Yes, we do. Many people would like to use Linux, and just cant, mainly because they cant get it. Or getting it is just too difficult. This, i think is a big problem. But one that can be solved with a bit of work and collaboration.... And i will agree with the Mother_of_the_boards hoopla thingy :-)
Cheers Szemir On November 17, 2004 21:35, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from bogi: > > On November 17, 2004 19:55, s. keeling wrote: > > > Incoming from bogi: > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3830545.stm > > > > > > It's more like a LUG turns one year old. Take a look for yourself at > > > <http://www.iraqilinux.org/>. CLUG might even learn something from > > > > As i read on, it seems the biggest problem is the unavailability of > > distros, maybe even related to bandwidth and connectivity problems. Also > > read the > > I've seen that complaint before. We all take connectivity for > granted. Go somewhere like Africa and you learn that a pots land line > is a luxury for many. Even if they can afford one, the infrastructure > sucks, so they're unreliable. > > A couple of years ago, I got in contact with a guy in South Africa. > He and his friends wanted to use Linux but just _finding_ CDs and books > was impossible. I packed up all my obsolete (for here) Linux stuff > and shipped it to him. They were ecstatic when it arrived. Days > later, they had an installfest in the works. > > > forums they have, go into the helpme section ... see they had difficulty > > installing in some cases, found mandrake to be too simple and ended up > > That could just be hardware incompatibility. Pick the wrong mboard > and you're hosed if it isn't supported yet. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
