Re: [Dorset] Hello from Bournemouth Ubuntu user

2010-08-14 Thread John Carlyle-Clarke
On 12/08/10 08:13, Natalie Hooper wrote: Hello everybody, My name's Natalie and I've been using Linux on and off since 2005. I now live in Bournemouth, having moved down from London a couple of months ago. I first used Debian between 2005 and 2007 then I switched back to Windows due to new

Re: [Dorset] Hello from Bournemouth Ubuntu user

2010-08-14 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday 12 Aug 2010, Natalie Hooper wrote: My name's Natalie and I've been using Linux on and off since 2005. I now live in Bournemouth, having moved down from London a couple of months ago. Can I add my welcome to the group. I hope you are enjoying your new home. In London, I used to

Re: [Dorset] Hello from Bournemouth Ubuntu user

2010-08-14 Thread Peter Merchant
Well, I guess I'll chuck in my two-bits worth. The Tivoli in Wimborne Hosts groups sometimes, worth looking at http://www.tivoliwimborne.co.uk/ And Welcome. Peter On Sat, 2010-08-14 at 10:19 +0100, Natalie Hooper wrote: That looks like a really cool festival indeed! Too late for this year

Re: [Dorset] Hello from Bournemouth Ubuntu user

2010-08-14 Thread Peter Merchant
On Sat, 2010-08-14 at 10:19 +0100, Natalie Hooper wrote: That looks like a really cool festival indeed! Too late for this year (we have other plans that week-end) but maybe another year... I'm not keen on big festivals - had too many experiences going to a festival wanting to see a band only

Re: [Dorset] Hello from Bournemouth Ubuntu user

2010-08-14 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 14/08/10 10:19, Natalie Hooper wrote: That looks like a really cool festival indeed! Too late for this year (we have other plans that week-end) but maybe another year... I'm not keen on big festivals - had too many experiences going to a festival wanting to see a band only to find myself at

Re: [Dorset] Hello from Bournemouth Ubuntu user

2010-08-14 Thread Natalie Hooper
On 14 August 2010 10:19, Terry Coles d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote: Great decision! However, have you seen the news about the Oracle/Google patent case? (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/13/oracle_google_java_prosecution/) Personally, I'm totally against software patents and if this

[Dorset] Hello from Bournemouth Ubuntu user

2010-08-12 Thread Natalie Hooper
Hello everybody, My name's Natalie and I've been using Linux on and off since 2005. I now live in Bournemouth, having moved down from London a couple of months ago. I first used Debian between 2005 and 2007 then I switched back to Windows due to new hardware incompatibility issues. In late 2008,

Re: [Dorset] Hello from Bournemouth Ubuntu user

2010-08-12 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 12/08/10 08:13, Natalie Hooper wrote: What else to say in an introduction? I love music, I like different styles though I don't like r'n'b/hip-hop/urban music much, and I'm trying to find out about good live music venues in Bournemouth Southampton, so any tip welcome! Hi Natalie, Welcome

Re: [Dorset] Hello from Bournemouth Ubuntu user

2010-08-12 Thread Victor Churchill
Hi and welcome Natalie, the range of musical interests in the group are I suspect as diverse as the choice of linux variants and boxes to run it on! (Having said that, I too am actually on the Ubuntu train too. But increasingly interested in lighter alternatives as my ageing hardware struggles to

Re: [Dorset] Hello from Bournemouth Ubuntu user

2010-08-12 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 12/08/10 12:17, Victor Churchill wrote: Can't add to what Sean has said on the music score really - I don't actually do much live music (apart from opera!) these days - but for those with sufficiently long and hazy memories I did notice that Daevid Allen (Gong etc) is doing a couple of gigs

Re: [Dorset] Hello from Bournemouth Ubuntu user

2010-08-12 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Natalie, Welcome to the LUG. Victor already mentioned dotDorset. There site is http://dotdorset.org/. They used to have regular pub meets around Dorset but that's dropped back a bit recently as Mark Ng left for the USA. We have monthly pub meets. Anywhere from four to a dozen or more

Re: [Dorset] Hello from Bournemouth Ubuntu user

2010-08-12 Thread alex_bebb
Hi Natalie, What else to say in an introduction? I love music, I like different styles though I don't like r'n'b/hip-hop/urban music much, and I'm trying to find out about good live music venues in Bournemouth Southampton, so any tip welcome! Do you like folk music? Or does that go in the

Re: [Dorset] Hello from Bournemouth Ubuntu user

2010-08-12 Thread Natalie Hooper
@Sean: Thanks for the tips re: venues. I have been to the BIC once already (went to see Pet Shop Boys) and I've noticed the O2 though I haven't had the occasion to go there yet. I might also go and see Madness and Scissor Sisters (both at the BIC). @Alex: I very much prefer folk music to