Re: [Hampshire] Novatech - Ubuntu good news?

2012-01-17 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:25:52 + alan c wrote: Hello alan, > Anyone read '1984' lately? Why? We're living it! ;-) -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent" I'll be the paint on the side if you'll be the tin Love Son

Re: [Hampshire] Novatech - Ubuntu good news?

2012-01-17 Thread alan c
On 16/01/12 16:34, Stephen Davies wrote: [...] > Jacqui is right, they might have answered as they did because you have > to remember that the MS Offices are less than half a mile away as the > crow flies. Anyone read '1984' lately? -- alan cocks Ubuntu user (but be careful not to tell anyone!)

Re: [Hampshire] Novatech - Ubuntu good news?

2012-01-16 Thread hantslug
On Monday 16 January 2012 16:34:05 Stephen Davies wrote: > I've always found the staff at Novatech very techincally aware. And very helpful. In addition, I have several times had helpful advice about Linux; and Linux using Novatech staff sometimes showed up on the Linux Novatech forum. (Probab

Re: [Hampshire] Novatech - Ubuntu good news?

2012-01-16 Thread Stephen Davies
I've always found the staff at Novatech very techincally aware. I was in the Reading Store recently sorting out a case and cooler for my Vmware ESXi server. I got lots of help making sure that the bits I bought were going to fit together (Heatsink not too tall). I now have a 6 core AMD based rig

Re: [Hampshire] Novatech - Ubuntu good news?

2012-01-16 Thread Jacqui Caren
On 13/01/2012 23:25, alan c wrote: As an aside comment, when I have previously asked a random rep in the Reading store how many of his colleagues used Ubuntu he answered that 'they all use Windows'. I am pretty sure this is incorrect - I mainly use linux for servers and have discussed raid opti

Re: [Hampshire] Novatech - Ubuntu good news?

2012-01-14 Thread alan c
On 14/01/12 08:45, Ian Grody wrote: > they had fedora, mandriva and Ubuntu live CDs for those few of us that > wanted to poke Come on, folks, let's make the 'few of us' into a few more? -- alan cocks -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mail

Re: [Hampshire] Novatech - Ubuntu good news?

2012-01-14 Thread Ian Grody
I've found novatech in portsmouth that a few of their floor staff are versed on Linux. Two years ago when I bought one their branded no-name laptops they had fedora, mandriva and Ubuntu live CDs for those few of us that wanted to poke. They won't let you use your own "firestick" etc. In case it

Re: [Hampshire] Novatech - Ubuntu good news?

2012-01-13 Thread alan c
On 13/01/12 21:32, Samuel Penn wrote: > On Friday 13 January 2012 12:50:12 alan c wrote: >> With a current thread I have seen about laptop buying in mind, I >> called in to Novatech Reading on my travels. I spoke to the Manager >> Alex Burrows. I had discussed Ubuntu etc with him on a previous >>

Re: [Hampshire] Novatech - Ubuntu good news?

2012-01-13 Thread Samuel Penn
On Friday 13 January 2012 12:50:12 alan c wrote: > With a current thread I have seen about laptop buying in mind, I > called in to Novatech Reading on my travels. I spoke to the Manager > Alex Burrows. I had discussed Ubuntu etc with him on a previous > occasion or two over the years and received

Re: [Hampshire] Novatech - Ubuntu good news?

2012-01-13 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 13 January 2012 12:50, alan c wrote: > With a current thread I have seen about laptop buying in mind, I > called in to Novatech Reading on my travels. I spoke to the Manager > Alex Burrows.  I had discussed Ubuntu etc with him on a previous > occasion or two over the years and received agreemen

[Hampshire] Novatech - Ubuntu good news?

2012-01-13 Thread alan c
With a current thread I have seen about laptop buying in mind, I called in to Novatech Reading on my travels. I spoke to the Manager Alex Burrows. I had discussed Ubuntu etc with him on a previous occasion or two over the years and received agreement in principle to try out Ubuntu on specific kit