Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers

2010-07-13 Thread Nick Brandon
On 11 Jul 2010, at 21:32, Alan Bell wrote: I am quite interested in the running from memory concept, I guess you are somehow copying the entire CD to a ramdisk or something and mounting that over the filesystem, thereby trading a bit of loading time for it running like a greased whippet when

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers (pete)

2010-07-11 Thread Dino T.
I'm interested, but what tweaks have you made? Just the main ones will do. Dino T. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers

2010-07-11 Thread Liam Proven
On 6 July 2010 20:40, Nick Brandon maill...@css-uk.net wrote: Over the past few weeks I've been adapting the live CD, trying out a number of different configurations. Ultimately I'd like it to be more useable out of the box for me as a UK user and genuinely I'm quite pleased with the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers

2010-07-11 Thread Alan Bell
I am quite interested in the running from memory concept, I guess you are somehow copying the entire CD to a ramdisk or something and mounting that over the filesystem, thereby trading a bit of loading time for it running like a greased whippet when fully loaded. This sounds to me like it might be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers

2010-07-10 Thread pete
On 06/07/10 22:15, Bruce Beardall wrote: I'd be happy to give it a go. Cheers Bruce On 6 July 2010 20:40, Nick Brandon maill...@css-uk.net mailto:maill...@css-uk.net wrote: Over the past few weeks I've been adapting the live CD, trying out a number of different configurations.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers

2010-07-07 Thread Nick Brandon
On 6 Jul 2010, at 23:07, Alan Pope wrote: On 6 July 2010 22:37, Nick Brandon maill...@css-uk.net wrote: * Runs ubuntu from memory rather than DVD Interesting, do you mean USB stick or it loads into RAM? I am guessing the latter since you recommend 2GB RAM. Doesn't that leave a lot less

[ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers

2010-07-06 Thread Nick Brandon
Over the past few weeks I've been adapting the live CD, trying out a number of different configurations. Ultimately I'd like it to be more useable out of the box for me as a UK user and genuinely I'm quite pleased with the results. I'm toying with the idea of making it available to the wider

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers

2010-07-06 Thread Gordon
On 06/07/2010 20:40, Nick Brandon wrote: Over the past few weeks I've been adapting the live CD, trying out a number of different configurations. Ultimately I'd like it to be more useable out of the box for me as a UK user and genuinely I'm quite pleased with the results. I'm toying with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers

2010-07-06 Thread Alan Pope
On 6 July 2010 20:40, Nick Brandon maill...@css-uk.net wrote: Has anyone got a recommendation on where would be best to promote it so I could find, say 20 - 30 to make it reasonable, volunteers to try it out? Only if you specify what the changes are :) I'd start with a blog, twitter,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers

2010-07-06 Thread Rob Beard
On 06/07/10 20:40, Nick Brandon wrote: Over the past few weeks I've been adapting the live CD, trying out a number of different configurations. Ultimately I'd like it to be more useable out of the box for me as a UK user and genuinely I'm quite pleased with the results. I'm toying with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers

2010-07-06 Thread Rob Collett
Me too Nick. All the best Rob Collett Sent from my iPhone On 6 Jul 2010, at 20:57, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: On 06/07/10 20:40, Nick Brandon wrote: Over the past few weeks I've been adapting the live CD, trying out a number of different configurations. Ultimately I'd like it to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers

2010-07-06 Thread Bruce Beardall
I'd be happy to give it a go. Cheers Bruce On 6 July 2010 20:40, Nick Brandon maill...@css-uk.net wrote: Over the past few weeks I've been adapting the live CD, trying out a number of different configurations. Ultimately I'd like it to be more useable out of the box for me as a UK user and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers

2010-07-06 Thread Nick Brandon
On 6 Jul 2010, at 20:49, Gordon wrote: So what's the difference between your live CD and the official Ubuntu one? Hi Gordon, Good question, key differences - so far ;) * Runs ubuntu from memory rather than DVD * Keyboard and timezone set for the UK * Up to date packages (all updates

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers

2010-07-06 Thread Nick Brandon
On 6 Jul 2010, at 20:51, Alan Pope wrote: I'd start with a blog, twitter, identica, facebook, irc channels, mailing lists (like this one) and work from there. Good ideas. Presumably you mean starting a blog, twitter or facebook account? I would require a following in the first place

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Looking for volunteers

2010-07-06 Thread Alan Pope
On 6 July 2010 22:37, Nick Brandon maill...@css-uk.net wrote: * Runs ubuntu from memory rather than DVD Interesting, do you mean USB stick or it loads into RAM? I am guessing the latter since you recommend 2GB RAM. Doesn't that leave a lot less RAM for actual applications to use though? * Up