Re: Purpose of the CLUG

[Roger Searle]

(encouraged by Douglas's first posting, here's mine)

Sure, installfests serve a great purpose, but for me one of the easier 
parts of (an attempt at) a move to linux is the initial OS install.  As 
someone who can do almost anything in windows I can figure out a linux 
install even if I need to format and start over a week later.

The barrier I have is with software installs, this is incredibly 
confusing to a linux newbie like me, to the point that it's tempting to 
stay with the redmond crew.  I'm determined not to do so and stick with 
it, but I can imagine plenty of others are in a similar situation, 
perhaps lurking here too.  If linux is to gain greater general 
acceptance on the desktop this stuff has to be easier, and there have to 
be places where competent people can take relatively trivial questions 
about how to do this stuff. 

I'd hoped that joining this group might be such a place, but on seeing 
the nature of the postings, would be embarrased to put my questions here. 

This posting is sent in the hope of influencing the future content of 
meetings towards more help for the windows geek wanting/trying/failing 
to convert.  Right now my own dream of spending at least 90% of my 
computer time in linux remains just that . . .

Roger