Re: [ubuntu-uk] help Ubuntu/freesoftwareize the third season of the IT crowd!

2008-09-04 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 11:11:45AM +0100, Sean Miller wrote: > Sounds great fun! > > Can we ensure they portray a relatively positive image of > Ubuntu/Linux, or doesn't it matter? > It's unlikely that Ubuntu/Linux will feature in the story line. The only reason for the mail to them was regardi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help Ubuntu/freesoftwareize the third season of the IT crowd!

2008-09-04 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 12:11:54PM +0100, John Levin wrote: > Sean Miller wrote: > > Sounds great fun! > > > > Can we ensure they portray a relatively positive image of > > Ubuntu/Linux, or doesn't it matter? > > > > *cough* So what would the Ubuntu equivalent of "Have you tried turning > it of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help Ubuntu/freesoftwareize the third season of the IT crowd!

2008-09-04 Thread Sean Miller
You know what I meant, John! They can ridicule computer techs as a concept, but to ridicule Linux over Windows would not necessarily be good - would it? For instance, they decide to try installing Ubuntu instead of Windows on a machine because the fella's got the t-shirt (would that be the weird

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help Ubuntu/freesoftwareize the third season of the IT crowd!

2008-09-04 Thread John Levin
Sean Miller wrote: > Sounds great fun! > > Can we ensure they portray a relatively positive image of > Ubuntu/Linux, or doesn't it matter? > *cough* So what would the Ubuntu equivalent of "Have you tried turning it off then turning it on again?" be? Perhaps, 'Have you tried sudo apt-get upgrad

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help Ubuntu/freesoftwareize the third season of the IT crowd!

2008-09-04 Thread Jai Harrison
Any idea when in the series it will be featured? I'm looking forward to the next season more so now :) On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds great fun! > > Can we ensure they portray a relatively positive image of > Ubuntu/Linux, or doesn't it matter? > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help Ubuntu/freesoftwareize the third season of the IT crowd!

2008-09-04 Thread Sean Miller
Sounds great fun! Can we ensure they portray a relatively positive image of Ubuntu/Linux, or doesn't it matter? Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help Ubuntu/freesoftwareize the third season of the IT crowd!

2008-09-04 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 08:33:59PM +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 08:03:30PM +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: > > Lets crack on and get something there double quick then ;-) > > > > I've already sent a suggestion about Ubuntu but I don't see why we can't > send another. I did it bef

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help Ubuntu/freesoftwareize the third season of the IT crowd!

2008-08-13 Thread Bill Quinn
]; British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] help Ubuntu/freesoftwareize the third season of the IT crowd! Gordon Allott wrote: > A friend poked me towards > http://whythatsdelightful.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/be-my-hive-brain/ > today, which is the blog of graham linehan (creator/writ

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help Ubuntu/freesoftwareize the third season of the IT crowd!

2008-08-12 Thread Alan Pope
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 08:03:30PM +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: > Lets crack on and get something there double quick then ;-) > I've already sent a suggestion about Ubuntu but I don't see why we can't send another. I did it before I saw this thread, great minds eh :) I suggested they get one of t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help Ubuntu/freesoftwareize the third season of the IT crowd!

2008-08-12 Thread Chris Rowson
Lets crack on and get something there double quick then ;-) On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave Walker wrote: >> We would need to speak to Canonical to get clearing for the logo, i >> can't imagine them saying No. So the next thing is getting a suitable >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help Ubuntu/freesoftwareize the third season of the IT crowd!

2008-08-12 Thread Rob Beard
Dave Walker wrote: > We would need to speak to Canonical to get clearing for the logo, i > can't imagine them saying No. So the next thing is getting a suitable > sized poster. If it's just a plain poster, would should probably > consider getting a run of at least 10 - as i know i'd certainly

Re: [ubuntu-uk] help Ubuntu/freesoftwareize the third season of the IT crowd!

2008-08-12 Thread Dave Walker
Gordon Allott wrote: > A friend poked me towards > http://whythatsdelightful.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/be-my-hive-brain/ > today, which is the blog of graham linehan (creator/writer of the it > crowd), basically the jist is that normally he designs the look of the > it crowd, all the t-shirts an