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From: C A Wills
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 10:45 PM
To: Dorset Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [Dorset] Hi from pissed off Windows user in Weymouth - wanting
to change
David
It may be worth looking at Novatech.co.uk in Portsmouth, as they supply
computers laptops without an OS or pick
I'm a bit late to this! Lots of great advice already, but I'll stick my
oar in anyway.
On 20/03/13 15:43, David Smith wrote:
1. Is this the right way to go and if so what distribution would you
recommend? Should I buy DVDs or download?
I'd suggest downloading. As others have said, you can
1. Is this the right way to go and if so what distribution would you
recommend? Should I buy DVDs or download?
To answer your main question, I would suggest a flavour of Ubuntu. If
you are willing to try a new fancy GUI, then plain Ubuntu, If you want
something with a more traditional
On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 19:06 +, Terry Coles wrote:
I'm not sure who you spoke to at HP, but they didn't know much about Linux.
As Andrew has already said, Linux uses CUPS, but in addition, HP provide a
Linux add-in called 'HPLIP'
(http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html).
in.
Will there be any problem with drivers?
many thanks
David
-Original Message-
From: Tim Waugh
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 9:26 AM
To: Dorset Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [Dorset] Hi from pissed off Windows user in Weymouth - wanting
to change
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Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-04
Hi,
Peter Merchant wrote:
You could download all three [Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu] and copy them
to CD/DVD and try them from the bootable CD before deciding.
Or USB flash memory stick as your BIOS may well boot from that. The
links on the right-hand side of
Hi David,
5. Does Linux have the equivalent of DOS batch files?
Yes, as Andrew said, it has shell scripts. The shell is the normal
command-line intepreter that sits on top of the operating system. It's
just a program, like any other, so there are various shells available.
bash is the default,
On Thursday 21 Mar 2013 11:49:37 David Smith wrote:
One more question - the laptop I buy will have webcam and audio built in.
Will there be any problem with drivers?
Not with any laptops I've used, but they've all been Dell.
I can't speak for any other manufacturer's offerings, but audio and
David
It may be worth looking at Novatech.co.uk in Portsmouth, as they supply
computers laptops without an OS or pick your own selection of M$ options.
Service is very good and normally no problems with replacements or
help. For us in the East Dorset it's an hours drive to go and
At present I run a desktop under Windows 7. I bought one of the first 64 bit
pcs running Windows 7 - so new that there was no proper driver for my HP
printer/scanner and so for a while I had no OCR software. It was great at
first but a number of registry errors built up and in spite of buying a
David,
Welcome to DLUG and Linux.
On Wednesday 20 Mar 2013 15:43:51 David Smith wrote:
2. Is it simple to find say printer drivers that run under Linux? I seem to
remember that when I phoned HP they had no drivers for Linux. Their software
for the HP printer/scanner/copier has things like OCR
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