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* Andy:
Although it has been requested that the subject of forums be dropped,
I was thinking (yes dangerous I know), is it possible to build a forum
style front end onto mailman? It already holds archives of every
message made to the list. If we
Sean Miller wrote:
Ian wrote:
You might find that VMWare is a good way to experiment with Ubuntu
whilst still running windows... you can download a free 30-day-trial of
it from their website... you could then have Ubuntu in a window and get
to know it.
VMWare Server for windows and
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Hi,
* Alan Pope:
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 08:45:12PM +, Paul Mellors wrote:
I've no problem with Nik leading the group, however perhaps there should
be a more formal voting system so we don't actually leave anyone out?
[dont know what or
On 04/11/06, Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm new to this,
It shows,
A little note about mailing list etiquette.
We do not need you to tell us what font size we want to view your
message in, we are perfectly capable of adjusting our email software
to a size that is comfortable. This means don't
Andy wrote:
On 04/11/06, Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm new to this,
[netiquette stuff snipped]
You could have phrased that a little nicer, please is a nice word.
Immediately greeting new users in such a way is one of the reasons
mailing lists are seen as off putting and elitist. It's not
Alan Pope wrote:
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 06:56:21PM +, Tony Arnold wrote:
Nik,
Nicholas Butler wrote:
My personal preferences are to use the Mailing list, however if a Forum
exists I will make sure I drop in and keep an eye on it and let people
know about the mailing list and
Nik Butler wrote:
Pete Ryland wrote:
On 03/11/06, Joseph Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Also is there anyone who has assumed the lead of ubuntu-uk?
Are you putting your hand up for the job? :-)
Perhaps we should have a vote? There are probably a few people who
would like this
I don't understand why we're doing all this again... Nick put himself
forward many months ago and asked if anybody else was interested to
which he got no responses... so surely the request for candidates to
come forward has already been and gone and this is just wasting time
going through it
Sean Miller wrote:
I don't understand why we're doing all this again... Nick put himself
forward many months ago and asked if anybody else was interested to
which he got no responses... so surely the request for candidates to
come forward has already been and gone and this is just wasting
Then I am out of here, good bye!
---Original Message---
From: Andy
Date: 04/11/2006 13:03:52
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-UK] Uk Loco team forums
On 04/11/06, Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm new to this,
It shows,
A little note about
I could not see where to unsub?
---Original Message---
From: Andy
Date: 04/11/2006 13:03:52
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Uk Loco team forums
On 04/11/06, Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm new to this,
It shows,
A little note about mailing list etiquette.
We
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Guys Im drawing this whole sub-thread to a close . I would like not to
have any responses to the above and I have emailed Ian with his answer.
For the moment in as much as I can enforce the idea I suggest we will
not be creating or using ubuntu forums for the Ubuntu-UK teams
Ian wrote:
I could not see where to unsub?
I think it is:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
[...]
wouldn't want to inadvertently exclude anyone, that's not the Ubuntu
way.
- Andy
--
ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
You have and its appalling bad taste in my language.
---Original Message---
From: Alan c
Date: 04/11/2006 20:54:57
To: British Ubuntu Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-UK] Uk Loco team forums
Ian wrote:
I could not see where to unsub?
I think it is:
https
On 04/11/06, Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You have and its appalling bad taste in my language.
Its was never my intention to offend anyone, I am really sorry that
you feel you must leave an entire group because of me.
I am unsure what you mean by 'bad taste'. sorry
I have seen so much worse on
Joseph,
Thanks for the offer and I can clearly see there is a very robust set of
positions regarding Forums usage. I know we had this conversation before
and felt at the time the Maillist suited the assemblage of current
Ubuntu UK Team members. However in the strictest sense of any community
On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 12:15 +, Nicholas Butler wrote:
My personal preferences are to use the Mailing list, however if a Forum
exists I will make sure I drop in and keep an eye on it and let people
know about the mailing list and the archvies and the thriving
communication we have here
On 11/3/06, Nicholas Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Joseph,
Thanks for the offer and I can clearly see there is a very robust set of
positions regarding Forums usage. I know we had this conversation before
and felt at the time the Maillist suited the assemblage of current
Ubuntu UK Team
On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 12:44 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I fully support the creation of an Ubuntu -UK forum. It will increase
the people involved in Ubuntu-UK tenfold.
Caroline
My experience with forums, is that you create them and no one uses
them, My LUG had one and no one
Nicholas Butler wrote:
Joseph,
Thanks for the offer and I can clearly see there is a very robust set of
positions regarding Forums usage. I know we had this conversation before
and felt at the time the Maillist suited the assemblage of current
Ubuntu UK Team members. However in the
The traffic on the official forums is massive, and we are talking about
a sub forum of that.
Caroline
In that case i'll shut up ;)
Paul
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ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
On 03/11/06, Joseph Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Also is there anyone who has assumed the lead of ubuntu-uk?
Are you putting your hand up for the job? :-)
Perhaps we should have a vote? There are probably a few people who
would like this title.
Pete
--
ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Pete Ryland wrote:
On 03/11/06, Joseph Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Also is there anyone who has assumed the lead of ubuntu-uk?
Are you putting your hand up for the job? :-)
Perhaps we should have a vote? There are probably a few people who
would like this title.
Pete
I
Pete,
Pete Ryland wrote:
On 03/11/06, Joseph Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Also is there anyone who has assumed the lead of ubuntu-uk?
Are you putting your hand up for the job? :-)
Perhaps we should have a vote? There are probably a few people who
would like this title.
Nik Butler is
Nik,
Nicholas Butler wrote:
My personal preferences are to use the Mailing list, however if a Forum
exists I will make sure I drop in and keep an eye on it and let people
know about the mailing list and the archvies and the thriving
communication we have here as well as the IRC Channels.
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 06:56:21PM +, Tony Arnold wrote:
Nik,
Nicholas Butler wrote:
My personal preferences are to use the Mailing list, however if a Forum
exists I will make sure I drop in and keep an eye on it and let people
know about the mailing list and the archvies and the
Tony Arnold wrote:
Pete,
Pete Ryland wrote:
On 03/11/06, Joseph Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Also is there anyone who has assumed the lead of ubuntu-uk?
Are you putting your hand up for the job? :-)
Perhaps we should have a vote? There are probably a few people who
would like this
Now if we have forums we could set up a vote ;-)
Dom
Paul Mellors wrote:
Tony Arnold wrote:
Pete,
Pete Ryland wrote:
On 03/11/06, Joseph Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Also is there anyone who has assumed the lead of ubuntu-uk?
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 08:45:12PM +, Paul Mellors wrote:
I've no problem with Nik leading the group, however perhaps there should
be a more formal voting system so we don't actually leave anyone out?
[dont know what or how]
Of course the obvious question is how do the other loco teams
On 03/11/06, Nik Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I had kinda of assumed that I was taking on the role since Id asked at
the start and was taking on the responsiblity of trying to get the UK
Team Approved ?
Apologies, I must have missed that mail. By all means, that would be
fine by me. It
Dominic Forrest wrote:
I've no problem with Nik leading the group, however perhaps there should
be a more formal voting system so we don't actually leave anyone out?
[dont know what or how]
Now if we have forums we could set up a vote ;-)
We already have that facility anyway -
Talk
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Uk Loco team forums
On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 12:44 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I fully support the creation of an Ubuntu -UK forum. It will increase
the people involved in Ubuntu-UK tenfold.
Caroline
My experience with forums, is that you create them
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
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.
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
Hey,
My biggest issue with the Ubuntu forums overall is this:
vBulletin Version 3.6.2. ©2000 - 2006, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
vBulletin is a proprietary project and as such I tend to avoided the use
of the Ubuntu forums on the basis that its not good advertising for the
ideals behind Ubuntu if
Joseph Price wrote:
Hey there... i'm PriceChild, a moderator from ubuntuforums.org if you
know of me...
I've just seen this annoucement:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=290685
I remember lots of discussion which just petered out about whether its a
good idea.
This could be a
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