Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September
Alan Pope wrote: On the subject of Kubuntu/Ubuntu/Xubuntu, I dont mind installing kubuntu-desktop and xubuntu-desktop on my ubuntu laptop and logon 3 times to allow us to quickly switch between desktops for demos. VMWare Player is your friend. I have images of Ubuntu and Kubuntu 6.06 (they're downloadable from cdimage.ubuntu.com), and hope to make some of Xubuntu Edgy. John -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
[ubuntu-marketing] Accounting/Bookkeeping software (was Re: Ubuntu software packages)
Stan Jordan wrote: I have just one concern with Ubuntu ( which I love...both the software and the philosophy) which is, if Ubuntu is to be used by micro/small/medium sized business, which I would suggest represents a huge number of people worldwide, why is there no bookkeeping/accounting software listed in the download repository. This is the absolutely essential tool of any business, and without it all of these thousands of businesses cannot change to Ubuntu as there is nothing in the Ubuntu repository they can use. Grisbi is on the list, but is only for personal finance. Open source accounting software, Debian based, is available. ( Quasar, being one example ) I see people trying to install this on Ubuntu and the problems they are experiencing from the Ubuntu/Quasar blog. I am at a complete loss to understand why this very large and important segment of the market that Ubuntu could easily exploit to promote the OS is being totally ignored. People like myself are forced to use Suse or Linspire to get this type of software as a simple download/install. Please have someone in your organisation explore this area of software which would lead to a huge increase in the number of Ubuntu devotees. I presume the reason that Quasar isn't in the Ubuntu repositories, is due to licensing. I can't find it in the Debian repos either. Accounting software is one of those black holes in the free software world, all the worse for being essential to many, and is additionally complicated by the need for localized variations, due to differences in tax regimes etc. As such, it's really something that Canonical/Ubuntu should take a leadership role in. Not sure this list is the place to discuss this; I'm cc'ing the developers list about this. And we should ask SABDFL what he uses ;) John -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: UK Free Software Network broadband
Sean Hammond wrote: Anyone here getting broadband from the UK Free software network? http://www.ukfsn.org/ They are (very slightly) cheaper than the Phone Coop or Zen (6 month period plus connection fee). Their cheapest broadband package gives you a 3GB peak time cap, and 30GB off peak cap. Off peak is 10pm to 8am weekdays, and 10pm Friday to 8am Monday. Everyone else seems to just say '2GB per month cap.' (although with Zen you can opt for a slower 256K connection and unlimited bandwidth), The idea is that any profits they make go to supporting free software. Looks like it's just run by one guy. Was just wondering if the service is trustworthy or not. I have broadband from UKFSN, and by and large am very happy with it. Host sites with them too, and whenever there's been a glitch on their end (not very often) it's got sorted quite quickly. HTH John -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
[ubuntu-uk] Software Freedom Day, September 16th
Software Freedom Day is in three weeks time, and there are events planned right around the world, even in the UK. I've already posted London details here (see http://gllug.org.uk/); there are also events being held in Oxford, Cardiff and elsewhere. See http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/teams/europe/uk and http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ for more details. john -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [Gllug] [ANNOUCEMENT] 16th Sept - Software Freedom Day 2006]
A software freedom day event in London, courtesy of GLLUG (Greater London Linux User Group), featuring a talk on Ubuntu by Malcolm Yates. Put it in your diaries. john Original Message Hello, On Saturday 16th September we have a GLLUG meeting starting at 1200. This meeting is the London celebration of Software Freedom Day. SFD is an annual event that takes place in hundreds of locations across the globe. The event celebrates Free Software and our digital freedom. We will be meeting in the south-eastern corner of Regents Park where the Outer Circle meets Park Square East. There is a map of our meeting location here: http://tinyurl.com/l96x7 After meeting we will walk along the Euston Road and Tottenham Court Road handing out leaflets and speading the good word to the London public. At 1300 we will start our monthly technical meeting at the New Cavendish Street campus of Westminster University. This is in the shadow of the BT Tower, the nearest tube stations are Great Portland Street, Warren Street and Goodge Street. You will find a map at: http://gllug.org.uk/uploads/wmin-campus.pdf NOTE: you will need to sign in at the front desk to gain access to the building. More information is available on our website http://www.gllug.org.uk This event is FREE to members and non-members alike. We have 3 speakers confirmed so far for the meeting. Malcolm Yates works for Canonical and will be speaking about the Ubuntu project Jim Bailey is a member of GLLUG and will be speaking on How to install and use the Wordpress weblog application. This talk is aimed at novice to intermediate users of GNU/Linux so if you've never been to a GLLUG meeting before in fear of being overwhelmed with the technical content this one is for you. Simon Morris will be speaking on using encrypted filesystems to secure the contents of USB memory sticks. I am waiting for a few more speakers to confirm before announcing them but this should be a good meeting! Hope to see you there. -- ~sm Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://beerandspeech.org -- Gllug mailing list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Community metrics - how OpenSolaris does it
Matthew Revell wrote: Each month, the OpenSolaris project's marketing guy (Patrick Finch) posts a page of stats. They show what's going on in the OpenSolaris world and how people come across OpenSolaris. Now, OpenSolaris has the advantage that Sun pays a number of people, including Patrick, to work either full time or part time on the project's marketing. However, I'm pretty certain we could get at least some of this data for Ubuntu. Question is: do we want it and, if so, how would we use it? 1: Most of this data seems eminently automatable, so it might not be that much work. 2: Yes, we (or at least I) want it. Aside from the sheer joy of stats, it gives an idea of how big ubuntu is, how it is growing. Geo-location stats should be very useful in working out where to devote resources. Also, just making stats available will be an incentive for someone to mash them up in new and interesting ways. John -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Community metrics - how OpenSolaris does it
Matthew Revell wrote: Each month, the OpenSolaris project's marketing guy (Patrick Finch) posts a page of stats. They show what's going on in the OpenSolaris world and how people come across OpenSolaris. Now, OpenSolaris has the advantage that Sun pays a number of people, including Patrick, to work either full time or part time on the project's marketing. However, I'm pretty certain we could get at least some of this data for Ubuntu. Question is: do we want it and, if so, how would we use it? Do you have a link for that page? I just looked over opensolaris.org, but couldn't find it. TIA John -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Listing Ubuntu Friendly Hardware Suppliers
David Symons wrote: Hi all, I mentioned an Australian LoCo Team initiative to list suppliers of Ubuntu Friendly laptops a while back[1]. The Belgian and UK teams have been doing something similar: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/OsLessLaptopShops https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects/UbuntuFriendlyComputerShops And there's been a thread on lxer about similar things: http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/23168/ My own contribution: http://technolalia.org/resources/uklinuxhardware.html HTH John Levin -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Listing Ubuntu Friendly Hardware Suppliers
David Symons wrote: On 8/4/06, *john levin* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Belgian and UK teams have been doing something similar: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/OsLessLaptopShops https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/OsLessLaptopShops https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects/UbuntuFriendlyComputerShops PS. The 2nd link is actually another Australian Team one. You are forgiven ;-) . Duh. That's what happens when you check your email before drinking coffee. Correct link to UK team page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Hardware John -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Fridge icons
Matthew Revell wrote: The Fridge has a number of categories but only a few have icons. Any thoughts on what icons we can use for the categories? In fact, do we want icons? Projects -- Edubuntu -- Kubuntu -- Launchpad Rosetta Xubuntu can be added here. john -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
[ubuntu-marketing] Fridge question
Hi, Quick question about the Fridge: where should we send suggestions for content? I'm especially thinking about dates for the calendar, of which I have two: Sept 16th: Software Freedom Day Oct 25th-26th: Linux Expo London Regards John -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] The Fridge needs you!
Matthew Revell wrote: Hello all, I've just joined the team of editors at The Fridge (fridge.ubuntu.com). Daniel Robitaille and Jorge O Castro have been asked to take The Fridge in hand and open it up to the community! Who could be better than the Ubuntu Marketing team? For now, it's business as usual. However, the future of The Fridge is in the community's hands. Reply to this thread if you're interested in getting involved! Also, it might be interesting to discuss what The Fridge's purpose should be and how it fits in with plans for Ubuntu Magazine. Look forward to hearing from you. Yes I'm interested in being involved in this, as I've said on the sounder list a number of times. First thing to do is open up the fridge mailing list - no one knows what has been discussed, proposed etc. I've just joined this list, having run the Ubuntu stand at Lug Radio Live 2006 (report coming v. soon). So intro: have done a little bit of everything (wiki cleaning, documentation, bug-reporting, stall-manning) save write code. Regards John Levin -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
[Bug 51603] Re: Dormant feed in example feeds
Forgot to add: this is liferea 1.0.15, on Edgy. john -- Dormant feed in example feeds https://launchpad.net/bugs/51603 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[ubuntu-uk] MANCHESTER: Update of the constitution: introduction to GPLv3]
Event on GPL v.3 in Manchester, Monday May 29th. john Original Message UKUUG is pleased to announce a free evening talk, Update of the constitution: introduction to GPLv3, presented by Georg Greve, founder and President of FSF Europe. When: Monday 29th May 2006, 18:30 for a 19:00 start Where: Cockcroft Theatre The Manchester Conference Centre Weston Building Sackville Street Manchester M1 3BB Please feel free to extend this invitation to any colleagues or friends you think might like to attend. The talk is open to all and there's no need to preregister. Abstract: The GNU General Public License (GPL) invented the concept of Copyleft and is the most popular Free Software license today. After many highly successful years for version 2, the GPL is currently being overhauled to meet the needs of the next decade. The presentation will give an introduction to version 3, the changes made, their reasoning and how to participate in the process to make sure GPLv3 will be the best GPL we can collectively create. About the speaker: In early 2001 Georg Greve initiated the founding of the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE, FSF Europe), the construction and coordination of which has kept him busy on European and global level in past years. Within these activities between technology, politics, society, and economy, Georg Greve was for instance invited as an expert to the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights of the UK government and participated in the first phase of the United Nations (UN) World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) on behalf of the German coordination circle of Civil Society within the German governmental delegation. About UKUUG: UKUUG - the UK's Unix and Open Systems User Group - is a non-profit organization and technical forum for the advocacy of open systems, particularly Unix and Unix-like operating systems, the promotion of free and open-source software, and the advancement of open programming standards and networking protocols. Please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you have any questions about this event. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] FTP connection to fasthosts
john levin wrote: Hi, Does anyone here have a fasthosts account? If so, can you connect to it by Places Connect to Server (on Dapper)? Because I'm not able to; indeed, I'm getting very erratic results; sometimes nautilus crashes. TIA John Seems to be working now; I think I screwed something up. John -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question!
Howard A N Perrin wrote: On Sun, 2006-05-07 at 13:30 +0100, Baza wrote: is there a way of upgrading Evolution to 2.6 on Breezy? Don't! it's rubbish and full of bugs. It's made me move to Thunderbird. What's wrong with it? Importantly for me: does the exchange connector work? Howy There's been a thread on ubuntu sounder about Evo 2.6 and its problems starting here: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/sounder/2006-May/006360.html Personally, Thunderbird is my favoured email client. HTH John -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] FW: UK Team ubuntu
Dean Sas wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pete Ryland wrote: On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 05:42:31 +0100, Grant wrote: Just wanted to see if there was a meeting point/ site for the ubuntu teams. Are you planning any sorts of issues etc. But otherwise I think this list is it! And it's very quiet at best. Strange considering a number of major Ubuntu and Debian developers live here. Perhaps it's time we started to organise meetups? Would anyone else be interested in that? There's a Lonix meetup at the Porterhouse on Wednesday evening, so perhaps we could meet there to discuss? I think there'll be a sizeable contingent at Lugradio Live[0], there's about half a dozen Ubuntu people speaking I think, I know there'll be a few other Ubuntu users attending too. Perhaps a BOF could be organised there to have a chat about any 'issues'. dsas I've put up a proposal for an Ubuntu UK BOF on the LugRadioLive wiki: http://wiki.lugradio.org/index.php/Talk:LUGRadio_Live/2006/Birds_of_a_Feather#UBUNTU_USERS_UK_BOF Add your names if you're interested. There will be free transport to Wolves from around the country: http://wiki.lugradio.org/index.php/LUGRadio_Live/2006/Travel_Sharing#South_Coach so sign up for that as well. John -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
[ubuntu-uk] FOSS Means Business (Belfast)
Perens and Stallman speaking in Belfast, March 16th: The FOSS Means Business conference will take place in Belfast on Thursday the 16th March 2006. It will focus on the adoption and use of Free Software/Open Source Software (FOSS), with particular emphasis on the economic and competitive benefits for both the public and private sector. http://foss-means-business.org/Home John -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Laptops in the UK
Hi, Posted this to The Sounder, but figured it was also appropriate here: The Linux Emporium sells Thinkpads with Ubuntu preinstalled. We sell four basic models of the legendary Thinkpad, all pre-built with Linux. Each model is available with a variety of options: the starting point is to have the machine pre-configured with Ubuntu 5.10, then there are options for having SUSE 10 instead, dual-booting with Windows, and the usual add-ons like extra memory, USB floppy and CD drives, etc. We regret that we do not accept orders for laptop computers from outside the UK. http://linuxemporium.co.uk/products/laptops/ John -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB TV stick and installing the (latest?) kernel
Andrew Golightly wrote: Hey there, I've got a Freecom DVB-T USB stick, and am trying to get it going with Ubuntu. It seems that to get it going I need at least kernel 2.6.13. There is a posting here (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=118324highlight=freecom) about it with, as yet, no solution. So what do you guys recommend? Is there something I can do to the current kernel (2.6.12-10)? Or do I start trying to build my own kernel (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelBuildpackageDetailedHowto)? I'm a newbie. So I'm trying to KISS. And do we know when the next kernel will be released? Dapper (currently 'under construction'; will be released in April) has kernel 2.6.15 - you could download Dapper Flight 3 live cd to try the TV stick. http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/dapper/flight-3/ HTH John -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
[ubuntu-uk] FYI: Birmingham: Seminar: How Free and Open Source Software can help your organisation. 5th Dec.]
FYI, an event on Open Source in Birmingham, Dec 5th. John MOST - Midlands Open Source Technology - Introductory Seminar - http://www.most.org.uk/events/seminar-leaflet.pdf Monday 5 December, BVSC, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham B5 6DR Come along to the one-day introductory seminar, and find out how the new MOST project (see below for launch event details) will be bringing the benefits of Free and Open Source Software to the voluntary sector. *Believe the hype? Free Software - such as the OpenOffice.org office suite, the Mozilla Firefox web browser, and the GNU/Linux operating system - has garnered plenty of publicity lately. However, you may be wondering, what's behind the hype? Can Free Software help your group operate more effectively? Will it bring the trumpeted cost benefits? Is security such a big deal in the voluntary sector? Is Free Software compatible with my current Mac or Windows set-up? And what help and support is available? *Solutions The MOST Introductory Seminar will answer all of these questions for you, and more See Free Software on the desktop, working in a mixed environment. Try the latest desktop accessibility software for those with mobility or visual impairments. Meet Free Software users and experts from the business and voluntary sector. Try a section of our accredited training course. Look out for a discounted introduction to our course Managing ICT as a Resource - featuring a complimentary laptop, running a suite of Free Software applications *Launch Day 5th December also sees the official launch of the MOST project. This will take place during the lunchtime break of the seminar, and all seminar attendees are welcome to join in. See the full range of MOST services, as well as the chance to win a couple of high-tech prizes, with a Free Software twist. *Programme of Events 9.15 - 10.00 Registration 10.00 - 10.05 Welcome (Chairman's introduction) 10.05 - 10.45 Software Freedom - Mark Taylor, chairman, Open Source Consortium 10.45 - 11.25 MOST - Dave Nichols, project leader, introduces MOST 11.25 - 11.40 Coffee and networking 11.40 - 12.20 Training: Removing the Fear of Change - Richard Coubry 12.20 - 1.00 Free Software Desktop - introduction, and accessibility demo 1.00 - 2.00 Lunch, demonstrations of Free Soft Official launch of MOST project 2.00 - 2.40 Web-in-a-box: Zero to Website in 30 minutes 2.40 - 3.20 Wiring up the group. A case study - Alex Hudson 3.20 - 4.00 The Lifeboat - a technical support alliance - Richard Smedley 4.00 - 4.30 Panel debate, and questions MOST introductory Seminar takes place at Birmingham Voluntary Services Council, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham B5 6DR Just 5 minutes walk from New Street station, and other public transport links. *Practical details For directions map and further details download the PDF (550kB) from http://www.most.org.uk/events/seminar-leaflet.pdf Updated information will appear on our website: http://www.most.org.uk/ For bookings contact Rob Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [Gllug] UK Linux Open Source Awards 2005]
FYI, UK Linux Open Source Awards; open for all to vote in, nominations closing shortly. John - Forwarded message from Alex Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:26:46 +0100 From: Alex Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OSC-Members] UK Linux Open Source Awards 2005 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi everyone. The awards in question are closing for nominations in a few days: http://www.linuxawards.co.uk/content/view/15/44/ Please take the time out to go vote in the reader section, and/or put forward a nomination to the judging panel. There are many great free software projects out there, and it would be great to see lots of different nominations. Also, feel free to forward this request to your local LUG/whoever if you've not seen posts about these awards. Thanks! Alex. -- Alex Hudson IT Director, Stratagia Ltd. P: 0845 226 17 13 W: http://www.stratagia.co.uk/ F: 0845 226 17 14 E: alex (at) stratagia.co.uk - End forwarded message - -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
