On 30/04/12 15:48, Keith Burnett wrote:
Hi James
No, its just like last time. Two shift-alt-SysRq-b restarts later
I've purged ubuntuone-client. I use dropbox to sync PC to netbook,
which is horribly hassle free in comparison.
It is a shame that I can't brag about Ubuntu One. I appreciate that
On 29/04/12 18:55, Barry Drake wrote:
I've spent quite a bit of time on Ubuntu Help today as the questions
were overwhelming the regular folk so I took a few on board. There are
a vast number of folk who have virtually trashed their system by trying
to do an upgrade. This is exactly the
On 29/04/12 21:04, Alan Bell wrote:
it says do you want to upgrade? and you can say yes or no to it.
Clearly yes is the preferred option, but why shouldn't we encourage
people to upgrade to new cool stuff that will make their experience
better (which is the aim of it, sometimes that doesn't work
On 27/04/12 18:05, James Morrissey wrote:
Found the bug report.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/b43-fwcutter/+bug/909871
If anyone can tell me how to set
b43.blacklist=yes
I'd appreciate it.
With a live CD: when you see the symbols at the bottom of the display,
press a key, to
On 28/04/12 14:14, kpb wrote:
On 28/04/12 11:59, Barry Drake wrote:
Someone just upgraded from 10.04 and after answering a couple of
questions, I pointed him to the poster. He found it very helpful.
Hello Barry and all
That is exactly what/who the poster is for, I'm glad it was useful.
On 28/04/12 17:45, Bill Baker wrote:
On Sat, 2012-04-28 at 17:23 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
On 28/04/12 15:55, alan c wrote:
Errm Alan . we have an HUD. Try simply typing help (or even
he) into the lens .
Barry - now try pointing that out to a new user. ;)
Yes, I thought
On 28/04/12 17:36, paul sutton wrote:
On 28/04/12 17:31, Bill Baker wrote:
On Sat, 2012-04-28 at 15:55 +0100, alan c wrote:
On 28/04/12 14:14, kpb wrote:
On 28/04/12 11:59, Barry Drake wrote:
Someone just upgraded from 10.04 and after answering a couple of
questions, I pointed him
I tried to reply to this post from
k...@sohcahtoa.org.uk
but I keep getting asked for an encryption key before sending
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On 25/04/12 12:26, Barry Drake wrote:
On 25/04/12 12:02, k...@sohcahtoa.org.uk wrote:
I have made the modifications suggested here (at least to the extent I can
fit on the poster!)
Splendid work! Thanks. I really think this is too useful to be
ignored. I hope somebody with write access
On 25/04/12 20:54, Barry Drake wrote:
On 25/04/12 17:08, alan c wrote:
A lot of careful work, certainly. But I would not want to point my
novices to it, for them it is a page of detail stuff which I think
would frighten them. And why does linux need a instructions? What
about a similar
On 23/04/12 19:59, Pete Smout wrote:
On 23/04/12 18:52, Dave Morley wrote:
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
On 23/04/12 18:37, Pete Smout wrote:
Hi, Just thought I'd feedback my 12.04 experiences so far.
Ubuntu will not install on any of the 3 machines tried on so far!
Gets
On 23/04/12 21:01, Pete Smout wrote:
For info it was not the daily build as I have tried these before with no
success. Nor did I try the live desktop as I have enough machines / hard
drives to just install and play around with it so I went straight for
the install as I have many times
On 20/04/12 10:59, Barry Drake wrote:
Below is an e-mail that I have sent to
openstanda...@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk with a copy to Francis Maude
MP at psfrancisma...@cabinet-office.gsi.gov.uk I have also written to
my local MP. Just a thought but some of you might want to do
On 19/04/12 07:31, steve wrote:
On 18/04/12 21:21, alan c wrote:
On 18/04/12 20:27, alan c wrote:
On 18/04/12 19:56, Philip Stubbs wrote:
On 18 April 2012 19:46, Philip Stubbsphi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote:
It works here, at the moment. Just kicked off a 95Mb update, so will
try again in a few
On 19/04/12 17:40, Ivan Wright wrote:
Did you use Pulse Audio Volume control to choose the correct input for
Sound-Recorder?
I tried that that on todays daily build ISO and it worked fine, I was
able to choose between Mic input and recording from Soundcard output.
How do I get, or start,
I have had remarkable success with Ubuntu 12.04 beta 2 (updated) so
far, however I have just discovered that the gnome media stuff, or at
least - specifically the sound recorder facility - is a problem - it
does not work. Not on the two different machines I have tried, and I
am about to try a
On 18/04/12 17:36, alan c wrote:
I have had remarkable success with Ubuntu 12.04 beta 2 (updated) so
far, however I have just discovered that the gnome media stuff, or at
least - specifically the sound recorder facility - is a problem - it
does not work. Not on the two different machines I
On 18/04/12 20:27, alan c wrote:
On 18/04/12 19:56, Philip Stubbs wrote:
On 18 April 2012 19:46, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote:
It works here, at the moment. Just kicked off a 95Mb update, so will
try again in a few minutes. :-)
Lots of 3.4.0's were replaced with 3.4.1's so I
On 16/04/12 18:25, Liam Proven wrote:
On 16 April 2012 16:20, Gareth France gareth.fra...@gmail.com wrote:
What's wrong with not wanting to scroll miles to the bottom of the mail to
read the latest post?
Top posting and bottom posting/in line comments have context sensitive
benefits.
If
On 14/04/12 16:41, Bruno Girin wrote:
them getting more and louder
feedback from big business, who have the funds to engage in lobbying.
Absolutely! What would you do if your entire basis of an easy revenue
stream became instantly threatened?
Big business will *not* let go, it is not useful to
On 08/04/12 20:03, Norman Silverstone wrote:
snip
I think we all ought to shout at the gimp folk. Gimp is an incredibly
capable program, and it is also the least intuitive and least workable
that I have ever seen! If the Gimp folk wanted to sell it for cash,
there would be no chance!
On 09/04/12 12:22, Barry Drake wrote:
On 08/04/12 20:41, Alan Pope wrote:
Interesting feedback Barry. I certainly didn't expect this, but then I
naïvely expected people on this list to have taken a look at 12.04
previously, and be familiar with the basics. Thanks for highlighting this.
It is not a LUG meet, (the SCLUG is not Ubuntu specific). It is a UK
Ubuntu Team meet whatever, - Ubuntu specific
alan c
On 29/03/12 09:35, Gareth France wrote:
I'm confused. The reading meets are always on a Wednesday and the next
one isn't until the 11th! So this can't be a LUG meeting
On 28/03/12 18:05, Matthew Daubney wrote:
Who'll be along? I should be there for a bit, but might have to vanish
to collect the missus from some work do, but am looking forward to
seeing people again!
-Matt Daubney
Sad to say I have a conflicting meet to build my 3d printer I
would
On 27/03/12 14:37, Alan Bell wrote:
Hi all,
I am very pleased to announce that we are joining forces with Canonical
for the Ubuntu 12.04 release party!
* Venue: Bar Soho (http://www.barsoho.co.uk/)
* Date Time: 26 April, from 6.30pm
* Drinks and light snacks will be provided
On 23/03/12 21:06, Daniel Case wrote:
I'm not saying don't evolve, just evolve in a way that most users
agree is a good idea
Catch 22. Unfortunately the vocal people who do not like something
have plenty of placard space and ability to dampen a new flame.
Evolution is a risk, a real risk.
On 23/03/12 21:06, Alan Bell wrote:
On 23/03/12 20:16, Hakan Koseoglu wrote:
soap box
Treating users as idiots is not a policy, it's a mistake.
As soon as I find a distribution worth installing everywhere, I'll be
switching. Mint doesn't cut the mustard. I'm a Kubuntu/Lubuntu user on
desktop
On 23/03/12 22:11, scoundrel50a wrote:
On 23/03/2012 22:04, Alan Pope wrote:
On 23/03/12 21:45, Daniel Case wrote:
On 23 March 2012 21:21, Neil Greenwood
neil.greenwood@gmail.com wrote:
They spent lots of money testing different behaviours
In my opinion, this is where the problem lies.
On 23/03/12 22:51, scoundrel50a wrote:
.I never once since 11.04 have seen anything about testing,
being involved, but I see people on here and have had to ask myself, and
there is a tendency to either ignore or react the way you have, and you
wonder why people get angry...first I have
On 24/03/12 11:08, Chris Penston wrote:
[snip of really good stuff]
People tend to be impressed by the novelty
that they have a choice. Almost always, the reaction is astonishment
that something can be so good without costing anything 'so there must be
a catch'.
Yes I find that a lot,
On 25/03/12 10:48, scoundrel50a wrote:
On 25/03/2012 10:18, alan c wrote:
On 23/03/12 22:11, scoundrel50a wrote:
On 23/03/2012 22:04, Alan Pope wrote:
On 23/03/12 21:45, Daniel Case wrote:
On 23 March 2012 21:21, Neil Greenwood
neil.greenwood@gmail.com wrote:
They spent lots of money
On 25/03/12 11:08, Alan Bell wrote:
little stopping you from actually dragging it in the direction you want
to go. Really. Participate remotely online in the developer summit that
Oh I perhaps should mention. I had an idea for a minor improvement (I
think 'significant' ) in how Launcher
On 23/03/12 22:23, Daniel Case wrote:
I've been in the Ubuntu community for 5 years already and don't plan
on leaving any time soon, but I think there needs to be some
representation of the hacker culture that Ubuntu has built up over the
years so that we can find the middle ground, it seems
On 24/03/12 01:38, Liam Proven wrote:
However, I do think that Unity in general is not /nearly/ as
customisable as Linux users tend to be used to.
I would expect more customisable options as time goes on. I have read
a statement which said that it was not policy to lack customise
options, but
On 25/03/12 11:11, scoundrel50a wrote:
its taking me forever to get
used to Ubuntu, trying another distro isnt going to workplus, from
what I can see, a lot of you are members of other distros too.this
distro is enough
(I do wish you well with the health problems)
I find that
On 15/03/12 22:44, Liam Proven wrote:
But I reckon that many of the new users flooding across once 12.04 is
the new LTS are going to want actual good old-fashioned menus. :¬/
Are you sure about this? I am not. Most of the friends I help with
Ubuntu are only interested in the apps they use.
On 16/03/12 08:44, Alan Bell wrote:
On 16/03/12 08:24, alan c wrote:
On 15/03/12 22:44, Liam Proven wrote:
But I reckon that many of the new users flooding across once 12.04 is
the new LTS are going to want actual good old-fashioned menus. :¬/
Are you sure about this? I am not. Most
On 16/03/12 17:52, Liam Proven wrote:
I let Brasero do a checksum it said no errors - but I didn't
download the separate MD5sum or whatever it's called, no.
with old machines and old CD drives, a CD self check (from the boot
menu) has the advantage of also implicitly checking the drive
On 15/03/12 01:23, Liam Proven wrote:
Moving windows from screen to screen is easier than on
I see that in Ubuntu 12.04 beta 1 updated (3D) it is possible to drag
windows between workspaces as favourite Dad tried to do. It also has a
method of changing size of launcher icons.
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On 13/03/12 20:46, alan c wrote:
A tangential one here.
Someone made a video of his dad trying Win8 for the first time. Worth
a serious watch. There but for the grace of God go I. (But not to
Windows for me though)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4boTbv9_nUfeature=youtu.be
More reactions
A tangential one here.
Someone made a video of his dad trying Win8 for the first time. Worth
a serious watch. There but for the grace of God go I. (But not to
Windows for me though)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4boTbv9_nUfeature=youtu.be
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On 11/03/12 21:42, Barry Drake wrote:
On 11/03/12 12:44, Alan Pope wrote:
Assume you only have a short while to demo Ubuntu to them - maybe 5 to
10 minutes - you don't want to spend all day boring them and you don't
want to eat up your/their family/work time.
Among the other things
On 11/03/12 22:25, Alan Bell wrote:
In firefox we set up his webmail and pinned that as an application tab
as a separate item, I am not sure how that is done, can we have a
short separate thread on that, alan please?
thx
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On 11/03/12 22:25, Alan Bell wrote:
I noticed that Dad was peering at the screen a bit (I got him a new 17
screen to replace the 14 screen so there is more room on it, but
similar dot size) so I used ccsm to set the mouse bindings for the
enhanced zoom plugin to super+button4 and button5
On 11/03/12 22:25, Alan Bell wrote:
I set up a show Alan button on the desktop which makes a keys based
ssh session to my home server on a static IP address and forwards his
port 22 to a port here. I can then ssh back to him and log in as a user
I created on his machine, I can also forward
On 11/03/12 12:44, Alan Pope wrote:
Lets suppose you're in a relaxed location, your home or business
maybe, and a distant family member, friend or co-worker (someone you
know but not very well) says Hey, what's that on your computer?.
Assume you only have a short while to demo Ubuntu to them
On 10/03/12 14:32, Nigel Verity wrote:
Hi
A
bit of advice on partitioning, please.
I
currently dual-boot Xubuntu and Windows 7. I've now got to the happy
situation where I no longer need any Windows applications.
Consequently I'd like to delete Windows and reclaim the 80 Gb of disk
space
On 07/03/12 22:26, Grant Phillips-Sewell wrote:
On Mar 7, 2012 7:01 PM, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
What I took from this exchange was that the retail goldfish bowl we
all actually live in, is one of deep immersion. There is hardly
anywhere we can go, or that I can think of, which
On 07/03/12 12:20, paul sutton wrote:
Any product will HAVE to come with real AGGRESSIVE marketing, Local
lugs have problems simply finding people in stores to talk to about
alternatives to windows, let alone agreeing to agree take in cd's or
other materials for display etc. .
A couple
On 07/03/12 19:00, alan c wrote:
But trust in strangers is not something that comes easy in a world
full of scams.
Correction
trust in strangers only comes easily if people have paid a lot of
money for a retail box!
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On 07/03/12 20:05, Simon Greenwood wrote:
On Mar 7, 2012 7:07 PM, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
On 07/03/12 19:00, alan c wrote:
But trust in strangers is not something that comes easy in a world
full of scams.
Correction
trust in strangers only comes easily if people have
On 03/03/12 22:51, Phill Whiteside wrote:
Hiyas,
Yeah, for the testing of lubuntu [1] [2]
We need some 128Mb RAM machines [2] . These are needed for non PAE chipsets
as well. We need to know if the none PAE system install actually will work.
We only have one with actual hardware as yet,
On 03/03/12 16:26, mac wrote:
On 03/03/12 16:13, Bruno Girin wrote:
snip
I've discussed that with a friend before. The problem of an option
during the install or upgrade is that a number of users would not know
which option to choose...
Bruno Thanks for your thoughtful and informative
On 03/03/12 22:51, Phill Whiteside wrote:
Hiyas,
Yeah, for the testing of lubuntu [1] [2]
We need some 128Mb RAM machines [2] . These are needed for non PAE chipsets
as well. We need to know if the none PAE system install actually will work.
We only have one with actual hardware as yet,
On 29/02/12 18:30, Andres Muniz wrote:
Liam said:
Not yet, no. It's not yet in beta. It's too soon.
i mean unity 11.10. This person is using 10.04 (LTS)
I'd plug the offending machine into the network with a cable and do a
full update. If that still does not resolve the problem, try one
On 22/01/12 13:34, Liam Proven wrote:
I've tried a couple of Kodaks and they worked well too, once the
specific driver was installed - which was a battle as Kodak don't make
them readily available. Kodak have some of the cheapest ink around, I
believe.
Kodak have recently filed for bankrupcy
With a current thread I have seen about laptop buying in mind, I
called in to Novatech Reading on my travels. I spoke to the Manager
Alex Burrows. I had discussed Ubuntu etc with him on a previous
occasion or two over the years and received agreement in principle to
try out Ubuntu on specific kit
On 04/01/12 20:00, Andy Braben wrote:
2012/1/4 Juan J. reid...@usebox.net
On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 18:10 +, Andy Braben wrote:
[...]
Is that not worth a bug report? HPLIP package not kept up to date on
automatic updates?
That's a very good point. There's a policy about updates after
Heads up:
Cloud Expo Europe London, Olympia,
I see this is being held January 2012, 25-26th
Does anyone know if there will be any representation of Ubuntu,
community, or such?
If there is, it is possible I can attend and or help, but I cannot be
sure just yet.
http://www.cloudexpoeurope.com/
--
On 24/12/11 01:41, Nick Callaghan wrote:
Hey all,
Just wondering if anybody on the list has the samsung galaxytab 10.1 and
has managed to connect it to as a mass storage device in ubuntu?
Apparently it connects as an mtp device?
I did manage to find:
On 24/12/11 13:39, paul sutton wrote:
On 24/12/11 12:10, David Smith wrote:
I have supplied a second hand PC to a friend, dual booting XP and Ubuntu
10.10 from one HD. Somehow, he's made a mess of his XP and I need to do
either a repair-over-the-top install or a full XP wipe and reload.
On 19/12/11 12:30, Barry Drake wrote:
Precise also seems to run faster than Oneiric. I've
got a really good feeling about it and the future of Ubuntu.
Installed 12.04 alpha1 and then updated:
It is certainly fast, I am surprised and impressed. It is on a machine
with a somewhat
I ran small club meetings Monday and Wednesday (different people, all
retired), five or six in each meeting, and all are interested in Libre
computing, however they are still all using Windows on their usual PCs
and would regard themselves as non techie novices, at the slightly
ambitious end of
On 12/12/11 14:47, Avi Greenbury wrote:
alan c wrote:
On 12/12/11 09:13, mac wrote:
What do you reckon to Brad's argument?...
http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2011/11/24/google-plus.html
Excellent point.
Using social media which itself undermines the main principle of the
group you believe
On 07/12/11 03:01, Liam Proven wrote:
On 6 December 2011 22:40, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
In addition, it may be of interest to mention here that I also run a
couple of groups within the U3A 'clubs'. U3A is for those retired
people who seek to (in theory) continue
On 07/12/11 17:44, George Tripp wrote:
In addition, it may be of interest to mention here that I also
run a couple of groups within the U3A 'clubs'.
I've recently joined Northampton U3A. I'm intending to attend a
computing group next month however having spoken to the leader
there doesn't
On 05/12/11 14:20, Gareth France wrote:
Hi everyone, since a few people took an interest in my business and asked
me to keep you all updated here goes...
I've now got a facebook group page www.facebook.com/cliftonts which I will
be using for 'today only' type offers and news updates, feel free
On 02/12/11 08:52, Juan J. Martínez wrote:
On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 00:58 +, Phill Whiteside wrote:
I certainly do not wish to partake in a flame war. People are
naturally conservative. Take for example how long it took for Lubuntu
to gain adoption. If you are unhappy with Unity, then try
On 02/12/11 08:21, Matthew Daubney wrote:
On 2 December 2011 01:20, Ivan Wright quid...@gmail.com wrote:
I think they needed to move on and change style, we couldn't sit with a
1995 styled OS forever.
What should be done is to do away with the six month development cycle,
which is far too
On 02/12/11 08:48, Barry Drake wrote:
On 02/12/11 08:21, Matthew Daubney wrote:
Ubuntu does have a 24 month release cycle version, the LTS release.
These releases are targeted at stability more than anything else. The
next release 12.04 will be an LTS. -Matt Daubney
And it will be good!
On 02/12/11 09:00, Alan Bell wrote:
I would encourage
you to give Precise a test and file bugs
I am happy to say I have recently filed a 'bug' re the Unity GUI
because I could see that it was not doing justice to itself, and the
bug has been accepted
#887341
:-)
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On 02/12/11 10:27, Kris Douglas wrote:
get there but the Ubuntu developers have to remember if they scare all
their users away with very beta software, they will not easily come
back.
I think this is a real issue and there factors that are in the realm
of marketing and public relations. Where
On 02/12/11 11:53, Alan Bell wrote:
If you are selling computers
and want to pre-install Ubuntu then the OEM team might be interested if
you are getting them made in volumes of tens of thousands or more in the
far East. For less than that it is community based support through the
LoCo
On 02/12/11 13:55, Avi Greenbury wrote:
paul sutton wrote:
I am sure if you got to Microsoft or Apple or any other BIG player you
get a fast response. This is the business world i guess people want a
quick response.
Only if you pay them for it; Canonical sell that sort of support
On 02/12/11 14:53, Paula Graham wrote:
Dropbox now for my own personal use but will
I stopped using dropbox and went to spideroak when dropbox messed up
on their passwords security whatever. Anyway I actually find spideroak
much easier to understand :-/ and they hold stuff encrypted by
On 03/12/11 13:24, Avi Greenbury wrote:
Barry Drake wrote:
On 03/12/11 04:15, Liam Proven wrote:
I think it is easier if you have Mac experience. If all someone
knows is Windows, they're lost.
In a recent post, Paula said exactly the opposite - and she's working
with Windows folk at
On 02/12/11 12:12, Gareth France wrote:
It is very difficult to take a post like this seriously.
Cheers,
Andy
I don't know, it seems to have sparked a rather healthy debate.
Very much so, and I have appreciated it.
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On 02/12/11 12:17, Andy Smith wrote:
Hello,
On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 12:12:46PM +, Gareth France wrote:
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Andy Smith a...@bitfolk.com wrote:
It is very difficult to take a post like this seriously.
I don't know, it seems to have sparked a rather healthy
On 02/12/11 15:57, Gareth France wrote:
Very true, I'm quite new here so I don't really know anyone yet. Oddly
enough everyone I'm getting to know seems to be called Alan!!
ROFL
Hey, but I was called Alan first! ( I think)
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On 02/12/11 06:04, Nigel Verity wrote:
Thunar, is a little lacking in advanced functionality
I was amazed when I found I could use thunar to change filenames en
masse using it.
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On 06/12/11 21:40, Gareth France wrote:
Oh, how is the group you started doing? I've added it to my
leaflets to help anyone I sell to.
Good.
Still pretty quiet . . .
I did support some months of 'Ubuntu Hour' in Bracknell some time
ago, and a few people did attend on occasions. But there was
On 23/11/11 09:45, Jon Reynolds wrote:
I totally agree with and understand the logic behind the top posting
argument. It makes perfect sense to have the flow of conversation
chronologically downwards, so reading over a conversation is easy.
But, as we all know, hardly anyone, except for
On 22/11/11 16:22, Gareth France wrote:
For all those who are interested my webpage is now up and running (sort
of), the address is www.cliftonts.co.uk
Not everything is complete yet but there is a limited range of Ubuntu
systems on there and I'm polishing out the rough edges as fast as I
That's the way to do it!
As of this week, Ubuntu is now on sale in over 100 retail outlets in
Portugal.
http://blog.canonical.com/2011/11/18/ubuntu-launches-at-retail-in-portugal-with-asus
Canonical and Dell announced the start of an exciting retail program
to sell machines pre-loaded with
On 19/11/11 14:45, Chris Rowson wrote:
I thought some of you might be interested in this recent guidance released
by the Cabinet Office on Open Source Software:
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/open-source-procurement-toolkit
It's publicly accessible so you don't need a
On 19/11/11 20:24, Barry Drake wrote:
On 19/11/11 14:45, Chris Rowson wrote:
I thought some of you might be interested in this recent guidance
released by the Cabinet Office on Open Source Software:
I'm quite excited by this. I had already contacted my MP, MEP, local
councillor and County
On 19/11/11 20:33, Chris Rowson wrote:
The 'All About Open Source' document is particularly interesting
because it explains why UK.gov can't mandate Open Source software.
It's not entirely straight forward; I'm not entirely sure, but I
think it means to say that UK.gov considers 'Open
On 19/11/11 21:03, Avi Greenbury wrote:
Chris Rowson wrote:
The bit that jumped out at me personally was the legal definition of
open source as a product rather than a feature. I wondered if this
might make it difficult to specify open source as a requirement in a
tender (because it seems
On 19/11/11 20:40, Juan J. Martínez wrote:
I don't know the details about UK gov, but in Spain the government pays
an absurd amount of money just for the licenses, and then pays for
support... frequently from a third party (probably the vendor providing
the hardware, with a partnership with
On 16/11/11 11:02, Jacob Mansfield wrote:
Hey guys, look what a friend of mine found in waitrose:
https://twitter.com/#!/supernintendo/status/136731777686437888
Neat
My local Waitrose does not stock these (yet), however I bought some in
Wallingford store at the Bunkfest celebration, and
On 13/11/11 01:04, Alan Pope wrote:
On 12 Nov 2011, at 23:29, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
On 12/11/11 18:41, Barry Drake wrote:
On 12/11/11 17:03, alan c wrote:
Yes, sorry, I was too vague, SMART errors. I explained to her at the
time that we were not looking at her
From the G+ novice department:
I am starting to use G+ and have just written an item, shared (I
think)with the Ubuntu UK Team (circle).
Is it actually there? Anyone?
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alan cocks
Ubuntu user
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ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
On 12/11/11 14:05, Andy Smith wrote:
Hi Alan,
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 12:35:03PM +, alan c wrote:
I am starting to use G+ and have just written an item, shared (I
think)with the Ubuntu UK Team (circle).
If that is a circle that you created, I think that only influences
what
On 12/11/11 14:57, Colin Law wrote:
On 12 November 2011 14:47, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
On 12/11/11 14:05, Andy Smith wrote:
Hi Alan,
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 12:35:03PM +, alan c wrote:
I am starting to use G+ and have just written an item, shared (I
think
On 12/11/11 15:13, Neil Perry wrote:
On 12 November 2011 15:10, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
On 12/11/11 14:57, Colin Law wrote:
On 12 November 2011 14:47, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
On 12/11/11 14:05, Andy Smith wrote:
Hi Alan,
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 12:35
On 12/11/11 15:47, Tony Pursell wrote:
On 12 November 2011 15:20, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
On 12/11/11 15:13, Neil Perry wrote:
On 12 November 2011 15:10, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
On 12/11/11 14:57, Colin Law wrote:
On 12 November 2011 14:47, alan c
Yesterday I spent time with someone who was interested in using
Ubuntu. The Live CD ran well in her laptop. However, the live session
disc utility showed some errors, numerically apparently quite a lot. I
discussed her considering a new drive, but anyway helped her back up
some files.
She
On 12/11/11 16:43, Colin Law wrote:
On 12 November 2011 16:31, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
Yesterday I spent time with someone who was interested in using
Ubuntu. The Live CD ran well in her laptop. However, the live session
disc utility showed some errors, numerically apparently
On 12/11/11 17:12, Colin Law wrote:
On 12 November 2011 17:03, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
On 12/11/11 16:43, Colin Law wrote:
On 12 November 2011 16:31, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
Yesterday I spent time with someone who was interested in using
Ubuntu. The Live CD
On 12/11/11 18:41, Barry Drake wrote:
On 12/11/11 17:03, alan c wrote:
Yes, sorry, I was too vague, SMART errors. I explained to her at the
time that we were not looking at her Windows, and this was information
from the drive itself. And then later her son connected remotely, to
Windows
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