Re: [ubuntu-uk] Got a great photo that would look brilliant in Ubuntu?

2010-02-10 Thread alan c
David King wrote: > Thanks, Iain, I just uploaded 5 images to the group on Flickr. > > David King > > > > Iain Farrell wrote: >> There's going to be another contest to get great photos into Ubuntu >> 10.04 and you can enter. You can read more on my blog - >> http://hungfu.wordpress.com/2010/0

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Got a great photo that would look brilliant in Ubuntu?

2010-02-10 Thread David King
Thanks, Iain, I just uploaded 5 images to the group on Flickr. David King Iain Farrell wrote: > There's going to be another contest to get great photos into Ubuntu > 10.04 and you can enter. You can read more on my blog - > http://hungfu.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/get-your-photos-into-ubuntu/ >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Building .deb packages

2010-02-10 Thread Anton Piatek
On 10 February 2010 21:11, Alan Pope wrote: > On 10 February 2010 20:58, Liam Wilson wrote: >>  Out of curiosity, can I ask why it's worse to package software in a .deb >> file in the long run? >> > > I think Anton was saying that it's worse to package binary debian > packages, not debian package

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Building .deb packages

2010-02-10 Thread Alan Pope
On 10 February 2010 20:58, Liam Wilson wrote: >  Out of curiosity, can I ask why it's worse to package software in a .deb > file in the long run? > I think Anton was saying that it's worse to package binary debian packages, not debian packages as a whole. We create source packages which can be up

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Building .deb packages

2010-02-10 Thread Liam Wilson
Anton, Out of curiosity, can I ask why it's worse to package software in a .deb file in the long run? Liam On 10 February 2010 20:43, Anton Piatek wrote: > On 10 February 2010 17:23, Mark Fraser > wrote: > > I would like to start compiling some programs and putting them up on my > PPA > > st

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Building .deb packages

2010-02-10 Thread Anton Piatek
On 10 February 2010 17:23, Mark Fraser wrote: > I would like to start compiling some programs and putting them up on my PPA > starting with KRepton . > > Has anyone got any advice other than following > www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/ch-start.en.html ? I

[ubuntu-uk] Building .deb packages

2010-02-10 Thread Mark Fraser
I would like to start compiling some programs and putting them up on my PPA starting with KRepton . Has anyone got any advice other than following www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/ch-start.en.html ? I have compiled software before and also produced a few

[ubuntu-uk] Got a great photo that would look brilliant in Ubuntu?

2010-02-10 Thread Iain Farrell
There's going to be another contest to get great photos into Ubuntu 10.04 and you can enter. You can read more on my blog - http://hungfu.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/get-your-photos-into-ubuntu/ Entries by the end of the month to a special Flickr group :) Good luck! Iain -- -

[ubuntu-uk] Global Jam, Southy Middly Region

2010-02-10 Thread Matthew Daubney
Since the Global Jam is at the end of March, I'd quite like to see one run in the South, in the Berks/Hants/Wilts-ish area. I'm a bit useless at organising these things, and have no idea where to start looking for venues. Does anyone have anywhere we can use in this area? Obviously this area covers