Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread richard
On 21/06/12 17:47, john wrote: Thought that this may be interesting : ww.h-online.com/open/news/item/Dell-to-bring-Ubuntu-laptops-to-850-retail-stores-in-India-1620657.html John so why not sell them here too ? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread john
On Fri, 2012-06-22 at 07:38 +0100, richard wrote: On 21/06/12 17:47, john wrote: Thought that this may be interesting : ww.h-online.com/open/news/item/Dell-to-bring-Ubuntu-laptops-to-850-retail-stores-in-India-1620657.html John so why not sell them here too ? Hi Richard, With

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread Alan Pope
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 21/06/12 18:00, Andy Braben wrote: How long before they are available in 850 stores over here? Dell don't have the same concept of stores here as they do in China and India. Those countries also have many more people who don't already have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread scoundrel50a
Having been somebody who bought an Acer Aspire One linux installed computer from pcworld, the kernal installed was Linux Lite, and the guy told me, they had had almost all the linux laptops returned, biggest reasons, couldnt get it to connect to the internet, no support from ISPs, cant

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread paul sutton
On 22/06/12 08:09, Chris Fox wrote: On 22/06/12 07:38, richard wrote: On 21/06/12 17:47, john wrote: Thought that this may be interesting : ww.h-online.com/open/news/item/Dell-to-bring-Ubuntu-laptops-to-850-retail-stores-in-India-1620657.html John so why not sell them here too ? From

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread scoundrel50a
On 22/06/2012 09:16, Alan Pope wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 22/06/12 08:09, Chris Fox wrote: From what I recall, they did for a while and it was a monumental failure. Perhaps it was before its time, perhaps Dell didn't do a good enough job of marketing it, but

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread richard
On 22/06/12 10:08, paul sutton wrote: On 22/06/12 08:09, Chris Fox wrote: On 22/06/12 07:38, richard wrote: On 21/06/12 17:47, john wrote: Thought that this may be interesting : ww.h-online.com/open/news/item/Dell-to-bring-Ubuntu-laptops-to-850-retail-stores-in-India-1620657.html John

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread paul sutton
On 22/06/12 10:47, richard wrote: On 22/06/12 10:08, paul sutton wrote: On 22/06/12 08:09, Chris Fox wrote: On 22/06/12 07:38, richard wrote: On 21/06/12 17:47, john wrote: Thought that this may be interesting :

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread Alan Bell
tried clicking through to purchase any of those? On 22/06/12 09:16, Alan Pope wrote: Not true. They still sell Ubuntu laptops. I did a search just yesterday and found about 10 of their models where Ubuntu was an install option.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Museum outing

2012-06-22 Thread Alan Bell
On 20/06/12 23:43, Bruno Girin wrote: Hi all, Anybody fancy a geeky museum outing one weekend to go see the Codebreaker exhibition at the Science Museum? http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/galleries/turing.aspx Bruno I would be up for that, sounds fun! Alan. -- Libertus

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread Liam Proven
On 22 June 2012 09:48, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: Having been somebody who bought an Acer Aspire One linux installed computer from pcworld, the kernal installed was Linux Lite, and the guy told me, they had had almost all the linux laptops returned, biggest reasons, couldnt get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Museum outing

2012-06-22 Thread Liam Proven
On 21 June 2012 21:05, Bruno Girin brunogi...@gmail.com wrote: I was thinking of Saturday 21/7 as I can't really do before that. Otherwise, next week (27/6) is a late night dedicated to Alan Turing but lates are adults only. I'd actively *prefer* an adults-only event. One of the things that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread scoundrel50a
On 22/06/2012 12:23, Liam Proven wrote: On 22 June 2012 09:48, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: Having been somebody who bought an Acer Aspire One linux installed computer from pcworld, the kernal installed was Linux Lite, and the guy told me, they had had almost all the linux laptops

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread scoundrel50a
On 22/06/2012 12:23, Liam Proven wrote: On 22 June 2012 09:48, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: Having been somebody who bought an Acer Aspire One linux installed computer from pcworld, the kernal installed was Linux Lite, and the guy told me, they had had almost all the linux laptops

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread Liam Proven
On 22 June 2012 12:35, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, thanks for correcting me.I'll remember next time I am not being pointlessly pedantic - this sort of thing matters when you're asking support questions. Precision is really important. Also, I think you mean Linpus Lite,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread Liam Proven
On 22 June 2012 12:42, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: As well as that I hear support for Silverlight is being dropped in Linux, which I dont understand, as a lot of people are streaming films and things now on their computers. I know Love Film only works if you have Silverlight,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - Having been somebody who bought an Acer Aspire One linux installed computer from pcworld, the kernal installed was Linux Lite, and the guy got one of those! I used the linpus os for a while. (Fedora derivative?) It was the quickest boot I had ever seen and have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread scoundrel50a
On 22/06/2012 12:55, Liam Proven wrote: On 22 June 2012 12:42, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: As well as that I hear support for Silverlight is being dropped in Linux, which I dont understand, as a lot of people are streaming films and things now on their computers. I know Love Film

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread scoundrel50a
On 22/06/2012 13:09, Andres Muniz wrote: - Mensaje original - Having been somebody who bought an Acer Aspire One linux installed computer from pcworld, the kernal installed was Linux Lite, and the guy got one of those! I used the linpus os for a while. (Fedora derivative?) It was

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread Liam Proven
On 22 June 2012 13:35, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: its funny really, you have taken the time to correct me in great detail, but not really attempted to answer any of the questions I have asked..I really appreciate the teaching session anyway... What questions? This

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread Liam Proven
On 22 June 2012 13:39, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: I dont know, but what you suggest is only ok if you have a decent connection and connection speeds.. It won't be any faster through a PC if you don't have broadband. If you do have broadband, then connect the iDevice to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

2012-06-22 Thread Alan Pope
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 22/06/12 11:32, Alan Bell wrote: tried clicking through to purchase any of those? The one I tried yesterday had Ubuntu has an option. Seems the ones I am trying today don't. Bummer. Cheers, - -- Alan Pope Engineering Manager Canonical -

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu's Plans To Implement UEFI SecureBoot: No GRUB2

2012-06-22 Thread mac
Just saw this... http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=MTEyNDY -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu's Plans To Implement UEFI SecureBoot: No GRUB2

2012-06-22 Thread Chris Fox
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 22/06/2012 17:26, mac wrote: Just saw this... http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=MTEyNDY Some less ad-plastered links, direct from the horses' mouths:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu's Plans To Implement UEFI SecureBoot: No GRUB2

2012-06-22 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - Just saw this... http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=MTEyNDY since this was brought up: would this delay boot times? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu's Plans To Implement UEFI SecureBoot: No GRUB2

2012-06-22 Thread Rob Beard
On 22/06/12 18:08, Andres Muniz wrote: - Mensaje original - Just saw this... http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=MTEyNDY http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=MTEyNDY since this was brought up: would this delay boot times? I'd expect not, at least