Re: [ubuntu-uk] Scottish Users

2009-01-16 Thread Mark Burns
On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 13:14 +, Ken Robson k...@robsonfamily.co.uk wrote: Are there any scottish users that have any meeting sessions. If not I was thinkng about starting one. Jai Jai, there are several of us in Scotland, my local Lug is EdLug

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Program Development

2008-12-26 Thread Mark Burns
a glass of their favourite tipple to hand. -- Mark Burns -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to Intrepid

2008-10-30 Thread Mark Burns
Being all excited about the release of Intrepid, I decided to upgrade. Slight snag however. It would seem that there isn't a nvidia driver (except the recently released beta version, 96.43.09) for my card, a GeForce 4 Ti 4200, that supports X.Org 1.5. So I am left with the choice of waiting

[ubuntu-uk] SW Scotland calling here .... cor, what an echo!

2008-02-26 Thread Mark Burns
Alan's message about this years Software Freedom Day, has got me thinking. I have often wondered if there were enough people in the South West of Scotland/Dumfries and Galloway to get a LUG, or something similar, going. I am champing at the bit to become involved in some way, and think that

Re: [ubuntu-uk] SW Scotland calling here .... cor, what an echo!

2008-02-26 Thread Mark Burns
John Levin Wrote: Have you tried contacting ScotLug? http://www.scotlug.org.uk/wiki/Welcome Could well be worth a try, I haven't checked their Wiki for a while now; it may well be worth diving into their mailing list. Nothing ventured, nothing gained and all that. I'll give it a go tomorrow

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Compartmentalising us

2008-01-24 Thread Mark Burns
Probably part-Mainstream Advocate, part-Activist, part-Open Source Programmer, part-Fruit and Nut case. But most definitely Whole Nut ;-D Alan Pope wrote: http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3723131 I'd say I'm Mainstream Advocate, how about you? Cheers, Al. -- Question,

[ubuntu-uk] By way of introduction

2008-01-20 Thread Mark Burns
As I have just got recently got myself sorted with a Launchpad login, and have been lurking on this mailing list for a few months, I thought it may be about time to introduce myself. My name is Mark Burns, I'm a Web Developer from the South West of Scotland, and I have been using Ubuntu for about

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Chocolate Oranges WAS: By way of introduction

2008-01-20 Thread Mark Burns
Thanks for the welcome guys! (This message probably isn't going to help in the whole top/bottom post thing at all.) E wrote: Welcome to the group - as you've been a lurker for a little while now we'll expect full participation in all areas - especially those that go wandering off at tangent!