Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source Day - March 26
On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 19:20 +, Will Bickerstaff wrote: > I'll try my best to get there (though very close to baby due day) and > would hope a few more from your neighbours in Worcestershire will be > to. Will I hope you can make it - understandable if you can't! We will be sending the info out to nearby lugs shortly to get the word out and pull people in from neighbouring counties - one of the downsides of being out in the sticks is that we are spread out around the county - upside for anyone that wants to come is that Hereford is a lovely city - the venue for the event is right in the centre close to rail and bus links, fully accessible and has a great cafe attached. Sarah -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source Day - March 26
I'll try my best to get there (though very close to baby due day) and would hope a few more from your neighbours in Worcestershire will be to. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Sarah Chard wrote: > Hi everyone > Herefordshire LUG is organising an Open Source Day on Sat March 26 as a > follow on from the very successful Software Freedom day event we ran in > Sept. > It's a free drop-in event open to everyone - we demonstrate Linux > operating systems, OS cross platform software and promote and inform > people about FOSS. > Many of our LUG members are Ubuntu users and Ubuntu tends to be the > Linux system we recommend to first time users - we gave away over 60 > Ubuntu discs at our last event (thanks to canonical) to users who ranged > from business people and students to not-for-profit organisations and > home users - it was quite a mix as well as nearly 100 of our own cross > platform Open disc (kindly copied and printed for us gratis by The Linux > Emporium). > > For our Open Source Day in March we have created our own HOSS Awards - > Herefordshire Open Source Star Awards - and are looking for nominations > from businesses, organisations and individuals who have done the most to > promote and develop the use of FOSS in the county. > > At this event we are also focusing on Open Document Standards and the > need for compatibility and will be looking at Open/Libre Office in > particular. > Dr Mark Wright a Bristol City Council's cabinet member and an Open > Source advocate will be speaking in the afternoon about his experience > of Open Source in Local Government. > > So if any of you can come to the event we would love to see you there. > There is more info up on our website about the event and the HOSS Awards > http://www.herefordshire.lug.org.uk/ > you can also follow us on facebook - http://tinyurl.com/3ym78gy > & twitter http://twitter.com/Hfd_LUG > > Sarah > > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Open Source Day - March 26
Hi everyone Herefordshire LUG is organising an Open Source Day on Sat March 26 as a follow on from the very successful Software Freedom day event we ran in Sept. It's a free drop-in event open to everyone - we demonstrate Linux operating systems, OS cross platform software and promote and inform people about FOSS. Many of our LUG members are Ubuntu users and Ubuntu tends to be the Linux system we recommend to first time users - we gave away over 60 Ubuntu discs at our last event (thanks to canonical) to users who ranged from business people and students to not-for-profit organisations and home users - it was quite a mix as well as nearly 100 of our own cross platform Open disc (kindly copied and printed for us gratis by The Linux Emporium). For our Open Source Day in March we have created our own HOSS Awards - Herefordshire Open Source Star Awards - and are looking for nominations from businesses, organisations and individuals who have done the most to promote and develop the use of FOSS in the county. At this event we are also focusing on Open Document Standards and the need for compatibility and will be looking at Open/Libre Office in particular. Dr Mark Wright a Bristol City Council's cabinet member and an Open Source advocate will be speaking in the afternoon about his experience of Open Source in Local Government. So if any of you can come to the event we would love to see you there. There is more info up on our website about the event and the HOSS Awards http://www.herefordshire.lug.org.uk/ you can also follow us on facebook - http://tinyurl.com/3ym78gy & twitter http://twitter.com/Hfd_LUG Sarah -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell - was ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 69, Issue 59
On 28 Jan 2011, at 07:09, Will Bickerstaff wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Neil Greenwood > wrote: > > Apparently, it's not a problem with the installation process of either > Windows or Ubuntu. There are some recent Vista and Windows 7 programs > that implement their copy-protection by writing to an "unused" portion > of the boot sector. At least, it's unused by Windows, LILO and Grub 1. > However, it's a fairly vital part of the Grub 2 installation. > > Also, the Windows program keeps writing to that part of the disk every > time you boot into Windows. So your whole computer fails to reboot > every time you use Windows. Which stops it being a dual-boot machine. > > There was a post about the problem on Planet Ubuntu by the Grub 2 > maintainer. I'm afraid I've forgotten his name, since it was a few > months ago now. > > Hope this clears up the mystery. > > That's absolutely spot on (Bug #441941) heres the link to his blog post with > some tips on how you can help identify what the 'nasties' are doing > http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~cjwatson/blosxom/debian/2010-08-28-windows-applications-making-grub2-unbootable.html > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ I'm surprised that it didn't work, shortly after I purchased my Inspiron 15 (granted it was about a year an half ago so may be an older model), within the first few month I shrunk the Win7 volume on the laptop, and loaded Ubuntu on the free space - and everything worked perfectly. This may have been a bit out of date, since I did it a while ago, though. Regards, Liam Gallear-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
