Don't be embarrassed. I was in exactly the same situation as you but did not hesitate to ask those questions. I was sometimes reminded to RTFM but in general there are heaps of helpful evangelists lurking on this list.
I have not used Windows at home now for about a year. Regards, Robert What Do Fish Say When They Hit a Concrete Wall? Dam! -----Original Message----- From: Roger Searle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 22 January 2004 6:26 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Purpose of the CLUG (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
