Here's another idea too for next year that would raise the stake one
step higher.
Go out and about with a bucket and Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu cds
everyone that drops money into the bucket gets a cd that way they
think there getting something for a price so need to try it out we get
a shed load of
Time scale wise probably not enough for this year but it is always a
good one for next year hey.
Well the work of making people aware of Children in Need has been done.
The Work of raising some money , even if its£100 , shouldnt take more
than an hour to to organise and do. But I like
Eamonn,
Im not sure that you've really missed anything. My mail did imply a decision
had been made, which I don't think it has.
However I do think it is a good way for new users to use as a resource. I
believe the list is good for people interested in getting involved in
ubuntu-uk (im not
On 11/2/06, Kenny Holden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Eamonn,
Im not sure that you've really missed anything. My mail did imply a decision
had been made, which I don't think it has.
No, that's fine. Wasn't criticising, I was just honestly asking. I
jump in and out of the list when I have time and
On Wednesday 01 November 2006 16:22, Albert Vilella wrote:
Has anyone had any luck/problems with firewire hard drives? Anything I
should be aware of?
at work we've been using lacie external firewire drives (actually 4 drives
appearing as one) for doing backups to and they have worked fine
On 02/11/06, alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Something I heard at LinuxWorld recently suggested to me bbc were
moving towards more open formats.
However, this comments implies otherwise. Anyone know anything?
Its funny you should mention this, I have contacted the BBC over their
use of
the BBC and open source?
http://support.bbc.co.uk/ogg/
they did have a very nice ogg stream for Radio 4 ... and then they got
rid of it.
however, if the BBC should look more into open source, it depends on us
the users of the BBC to organise ourselves and do something about it.
The open
On 01/11/06, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alan Pope wrote:
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:18:29PM +, Nicholas Butler wrote:
What I am thinking is if we got a whole load of instructional video
clips together we could make an Ubuntu tutorial DVD. Since DVDs are
getting cheaper and more
On 01/11/06, Adam Bagnall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've found updates on Edgy to be slow even using gb.archive.ubuntu.com.
If you're having the same problem try substituting all references to
http://(gb.)archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
in /etc/apt/sources.list with
Andy wrote:
On 02/11/06, alan c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Something I heard at LinuxWorld recently suggested to me bbc were
moving towards more open formats.
(lots of excellent stuff snipped, lets keep up the good work)
[...]
Maybe we should add 'getting the BBC to use an open format' to
tim matthews wrote:
the BBC and open source?
http://support.bbc.co.uk/ogg/
they did have a very nice ogg stream for Radio 4 ... and then they got
rid of it.
however, if the BBC should look more into open source, it depends on us
the users of the BBC to organise ourselves and do
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 01:30:33PM +, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote:
On 01/11/06, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alan Pope wrote:
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:18:29PM +, Nicholas Butler wrote:
What I am thinking is if we got a whole load of instructional video
clips together we
I have also been badgering the BBC for quite some time to use open
formats and also about the awful bias nature of their programs (news and
'click', their technology related show) towards big business and
completely ignoring floss, however seeing how Dirac (the beebs own foray
into the free
and what will your local MP do about it?
it's up to us ourselves to organise, not let someone else do it.
sorry .. this is a little off-topic from the ubuntu list.
but we all do agree that the BBC shouldn't be wasting its money on
Microsoft licence fees and making their media not usuable for
On Thursday 02 November 2006 12:45, Andy wrote:
I urge everyone reading this to file an official complaint on:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/make_complaint_step1.shtml
DO NOT use 'send a complaint' or 'make a suggestion' they ignore
those, they will actually reply to a complaint. (if they
gord wrote:
I have also been badgering the BBC for quite some time to use open
formats and also about the awful bias nature of their programs (news and
'click', their technology related show) towards big business and
completely ignoring floss, however seeing how Dirac (the beebs own foray
On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:45:30 +, Andy wrote:
I might just write to my MP, but unfortunately there isn't an election
around the corner so it will probably be ignored.
I wrote to mine about this and, more importantly IMO, that Parliament
On-Line is Windows-formats only.
I got a reasoned
On 02/11/06, TheOldFellow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:45:30 +, Andy wrote:
I might just write to my MP, but unfortunately there isn't an election
around the corner so it will probably be ignored.
I got a reasoned reply from the appropriate department about the
The forums domain would be in the form: whatever.ubuntuforums.org
ubuntuforums.org does have mailing list integration for ubuntu-users and
I could enquire about whether this could be a possibility for us?
vbulletin is proprietory... but it's what works best for us.
Hi,
Maybe the tabloids would take an interest?
ROTFL.
I doubt it has the level of scandal required for tabloid newspapers.
Tabloids are primarly populist will not print something which is a
minority interest. Unfortunately that means us. Technology coverage in
tabloids is very limited
yes, I'm seriously suggesting being naughty to make a point. If they
want to call me silly names like pirate or terrorist it's up to them.
and why not? it's a BBC copyright, ok is the BBC an 3vil greedy
corperation or it is funded by its listeners?
It's our right to have the BBC broadcast in
Martin Fitzpatrick wrote:
On 01/11/06, Adam Bagnall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've found updates on Edgy to be slow even using gb.archive.ubuntu.com.
If you're having the same problem try substituting all references to
http://(gb.)archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
in /etc/apt/sources.list with
Bernard G Hill wrote:
Hi,
I wish to go from Dapper to Edgy without doing an installation and
loosing all my settings and other bits which are installed on D.
U/K/E and the rest have made the installation process very simple by the
use of a live distribution which can be installed, but I
Hi folks,
With the discussion about the BBC and open standards, I noticed someone
mentioned Dirac. Its been a while since I looked at their pages and I
see there are packages on Edgy for Dirac. I have installed the packages
and downloaded some sample videos but I can't seem to find anything
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 09:48:53PM +, Rob Beard wrote:
Hi folks,
With the discussion about the BBC and open standards, I noticed someone
mentioned Dirac. Its been a while since I looked at their pages and I
see there are packages on Edgy for Dirac. I have installed the packages
and
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Alan Pope wrote:
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 09:48:53PM +, Rob Beard wrote:
Hi folks,
With the discussion about the BBC and open standards, I noticed someone
mentioned Dirac. Its been a while since I looked at their pages and I
see there are
Alan Pope wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/02/microsoft_novell_linux/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116249026689311557.html?mod=yahoo_hsru=yahoo
http://news.google.com/?ncl=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/02/microsoft_novell_linux/hl=en
Microsoft Corp. is entering into an
Alan Pope wrote:
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 08:34:04PM +, Andy wrote:
On 02/11/06, Alan Pope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You can't choose which client you read the content in.
If we are defining the client as the web browser then you can choose
which browser you use.
Er, that makes
TheOldFellow wrote:
He seems to claim a lot of expenses for computers though:
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment£1,082
its a pity it doesn't say exactly what that was spent on (this is for
a single year).
Windows and Windows application updates :-)
Send him a Ubuntu live-CD?
tim matthews wrote:
yes, I'm seriously suggesting being naughty to make a point. If they
want to call me silly names like pirate or terrorist it's up to them.
and why not? it's a BBC copyright, ok is the BBC an 3vil greedy
corperation or it is funded by its listeners?
It's our right to
Rob Beard wrote:
Alan Pope wrote:
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 03:36:10PM +, tim matthews wrote:
[...]
With regards to 'P*dcasting' it seems lots of media companies are using
the 'P*dcasting' word now. I don't think they have heard that Apple are
looking into ways of getting royalties for
On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 01:37 +, alan c wrote:
Rob Beard wrote:
Alan Pope wrote:
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 03:36:10PM +, tim matthews wrote:
[...]
With regards to 'P*dcasting' it seems lots of media companies are using
the 'P*dcasting' word now. I don't think they have heard that
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