Ubuntu-ie Digest, Vol 12, Issue 1

Fri Sep 12 09:57:23 BST 2008

Great stuff.

ubuntu-ie office is open tomorrow from 11am to 4pm

Let's meet-up and discuss at 12ish... is it ok with everyone?

See you tomorrow!

Kind regards,
Mean-machine

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Sean McCann <sean.mccann at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mean Machine
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> Thanks, its great to have everyone supporting this!
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> I think if we can get everyone together this weekend it would be great
> theres proably a lot of stuff we haven't thought of that we need to start
> organising.
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> The consensus has been to go for a video cast. Although the video blog is
> more work we are in the age of you tube.
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> We probably need to get the "core" team to meet up and thrash out all this
> stuff as you have suggested.We might be able to get some of the creative
> media types involved.
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> To be honest its a bit fluid at the moment. We want to get three episodes
> in the bag prior to release so that we can do another three as the first
> three are released. It should and needs to be fun so I'm hoping that a
> couple of successful episodes will spark more interest.
> I'm looking for six epidosodes for pilot as that enough to gauge how well
> it goes and if people want to stay invloved.
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> The first meeting will probably decide the format of the show and what we
> want to cover. The FSD is something that everyone wants to cover. Laura has
> scored a coup by getting the Gerry Carr Marketing director from Ubuntu to
> agree to present at FSD.  We hope to interview him.
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> Sean
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> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Mean Machine <
> bymeanmachine at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> This is a great idea Sean!
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>> I'm still a bit confused though regarding the actual form of this show. Is
>> it supposed to be a podcast or a videocast?
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>> Either way it might be a good idea to have the pilot/episode 0 put
>> together from the most interesting Software Freedom Day talks with added
>> commentary/discussion and maybe some short interviews from the event.
>> Possibly even make 2 episodes out of that. Harcesz (on IRC #ubuntu-ie) has
>> volunteered to video-record the whole event.
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>> Before releasing the pilot it would be good to have 2/3 more episodes
>> ready.
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>> A good place to meet and record the shows would be the ubuntu-ie office at
>> Camara in Thomas St.
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>> I will help and support this project however I can.
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>> Kind regards,
>> Mean-Machine
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>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Sean McCann <sean.mccann at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>> Theres been some discussion on the #Ubuntu-ie IRC channel about this
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>>> Some good feedback and interest on this. Poeple have made some great
>>> suggestions.
>>> as is often the case the best ideas weren't mine.
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>>> So OMpaul asked my to make a list of topics show. He asked for 100 but i
>>> found my self repeating stuff after 60!
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>>> I'll post below  what I think is the top 10 and the after that rest. Some
>>> constructive feedback welcome. If you think there's anything I've missed
>>> please post it. Its probably something obvious.
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>>>   Possible Topics  Ubuntu things
>>> Top 10 so far, ranked
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>>> Rank  ubuntu local  news  1  floss you say, wheres the dentist 2  Ubuntu
>>> media box   3  Ubuntu in industry 4  invisible linux, 5  ubuntu success
>>> stories  in ireland , camara  6  ubuntu rescue disk, when things go bang
>>> 7  ubuntu as gaelige 8  virtualisation , when one box just isn't enough
>>> 9  ubuntu is it right for you? Wheres the windows logo 10  Ubuntu in
>>> Ireland , is it contagious
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>>> All the other random ideas I had
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>>>  when Vista not an upgrade option.
>>>  ISPs , best linux support
>>>  free software , can't  be much good?
>>>  UAMP whats a uamp
>>>  eepc and co
>>>  ubuntu in the cloud
>>>  pidgeon, and other messengers
>>>  banshee, not a howler
>>>  linux mobile
>>>  canonical, whos this shuttleworth guy
>>>  1800 ubuntu, comercial support
>>>  the live cd , suck it and see
>>>  wireless woes
>>>  wheres me stuff, windows disks thru ubuntu, samba
>>>  dual booting, saftey net
>>>  games, wheres "insert latest" title
>>>  ubuntu server, really!
>>>  kino don't mention saipan
>>>  granny goes GNU(why I installed ubuntu on my mothers computer )
>>>  ogg vs mp3 open formats
>>>  DRM, what do you mean I can't dance with the penguin
>>>  embeded ubuntu,
>>>  eye candy on ubuntu. Deadly desktops
>>>  stuff that just works!
>>>  gimp is not a dirty word
>>>  kbuntu , kids get it, do the teachers?
>>>  hard copy, ubuntu and printers
>>>  e gov- ubuntu compatible ?
>>>  ubuntu on usb key!
>>>  the pale of fail , what do we need to fix first(bring flak jacket)
>>>  the ubuntu community, who ?
>>>  tales from the trenches, funny stories about foss/ubuntu(not geek
>>> jokes)
>>>  cha-ching ubuntu comerical success in Ireland
>>>  TDs and FOSS( not egov)
>>>  ubuntu, acessibilty (one os fits all ?)
>>>  ubuntu and the artist ?
>>>  ECDL , open source on the sylabus ?
>>>  ubuntu as an Irish  innovation vehicle,
>>>  unique release cycles, every six months a majour release
>>>  apt, packagemanager wheres the software
>>>  single logon , even windows does this!
>>>  things we can steal from windows. MS doesn't get everything wrong
>>>  how to identify an ubuntu fOSS pro ?
>>>  ubuntu on the mac
>>>  the lesser spotted irish kernal contributor
>>>  ubuntu and beer
>>>  inkscape /blender
>>>  ubuntu productivity scribus/open office
>>>  why Ubuntu over linux X
>>>  community another word for random people
>>>  protecting open source, do commercial companies rip of oss projects and
>>> close the code
>>>  software patents and ubuntu
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>>> Regards
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>>>> Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 14:57:44 +0100
>>>> From: Laura Czajkowski  <laura at lczajkowski.com>
>>>> Subject: Ubuntu-ie Podcasts
>>>> To: Ubuntu Ireland <ubuntu-ie at lists.ubuntu.com>
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>>>> Sean McCann (spmccann on IRC) has come up with a great suggestion to do
>>>> podcasts here in Ireland on Ubuntu.
>>>>
>>>> Hopefully the 1st one will come from SFD, what we're wondering is what
>>>> topics folks want to hear about, Are folks also interested in coming on
>>>> and
>>>> presenting? Reply back and let folks know.
>>>>
>>>> Laura
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>>>> Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 18:31:38 +0100
>>>> From: Dave <dave at haxattack.com>
>>>> Subject: Ubuntu-ie Podcasts
>>>> To: ubuntu-ie at lists.ubuntu.com
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>>>> Hello all,
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>>>> I am interested. A audio podcast should be easy to do. Could use
>>>> something along the lines skype or we can get together.
>>>>
>>>> I was looking to cover SFD for a show I do on a Community Radio
>>>> station I volunteer with.
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>>>> --
>>>> Dave (dave at haattack.com)
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>>>> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 00:10:12 +0100
>>>> From: "Russell Davies" <russell at zeroflux.net>
>>>> Subject: Re: Ubuntu-ie Podcasts
>>>> To: "Ubuntu Ireland" <ubuntu-ie at lists.ubuntu.com>
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>>>> I think you should first decide what kind of podcast you're aiming to
>>>> be. Do
>>>> you want to be news focused (Linux Action Show), commentary (LugRadio),
>>>> or
>>>> tutorial based (Sourcetrunk)?
>>>>
>>>> Personally, I would prefer a LugRadio-like show. I don't think a podcast
>>>> is
>>>> a good medium for tutorials at all and news is easier read online.
>>>> Discourse, though, is really well suited which is why LugRadio was so
>>>> good.
>>>> Take Buzz Out Loud, for instance, yeah it's nice to hear the news but
>>>> the
>>>> banter really makes the show.
>>>>
>>>> -Russell
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>>>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Laura Czajkowski <laura at lczajkowski.com
>>>> >wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Sean McCann (spmccann on IRC) has come up with a great suggestion to
>>>> do
>>>> > podcasts here in Ireland on Ubuntu.
>>>> >
>>>> > Hopefully the 1st one will come from SFD, what we're wondering is what
>>>> > topics folks want to hear about, Are folks also interested in coming
>>>> on and
>>>> > presenting? Reply back and let folks know.
>>>> >
>>>> > Laura
>>>> > --
>>>> > I donlt look for trouble it finds me
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>>>> > http://www.lczajkowski.com
>>>> > skype: lauraczajkowski
>>>> > pix.ie/czajkowski
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