Re: [ubuntu-uk] Here we go again...

2006-09-26 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
On 26/09/06, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > [...] > > Of course one problem is while computer illiterate people are least > > able to fix broken updates, they are the most likely to require the > > securit ones to keep their system safe. > > Understood, however, in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Here we go again...

2006-09-26 Thread Adam Bagnall
john levin wrote: > Llywelyn Owen wrote: > >> Dapper today led me to update FireFox to v1.5.0.7, and all went fine >> until I later tried to get onto Google Mail, it goes through the motions >> and leaves me with a blank page which it proudly stamp as "Done"! Other >> web sites are working fi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Here we go again...

2006-09-26 Thread alan c
Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: [...] > Of course one problem is while computer illiterate people are least > able to fix broken updates, they are the most likely to require the > securit ones to keep their system safe. Understood, however, in normal use of another OS, it is not at all unusual to see th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Here we go again...

2006-09-26 Thread Anthony Vickers
On Tue, 2006-09-26 at 21:51 +0100, Llywelyn Owen wrote: > Just deleted all the google cookies and now it works fine. I should > have figured that out when I knew that the other browsers worked OK. > Panic over. Thanks for you help. How come my (daily) Updater is > notified of updates later than, sa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Here we go again...

2006-09-26 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
On 26/09/06, Llywelyn Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just deleted all the google cookies and now it works fine. I should have > figured that out when I knew that the other browsers worked OK. Panic over. > Thanks for you help. How come my (daily) Updater is notified of updates > later than, say,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Here we go again...

2006-09-26 Thread Llywelyn Owen
Just deleted all the google cookies and now it works fine. I should have figured that out when I knew that the other browsers worked OK. Panic over. Thanks for you help. How come my (daily) Updater is notified of updates later than, say, yours? Are we tagged in such a way that not everyone clogs up

[ubuntu-uk] Intro, newcomer

2006-09-26 Thread alan c
Hi I have just joined the list and hope to be helping at LinuxWorld. I am a recent user of Kubuntu, having started linux three years ago with suse. I really appreciate the Ubuntu approach and the energetic and friendly efforts to spread the distro. I run (mostly single handed) the Infopoint table

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Here we go again...

2006-09-26 Thread john levin
Llywelyn Owen wrote: > Dapper today led me to update FireFox to v1.5.0.7, and all went fine > until I later tried to get onto Google Mail, it goes through the motions > and leaves me with a blank page which it proudly stamp as "Done"! Other > web sites are working fine, and I can get to my mail

Re: [ubuntu-uk] CDs have arrived.

2006-09-26 Thread alan c
nik wrote: > The original batch of CDs have arrived im still waiting on a conference > pack though. > > I will now post again and ask for the following quantities > > 200 Kubuntu CDs > 200 Edubuntu CDs > > If someone feels we should do more speak now before I pass on the request. Hi Nik I thi

[ubuntu-uk] Here we go again...

2006-09-26 Thread Llywelyn Owen
Dapper today led me to update FireFox to v1.5.0.7, and all went fine until I later tried to get onto Google Mail, it goes through the motions and leaves me with a blank page which it proudly stamp as "Done"! Other web sites are working fine, and I can get to my mail via other browsers. Is this a kn

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu uk planet

2006-09-26 Thread Scott James Remnant
On Tue, 2006-09-26 at 12:00 +0100, Dean Sas wrote: > > I've been toying with writing a little thing to let people add/amend > > feeds to the planet. > > > Not to possibly spoil your fun, but it may be worth contacting jdub to > see if we can get the code planet.ubuntu.com has for adding members.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Request for content for Ubuntu Booth.

2006-09-26 Thread nik
hi thanks for responding. > Excuse the ignorance, but what is an "NBig Challenge"? Google turned > up nothing either... > Mark Shuttleworths presentation at LRL06 detailed a number of things which the Community , no exclusively Ubuntu , should focus on addressing . One that stuck in my mind wa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu uk planet

2006-09-26 Thread Michael Wood
I did see that, but I don't think the method that jdub is using is particularly good ;) I'm going to have a play and see what I can come up with, I've got quite a lot of time at the moment. Michael Dean Sas wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Michael Wood wrote: > >

[ubuntu-uk] Request for content for Ubuntu Booth.

2006-09-26 Thread nik
First of, I will be the first to admit im hammering out an idea with only a cursory tour of wiki.ubuntu.com for the UKTeam but I could not find the following. 1. Images and Posters. Id like to have some great screen shots and examples of NBig Challenges in use. So if you can create some screen

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu uk planet

2006-09-26 Thread Dean Sas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Wood wrote: > Morning, > > I've been toying with writing a little thing to let people add/amend > feeds to the planet. > > Good idea ? > > Bad idea ? > > Michael > Not to possibly spoil your fun, but it may be worth contacting jdub to se

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Request for content for Ubuntu Booth.

2006-09-26 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Nik, On 26/09/06, nik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. Images and Posters. > Id like to have some great screen shots and examples of NBig Challenges > in use. So if you can create some screen shots of your Desktop(s) with Excuse the ignorance, but what is an "NBig Challenge"? Google turned up noth

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu uk planet

2006-09-26 Thread nik
Michael Wood wrote: > Morning, > > I've been toying with writing a little thing to let people add/amend > feeds to the planet. > > Good idea ? > > Bad idea ? > > Michael > > hmm maybe if you incorporated some sort of voting mechanism that lets people approve or bury a feed once its submitted .

[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu uk planet

2006-09-26 Thread Michael Wood
Morning, I've been toying with writing a little thing to let people add/amend feeds to the planet. Good idea ? Bad idea ? Michael -- /\/\ichael \/\/ood [ http://www.michaelwood.me.uk ] -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubunt

[ubuntu-uk] CDs have arrived.

2006-09-26 Thread nik
The original batch of CDs have arrived im still waiting on a conference pack though. I will now post again and ask for the following quantities 200 Kubuntu CDs 200 Edubuntu CDs If someone feels we should do more speak now before I pass on the request. Cheers. Nik -- ubuntu-uk mailing list