Re: [ubuntu-uk] Backing Up Ubuntu

2009-01-08 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/1/7 Jai Harrison j...@jaiharrison.com: [snip] Also, do tarballs preserve permissions were I ever to need to restore it? Yes, they do. The only small problem you might have is that users are stored using numeric ID. If you're restoring on another machine, or re-create the users manually

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Venues and global bug jam

2009-01-08 Thread John Levin
James Westby wrote: On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 22:30 +, Alan Pope wrote: FYI: Shall we do one? Yes. At least one. The discussion of venues comes up all the time, so I think we should compile a list of UK venues, so that we know what our options are for different events. Therefore I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Venues and global bug jam

2009-01-08 Thread Iain Lane
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 5:57 PM, John Levin j...@technolalia.org wrote: I've contacted the Uni of Westminster, who hold GLLUG (London LUG) meetings as to whether it would be possible to use their rooms. I need some idea of what we would require for the bug jam; I'll add the venue to the list

[ubuntu-uk] BBC radio Free For All - InBusiness item

2009-01-08 Thread alan c
I have just heard Peter Day's In Business program, and it is totally about free software its past and future. Very concise I thought, and well informed. Worth a listen (podcast available) http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/inbusiness/inbusiness.shtml Free For All broadcast on 8-1-09 -- alan

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC radio Free For All - InBusiness item

2009-01-08 Thread Tim Dobson
alan c wrote: I have just heard Peter Day's In Business program, and it is totally about free software its past and future. Very concise I thought, and well informed. Worth a listen (podcast available) http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/inbusiness/inbusiness.shtml Free For All broadcast

[ubuntu-uk] Pupils conquer fear of computers

2009-01-08 Thread Michael Rimicans
A report on secondary school students using a computer for the first time Nepal http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7684616.stm -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/