Re: [Dorset] Bournemouth Pub Meet Tonight, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00.

2011-02-06 Thread Mark Elkins
OpenOffice/LibreOffice Discussed OpenOffice in that may have issues with finer points of formatting. This could be an issue when trying to convince organizations to install Linux on the desktop. Downloaded and installed LibreOffice from LibreOffice site on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS following

Re: [Dorset] Bournemouth Pub Meet Tonight, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00.

2011-02-06 Thread Natalie Hooper
On 6 February 2011 11:38, Robert Bronsdon reash...@gmail.com wrote: OpenOffice/LibreOffice Discussed OpenOffice in that may have issues with finer points of formatting. This could be an issue when trying to convince organizations to install Linux on the desktop. Are the differences

Re: [Dorset] Bournemouth Pub Meet Tonight, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00.

2011-02-05 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, Following on from Natalie's email, some more notes and links from the other night. Thought there was something I forgot... Terry, regarding your 64-bit verbal fisticuffs with a friend here's the article I was thinking of that shows when a 64-bit address space is beneficial.

Re: [Dorset] Bournemouth Pub Meet Tonight, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00.

2011-02-04 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, Following on from Natalie's email, some more notes and links from the other night. If we're the only ones in that snug then ask one of the bar staff to turn off its speaker; its volume is independently controlled and we make enough noise ourselves. :-) Peter Merchant mentioned Evergreen,

Re: [Dorset] Bournemouth Pub Meet Tonight, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00.

2011-02-04 Thread Peter Merchant
On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 12:05 +, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi, Following on from Natalie's email, some more notes and links from the other night. FixMyStreet is a Gov.-sponsored site that funnels your complaints to the appropriate bit of council by email. (I've had success getting severe

Re: [Dorset] Bournemouth Pub Meet Tonight, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00.

2011-02-02 Thread Natalie Hooper
A thoroughly enjoyable evening. Following on from conversations I had with various people last night, here's my notes... - Eclipse IDE current version is 3.6 (Helios) but Ubuntu 10.10 comes with 3.5 (Galileo) in repositories so this is what I use. - I have found a (free) app for FixMyStreet on