Also takes a lot of fiddling about to set up a custom Debian desktop and
I don't have time to make a habit of it. It's a while since I reviewed
all the packaged lightweight desktops and there's been a lot of
development since then, I'll have a look at Peppermint. There was an
Ubuntu-lite
On 20 July 2010 11:54, pmgazz pmg...@gmx.co.uk wrote:
Also takes a lot of fiddling about to set up a custom Debian desktop and I
don't have time to make a habit of it. It's a while since I reviewed all the
packaged lightweight desktops and there's been a lot of development since
then, I'll
Thanks - I'll have a look at Lubuntu when I get a minute :) Crunchbag
looks interesting but interface needs to be for beginners when dealing
with non-techies . . .
On 20/07/10 14:51, Liam Proven wrote:
That is what Ubuntu Lite tried to be - later rebadged U-Lite. We never
got the critical
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote:
Me, I'm watching Crunchbang with interest, but it's not a beginners'
distro.
Crunchbang is awesome - I set it up for my wife who was complaining about
performance on her EEEPC 701, and have since run it on other hardware
On 20 July 2010 15:25, Paul Morgan-Roach roa...@roachy.net wrote:
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote:
Me, I'm watching Crunchbang with interest, but it's not a beginners'
distro.
Crunchbang is awesome - I set it up for my wife who was complaining about
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote:
Real Debian is getting pretty good these days - it's smaller and
faster than Ubuntu and the default Gnome desktop is much the same. It
was just that getting firmware for my wifi card and so on was a bit of
a pain. It is
Sounds like I ought to revisit Debian installation . . .
On 20/07/10 16:20, Paul Morgan-Roach wrote:
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Liam Provenlpro...@gmail.com wrote:
Real Debian is getting pretty good these days - it's smaller and
faster than Ubuntu and the default Gnome desktop is
Hey!
We seem to be quite good at turning up to technical events such as LUG
meetings, technical conferences and other self-organised events and
telling everyone how great Ubuntu is. However we seem to spend a lot
of time preaching to the converted, speaking to people who already run
Ubuntu or
On 19/07/10 11:53, Alan Pope wrote:
What events local to you would you like to see a stand at?
The West Dean Chilli Fiesta!
http://www.westdean.org.uk/Garden/News%20and%20Events/ChilliFiesta.aspx
Al
--
The Open Learning Centre
http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com
--
Environmental events are good, foreground stuff like how to refurbish
their XP kit and keep perfectly good electronic kit out of landfill . . .
Paula
On 19/07/10 11:53, Alan Pope wrote:
Hey!
We seem to be quite good at turning up to technical events such as LUG
meetings, technical
On 19/07/10 13:21, pmgazz wrote:
Environmental events are good, foreground stuff like how to refurbish
their XP kit and keep perfectly good electronic kit out of landfill . . .
Paula
I agree, someone in our local LUG donated a couple of old PCs (I think
they were around early Pentium 2's) to
On 19/07/10 11:53, Alan Pope wrote:
Hey!
We seem to be quite good at turning up to technical events such as LUG
meetings, technical conferences and other self-organised events and
telling everyone how great Ubuntu is. However we seem to spend a lot
of time preaching to the converted,
I've done a bit of this - I've demo'd an Ubuntu LTSP and also laptops at
voluntary sector events - people don't 'get' what an operating system is
and tend to think that MS Win is 'part of the machine'. They have to
have a reason for considering changing OS and I find that being able to
help
On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 13:42 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
if it wasn't for another guy on our local Freecycle list who gets old
machines, refurbishes them and sticks Windows XP and Office 2003 on
them (I think he's either got a whole load of Office 2003 licenses he
wants to give away or he's
On 19/07/10 15:24, Dianne Reuby wrote:
On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 13:42 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
if it wasn't for another guy on our local Freecycle list who gets old
machines, refurbishes them and sticks Windows XP and Office 2003 on
them (I think he's either got a whole load of Office 2003
On 19 July 2010 11:53, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote:
What events local to you would you like to see a stand at?
If you know of any specific events near you, maybe you could add them
to this page:-
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/NonTechEvents
Cheers,
Al.
--
ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
On 19/07/10 14:16, pmgazz wrote:
I've done a bit of this - I've demo'd an Ubuntu LTSP and also laptops at
voluntary sector events - people don't 'get' what an operating system is
and tend to think that MS Win is 'part of the machine'. They have to
have a reason for considering changing OS and
On 19/07/10 15:39, pmgazz wrote:
On 19/07/10 15:24, Dianne Reuby wrote:
On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 13:42 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
if it wasn't for another guy on our local Freecycle list who gets old
machines, refurbishes them and sticks Windows XP and Office 2003 on
them (I think he's either
P3s run great as thin clients (just need a pxe card) and the ubiquitous
P3 compaqs have them already. But if people haven't got any money at
all, the the LTSP option is a stretch as they need at least one halfway
decent machine - but if they can stump up a couple of hundred quid for a
basic
Totally agree -- really important to stay positive and focus on
benefits. Also agree that speed and relief from 'drive by' downloads etc
is a major selling point :)
Paula
One thing I've learned after years of attending trade and techie exhibitions is
that knocking the opposition doesn't
On 19/07/10 15:47, Alan Pope wrote:
On 19 July 2010 11:53, Alan Popea...@popey.com wrote:
What events local to you would you like to see a stand at?
If you know of any specific events near you, maybe you could add them
to this page:-http://childrensweek.co.uk/home.htm
On 19/07/10 13:42, Rob Beard wrote:
I'm hoping as a LUG in Devon we can start to do more of this in the
future, I'd even refurbish machines and stick Ubuntu on them if it
wasn't for another guy on our local Freecycle list who gets old
machines, refurbishes them and sticks Windows XP and Office
On 19/07/10 16:10, pmgazz wrote:
P3s run great as thin clients (just need a pxe card) and the ubiquitous
P3 compaqs have them already. But if people haven't got any money at
all, the the LTSP option is a stretch as they need at least one halfway
decent machine - but if they can stump up a
I'm hoping as a LUG in Devon we can start to do more of this in the
future, I'd even refurbish machines and stick Ubuntu on them if it
wasn't for another guy on our local Freecycle list who gets old
machines, refurbishes them and sticks Windows XP and Office 2003 on them
(I think he's
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