[ubuntu-uk] research required...

2011-01-08 Thread Andrés Muñiz Piniella
Yep, had seen that page, most of the projects seem dead. or close to death. On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 14:08 +, Andr?s Mu?iz Piniella wrote: In those lines, I would like to work on a Mech CAD program (use and if I can develop): I was going for freeCAD but if any of you have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux expo in Feb 2011

2011-01-08 Thread Alan Bell
actually they are looking to fill more spaces, I will pass on the contact details. Alan. On 08/01/11 00:26, alan c wrote: Well done. I will be very happy to support the stand, both days if needed, arriving probably mid morning though. I will guess that my Infopoint stand proposal is not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux expo in Feb 2011

2011-01-08 Thread Barry Drake
On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 20:20 +, Alan Bell wrote: I got the mail below from Jeremy Comley in response to asking for a .org booth at the Cloud expo. I have said YES! and we need to get our act together in terms of staffing it and sorting out what we are doing on the stand etc. I expect an IRC

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux expo in Feb 2011

2011-01-08 Thread Alan Bell
On 08/01/11 11:17, Barry Drake wrote: On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 20:20 +, Alan Bell wrote: I got the mail below from Jeremy Comley in response to asking for a .org booth at the Cloud expo. I have said YES! and we need to get our act together in terms of staffing it and sorting out what we are

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux expo in Feb 2011

2011-01-08 Thread Barry Drake
On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 11:43 +, Alan Bell wrote: We could split the difference and try for 8:30 I suppose. I am thinking of calling a meeting on this Monday evening, it doesn't seem to clash with anything else on the Ubuntu fridge calendar. Now would be a great time to object, and

[ubuntu-uk] Team Meeting

2011-01-08 Thread Alan Bell
Hi all, the next team meeting will be held on Monday 10th January at 9PM in the #ubuntu-uk-meeting channel on the freenode network, you can join in a web browser at this url: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=ubuntu-uk-meeting#038;uio=OT10cnVlJjEwPXRydWUmMTE9MjE46

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk (diaspora)

2011-01-08 Thread Dave Hanson
Hi Dave, I was wondering if you could spare another Diaspora invite? Best Regards Dave Hanson From: ubuntu-uk-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 69, Issue 25 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 20:20:50 + Send ubuntu-uk mailing list

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IRC over GPRS (was: Linux expo in Feb 2011)

2011-01-08 Thread Paul Sladen
On Sat, 8 Jan 2011, Barry Drake wrote: On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 11:43 +, Alan Bell wrote: We could split the difference and try for 8:30 I suppose. if I'm having to use my gsm dongle, I won't be able to IRC Just as a point of reference, IRC is very bandwidth efficient as it is pure text with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2011-01-08 Thread Tony Pursell
On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 15:23 +, Pottar Muzamba wrote: Kindly assist me. I have downloaded edubuntu on a DVD and I would like to dual boot it with Windows but I am failing. When I insert the DVD and try to restart the computer it is not booting at all. What can I do?? -- Pottar Muzamba

Re: [ubuntu-uk] IRC over GPRS (was: Linux expo in Feb 2011)

2011-01-08 Thread Barry Drake
On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 15:28 +, Paul Sladen wrote: Just as a point of reference, IRC is very bandwidth efficient as it is pure text with tiny fractional overhead. GPRS is also metered by bytes, not wall clock time, so these two go together very well. Thanks - hadn't realised that. I don't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Team Meeting

2011-01-08 Thread Barry Drake
On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 13:05 +, Alan Bell wrote: Hi all, the next team meeting will be held on Monday 10th January at 9PM in the #ubuntu-uk-meeting channel on the freenode network I expect to see you there. My usual nick is barrydrake. Regards,Barry Drake. -- What do

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

2011-01-08 Thread Rob Beard
On 08/01/11 15:23, Pottar Muzamba wrote: Kindly assist me. I have downloaded edubuntu on a DVD and I would like to dual boot it with Windows but I am failing. When I insert the DVD and try to restart the computer it is not booting at all. What can I do?? Have you set the BIOS to boot from

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

2011-01-08 Thread Barry Drake
On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 21:22 +, Steve Fisher wrote: Have I missed any distro worth investigating? Hmmm ... Puppy? Especially after the incident with the pooch. Regards,Barry Drake -- What do you see when you use your Computer? Same old thing? ...There IS a Better Way!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

2011-01-08 Thread Steve Fisher
Brilliant! :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

2011-01-08 Thread Rob Beard
On 08/01/11 21:22, Steve Fisher wrote: My laptop is running hot so I have spent the last couple of weeks distro-hopping on my new Dell Inspiron N5010 laptop to have a look at the competition: Mandriva - I am a refugee from Mandriva, looking bad over on the forums, hardly any one there! Worked

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

2011-01-08 Thread Steve Fisher
On 8 January 2011 23:56, Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk wrote: On 08/01/11 21:22, Steve Fisher wrote: My laptop is running hot so I have spent the last couple of weeks distro-hopping on my new Dell Inspiron N5010 laptop to have a look at the competition: Mandriva - I am a refugee from

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

2011-01-08 Thread Paul Sladen
On Sat, 8 Jan 2011, Steve Fisher wrote: My laptop is running hot Machines generally need to be /doing/ something to run hot. Top cause is normally some forgotten browser tab sat at a page containgin a badly-coded flash menu or advert that is using 100% CPU. Try running and 'top' and 'iotop'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Distro hopping / Laptop running hot

2011-01-08 Thread Phill Whiteside
Try Lubuntu ;) lean, mean, keen and green in terms of keeping things cool. Afterall, we cannot have the penguin melting the snow!! https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/ https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Regards, Phill. On 8 January 2011 21:22, Steve Fisher xirco...@gmail.com