Re: [ubuntu-uk] Spread Ubuntu
Ok I'll try to respond to all the comments in one go: As I mentioned in my first post I have read various discussions on the possibility of setting up a Spread Ubuntu site in a similar vain as spread firefox. This includes spending some time reading the discussions at the Marketing Team wiki. These discussions seem to have been going on for a long time and I just wanted to get on with something. Too much talking and not enough doing. The number of people and suggestions involved seems to have bogged things down. I thought, why not get something out there and go from there, being open to suggestions. After all isn't that the open source way? Just to be clear, my intention for the site is for it to be a place for people to discuss promotion ideas and in time, access resources to do such promotion. The intention is not for the site itself to market Ubuntu. A site called Get Ubuntu (yes i realise there is a section for this on ubuntu.com) would be a possibility for this with just a simple short list of why you would want it/what's good about it and how to get it. I've used a .co.uk domain name because it was the only decent one available. I plan to make it clear on the site that its meant to be international despite the domain. My thought was that in future if the site is successful it may be allowed to use the .com Thanks to Alan I'm now using the Ubuntu theme for Drupal so the site matches ubuntu.com however there's still some tweaking to do with the layout. I take the point about using the Ubuntu forums rather than creating another one but it just seemed to me that its mainly dedicated to support. Rob -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Forgot his password after installing Ubuntu
On 4/12/07, Eamonn Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/12/07, Robin Menneer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a colleague who had help from a friend (more knowledgeable than I am) > in loading Ubuntu from the web via apple-mac and a PC emulation. Between > the two of them, they have forgotten the Ubuntu password and don't think > that either wrote it down. Is the only solution to load it again, or is > there a simple (it's got to be thickie-proof) short cut? If a new load is > the only route, presumably,by default, it overwrites the earlier install? > Will Ubuntu go easily on or with Tiger/Leopard ? I would have thought that > Ubuntu would co-exist happier with Unix-based Tiger than on a PC-emulation I believe (I'm not at Ubuntu right now) that you can choose the "recovery" option on the bootup screen and then run the following at the "#" prompt: passwd username substituting "username" for the person's account name. That'll let you create a new password. That's not too hard, is it? -Eamonn -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ Thank you - i've experimented with my machine and it seemed to work ok - in fear and trembling in case I did anything wrong - and had to guess to type exit, Now to talk with my colleague -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] OOo Draw - expanding points menu
About a month ago, two of you kindly responded to solve my problem with OOo Draw where I cannot raise the points sub-menu by clicking on the Points icon. Quite correctly you suggested my goining into Edit > Points which worked. Now (returning to it after a while) I can't even get that to work and I've no note of the kind person who helped me last time. Almost makes me think kindly of WIN or perhaps it doesn't have Draw. Help please. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Primer on networking - any recommendations
Colin Murphy wrote: > Not of the TCP/IP type networking, but of the smb/nfs variety. [SNIP] > So, anyone got any recommendations, preferably with a Linux bent 'cos my > knowledge of Windows is minimal in this respect. Colin >>> You may have already looked at this, but it seems to have some links to the sort of thing you're after. http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Samba Hope it's of some use. -- Ian -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
