On the document sharing issue, you have considered using a shared web-space to do this? Google offer a solution I think... and it's so 21st century :)
I have to say, on the note re mailing lists - I *hate* them - they have such limited functionality it's embarassing. I'm only on this mailing list because it's the chosen method of the ubuntu-uk community, if I had a choice we'd be a facebook group, or have an online forum. For one thing, threads can be incredibly difficult to follow on a serial email list like this one... Just my Web 2.0 2p :P Pete On 03/08/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Send ubuntu-uk mailinglist submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ubuntu-uk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Freecycle / Ubuntu tie-up???? (John Dow) > 2. Re: Freecycle / Ubuntu tie-up???? (Nik Butler) > 3. Re: This came in on the local Freecycle (John Dow) > 4. Re: Freecycle / Ubuntu tie-up???? (Mark Harrison) > 5. Do you rember the days when we used to hang around > (Nicholas Butler) > 6. Re: Freecycle / Ubuntu tie-up???? (Chris Rowson) > 7. Re: This came in on the local Freecycle (alan c) > 8. Ubuntu-UK Planet CoC (Michael Wood) > 9. 'Simple' cron job help... (Josh Blacker) > 10. Re: 'Simple' cron job help... (Michael Wood) > 11. Re: 'Simple' cron job help... (Robert McWilliam) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 17:24:55 +0100 > From: "John Dow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Freecycle / Ubuntu tie-up???? > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "British Ubuntu Talk" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On 8/2/07, Nik Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Lets try to be supportive and encouraging of an though rather than > > finding ways to block/shutdown/disable contributions from members. > > > You are, of course, completely right - my comment was a knee-jerk reaction > born out of unreasoning horror and I apologise wholeheartedly for my lack > of > control ;-) > > Seriously, though, it is a great idea but my personal preference would be > for a mailing list. I find web groups to be annoying restrictive to use, > whereas my mail client is always available :) > > John > > > -- > John Dow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.nelefa.org > > Dreamers come and go, but a dream's forever. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/attachments/20070802/944383e2/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:26:36 +0100 > From: Nik Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Freecycle / Ubuntu tie-up???? > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], British Ubuntu Talk > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Nik Butler wrote: > > "Regarding facebook being Evil," > > > > > > > > > Wow I was Angry when i posted that , its barely readable. > > I know you dont see me post here most days ( if ever ! ) but I am > reading and listening. So whilst it made so little sense I appreciate > that most people go the Gist. > > If you are taking part with the other parts of the online community I > would invite you to come look me up on > > http://www.loudmouthman.com/contact/ > > Cheers > > Nik > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 17:26:35 +0100 > From: "John Dow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] This came in on the local Freecycle > To: "British Ubuntu Talk" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On 8/2/07, Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 02/08/07, John Dow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 8/2/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > CDs for Library: > > > > Are these ones you have burned, and what packaging have you used, > wit > > > > any instructions or commentary? > > > > > > Yeah, I burned a pile of copies of the Edgy Live CD and printed out a > > little > > > quickstart guide I wrote, along with links to the various faq sections > > of > > > the ubuntu forums. > > > > > > John > > > > > Any chance you could show your quick-start guide to the list? 'Cause > > there's been a lot of talk about leaflets lately. > > > Sure - I'll dig it out when I get home. It aint purty, though. > > John > > > > -- > John Dow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.nelefa.org > > Dreamers come and go, but a dream's forever. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/attachments/20070802/c2aeb80c/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:38:03 +0100 > From: Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Freecycle / Ubuntu tie-up???? > To: British Ubuntu Talk <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > The reason I chose facebook is that > > 1: There wasn't already an obvious appropriate mailing list (I don't > consider this a UK initiative) > > 2: I could set up a group within 45 seconds. (I have what is politely > called "A bias for action" - I'd rather get SOME discussion platform > done straight away than pontificate for hours over what the RIGHT > solution.) > > 3: I suspect that the initiative will die inside about 2 weeks... jf it > does, then it's cost zero "systems effort" to have the conversation, if > it doesn't, we can move over to the Wiki. > > 4: There are huge numbers of both Facebookers and Ubuntu evangelists > already on Facebook. > > I'm absolutely not wedded to Facebook as a platform of choice going > forward - if the initiative takes off, it should be rolled into the core > websites for both Ubuntu and Freecycle - I sort of regard Facebook as a > "Rapid Prototyping Environment" for ad hoc social groups. > > Mark > > > > > John Dow wrote: > > On 8/2/07, *Nik Butler* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > Lets try to be supportive and encouraging of an though rather than > > finding ways to block/shutdown/disable contributions from members. > > > > > > You are, of course, completely right - my comment was a knee-jerk > > reaction born out of unreasoning horror and I apologise wholeheartedly > > for my lack of control ;-) > > > > Seriously, though, it is a great idea but my personal preference would > > be for a mailing list. I find web groups to be annoying restrictive to > > use, whereas my mail client is always available :) > > > > John > > > > > > -- > > John Dow <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > http://www.nelefa.org > > > > Dreamers come and go, but a dream's forever. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:30:02 +0100 > From: Nicholas Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Do you rember the days when we used to hang > around > To: British Ubuntu Talk <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > outside Microsoft conferences and hand out free stuff ? > > http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4935923195.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 18:51:56 +0100 > From: "Chris Rowson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Freecycle / Ubuntu tie-up???? > To: "British Ubuntu Talk" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > I've created a Facebook group with the following description: > > > > If you're interested in doing the following: > > > > - Saying "yes" to the odd PC components that always come up on Freecycle > > - Collecting them, putting them together, installing Ubuntu > > - Offering a working machine back to your local Freecycle > > > > ... then this is the group for you. > > > > > > http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4266486665 > > > > > > Great idea Mark, I've joined :-) > > Chris > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:56:09 +0100 > From: alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] This came in on the local Freecycle > To: British Ubuntu Talk <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Alec Wright wrote: > > On 02/08/07, John Dow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 8/2/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> CDs for Library: Are these ones you have burned, and what > >>> packaging have you used, wit any instructions or commentary? > >> > >> Yeah, I burned a pile of copies of the Edgy Live CD and printed > >> out a little quickstart guide I wrote, along with links to the > >> various faq sections of the ubuntu forums. > >> > >> John > >> > > Any chance you could show your quick-start guide to the list? > > 'Cause there's been a lot of talk about leaflets lately. > > > > I have recently typed up the actual text content of the shipit cd > covers because the wording is both legally and otherwise fairly well > thought out. I have begun to use it fairly successfully as a *simple* > folded cover for a paper CD case. The folded cover is from a single > A4 double sided printed sheet. I have only used mono printing so far > but the graphic is colour and with a different printer one can get > fairly close to the effect of a shipit pack, at a much reduced actual > cost I suspect. > > The files are on > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets > and specifically are > leaflet1b-SHIPIT-folded_alan_cocks > leaflet1b-SHIPIT-folded-instructions_alan_cocks > > -- > alan cocks > Kubuntu user#10391 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:18:23 +0100 > From: Michael Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-UK Planet CoC > To: British Ubuntu Talk <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > There have been a few issues with some of the posts appearing on the > Ubuntu-UK planet, These haven't really been resolved as we have no > guidelines to uphold any complaints around. Therefore I propose that > there should be an code of conduct aimed at the planet. > > I have written a draft CoC [1] > > There is a meeting on the 12th of August which I am hoping we can agree > to implement what ever results from this proposal [2] > > Before making changes please discuss here ! > > > [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ubuntu-uk.org/planet/CoC > [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/MeetingNotes/20070812Meeting > > Michael "X3N" Wood > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 01:07:39 +0100 > From: "Josh Blacker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] 'Simple' cron job help... > To: "British Ubuntu Talk" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Being a slight newbie, I'd appreciate some direction with this! > > I have an open office file that I'm constantly updating and sharing > with a friend. Emailing it to him every so often is a chore - what I > want is a cron script to do this for me, say every evening. Any ideas? > [As he's on a mac without oo.org, ideally it would save it as a pdf > first...] > > I know I'm probably asking a lot, but I really don't know the simplest > thing about how to go about this! > > TIA, > > -- > Josh Blacker > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:46:56 +0100 > From: Michael Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] 'Simple' cron job help... > To: British Ubuntu Talk <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Josh Blacker wrote: > > Being a slight newbie, I'd appreciate some direction with this! > > > > I have an open office file that I'm constantly updating and sharing > > with a friend. Emailing it to him every so often is a chore - what I > > want is a cron script to do this for me, say every evening. Any ideas? > > [As he's on a mac without oo.org, ideally it would save it as a pdf > > first...] > > > > I know I'm probably asking a lot, but I really don't know the simplest > > thing about how to go about this! > > > > TIA, > > > > > I'd use a perl script like the one here: > http://www.logix.cz/michal/devel/smtp/ > > Download from: http://www.logix.cz/michal/devel/smtp/smtp-client.pl > * * > with a cron job to check for changes in the file. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 05:17:35 +0100 > From: Robert McWilliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] 'Simple' cron job help... > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > On Fri, 3 Aug 2007 01:07:39 +0100 > "Josh Blacker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have an open office file that I'm constantly updating and sharing > > with a friend. Emailing it to him every so often is a chore - what I > > want is a cron script to do this for me, say every evening. Any ideas? > > [As he's on a mac without oo.org, ideally it would save it as a pdf > > first...] > > Open office can be scripted from a bunch of different languages, a > python example to convert an OOo file to pdf is available at > http://www.artofsolving.com/opensource/pyodconverter > > Once you have the pdf you need a way of sending it. I'd got for a > python script, but it can be done in another language or using a mail > application. > > There is an example in python at: > http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/757 > > Once you have a script that will do the conversion and mail the file > you need to set up a cron job to trigger the script. A short intro to > cron: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CronHowto > > > ________________________________________________________ > Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ormiret.com > > What did you do to the cat? It looks half-dead. > --Schroedinger's wife > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > ubuntu-uk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > > End of ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 28, Issue 5 > **************************************** >
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