLoveLocal.com - maybe a way of spreading the word about Ubuntu?

2008-04-08 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, I've recently setup a group for my local LUG on welovelocal.com, and I wondered if it was worth someone setting up a group for Ubuntu too. Basically welovelocal.com is a bit like a cross between Facebook and the Yellow Pages web site (from what I can see). It allows it's users to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Past Life Regression. How to cripple XP. Our dream come true.

2008-04-08 Thread Gavin Ford
On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 01:40:13AM +0100, Christopher Chatfield wrote: > I have only run various flavours of linux for the past 3 years. > I am not a games player but my son is. There is an extra > special game about to be released, that will only play on windows. > > I want to run windows in par

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Episode 3 of Ubuntu UK Podcast is now out

2008-04-08 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 01:02:37PM +0100, Colin McCarthy wrote: >On 4/8/08, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [2]http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2008/04/07/s01e03-help-me/ > >Good discussion on CLI vs GUI. I am on the fence a bit and see the >benefits of both. But I know th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Episode 3 of Ubuntu UK Podcast is now out

2008-04-08 Thread Colin McCarthy
On 4/8/08, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2008/04/07/s01e03-help-me/ Good discussion on CLI vs GUI. I am on the fence a bit and see the benefits of both. But I know that it's sometimes easier to help someone via IRC/email/forum via the CLI. And that's how

[ubuntu-uk] Episode 3 of Ubuntu UK Podcast is now out

2008-04-08 Thread Alan Pope
http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2008/04/07/s01e03-help-me/ Ciemon Dunville, Alan Pope, Dave Walker and Tony Whitmore present the third episode of the Ubuntu UK Podcast. In this episode we talk about:- * Discussion: o Command line versus GUI. o Mythbuntu. o Podcast