Re: [ubuntu-uk] House of Parliament tours.

2007-01-16 Thread Matthew Walster
I certainly do! I've had many an interesting phonecall with my MP, would be interesting to see inside! Matthew Walster On 16 Jan 2007, at 19:10, Nik Butler wrote: > Out of interest would Ubuntu-UK members like to do a tour of the Both > Houses of Parliament ? > > http://www.parliament.uk/dir

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source Challenges Vista at U.K. Education Show

2007-01-16 Thread Colin_The_Technician
I was at the BETT Show and saw the Open Forum Europe stand and the Edubuntu CD's. Also the Internet cafe there was powered by Linux. So while it's good to see them at BETT I personally never think Linux we make any advances into education. And I say that as a school Network Manager. I say that

[ubuntu-uk] Open Source Challenges Vista at U.K. Education Show

2007-01-16 Thread alan c
Caroline Ford wrote: > http://www.bettshow.com/bett/show_home1.asp > > "BETT is the world's leading educational information & communications > technologies (ICT) event, attracting 600 educational suppliers and over > 28000 visitors, and bringing together the global teaching and learning > communi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] House of Parliament tours.

2007-01-16 Thread John McCourt
I'm interested but a wee bit skint at the moment. I'm in N. Ireland so it's a bit of a trek for me but definitely something I want to do in my lifetime. It would be nice to get something going at the party conferences too. They happen after the summer right? Maybe someone could do a talk/debate on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LAN filesharing

2007-01-16 Thread Lee Willis
Adam McMaster wrote: > On 12 Jan 2007, at 11:35, Lee Willis wrote: > > >> - Cheap PC with Ubuntu/SAMBA & iFolder to keep everything in sync >> (Anyone used this?) >> >> Any suggestions from people who've implemented one of the above (Or >> something similar), I'm particularly interested in how

[ubuntu-uk] House of Parliament tours.

2007-01-16 Thread Nik Butler
Out of interest would Ubuntu-UK members like to do a tour of the Both Houses of Parliament ? http://www.parliament.uk/directories/hcio/tours.cfm Lets see how many are interested before we worry about in or out of session though. Ive been on a tour and found it interesting and certainly wanted

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC parliament

2007-01-16 Thread John McCourt
Thanks, I'm glad you like it. I'll probably relist that channel as BBC Parlaiment to avoid confusion. It really should be with the other BBC channels. I'm still working on the program and the server so a couple of channels wont work yet. If you find any other live or frequently recorded videos feel

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 6.10 install

2007-01-16 Thread London School of Puppetry
Hi I got it sorted- I simply updated everything inb the synaptic package and problem solved! Caroline On 15/01/07, Jonathan Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry to change the subject- I have Ubuntu 6,10 installed. Open Office > crashes if I try to copy or cut and paste into an email. I ha

[ubuntu-uk] OSS on BBC Radio 4, 9.30pm Sunday 14th Jan 2007

2007-01-16 Thread London School of Puppetry
Hi there, I heard the programme about Open Source Software on BBC Radio 4 9.30pm Sunday 14th January. A really good discussion. I have recently switched over to Ubuntu from Microsoft. It is excellent. We hear so little about any systems other than Windows. Thank you so much. I hope there will b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OSS on BBC Radio 4, 9.30pm Sunday 14th Jan 2007

2007-01-16 Thread London School of Puppetry
Yes- that's a good idea- I shall email Feedback the Radio 4 programme now! I hope others do so too. Radio 4 has such a good audience. Caroline On 16/01/07, Llywelyn Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Instead of being negative, how about we individually write to BBC (Radio 4) and compliment them on