Re: [ubuntu-uk] Children In Need

2006-11-11 Thread alan c
Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > I was wondering if any of the members on here are going to do something > Linux related for Children In Need? > > I can't recall who mentioned the idea of doing an install day in aid of > Children In Need. I mentioned it to my local LUG although there was > on

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How I made the screencasts

2006-11-11 Thread David Morley
Another point you may wish to add is you need to build xvidcap from source if your running amd 64 bit Ubuntu. -- Seek That Thy Might Know -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How I made the screencasts

2006-11-11 Thread Andy
Just given it a quick read. Looks good, I will have to read it more carefully when I actually put it into practice. A couple of points you seem to have a lot of qemu images, first you create 1, then copy it and make read only. then you say you make another copy for each demo Do you delete this a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How I made the screencasts

2006-11-11 Thread David Morley
On 11/11/06, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right, I've written up what I did to create the screencasts. > > http://popey.com/Creating_Screencasts > > Comments here or on the blog welcome. > > Initial reaction I suspect will be of the order of "WTF!" or "You did *how* > much for a 5 min >

[ubuntu-uk] How I made the screencasts

2006-11-11 Thread Alan Pope
Right, I've written up what I did to create the screencasts. http://popey.com/Creating_Screencasts Comments here or on the blog welcome. Initial reaction I suspect will be of the order of "WTF!" or "You did *how* much for a 5 min video!?". However a lot of it is prep, the actual recording is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Children In Need

2006-11-11 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
On 11/11/06, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hopefully with little events like this we'll be able to spread the word > and do a bit for charity at the same time. I think it's a great idea - don't be put off by a lukewarm reception in some parts, it's often a sign you're doing something new.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Children In Need

2006-11-11 Thread Greg Dash
A nice idea, I think sessions like that is a great way for people to try out and learn about FLOSS, I would pop alone (Im down in cornwall) but Newton Abbot is a bit too north for me :-P On 11/11/06, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi folks,I was wondering if any of the members on here are go

[ubuntu-uk] Children In Need

2006-11-11 Thread Rob Beard
Hi folks, I was wondering if any of the members on here are going to do something Linux related for Children In Need? I can't recall who mentioned the idea of doing an install day in aid of Children In Need. I mentioned it to my local LUG although there was only slight interest. Anyway, I de

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

2006-11-11 Thread alan c
Pete Ryland wrote: > On a slightly-related note, the BBC is holding a Christmas Geek Bash: > > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2006/11/christmas_party.html > > It might be a good place to meet people who have influence over their > website policy. > > It's being organised in association

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thursday night movie

2006-11-11 Thread Alan Pope
On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 01:19:54PM +, Andy wrote: > Just had a quick go at a screencast myself. > How to change the desktop background (yes I know its simple, but I > thought I would start out small). > All I need to do is find some way of editing the mpeg file, there's > some stuff at the begi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thursday night movie

2006-11-11 Thread Andy
Just had a quick go at a screencast myself. How to change the desktop background (yes I know its simple, but I thought I would start out small). All I need to do is find some way of editing the mpeg file, there's some stuff at the beginning and end that needs trimming. I also need to add audio to i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thursday night movie

2006-11-11 Thread Pete Ryland
On 11/11/06, Norman Silverstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks to everyone for their help and advice. Having gone to the website > I left clicked on the title I wanted and then right clicked on the video > file and saved it to disc. Plays well using Movie Player. > > I believe this could be ve

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

2006-11-11 Thread Pete Ryland
On a slightly-related note, the BBC is holding a Christmas Geek Bash: http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2006/11/christmas_party.html It might be a good place to meet people who have influence over their website policy. It's being organised in association with such people as: Swedish Beer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thursday night movie

2006-11-11 Thread Norman Silverstone
> > I think Al said something about making a webpage with the links on > > them at some point, when that page exists you can right click on it in > > FireFox. > > > > Correct. It's done. http://quickones.org/ > > Click the title of one you want to download (or the read more link) then you > ca