Terry http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/open-source-procurement-toolkit
>Now that is a step forward, if nothing else is :-) Another possible step is the planned internal HMG Open Source events highlighted here: http://ossg.bcs.org/wp-content/uploads/Issue-2-Oct-11.pdf I'll try and get along to the next DLUG meeting about this as a detailed explanation to Civil Servants about what a LUG can offer maybe could be incorporated intp one of these planned internal HMG events. Cheers Mark Elkins ________________________________ From: "dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk" <dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk> To: dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk Sent: Saturday, 5 November 2011, 12:00 Subject: dorset Digest, Vol 408, Issue 4 Send dorset mailing list submissions to dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk You can reach the person managing the list at dorset-ow...@mailman.lug.org.uk When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of dorset digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Open Source Government Policy - New Version Released (Terry Coles) 2. Encrypted DVDs in Ubuntu (CPK Smithies) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:42:16 +0000 From: Terry Coles <d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk> Subject: [Dorset] Open Source Government Policy - New Version Released To: dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk Message-ID: <2411253.71VMoiTSbQ@beige> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi, The cabinet office have just released an updated policy about OSS see http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/open-source-procurement- toolkit. In short, they have strengthened the requirement to use OSS rather than proprietary solutions, although they don't go as far as saying OSS is better. What they do say is that if a proprietary solution is no better than an OSS alternative, after taking into account TCO and other factors, then the OSS solution must be selected. At the link there is a toolkit of documents to help departments make the decision. Of particular interest is that the documents are provided in PDF and ODF formats, but not doc or docx. Now that is a step forward, if nothing else is :-) -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:45:31 +0000 From: CPK Smithies <c...@smithies.org> Subject: [Dorset] Encrypted DVDs in Ubuntu To: dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk Message-ID: <1320425131.29988.6.camel@p2cs> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Thanks to Andrew Morgan for mention of vobcopy. Ubuntu users are probably used to the chore of reinstalling libdvdcss2 after each system upgrade. In case it is of wider utility, I offer below a shell script that I have in my personal bin directory: ((begins)) #! /bin/bash sudo wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list \ http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list \ && sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet \ --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring \ && sudo apt-get --quiet update sudo apt-get --yes install w64codecs libdvdcss2 ((ends)) Regards to all, CPKS ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ dorset mailing list dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset End of dorset Digest, Vol 408, Issue 4 ************************************** -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-12-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
