Re: [ubuntu-uk] Children In Need fund raising, following Linux World Expo.

2006-11-17 Thread Nik Butler
> To be honest I wondered why eBay wasn't being used. I think they donate > any of their fees to charity when you set up your auction as being for > charity. > A few people came back and commented that they wouldnt use Ebay I had no strong arguements for or against and yes I would like to ha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Children In Need fund raising, following Linux World Expo.

2006-11-17 Thread Dean Sas
Caroline Ford wrote: > On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 22:04 +, Dean Sas wrote: >> Nik Butler wrote: >>> Okay So , A little late but not out of time here is the link to the >>> little Charity drive I suggested at Linux World Expo . >>> >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/CharityWork/ChildrenInNeedTShirt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Children In Need fund raising, following Linux World Expo.

2006-11-17 Thread Caroline Ford
On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 22:04 +, Dean Sas wrote: > Nik Butler wrote: > > Okay So , A little late but not out of time here is the link to the > > little Charity drive I suggested at Linux World Expo . > > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/CharityWork/ChildrenInNeedTShirt > > > > Cool, > I've

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Children In Need fund raising, following Linux World Expo.

2006-11-17 Thread Dean Sas
Nik Butler wrote: > Okay So , A little late but not out of time here is the link to the > little Charity drive I suggested at Linux World Expo . > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/CharityWork/ChildrenInNeedTShirt > Cool, I've submitted a quick story to the fridge about this, so hopefully we'l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Docs for Malone/Launchpad

2006-11-17 Thread Dean Sas
Neil Greenwood wrote: > Hello all, > > Are there any docs explaining how to use Launchpad, specifically > Malone? https://help.launchpad.net/ They're not very good at the minute though. > I can't find out how to change the status of bugs I've raised, > such as closing one! There's a bug filed

Re: [ubuntu-uk] logging into my pc (ubuntu) via another windows pc?

2006-11-17 Thread Alan Pope
On Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 07:58:14PM +, Sean Miller wrote: > STONE COLD wrote: > > Heres what i want to do..i want to log in to my ubuntu enabled pc via a > > windows terminal over an internet connection...can it be done..and if so > > how? > > > You'll need a static IP first to enable you t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Children In Need fund raising, following Linux World Expo.

2006-11-17 Thread Paul Mellors
Nik Butler wrote: > Okay So , A little late but not out of time here is the link to the > little Charity drive I suggested at Linux World Expo . > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/CharityWork/ChildrenInNeedTShirt > > Im closing the auction next Friday which gives everyone time to Bid for > th

[ubuntu-uk] Children In Need fund raising, following Linux World Expo.

2006-11-17 Thread Nik Butler
Okay So , A little late but not out of time here is the link to the little Charity drive I suggested at Linux World Expo . https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/CharityWork/ChildrenInNeedTShirt Im closing the auction next Friday which gives everyone time to Bid for the T Shirt. If anyone has pictur

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Friday afternoon thread: What *should* be in feisty?

2006-11-17 Thread Robbo
On 17 Nov 2006, at 15:27, Alan Pope wrote: > So we know that at the Ubuntu Developer conference they sit down > and thrash out what they would like to see in Feisty. > > How about you lot, what do you want to see in the next release or > even in Feisty+1? Maybe we can put specifications toget

Re: [ubuntu-uk] logging into my pc (ubuntu) via another windows pc?

2006-11-17 Thread Sean Miller
STONE COLD wrote: > Heres what i want to do..i want to log in to my ubuntu enabled pc via a > windows terminal over an internet connection...can it be done..and if so how? > You'll need a static IP first to enable you to connect from the "outside world" and your router to be configured to allo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] logging into my pc (ubuntu) via another windows pc?

2006-11-17 Thread Tez
Caroline Ford wrote: > On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 17:52 +, STONE COLD wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Heres what i want to do..i want to log in to my ubuntu enabled pc via a >> windows terminal over an internet connection...can it be done..and if so how? >> >> thanks in anticipation! >> >> Javad >> >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] logging into my pc (ubuntu) via another windows pc?

2006-11-17 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:52:35 + STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Heres what i want to do..i want to log in to my ubuntu enabled pc via > a windows terminal over an internet connection...can it be done..and > if so how? > It can definitely be done and there are a number of diffe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Friday afternoon thread: What *should* be in feisty?

2006-11-17 Thread alan c
Greg Dash wrote: > I think some method of changing to higher resolutions with GUI would > be good, as much as conf file pretty easy to edit a lot of people are > put of by it In kubuntu, there *is* a gui I have used the 6.06 version and 6.10 looks the same. System settings, monitor etc etc . It

Re: [ubuntu-uk] logging into my pc (ubuntu) via another windows pc?

2006-11-17 Thread Caroline Ford
On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 17:52 +, STONE COLD wrote: > Hi, > > Heres what i want to do..i want to log in to my ubuntu enabled pc via a > windows terminal over an internet connection...can it be done..and if so how? > > thanks in anticipation! > > Javad System ->Preferences ->Remote Desktop Th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Docs for Malone/Launchpad

2006-11-17 Thread Andy
On 17/11/06, Neil Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > Are there any docs explaining how to use Launchpad, specifically > Malone? I can't find out how to change the status of bugs I've raised, > such as closing one! > Not sure about the docs, but I thought your problem looked famil

[ubuntu-uk] logging into my pc (ubuntu) via another windows pc?

2006-11-17 Thread STONE COLD
Hi, Heres what i want to do..i want to log in to my ubuntu enabled pc via a windows terminal over an internet connection...can it be done..and if so how? thanks in anticipation! Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UK

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Friday afternoon thread: What *should* be in feisty?

2006-11-17 Thread Greg Dash
I think some method of changing to higher resolutions with GUI would be good, as much as conf file pretty easy to edit a lot of people are put of by it, and maybe a method of setting up dual-monitors similar to the way MS XP has. I also like the idea of dual boot GUI. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Friday afternoon thread: What *should* be in feisty?

2006-11-17 Thread alan c
Alan Pope wrote: > So we know that at the Ubuntu Developer conference they sit down and thrash > out what they would like to see in Feisty. > > How about you lot, what do you want to see in the next release or even in > Feisty+1? Maybe we can put specifications together? > > Here's my top 3. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell gives refund for unused Windows licence

2006-11-17 Thread James Allman-Talbot
On 11/17/06, Michael Hoertnagl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > I thought you might be interested in this. I found it in a local LUG > mailing list. > > It seems that a Sheffield man got a refund for an unused copy of > Windows XP Home as he was planning on installing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Friday afternoon thread: What *should* be in feisty?

2006-11-17 Thread tim matthews
yes, how about a mysql-server-5.0 which works on edgy? mine crashed on me and I had to get rid of it. thus ... I think ubuntu is rushing things far too much here. looking at edgy, it seems a real disaster in the terms of stability. Alan Pope wrote: > So we know that at the Ubuntu Developer conf

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free vs non-free drivers etc

2006-11-17 Thread alan c
Norman Silverstone wrote: >> > < snip > > >> > When I first changed to Linux I thought that I would be able to do all >> > that I wanted to do on my PC without having to pay money for software. >> >> I find I can do this - so far anyway, even though I would not have >> great objection to payment

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell gives refund for unused Windows licence

2006-11-17 Thread Michael Hoertnagl
Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > I thought you might be interested in this. I found it in a local LUG > mailing list. > > It seems that a Sheffield man got a refund for an unused copy of > Windows XP Home as he was planning on installing Linux when he got his > laptop. Looks like he got £50

[ubuntu-uk] Friday afternoon thread: What *should* be in feisty?

2006-11-17 Thread Alan Pope
So we know that at the Ubuntu Developer conference they sit down and thrash out what they would like to see in Feisty. How about you lot, what do you want to see in the next release or even in Feisty+1? Maybe we can put specifications together? Here's my top 3. 1. A server based install that a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free vs non-free drivers etc

2006-11-17 Thread Jonathan Roberts
>The emphasis is slightly different. Open Source doesn't (always) have >the freedom aspect, at least not all four freedoms from the GPL >(paraphrased here): > - freedom to run > - freedom to study > - freedom to redistribute > - freedom to change and release For anyone wondering about this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free vs non-free drivers etc

2006-11-17 Thread Norman Silverstone
> > < snip > > > When I first changed to Linux I thought that I would be able to do all > > that I wanted to do on my PC without having to pay money for software. > > I find I can do this - so far anyway, even though I would not have > great objection to payment (although my income happens to b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free vs non-free drivers etc

2006-11-17 Thread alan c
Norman Silverstone wrote: > : >> On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 12:47 +, Norman Silverstone wrote: >> > > Are you confusing free as in beer with free as in freedom? FOSS does not >> > > have to be free as in beer! >> > >> > I find this very confusing. If I buy an application to run in Ubuntu >> > what

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free vs non-free drivers etc

2006-11-17 Thread alan c
Tony Arnold wrote: > Alan, > > On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:20:53 +, alan c wrote: > >> Tony Arnold wrote: > >>> Are you confusing free as in beer with free as in freedom? FOSS does >>> not have to be free as in beer! >> >> No I am not, for myself anyway. I purchased a retail box of suse 9.1 for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free vs non-free drivers etc

2006-11-17 Thread Norman Silverstone
: > On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 12:47 +, Norman Silverstone wrote: > > > Are you confusing free as in beer with free as in freedom? FOSS does not > > > have to be free as in beer! > > > > I find this very confusing. If I buy an application to run in Ubuntu > > what sort of freedom is represented? >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free vs non-free drivers etc

2006-11-17 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 17/11/06, Caroline Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Free (as in software) means freedom, not money. This is why some people > (myself included) prefer the terms Open Source or Software Libre. I > think in English when people hear the term free they always think of > money first. Sorry to be pe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Free vs non-free drivers etc

2006-11-17 Thread Tony Arnold
Alan, On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:20:53 +, alan c wrote: > Tony Arnold wrote: >> Are you confusing free as in beer with free as in freedom? FOSS does >> not have to be free as in beer! > > No I am not, for myself anyway. I purchased a retail box of suse 9.1 for > example a while ago. > > And th

[ubuntu-uk] Docs for Malone/Launchpad

2006-11-17 Thread Neil Greenwood
Hello all, Are there any docs explaining how to use Launchpad, specifically Malone? I can't find out how to change the status of bugs I've raised, such as closing one! Cheers, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTea