Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Podcast returning

2011-02-20 Thread alan c
On 19/02/11 20:52, Matthew Wild wrote: On 19 February 2011 20:32, Alan Popea...@popey.com wrote: Hi all, As you can see by the website, we're returning with Season 4 of the Ubuntu UK Podcast in 10 days. Podcast \o/ I obviously missed out on something what does\o/mean

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice

2011-02-20 Thread alan c
On 19/02/11 06:05, Hassan Haz Williamson wrote: @Mac, Thanks for that. Interesting read. Personally I'm going where the developers are, I have a feeling that Oracle might try to swing things to their favour and might close down some aspects of OOo - either that or try to incorporate their own

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Podcast returning

2011-02-20 Thread Josh Holland
On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 10:21:27AM +, alan c wrote: what does\o/mean please? It's a little man with his arms in the air because he is so happy about the return of UUPC. -- Josh Holland j...@joshh.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Podcast returning

2011-02-20 Thread Alan Bell
On 20/02/11 10:21, alan c wrote: I obviously missed out on something what does\o/mean please? little person waving two hands in the air in celebration you can also wave with one hand like o/ or \oor if things go wrong you can do this /o\ Alan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice

2011-02-20 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 20 February 2011 10:30, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: On 19/02/11 06:05, Hassan Haz Williamson wrote: @Mac, Thanks for that. Interesting read. Personally I'm going where the developers are, I have a feeling that Oracle might try to swing things to their favour and might close

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Podcast returning

2011-02-20 Thread Mark Fraser
On Sunday 20 Feb 2011 11:08:18 Alan Bell wrote: On 20/02/11 10:21, alan c wrote: I obviously missed out on something what does\o/mean please? little person waving two hands in the air in celebration you can also wave with one hand like o/ or \oor if things go wrong you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Podcast returning

2011-02-20 Thread Jacob Mansfield
On 20 February 2011 11:55, Mark Fraser ubu...@mfraz.orangehome.co.uk wrote: Isn't that someone doing a handstand? surely that is o / \ Jacob Mansfield Programmer CyberKing Solutions™ www.cyberkingsolutions.co.uk - I do know the database is down When Windows™ is opened the bugs come in. --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Podcast returning

2011-02-20 Thread d...@fishms.org
Oh no, not more of this rubbish! Seriously, a great show and looking forwards to the new season. Keep up the good work! Dan Sent from my HTC - Reply message - From: Alan Pope a...@popey.com To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu UK Podcast

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice

2011-02-20 Thread Bruno Girin
On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 11:37 +, Simon Greenwood wrote: snip Is there anything significant preventing LO being put into the Ubuntu Software Centre? When LO gets into Ubuntu as it will, in 11.04, I will certainly use it, but my tech experience level is not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] LibreOffice vs OpenOffice

2011-02-20 Thread Liam Proven
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 6:05 AM, Hassan Haz Williamson h...@hazrpg.co.uk wrote: @Liam, You could have saved yourself some heart ache by just installing LibreOffice with the PPA. Thanks for the tip, I shall look into it. I don't recall how I installed LO on my desktop, but I don't see any repos

[ubuntu-uk] Google Earth .....

2011-02-20 Thread Barry Drake
Hi there My sister asked me to pop over there this morning because she really wanted to use Google Earth. It is not difficult to make it work, but I had to get and install stuff by the commandline. Not something I could have talked her through over the phone. I wonder if Google Earth has

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google Earth .....

2011-02-20 Thread J Fernyhough
On 20 February 2011 17:04, Barry Drake bdr...@crosswire.org wrote: Hi there  My sister asked me to pop over there this morning because she really wanted to use Google Earth.  It is not difficult to make it work, but I had to get and install stuff by the commandline.  Not something I could

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google Earth .....

2011-02-20 Thread Dianne Reuby
On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 17:04 +, Barry Drake wrote: Hi there My sister asked me to pop over there this morning because she really wanted to use Google Earth. It is not difficult to make it work, but I had to get and install stuff by the commandline. Not something I could have talked

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google Earth .....

2011-02-20 Thread Barry Drake
On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 17:08 +, J Fernyhough wrote: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GoogleEarth Thanks. I missed that one. It would have worked for my sister 'as is' if I'd given her the link and told her to download then click on the file. They only seem to offer it as 32bit and I'd

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Live usb question

2011-02-20 Thread Barry Titterton
On Sat, 2011-02-19 at 21:32 +, Jim Price wrote: On 19/02/11 15:54, Barry Titterton wrote: Can any of the members explain it? Is this normal behaviour for a live USB? Thanks to Rob, Neil and Jim for their answers. Much appreciated. Barry T -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Google Earth .....

2011-02-20 Thread Dan Attwood
Google earth used to be part of the medibuntu report. Is that not still the case? On Feb 20, 2011 5:31 PM, Barry Drake bdr...@crosswire.org wrote: On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 17:08 +, J Fernyhough wrote: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GoogleEarth Thanks. I missed that one. It would have