[ubuntu-uk] Re: ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 14, Issue 11

Wed Jun 14 13:44:46 BST 2006

Thanks Steve, I am excited to be part of a bigger Ubuntu 'project'. I have added
my details to the Wiki page as you suggested. I see our numbers are growing :-)

Cheers

Ted (Smith)

on 14/6/06 6:50 AM, ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:

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> 1.  Hi (Ted Smith (F3 Web Site Administrator))
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> 3.  Default Mail and Browser Apps (Gordon Burgess-Parker)
> 4.  Re: Default Mail and Browser Apps (Dion Le Blanc)
> 5. Re:  Re: Default Mail and Browser Apps (Gordon Burgess-Parker)
> 6.  Re: Re: Default Mail and Browser Apps (Dion Le Blanc)
> 7. Re:  Default Mail and Browser Apps (Paul Sladen)
> 8. Re:  Hi (Steve Smith)
> 9.  Ubuntu-UK marketing page (Steve Smith)
> 10.  Re: Ubuntu-UK marketing page (Steve Smith)
> 11.  website discussion (Grant)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:58:38 +0100
> From: "Ted Smith (F3 Web Site Administrator)" <tedsmith at f3.org.uk>
> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Hi
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> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:09:32 +0100
> From: "Stephen Parkes" <sparkes at westmids.biz>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hi
> To: "British Ubuntu Talk" <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> On 6/12/06, Ted Smith (F3 Web Site Administrator) <tedsmith at f3.org.uk> wrote:
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>>  You can read all about me here
>
> Open up guys it's Customs and Excise ;)
>
> --
> Steve 'sparkes' Parkes - tshirts http://nerd.ws - code http://zx-81.com
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:00:24 +0100
> From: Gordon Burgess-Parker <gordon.burgessparker at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Default Mail and Browser Apps
> To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <200606122300.25041.>
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> It appears that Kubuntu 6.06 has made no advance on 5.10 - mailto links in Web
> pages only appear to work if Konqueror and Kmail are selected as defaults -
> so WHY the option to specify other browsers and mail clients as default? can
> someone pass this on to the Kubuntu team as a serious deficiency?
>
> Thanks
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:13:11 +1200
> From: Dion Le Blanc <dionleblanc at gmail.com>
> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Re: Default Mail and Browser Apps
> To: ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <1745574.d0nCzrWxDk at rebellion.corn>
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> Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
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>> It appears that Kubuntu 6.06 has made no advance on 5.10 - mailto links in
>> Web pages only appear to work if Konqueror and Kmail are selected as
>> defaults - so WHY the option to specify other browsers and mail clients as
>> default? can someone pass this on to the Kubuntu team as a serious
>> deficiency?
>>
>
> Rubbish....firefox and kmail work fine for me. I fail to see why you
> would want any other mailer than kmail anyway. It is by far the best that I
> have used, thunderbird is slow and klunky and tries to be the open source
> version of microsoft products as does evolution.
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:10:54 +0100
> From: Gordon Burgess-Parker <gordon.burgessparker at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Re: Default Mail and Browser Apps
> To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <200606130710.54652.gordon.burgessparker at yahoo.co.uk>
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> On Tuesday 13 June 2006 00:13, Dion Le Blanc wrote:
>> Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
>> > It appears that Kubuntu 6.06 has made no advance on 5.10 - mailto links
>> > in Web pages only appear to work if Konqueror and Kmail are selected as
>> > defaults - so WHY the option to specify other browsers and mail clients
>> > as default? can someone pass this on to the Kubuntu team as a serious
>> > deficiency?
>>
>>    Rubbish....firefox and kmail work fine for me.
>
> I'm sorry, it's NOT rubbish. there is a post in a newsgroup about it as well.
> If i select Firefox and Thunderbird, or Firefox and Kmail as defaults, then
> Mailto links DO NOT WORK. If I select KMail and Konqueror as default then
> Mailto links DO work. A BUG or a deficiency. Just as in Ubuntu, you CANNOT
> change the "right-click, send to" mail client from Evolution.
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:24:12 +1200
> From: Dion Le Blanc <dionleblanc at gmail.com>
> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Re: Re: Default Mail and Browser Apps
> To: ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <2405249.1C9K4sOX6n at rebellion.corn>
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> Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday 13 June 2006 00:13, Dion Le Blanc wrote:
>>> Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
>>> > It appears that Kubuntu 6.06 has made no advance on 5.10 - mailto links
>>> > in Web pages only appear to work if Konqueror and Kmail are selected as
>>> > defaults - so WHY the option to specify other browsers and mail clients
>>> > as default? can someone pass this on to the Kubuntu team as a serious
>>> > deficiency?
>>>
>>>    Rubbish....firefox and kmail work fine for me.
>>
>> I'm sorry, it's NOT rubbish. there is a post in a newsgroup about it as
>> well. If i select Firefox and Thunderbird, or Firefox and Kmail as
>> defaults, then Mailto links DO NOT WORK. If I select KMail and Konqueror
>> as default then Mailto links DO work. A BUG or a deficiency. Just as in
>> Ubuntu, you CANNOT change the "right-click, send to" mail client from
>> Evolution.
>>
>
> I guess it doesn't work for me then...sorry yes it does,,,I don't know
> what you're doing wrong or I'm doing right. However it does work for me,
> try telling us what you have tried rather than  a blanket statement about
> it not working.
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:38:14 +0100 (BST)
> From: Paul Sladen <ubuntu at paul.sladen.org>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Default Mail and Browser Apps
> To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
>> mailto links in Web pages only appear to work if Konqueror and Kmail are
>> selected as defaults - so WHY the option to specify other browsers and
>> mail clients as default? can someone pass this on to the Kubuntu team as
>> a serious deficiency?
>
> Please can you file a bug report:
>
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/konqueror/+filebug
>
> That's the best way to pass it onto the developers!  --The same applies for
> all bug;  they can't be fixed if they're unknown and they will rename
> unknown if there are no bug reports.
>
> -Paul
> --
> High on a Spanish mountain, surrounded by howling dogs.  Guildford, GB
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> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:33:31 +0100
> From: "Steve Smith" <steve.lists at googlemail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Hi
> To: "British Ubuntu Talk" <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Hi Ted
>
> Good to see someone new here!  We're making progress with the UKTeam wiki
> pages (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam) in the last week or two, so I've
> added you to the members list there.  Don't think there are only four people
> - it's just that everyone hasn't added there names yet!  There's no formal
> "joining" to be done, just dive right in and contribute where you can.  If
> there's anything you feel you can bring to the UKTeam wiki pages edit away.
>
> It's been mentioned lately that the English-speaking LoCo teams have a
> slightly different role from the non-English ones; since the main Ubuntu
> site is in English translation of support materials is obviously
> irrelevant.  That said, there are plenty of things that are specific to the
> UK that people around here are keep to develop and the UKTeam wiki pages
> should give you a good feel for those.
>
> Steve :)
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SteveSmith
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> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:51:58 +0100
> From: "Steve Smith" <steve.lists at googlemail.com>
> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-UK marketing page
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> hi!
>
> is the GeemanUK link under "places to get CDs" deliberate because you're
> offering CDs, or is it a mistake?  I was about to delete it when I was
> clearing up, but then thought hang on a minute... :)
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> Steve
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> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:53:28 +0100
> From: "Steve Smith" <steve.lists at googlemail.com>
> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Re: Ubuntu-UK marketing page
> To: "British Ubuntu Talk" <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Sorry!  This thread wasn't meant to be sent to the mailing list, I hit the
> wrong button!
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> Steve
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> On 14/06/06, Steve Smith <steve.lists at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> hi!
>>
>> is the GeemanUK link under "places to get CDs" deliberate because you're
>> offering CDs, or is it a mistake?  I was about to delete it when I was
>> clearing up, but then thought hang on a minute... :)
>>
>> Steve
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> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 06:50:14 +0100
> From: "Grant" <grant at cherrysupport.com>
> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] website discussion
> To: <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> See my comments after the ** in response to your points
>
> J
>
>
>
>>    I would be particularly keen to get the support points maps a la
>>    Belgian site up on the net.
>
> A wiki page seems like a good start for this.
>
>>    I sent Matthais,  an email which I hope he has copied you on.
>>    Otherwise here is  a brief summary from memory (and my google cache).
>
> Which Matthais?
>
> **Matthias Urlichs, who is the primary contact on the wiki ref ubuntu
> hosting and getting ubuntu to host our own webforums, or support points
> code.
>
>
>
>>    Please can you tell me what the policies are regarding using ubuntu to
>>    host the team's web pages, Weblog and forums.
>
> Currently I have access to the web page.
>
> What would a blog be for?
>
> **Having a hosted weblog would be a useful asset as people could post up
> news comments, etc which could be read by the general public and subscribed
> to via rss.
>
> I don't see a need for forums, the official ones are already in English.
>
> Forums, Would be a really useful aspect particularly as we would have a
> location to discuss various aspects which are directly UK related , such as
> Steve and I have done here:
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Marketing
>
>>    (1) co-ordinating our own work
>>
>>    (2) providing local support contacts and info on availaility of
>>    Ubuntu-compatible hardware (eg what things that PC World etc sell that
>>    the 'average home user' can get to work with Ubuntu easily), and so on
>>
>>    I suggest that (1) could remain on the UKTeam's wiki pages (
>>
>>    [2]https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeams) to remain integrated with the
>>    Ubuntu community at large, and (2) could be on ubuntu-uk.org to
>>    provide local support free from organisational clutter and geek-speak.
>
> I'd suggest starting 2 on the wiki as well for now.
>
>>    John has pointed out that there are many businesses and events
>>    involved in Ubuntu that could do with being co-ordinated in the UK.
>
> Yes.
>
> Including your surname in your From address is helpful.
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