Re: [ubuntu-uk] LinuxWorld London 2006 Update for 24th September

2006-09-25 Thread john levin
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

[ubuntu-marketing] Accounting/Bookkeeping software (was Re: Ubuntu software packages)

2006-09-25 Thread john levin
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

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: UK Free Software Network broadband

2006-09-14 Thread john levin
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

[ubuntu-uk] Software Freedom Day, September 16th

2006-08-26 Thread john levin
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

[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [Gllug] [ANNOUCEMENT] 16th Sept - Software Freedom Day 2006]

2006-08-25 Thread john levin
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

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Community metrics - how OpenSolaris does it

2006-08-16 Thread john levin
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,

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Community metrics - how OpenSolaris does it

2006-08-11 Thread john levin
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,

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Listing Ubuntu Friendly Hardware Suppliers

2006-08-04 Thread john levin
/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

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Listing Ubuntu Friendly Hardware Suppliers

2006-08-04 Thread john levin
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

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Fridge icons

2006-07-28 Thread john levin
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

[ubuntu-marketing] Fridge question

2006-07-28 Thread john levin
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

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] The Fridge needs you!

2006-07-25 Thread john levin
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

2006-07-02 Thread John Levin
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]

2006-05-24 Thread john levin
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

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FTP connection to fasthosts

2006-05-10 Thread john levin
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

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Introduction and question!

2006-05-07 Thread john levin
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

Re: [ubuntu-uk] FW: UK Team ubuntu

2006-04-03 Thread john levin
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

[ubuntu-uk] FOSS Means Business (Belfast)

2006-02-20 Thread john levin
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

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Laptops in the UK

2006-01-26 Thread john levin
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

Re: [ubuntu-uk] USB TV stick and installing the (latest?) kernel

2006-01-26 Thread john levin
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

[ubuntu-uk] FYI: Birmingham: Seminar: How Free and Open Source Software can help your organisation. 5th Dec.]

2005-11-20 Thread john levin
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

[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [Gllug] UK Linux Open Source Awards 2005]

2005-08-30 Thread john levin
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:

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