<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I am quite happy to help :)<br><br></div>John, maybe you could take note of the state of the machines, before or after they are "done", terms of performance, disk space, glitches.<br><br>
</div>Cheers, Nick.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 February 2014 15:07, John R. Hudson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:j.r.hudson@virginmedia.com" target="_blank">j.r.hudson@virginmedia.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">David C and I discussed this after it had been raised at a meeting but<br>
no-one else has showed any interest until now. If there are others who<br>
would like to join in, we might be able to put on something formal some<br>
time somewhere.<br>
<br>
I'm going to do a couple of XP machines for friends shortly.<br>
<br>
John<br>
--<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Tue, 2014-02-04 at 14:36 +0000, Nick Rhodes wrote:<br>
> That reminds me.<br>
> One of the news-tabloid websites mentioned in passing about lack of<br>
> awareness about end of like of XP a few days ago.<br>
><br>
> There was talk of us doing some stuff for the XP end of life, could we<br>
> do something in March for that, be it putting together some articles<br>
> for the CVS, website, Radio show, virtual drop in session (hangouts)<br>
> ?<br>
> Ideas:<br>
> Burning a load of Live CD/DVD's of various Linux distros for the CVS<br>
> to distribute along side a factual, FUD free XP migration guide (and<br>
> that should fairly mention Win 7 / Win 8 upgrades (and their pitfalls)<br>
> as much as the Linux option (including Linux pitfalls) and more<br>
> outlier options such as android tablets).<br>
> Articles on successful XP to Linux migrations (mixture on experiences<br>
> from Bradlug + reference from the likes of Google and Munich).<br>
> A radio article.<br>
><br>
> If people think this is a good idea, then we could synthesise these<br>
> plans into 100 words for Friday.<br>
><br>
> Comments, improvements, suggestions or alternative ideas please.<br>
><br>
> Cheers, Nick<br>
><br>
> On 4 February 2014 13:11, shi <<a href="mailto:notshi@gmail.com">notshi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > If anyone wants to send in anything for the 1st official issue of the Linux<br>
> > Voice magazine, there is a deadline!<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > On 4 February 2014 12:38, Andrew Gregory<br>
> > <<a href="mailto:andrewjamesgregory83@googlemail.com">andrewjamesgregory83@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> >><br>
> >> Hi Shi,<br>
> >><br>
> >> That's very kind of you to help, thanks. Our deadline is really soon --<br>
> >> Friday -- so anything you could get to us by Thursday or before would be<br>
> >> most appreciated. I've already heard from John McLear, who's doing something<br>
> >> with his telly, Raspberry Pi and XBMC, and is going to get a screenshot to<br>
> >> us.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Thanks,<br>
> >><br>
> >> Andrew<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > --<br>
> > shi<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > On 31 January 2014 12:29, shi <<a href="mailto:notshi@gmail.com">notshi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> >><br>
> >> This was a while ago which I soon forgot about! But there you go, a lovely<br>
> >> start to the weekends and a bit of press for the BRADLUG.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Anything in March, anyone?<br>
> >><br>
> >> And who wants the subscription? I'm guessing it should be someone who<br>
> >> turns up regularly for the meetings. John? :)<br>
> >><br>
> >> shi<br>
> >><br>
> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
> >> From: "Andrew Gregory" <<a href="mailto:andrewjamesgregory83@googlemail.com">andrewjamesgregory83@googlemail.com</a>><br>
> >> Date: 31 Jan 2014 12:15<br>
> >> Subject: Re: 20 free print subscriptions<br>
> >> To: "Shi Blank" <<a href="mailto:notshi@gmail.com">notshi@gmail.com</a>><br>
> >> Cc:<br>
> >><br>
> >> Hi Shi,<br>
> >><br>
> >> We only got three LUGs putting themselves forward for this, which means<br>
> >> that you, Cardiff and Sheffield are the only winners. Congratulations!<br>
> >><br>
> >> What name and address should we send the subscription to?<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> Also, for our first LUG pages, is there anything particularly awesome that<br>
> >> you're up to in March that you could share with the readers of Linux Voice<br>
> >> in about 100 words and a photo?<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> Thanks,<br>
> >><br>
> >> Andrew<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Andrew Gregory<br>
> >> <<a href="mailto:andrewjamesgregory83@googlemail.com">andrewjamesgregory83@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Thanks Shi, consider yourselves nominated!<br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 1:05 PM, shi <<a href="mailto:notshi@gmail.com">notshi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>> Hi Andrew!<br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>> I would like to nominate BRADLUG (Bradford Linux User Group) whose<br>
> >>>> ongoings can be found on - <a href="http://www.bradlug.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.bradlug.co.uk/</a><br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>> We have a very spritely group of people who meet up regularly at a local<br>
> >>>> volunteer community club for talks and presentations from our members about<br>
> >>>> their contributions to FOSS and Linux-based projects, social meetups for a<br>
> >>>> less formal format and we also have our very own radio show once a month at<br>
> >>>> the local community radio station where we present to our listeners news<br>
> >>>> about IT Stuff from around the globe with focus on local activities,<br>
> >>>> hackathons, events and organisations. If that's not enough, we also have a<br>
> >>>> very active mailing list where we update ourselves with all manners of Linux<br>
> >>>> news and where I got to know about the Linux Voice campaign before it was<br>
> >>>> advertised anywhere! Having not heard of Linux Format before, my interest is<br>
> >>>> now peaked at the possibility of a magazine that caters to my needs.<br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>> I have only been a member of this group for about 2 years having only<br>
> >>>> moved here recently and also having only fully changed my OS to Linux 3<br>
> >>>> years ago! It is very encouraging to receive so much support and observe<br>
> >>>> such dedication from a group of strangers that are now my friends.<br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>> BRADLUG has also celebrated her 5th birthday this September the 16th<br>
> >>>> (here's an overview of our *accomplishments*<br>
> >>>> <a href="http://www.bradlug.co.uk/september-16th-2013-fifth-birthday-snooping-and-wearable-technology/bradlug_fifth_year/" target="_blank">http://www.bradlug.co.uk/september-16th-2013-fifth-birthday-snooping-and-wearable-technology/bradlug_fifth_year/</a>)<br>
> >>>> and I would love to nominate the club for the free print subscriptions.<br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>> Thank you for all your hard work and we look forward to your issues,<br>
> >>>> podcasts and blog posts.<br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>> All the best,<br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>> --<br>
> >>>> shi<br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
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