Ubuntu Ireland

dueyfinster

We urgently need support from ALL Irish Ubuntu users to get a portal for our needs! I have already requested a mailing list, domain and web hosting support from the Ubuntu Project.

Register YOUR Support!

You can:
Post here to show your support or email me Directly: DF@dueyfinster.com and join our IRC Channel #Ubuntu-ie on irc.freenode.net

A short summary of our intiatives and goals is available at:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IrishTeam

Once again all support is appreiciated! Our main goal is the spread of opensource software, just like Ubuntu and the packages it provides to an Irish audience. We are also aimed at the end-user, hence Ubuntu as our distro of choice.

niallb

Show of support!
I'd be interested in helping edubuntu
match up with the Irish educational system
at all levels.

NiallB

Goodshape

Not to sure what I could offer at the moment - but as a happy Irish Ubuntu user, I'll register my interest in this.

steveland?

I'll offer my support if I can get my wireless mouse working in Ubuntu

dueyfinster

I am sorry about your wireless mouse, check ubuntu forums? (www.ubuntuforums.org)

We will deal with technical issues once we get the site going!! Thanks for your support, all of it is greatly appreiciated!! I will keep you all up to date on the project.

Thanks,
DueyFinster

HomunQlus

I'd really like to find a way to get AirportExtreme working on my PowerBook G4 (I have Ubuntu running beside OS X), also I'd like to get the hardware acceleration for the Radeon running.

garthv

Yeh this sounds like a great idea.
Maybe you should have the irc chan on Irc.Quakenet.Org ?

Khannie

Homun: Hardware accelleration for your radeon can be relatively easy. Search for "fglrx" under synaptic and install the stuff that hits. Then backup and edit your xorg.conf and change "ati" to "fglrx". Generally that's enough.

HomunQlus

Khannie wrote:

Homun: Hardware accelleration for your radeon can be relatively easy. Search for "fglrx" under synaptic and install the stuff that hits. Then backup and edit your xorg.conf and change "ati" to "fglrx". Generally that's enough.

It's not that easy on a PowerPC platform - have tried to find fglrx for PowerPC without success.

Khannie

*hangs head*

Assumed you were running on x86 based.

mp3guy

MacOSX is fairly better than Ubuntu, only prob is it costs money, and PPC ubuntu isn't as developed as x86 ubuntu, i'd stick with OSX if i had it.

JackKelly

i'd be happy to help if i could ever get my damn wireless card to work. Wreck the head! Love ubuntu though.

zoro

*registers interest*

HomunQlus

mp3guy wrote:

MacOSX is fairly better than Ubuntu, only prob is it costs money, and PPC ubuntu isn't as developed as x86 ubuntu, i'd stick with OSX if i had it.

Yes, OS X is better, but I'd like to have dual boot on my PowerBook. So I have both.

cgaryrun

/me shows some support

Static M.e.

Yeah I love Ubuntu, waiting for the CDs to come to move main machine on to it.

Capt'n Midnight

TimAy wrote:

i'd be happy to help if i could ever get my damn wireless card to work. Wreck the head! Love ubuntu though.

What card ?

tck

Hello,

I wouldn't mind helping out.

aidan_r

also interested

conorgriff

Support from me too! Only new to Ubuntu myself but it seems like a good-un

Cormic

Also interested - Don't know what help I can be though.

MarkR

Like he said. *points up*

DrEvil

I'm interested too

Syth

I'm also running Ubuntu on an Apple Laptop. Though I think Ubuntu is a better desktop than OSX. OSX has a retarted GUI at times, and it's not a full featured as Ubuntu.

I'm having 'fun' with hardware acceleration on my Radeon 9550 on my iBook. Apparently newer ati card like this *are* supported by the open source drivers but it's a bit dodgy.

gerryk

Interested

Running 6.10 final on my Vaio, 6.06 server on fw/gateway

derby7

I'm running Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper (also have the option of booting into Kubuntu), both are interesting. I'm a little diff than most as i dont ave an internet connection, so i have to download the deb files or source files & install programs that way. I've got a TV card working & Mythtv going, believe it or not. I got TVTime and a few music programs working. All in all, a good experience.....