[ubuntu-za] ubuntu-za Digest, Vol 18, Issue 5

Lesley Clayton mwclayto at mweb.co.za
Thu Mar 8 18:33:12 GMT 2007


 I would love to get some edgy cds for the southern subs

Lesley

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   1.  Microsoft article in the M&G (Jean Gruneberg)
   2. Re:  ubuntu-za Digest, Vol 18, Issue 4 (Xolisa Tango Nqodi)
   3.  Edgy CDs for the community (Morgan Collett)
   4. Re:  Microsoft article in the M&G (Jan Kroeze)
   5. Re:  Edgy CDs for the community (Jan Kroeze)
   6. Re:  Edgy CDs for the community (Morgan Collett)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:19:50 +0200
From: Jean Gruneberg <kaosboss at gmail.com>
Subject: [ubuntu-za] Microsoft article in the M&G
To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
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Hi all

http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=300536&area=/the_teacher/teac
her_features/

I see MS have an article in the latest M&G.  Any one have contacts there 
so we can show what is already available for OpenOffice / Firefox / 
Thunderbird?

Great journalism tho'.. sigh...all that research.....

Jean





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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 19:01:32 +0430
From: "Xolisa Tango Nqodi" <xnqodi at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] ubuntu-za Digest, Vol 18, Issue 4
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well thanks guys  anyway  iformatted the whole drive by mistake but these
thing happen.  i have a personal serve and most of my staff was actually
backed up there so no problem...
thank you.


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> Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:44:17 +0200
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> Subject: [ubuntu-za] installing Ubuntu
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> I just intalled ubuntu on my PC That I use for work and i just realised I
> lost everything what can I do? can i the damage be undone/ Please Help.
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> Xolisa Tango Nqodi wrote:
> > I just intalled ubuntu on my PC That I use for work and i just
> > realised I lost everything what can I do? can i the damage be undone/
> > Please Help.
> depends.... did you install Ubuntu on the whole drive?  or did you let
> it install in the free space?
>
> Jean
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:29:15 +0200
> From: Morgan Collett <morgan at penguinlabs.net>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] installing Ubuntu
> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 14:44 +0200, Xolisa Tango Nqodi wrote:
> > I just intalled ubuntu on my PC That I use for work and i just
> > realised I lost everything what can I do? can i the damage be undone/
> > Please Help.
>
> Hi Xolisa
>
> There are two possibilities: either you have specified Ubuntu must use
> the entire drive, in which case it would have reformatted your drive,
> erasing Windows and your data, or you have resized your hard drive and
> installed Ubuntu in the free space - in which case you should get a menu
> when you power on which lets you select Ubuntu or Windows.
>
> Ubuntu would be the default on the menu, and perhaps the menu did not
> appear or you did not have a chance to select Windows. Try pressing Ctrl
> after the usual startup screen or BIOS message - just before Ubuntu
> starts loading - and a menu should appear. If you have Windows on that
> menu, you're back in business. If not, I'm afraid even a professional
> data recovery firm may only be able to get back some bits of what you
> had.
>
> If you have lost data, I sympathise - I'm sure many of us have gone
> through something of this sort at one stage or another, and the longer
> we are computer users the more likely we will do something we regret...
>
> I lost my entire Ubuntu 5.10 system when I was trying a milestone
> release of Dapper with the new (at that stage) graphical installer. The
> resize partition option had a data-losing bug which I managed to find...
> Fortunately I had some sort of backup of my data.
>
> About 6 months ago I was intending to delete Ubuntu off a secondary
> drive on a system and had mounted this drive at /media/sda2 or something
> like that. I intended to go "cd /media/sda2; sudo rm lib usr var boot"
> etc, but instead typed "cd /media/sda2; sudo rm /lib /usr /var /boot"
> entirely hosing the running system. Fortunately I didn't do /home...
>
> I now read what I type when erasing!
>
> I hope you didn't lose too much and that this doesn't put you off
> running Ubuntu!
>
> Regards
> Morgan
>
> --
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:38:06 +0200
From: Morgan Collett <morgan at penguinlabs.net>
Subject: [ubuntu-za] Edgy CDs for the community
To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
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With Feisty shaping up and looking to release next month, I suddenly 
realised we as a LoCoTeam have some Edgy CDs to distribute.

ShipIt did not distribute Edgy CDs, since Dapper aka 6.06 LTS was 
considered more stable. However Craig did get a good number for us to 
distribute.

He's posted me some to distribute in Cape Town, for which I offered to 
pay the postage costs. When they arrive, I'll ping this list and anybody 
can come and collect from me in the Northern Suburbs - perhaps somebody 
in the Southern Suburbs can take half so people can collect there too. 
I'll be asking for a nominal cash amount to cover the cost of the 
postage, and be giving out batches of CDs (5 at a time?) depending on 
how many there are -- so it will be up to you to distribute them further.

Rumour has it that Feisty (7.04) will be available via ShipIt, although 
we will as a LoCoTeam also get an allocation of them. We may hold (some 
of) those back for events, depending on what's on the calendar between 
now and Feisty+1.

So... Craig's in Durban, I'm in Cape Town, who in Joburg (or other major 
cities) wants the rest of the Edgy CDs on the same basis - pay Craig for 
postage, recover when handing out?

Regards
Morgan



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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 19:00:24 +0200
From: "Jan Kroeze" <thejcwk at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Microsoft article in the M&G
To: "Ubuntu South African Local Community"
	<ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
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Why don't we write something and send it to them? It shouldn't be too hard.
Anyone have a few hours over the weekend?

On 08/03/07, Jean Gruneberg <kaosboss at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
>
>
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=300536&area=/the_teacher/teac
her_features/
>
> I see MS have an article in the latest M&G.  Any one have contacts there
> so we can show what is already available for OpenOffice / Firefox /
> Thunderbird?
>
> Great journalism tho'.. sigh...all that research.....
>
> Jean
>
>
>
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 19:03:20 +0200
From: "Jan Kroeze" <thejcwk at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Edgy CDs for the community
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I'll take a few (Centurion, Pretoria). I study Computer Science, so I know
one or two people who are interested. About 5 or so should do. If I need
more I can just burn a few.

One question: are there Kubuntu CDs as well? Almost everyone I know prefers
KDE over GNOME...

On 08/03/07, Morgan Collett <morgan at penguinlabs.net> wrote:
>
> With Feisty shaping up and looking to release next month, I suddenly
> realised we as a LoCoTeam have some Edgy CDs to distribute.
>
> ShipIt did not distribute Edgy CDs, since Dapper aka 6.06 LTS was
> considered more stable. However Craig did get a good number for us to
> distribute.
>
> He's posted me some to distribute in Cape Town, for which I offered to
> pay the postage costs. When they arrive, I'll ping this list and anybody
> can come and collect from me in the Northern Suburbs - perhaps somebody
> in the Southern Suburbs can take half so people can collect there too.
> I'll be asking for a nominal cash amount to cover the cost of the
> postage, and be giving out batches of CDs (5 at a time?) depending on
> how many there are -- so it will be up to you to distribute them further.
>
> Rumour has it that Feisty (7.04) will be available via ShipIt, although
> we will as a LoCoTeam also get an allocation of them. We may hold (some
> of) those back for events, depending on what's on the calendar between
> now and Feisty+1.
>
> So... Craig's in Durban, I'm in Cape Town, who in Joburg (or other major
> cities) wants the rest of the Edgy CDs on the same basis - pay Craig for
> postage, recover when handing out?
>
> Regards
> Morgan
>
> --
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> ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za
>



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A brave new world.
A promised land.
A fortitude of hearts and minds."
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:13:51 +0200
From: Morgan Collett <morgan at penguinlabs.net>
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Edgy CDs for the community
To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
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Jan Kroeze wrote:
> I'll take a few (Centurion, Pretoria). I study Computer Science, so I 
> know one or two people who are interested. About 5 or so should do. If 
> I need more I can just burn a few.
>
> One question: are there Kubuntu CDs as well? Almost everyone I know 
> prefers KDE over GNOME...
There are a mix, but AFAIK more U than Ku. 5 Kubuntu should be no 
problem. Let's see if anyone steps in to handle Gauteng - otherwise 
Craig or I can post them to you.

Morgan



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