Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 12:07:26AM +0100, Michael Wood wrote: Hi As per the last ubuntu-uk meeting i've been working on the ubuntu-uk.org website. Porting it over to the current ubuntu main page design and adding some features. - Drop down menu with all the wiki pages on - Banner image

Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 12:31:41AM +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: Hey there, I think it'll look great once it's been ported across to the new site design, the site's looking really promising. One thing that does strike me however is the banner across the top. I'm not sure the ubuntu-uk logo

[ubuntu-uk] FWD:[[SFD-discuss] Registrations are open for SFD 2007!]

2007-05-09 Thread Alan Pope
FYI. Software Freedom Day are taking registrations. Are we (Ubuntu-UK loco) going to do something, or should we do stuff at the LUG level? Given it's SFD, not UFD, maybe it's more appropriate to do that with LUGs as they are (often) distro-agnostic. Maybe we should all go back to our LUGs and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-09 Thread TheVeech
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 00:31 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: Hey there, I think it'll look great once it's been ported across to the new site design, the site's looking really promising. One thing that does strike me however is the banner across the top. I'm not sure the ubuntu-uk logo needs

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FWD:[[SFD-discuss] Registrations are open for SFD 2007!]

2007-05-09 Thread Peter Lewis
On Wednesday 09 May 2007 09:09:26 Alan Pope wrote: FYI. Software Freedom Day are taking registrations. This looks really interesting. I'm glad that Ubuntu is co-sponsoring it. Are we (Ubuntu-UK loco) going to do something, or should we do stuff at the LUG level? I'd be really interested in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-05-09 Thread Ciaran Mooney
Morning, I thought that I would add my own 2p into the discussion. The current consensus seems to be that we all think it's a good idea but agreeing on content is what's slowing us down. I'd like to make a suggestion that we take a leaf out of apples books. They have their I'm a Mac, I'm a PC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-09 Thread TheVeech
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 08:37 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 12:31:41AM +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: Hey there, I think it'll look great once it's been ported across to the new site design, the site's looking really promising. One thing that does strike me however is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 09:37:37AM +0100, TheVeech wrote: Where can I submit some and what dimensions? I dont think we have a process yet, but if we uploaded the whole site to bzr then it would be nice to encourage members to use that for uploading pictures. If nothing else it would increase

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FWD:[[SFD-discuss] Registrations are open for SFD 2007!]

2007-05-09 Thread Nik Butler
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

Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-09 Thread ajb35
- Original Message - From: Michael Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2007 12:08 am Subject: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi As per the last ubuntu-uk meeting i've been working on the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-09 Thread TheVeech
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 09:39 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 09:37:37AM +0100, TheVeech wrote: Where can I submit some and what dimensions? I dont think we have a process yet, but if we uploaded the whole site to bzr then it would be nice to encourage members to use that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FWD:[[SFD-discuss] Registrations are open for SFD 2007!]

2007-05-09 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Quoting Nik Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 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

Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-09 Thread TheVeech
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 10:53 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 10:37:46AM +0100, TheVeech wrote: On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 09:39 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 09:37:37AM +0100, TheVeech wrote: Where can I submit some and what dimensions? I dont

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Security on Version 6-06 LTS

2007-05-09 Thread George MacLeod
Hi Peter, Getting used to the way things are done in Linux takes time if you're used to Windows. You can install most software packages from either ApplicationsAdd/Remove or by using the Synaptic package manager found in SystemAdministrationSynaptic Package Manager. Using Synaptic you will be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 12:23:49PM +0100, TheVeech wrote: On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 10:53 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: Surely if you were told how to do it, it would pretty easy. I dont see this thing being done every day by every Ubuntu-UK loco member, so it's not exactly a headache. Yes, I've

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

2007-05-09 Thread Chris Rowson
They have their I'm a Mac, I'm a PC adds, each one is short and addresses a specific problem with PC's that Mac's don't. I'm not saying we all put millions in to a TV campaign and hiring comedians. Rather I suggest that rather than producing one almighty leaflet that we make a small series of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-09 Thread TheVeech
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 12:50 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 12:23:49PM +0100, TheVeech wrote: On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 10:53 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: Surely if you were told how to do it, it would pretty easy. I dont see this thing being done every day by every Ubuntu-UK

Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-09 Thread Chris Rowson
This will of course happen once the stuff is in place - assuming we decide to put the site in bzr. I just spoke to Jono and he is keen for us to do this also. Without getting embroiled in the discussion ;-) Just in case anyone isn't really familiar with bazaar, I wrote a walk through a couple

Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 01:30:07PM +0100, TheVeech wrote: On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 12:50 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: They are only aware of them because they are familiar with them and thus have probably used them. Before that they didn't. They had to learn. Why is it so hard for someone to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-09 Thread Tony Arnold
Alan, Alan Pope wrote: I have no idea what you're talking about. You are saying that flickr/google video are proprietary social networking tools that we in the open source community lack? I think TheVeech is suggesting the open source community should create/manage/run more social

Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-09 Thread john levin
Michael Wood wrote: Hi As per the last ubuntu-uk meeting i've been working on the ubuntu-uk.org website. Porting it over to the current ubuntu main page design and adding some features. All very good. - Drop down menu with all the wiki pages on - Banner image rotates round various

[ubuntu-uk] Petition the Government for Open Source

2007-05-09 Thread Chris Rowson
I was just browsing through the No 10 E-Petitions website and came across these two petitions. I signed them and hope you will too ;-) Please spread them around if you can. Chris Encourage Greater Use of Open

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Social FLOSS?

2007-05-09 Thread TheVeech
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 14:17 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: Alan, Alan Pope wrote: I have no idea what you're talking about. You are saying that flickr/google video are proprietary social networking tools that we in the open source community lack? I think TheVeech is suggesting the open

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Using Bzr (Was: www.ubuntu-uk.org)

2007-05-09 Thread TheVeech
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 14:00 +0100, Stephen Garton wrote: On 09/05/07, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This will of course happen once the stuff is in place - assuming we decide to put the site in bzr. I just spoke to Jono and he is keen for us to do this also. Without getting

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Social FLOSS?

2007-05-09 Thread Josh Blacker
On 5/9/07, TheVeech [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 14:17 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: Alan Pope wrote: I have no idea what you're talking about. You are saying that flickr/google video are proprietary social networking tools that we in the open source community lack? I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Social FLOSS?

2007-05-09 Thread Tony Arnold
TheVeech wrote: On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 14:17 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: Personally, I think this would be very difficult. A service such as Flickr must need huge resources for it to be successful (I mean in terms of hardware, the disk space alone must be fairly huge). Such resources do not

[ubuntu-uk] The Open Source Web (was: www.ubuntu-uk.org)

2007-05-09 Thread John Levin
This is a subject that has been exercising me recently (curese you myspace!), so excuse venting and change of subject. Tony Arnold wrote: Alan, Alan Pope wrote: I have no idea what you're talking about. You are saying that flickr/google video are proprietary social networking tools that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Leaflets [long reply]

2007-05-09 Thread Mark Harrison
Chris Rowson wrote: Hey Nik, I don't dispute savings in the SME arena mate. But I'm more interested in the processes by which large, corporate and public sector organisations can save money. I work in public sector IT, and I feel somewhat like I'm banging my head against a brick wall

[ubuntu-uk] Reconfiguring EXIM4 on 6.10.... mind gone blank

2007-05-09 Thread Mark Harrison
I'm having a senior moment. There is a single command I need to run to take my EXIM4 configuration back to the start here, answer these basic questions, and I'll set up your config for you menu set last seen while installing the O/S, and I can't, for the life of me, remember it. Help ? M.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Reconfiguring EXIM4 on 6.10.... mind gone blank

2007-05-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 04:01:28PM +0100, Mark Harrison wrote: I'm having a senior moment. There is a single command I need to run to take my EXIM4 configuration back to the start here, answer these basic questions, and I'll set up your config for you menu set last seen while installing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-09 Thread Michael Wood
john levin wrote: Michael Wood wrote: Hi As per the last ubuntu-uk meeting i've been working on the ubuntu-uk.org website. Porting it over to the current ubuntu main page design and adding some features. All very good. - Drop down menu with all the wiki pages on - Banner

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Petition the Government for Open Source

2007-05-09 Thread Toby Smithe
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 15:18 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: I was just browsing through the No 10 E-Petitions website and came across these two petitions. I signed them and hope you will too ;-) E-petitions never do any good... :( It's just a way for the government to say; yeah, we hear you loud and

[ubuntu-uk] techie vacancy

2007-05-09 Thread Ana GN
Hi, it would be great to have applications from Ubuntu users, deadline is this weekend ... http://www.gn.apc.org/jobs.shtml?AA_SL_Session=7cdfa8a6a9f0c246cf16ea971aaafdd7x=552859 http://www.gn.apc.org/jobs.shtml?AA_SL_Session=7cdfa8a6a9f0c246cf16ea971aaafdd7x=552859

Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-09 Thread TheVeech
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 18:34 +0100, Michael Wood wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Great work on the site :) - The random UK images are a good idea - I don't like the yellow/green Ubuntu-UK logo background Any ideas on what it should be replaced with ? I'd just been borrowing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-09 Thread Toby Smithe
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 10:37 +0100, TheVeech wrote: On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 09:39 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 09:37:37AM +0100, TheVeech wrote: Where can I submit some and what dimensions? I dont think we have a process yet, but if we uploaded the whole site to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] www.ubuntu-uk.org

2007-05-09 Thread TheVeech
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 19:20 +0100, Toby Smithe wrote: On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 10:37 +0100, TheVeech wrote: On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 09:39 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 09:37:37AM +0100, TheVeech wrote: Where can I submit some and what dimensions? I dont think we

Re: [ubuntu-uk] The Open Source Web

2007-05-09 Thread TheVeech
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 17:04 +0100, John Levin wrote: This is a subject that has been exercising me recently (curese you myspace!), so excuse venting and change of subject. Tony Arnold wrote: Alan, Alan Pope wrote: I have no idea what you're talking about. You are saying that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Social FLOSS?

2007-05-09 Thread TheVeech
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 16:53 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: Roman Abramovich buys Pluto. Does he know it's not a planet any more:-) Does he know he's not a manager? Does he even know he's not a planet :oO -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk