[ubuntu-uk] Network support

2011-07-30 Thread Mike Carter
Hi Everyone I have just started to use Ubuntu recently on a stand alone computer and I think it is amazing. I am setting up an educational training company and I have been trying to get some help on setting up the network. The local people I have asked for help have said I am crazy to want to base

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Network support

2011-07-30 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Mike, Welcome to the community! To clarify things I've asked a bunch of questions below. On 30 July 2011 09:31, Mike Carter m...@tyncan.com wrote: I am setting up an educational training company and I have been trying to get some help on setting up the network. Is this computer based

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Network support

2011-07-30 Thread Mark White
On 30 Jul 2011, at 09:31, Mike Carter wrote: Hi Everyone I have just started to use Ubuntu recently on a stand alone computer and I think it is amazing. I am setting up an educational training company and I have been trying to get some help on setting up the network. The local people I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Network support

2011-07-30 Thread Mike Carter
On 30 July 2011 09:48, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: Hi Mike, Welcome to the community! To clarify things I've asked a bunch of questions below. On 30 July 2011 09:31, Mike Carter m...@tyncan.com wrote: I am setting up an educational training company and I have been trying to get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Network support

2011-07-30 Thread Barry Drake
On Sat, 2011-07-30 at 10:16 +0100, Mike Carter wrote: *I am looking at a Bespoke CRM system at present but again those who are talking to me are trying to get me to use SAGE and add in the modules. Sage only works with Windows so for me it is no good. Some years ago I ran a business and my

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HLUG Open Source Schools Project

2011-07-30 Thread Sarah Chard
O n Fri, 2011-07-29 at 18:13 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: I'm currently working on a project here in Torbay to provide a couple of old laptops to a local Sure Start Centre as a sort of mobile computer suite (well 2 laptops and a printer) and maybe something like this would work well rather

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [admin] [Feedback] Announcing the launch of SFD Registration

2011-07-30 Thread Alan Pope
More SFD details... -- Forwarded message -- From: poc...@softwarefreedomday.org Date: 30 July 2011 13:48 Subject: [admin] [Feedback] Announcing the launch of SFD Registration To: ad...@lug.org.uk Pockey Lam sent a message using the contact form at http://lug.org.uk/contact.

[ubuntu-uk] Surprised in PC World......

2011-07-30 Thread scoundrel50a
needed a new lit up keyboard, abd the only one they had was a Sandstrom, which I hadnt heard of before, so I asked the guy if it worked with Linux, and he said, come with me, I'll take a look. He pulls out this memory stick, and asked which distro I was using, and started Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Surprised in PC World......

2011-07-30 Thread scralion...@gmail.com
Cool :), -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: needed a new lit up keyboard, abd the only one they had was a Sandstrom, which I hadnt heard of before, so I asked the guy if it worked with Linux, and he said, come

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Surprised in PC World......

2011-07-30 Thread Colin Law
On 30 July 2011 22:04, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: needed a new lit up keyboard, abd the only one they had was a Sandstrom, which I hadnt heard of before, so I asked the guy if it worked with Linux, and he said, come with me, I'll take a look. He pulls out this memory stick, and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Surprised in PC World......

2011-07-30 Thread scoundrel50a
On 30/07/11 22:15, Colin Law wrote: On 30 July 2011 22:04, scoundrel50ascoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: needed a new lit up keyboard, abd the only one they had was a Sandstrom, which I hadnt heard of before, so I asked the guy if it worked with Linux, and he said, come with me, I'll take a look.