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Viv wrote: > On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 11:07 +0100, Kevin Lucas wrote: > >> Just a thought..... >> >> I have (from an earlier post "Free PC's ") got three PC's going >> spare. >> One I have got Fedora Core 7 on the other two need H disks. I am happy >> to host a Session here in Minions in the tearoom (room for poss eight >> people and PC,s) one evening to show Linux and Apps to any one >> interested. >> >> James is bringing some more PC's over to the Shop(PL14 5LE 01579 363386) >> this week so any "takers" can collect from Minions Shop. I you want >> Fedora, Suse, Dabian, Asterix or any other flavor just bring a hard disk >> and the cd. We can Install it here! >> >> >> On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 08:59 +0100, John Hansen wrote: >> >>> Tom Potts wrote: >>> >>>> On Tuesday 02 October 2007 17:41, john.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Posted by "John Hansen" <john.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It is some time since I asked whether any one knew of a course in North >>>>> Cornwall on the subject of Kubuntu or perhaps Ubuntu. With the various >>>>> evening classes etc starting soon there might be a course which would me. I >>>>> am able to use Kubuntu for accessing the Internet using Konqueror and >>>>> Firefox as well as read emails with Thunderbird. Open Office is also >>>>> manageable -sort of ;-) >>>>> >>>>> What I need is a basic course or instruction to make me more confident in >>>>> using Kubuntu not that my needs are all that great. >>>>> >>>>> I would be delighted if any of you know of a course or training facility >>>>> offering such instruction. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> John - this may be a cart-horse order problem but do you have an idea of what >>>> you would like? >>>> Tom te tom te tom >>>> >>>> >>>> Tom, >>>> >>> I am after some basic training about the use of Kubuntu which I am happy >>> to use for internet >>> access and Open Office. Where I find it tricky is how to file and use >>> folders. I still use >>> Windows XP for several applications and it would be helpful if I could >>> learn to use Wine >>> for these. >>> I am not interested in going too far into the realms of Linux but only >>> wish to be able to >>> use the OS for some quite simple activities. >>> >>> I have a couple of books on Ubuntu which also gives some info on Kubuntu >>> but I seem >>> to learn rather better by seeing it done by someone who knows the ins >>> and outs. >>> >>> There was a member in Truro who also expressed an interest in learning a >>> little more >>> about the subject so somewhere like Wadebridge or Bodmin would perhaps be >>> suitable venues. >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> Kevin Lucas <kevin.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Minions Shop (Cornwall's Top Shop) >> >> >> > I would be interested as long as the agreed date is OK. I can bring my > laptop so, would not need a PC. I am also interested in learning more > about Wine. Also, I would be interested in knowing more about how to > back up Linux machines. > > I have various isos that I could bring along - Mint, Puppy, DSL, Simply > Mepis etc. but, my current preferred ones are Mint and Kubuntu. > > thanks for the offer > > Viv > > > Kevin, Like Viv I would be pleased to attend a meeting to learn a bit more about using Kubuntu. I look forward to hearing more with perhaps a choice of dates so a mutually convenient date may be found. Cheers John -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html