Re: Save the Planet!
Melissa Draper wrote: Greetings, I haven't done one of these calls for a while... Do you have a blog? Does it occasionally mention Ubuntu? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then congratulations! Your blog qualifies for a listing on the Ubuntu Australian Team blog syndication feed at http://planet.ubuntu.org.au! ... Those with existing listings on the Ubuntu-Au planet that need the URL updated (I'm looking at you, Ben and Harrison) or a picture added should also heed this invitation and send relevant information to me. To those people who already have a blog on planet: it would be really great if you could provide Melissa with a URL that filters out articles on your blog that are not about Linux Ubuntu. I grabbed the RSS feed and found some stuff that i consider (how can i put it nicely?) less-than-relevant. Paul attachment: paul.vcf-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Lucid Lynx Release Party Melbourne?
Is there a Victorian release party for Lucid Lynx? Would sure be nice to get to get together for this LTS release. Maybe Aubergine should be the theme? ;-) Cheers -- Aryan -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: ComputerBank (NSW or otherwise)
Thanks gentlemen. I'll check the links and number. Michael (k3lt01) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Save the Planet!
Hi Paul, On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 17:14 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: Melissa Draper wrote: Do you have a blog? Does it occasionally mention Ubuntu? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then congratulations! Your blog qualifies for a listing on the Ubuntu Australian Team blog syndication feed at http://planet.ubuntu.org.au! ... Those with existing listings on the Ubuntu-Au planet that need the URL updated (I'm looking at you, Ben and Harrison) or a picture added should also heed this invitation and send relevant information to me. To those people who already have a blog on planet: it would be really great if you could provide Melissa with a URL that filters out articles on your blog that are not about Linux Ubuntu. I grabbed the RSS feed and found some stuff that i consider (how can i put it nicely?) less-than-relevant. I'm not sure which items you are referring to. I just looked at the front page and I could only find 1 item which I thought had no connection to Ubuntu or FOSS. If this is to be new policy for the planet, feel free to remove my blog. I have stated in another thread recently that I have no interest in tagging items specifically for the ubuntu-au planet. A lot of my stuff is broadly related to FOSS, and you will also get some random stuff too. The same policy applies to the LA planet. Take the good with the bad, that is the beauty of a free for all planet. If you don't like the planet content you are free to unsubscribe then (optionally) subscribe to the relevant tag/s feeds of the blogs on the planet you are interested in. Cheers Dave -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Save the Planet!
Dave Hall wrote: Hi Paul, On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 17:14 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: Melissa Draper wrote: Do you have a blog? Does it occasionally mention Ubuntu? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then congratulations! Your blog qualifies for a listing on the Ubuntu Australian Team blog syndication feed at http://planet.ubuntu.org.au! ... Those with existing listings on the Ubuntu-Au planet that need the URL updated (I'm looking at you, Ben and Harrison) or a picture added should also heed this invitation and send relevant information to me. To those people who already have a blog on planet: it would be really great if you could provide Melissa with a URL that filters out articles on your blog that are not about Linux Ubuntu. I grabbed the RSS feed and found some stuff that i consider (how can i put it nicely?) less-than-relevant. I'm not sure which items you are referring to. I just looked at the front page and I could only find 1 item which I thought had no connection to Ubuntu or FOSS. If this is to be new policy for the planet, feel free to remove my blog. I have no ability to set policy for the planet. It was only a suggestion. And your blog was one of the most relevant. I have stated in another thread recently that I have no interest in tagging items specifically for the ubuntu-au planet. A lot of my stuff is broadly related to FOSS, and you will also get some random stuff too. The same policy applies to the LA planet. Stuff that is broadly related to FOSS makes sense. Apollo missions and open letters to TV stations seem to me to be a little hard to classify as FOSS-related. Maybe i missed something in the content, because as soon as i started reading some of those key words, my brain automatically went into skim mode... Take the good with the bad, that is the beauty of a free for all planet. If you don't like the planet content you are free to unsubscribe then (optionally) subscribe to the relevant tag/s feeds of the blogs on the planet you are interested in. It's all well and good to say if you don't like it, don't subscribe, but then i have to ask: who are we hoping to benefit by running it? Is it just to drive more hits to our individual blogs? I don't subscribe because all these people are my mates and i want to know what they are thinking about. I subscribe to get news relevant to the Ubuntu-AU community. Paul attachment: paul.vcf-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: ComputerBank (NSW or otherwise)
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Michael keltoi...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks gentlemen. I'll check the links and number. Michael (k3lt01) Hi Michael, You could also try Computerbank Victoria. See http://computerbank.org.au/ for details. Regards George -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Save the Planet!
Melissa Draper wrote: On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 17:14 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: To those people who already have a blog on planet: it would be really great if you could provide Melissa with a URL that filters out articles on your blog that are not about Linux Ubuntu. I grabbed the RSS feed and found some stuff that i consider (how can i put it nicely?) less-than-relevant. ... You're kinda missing the point of Planets. They're supposed to be about the people behind the group. People are multi-faceted things, and don't necessarily talk about Ubuntu 24/7/365. In that case, i'll shut up now. Ours states: Planet Ubuntu Australia is a window into the world, work and lives of Australian Ubuntu developers and contributors. I don't believe my blog really fits that description - feel free to remove it. My blog fits the description you pitched recently: Do you have a blog? Does it occasionally mention Ubuntu? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then congratulations! Your blog qualifies for a listing on the Ubuntu Australian Team blog syndication feed at http://planet.ubuntu.org.au! To me, it doesn't seem that hard (at least, with Drupal Wordpress it's not) to add a tag to blog posts that says Ubuntu, then use that tag's feed. I think there is a place for a feed of aggregated news relevant to Australian Ubuntu users. If planet is not the place for that, so be it. If anyone can point me to one that *is* the right place, i'm happy to hear about it. If we have the freedom to create another site as a subdomain (e.g. news.ubuntu.org.au) which would aggregate only on-topic content, i would be happy to assist in managing/editing it. Paul attachment: paul.vcf-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Dyslexia IRC
Norm, VK3XCI wrote: ... Sorry I wasn't at the meeting. I'm dyslexic and found the random postings VERY hard to follow. Ended up printing out the log and going through it with a couple of hi-lighters. No way I could do it in real time! Hi Norm, Your comment got me thinking - i don't know a lot about dyslexia and what it means for the way dyslexics operate online. I was emailing a dyslexic guy the other week and i inadvertently made it hard for him to understand me due to the way i quoted and the way i phrased my questions. IRC is used very commonly to support Ubuntu, and Free Software in general. Would you be willing to explain a little further how the condition works (especially with respect to email instant messaging/chat) and perhaps suggest what steps we could take to support dyslexic people better? Thanks, Paul attachment: paul.vcf-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Brisbane Ubuntu Community Meeting - 7th February, 2010.
A very late write-up from our most recent meeting. Enjoy. --- The second Brisbane Ubuntu community meeting was held at Gilhooley's Chermside, a typical Irish style pub. As I was the nominated meeting organiser for the event so I got there early, ordered a Kilkenny and sat back to wait for folks to arrive. I found myself scrutinising everyone that walked past to see if I could identify if the person was an ubuntu user. Not sure what I was thinking; that by using ubuntu we are all somehow develop a power to be able to instantly recognise another member of the tribe. Anyway my powers were on the fritz that day as all I managed to do was get some odd looks from some poor people that where wandering around just trying to find the loo. Do we ubuntu users need to come up with a secret signal so that we can pick each other out in public? What a relief when I recognised someone from our previous meeting. Andrew was at the other side of the room near the bar scanning the area for signs of ubuntu geeks. At about the same time a couple of other ubuntu-ers arrived and the combination of swivelling heads and searching looks and my vigorous arm waving must have been enough of a signal to everyone that like minded people were in the area and we were all soon seated and making introductions. The last couple of attendees to arrive seemed to have no trouble finding us. Might have been due to the laptops and other gadgets that had appeared soon after we were all seated. It was great to see a 50% increase in attendance for this meeting. There were six of us at the meeting! Fingers crossed we can match this growth for our next meeting. After we completed the introductions everyone started talking about their favourite topic, tech. There were a number of different conversations at the same time, here is a list of the ones I was apart of, or caught snippets of: - Conroy's filter plans ( what's a gathering without a bit of political chat) - Calendar synchronisation - How to secure home environments with tools that work with ubuntu - Options for ditching itunes for teenagers with iPods. - Are we brave enough to install Ubuntu on relatives computers? Packages/products discussed: - ispconfig - amsn - atunes - xaile - quickcad - spyspurt - GNOME configuration cleanup tool - name? - randr.com - Lenovo D10 server Just before we pulled stumps Paul asked each of us What is the one thing you would change about Ubuntu if you could? Here are the answers everyone gave: Cary: combined DVD of all *buntu, no need to carry separate CDs for server, desktop, Kubuntu, etc. Andrew: fix the regressions, esp. laptop power management David: iPod/Nokia/electronic device support James: added onto Andrew's point on laptop power management; more intuitive keychain password management when passwords change Nigel: slick shared calendar across all desktop apps Paul: compelling web admin interface for directory/file sharing/email/calendar setup; Active Directory Exchange are killing us in this space Just before everyone went their own way we agreed our goal should be to all have ubuntu tee shirts so that we at least can find each other and hopefully raise the profile of ubuntu at our next gathering. We finished the meeting at about 5pm. Three hours goes fast when you having fun. I had a great time geeking out with a group of like minded people and am looking forward to our next gathering. Hopefully we can lure more ubuntu users and people who are curious about ubuntu and open source in general to our next meeting. The list of attendees and where they travelled from to attend: Andrew - Mt Gravatt James - Mcdowall Nigel - Hendra Cary - Wamuran (Caboolture) David - Springfield Paul - Birkdale Thanks to Paul for taking notes during the meeting. Next meeting: Release party for Ubuntu 10.4 - Lucid at Breakfast Creek Hotel. Date TBD - End of April/Early May. Until then, as my wife likes to says, Shouldn't you, Ubuntu?. - James -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Brisbane Ubuntu Community Meeting - 7th February, 2010.
Great write up James. Where are the photos On Mar 21, 1:09 pm, James Beake jamesbe...@moonmarsh.com wrote: A very late write-up from our most recent meeting. Enjoy. --- The second Brisbane Ubuntu community meeting was held at Gilhooley's Chermside, a typical Irish style pub. As I was the nominated meeting organiser for the event so I got there early, ordered a Kilkenny and sat back to wait for folks to arrive. I found myself scrutinising everyone that walked past to see if I could identify if the person was an ubuntu user. Not sure what I was thinking; that by using ubuntu we are all somehow develop a power to be able to instantly recognise another member of the tribe. Anyway my powers were on the fritz that day as all I managed to do was get some odd looks from some poor people that where wandering around just trying to find the loo. Do we ubuntu users need to come up with a secret signal so that we can pick each other out in public? What a relief when I recognised someone from our previous meeting. Andrew was at the other side of the room near the bar scanning the area for signs of ubuntu geeks. At about the same time a couple of other ubuntu-ers arrived and the combination of swivelling heads and searching looks and my vigorous arm waving must have been enough of a signal to everyone that like minded people were in the area and we were all soon seated and making introductions. The last couple of attendees to arrive seemed to have no trouble finding us. Might have been due to the laptops and other gadgets that had appeared soon after we were all seated. It was great to see a 50% increase in attendance for this meeting. There were six of us at the meeting! Fingers crossed we can match this growth for our next meeting. After we completed the introductions everyone started talking about their favourite topic, tech. There were a number of different conversations at the same time, here is a list of the ones I was apart of, or caught snippets of: - Conroy's filter plans ( what's a gathering without a bit of political chat) - Calendar synchronisation - How to secure home environments with tools that work with ubuntu - Options for ditching itunes for teenagers with iPods. - Are we brave enough to install Ubuntu on relatives computers? Packages/products discussed: - ispconfig - amsn - atunes - xaile - quickcad - spyspurt - GNOME configuration cleanup tool - name? - randr.com - Lenovo D10 server Just before we pulled stumps Paul asked each of us What is the one thing you would change about Ubuntu if you could? Here are the answers everyone gave: Cary: combined DVD of all *buntu, no need to carry separate CDs for server, desktop, Kubuntu, etc. Andrew: fix the regressions, esp. laptop power management David: iPod/Nokia/electronic device support James: added onto Andrew's point on laptop power management; more intuitive keychain password management when passwords change Nigel: slick shared calendar across all desktop apps Paul: compelling web admin interface for directory/file sharing/email/calendar setup; Active Directory Exchange are killing us in this space Just before everyone went their own way we agreed our goal should be to all have ubuntu tee shirts so that we at least can find each other and hopefully raise the profile of ubuntu at our next gathering. We finished the meeting at about 5pm. Three hours goes fast when you having fun. I had a great time geeking out with a group of like minded people and am looking forward to our next gathering. Hopefully we can lure more ubuntu users and people who are curious about ubuntu and open source in general to our next meeting. The list of attendees and where they travelled from to attend: Andrew - Mt Gravatt James - Mcdowall Nigel - Hendra Cary - Wamuran (Caboolture) David - Springfield Paul - Birkdale Thanks to Paul for taking notes during the meeting. Next meeting: Release party for Ubuntu 10.4 - Lucid at Breakfast Creek Hotel. Date TBD - End of April/Early May. Until then, as my wife likes to says, Shouldn't you, Ubuntu?. - James -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.comhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Dyslexia IRC
Hi Paul and others, I have in fact got a work-in-progress on this very issue. I've had sixty-something years to sort it out, and my case was pretty mild to start with. My son is not so lucky, 'tho' not as bad as some. Basically, looking at a printed page is chaos, literally, and requires some effort to restore order. Considerable effort in some cases. So much so that by the time you get to reading the last word on a line the first is forgotten, so making sense of it all can be quite draining. Now, consider what happens when the page is chaos to start with! Some IM clients allow you to set a colour for each person. That works like a treat! Having said that, there are more variations and permutations of Dyslexia than we can ever enumerate. It's a pretty individual thing from reading the the odd word backwards (Skabetti is the classic!) to the aforementioned full blown chaos! Some people such as myself, become extremely pedantic about the written word. Others, like my son, cheerfully embrace the chaos. Thank you for asking! Being a community thing, perhaps there is somewhere on Ubuntu I could post some info... or maybe I should blog it myself? Meanwhile... keep all sentences short with one subject and one predicate (look it up :) ) use lotsa dot points for questions leave plenty of white space to break up the chaos. If yu carnt undastand it, reed it owt lowd. :) 73 de Norm, VK3XCI Mildura, Australia The Wintersun City QF15bt. Paul Gear wrote: Norm, VK3XCI wrote: ... Sorry I wasn't at the meeting. I'm dyslexic and found the random postings VERY hard to follow. Ended up printing out the log and going through it with a couple of hi-lighters. No way I could do it in real time! Hi Norm, Your comment got me thinking - i don't know a lot about dyslexia and what it means for the way dyslexics operate online. I was emailing a dyslexic guy the other week and i inadvertently made it hard for him to understand me due to the way i quoted and the way i phrased my questions. IRC is used very commonly to support Ubuntu, and Free Software in general. Would you be willing to explain a little further how the condition works (especially with respect to email instant messaging/chat) and perhaps suggest what steps we could take to support dyslexic people better? Thanks, Paul No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.791 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2760 - Release Date: 03/21/10 06:33:00 -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: elections
On Mar 21, 12:52 pm, Melissa Draper meli...@meldraweb.com wrote: I find Folks to be a much more inclusive replacement. I'd also appreciate not have to defend my preference for women being visible/women as opposed to invisible/honorary guys on this list. -- Melissa Draper Folks is inclusive if your with your folks. However not one of you people is my kin folk so it does not really apply in a strict sense. We could all get extremely pedantic about phraseology here. I think we would all like to not have to defend our preferences so may I just suggest we drop all the PC (not personal computer) stuff. This is the 21st century and we should at least be mindful that no one has set out to deliberately offend others. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
