Re: [ubuntu-uk] Past Life Regression. How to cripple XP. Our dream come true.

2008-04-08 Thread Sean Miller
I must admit that I wondered why it was so important to keep the children off the internet... my daughter is now 13 (going on 18) and needs the internet for her school homework... the expectation from her teachers is that she will have access and there are websites that she specifically has to

[ubuntu-uk] Episode 3 of Ubuntu UK Podcast is now out

2008-04-08 Thread Alan Pope
http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2008/04/07/s01e03-help-me/ Ciemon Dunville, Alan Pope, Dave Walker and Tony Whitmore present the third episode of the Ubuntu UK Podcast. In this episode we talk about:- * Discussion: o Command line versus GUI. o Mythbuntu. o Podcast

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Episode 3 of Ubuntu UK Podcast is now out

2008-04-08 Thread Colin McCarthy
On 4/8/08, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2008/04/07/s01e03-help-me/ Good discussion on CLI vs GUI. I am on the fence a bit and see the benefits of both. But I know that it's sometimes easier to help someone via IRC/email/forum via the CLI. And that's how I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Episode 3 of Ubuntu UK Podcast is now out

2008-04-08 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 01:02:37PM +0100, Colin McCarthy wrote: On 4/8/08, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [2]http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2008/04/07/s01e03-help-me/ Good discussion on CLI vs GUI. I am on the fence a bit and see the benefits of both. But I know that it's

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Past Life Regression. How to cripple XP. Our dream come true.

2008-04-08 Thread Gavin Ford
On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 01:40:13AM +0100, Christopher Chatfield wrote: I have only run various flavours of linux for the past 3 years. I am not a games player but my son is. There is an extra special game about to be released, that will only play on windows. I want to run windows in

[ubuntu-uk] WeLoveLocal.com - maybe a way of spreading the word about Ubuntu?

2008-04-08 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, I've recently setup a group for my local LUG on welovelocal.com, and I wondered if it was worth someone setting up a group for Ubuntu too. Basically welovelocal.com is a bit like a cross between Facebook and the Yellow Pages web site (from what I can see). It allows it's users

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WeLoveLocal.com - maybe a way of spreading the word about Ubuntu?

2008-04-08 Thread John Levin
Rob Beard wrote: Hi folks, I've recently setup a group for my local LUG on welovelocal.com, and I wondered if it was worth someone setting up a group for Ubuntu too. Basically welovelocal.com is a bit like a cross between Facebook and the Yellow Pages web site (from what I can see).

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WeLoveLocal.com - maybe a way of spreading the word about Ubuntu?

2008-04-08 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 03:45:12PM +0100, John Levin wrote: Rob Beard wrote: Hi folks, I've recently setup a group for my local LUG on welovelocal.com, and I wondered if it was worth someone setting up a group for Ubuntu too. Basically welovelocal.com is a bit like a cross between

Re: [ubuntu-uk] WeLoveLocal.com - maybe a way of spreading the word about Ubuntu?

2008-04-08 Thread Rob Beard
John Levin wrote: Something similar is the mysociety-backed Groups near you http://www.groupsnearyou.com/ worth putting lugs on there perhaps. John Always worth a try I guess :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Past Life Regression. How to cripple XP. Our dream come true.

2008-04-08 Thread Jmaes Edward Grabham
Sean Miller wrote: I must admit that I wondered why it was so important to keep the children off the internet... my daughter is now 13 (going on 18) and needs the internet for her school homework... the expectation from her teachers is that she will have access and there are websites that