Re: [loco-contacts] Call for Nomination: Local Communities Research Committee
On Sat, 9 Jan 2021 at 18:22, Bret Busby wrote: > I note that, with the strict eligibility requirements; > > " > LCRC members are nominated to and elected by the Community Council. In > order to be eligible for a nomination, you should: > > Be an Ubuntu Member. > Have prior experience working with worldwide communities. > Not be a Community Council member. > Having participated with an Ubuntu Local Community team in the past is > not a requirement but strongly recommended. > " > > at most, I meet only one or possibly two, of the eligibility criteria; > > " > Have prior experience working with worldwide communities. > Not be a Community Council member. > " > > I meet the second of those criteria, and, as a mailing lists > administrator of various international genealogy mailing lists, for > some years, and, the project co-ordinator of a genealogical DNA > project, for some years, I possibly meet the first of those two > criteria. > > But, overall, apparently, I am not eligible for the Research Committee. > > -- > Bret Busby > UbuntuMATE User > > Armadale > West Australia > (UTC+0800) > .. > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au Hi Bret, If you're keen to be involved I'd reach out and see how strict the eligibility it, it may be a guide rather than a strict requirement. Regards, Jared -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Internet connection using ethernet cable
On Tue, 7 Aug 2018 at 11:43, Geoffrey Combes wrote: > This replies to queries from Daniel. I have been busy talking to Telstra > about this issue. More on that later in this message. > > IP address: The address of the new modem is 192.168.1.1, a common one and > the same as the previous Telstra modem. > > Firewall, subnets: I have no information on the modem's settings, nor can > I reconfigure it, at least not without instruction on how to gain access to > do so. It makes no sense to incorporate blocks of any kind. > > Driver: OK, none required. > > Ethernet connection: I have listed all the USB port info. When the modem > is connected to my PC using a USB port nothing show up. I have been unable > to see information on the ethernet single ethernet port on the PC. > > Now back to Telstra. After lengthy discussion on line Telstra gave up and > advised that the modem cannot be wire-connected to my PC. They say that it > is a WiFi-only modem. I don't believe that but for the present I must > accept that as true and proceed with making my PC WiFi-enabled, using a USB > adaptor. I have a Realtek adaptor with aerial but Ubuntu doesn't recognise > it. Ubuntu website has some recommendations on compatible adaptors, all > with high price tags given what they are. I have ordered (on line) two > adaptors both alleged to be compatible with Linux. One cost $2 (no > antenna), the other cost $20 (with antenna providing a little gain. I'm > hoping that at least one of them works plug-n-play as they claim. My home > will therefore make Internet connections via WiFi only, which should be OK. > > That is the state of play. Thank you Daniel and others. No more questions > from me. > > Geoffrey Combes > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au Hi Geoffrey, If it's similar/the same as the one I've found online [1] I am almost certain it should just be plug and play, that is you need to have the modem powered on and working and plug in a network cable to both the modem and your computer. As long as you have kept all your Ubuntu network settings default it should pick it up. However, how you set up the new connection in Ubuntu will be completely different as it's a different type of connection that what you've previously used. Have you used an ethernet (cable) network with that computer successfully before? If so, I would check to make sure you haven't changed a bunch of the default settings. If not, it will likely either be related to network manager settings or related to the driver for your ethernet port. If you're happy to wait and see if the USB adapters work [1] https://www.capestone.nl/files/images/HUAWEI%20B618s-22d-datasheet.pdf Regards, Jared Norris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Re-verification
On 8 November 2015 at 18:10, David <da...@kvr.com.au> wrote: > > > There are still lots of things we can do, but we need to encourage more > people to get involved. > > What sort of things can we do? > > --- > > *David* > > > Good question David, there are many things anyone in the team can do. The main reason LoCos exist is to promote Ubuntu within the LOcal COmunity (hence the name - LoCo). Some ways of doing this that pop to mind are: * working with local LUGs (or other clubs/groups) to promote, distribute and educate members and the public about Ubuntu * organising regular local catch ups (often referred to as "Ubuntu Hours") * organising a release party * arranging to get tables at events and conferences to share Ubuntu * setting up an installation festival to help new users set up Ubuntu on their device * holding an event to get a group of Ubuntu contributors together locally to do some bug squashing, documentation, localisation, etc. Most of these types of events have been run in the past within the Ubuntu-AU team so if you're not sure about them feel free to ask, someone will no doubt pipe up. The LoCo has the resources to help publicise the event but each event has generally been thought of, organised and run by an individual or small group of volunteers in a particular area. So if you're interested in doing one of these things start having a think about it and let the team know and gauge interest, you might even find someone else to pitch in and help out. For those who would like further information or inspiration I'd recommend reading the following links: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamHowto#Things_your_LoCo_can_do https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamKnowledgeBase#LoCo_Activities Regards, Jared Norris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Free Stickers!
Good evening all, Thanks to System76 [1] we again have free Ubuntu and System76 stickers available. All you need to do is send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to the address below and the stickers will be sent back via return mail. Please enclose your stamped, self addressed envelope to: Ubuntu AU Team PO Box 602 Annerley Queensland 4103 Pictures of the stickers and instructions for other countries around the world are on the System76 website [2]. [1] https://system76.com - they sell all kinds of hardware with Ubuntu pre-installed [2] https://system76.com/swag/stickers Regards, Jared Norris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re-verification
Good evening all, I have been advised this week that we as a team are up for re-verification shortly. However based upon my view I do not think we as a team would meet the requirements [1] to be a verified LoCo. There was a lot of discussion on the list last time this came up so wanted to put this out to the team before accepting this fate. Essentially while I see we have the solid background and resources our actual activity has dropped significantly over the last several cycles. While I believe there are significant numbers of Australians contributing greatly to the Ubuntu project in various ways I don't believe there is much advocacy work being carried out, which is what the LoCo is primarily used for [2]. If we are to accept that we will not be a verified team there would be no significant change to what we have done in the past. We will still have this mailing list, we will still have a website [3], we will still have the Launchpad team [4] and we will still have the IRC channel [5]. As described on the wiki page linked [1] the only benefit of being a verified team is an auto allocation of CDs and the ability to more easily obtain larger conference packs. While we have used these in the past I haven't had a request for either over the last 2 cycles so cannot see this greatly impacting on our team. So if anyone would like to seek re-verification please let us all know, if I don't hear anything in the next week I will assume the team is happy to let verification slip. As always, if anyone is interested in running some local events the team and I are here to support you, just shoot the list an email. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoCouncil/TeamVerificationGuidelines [2] http://loco.ubuntu.com/about-loco/ [3] http://ubuntu.org.au/ [4] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-au [5] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/IRC Regards, Jared Norris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Call for help - Ubuntu IRC
On 5 December 2014 at 17:02, Ali Linx ali.li...@amjjawad.net wrote: Hi, https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-irc/2014-November/001768.html I have been waiting for 3-4 days just to get my Ubuntu Clock. I did login (I'm now) to the #ubuntu-irc channel at different timing trying to find someone who could give me the clock but no progress yet. I had a chat with some people on the channel who pointed out this link: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-irc/2014-November/001768.html So, is there anyone here in our time zone who could possibly help?! Thanks! -- Ali/amjjawad https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au Good evening Ali, Unfortunately only IRC Council Members can authorise the cloak (not sure why, I'm sure there is a reason) as per the wiki page [1]. Your best bet is to just make your request in -irc as you have and lurk in there until someone comes along. If you're still struggling emailing the IRC Council is probably best, their contact information is on their Launchpad page [2]. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Cloaks [2] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-irc-council Regards, Jared Norris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Photo application for Ubuntu
On 3 December 2014 at 19:05, Paul Gear ubunt...@libertysys.com.au wrote: On 03/12/14 01:19, Geoffrey Combes wrote: Unless I have missed something in 14.04 LTS I can't find a Linux application that will reduce camera photo image size in bulk (or automatically) rather than individually. I wish a size of 100 to 150kb for several uses (not only emails). At present I use GIMP one by one which is a slow process when dealing with a large number of photographs. Any suggestions please. Geoffrey Combes ImageMagick is a command-line tool that can do this. gThumb is a GUI tool that can also do bulk resizing. Paul -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au I have also used Phatch in the past with reasonable results. It was quite easy with that tool, just in case you needed more options. Regards, Jared Norris https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarednorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: ubuntu 14.10 now available via ubuntu.net.au
Thanks for that Peter, always helpful. I just updated to 14.10 yesterday without a hitch, no big changes just a lot of little ones it seems. Handy to hear about Mac specific ones as well as I've just had to buy a Mac for study as I'm changing workplaces and don't get my own laptop any more. I'll have to have a look into that, I have the partitions all set up ready to dual boot just haven't gotten around to installing Ubuntu yet. Regards, Jared Norris https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarednorris On 25 October 2014 02:18, peter baker jellyw...@gmail.com wrote: hey guys I have started offering ubuntu/kubuntu and xubuntu 14.10 via ubuntu.net.au alongside the slightly older long term support 14.04 LTS. I notice there is a mac specific version of 14.04 that I will start offering soon too still only $3 for the dvd in a quality plastic case including postage anywhere in oz happy ordering! -- 0411 437137 www.peter.id.au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://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: ubuntu 14.10 now available via ubuntu.net.au
On 26 October 2014 13:09, Ali Linx ali.li...@amjjawad.net wrote: Hi everyone, @Jared I have sent several emails yet no reply. Waiting for your reply :) It is time to breathe new life into Australia LoCo Team as I can see it is dead. I know this is off-topic but just taking the advantage that you replied so you do check this list ;) Thanks! -- Ali/amjjawadhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad Apologies, the only emails I can find are those sent to the list and included me as well so didn't think it was aimed at me directly. As for the loco we currently have no one with the time to regularly spend organising events, most of us all seem to have started studying all around the same time. However we do have a number of people who have done so in the past and can provide assist on the list if anyone is interested in organising something. As always anyone is able to organise an event for the LoCo, there are no special permissions required. The recommended method is to communicate it to the mailing list and pop it up on the loco team portal [1] so that others know it is going to happen. I'm always more than willing to provide any input and assistance for any type of LoCo event that people would like to run. We do have LoCo resources as well to support any events that need it. Let me know if I can assist further, happy to do what I can. [1] http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-au/ Regards, Jared Norris https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarednorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Fwd: Translating Ubuntu for phones into English (Australia) by RTM
Good evening all, Apologies for the noise but I know there are still a few translators around. If anyone wants to work on the strings that will be available on retail phones later this year see the email below from David. As mentioned there aren't many left so if a few people got in and did some it would be done quickly. Regards, Jared Norris Ubuntu-AU Team Contact https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- Forwarded message -- From: David Planella david.plane...@ubuntu.com Date: 18 July 2014 18:42 Subject: Fwd: Translating Ubuntu for phones into English (Australia) by RTM To: nosk...@ubuntu.com, jarednor...@ubuntu.com Hi Jackson, Jared, I sent the e-mail below a few days ago to Joel, but I've not heard from him since, so he might be busy with other stuff. I see you are active en_AU translators, so I thought I'd contact you directly if that's ok. Do you think you could perhaps look into it? It'd be great to have good translations for Ubuntu phones for Austraila. Thanks! Cheers, David. -- Forwarded message -- From: David Planella david.plane...@ubuntu.com Date: Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 1:40 PM Subject: Translating Ubuntu for phones into English (Australia) by RTM To: jpick...@ubuntu.com Hi Joel, How are you? I don't work much with translators ever since my role in the Ubuntu Community Team changed from Translations Coordinator to be more focused on app development, but it's nice that every now and then I can go back to translations briefly and get in touch with translators again :) I'm writing with a heads up about an e-mail I sent to the translators list [1] about phone translations being due in August. The retail Ubuntu phones will be available very soon and it'd be great to have English (Australia) available. I know the time is tight, but there are not many messages to complete, and having them ready could have a great impact in Ubuntu adoption in Australia. Do you think it might be possible to complete the following translations by August? http://projects.davidplanella.org/stats/utopic/en_AU Thanks! Cheers, David. [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-translators/2014-July/006539.html -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: ubuntu 14.04 now available via ubuntu.net.au
On 18 April 2014 09:52, peter baker jellyw...@gmail.com wrote: hey guys ubuntu 14.04 LTS is now available via www.ubuntu.net.au even though the price of stamps has recently increased from 60c to 70c I have kept the price of each dvd at $3 including shipping happy ordering! peter -- 0411 437137 www.peter.id.au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au Awesome work as always Peter, thanks for continuing to provide the service. Regards, Jared Norris https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarednorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Fwd: Pine Rivers Computing April Club Night.
Good evening all, Geoff has contacted me below to see if anyone is available to help the Pine Rivers Computer Club (to the north of Brisbane) with their migration from Windows XP to Ubuntu. With Geoff's permission I've forwarded his email below with all the details. I will be unable to attend myself but thought I'd see if anyone else was available to help Geoff and the Club out. If anyone has spare time on the 27th of April I would recommend contacting Geoff directly to see how you can help out with their workshop day. I hope you're all preparing for the upgrade to 14.04, I made the switch yesterday and found it very smooth. If anyone wants to hold a release party it's not too late, just send an email to the list with the details. Regards, Jared Norris -- Forwarded message -- From: Geoff Isaac geofhaz...@optusnet.com.au Date: 8 April 2014 10:53 Subject: Pine Rivers Computing April Club Night. To: Jared Norris Hello Jared (Ubuntu Aust.), Pine Rivers Computer Club had a presentation night of Open Source systems after much research over past months trying to ready Members for the Windows XP support closure by Microsoft. MS has been a hard nut to crack owing to the contentment of MS products that many Members had not thought further in their minds that one day product support would alternatively change one's thinking. Club President Mike Dodds pointed out that Microsoft was not leaving 'us' but changing their support basis of products to Tablet and more of Mobile Phone development, plus their recent software development like Window 8, of which some Club Members were experimenting with. Mike demonstrated Ubuntu and Linux Mint 16. A Member mentioned how he was happy to be using Linux Mint 15 along side his Windows Xp. Some Members have expressed interest of obtaining Ubuntu and other Open Source programs for evaluation. (Jared, your donated Ubuntu product is now finding more acceptance as a result of Club Night.) So, Jared and Matthew, we think we may have 'cracked the nut' in changing Members perceptions about a wider range of IT products. In some way, you both have played a part in this and for that I thank you. I certainly have learnt much from our contact! Our Workshop Sunday Apr.27 will feature demo of Ubuntu product and Linux open Source systems as well as sorting out more Window problems that Members seem to keep for such a Workshop day. Please feel free to drop into our Club Night first Monday of month, and Workshop Sunday (forth Sunday of month). We look forward to seeing you. regards Geoff. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4355 / Virus Database: 3722/7314 - Release Date: 04/07/14 -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Fwd: Empowering LoCo teams at UDS
/meeting/22033/appdev-1311-tutorial-videos/) Looking forward to seeing you all at UDS this week! -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Fwd: Local Team sections ready on discourse.ubuntu.com
I know a few of you were interested in Discourse so I thought I'd forward on this email from Jorge as it's now available for LoCos. -- Forwarded message -- From: Jorge O. Castro jo...@ubuntu.com Date: 19 November 2013 07:00 Subject: Local Team sections ready on discourse.ubuntu.com To: Ubuntu local community team (LoCo) contacts loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com Hi everyone! The local team section is ready on the new discourse.ubuntu.com: http://discourse.ubuntu.com/category/local-teams If you don't know what I am talking about here's the context from when I posted about this last: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2013-September/006502.html Now that we have the URL in place we can start making sections for teams that want them. The first three teams (Vancouver, Michigan, and Greece) are already in place so if you want your team to have an area please post in the loco team section and we can get started, thanks! -- Jorge Castro Canonical Ltd. http://juju.ubuntu.com/ - Automate your Cloud Infrastructure -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Meeting Team Verification
Good evening all, Just a brief wrap of the meeting from Sunday, essentially we discussed the awesome event Joel ran at UQ recently where he had 50+ students keen to hear about Ubuntu and also linked up with some of the local LUG members who helped out. I also wanted to let people know that I went ahead and submitted what we had for the team verification as per the discussion at the meeting. The main feedback at the moment is that it's a little bare of photos so if anyone has any team photos from the last 2 years if they can add them to the team flickr group or the page itself that would be great. I will do a proper write up of the verification when I have a little more time, if anyone has any specific questions please feel free. The application is purely the wiki page, nothing secret. I believe Joel is going to do a little write up of his event so I look forward to reading it. -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: New Local communities health check process
Great work Joel, I just added in a few more details. A few more sets of eyes would be great and feel free to add in anything you think is helpful. On 19 September 2013 23:19, Joel Addison jadd...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I have created the 2013 Verification Application for Ubuntu-AU. I have filled in several details, but I am sure there is still more to be added. In particular, I would like to see the Activities section updated to include all activities we have run from 2012 to now. You can find the application here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/VerificationApplication2013 Please take a look at it, and either add details to it, or reply here to the mailing list and I will update it. Thanks, Joel Addison On 19/09/2013, at 9:43 PM, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote: Just a quick heads up, I got an expiry notification today stating we had a week left before our status expired. I have asked for a short extension due to the change in process however I'm not sure it will be granted. The process for verification is much simpler and easier than approval however I have not had the time personally to set this up as yet. If anyone would like to lead the efforts all we need is a bit of a wiki page with the details below that would be greatly appreciated. Once a draft is created please post to the list so we can all add in details as necessary. The draft should not take more than half an hour or so for anyone with basic wiki skills. If however there is no one with the time or interest in doing this I will take it as a sign that the team does not really want to pursue keeping it's official approved/verified status. On 31 August 2013 13:01, Joel Addison jadd...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I think we should add this to the agenda for the next meeting, which should be on Sunday 8 September. It is worthwhile doing the health check, even if just to ensure we have everything documented and up to date. It seems to be much easier now, and much less time consuming compared to the old process, which is a step in the right direction. Lets aim for the document to be open by 8 Sept, for people to contribute to it from then on, until we need to submit it. Joel On 31/08/2013, at 12:55 PM, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote: Good morning all, I also thought I should forward on the message below as it relates to re-approval which is now known as verification. If anyone wants to champion the creation of the verification health check please let me know and we can get started. We are actually due for a health check this cycle so this change will affect us shortly. -- Forwarded message -- From: Bhavani Shankar R bh...@ubuntu.com Date: 26 August 2013 00:09 Subject: New Local communities health check process To: Ubuntu local community team (LoCo) contacts loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: community-annou...@lists.ubuntu.com, Submit and discuss any Ubuntu related news stories ubuntu-n...@lists.ubuntu.com, Submit and discuss any Ubuntu related news stories ubuntu-news-t...@lists.ubuntu.com Dear All, As the subject says, this process will be the new process, aiming to replace the current re approval process. It aims to be less formal, more interactive and above all still keep people motivated to be involved in the Ubuntu community. Every team shall be known as a LoCoteam, teams that were previously known as an “Approved LoCoteam” shall be known as a “Verified LoCoteam”. New teams shall be a LoCoteam, teams do not have to be verified. The term Verified means that a Launchpad team has been created, the team name conforms to the correct naming standard and the team contact has signed the Code of Conduct. Every two years a team will present itself for a HealthCheck - This is still beneficial to everyone involved, it gives the team a chance to show how they are doing and also the council can catch up with the team. What is needed for a HealthCheck? Create a Wiki with the activities of the period - Name the wiki page with Name of your team plus the YEAR example - LoCoTeamVerificationApplication20XX with the below details: Name of team How many people are in the team Link to your wiki page / Launchpad group page Social Networks (if they have any of them). Link to loco team portal page, Events page, Paste events page - this is a good reason to encourage teams to use the team portal as all of the information is there and saves duplication. Photo Galleries of past events Tell us about your team, what you do, if you have Ubuntu members in your team, your current projects. Guideline of what you plan on doing in the future And any meeting logs if available. Teams will still remain verified this is just to check in and see how things are doing, If you can’t make a meeting, it can be done over email/Bugs. All in all, the process should remain pretty much the same. If there are any
Re: New Local communities health check process
Just a quick heads up, I got an expiry notification today stating we had a week left before our status expired. I have asked for a short extension due to the change in process however I'm not sure it will be granted. The process for verification is much simpler and easier than approval however I have not had the time personally to set this up as yet. If anyone would like to lead the efforts all we need is a bit of a wiki page with the details below that would be greatly appreciated. Once a draft is created please post to the list so we can all add in details as necessary. The draft should not take more than half an hour or so for anyone with basic wiki skills. If however there is no one with the time or interest in doing this I will take it as a sign that the team does not really want to pursue keeping it's official approved/verified status. On 31 August 2013 13:01, Joel Addison jadd...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I think we should add this to the agenda for the next meeting, which should be on Sunday 8 September. It is worthwhile doing the health check, even if just to ensure we have everything documented and up to date. It seems to be much easier now, and much less time consuming compared to the old process, which is a step in the right direction. Lets aim for the document to be open by 8 Sept, for people to contribute to it from then on, until we need to submit it. Joel On 31/08/2013, at 12:55 PM, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote: Good morning all, I also thought I should forward on the message below as it relates to re-approval which is now known as verification. If anyone wants to champion the creation of the verification health check please let me know and we can get started. We are actually due for a health check this cycle so this change will affect us shortly. -- Forwarded message -- From: Bhavani Shankar R bh...@ubuntu.com Date: 26 August 2013 00:09 Subject: New Local communities health check process To: Ubuntu local community team (LoCo) contacts loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: community-annou...@lists.ubuntu.com, Submit and discuss any Ubuntu related news stories ubuntu-n...@lists.ubuntu.com, Submit and discuss any Ubuntu related news stories ubuntu-news-t...@lists.ubuntu.com Dear All, As the subject says, this process will be the new process, aiming to replace the current re approval process. It aims to be less formal, more interactive and above all still keep people motivated to be involved in the Ubuntu community. Every team shall be known as a LoCoteam, teams that were previously known as an “Approved LoCoteam” shall be known as a “Verified LoCoteam”. New teams shall be a LoCoteam, teams do not have to be verified. The term Verified means that a Launchpad team has been created, the team name conforms to the correct naming standard and the team contact has signed the Code of Conduct. Every two years a team will present itself for a HealthCheck - This is still beneficial to everyone involved, it gives the team a chance to show how they are doing and also the council can catch up with the team. What is needed for a HealthCheck? Create a Wiki with the activities of the period - Name the wiki page with Name of your team plus the YEAR example - LoCoTeamVerificationApplication20XX with the below details: Name of team How many people are in the team Link to your wiki page / Launchpad group page Social Networks (if they have any of them). Link to loco team portal page, Events page, Paste events page - this is a good reason to encourage teams to use the team portal as all of the information is there and saves duplication. Photo Galleries of past events Tell us about your team, what you do, if you have Ubuntu members in your team, your current projects. Guideline of what you plan on doing in the future And any meeting logs if available. Teams will still remain verified this is just to check in and see how things are doing, If you can’t make a meeting, it can be done over email/Bugs. All in all, the process should remain pretty much the same. If there are any questions about the new process please don’t hesitate to discuss and ask :-) On behalf of the Ubuntu loco council, Regards, -- Bhavani Shankar Ubuntu Developer | www.ubuntu.com https://launchpad.net/~bhavi -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Fwd: Re-Energizing LoCo Teams
. This is not to suggest our existing and previous LoCo Councils has and have not been doing great work; I am tremendously thankful for their remarkable contributions. I just think we need to amp up our game, in much of the same way we have been amping up the Ubuntu platform. Now is our opportunity and we need to grasp it with both hands. This is a tremendous opportunity for great leaders to have a real world-changing impact on Ubuntu and Free Software in general. If you are excited about the opportunity of re-energizing LoCo Teams, bringing leadership, and challenging the norm, I strongly encourage you to apply. Please share your ideas for leadership and change in your application. I am doggedly committed to helping to make our LoCo Teams successful and I have some ideas around how we do this when the new council is formed. I am looking forward to working with our new generation of leaders to help our LoCo Teams to do incredible world-changing work with an incredible world-changing platform. Thanks, Jono -- Jono Bacon Ubuntu Community Manager www.ubuntu.com / www.jonobacon.org www.identi.ca/jonobacon www.twitter.com/jonobacon -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Fwd: New Local communities health check process
Good morning all, I also thought I should forward on the message below as it relates to re-approval which is now known as verification. If anyone wants to champion the creation of the verification health check please let me know and we can get started. We are actually due for a health check this cycle so this change will affect us shortly. -- Forwarded message -- From: Bhavani Shankar R bh...@ubuntu.com Date: 26 August 2013 00:09 Subject: New Local communities health check process To: Ubuntu local community team (LoCo) contacts loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: community-annou...@lists.ubuntu.com, Submit and discuss any Ubuntu related news stories ubuntu-n...@lists.ubuntu.com, Submit and discuss any Ubuntu related news stories ubuntu-news-t...@lists.ubuntu.com Dear All, As the subject says, this process will be the new process, aiming to replace the current re approval process. It aims to be less formal, more interactive and above all still keep people motivated to be involved in the Ubuntu community. Every team shall be known as a LoCoteam, teams that were previously known as an “Approved LoCoteam” shall be known as a “Verified LoCoteam”. New teams shall be a LoCoteam, teams do not have to be verified. The term Verified means that a Launchpad team has been created, the team name conforms to the correct naming standard and the team contact has signed the Code of Conduct. Every two years a team will present itself for a HealthCheck - This is still beneficial to everyone involved, it gives the team a chance to show how they are doing and also the council can catch up with the team. What is needed for a HealthCheck? Create a Wiki with the activities of the period - Name the wiki page with Name of your team plus the YEAR example - LoCoTeamVerificationApplication20XX with the below details: Name of team How many people are in the team Link to your wiki page / Launchpad group page Social Networks (if they have any of them). Link to loco team portal page, Events page, Paste events page - this is a good reason to encourage teams to use the team portal as all of the information is there and saves duplication. Photo Galleries of past events Tell us about your team, what you do, if you have Ubuntu members in your team, your current projects. Guideline of what you plan on doing in the future And any meeting logs if available. Teams will still remain verified this is just to check in and see how things are doing, If you can’t make a meeting, it can be done over email/Bugs. All in all, the process should remain pretty much the same. If there are any questions about the new process please don’t hesitate to discuss and ask :-) On behalf of the Ubuntu loco council, Regards, -- Bhavani Shankar Ubuntu Developer | www.ubuntu.com https://launchpad.net/~bhavi -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Lindsay Johnson
On 28 August 2013 17:21, optio...@tpg.com.au wrote: Jared, I have had a female acquaintance approach me with major repeated security problems. (Taking over her email accounts and loading bad stuff on her computer.) I have suggested that Ubuntu may solve many of her problems, but my competence with computers is minimal. She has paid out hundreds of dollars to Windows technicians with minimal results. Can you suggest the name of anyone who is competent with both Ubuntu and Windows to advise and assist in a paid capacity, in setting up Ubuntu on her computer? Lindsay -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au Good afternoon, Sorry to hear about the problems your friend is having. I personally am not able to offer technical support either, I just don't have enough time to make that work. However I do have a suggestion that may involve no money to at least see if it's going to work for her though. If you have a quick look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu it will show a method to create a USB drive that your friend can boot off and try it out. If you look at step 6 in that how to you will also see a slider bar for how much information to store, my suggestion is to move that as far to the right as it allows. This means if your friend uses this they can store a little bit of data and it will be there when they reboot as well. That way it sort of feels a bit more like a normal computer rather than a Live USB. If you're keen on having someone come out for money my only real suggestion is to ask on the mailing list as I really don't know anyone in particular that would be perfect for it but a lot that might be able to do what you're looking for. I hope that helps, sorry I couldn't' be more helpful. -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Opportunity
Good evening all, I just read an article that was posted to me about a large Brisbane university setting up an open source group and thought I'd share it - http://www.qut.edu.au/about/news/news?news-id=59355 I was wondering if anyone had already heard of it or was planning to be involved? For those of you not in Brisbane, do you participate in groups like this and if so, can you share any tips to get the most out of them? -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: ubuntu 13.04 now available via ubuntu.net.au
Awesome job, it's always good to have a local service for this. It makes it easy for those without much bandwidth as well as those who aren't sure how to correctly burn ISOs to disk or set up a USB drive. On 30 April 2013 13:23, peter baker jellyw...@gmail.com wrote: hey guys I have updated ubuntu.net.au to ship the latest version of ubuntu, 13.04 Raring Ringtail still the same price, $3 for a cd/dvd, $10 for a brand name usb thumb drive (currently imation 8gb drives) this includes postage anywhere in australia shipping ubuntu, kubuntu and xubuntu 13.04 ubuntu and kubuntu 12.04 LTS peter -- 0411 437137 www.peter.id.au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Ubuntu-AU - Team Meeting
Good afternoon all, Just to let everyone know I've added an agenda item to the meeting regarding re-approval. It will be coming up in the Saucy cycle so we need to start thinking about if we want to see re-approval or not. At our current level of activity I'd suggest we are unlikely to obtain re-approval. But I believe by mentioning it now if there are people who want to drive some local activity they can turn this around before the re-approval date. Unfortunately I will be unable to make tomorrow nights meeting due to prior commitments but wanted to start getting people to think about this. I am more than willing to help people know what is needed to and help guide them through if there are people willing to do so. On 11 May 2013 12:17, Joel Addison jadd...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, Just a reminder that there is a team meeting tomorrow night (12 May). Currently there is nothing on the agenda, but I am sure as with past meetings a number of things will come up. Agenda: http://loco.ubuntu.com/meetings/ubuntu-au/574/detail/ Please come along to #ubuntu-au on FreeNode IRC to join in. The meeting will start at 8pm. Thanks, Joel Addison -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: PDF printing problem
On 31 March 2013 14:34, Geoffrey Wilfred Combes gcomb...@bigpond.comwrote: In a previous posting I mentioned my problem with printing PDFs and some other documents where some of the page is cut off. I came up with a complicated answer but the best answer is much simpler: For example if the page size is A4 select paper 'A4 borderless 297x 210' rather than 'A4'. Problem solved. In hindsight it's obvious isn't it? Geoffrey -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au Glad to hear it ended up okay, sounds like an odd problem. Thanks for getting back to us, now if anyone else is searching the list and comes across the problem they know that not only are they not alone, there is a solution. -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Fwd: 13.04 Raring Ringtail Global Release Party
Good morning all, A reminder about the 13.04 release came through that I thought I'd forward on. I've also edited the Sydney event so it links to the global event (now that it has been created). Lets see if we can get 3 - 4 parties going this release. Anyone up for one in Brisbane? -- Forwarded message -- From: Laura Czajkowski la...@lczajkowski.com Date: 3 April 2013 06:42 Subject: 13.04 Raring Ringtail Global Release Party To: Ubuntu local community team (LoCo) contacts loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com Aloha It's coming closer to to that time of the cycle again where we plan our release parties in our LoCos. I've created the global event on the LTP - http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/2322/ and it would be great to see all the many teams adding their events there like we have in the past. I've set the date for a month after the event as we often get requests to keep it open so teams who want to have a release party at a later stage can still do so which is great :) It would be great to hear what teams plan on doing or what has worked best for them in the past, do you run an Ubuntu Quiz at your event, have pizzas, give talks or demos have install fests going on, or just get together and have some fun and chat with your fellow team members. Share what you do with us! Thanks folks Laura -- Laura Czajkowski https://wiki.ubuntu.com/czajkowski LoCo Council Member Community Council Member -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Membership Board Re-Staffing
Good evening all, I just wanted to drop a quick (belated) note to let you know the Ubuntu Membership Boards are looking for some new members. If you've been involved in Ubuntu teams for a little while it might be worth checking out. It requires only a little allocation of time but is a very personally rewarding team to be a part of. For all the details check out the news post on it - http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2013/03/22/ubuntu-membership-board-call-for-nominations/ I'm currently a sitting member myself so if you have any questions feel free to ask, I know there are a few former members floating around as well. -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Fwd: Ubuntu Global Jam (S-Series) Announcement
Good afternoon all, They've given us plenty of notice for the next global jam so I thought I'd pass it on just to get people contemplating ideas at this stage. All the information is in the email below. -- Forwarded message -- From: Randall Ross rand...@executiv.es Date: 29 March 2013 09:16 Subject: Ubuntu Global Jam (S-Series) Announcement To: Ubuntu local community team (LoCo) contacts loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com, community-annou...@lists.ubuntu.com Greetings Ubuntu World, There will be Jam! We are planning our next Ubuntu Global Jam (for the S series release) to occur on: Friday September 13, 2013 Saturday September 14, 2013 Sunday September 15, 2013 Please mark your calendars and tell everyone you know to *start planning now*. Please put a placeholder on your calendars and also at: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/2315/ (Friendly suggestion: Do not let other events or activities interfere with that weekend! Jam instead :) Please reach out to people in your communities and think about what you'd like to do at an event: Packaging, testing, translations, documentation, advertising/marketing, building community through social events... everything is welcome! No jam is too small. No idea is too wacky... and jam tastes great! ;) Good documentation about how to create a successful Global Jam event is here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam A short video explaining the most basic steps is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITk8PGBkMXQ With over 5 months of advance notice, we should be able to make this Ubuntu Global Jam a really big and fun one! Can we set a record? Thanks in advance for jamming. Cheers, Randall Global Jam Buzz Guy. PS: Now all we need is an adjective and an animal beginning with S from our fearless leader. We wait... -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris signature.asc Description: PGP signature -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Linux Tablet
On 5 March 2013 12:05, Geoffrey Wilfred Combes gcomb...@bigpond.com wrote: Is it true that an operating system by Canonical or another is available for someone to produce a tablet comparable with others on the market? If so how soon should be reasonably expect one to appear? Presently I own neither a tablet nor a mobile phone. I'm not in a hurry to buy such time-wasting toys but I guess I must soon. Should I buy a tablet (say, rather than a notebook) for portable use I would prefer that it has a Linux operating system. By the way I am an engineer and a licensed radio amateur (time-wasting, yes, but also a thinking hobby) so I am not averse to wireless communication. Your views would be of interest to me. Geoffrey Combes -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au There is currently a very basic shell of an operating system that developers are working on building. For more details please see http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/tablet and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch Please note, it is currently not a replacement for a tablet or a phone, just a platform intended for enthusiasts who want to contribute testing and building the platform. There is no set time frame that I'm aware of for a finished product. As the wiki site mentions though, it's currently being actively developed by Canonical for the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4 and for the tablets Nexus 7 10. So if you were hoping to run Ubuntu Touch on your device those would be the safest options for now. I personally would be keen to purchase the Nexus 10 (nice piece of hardware - if only Google Play ever had it in stock) to have a play, if that ever happens I'll definitely shoot a report to the list. I'd also encourage anyone else to feel free to write up their experiences with the new platform. -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: PDF printing problem
On 24 February 2013 14:54, Geoffrey Wilfred Combes gcomb...@bigpond.comwrote: Thanks Jarrod for the advice. I tried another viewing program but the result was precisely the same as I have described. However there is a simple way around the problem which I have used before but which I had forgotten about. It is: Open GIMP and import. From 'Print Image Settings' open the print dimensions fully. Tick the box 'Ignore Page Margins' (just to be sure) The print is on a full page and perfect as one would expect from GIMP. This takes a bit longer of course but is sure-fire. Also it allows one to adjust the image. For example I recently printed a PDF of text that was barely readable because it was in pale grey. I used the 'Threshold' colour tool in GIMP to get a dark black text print. Geoffrey -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au At least it's found the problem you're having. For whatever reason either the printer or your programs are set up with the wrong page margins by the sounds of it. It might be a good idea to go through and check all your printer settings (both in the program and via the system settings options). -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: live-CD environment, online banking
On 24 February 2013 08:19, David ag...@justemail.net wrote:
Hi,
is Firefox in the live-CD environment ('try out Ubuntu') equally as
secure for online banking as in a normal full installation?
Thanks
Dave
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There are pro's and con's for security in using a LiveCD over a real
install. The fact that no malicious code can write itself to your CD
(assuming you're not using a USB with persistence) means you will
be unaffected by any malware or virus that requires installation. The
downside is you're locked in to the version of the program that was
available at release time, which usually means they're a little out of date
and might mean their less secure.
It really depends what your use case is and what requirements that has. I'm
not an expert just trying to give you some food for thought.
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Fwd: Second Call For Ubuntu Global Jam Events
Just another quick reminder about the upcoming global jam and to see if anyone wanted to be involved in anything. It also has a good link to a video about Ubuntu for phones and tablets that's worth a look. -- Forwarded message -- From: Randall Ross rand...@executiv.es Date: 20 February 2013 05:11 Subject: Second Call For Ubuntu Global Jam Events To: loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com Hi LoCo people around the world, The Ubuntu Global Jam (RR edition) will occur March 1-3, 2013. We have some teams that have registered already but we need *every* team to register to make this the biggest and best Ubuntu Global Jam ever! Please take a moment now and go to the registration page and add your event: (Even if you haven't finalized all the details for your event, you can still register it. And, when others in your community see an event on calendar they might just step up to help out with the last-minute details.) Ideas: 1) With the recent announcements about Ubuntu Phone and Ubuntu Tablet, consider using this Jam as an opportunity to try them out. Bring your hardware and show others, even (and especially) people who have never seen Ubuntu on these form factors. 2) Consider doing some testing. Ubuntu always benefits from the extra energy the community invests in making sure Ubuntu is as solid and bug-free as possible. 3) Simply have fun! Jams don't have to be all work and no play. Some teams just get together to build community and strengthen friendships. A stronger local community makes Ubuntu better! More ideas, tips, and tricks for hosting (or attending) a successful Jam can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITk8PGBkMXQ If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to reach out and ask me. I'm here to help! Cheers, Randall Ubuntu Buzz Generator -- Ubuntu Buzz Generator /Ubuntu is not just software./ -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris signature.asc Description: PGP signature -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Fwd: Global Jam is Coming. Please Plan Your Events
Good afternoon all, The reminder for the Ubuntu Global Jam popped up on the loco-contacts mailing list yesterday so I thought I'd pass it on. The email below has all the details and it would be good to see if we can get some involvement. In the past we've successfully been able to run online events which are good, lets see if we can get some in person events going as well this year. If you're interested just speak up, no one person has to do all the work, we're a team! -- Forwarded message -- From: Randall Ross rand...@executiv.es Date: 6 February 2013 11:03 Subject: Global Jam is Coming. Please Plan Your Events To: loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com Hi LoCo people around the world, It's official! The Ubuntu Global Jam (RR edition) will occur March 1-3, 2013, We have just under a month to get our preparations made and to make this UGJ the biggest and best ever. Please put a placeholder on your calendars and at http://loco.ubuntu.com, reach out to people in your communities, and begin your planning activities. Packaging, testing, translations, documentation, advertising/marketing, building community through social events... everything is welcome! No jam is too small. No idea is too wacky. More details will be coming soon both on this list, on Planet Ubuntu, and beyond. In the meantime, please get ready for the UGJ weekend. Thanks in advance. Cheers, Randall Ubuntu Buzz Generator -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris signature.asc Description: PGP signature -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Home server
On 17 January 2013 07:32, Cary Bielenberg c...@bielenberg.id.au wrote: I too have a nice new N40L on my desk to replace a IBM pc (firewall ipcop) and 2 x IBM X346 servers. I have installed UFW for firewall virtualmin for my mail server and web server. Am hoping this puppy will save me lots on power bills. Am hoping to migrate data this weekend and bring it into production. I too am running Ubuntu 12.04 (no surprises there) Cheers Cary BTW I saw the blue HP light in the centre after I powered it up called it cyclops :) -- Do not argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. - Mark Twain -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au I might have to pick your brain one day about the virtualmin, that looks a bit interesting. -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: KVM switches.
On 27 November 2012 00:20, Peter Goggin petergog...@bigpond.com wrote: I use a KVM swith to control 1 wins#dows and 2 linux boxes. The KVM I was using uses ps2 mouse and keyboard. The linux boxes worked perfectly, although the winows box has only one ps2 port and so I needed a separate usb mouse. Unfortunately my ps2 keyboar5d dies and so I have been trying to use a usb kvm. This works perfectly with the windows box but for some reason the linusx box does not recognise the monitor using the usb kvm. Is there any way to set the linux box permanently default to my monitor which is a Dell LCD with a resolution of 1920 x 1080? Regards Peter Goggin -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-auhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au I have been using a DVI/USB KVM (Aten CS1784) for years with Ubuntu without problems so the concept should be fine. The only thing I did find with mine was that with some peripheral devices preferred being used in the shared USB slot (at the front of my KVM box) as opposed to the actual keyboard/mouse usb slots (at the rear of the KVM). While that in itself doesn't help you, I did find that the main reason this happened was the the KVM device itself wouldn't always pass through the correct information for the peripherals to the computer systems. So the first thing I'd check is that the KVM is actually passing through the correct EDID information about the monitor to the Ubuntu system. There are plenty of guides out there to check and edit the EDID if needed, I did a quick search for Ubuntu EDID and got heaps of relevant results on the first page. For whatever reason some drivers are really heavily dependant on using this data to set up the screens correctly so that's probably where I'd start. The other thing to check is the model of the KVM itself, someone else out there on google may have already found a solution or work around. For these sorts of situations I just google Ubuntu ModelNumberofDevice and see what I can find. Let us know how it goes. -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Fwd: Community announcement list has been created
Good morning all, I came across a post on the loco-contacts mailing list that may interest some of you. It would appear they've set up a new mailing list to announce community topics that is open to anyone. The details are in the email below. -- Forwarded message -- From: Laura Czajkowski la...@lczajkowski.com Date: 23 November 2012 03:30 Subject: Community announcement list has been created To: Ubuntu local community team (LoCo) contacts loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com There are all kinds of announcements in the Ubuntu community that are not strictly development or release-related which are posted here on the fridge, from the recent revision of the Code of Conduct to upcoming community-wide events. At the Ubuntu Developer Summit in October the Community Council spoke with other members of the community and decided to launch a new community announcement list. The list is now live! Sign up here: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/community-announce Laura -- Laura Czajkowski https://wiki.ubuntu.com/czajkowski LoCo Council Member Community Council Member -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Official 12.10 DVDs
Good evening all, Great news, the 12.10 pressed DVDs from Canonical have arrived. They are slightly less in numbers so I won't be able to send out the same quantities as last time but I'm still definitely looking for making them as useful as they can be. If anyone has any ideas on how to distribute some DVDs to the public please either send me an email or preferably send one to the mailing list for us all to hear. As with previous releases, there is no requirement to pay for any of these DVDs but donations to local postage from me to you gratefully accepted. The only requirement of receiving the DVDs is that you are responsible for making sure they get put to good use. I would prefer them not to sit around gathering dust so please keep that in mind. If you're involved in a LUG, library group, IT industry or other team of people that are interested in having a couple of copies to share around the group or make available to people you interact with that would be perfect, I'd love to hear from you. Let's here your ideas! -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 80, Issue 9
On 28 October 2012 15:24, Bob Weis b...@weisfilms.com wrote: actually for a pc that only runs Ubuntu which of the available 12.1 do I download? The one I got seems to be for a Windows machine and won't boot from the hard drive anyway b Bob Weis Generation Films 28 Mary St St Kilda West Australia, 3182 Tel +61395371195 Mob +61408373756 Fax +61399236388 my web site for opinionated chat ourbookcircle.com Personally I use the AARNet mirror [1] because as a Telstra home broadband user it's downloads are unmetered and as an added bonus it also has great download speeds. The list of different types of 12.10 releases are available in their own folder [2]. And to make life easier I've included direct links to the 32 bit version [3] as well as the 64 bit version [4] so just feel free to grab whichever you need. If you need help installing it from the downloaded ISO the official guide is quite useful so I've got a link to that as well just in case [5]. Let us know if you have any more problems, glad to help out. [1] http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/ [2] http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/releases/12.10/ [3] http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/releases/12.10/ubuntu-12.10-server-i386.iso [4] http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/releases/12.10/ubuntu-12.10-desktop-amd64.iso [5] http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/install-desktop-latest -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: ubuntu 12.10 now available via ubuntu.net.au
On 20 October 2012 14:58, peter baker jellyw...@gmail.com wrote: hey guys ubuntu 12.10 is now available via ubuntu.net.au the disc is still $3 posted anywhere in australia even though it now comes on a dvd I'm still offering 12.04.1 LTS as well, scroll down the page to see options for oredering 12.10 via paypal/credit card peter -- www.peter.id.au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au Awesome work Peter! I'm sure it's really handy for a lot of people on very limited internet connections. I should also mention I've applied for the usual loco pack of official, pressed discs from Canonical. Im not sure the number they'll send out this release but if anyone has any ideas how to effectively distribute them in ways that will benefit the community please let us know. We did well with the 12.04, nearly all the CDs were distributed, let's try to do as well with 12.10. -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: 12.04 LTS and Telstra 4G moble wireless modem - Resolution
On 28 September 2012 18:04, Geoffrey Wilfred Combes gcomb...@bigpond.com wrote: As of today I am connecting successfully to 12.04 LTS via the new Telstra modem a Sierra AirCard 320U. The key to getting there was Jared Noriss's advice to obtain and install the latest Sierra driver for Ubuntu. He provided the website. The procedure I used to install the driver was given in my mailing dated 4 September. Hopefully this driver will be valid for future Ubuntu versions at least for some time. I had further problems (preventing connection) related to registering the modem. These were: 1. To register one must install the software provided on the modem in a Windows OS. Installation my old XP crashed halfway through the process preventing me from using the Windows connection manager. 2. The software was successfully installed on a Windows 7 laptop but registration could not be completed because the modem oscillated between search and ready to connect. This is not uncommon and it is thought that the modem is trying more than one band (it has three). 3. It is not possible to register using the previous user name (as I was doing). All of these problems were resolved by the Telstra (technical) consultant in the local Telstra shop. He carried out the registration on his laptop and, importantly at my request, kept my previous user name and so preserved my email address. The upside is that the new modem and its link to Telstra is much faster than my old modem. Geoffrey -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au Thanks for letting us know how it turned out. Lets hope soon the firmware will available in the main kernel and you won't have to jump through too many hoops in future releases. -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Fwd: Quantal- Ubuntu 12.10 Release party
Good evening all, It's that time in the cycle again, that's right, Release Time! As usual, if anyone is contemplating holding a release party now is the time to speak up so we can help you prepare for it if necessary. I've forwarded on the notice that was sent to the loco-contacts mailing list for your information. The basics are: * pick a time * pick a place * document it on the loco portal * email the list * attend and have fun with other local Ubuntu users It's that simple. I think we should aim to see if we can get one in all the major cities this release if we can, that would be awesome. As always, sing out if you have any questions. I will not be directly organising one myself this release to allow someone else to come along and have a turn up here in Brisbane while I am furiously studying. I'll do my best to come along as long as it's not on an assessment day. -- Forwarded message -- From: Laura Czajkowski la...@lczajkowski.com Date: 27 September 2012 19:23 Subject: Quantal- Ubuntu 12.10 Release party To: Ubuntu local community team (LoCo) contacts loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com The 12.10 release party event has been added to the loco team portal - If you'd like to add your team there that would be great! Many teams have some form of a party, pizza, talks, geeknics, if you have ideas why not share them here to give others some ideas on what you do! it's up to you! Just have fun and celebrate 12.10 and share Ubuntu with your friends. http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/1995/detail/ Laura -- Laura Czajkowski https://wiki.ubuntu.com/czajkowski LoCo Council Member Community Council Member -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: 12.04LTS and the Telstra 4G mobile wireless modem
On 19 August 2012 15:26, Geoffrey gcomb...@bigpond.com wrote: Thanks to Harry, Colin, Peter and Ian for your advice. I respond to each in turn. Harry: I will follow up on the Huawei Wireless USB modem. For the present I intend to pursue Telstra for an answer, rather than let them off the hook. I believe that it would be a simple task for them to laod a PC with Ubuntu and test the modem, after which they could let Linux users have instructions on using the modem with a Linux OS. Telstra have told me that they have used Ubuntu but without clarification. Colin: the lsusb command in Terminal lists the modem as 'ID 0f3d:68aa Airprime, Incorporated'. So its presence is recognised. the lsmod command has no match for 'UHCI' or anything similar. Vaguely similar are 'usbhid Used by 0' and 'hid Used by 1 usbhid'. Peter: I have consulted the lists you recommended but there is no direct reference to the 360U modem. I am still looking up the links to see if there are other clues. From the remarks in the lists it seems that the Ubuntu network connection manager is being used correctly and should show the assigned connection name in the menu (which it is not doing now). Ian: I am using the APN: telstra.bigpond. I believe that it is the correct plan name. However I would like to see the screen grab of your settings so please email. Thank you. Lastly to all: If I am able, with help, to get this modem working on Ubuntu 12.04 I will certainly post the result on this Mailing List. Geoff Combes -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au I found a link that you may or may not find useful - http://mycusthelpadmin.net/SIERRAWIRELESS/_cs/AnswerDetail.aspx?sSessionID=5180C4D3AD1341438EDD065089DFC5A4QTKEYQOQaid=44 It appears the drivers for this model aren't in by default on any Linux OS yet but they do have instructions for installing from that website. This may mean you need to follow these steps every time your kernel is upgraded though. -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
It's time to start planning for the Global Jam
Good afternoon all, It kind of snuck up on us again this time but the Ubuntu Global Jam is going to happen on the 7 - 9 September. Taken from the page: The Ubuntu Global Jam is an incredible opportunity for the Ubuntu community to unite together around the weekend of 2nd - 4th March 2012 to work together to improve Ubuntu. Everyone is able to contribute to the Jam, and everyone is welcome and encouraged to get involved. Curious about how to make a real difference to Ubuntu? This is a great chance to make that difference. The global page is listed to get you all thinking http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/1901/detail/ And just to showcase the ideas that happened on the last jam feel free to check out the March jam - http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/1443/detail/ So if you've been meaning to do a workshop or class, now might be the time to organise it. If you're thinking of something but not sure how it will work out feel free to ask and we can help. -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Website Problems
On 11 August 2012 08:03, Benjamin Donald-Wilson be...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hiya everyone, I was just looking at the website this morning and I got the following error; Fatal error: Call to undefined function lock_init() in /srv/drupal-locoteams/www6/includes/ bootstrap.inc on line 1161 The website was fine last night so it must've happened within the last 10 or so hours. Thanks. ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au It's possible related to an data centre move [1] so I will just wait a little longer before reporting as a fault. [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2012-August/005922.html -- Regards, Jared Norris https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
July Team Meeting - Tomorrow night
Sorry for the late notice everyone but tomorrow night is the team meeting. As usual the details and agenda items are available on the loco portal [1]. I've added an agenda item to try and stimulate discussion on plans and ideas for the team moving forward. We have become a little stagnant of late and I would like to see if we can turn this around in any way. Please feel free to bring along some ideas to contribute and I hope to see you there. [1] http://loco.ubuntu.com/meetings/ubuntu-au/392/detail/ -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: School
On 5 July 2012 16:32, Mick Skey skey.m...@gmail.com wrote: Heads up The talk to the school went well very impress with Edubuntu and what it can offer, I left 2 disc for them to play with the Head mistress like the educational side of thinds. Could not believe there was and group of people willing to help and offer thier support and products for free. Thanks for your help -- M.Skey -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au Glad to hear it went well, any chance on writing up a bit of a piece for the website? Might spur on some others to give it a shot as well as giving some helpful tips for anyone else considering a similar idea. Information on what sort of questions they had, what particular features they were interested in, if they saw any negatives, that sort of thing would be really useful for anyone else to help prepare themselves. Thanks for letting us know how it went, if the team can help further in any other areas please let us know! -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: ODT files in Word
On 4 July 2012 12:47, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi all. One of the objections we may come across from time regarding getting people to migrate full time to Ubuntu is the inability of Word to open open source formats like ODT. This now appears to be FUD because there is apparently a plug-in for Word that will allow it to do this. http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2007/02/odt_plugin_for_.html I also came across a reference from Microsoft that said that the odt extension was available already in Office 2007 with service pack 2 applied. A user that I helped with Ubuntu told me about this because a University system they were using actually prompted them if they wanted to open an odt document in word, and the conversion seemed to work perfectly. Good news, because odt documents should now be accessible to those with up to date Office 2007 and only a few clicks away for those with Office 2003. I haven't seen anything about earlier Word/Office versions but we are probably out of luck. (but really, even the stodgiest MS enterprise user should have upgraded from 95 or 2000 by now... Onward... Chris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au I never bother sending any odt's or docs's anywhere, I always just save them as PDFs and do it that way. Just thought I'd mention another way to ensure your document arrives in the format and layout you sent it in. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Team Meeting tomorrow night
Good evening all, Just a quick reminder, tomorrow night is the scheduled June meeting. The agenda and details are available at http://loco.ubuntu.com/meetings/ubuntu-au/391/detail/ if you don't use IRC much you might prefer to join in via your web browser at webchat.freenode.net/?channels=ubuntu-au I've added the open day events to the agenda to see if we can get some people interested in helping set some up. I'm more than happy to help mentor new people in how to organise and run the events. They are really simple to do, just sometimes all it takes is someone who's been there to give you a bit of reassurance. If anyone else has anything they'd like to discuss please feel free to add it on the agenda list. See you there! -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Mid-Cycle Events
On 30 May 2012 04:44, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: It only gives us about three and a half weeks to organise posters and spread the word. I'm game if everyone else is, but we'd have to go pretty hard at this if it's to be a success. We'd need to start spreading the word this weekend, so I'll start some posters tonight. We'd need to book the venue this week to put on the posters and other advertising - do you have that in hand for Brisbane? I guess the theme for the posters should be Ubuntu Open Day and highlight the activities - installation help, discussions, information on Ubuntu and open source software etc. Please add ideas here ASAP - The posters can/will be able to be changed for other venues. If we do informational talks on the day they should be aimed at beginning users and Windows users looking to change: What is open source and how does it work, What applications are installed by default and how to use Software Center, Backing up data and migrating data and applications, Ubuntu(Linux) is not Windows, that sort of thing. Comments? Ideas? Brickbats/Bouquets? Full steam ahead! Chris Apologies, I appear to have dropped the ball on this one as it's been a week without any action. I think it would appear the June 23/24 might be a bit ambitious given the current timing. Is anyone else thinking of holding an event other than the Brisbanites? As far as a date for the event, would it be better to line up with school holidays again or something else? In Brisbane I was thinking we should alternate north and south side like the release parties. If we line up with the release parties then we should organise this on the north side. Is there anyone on the northside familiar with the Chermside library (http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/libraries/opening-hours-locations/chermside-library/index.htm) that would be willing to check it out and possibly book the meeting room? Now as far as promotion goes we could try to repurpose some of the materials at spreadubutu - http://spreadubuntu.org/en/get-materials/recent - to make it a bit easier. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Mid-Cycle Events
Sounds like Ubuntu AU Open Day with some good supporting tag lines in the advertising might be the best approach. So that's the name part down, now for the next point: * Organise co-ordinators and volunteers for each location wanting to participate So anyone wanting to volunteer to coordinate an event in their local area? I'm more than willing to help out and mentor people if you're not too confident to do it alone. It would be nice to have several events coordinated throughout the country. They don't have to be in major cities either, the event works well in regional and remote areas, for evidence check out http://ubuntu.org.au/node/84 -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris Sorry to reply to my own post but would we have enough time to organise these events by the 23/24 June? I was just looking around and noticed the Ubuntu User days are coming up then and it might tie in nicely. Is that cutting it too fine? -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Ubuntu 12.04 CDs arrive
On 18 May 2012 23:04, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote: Good evening all, The good folk at Canonical have sent out the team's CDs for the 12.04 release. This means the team has 250 CDs to distribute and promote Ubuntu with. If anyone has any creative (or boring for that matter,) ways to use the CDs to actively promote Ubuntu in the community please email the list. The CDs are all the 32 bit version of Ubuntu and a small number of Ubuntu Server CDs as well. I'm quite happy to post out CDs for users to use at computer fairs, school expos, university open days, community gatherings, etc. All I ask to ensure that they don't end up sitting on someone's shelf gathering dust before they get too old to use (we're already looking forward to 12.10!). Feel free to post ideas on the list, if you already have an idea on your mind it might be worth fleshing it out into an event on the team's loco.ubuntu.com page. Lets get cracking! -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris Ok, everyone who has requested CDs should have them in a day or two, I finally made it to the post office today. Please let me know if there are any issues. There are plenty more up for grabs for those of you thinking about it. The only requirement for me sending them out is that you have to report back to the team on how you used them. A website article, some photos or even a loco.ubuntu.com event would be the suggested ways. Not too much to ask for free pressed CDs! Feel free to ping me off list if you're not sure and want to ask more questions. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Mid-Cycle Events
On 25 May 2012 12:22, da...@kvr.com.au wrote: so about that open day... - David Sounds like Ubuntu AU Open Day with some good supporting tag lines in the advertising might be the best approach. So that's the name part down, now for the next point: * Organise co-ordinators and volunteers for each location wanting to participate So anyone wanting to volunteer to coordinate an event in their local area? I'm more than willing to help out and mentor people if you're not too confident to do it alone. It would be nice to have several events coordinated throughout the country. They don't have to be in major cities either, the event works well in regional and remote areas, for evidence check out http://ubuntu.org.au/node/84 -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Mid-Cycle Events
Good evening all, In January the Brisbane members got together for an InstallFest during the middle of the cycle for the 11.10 release cycle. We discussed that we would probably like to make this a regular occasion as an addition to the release parties. We also decided that the name InstallFest was a bit misleading and discouraged other users from attending. Therefore I propose we change the name to Ubuntu-AU Workshop, Ubuntu-AU Open Day or something similar and market it as something people can come to for help installing, general problems or just curious. I would also like to suggest that other locations join in on the action and create their own local events. So from what I can tell we need to do the following: * Decide what to call it * Organise co-ordinators and volunteers for each location wanting to participate * Create loco.u.c events * Organise a venue (we found public libraries had free meeting rooms that were great, we also decided to pick them as close to free parking and public transport as possible). * Market the events * Hold the events Thoughts, comments or questions anyone? -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Ubuntu 12.04 CDs arrive
On 18 May 2012 23:04, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote: Good evening all, The good folk at Canonical have sent out the team's CDs for the 12.04 release. This means the team has 250 CDs to distribute and promote Ubuntu with. If anyone has any creative (or boring for that matter,) ways to use the CDs to actively promote Ubuntu in the community please email the list. The CDs are all the 32 bit version of Ubuntu and a small number of Ubuntu Server CDs as well. I'm quite happy to post out CDs for users to use at computer fairs, school expos, university open days, community gatherings, etc. All I ask to ensure that they don't end up sitting on someone's shelf gathering dust before they get too old to use (we're already looking forward to 12.10!). Feel free to post ideas on the list, if you already have an idea on your mind it might be worth fleshing it out into an event on the team's loco.ubuntu.com page. Lets get cracking! -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris I'd just like to add one little thing for those who've already contacted me. In return for sending the CDs out I ask a small favour in return. All I would like to see is that you provide some return to the community as to what you have done with the CDs. If it's just to hand out at work, school or uni take a photo of the poster you put up with them to take with a little story about any anecdotes you have from the interaction. I don't think this is too much to ask for the good will of Canonical shipping them to us. We can use these on the website to share the news with the world. If you're not comfortable writing the article, shoot an email to the mailing list and we can turn it into an article for you. If you're planning a public event (uni open day, community hall gathering, etc) and want more than a handful please make it into a loco.u.c event so we can all join in, and who knows you might find someone else in your area to help you out. If you want to contribute to the shipping please feel free to use paypal to send money to the email address that I've sent this from. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Good IRC client
On 20 May 2012 09:54, Stephen Rees-Carter step...@rees-carter.net wrote: Hi all, I'm thinking about becoming more active on IRC, but I don't really know what IRC client I should be using. I've tried XChat in the past and it's ok but kinda clunky, I'm currently using both Empathy and the Freenode Webchat, but neither are perfect in their own ways. So, any suggestions? I'm after something that integrates nicely with Unity so I can have alerts in the messaging menu etc :) Thanks, ~Stephen -- Stephen Rees-Carter ~ Valorin http://stephen.rees-carter.net/ -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au In my experience it depends on what you're used to. For most people who prefer GUI based IRC, XChat is generally held in the highest regard. For text based (console) then irssi is the general popular choice. Both have their pros and cons. Personally I'm a big XChat fan. That being said I've customised it over time to be what I want it to be (fonts, sizes, options, backgrounds, colours, etc) so maybe if I went to the default one I'd not like it much either. I also use IRC quite a lot and have multiple servers with multiple windows open 24/7. It would be interesting to hear what others are using though, I haven't played around with other clients in years. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Ubuntu 12.04 CDs arrive
Good evening all, The good folk at Canonical have sent out the team's CDs for the 12.04 release. This means the team has 250 CDs to distribute and promote Ubuntu with. If anyone has any creative (or boring for that matter,) ways to use the CDs to actively promote Ubuntu in the community please email the list. The CDs are all the 32 bit version of Ubuntu and a small number of Ubuntu Server CDs as well. I'm quite happy to post out CDs for users to use at computer fairs, school expos, university open days, community gatherings, etc. All I ask to ensure that they don't end up sitting on someone's shelf gathering dust before they get too old to use (we're already looking forward to 12.10!). Feel free to post ideas on the list, if you already have an idea on your mind it might be worth fleshing it out into an event on the team's loco.ubuntu.com page. Lets get cracking! -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Team IRC Meeting - Tomorrow Night
Good morning all, It's that time of the month again! The team IRC meeting is due tomorrow night. Sorry all for the short notice, it's crept up on us with the release parties and UDS going on distracting us. As always the details are available on the loco portal at - http://loco.ubuntu.com/meetings/ubuntu-au/389/detail/ I've added agenda items for both the Release Parties and UDS. If anyone else has anything else to bring up please add it to the list. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Upgrade to 12'04 issues
Anyone able to help with an update issue for a fellow ubuntu au member of the northside of Brisbane? Please email me off list if able to help at all so I can give details. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris Apologies for the mis-swypes, this message has been sent from my Motorola Defy. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: help needed with printers
I have reinstalled CUPS but the problem still remains. I can get my Samsung colour laser printer to work through the usb port but not yhe Kyocera FS1010. I am using 12.04 ubuntu. By the way even when connected to the windows box as a shared printer the ubuntu box cannot use the Kyocera. Any suggestions welcome. Regards Peter Goggin -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au Can you copy the actual error message for us? Sometimes that gives a clue as to what is the actual issue. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Brisbane Release Party TODAY!
On 6 May 2012 08:20, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: The time has absolutely flown by and the Brisbane Release Party is today. The details are here for anyone who didn't vote in the poll or has been too busy to keep track of their emails: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-au/1618/detail/ Newcomers are welcome of course - it's a social gathering where we get to chat with other Ubuntu users. Looking forward to seeing you all there! Chris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au I'll be there with my usual Ubuntu shirt to make me easy to find. Under 18s are welcome but if you're unaccompanied and unsure about entering licensed premises please just shoot me an email off list and I can give you my mobile to call to come out and show you around. See you there! -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: April 2012 Team Report
On 1 May 2012 14:50, Sam coffeetastesawes...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, The newly completed Team Report for April 2012 can be accessed at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/TeamReports/12/April. Please make an additions or alternations as you see fit. Regards, - Sam -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au Thanks for updating this month's report, it looks pretty comprehensive, I just added a link to the Sydney release party photo. If anyone has been to one of the Release Parties and has a few moments spare if they could consider writing a post for the ubuntu.org.au website that would be awesome as well. If there were any photos from the Adelaide event it would be good to put them on the flickr group up with the Sydney one. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Upgrade of 10.04 to 12.04
_ From: Geoffrey gcomb...@bigpond.com To: Ubuntu-AU ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Friday, 27 April 2012 4:53 PM Subject: Upgrade of 10.04 to 12.04 I wish to upgrade from 10.04LTS to 12.04LTS so I consult the Ubuntu website for the simple instructions on how to do so. The paper-chase begins. I follow the simple guide via the 'upgrade' link to find: 'Upgrade from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04LTS I go the the link 'read the upgrade notes' (for versions other than 11.10). There are many listed but none that refer to upgrading 10.04LTS to 12.04LTS. The paper-chase seems to end here with no result. I believe that upgrading should be done with care using the right instructions depending on the system version being used so I am reluctant to take a punt and mess things up. Surely I don't need to upgrade from 10.04LTS to 10.10, then to 11.04 and then to 11.10 before upgrading to 12.04LTS? I would be grateful for advice from members. PS My Update Manager does not advise that 12.04LTS is ready to load. Geoffrey The official release notes [1] state that LTS upgrades are not recommended until the first point release (due in a month or two). So I'm thinking it will only show up as an upgrade then? [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuDesktop -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: ubuntu 12.04 now available via ubuntu.net.au
On 27 April 2012 07:47, peter baker jellyw...@gmail.com wrote: hey guys ubuntu 12.04 is now available via ubuntu.net.au prices are still the same, $3 for a cd. $10 for a 4bg thumbdrive including postage anywere in australia read more about this milestone release here take a tour here peter -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au Thanks for continuing to provide this awesome service to the community! -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Is there any need to optimise an install on SD or USB?
Good evening all, I'm going to be installing 12.04 on either an SD card or USB drive for use with a laptop, it has an inbuilt card reader so the SD card sounds pretty easy to carry around right about now. I have done a bunch of research on seeing if I need to optimise the install in any way, for example moving read/write intensive or swap partitions to the ram. Unfortunately a lot of the data I'm finding is all in the 2007- 2009 range and the only recent data I can find is arguments over if it's still required or not. So has anyone had any experience or seen information that would help deciding if and if so what optimisations are still needed to be carried out? -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Fwd: Ubuntu code of conduct update
Good morning all, The Community Council is looking at drafting a new revision of the Ubuntu Code of Conduct. They have put out a draft for people to look at and comment on. Please see the email forwarded below for the details. If anyone has any questions please feel free to ask. -- Forwarded message -- From: Laura Czajkowski la...@lczajkowski.com Date: 16 April 2012 23:00 Subject: Ubuntu code of conduct update To: Ubuntu local community team (LoCo) contacts loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com Hi just to let people know and so they can share with their teams, the Ubuntu code of conduct has been updated. For more information please see - http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/04/16/code-of-conduct-update/ Thanks Laura -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: mobile usb phones
It's probably a little outdated now but the team did set up a list of hardware that did and didn't work back when it was a bit more difficult to get things going. If anyone has anything to add to it that would help - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects/WirelessBroadbandInformation -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Fwd: Congrats to Egypt LoCo
Good morning all, I just came across an email to the loco-contacts mailing list that I thought I would like to share with you all. The Egyptian team have a real focus on getting real world events going and have created a very nicely laid out and easy to follow wiki application. I thought if people were trying to think of events to run, how to run them or just some general inspiration it might help to read over what they have accomplished. I believe our team does online events (meetings, Ubuntu User Days, Global Jams, etc) well but our next evolutionary step is to carry this into real world events to include more than just release parties (which are great, sign up some more!). Maybe something that can be brought up in some of the release parties that are planned? -- Forwarded message -- From: Laura Czajkowski la...@lczajkowski.com Date: 22 March 2012 03:03 Subject: Congrats to Egypt LoCo To: Ubuntu local community team (LoCo) contacts loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com On March 20th the LoCo Council met and had only one new LoCo team to review for approval; the Egyptian LoCo[0]. The Egyptian LoCo's approval application[1] was a great example of a quality application as it even included nice graphs to help visualise some of the plans the LoCo is putting into place. With this and the other evidence of great work the LoCo Council voted unanimously to approve the Egyptian LoCo! Please join us in congratulating the Egyptian LoCo Team for being a great example of a positive force in Ubuntu! [0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EgyptTeam [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EgyptTeam/ApprovalApplication2012 Laura -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-conta...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Banshee, Rhythmbox, or...
On 25 March 2012 12:29, Stephen Rees-Carter step...@rees-carter.net wrote: Hi all, With the impending switch back to Rhythmbox in 12.04, I was wondering which media player everyone here prefers, and why? I find Banshee slow and clunky, but I really like the automatic media organiser and the 'score' sorting. So I'm in two minds about switching back to Rhythmbox, since it has neither of those features. But I would prefer a simpler and faster media player, and I like to use the default applications. Thoughts? Thanks, ~Stephen -- Stephen Rees-Carter ~ Valorin http://stephen.rees-carter.net/ -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au I've used exaile for years. I don't do lots of media listening though but for what I need (flac and oggs) it's been great. It has a few useful plugins that you can pick and choose from. I watch even less video but always found vlc the most stable. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Precise Pangolin Release Parties
Good evening one and all, With the finalisation of the Brisbane release party details we now have 2 confirmed events for the Ubuntu-AU team. For those of you in the Sydney area check out - http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-au/1505/detail/ Everyone in and around Brisbane should look up - http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-au/1618/detail/ And the rest of you - start planning your own local one! It's not hard, pick a date, time and location you would be willing to spend an hour our two hanging out at a cafe, bar or other public place. Post up the details on the loco.u.c site (if you're not sure how to do that, just ask, there are many people on the list able to guide you through signing up events) and send the mailing list an email with all the details and a link. There does not have to be hours of planning and it doesn't take days to do the paperwork for the event, so get cracking! -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Brisbane Release Party - Location?
On 9 March 2012 19:37, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote: On 9 March 2012 12:50, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: Adding the dates to the poll seems to have caused it to reset. I appear to be the first respondent. Chris Apologies all, it would appear this is the case. It did not ever state it would delete all the data when I updated it and when I checked it afterwards it did appear to retain the information but shortly after deleted it all. If you were one of the few who had already nominated please do so again. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris Just to give some warning I expect to lock in a time and date on Sunday evening. So if you want to have a say in when it is head over to http://doodle.com/6z7sw9rbvvgu5rkr as soon as possible. Hope to see some new faces! -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Brisbane Release Party - Location?
On 9 March 2012 12:50, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: Adding the dates to the poll seems to have caused it to reset. I appear to be the first respondent. Chris Apologies all, it would appear this is the case. It did not ever state it would delete all the data when I updated it and when I checked it afterwards it did appear to retain the information but shortly after deleted it all. If you were one of the few who had already nominated please do so again. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Brisbane Release Party - Location?
On 8 March 2012 07:40, Cary Bielenberg c...@bielenberg.id.au wrote: Would love to come but that weekend is the council elections state wide on Sat. As I have to work for that to the wee hours of Sun morning I cant guarantee that I can make it :( Cary Sorry mate, I thought I'd looked up to make sure there were no big events that weekend but obviously I missed that one. For the sake of fairness I'll add in the dates/times for the following weekend as well just in case that proves much more popular. What it means is though is that the people who have already voted will need to edit their vote if they would like to add preferences for any times on the following weekend. Thanks for bringing it up and we'll see what people want from here. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Brisbane Release Party - Location?
Ok, time to make decisions! I've set up the obligatory doodle poll to determine the best time/day for the Brisbane event at http://www.doodle.com/6z7sw9rbvvgu5rkr Please, anyone and everyone that is thinking of attending should register whatever their preferred times are so we can make sure we get as many people along as possible (unfortunately we can never please everyone). Anyone else wanting to hold release parties in other locations should probably also start thinking about finalising places, dates times so there's enough time to publicise them. I've always found doodle polls useful in this regard but feel free to use other methods if you'd prefer. Once times, places and dates are all formalised/agreed upon/decided please make sure the events get put up on the loco.u.c page - http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-au -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Videos appear a black box and won't play in ubuntu 11.10
On 21 February 2012 13:41, bob matheson unclebo...@hotmail.com wrote: I am running Ubuntu 11.10 on a Samsung laptop with intel i5 second generation processor. I update regularly when update message appears. For about a week I have had this problem where a video appears as a black box and will not play. This is a new problem, as previously everything was OK. I first noticed it on Ninemsn site which I refer to daily for news. I have searched the web to try and find a solution, but being relatively new to Ubuntu can't quite work out what to do. Any advice your could offer would be very much appreciated. There is not a great rush as you are probably very busy. Thanks in advance, Bob Matheson - Cairns. Good evening all, Bob has sent me an email with some problems that I've not encountered before. With his permission I've forwarded this to the mailing list to see if anyone else has experienced this issue and has some suggestions on how to fix it. So does anyone have any ideas about how to troubleshoot or fix the issue above? -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Brisbane Release Party - Location?
Good evening, At the meeting last week we decided it was about time to start planning the release parties and the first point of business is the booking of a date, time venue. The main criteria for a successful venue are: * Fairly central * Accessible via public transport * Able to site 10 - 20 people comfortably * Accessible to minors The venue suggested at the meeting was the Kedron Park Hotel ( http://www.kedronparkhotel.com.au/index.html ) as it's fairly centrally located. There was a question of if this will be accessible to minors or not so I posed the question to the venue and their response was: We allow minors in the restaurant area so long as they are accompanied by a responsible adult ie a parent or guardian figure and not an older partner or sibling. The minor isn’t allowed to enter any area of the hotel that partakes in gaming, cannot approach the bar and naturally cannot consume alcohol. So long as there is a reasonable ratio of adult : minor there shouldn’t be an issue with licensing. Please let us know if there is any more information you require at this stage, or if you would like to make a booking. So I guess the next question - is it accessible for public transport? If you are thinking of attending and you usually use public transport please provide some feedback on how difficult this location would be to get to on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Ubuntu Membership
On 12 February 2012 12:19, Boden Matthews boden.matth...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, Just thought I'd let you know that I'm applying for Ubuntu Membership. Wish me luck :) Regards, Boden Matthews, http://bodenm.wordpress.com -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au Good luck! My strong suggestion is that if you haven't already done so is to make sure that all the contributions you're going to rely on to prove significant and sustained contributions to Ubuntu are well laid out on your wiki page and you have testimonials from those who can confirm any activity that isn't easily proved by launchpad karma. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Team IRC meeting - Sunday 12th Feb 8:00pm AEST
On 5 February 2012 23:32, Joel Pickett jpick...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hi fellow Ubuntu-AU'ers, This coming Sunday, 12th Feb, is our next IRC team meeting. It is set to start at 8:00pm AEST Brisbane time (9pm NSW, VIC, TAS time). It will be held in the usual #ubuntu-au channel on irc.freenode.net The agenda - http://loco.ubuntu.com/meetings/ubuntu-au/316/detail/ Feel free to add ideas or anything you want to discuss at the meeting. Regards, Joel Pickett -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au Thanks for the timely reminder. I just added an agenda item for people to start thinking and planning the Precise release parties in April. See you all there. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Colour MFD recommendations?
On 3 February 2012 12:21, Paul Gear p...@libertysys.com.au wrote: Hi folks, Can anyone recommend a cheap-ish, reliable colour MFD which works with Ubuntu? We've been using an HP OfficeJet Pro L7300 and have had quite a few reliability problems on the printing side, and it's more than the cost of new printer to fix them. Essential functions: Reliability Linux Windows compatible Scanning Photo document printing Desirable: Network Don't care: Fax Thanks in advance, Paul -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au I was going to suggest something from the HP range and just suggest you hit your price point as best as you can but it seems that's probably what you did to get that the L7300. I've had a HP PSC2610 for years and it's never missed a beat but it's only home user quality. HP were the only brand I'd ever heard consistently good things about so let us know how your search goes if you don't mind. No one else has any suggestions? -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Congratulations Joel Pickett
I just wanted to write a quick email to congratulate Joel Pickett (sagaci) on last night obtaining Ubuntu Membership. His achievements with the enAU localisation and contributions to the loco were recognised as being significant and sustained. It's always good to see members of the loco being rewarded for their involvements in the loco and other teams. Well done! -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Window Managers for Kubuntu and Ubuntu
On 9 January 2012 20:34, David Bowskill da...@bowskill.net wrote: Dear All I hope that this does not sound like a big whing but I do not like how the presentation of the later versions of Ubuntu and Kubuntu are going I have been using Ubuntu 10.04 with Gnome interface and I find it very good. Then upgraded to 11.10 and I really don't like Unity at all. I then switched to Kubuntu 11.10 and the interface while better than Unity, is still not as good as Ubuntu 10.04 What are my complaints ?? The philosophy that the computer should be a functional working tool - easy to use, fast in operation and requiring minimal resources. These ideals seem to be being abandoned and the 'graphic arty types' are taking over. Flashy interfaces ( which of course must be 'original' ) seem to be the go, causing bloat, slows down operations and demands more RAM and CPU power. For my part, I am not at all impressed by fancy interfaces - I want a machine which is minimal in presentation, quick in operation, easy to use, in other words totally utilitarian in design and presentation. The ideal interface in my opinion is that used by Apple; lots of drop down menus; icons which can be placed on the Desktop if required AND the tool bar with the sliding magnifier - truly brilliant !! Does any know of a simple window manager like that of Apple's which can be used to replace Unity - especially the sliding magnifier tool bar I would be quite happy to stay with 10.04 window manger but that will be phased out in the future. Does anyone else out there feel this ? Hope that this does not put too many noses out of joint. Cheers David Bowskill -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au I'm sorry you don't like Unity, it seems to be very much a polarising topic. People either love it or hate it and it seems very evenly split. I personally like the Unity interface on any machine that can run it. The thing I like most about Ubuntu and other open source software in general is that there is a plethora of choice out there for you. As far as more gnome 2 like interfaces I would personally suggest Xubuntu or Lubuntu. Xubuntu is more a drop in gnome 2 look alike where as Lubuntu is more aimed at a really cut down interface and application set. For example if you have a P4 or older I'd highly recommend giving Lubuntu a try. I actually had a 1.6Ghz P4 Celeron M Laptop with 512MB ram as the main server for the installfest on the weekend in Brisbane. It started out as a Lubuntu laptop that I added the server packages to but anyone that was there could see that despite running the server applications on top of the desktop applications it was really snappy still. So my suggestion is to have a play with some of the other mature desktops and see what you like, let us know how it goes. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: install fest Sat 7Jan 2012
On 5 January 2012 18:20, Anthony J. Brow tb...@internode.on.net wrote: Hi there, This event has been well publicised, but what about the people from outside Brisbane. HOW do we get there, is there parking ?? Or is the train/bus recommended ?? If so, how far is the venue from stations/busstops. Glad to hear, I've been trying to balance the thin line between exposure and spam. As far as getting to the event goes it's right in the heart of the CBD so really public transport should be a breeze. I personally will have a car full of stuff for the day so I will have to drive in. I plan on parking in the King George Square Carpark which is about a block away from the library. The best 3 links to think about as far as the venue goes are: The main event page for this event with general address details and times: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/venues/Australia/659/detail/ The location page for the Brisbane Square library with address details and a map: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/venues/Australia/659/detail/ The Brisbane City Council website link to the Brisbane Square Library with all the specifics: http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/whats-on/Whats-on-database/venues/index.htm?q_venue_id=211 Sorry this a bit of a late minute question, but the answers may help more folks get there. Last minute questions are better than someone missing out by not knowing, thanks for asking it. Rgds tony brow -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au I look forward to maybe seeing yourself there, if not maybe some other time. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Brisbane InstallFest THIS SATURDAY
Good evening all, I'm sure you're all aware that this Saturday is the Brisbane InstallFest, for those of you still not sure the details are online [1]. For those of you familiar with the building the meeting room we are using is on the ground floor with the entrance in between the elevators. You do not need to be a library member to come along and join in, the general public is more than welcome. We still haven't had lots of people sign up on the wiki page [2] to volunteer but just because you haven't signed up don't let that deter you. Feel free to drop in for an hour or so here and there, you have no idea how great it can be even if it's just to allow one of the other volunteers to grab a bite of lunch. [1] http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-au/1410/detail/ [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects/LocalMeetings/BrisbaneInstallfest -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Brisbane Install Fest
Ok, Well the rsync is finally completed. I have a complete copy of http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/ on a USB drive (around 500GB). I have pointed archive.ubuntu.com and security.ubuntu.com to the correct IP of the machine on the lan (pinging archive.ubuntu.com gives the local lan IP address from other machines on the lan, not the internet one so I know that's working ok). I have make a link from the USB /ubuntu folder to /var/www/ubuntu/ but it still isn't working. Where should I be linking the main folder on the USB drive to to make this work? -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Brisbane Install Fest
So on another note, we're starting to get most things covered for this event. As far as I can see there are only a couple of requirements still to be fulfilled and we're set. I'm going to bring enough hardware for the actual network infrastructure (switch, server, wireless access point) but I don't have heaps of spare network cables. I have the ability to make some as I have a box of cat6 but I thought instead of spending an evening making up cables for a one off project that I'll never really have a use for again is there anyone coming along willing to provide 20 or so varying length network cables? They will be returned at the end of the day and I can even organise to pick them up and drop them off if you aren't able to attend the actual event. If anyone has access to USB 3g modems that they don't mind some data use on for the day that would also be useful. I have a telstra home network gateway I can use but it doesn't have a high data cap and I think if we start having a bunch of people use it it will get very slow very quickly. Light refreshments have been provided for by LibertySys (thanks Paul!) but if someone wants to get a bit excited and make some specifically Ubuntu themed cakes or biscuits go nuts. The Canonical conference pack and table cloths and banners have arrived so we'll be well adorned on the day combined with previous posters make up for last year's LCA. Anyone else have any thoughts about stuff we haven't thought of? -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Brisbane Install Fest
On 1 January 2012 19:44, boden.matth...@gmail.com wrote: I can bring a 7.2Mbps Telstra dongle, it's got $100-ish of credit on it. I have some ethernet cabling here, not sure how many, so I'll get back to you on that one. Also, have we thought of powerboards and extension cables? I've got various ones lying around here that I can lug along. -- Sent from my HP TouchPad. Please excuse any brevity or typos. I was going to bring in a duffel bag full of electrical cables including 10 or so kettle cords (you know that drawer in your cupboard full of extension leads and power boards). I figured it would make it easier when packing up to just say it's all one persons rather than trying to work out who's was what. I have about 5 power boards and 5 - 10 extension leads if we think that's going to be enough. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Brisbane Install Fest
On 31 December 2011 16:31, George Patterson george.patter...@gmail.com wrote: On 31 December 2011 17:27, Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com wrote: On 31 December 2011 16:24, Cary Bielenberg c...@bielenberg.id.au wrote: If you set up a server with lamp put the files in the root of the /var/www ( change ownership of the files to www-data) then in your source.list have Would a symlink work? I don't have the hard drive space on my laptop (It's a 1.6ghz Celeron M with a 50gb hdd) so it would have to stay on the USB drive. Yes, a symlink could work. Otherwise add a location stanza with a DirectoryAlias (I think that is the correct term) to point to the real location. It's under an hours work if comfortable with Apache. I'd offer to do it but I couldn't get there. Regards George So would it be worth trying to set this server up properly as a dhcp and dns server now (I have lamp installed on lubuntu 11.10 now) or just bring along a router and use it as a DHCP server and point the ubuntu repo to the local machine? I'm pretty sure I can make the server work as a repository using http://popey.com/blog/2006/10/24/Creating_an_Ubuntu_repository_mirror_with_apt-mirror/ but it's the other magic I'm not sure of. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Brisbane Install Fest
Ok so I'm so exciting I spent new year's eve configuring the laptop. It's now a lamp server with dhcp and bind. I've told bind to steal archive.ubuntu.com and point it at the laptop where I can mount the USB drive and tah dah, it should work without having to tweak any new installs anywhere. In all the fiddling last night ( thought it would be good to resize and move the partition I had on the USB drive but didn't count on tripping over the usb cable and unplugging it mid move) I've somehow blown apart the partitioning on the USB drive to the point I'm going to format and redownload the repository. Should only take a day or two fingers crossed. So is there anything else I'm missing that might be useful on the day to set up? -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Brisbane Install Fest
On 29 December 2011 08:38, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: I don't know about setting up a local repository, but I'll see if I can work something out. It might be as simple as enabling the local drive as a valid source as you do for the install CD, but this doesn't get around the problem of updating the package lists. I'm not sure how that works. Yeah it sounds like a good idea but I don't know how useful it will actually be. Unfortunately it was someone else's idea, I just happened to implement the download the whole Ubuntu repository and set up a cron job to rsync every day part of it. There's currently over 200Mb of update downloads required for a typical Oneiric install. I do have a procedure for easily putting these on the target drive at install time so it gets around having to actually download them. (It's a script that you can run alongside the installer) This doesn't get around the need to update the package lists either. Even if we can't update the user's computer at the time of install I recommend we put the files on the target machine to improve the user experience when they get it home, with the warning that it's going to take 15 minutes or so to install all the updates which will have a performance hit. Regardless, I recommend installing without updating, or even with an internet connection present. This speeds things up _immensely_ and the updates can be done later even while the user is using the machine. Sounds great! I have a brand new 1.5Gb USB drive that can be used for backing up data if necessary. It's something I'm used to doing for PC customers for re-installs, including the mail files for Outlook, Express etc. Of course we need to ask before backing up, but most people will not have a problem with this. It's important to ask the question about data and backups before doing anything to a user's computer: In my experience people can have things like years of family photos on the hard drive that they've never bothered backing up, or in some cases have little idea of how to do it. Exactly. I have a spare stack of CDRs that I'd be willing to take along for people to burn to and keep just in case. If someone wants Ubuntu installed alongside Windows how are we going to handle this? I haven't done a lot of that, but my recollection is that it can take some time to defrag partitions and move them around, though defragging can speed up the move/resize quite a bit. If time is an issue we might have to be satisfied with a Wubi install, though that can benefit from defragging the Windows partition also. I haven't done anything to do with Windows outside using it at the work office in over 5 years so I'm a bit out of date and practice. I was hoping there'd be someone along who knew more than I but worst case scenario I was going to scour https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot for pertinent information. Chris Thanks for your input, I look forward to see you and others there in just over a week. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Drum roll please..............
On 21 December 2011 20:58, Francis (Grizzly) Smit griz...@smit.id.au wrote: On 20/12/11 20:02, Tom Sparks wrote: thumbs up :) looks good :) yep looks good --- tom_a_sparks It's a nerdy thing I like to do - Original Message - From: Jared Norrisjrnor...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: Sent: Tuesday, 20 December 2011 7:39 PM Subject: Drum roll please.. G ood evening all, We've just brought the new look website live as of about 5 minutes ago. If anyone would like to have a look and give some feedback please do please use http://www.ubuntu.org.au site as the .com.au site currently isn't mirrored yet. Bearing in mind we're in it's infancy please be gentle on content and other easily changed items as that can be modified by website admins at any stage. On that note, what do you think? -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- .~. In my life God comes first /V\ but Linux is pretty high after that :-D /( )\ Francis (Grizzly) Smit ^^-^^ http://www.smit.id.au/ -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au Nice to hear the positive feedback. We do have a few little tweaks still to do but overall I'm very impressed with the look and feel of the new site. One thing I forgot to mention in the first email was the process for how to link your existing website account to your existing launchpad account so that you can use the single sign on button. The brief details are available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects/NewWebsiteLogin and if you need more assistance please ask. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Brisbane Install Fest
On 31 December 2011 12:03, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Saturday, 31 December 2011 11:49 AM Subject: Re: Brisbane Install Fest That's why you do it with iptables (and possibly some dummy dns entries using dnsmasq). If you rsync the repos you don't have to worry about building the indexes and you can update only the bits which have changed since the initial sync. _ We're trying to update new installs. As far as I'm aware it's necessary to get the software indexes (apt-get update) so that apt-get (or update manage) can get only the required packages and their indexes. Good point though, if the indexes are part of the repositories, and they've been updated fully with rsync, then it might not be necessary to build the index at all - the apt-get system may just be able to use the indexes as is, at the point when they were last rsync'ed. We will just have to give the correct addresses to the various repositories. The command I use to download and subsequently update the repository is: rsync -vtlrh --stats --delete --exclude .~tmp~/ www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au::ubuntu /media/UbuntuAUReposito/Ubuntu/ Of course, I can rename the target directory at any stage if it will make our lives easier. This all sits on a 1tb USB hdd. Jarad? Please enlighten us. ;-) Did you get the indexes along with all those nice .deb packages? No idea, I'm a simple end user who knows enough to get himself into trouble and occasionally back out of it ;) If you've got the repo drives plugged into a network somewhere just add them to the software sources (and maybe turn off the normal main, universe, restricted, and multiverse) and give them a spin. I also have the medibuntu stuff if that's useful at all. Chris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au Let me know if more information is needed. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Brisbane Install Fest
On 31 December 2011 14:01, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: -- *From:* Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com *To:* Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com *Cc:* Dave Hall dave.h...@skwashd.com; ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com *Sent:* Saturday, 31 December 2011 12:56 PM *Subject:* Re: Brisbane Install Fest No idea, I'm a simple end user who knows enough to get himself into trouble and occasionally back out of it ;) -- Ok, see if you have the following directory: /media/UbuntuAUReposito/Ubuntu/archive/indices/ The contents should look at bit like this: [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-security.main http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-security.main 31-Dec-2011 00:180 [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-security.main.debian-installer http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-security.main.debian-installer 31-Dec-2011 00:18 23K [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-security.main.src http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-security.main.src 31-Dec-2011 00:180 [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-security.multiverse http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-security.multiverse 31-Dec-2011 00:180 [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-security.multiverse.src http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-security.multiverse.src 31-Dec-2011 00:180 [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-security.restricted http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-security.restricted 31-Dec-2011 00:180 [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-security.restricted.src http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-security.restricted.src 31-Dec-2011 00:180 [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-security.universe http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-security.universe 31-Dec-2011 00:180 [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-security.universe.debian-installer http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-security.universe.debian-installer 31-Dec-2011 00:18 71 [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-security.universe.src http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-security.universe.src 31-Dec-2011 00:180 [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-updates.extra.main http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-updates.extra.main 31-Dec-2011 00:180 [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-updates.extra.multiverse http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-updates.extra.multiverse 31-Dec-2011 00:180 [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-updates.extra.restricted http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-updates.extra.restricted 31-Dec-2011 00:180 [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-updates.extra.universe http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-updates.extra.universe 31-Dec-2011 00:180 [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-updates.main http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-updates.main 31-Dec-2011 00:180 [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-updates.main.debian-installer http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-updates.main.debian-installer 31-Dec-2011 00:18 23K [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-updates.main.src http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-updates.main.src 31-Dec-2011 00:180 [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-updates.multiverse http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-updates.multiverse 31-Dec-2011 00:180 [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-updates.multiverse.src http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-updates.multiverse.src 31-Dec-2011 00:180 [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-updates.restricted http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-updates.restricted 31-Dec-2011 00:180 [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-updates.restricted.src http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-updates.restricted.src 31-Dec-2011 00:180 [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-updates.universe http://www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive/indices/override.oneiric-updates.universe 31-Dec-2011 00:180 [image: [ ]] override.oneiric-updates.universe.debian-installer
Re: Brisbane Install Fest
On 31 December 2011 15:59, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote: I don't have a webserver set up and it needs http or ftp access for apt-get to work it would seem from my brief tests. - No, it looks like you can use local file. Open up software sources --- other software and hit the add button. Paste the following into your the URI field. If I've got it right it should work and populate the other required fields: deb file:///media/UbuntuAURepository/Ubuntu oneiric main restricted universe multiverse Should do it, assuming I've got the path right. Fingers crossed. Hey, you could _always_ update your machines this way - you'd never have to bother with on line vagaries or slow speeds if the servers are busy. Even the new release ISOs will magically appear one day, assuming you've got the cron job running everyday. I think you could replace main restricted universe multiverse with just all and it may still work. Chris. Ah bingo, works like a charm. I'll wait for some updates to hit the repo to double check it actually does work but I've disabled everything but the USB drive and it doesn't throw any errors so that's a good start. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Brisbane Install Fest
On 31 December 2011 16:24, Cary Bielenberg c...@bielenberg.id.au wrote: If you set up a server with lamp put the files in the root of the /var/www ( change ownership of the files to www-data) then in your source.list have the files looking to deb http://10.x.x.x/Ubuntu oneiric main blah blah it will work we could get cute create a bind server with the repo server setup there. Cary Would a symlink work? I don't have the hard drive space on my laptop (It's a 1.6ghz Celeron M with a 50gb hdd) so it would have to stay on the USB drive. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Brisbane Install Fest
Good morning, With the InstallFest just over 2 weeks away I thought I'd see if anyone had any better ideas about the technical side of it all. I have the ability to provide the following: * 48 port 10/100 cisco switch * home network gateway for internet (I'd probably only really suggest using it to connect to the aarnet mirrors as the library wifi is only for library members). * power cables and power boards * 2 desktop setups for people to come along and plug desktops in to install if they like (I'll bring monitors, keyboard and mice) * Install CDs and USBs * 10 random length network patch cables I also have an external USB hard drive that has a local copy of the entire Ubuntu repository. The only problem is that I haven't had the chance to get in and play with it so I don't have the technical capability of setting it up on a lan as a local repository. Is there a volunteer willing to own that pet project for the day? Anyone else have any other ideas? -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Drum roll please..............
Good evening all, We've just brought the new look website live as of about 5 minutes ago. If anyone would like to have a look and give some feedback please do please use http://www.ubuntu.org.au site as the .com.au site currently isn't mirrored yet. Bearing in mind we're in it's infancy please be gentle on content and other easily changed items as that can be modified by website admins at any stage. On that note, what do you think? -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Brisbane InstallFest Update
On 16 December 2011 09:24, AndrewG gande...@gmail.com wrote: Great stuff. Can we get an article posted on http://www.ubuntu.com.au announcing the InstallFest, to let prospective attendees know all about it? Cheers. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au I was going to do a copy/paste from the loco site but it appears Joel P has beaten me to it and created a calendar event for the day. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: December Ubuntu-AU IRC team meeting
On 10 December 2011 19:48, Joel Pickett jlkpc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Just a quick reminder that the Ubuntu-AU monthly meeting is tomorrow (Sunday 11th December) at 9pm AEDST (Sydney, Melb, Hobart) / 8pm (Brisbane). It will be held at #ubuntu-au on irc.freenode.net Thanks for the timely reminder. We'll see how we go, probably going to be a quick meeting as there's no agenda (but feel free to add anything you'd like to discuss) at http://loco.ubuntu.com/meetings/ubuntu-au/281/detail/ I just added the Brisbane InstallFest to the agenda to discuss ideas and participation. Surely there are other ideas floating around the team we could discuss? Thanks, Joel -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au See you all there! -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Australian Open Stack User Group meetup invitation
On 7 December 2011 11:28, Kavit Munshi ka...@aptira.com wrote: Hello all, ** ** I am writing to invite all of you from the Australian IT industry interested in the open source cloud computing technology *OpenStack,* to a community meetup event at 6.30pm on the 13th of December at the Harbour View Hotel in the Rocks. The venue has capacity for 60ish persons and we have key contributing technology vendors Rackspace, Dell, Citrix, Cisco and F5 coming along, each presenting a short overview of their involvement in the project. The event is sponsored with food and drinks by our company Aptira and we are trying to attract persons that have an active technical interest in the technology in an effort to collectively grow the local community. This event will be followed by one in Melbourne in mid January. If you wish to attend please contact me directly to arrange some spots asap, or RSVP to the meetup group at http://aosug.openstack.org.au. ** ** Cheers Kavit ** ** ** ** -- *Kavit Munshi* Solutions Director *[image: Description: Description: Description: APTlogoonwhite-small.jpg]* ** *Aptira Pty Ltd* 1800 APTIRA http://aptira.com ** ** -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au Good evening team, Kavit has also extended an invitation to see if Canonical/Ubuntu would like to present at the evening as well. So if you're involved with OpenStack or JuJu in Ubuntu in enough detail to be able to provide insight into how the development is progressing then please let myself or Kavit know. I know there are a few Canonical types hanging around the mailing list but I have no idea what areas of involvement everyone has so just trying to put the feelers out. Sounds like a good night, wish I were in Sydney for it. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Brisbane InstallFest Update
On 7 December 2011 19:58, chrisjo...@comcen.com.au chrisjo...@comcen.com.au wrote: I just started reading through the mailing list regarding the Brisbane InstallFest. This sounds like a great idea and it's such a shame that I couldn't be up there in Brisbane to help out. I am on the Gold Coast and would love to see something similar like this be held on the Gold Coast in the future. Regards CJ -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au Maybe there are others from the Goal Coast wanting to come along as well? Sounds like a good excuse to carpool if you ask me :) For anyone else wanting to come in by car but avoid cost of parking in town carpooling might be a good idea. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Brisbane InstallFest Update
Good morning all, Just a quick update to let you know I've gone ahead and requested some resources from Canonical for the InstallFest in January. We've been given a Conference Pack A as well as being able to secure the Approved LoCo Banner Tablecloth [0]. These resources will allow use to include small gifts for everyone installing Ubuntu on the day. To this end I've revised my poster [1] as well as including some feedback. Unless anyone objects I think we need to move focus from creating these posters to distributing them. Other members have added their own banners to the page [2] so fee free to print out whichever one suits your needs best and let's get promotiing. We don't want to be standing around talking to ourselves on the day so we need to spread the information as far and wide as possible. Looking at the pack my logic would indicate we could probably give out the pin badges to the first 20 people to install Ubuntu on the day and then after that work through the lanyards. I have NO idea how many people we'll have but I'm also proposing we raffle off the tshirts hats included along the lines of first prize of a tshirt and hat, second prize the tshirt, third prize the hat. Raffle entry would be limited to either anyone installing Ubuntu or anyone signing up to the team, I'm open to ideas here. These ideas aren't set in stone so I'm open to other thoughts that might help promote the team and Ubuntu better. I have updated the wiki planning page [3] and I will be sending emails out to the HUMBUG and Linux Australia mailing lists in the next day or two. If you know you're going to be available on the day please add yourself to the roster [4] and if you're bringing along some gear please let us know [5] (add more columns if you need to). [0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuAtConferences/ [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects/LocalMeetings/BrisbaneInstallfest?action=AttachFiledo=viewtarget=BrisbaneInstallFestPoster1.png [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects/LocalMeetings/BrisbaneInstallfest?action=AttachFile [3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects/LocalMeetings/BrisbaneInstallfest [4] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects/LocalMeetings/BrisbaneInstallfest#Volunteers_Required_.28.26_Roster.29 [5] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects/LocalMeetings/BrisbaneInstallfest#Resources_Required -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Brisbane InstallFest Update
And (sorry this information only came through just now), I just received an email to let me know the event has been successfully added to the ABC Brisbane Event calendar [0]. If anyone else can think of anywhere else we can post this to please either let me know or feel free to add it yourself. The main details are: * it should link to the loco.u.c event page as the details (I just copied and pasted the details from there to the about section to save rewriting it) * if you don't want to put your own contact details feel free to use my public email address - jarednor...@ubuntu.com * let everyone know on the mailing list where it's posted! [0] http://www2b.abc.net.au/EventCentral/View/Event.aspx?ci=0p=0e=8487522 -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
