Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK Team Reboot
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/12/14 05:56, Mike Hingley wrote: I wonder if advocacy for the Operating System is too narrow a target. I think it’s fair to say that computers are typically seen as Windows or Mac. People on a don’t tend to think about the operating system in their computer - and I can sort of see that argument. Advocating that someone should ditch their OS for a free OS (in the true sense of free) might be a stretch for some people - perhaps we need to start smaller, perhaps in looking at components. Maybe Firefox and Chrome offer a “Foot in the door”. The problem with that is, both those (and LibreOffice of course) are available for Windows, so yes change the browser and office suite, but as they work on Windows, why change the OS? I think the far better angle post-Snowden would be security, privacy, and lack of viruses and malware. Just my 2d. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUgXH9AAoJEO4y8v/rA+4NZScP/jsNAVWGjOMLUrJ2/Nf3A74t wmY2RZiZw19xxOnXGOTxoaGgAug49EdLL+ANMnXcslOhuupCZztlLY08I/X2/S3Z OjRvFZYBz9XdZenPzwGPXkrl3LW+05VoUcMxIcxEQ6oKzILvh0WeSKmq9t9nS0IB yrKdScppuMttClJ2zhwtS9QNUxv9yQ30/KZ4eGoDDLO4rQmGECjtYZ4tKW6FhZD0 qbdkydGLgjxUk0wk+3jqv6jUm4Cz9m80xhf5vQEJRtSgUg52ZHy4bAsVgnwa3jCK FvBuhFGTW5CEWVxXpk8OEk24cANassNbyarxDWW2RE2PFkWKWtgq6D+ccr2lHQTF M4WryhONAFem4y30AbN6l+RefcGAJbE1id/yZwU4l1hejnCvUOLFzQQk0aXXiOTv 1K9CRT7VDSC5Ha4CMENxoOo+WCIQN/qd0mxvCnJtbWBvLStzSJBYi0tacQjlePHz N6oh1Lilo0qsIpGG15noLad4wpnWpxRBmLmHQesBqdPxss3G7gKyvOxZNOZI2wPJ knzFqeup3FWu+f6umzlhCQMd8F/zcKQhi+sDDCxHdU/zfesML6P0TkJesNAoikIq 39vYvQAVkqihHxQj1YYLGY1sLsn8U9aXITlYY0tfIPchNlQe5IO8aEdV/2+FIYZg QuhbZFpddRjC1jqPG607 =nQPb -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK Team Reboot
yes - good point about security - it was obviously too early in the morning for the little grey cells to engage. Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 08:51:09 + From: gordo...@mail.com To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK Team Reboot -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/12/14 05:56, Mike Hingley wrote: I wonder if advocacy for the Operating System is too narrow a target. I think it’s fair to say that computers are typically seen as Windows or Mac. People on a don’t tend to think about the operating system in their computer - and I can sort of see that argument. Advocating that someone should ditch their OS for a free OS (in the true sense of free) might be a stretch for some people - perhaps we need to start smaller, perhaps in looking at components. Maybe Firefox and Chrome offer a “Foot in the door”. The problem with that is, both those (and LibreOffice of course) are available for Windows, so yes change the browser and office suite, but as they work on Windows, why change the OS? I think the far better angle post-Snowden would be security, privacy, and lack of viruses and malware. Just my 2d. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUgXH9AAoJEO4y8v/rA+4NZScP/jsNAVWGjOMLUrJ2/Nf3A74t wmY2RZiZw19xxOnXGOTxoaGgAug49EdLL+ANMnXcslOhuupCZztlLY08I/X2/S3Z OjRvFZYBz9XdZenPzwGPXkrl3LW+05VoUcMxIcxEQ6oKzILvh0WeSKmq9t9nS0IB yrKdScppuMttClJ2zhwtS9QNUxv9yQ30/KZ4eGoDDLO4rQmGECjtYZ4tKW6FhZD0 qbdkydGLgjxUk0wk+3jqv6jUm4Cz9m80xhf5vQEJRtSgUg52ZHy4bAsVgnwa3jCK FvBuhFGTW5CEWVxXpk8OEk24cANassNbyarxDWW2RE2PFkWKWtgq6D+ccr2lHQTF M4WryhONAFem4y30AbN6l+RefcGAJbE1id/yZwU4l1hejnCvUOLFzQQk0aXXiOTv 1K9CRT7VDSC5Ha4CMENxoOo+WCIQN/qd0mxvCnJtbWBvLStzSJBYi0tacQjlePHz N6oh1Lilo0qsIpGG15noLad4wpnWpxRBmLmHQesBqdPxss3G7gKyvOxZNOZI2wPJ knzFqeup3FWu+f6umzlhCQMd8F/zcKQhi+sDDCxHdU/zfesML6P0TkJesNAoikIq 39vYvQAVkqihHxQj1YYLGY1sLsn8U9aXITlYY0tfIPchNlQe5IO8aEdV/2+FIYZg QuhbZFpddRjC1jqPG607 =nQPb -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- 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/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] UK Team Reboot
well you are certainly not wrong, it has kind of drifted off, and my name is still on the door as point of contact, I am happy to step aside if that would help, or carry on (I am still sending out 14.04 CDs to anyone who sends an SAE and I am happy to continue doing that). I would like to know if there is going to be a phone released in this country with Ubuntu Touch on it (or Unity 8 if that is what it is going to be known as). If there will be I think that could drum up some enthusiasm, people will want to know if it is worth getting one, and if it is worth skilling up to develop apps for it and integrate it with online stuff and business systems. If it is only going to be available in Elbonia then it is a bit hard to get worked up about it. On 04/12/14 13:57, Alan Pope wrote: Hi all, I wanted to kick off a thread about rebooting the team. We have discussions on the list, an active IRC channel, regular beer-related celebrations and a podcast in its 7th year, but not a lot else (unless I'm mistaken?) done as team effort. So I wanted to start an open discussion here based on my assertion that the team (such as it is) is currently somewhat moribund, and needs a boot up the arse for 2015. The questions I have are:- a) Do you agree? b) What shall we do about it? In my mind I'd like to see us doing more in the way of advocacy, event organising/attending, code jams, support and so on. We could all do this individually or we could do it co-ordinated as a team. I'd prefer the latter. Discuss. :) Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
