Question: If you just use a computer for email, web, etc but don't know much about them or anything about Linux how would you know about why you should give Linux a try or where you could go to get free help/support from some good, friendly, Linux loving folks?
Backstory: I was helping a friend w. fire wood, got a phone call, and then asked here if I could jump on the web w. her computer. Ugh! I don't know recall which version of Win-duhs but when I tried to open up a new IE session, the computer threw-up all over itself. I spent about 10 mins or so just trying to get to my gmail. I said to her, how the heck do you use this thing? I told her she should let me install Linux on it. And she just looked at me w. a blank stare. At the moment I wish I had a LiveCD or my laptop to show her the brave new world of Linux. So I guess what I'm driving at is how do we get the word out to the avg computer user? If you don't know someone who runs Linux or aren't involved w. Free Geek how would find out about it? I can't help but feel like if we could expand the Linux user base here that only good things we come out of it for everyone... _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
