Dear all
I just wanted to thank Ally for publicly asking the oft-debated with some
good points, then Vic for starting the replies going with an excellent and
understanding response pitched at just the right level.
Thank you to the rest of the responders so far - very informative and
varying
On 14/02/2013 02:22, Keith Edmunds wrote:
We get people applying for jobs, and sending CVs in in Word format.
That doesn't (yet) automatically rule them out, but it tells us a lot
about them before we've even looked at the CV.
Hm, I should defend those people.
Most of the employment agencies
On 14/02/13 09:35, Gordon Scott wrote:
On 14/02/2013 02:22, Keith Edmunds wrote:
We get people applying for jobs, and sending CVs in in Word format.
That doesn't (yet) automatically rule them out, but it tells us a lot
about them before we've even looked at the CV.
Hm, I should defend those
On 14/02/13 09:52, Chris Malton wrote:
I know the feeling, my CV is part-compiled by LaTeX to PDF - and
unfortunately this is incompatible with many people. I got told
yesterday that I couldn't apply for a job because my CV wasn't in Word
format. and I was applying for a job as a Linux
I quite like storing my cv in markdown, it's plain text and easy to read
even in the raw format, easy to version control unlike compressed formats
like word and you can convert it to many different formats including html
and pdf and possibly word (if not you can always copy and paste).
On 14 Feb
Other companies take PDFs and strip all formatting, as I discovered to
my detriment
Think yourself lucky. I had an agent strip an entire page from my CV once,
and had the interviewer repeatedly complain that I'd done nothing for 3
years after University.
I lost count of the number of
On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:53:06 - (GMT)
Vic l...@beer.org.uk wrote:
Other companies take PDFs and strip all formatting, as I discovered
to my detriment
Think yourself lucky. I had an agent strip an entire page from my CV
once, and had the interviewer repeatedly complain that I'd
On 14 February 2013 10:53, Vic l...@beer.org.uk wrote:
Other companies take PDFs and strip all formatting, as I discovered to
my detriment
Think yourself lucky. I had an agent strip an entire page from my CV once,
and had the interviewer repeatedly complain that I'd done nothing for 3
On 2013-02-14 12:18, Chris Liddell wrote:
On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:53:06 - (GMT)
Vic l...@beer.org.uk wrote:
Other companies take PDFs and strip all formatting, as I
discovered
to my detriment
Think yourself lucky. I had an agent strip an entire page from my CV
once, and had the
On 2013-02-13 17:31, Lisi wrote:
On Wednesday 13 February 2013 22:02:32 Alan Pope wrote:
I recently (1.5 years ago) installed Ubuntu for a retired chap who
had
only ever used Windows. He requested it because he was sick of
viruses
and slow-downs of Windows. I printed out a getting started
The TV I bought way back in '08 runs Linux beneath the hood. I didn't know this
until I noticed all the legal notices at the end of the instruction manual...
I've not tried hacking into it yet, waiting until I can afford to replace it...
On 14 Feb 2013, at 15:06, j...@osml.eu wrote:
On
On 2013-02-13 17:02, Alan Pope wrote:
Hi Ally,
On 13/02/13 16:31, Ally Biggs wrote:
Do you guys ever think there will be a day that Linux will be as
popular as Windows in the desktop market.
Given Windows has ~90%+ market share, I fail to see how
mathematically any other distro can be as
On 14/02/13 15:06, j...@osml.eu wrote:
...and it's getting even easier, ne' the Chromebook. (groan issues from
the collective group) But it's true. It Linux Jim, but not as we know
it. A large percentage of the MS Windows using public have waken up to
the fact that they don't need a 8-core
On 2013-02-13 15:23, Brad Rogers wrote:
On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:31:53 +
Ally Biggs bluechr...@hotmail.co.uk wrote:
Hello Ally,
The problem with desktop Linux I think is when the shit hits the fan
and something needs to be configured or a driver needs to be added
your
average user isn't
On 2013-02-14 10:43, Alan Pope wrote:
On 14/02/13 15:06, j...@osml.eu wrote:
...and it's getting even easier, ne' the Chromebook. (groan issues
from
the collective group) But it's true. It Linux Jim, but not as we
know
it. A large percentage of the MS Windows using public have waken up
to
On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:33:58 -0500
j...@osml.eu wrote:
I see a slightly different future for Linux. The desktop, for many,
will disappear. The Chromebook is a V2.0 successor to the Network
Computer. It's a computing device. Read you email: Open a browser
tab for G-Mail. Edit a
On 2013-02-13 11:31, Ally Biggs wrote:
Do you guys ever think there will be a day that Linux will be as
popular as Windows in the desktop market.
Yes, but you may not recognise it.
Personally I can't see this happening anytime soon. This isn't a
personal attack on Linux just want to get some
On 2013-02-14 12:26, john lewis wrote:
On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:33:58 -0500
j...@osml.eu wrote:
I see a slightly different future for Linux. The desktop, for many,
will disappear. The Chromebook is a V2.0 successor to the Network
Computer. It's a computing device. Read you email: Open a
I would defiantly be interested in getting further Linux experience whether it
would be through work experience or volunteering. For me that would be a
awesome position to be in.
At my current role in the past I have been called a Open source evangelist, for
setting up a Ubuntu server which
One question... Do you work for Google?
On Thursday 14 Feb 2013 15:33:58 j...@osml.eu wrote:
I see a slightly different future for Linux. The desktop, for many,
will disappear. The Chromebook is a V2.0 successor to the Network
Computer. It's a computing device. Read you email: Open a
Hello,
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 07:54:17PM +, Tim Brocklehurst wrote:
However, there is good mileage in what we do at the moment, which is to use a
COTS machine (laptop, desktop or whatever) and download the software we wish
to use as a package, which you then install and run. This avoids
On 2013-02-14 15:49, Andy Smith wrote:
Hello,
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 07:54:17PM +, Tim Brocklehurst wrote:
However, there is good mileage in what we do at the moment, which is
to use a
COTS machine (laptop, desktop or whatever) and download the software
we wish
to use as a package, which
On Thursday 14 Feb 2013 20:49:04 Andy Smith wrote:
I agree with you that there is a trade-off, but I just wanted to
point out that compared to devices like a Chromebook, anything you
can build is neither C nor OTS.
By COTS I meant a machine which was not self-built.
The shelves that devices
Trouble with all this advocacy of new devices, is, that their
manufacturers don't intend you to use them above 2 years - their rated
lifecycle, at best.
They expect you to buy something ever-newer, bi-ennially. Which keeps
'em in business. They realized that servers, towers laptops were
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