Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Ubuntu Users

2013-01-15 Thread Dan Fish
On 13/01/13 22:24, Tony Pursell wrote: On 13 January 2013 21:57, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com mailto:aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: On 13/01/13 02:14, Alan Pope wrote: On 12/01/13 14:52, Dan Fish wrote: His broadband is damn expensive and sometimes sudo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Ubuntu Users

2013-01-13 Thread Colin Law
On 12 January 2013 22:52, Dan Fish d...@fishms.org wrote: Dear All, A good friend of mine has taken up the offer of becoming a medical officer on the Falkland Islands for a 2 year contract. Having spent time on many remote locations I'm actually very jealous as the Falklands and surrounds

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Ubuntu Users

2013-01-13 Thread alan c
On 13/01/13 02:14, Alan Pope wrote: On 12/01/13 14:52, Dan Fish wrote: His broadband is damn expensive and sometimes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade may well use up much of his monthly allowance. Ironically, it's very cheap to post via snail mail a usb stick back and forth!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Ubuntu Users

2013-01-13 Thread Tony Pursell
On 13 January 2013 21:57, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: On 13/01/13 02:14, Alan Pope wrote: On 12/01/13 14:52, Dan Fish wrote: His broadband is damn expensive and sometimes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade may well use up much of his monthly allowance.

[ubuntu-uk] Remote Ubuntu Users

2013-01-12 Thread Dan Fish
Dear All, A good friend of mine has taken up the offer of becoming a medical officer on the Falkland Islands for a 2 year contract. Having spent time on many remote locations I'm actually very jealous as the Falklands and surrounds are a stunning place to bring up a family. What's not so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Ubuntu Users

2013-01-12 Thread Samuel Toogood
On 12/01/13 22:52, Dan Fish wrote: Dear All, A good friend of mine has taken up the offer of becoming a medical officer on the Falkland Islands for a 2 year contract. Having spent time on many remote locations I'm actually very jealous as the Falklands and surrounds are a stunning place to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Ubuntu Users

2013-01-12 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 12 January 2013 22:52, Dan Fish d...@fishms.org wrote: Dear All, A good friend of mine has taken up the offer of becoming a medical officer on the Falkland Islands for a 2 year contract. Having spent time on many remote locations I'm actually very jealous as the Falklands and surrounds

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Remote Ubuntu Users

2013-01-12 Thread Alan Pope
On 12/01/13 14:52, Dan Fish wrote: His broadband is damn expensive and sometimes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade may well use up much of his monthly allowance. Ironically, it's very cheap to post via snail mail a usb stick back and forth! Any ideas how I can keep him up to date