Good morning everyone.
I am announcing the need for me to step down and away from the UKTeam
loco contact and project due to the increasing popularity of my new
Social Media Networking brand. Since the Code of Conduct encourages a
responsible handing off of responsibilities and content I would
Synergy2 or just Synergy
Nik
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it works for all my desktops here windows to ubuntu , heck even the
laptop in the living room
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Pete Stean wrote:
Well there's this mailing list and the IRC channel at #ubuntu-uk on
freenode - personally I would prefer an online forum but that's my own
personal prejudice :)
Your not alone, see my other answer
Nik
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at the time , including how to buy and what sort of
support we can expect in terms of hardware.
Thanks for taking time to read and heres looking forward to tommorow
when Freedom comes to the European and UK markets.
Nik Butler
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How do I keep up ?
okay heres the method
1) use Firefox Tabs
2) For every day of the week in the calendar have one group of social
networks to drop into
3) For the top 10 networks keep then updated daily
4 ) reader.google.com
5 ) miro
6 ) podcasts.
7 ) del.icio.us
I am working on creating a
Hi Norman , I saw it , found it interesting , my apologies for not
responding it was actually put on my to be looked into list.
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Mark Harrison wrote:
Andrew Jenkins wrote:
For now though I consider playing around
as 'root' while being 'under the influence' as bad as driving so I'll
leave well alone.
Mathematicians don't drink and derive.
Mark
youd think thats a real problem but it turns out
Now that I have had a time to grab a shower and think about this, and
thanks for the support by the way, heres my thoughts
Wouldnt it be better to invest the time and energy of the Loco team into
defining ways to promote and encourage and support Ubuntu use in the UK
rather than find ways to
Lee Tambiah wrote:
My blog will soon be exploring Java and Netbeans, as well as Ubuntu.
Is it okay to post on Planet Ubuntu UK regarding Netbeans and Java
programming. I would like to hope so as Netbeans is open source and
Java is going GPL. It shows people what users are using Ubuntu for.
Petty?
I'll have you know that I was responsible for chairing the committee
who decided who would sit on the committee to plan the time frame in
which to appoint the committee to decide what colour paper to print
the rules regarding whether or not ubuntu-uk should investigate
appointing a
Thanks John,
I have added that as yet another SN to review and take part in;
http://www.peopleaggregator.net/user_blog.php?uid=6415
If anyone else wants to catch up with me; here in are my Social and
video network
I also write for OreillyGMT.eu http://www.oreillygmt.eu/
I have begun
Nice , one I guess we should invite Jono to this as well.
Nik
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Nik Butler wrote:
Regarding facebook being Evil,
Wow I was Angry when i posted that , its barely readable.
I know you dont see me post here most days ( if ever ! ) but I am
reading and listening. So whilst it made so little sense I appreciate
that most people go the Gist.
If you
if this was DIGG I would say , title says it all, however this is Ubuntu
UK and I wanted to grab everyones attention to this, you can see notes
from previous meeting and conversations. its open to all in the list and
forums for the ubuntu uk community
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/MeetingNotes
if this was DIGG I would say , title says it all, however this is Ubuntu
UK and I wanted to grab everyones attention to this, you can see notes
from previous meeting and conversations. its open to all in the list and
forums for the ubuntu uk community
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/MeetingNotes
will as last year be greatly
appreciated.
Regards
Nik Butler
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Nope, the image comes from stock.xchng - Image license information is
available here http://www.sxc.hu/info.phtml?f=helps=8_2
Cheers
Chris
And are we sure the Green Grass/ Field is not a trademark'd asset for XP
? I ask only because I recently have been handling a Trademark/copyright
Marwell Zoo have Gibbons that are adoptable. They have a summer
Put me down for £50 if this particular idea gets moved forward.
Nik
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Mark Harrison wrote:
Hi all,
This question is particularly aimed at server admin, but
desktop-specifics would be good.
If you're running an Ubuntu box, what routine admin do you perform
- how often do you run apt*
I run the apt update automagically every week.
- do you rely on
I wonder of those who sign it have also signed up and subscribed support
to the open rights group as well ?
Also , wouldnt it be great to have a openID with openrights that we
could use to sign the petitions with ?
http://www.openrightsgroup.org/
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Hello Norman,
I have been lurking and watching the creation of the leaflet I lack the
Creative and Artistic design to produce something of quality such as
this but since theyve not created or said anything wildly irritating or
abusive or just outright rude I stayed queit, sometimes in open
Ive a client who has this working fine in Ubuntu , just look on the back
of the BT Home hub and look for the WEP key which is listed you need to
put this into your network connection for Wireless under ubuntu
Nik
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Is currently down, Popey is aware and working with Bitfolk to get the
site back up as soon as possible.
Thanks for the patience
Nik
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In fact ubuntu-uk.org is down .. sorry .. hamerkeys are here.
Popey is aware and on the case ..
Cheers
Nik
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I think it would be interesting to form a 'virtual team' around the
general concept of telephone support (whether it be by call return or
live). How about we start a section on the wiki to begin a bit of
discussion and planning around the matter.
Yes I guess what we could really do with
This is a Public Service Announcement on behalf of the Loudmouthman :
John Levin , if your out there and available can you get in touch with
us we are all desperately trying to contact you. Especially Mrs Trellis.
Nik Butler
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As some may already be aware Lug Radio Live return in July on the 7th
and 8th.
Jono arranged a slot for 1 BOF Session for the Ubuntu UK Community
however since he is likely to be a little bit busy the task of running
the BOF is open.
If there are no objections Id like to run the BOF and chair
Robin Menneer wrote:
I have two mac minis, one of which will be converted to Ubuntu to
replace my aged laptop. There is an opportunity to buy gear to
prevent lightning strike and damage from power surges to telephone and
computers. Is the best way to buy an auxillary power supplly, if so,
Sorry for the delay , Ive been out on site helping a business to get
bedded in and sorted with their 2 user Ubuntu Desktop installation.
mobile user base as well as the Exchange Mobile solution, so if he had
Scheduleworld.co.uk with iCal and Google and SyncML intergration allows
me to
I will ask , I really dont think it will be a problem though since all
my Clients like to use it as a platform to promote themselves so they
tend to approve of the concept of free advertising.
Nik
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Following on from a previous thread regarding What Non-techies like
about Ubuntu Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote
A few short video clips about how Linux has helped small businesses and
non-technical people would be a real boost to anyone's marketing
arsenal...
As a few ( or many ) may know I
There is Project Manager that does the usual Gannt charts and some basic
project time and stepping stone planning which has worked for me in the
past.
Nik
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Alan Pope wrote:
FYI. Software Freedom Day are taking registrations.
Alan, youve got the experience in delivery and exposure why not you kick
of the project and get us organised for this.
Are we (Ubuntu-UK loco) going to do something, or should we do stuff at the
LUG level?
I also
I added it here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LinuxAndOSSResearchAndAdvocacy where
I've been trying to document any evidence of the value of OSS to
businesses.
Chris thank you for your comments Ive been moving SMEs from Window
Servers to OSS servers for near on 8 years now if your
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2007-April/000102.html
I imagine it will be duplicated across the lists but for those on this
list not following the Announce list you may want to know its currently
officially released and you should be able to grab images, update
installations
to see another contributor who is diving right in , asking
pertinent questions and getting things out there so welcome to the list
and do come say hello .
Nik Butler
ps , for more details on the usual suspects see :
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Contact
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an opportunity to ask for
others to know your out there.
That is all for now and thanks for reading.
Nik Butler
Ubuntu-UK
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a small foam dot can be placed to hold the
CD. I am fairly sure I have seen this before as an example of mailing
and advertising a product but im to old to remember where and when .
Cheers
Nik Butler
Ubuntu-UK
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just so they have something to gripe
about !
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I will as usual be running the Sussex Linux User Group Stand at the
above mentioned fair. Were are this year moving towards promoting Ubuntu
and everyone is welcome to come down , say hello and if your really
keen you can volunteer to help me on the stand. We hire a 6x3' table and
usually
Andrew Price wrote:
On 23/12/06 02:32, baza wrote:
Hi, has anyone ever managed to get World of Warcraft running under Wine?
Strangely I ran across this article on a Blog directly after reading
your request.
Michael Wood wrote:
It would be good if people here could note down/blog/send in how they
got involved in any open source projects, especially if you're a
developer as that can be quite confusing.
Thats timely, since I just woke this morning and I thought:
Wouldn't it be a great idea to
Alan Pope wrote:
Ubuntuclips do a similar thing to quickones however they have very clear
constraints on the video size (in resolution) [2] which I do not agree
with. I believe that real newbies need start to finish tutorials
showing them everything they need to do a task. I don't believe that
Michael Wood wrote:
This often happens in open source, 3 good ideas that could have been 1
excellent one.
Ahh but I would rather have a Half of Something ( and no way would I
count those works as doing anything by half ) than all of Nothing!
Nik
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Can I ask , if you have written a letter to your MP in relation to
anything open source would it then be possible that you might post the
text of your letter somewhere appropriate on this Wiki ? I think theres
many of us for whom letter writting is not the first skill and having
something
Okay So , A little late but not out of time here is the link to the
little Charity drive I suggested at Linux World Expo .
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/CharityWork/ChildrenInNeedTShirt
Im closing the auction next Friday which gives everyone time to Bid for
the T Shirt.
If anyone has
To be honest I wondered why eBay wasn't being used. I think they donate
any of their fees to charity when you set up your auction as being for
charity.
A few people came back and commented that they wouldnt use Ebay I had no
strong arguements for or against and yes I would like to have
Recall!! I've figured it out and added myself to the launchpad list.
I'm still a bit baffled as to why we have two lists though (the
launchpad list and the wiki list).
Cool,
At a Guess I might suggest that the Wiki is more like a community
bulletin board and note space. Launchpad is
Sean Miller wrote:
(between Yeovil and Castle Cary) on Tuesday night.
Blimey I used to goto school in Yeovil, Westfield Comprehensive that is !
We have a programme of speakers etc. planned through the winter, but
Cool , well you all know what a fan boy I am for the LUG.ORG.UK lot so
STONE COLD wrote:
Hi,
Ive connected my xbox to my pc via an ethernet. How can i set this network
up? there doesnt seem to be network wizard kind of utility in ubuntu.
Hello Stone,
Cool , im doing this, how familiar will you be with Samba and FTP ? I'll
post more later when Im not
Llywelyn Owen wrote:
By the way these are not acronyms they're abbreviations. Sorry to be
so pedantic!
you know what . he is correct as well , they are Abbreviations, and it
is being pedantic. Though for the record im being ironic . ( i think! )
Nik
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Just a few thoughts.
When external groups ,lets call them the press or exhibition organisers
or agencies want to contact the UK Loco team it will be helpful to have
someone as a point of contact.
To avoid duplication of effort and to avoid suppliers or agents being
contacted en masse its good
Can I just point out that :
Approval Application needs to take some level of precedence this wee,
if not tommorow. Jono got up and showed a world Map of LocoTeams in
who were Approved and who were awaiting approval. He stood in the Expo
and told people that we would be getting approved
Sean Miller wrote:
I don't understand why we're doing all this again... Nick put himself
forward many months ago and asked if anybody else was interested to
which he got no responses... so surely the request for candidates to
come forward has already been and gone and this is just wasting
I realise we have the wiki for the gallery, but shall we use the
LaunchPad to register the members ?
https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-uk
This not only lets us track members but see who has signed the Code of
Conduct and what other teams people are members of. So if youve not
signed up
END OF THREAD
Guys Im drawing this whole sub-thread to a close . I would like not to
have any responses to the above and I have emailed Ian with his answer.
For the moment in as much as I can enforce the idea I suggest we will
not be creating or using ubuntu forums for the Ubuntu-UK teams
So here I am preparing for the BCF worthing Sussex Lug Meeting and I am
installing Kubuntu onto an Old Sony Viao. And all I can hear are the
stern words of Mr Cocks.
Click once to install, not double click .Double clicks cause it to crash.
So thanks AC Im clicking once . just for you !
Nik
Pete Ryland wrote:
On 03/11/06, Joseph Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Also is there anyone who has assumed the lead of ubuntu-uk?
Are you putting your hand up for the job? :-)
Perhaps we should have a vote? There are probably a few people who
would like this title.
Pete
I
Good morning sales force ( whoops sorry I had my Corporate Head on [1]
).
So Im looking at the Approval Page and wanting to add some great links
and content to the Page but since this requires detailing the
experience and skills of all the members in the Team I am loathe to
just copy up other
They will certainly get a mention though; anyone remember *anything* else
about the show?
-Paul
Apart from convincing people to line up and lay down and make like an
Edgy Logo ?
Me being asked if I was jono ! I mean where the heck did that come from ?
the Stand blocking the aisle
A while ago I mentioned why not run a compo to recreate the Ubuntu
Logos, well as you can see from here
http://gallery.tonywhitmore.co.uk/linuxexpo_oct_2006 it can look quite
excellent!
Cheers Laura ( Mrs Whitemore grin ) for the precarious positioning to
take this !
Nik
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sent, to arrive on Tuesday morning. (Next day Special Delivery)
Matthew
Matthew,
Thanks for this . I was just sitting here publishing my last blog entry
and wondering if I would have to go and grab my A3 printer and
enough to post it )
3. Stickers and Flyers
4. 4 T-shirts ( okay 3 Tshirts ... I coudnt help myself .. sorry ! )
5. A4 Flyer Display Stand
6. Ubuntu Flyers hand outs.
7. Some speakers ( two to date )
8. Some technology Demo kit from Alan Helmore-simpson( by way of Paul
Sladen ), Alan Pope and Nik Butler
One more thing ( wow im steve jobs ! )
If you have volunteered for the Stand can you goto the Wiki
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LinuxWorldLondon2006Planning
in the section
Staffing the Booth for both days
please enter the day and time you will be commiting to for Ubuntu UK. Thanks
Nik
are
Nik Butler3 Shirts
Alan Pope2 Shirts
Adam Bagnall 2 Shirts
ac ? 1 Shirt
Gary Kearly 1 Shirt
So we ordered 25 and have pre sold 9 ..
If youve
I told you it was all coming in now.
We wil have a stand that includes
Your shell scheme stand measures 2m x 1.5m - and will have 2 black
chairs, 1table and an electrical socket.
Also someone pointed out that we need at least two people on the stand
for any one slot during the days. So please
Morning people... Just a couple of things
1. Can someone remind me ( and provide link ) where I can locate the
Ubuntu Logo graphics so I can pass them to the promotional marketing
material guys to get the shirts done!
2. We now have the Kubuntu and Edubuntu CDs .
3. Can someone in London
So the BBC have yet again trotted out the same tired old news article
about safe surfing. As usual they dont suggest trying a different
opertating system ( well they disparage it as well ! ) but they never
really seem to investigate this new story in any depth. Now I know that
we talk about it
Tony Arnold wrote:
Nik,
does not say all the attacks were viruses!
True
I've seen plenty of Linux/Unix systems compromised. The vast majority
have been compromised through weak passwords or user's password being
discovered.
As for any system, though we can see our security exploits
eone feels we should do more speak now before I pass on the request.
Any reason why we are not 'doing' Ubuntu?
ana
No worries .. we have the Ubuntu CDs... this is the thread for ... what
other CDs shall we hand out .
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The competition requires you to recreate the Ubuntu Shipit CD Cover (
the one with the Five people on it ) using members of your local Linux
User group.
The catch is that you must get a 100 Word comment from each member in
the photo explaining how and why they use Ubuntu ?
I personally have
Paul Sladen wrote:
On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Alan Helmore-Simpson wrote:
I have a couple of tablet PCs (Google for 'TC1100') they are sexy looking
machines and I would like to bring them along to the show for demo machines
They should work out-of-the box. The wifi is
Okay new thread time:
AC and I chatting on the Linux World planning page both raised issues
and thoughts about opening conversations at Computer Fairs.
Now I will be the first to admit that the Sussex Lugs present Knoppix
CDs at their BCF meetings for the following reason:
There is frankly
Malcolm Alce-King wrote:
Just a thought but, while Ubuntu software is free to distribute copy etc.
Isn't the Ubuntu logo copyright of Canonical Ltd?
In addition to copyright, merchandise is already available at
http://www.cafepress.com/ubuntushop/.
Its a very good point. But since theres
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