Re: [ubuntu-uk] un subscribe

2006-11-09 Thread Sean Miller
richard merrix wrote: > hi, i dont wanna do this n e more as i only want emails from my > friends can i please unsubscibe Is there a technical issue with unsubscribing? Has "yer man with the top posts" finally made it away or is he still fuming in the corner too? He seemed to suggest he kept tr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 11:30:54PM +, Alan Pope wrote: > http://quickones.org/videos/20061108_installing_updates.ogg (10.7MB) > http://quickones.org/videos/20061108_installing_updates.mpeg (34.4MB) > Added:- http://quickones.org/videos/20061108_installing_updates_audio_only.ogg (3.1MiB) aud

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation

2006-11-09 Thread Mike Preston
Eamonn Sullivan wrote: > On 11/9/06, Gary Kearley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am moving very soon, into an area which has NTL Cable, now I've never >> had Cable before and need to know what I am dealing with. >> > > I use Blueyonder, in the London area, which is part of Tele

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation

2006-11-09 Thread Mike Preston
Gary Kearley wrote: > Hi, > > I am moving very soon, into an area which has NTL Cable, now I've never > had Cable before and need to know what I am dealing with. > > Would it be possible for someone who has NTL cable to describe, with > pictures if at all possible, the install and kit. > Basicly

[ubuntu-uk] Thursday night movie

2006-11-09 Thread Alan Pope
Ok, so it's a screencast, not a movie. Tonight is "Installing Flash Player 7 and 9 (beta) on Ubuntu". http://quickones.org/videos/20061109_installing_flash.mpeg (70.8MiB) (ouch!) http://quickones.org/videos/20061109_installing_flash.ogg (23.1MiB) http://quickones.org/videos/20061109_installing_f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Tony Arnold
Alan Pope wrote: > Yeah, I am thinking of doing one on installation using the alternate cd > rather than the live > one. Simply because the alternate one has so many more options that people > might need whereas > the live installer is pretty basic and not fun to watch. I was wondering abou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 09:11:47PM +, alan c wrote: > agreed yes, an da topic I discuss with real newcomers is about the > wonders of installation and partitions. There are many different > circumstances, and each can be handled with some text and some screen > shots. Install is the biggest anx

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 09:07:07PM +, alan c wrote: > charity calendar pictures in swimsuits? :-) I suspect we'd get paid *not* to release that! :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread alan c
Alan Pope wrote: > On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 08:43:03PM +, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: >> On 09/11/06, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 07:59:05PM +, alan c wrote: >> > Cool, don't forget to make suggestions as to what you think should go in >> > them. I'm basi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread alan c
Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > On 09/11/06, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 07:59:05PM +, alan c wrote: >> Cool, don't forget to make suggestions as to what you think should go in >> them. I'm basically >> working through my own list, but if anyone suggests *simple

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 08:43:03PM +, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > On 09/11/06, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 07:59:05PM +, alan c wrote: > > Cool, don't forget to make suggestions as to what you think should go in > > them. I'm basically > > working throu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
On 09/11/06, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 07:59:05PM +, alan c wrote: > Cool, don't forget to make suggestions as to what you think should go in > them. I'm basically > working through my own list, but if anyone suggests *simple* topics for > recording I'll c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 07:59:05PM +, alan c wrote: > Nicholas Butler wrote: > > [...] > > > In my mind I feel that we could do with something like a new member > > information pack something which at first does not intimidate with a > > plethora of things to know but also can serve as a ju

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 19, Issue 36

2006-11-09 Thread William Topping
t;iso-8859-1" hi, i dont wanna do this n e more as i only want emails from my friends can i please unsubscibe_Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread alan c
Alan Pope wrote: > On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 11:30:54PM +, Alan Pope wrote: >> I am also currently uploading the video to Google, as I believe this can >> help raise the > > It's live already:- > > http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=453662309640788290&hl=en-GB Really nice Alan, well d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread alan c
Alan Pope wrote: > On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 12:37:25PM +, Jonathan Roberts wrote: >> Hey, >> >> I've just watched the screen cast and thought it was really good! Don't >> really think you need to make any changes to the splash screen, although >> with the idea of pretty as a feature being thr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread alan c
Nicholas Butler wrote: [...] > In my mind I feel that we could do with something like a new member > information pack something which at first does not intimidate with a > plethora of things to know but also can serve as a jumping off point > from FAQs ( these vary in their usefulness ! ) to W

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Guardian letter published re more open source information :-)

2006-11-09 Thread Greg Dash
thats awesome that your letter got published, you make a good point, Open Source is't just a hobby thing anymore, nor was it 10 years ago, but hey, everyone has lag! :P On 09/11/06, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am joyful to say that my letter to the Guardian Technology sectionasking for mor

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Guardian letter published re more open source information :-)

2006-11-09 Thread Nik Butler
alan c wrote: > The paper version is abridged, but reads well. > :-) > Fabboo! Speaking as a times reader Id like to add that as a Goal to our plan. We should be contacting more of the press and the Beeb and telling them more about open source events and activities. Cheers Nik --

[ubuntu-uk] Guardian letter published re more open source information :-)

2006-11-09 Thread alan c
I am joyful to say that my letter to the Guardian Technology section asking for more about Open Source has been published! Today Open Source, tomorrow, Ubuntu. 9th Nov 2006 http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2006/11/09/this_weeks_letters_in_full.html#more 'GOOGLE’S OPEN SOURCE MAN' T

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation

2006-11-09 Thread Dominic Forrest
Hi, I should declare an interest here as I work for ntl:Telewest. The cable installation is fairly straightforward: A Coaxial cable will be run to your house and "split" so that two seperate cables are run to: a) Your STB for the TV b) Your cable modem A seperate t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] un subscribe

2006-11-09 Thread tim matthews
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk richard merrix wrote: > hi, i dont wanna do this n e more as i only want emails from my > friends can i please unsubscibe > > > > Be one of the first to try Windows Live

[ubuntu-uk] un subscribe

2006-11-09 Thread richard merrix
hi, i dont wanna do this n e more as i only want emails from my friends can i please unsubscibe  Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation

2006-11-09 Thread tim matthews
don't cable connections in the UK just use dhcp? with homechoice, we used dhcp. but we had to ditch homechoice since the bandwidth was useless. makes life much easier than using pppoa. tim Gary Kearley wrote: > Hi, > > I am moving very soon, into an area which has NTL Cable, now I've never > h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation

2006-11-09 Thread Eamonn Sullivan
On 11/9/06, David Morley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 09/11/06, Gary Kearley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am moving very soon, into an area which has NTL Cable, now I've never > > had Cable before and need to know what I am dealing with. > > > Cable is pretty good always on inter

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation

2006-11-09 Thread Eamonn Sullivan
On 11/9/06, Gary Kearley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am moving very soon, into an area which has NTL Cable, now I've never > had Cable before and need to know what I am dealing with. I use Blueyonder, in the London area, which is part of Telewest (now owned also by NTL). I have not had

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation

2006-11-09 Thread David Morley
On 09/11/06, Gary Kearley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am moving very soon, into an area which has NTL Cable, now I've never > had Cable before and need to know what I am dealing with. > Cable is pretty good always on internet. Everything should just work if not go into System/Admin/Netw

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Nicholas Butler
> A guy in the states does a podcast called Linux Reality. > http://linuxreality.com/ . He does an > excellent job of covering Linux based stuff in an audio only format. It can > be a little dry at > True story: I had no idea who Ted Heagar ( reverented.wordpress.com ) was when we were ha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 04:18:38PM +, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > Are you hosting them on your own server (&bandwidth)? If so, you may > want to look at using coralcache (& Apache rewrite rules) to reduce > your bandwidth a little. Yes, currently they're on my own paid for hosting. This is fin

[ubuntu-uk] NTL Cable installation

2006-11-09 Thread Gary Kearley
Hi, I am moving very soon, into an area which has NTL Cable, now I've never had Cable before and need to know what I am dealing with. Would it be possible for someone who has NTL cable to describe, with pictures if at all possible, the install and kit. IE I'm going to order the 3 for £30 offer t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
On 09/11/06, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 03:27:31PM +, Tony Arnold wrote: > > I certainly think we should find an Ubuntu branded home for these screen > > casts, if only so we all have a single place to look for such things and > > don't have to remember/bookm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 04:13:50PM +, Stuart Parkington wrote: > >> I certainly think we should find an Ubuntu branded home for these screen > >> casts, > > I think eventually a Ubuntu branded home would certainly be best. If > nothing else Alan's credits screen at the end of the 'case would

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Stuart Parkington
>> I certainly think we should find an Ubuntu branded home for these screen >> casts, I think eventually a Ubuntu branded home would certainly be best. If nothing else Alan's credits screen at the end of the 'case would then point viewers in the direction of the main Ubuntu site. Top job Alan B

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 03:27:31PM +, Tony Arnold wrote: > I certainly think we should find an Ubuntu branded home for these screen > casts, if only so we all have a single place to look for such things and > don't have to remember/bookmark different URLs. > > I have no idea where the right pl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Tony Arnold
Alan, Alan Pope wrote: > I've made this one available in both OGG/Theora/Vorbis and MPEG/MPEG2/MP2 > format. Hopefully this > should mean people can play it with little or no effort on any platform. I'd > be interested to > hear feedback from people about platforms and/or players they play on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Tony Arnold
Jonathan Roberts wrote: > I know I've said this about the screencasts on this list before, but I > really think any one making them should post them to > http://ubuntuclips.org/ as well: otherwise I worry we'll be duplicating > efforts. Just a thought. I certainly think we should find an Ubu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 12:37:25PM +, Jonathan Roberts wrote: > Hey, > > I've just watched the screen cast and thought it was really good! Don't > really think you need to make any changes to the splash screen, although > with the idea of pretty as a feature being thrown around by Mark > Sh

Re: [ubuntu-uk] New screencast on installing updates

2006-11-09 Thread Jonathan Roberts
Hey, I've just watched the screen cast and thought it was really good! Don't really think you need to make any changes to the splash screen, although with the idea of pretty as a feature being thrown around by Mark Shuttleworth and the like maybe it would be a nice extra (although I have zero

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC and open formats??

2006-11-09 Thread gord
Sounds encouraging, don't forget to let anyone that needs to know that there are many people (us included) who are willing to help with any questions they might possibly have :). On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 11:02 +, Ben Lovell wrote: > Hi All, > > First let me state I work for BBC Worldwide, i've b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC and open formats??

2006-11-09 Thread gord
Sounds encouraging, don't forget to let anyone that needs to know that there are many people (us included) who are willing to help with any questions they might possibly have :). On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 11:02 +, Ben Lovell wrote: > Hi All, > > First let me state I work for BBC Worldwide, i've b