On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 06:54:35AM -0700, Larry Price wrote:
> >Anyway, Tasha @ OPN mentioned a Linux Group meeting at efn on 
> >Thursdays.  I
> >hesitate to come to it, because aside from my MS web (Win2k/xp/ASP/SQL
> >Server) experience and a brief & bewildering tryst with Mandrake 9, I 
> >am
> >largely a Linux newbie.  So the question is, would it be productive 
> >for a
> >neophyte to come to the EugLug meeting?
> 
> The clinics are supposed to be *for* newbies, the fact that they
> often degenerate into geek social night is just a fringe benefit.
It's my personal opinion that the degeneration into geek social night
isn't really a fringe benefit. However, Max if you want to get the most
from your experience come regularly to the thursday nights prepared with
questions and preferably your computer, even if it is a tower.  Perhaps
your first question you have your computer and you say how do I
install linux?  Next, how do I configure my sound and video?  How can I
get on the internet, how can I send and receive email, how can I mount
my nt drives in linux.. 

> > Or should I simply spend some
> >sleepless nights learning on my own, and then come to EugLug when I get
> >stuck?
You can do that, but what is your time schedule like?  You'll learn far
faster bringing your questions to the clinic and the list.  Don't waste
your time trying to figure it out on your own until you have developed
your foundation.  Come to the clinic and the list as often as you have a
question.  Later when you are more experienced with it you won't be so
dependent upon the lug.  When will this be?  When people ask a question
on the list and *you* answer it.

Cory

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