<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=us-ascii" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Victor Meldrew wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:2thkb397c9osbus54qbrsrcjkielbg2meu@4ax.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:26:52 +0100, Nik Butler <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nik@reducedhackers.com"><nik@reducedhackers.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">James Grabham wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Is there an Ubuntu UK forum anywhere? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">well yes and no. We do have a forum , but we really want to have it integrated into the mail list. There is however nothing to stop people using the forums, nothing at all in fact, but we would hate to miss out on announcements, invites, discussions and ideas on the forum or maill list because of the duality of the communication medium. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> As an old newbie to linux (76 ish) I prefer mailing lists & usenet to Web Forums (sorry if the terminology is wrong) I'm sure you know what I mean. As a long time Windows/DOS user I still find linux difficult. I've been using some of my essential programs for over 10 years, Quicken (finance) and Sidekick (contacts) (amongst others) I've tried to use wine and vmware to run these programs using linux but for me it's too difficult and not worth the effort. I'll keep following the discussions. Thank you all that there are still alternatives to Windows & MAC. </pre> </blockquote> Vic Its my birthday today (I don't believe it!) and I'm a 30's baby and suffer as you do..... most probably for the same reasons Never managed to get wine and Adobe working together - they just sit there and "glower" at each other but never actually talk VM would be  nice and being able to instantly flick (click) from windows to Ubuntu - perhaps some of the youngsters might help one day!! John Taylor </body> </html>