-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > As a note to everybody else, it would be a good thing if we all > posted install instructions. It will be a resource for all the > newbies out there.
Here are the instructions I used for a Linux Mint Installfest I ran a few years ago. Specifics may have changed, but this might still be useful. https://sobac.com/LUGs/bitsnbytes/Workshop2/ Feel free to copy / repost as desired. - --Bob. On 2017-07-15 11:41 AM, Howard Gibson via talk wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 22:23:05 -0300 Ann Pohl via talk > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi. Anyone want to do their bit for the environment by helping >> me get set up? I am not wanting to be an OS computer whiz. I have >> a full plate already doing environmental protection'defense >> work-activism, and being a grandmother etc.. >> >> ...I am currently shopping for a new not-fancy computer and need >> some recommendations on which would be best for installing >> Linux-Ubuntu in a dual boot, and I also need an affordable >> technician to help me do that when I get the computer. >> >> Usually I am in eastern NB but am in the GTA for the summer. I >> have technical support down there, but not up here. My kids are >> buying me a new computer and I need some guidance. I use the >> Linux - Ubuntu side mostly for my work because it deals with a >> lot of security issues. >> >> Thanks for considering this request. Ann Pohl > > Ann, > > I post my Linux installation instructions on my website. Installing > Linux is not difficult. I run mostly Fedora, but I have installed > Ubuntu and Slackware, and my instructions are up there. Being able > to install your own OS is good. It keeps your computer out of the > hands of repair technicians. > > As a note to everybody else, it would be a good thing if we all > posted install instructions. It will be a resource for all the > newbies out there. > - -- Bob Jonkman <[email protected]> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 Comment: Ensure confidentiality, authenticity, non-repudiability iEYEARECAAYFAllxOUUACgkQuRKJsNLM5eppYACeLIAfQMyDyzOOtGfTvNOiCJWk Ny0An0OKJ/VAJXoVZiD3T7/LOaq3SaGI =7hJ4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
