Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10/10/10 installfests

2010-08-06 Thread Bruno Girin
On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 00:03 +0100, Alan Bell wrote: On 05/08/10 22:57, Bruno Girin wrote: If you get no reply I have some hi-res (13MP) pics of meerkats that I'd happily contribute. They're not on flickr yet because I haven't got round to uploading them. Bruno fantastic! I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10/10/10 installfests

2010-08-06 Thread John Stevenson
On 5 August 2010 20:39, Alan Lord (News) alansli...@gmail.com wrote: On 05/08/10 20:33, John Stevenson wrote: I am working with the tech society of University College London to run an install fest on their premises and hopefully getting the London Java Community and Graduate Development

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10/10/10 installfests low res

2010-08-06 Thread alan c
On 05/08/10 19:32, Alan Bell wrote: On 05/08/10 19:58, Rob Beard wrote: I like it but I think the actual image of the Meerkats is too low in resolution and looks pixelated. It'll possibly show up more when printed. I like the idea though. Rob yeah, the low res is creative commons

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10/10/10 installfests low res

2010-08-06 Thread Alan Bell
reply below from the photographer. He is going to give me the high resolution version. yay \o/ Hi, I really like the promotion poster and I am happy to give you the picture for it. I only ask for credit on the poster, and you already do that. Thanks! I am glad that i can help to spread Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10/10/10 installfests low res

2010-08-06 Thread Sean Miller
Result! Send him a Live CD... ;-) Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HP Deskjet 2600

2010-08-06 Thread John Levin
On 27/07/2010 16:35, Tony Pursell wrote: On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 14:42 +0100, John Levin wrote: Hey all, has anyone got an HP Deskjet 2600 working with Ubuntu? Mine is detected, but isn't printing. According to a bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/588081 there is a fix (by

[ubuntu-uk] graphic display of diffs

2010-08-06 Thread John Levin
Hi all, I'm looking for a way to share diffs of documents. I've been comparing the 3 version of the GPL, and want to export the results, rather than require others to put the docs into a diff program. I've looked at a number of diff apps, such as meld, but none of them seem to offer a way of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] graphic display of diffs

2010-08-06 Thread David D Lowe
Hi John, What do you want to export it as? If you only need plain text, try: diff file1.txt file2.txt output.txt David D Lowe -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10/10/10 installfests

2010-08-06 Thread gazz
We're already planning to do a day of demos and an installation workshop on the 17th/18th for voluntary sector orgs to coincide with Software Freedom Day. We'll demo an LTSP server with ancient P3 clients and some dual-core laptops with Lucid LTS installed along with some presentations on how

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HP Deskjet 2600

2010-08-06 Thread Tony Pursell
On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 13:13 +0100, John Levin wrote: On 27/07/2010 16:35, Tony Pursell wrote: On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 14:42 +0100, John Levin wrote: Hey all, has anyone got an HP Deskjet 2600 working with Ubuntu? Mine is detected, but isn't printing. According to a bug report:

[ubuntu-uk] Apps for kids

2010-08-06 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi folks, I have an old 1Ghz Dell laptop here that I've promised to the after school care club that my son uses. The club provides care before and after school and during school holidays for kids from age 5 up to 12/13 or so. The club is based in a church and doesn't have Internet access, so I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Apps for kids

2010-08-06 Thread Rob Beard
On 06/08/10 21:18, Chris Rowson wrote: Hi folks, I have an old 1Ghz Dell laptop here that I've promised to the after school care club that my son uses. The club provides care before and after school and during school holidays for kids from age 5 up to 12/13 or so. The club is based in a

[ubuntu-uk] Edinburgh has people in it

2010-08-06 Thread sciso
hello all. So Bing©®™ just told me that its the Edinburgh Fringe is there an installfest on up there (N.Irish so I'm not volunteering myself here sorry). If there is I'm up for pushing a notice up the google listings or ninja commenting related blogs. With luck maybe a few macbooks

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Apps for kids

2010-08-06 Thread Chris Rowson
Well my kids (especially my 4 year old) loves TuxPaint (actually my elder two who are 10 and 8 love it too). That would be a good start, make sure you also get the extra stamps package too. Other than that there is TuxMath, TuxTyping, GCompris, Super Tux and Frozen Bubble which should run

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Apps for kids

2010-08-06 Thread Will Bickerstaff
On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 21:18 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: Hi folks, I have an old 1Ghz Dell laptop here that I've promised to the after school care club that my son uses. The club provides care before and after school and during school holidays for kids from age 5 up to 12/13 or so. The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Apps for kids

2010-08-06 Thread Grant Sewell
On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:41:03 +0100 Will Bickerstaff wrote: On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 21:18 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: Hi folks, I have an old 1Ghz Dell laptop here that I've promised to the after school care club that my son uses. The club provides care before and after school and during

[ubuntu-uk] Geeknic on Sunday

2010-08-06 Thread Alan Bell
Just a reminder to all, the Geeknic is this weekend on Sunday in Hyde park https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/UKGeekNic2010 would be great to see you there, bring the family it will be good fun. Alan. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Apps for kids

2010-08-06 Thread Rob Beard
On 06/08/10 23:41, Chris Rowson wrote: Is edubuntu still alive? ISTR that it came with a load of apps for kids? Chris I believe it still is, I haven't looked in a while. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/