Re: [ubuntu-uk] Click downloaded Ubuntu

2009-05-04 Thread John McCourt
Yeah, like your little network would make any significant difference to the capabilities of Microsofts. Lets try to be realistic here. Denial of service is just another form censorship.     --- On Mon, 4/5/09, James Milligan lak...@lake54.com wrote: From: James Milligan lak...@lake54.com

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2007-10-05 Thread John McCourt
--- alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter Lewis wrote: On Friday 05 October 2007 08:37:21 Matthew Holder wrote: Excellent idea for a project. As I live in Birmingham I would probably me able to help out. Likewise, I'm in Birmingham and would be more than happy to come along and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home Servers

2007-10-02 Thread John McCourt
Hi, the servers section on http://ubuntuforums.com is pretty good for those sort of questions. I also run a file/webserver off virgin and it works pretty well. Ubuntu has a built in firewall but if you want to make any configurations to it then firestarter is a good gui for your firewall. I use

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Vista Coverage

2007-01-30 Thread John McCourt
No offense, but Linux is not gonna have any chance at competing with the marketing drive of Microsoft over the next few months. Vista is the BIG thing in the IT world at the moment getting all the attention and until the novelty wears off and that blows over it will stay the big thing. The press

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [lugmaster] Fwd: Linux-refurbished Laptops for Nepal Appeal!]

2007-01-22 Thread John McCourt
These people need to be educated to get them out of poverty Giving them access to computers helps them get an education. I think places like this should have internet cafe style places where they can plug in their equipment and get an education. Ask any recent 1sy world homeschooler and they

Re: [ubuntu-uk] House of Parliament tours.

2007-01-16 Thread John McCourt
I'm interested but a wee bit skint at the moment. I'm in N. Ireland so it's a bit of a trek for me but definitely something I want to do in my lifetime. It would be nice to get something going at the party conferences too. They happen after the summer right? Maybe someone could do a talk/debate on