On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 17:29 +1000, Michael Fox wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm interested in getting set up on linux
> >
> > I have a laptop presario pentium 3 compacq computer. I need all the usual
> > things, word processing, movies, music, databasing, excell, and the
> > internet.
> >
> > I live miles from Sydney so I'd like someone to sit with for a couple of
> > days to get me going. Get things working etc. (ie when I come down) Do you
> > know anyone who might be interested.
>
> I'd highly recommend an easy to install linux distro, and from what I have
> seen fedora so far is very slick and nice. It manages to configure most
> stuff.
>
> You'd get more value out of setting it up yourself and then attempting to
> obtain help for various things, rather then just let someone else do it
> for you.
That's probably true, but we hold InstallFests precisely for the purpose
of getting people started. I don't know when the next one is, but
definitely come along -- you'll get all the help you need to get up and
running. Looking at
http://slug.org.au/events/
it looks like you just missed one, unfortunately. If you get it
installed and you're stuck on a problem, the list is good, or I'm sure
someone could help you out at one of the monthly meetings if it's a
sticky problem.
HTH,
James.
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