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Neil Smith writes: > Hi, > I was going to attend on Saturday. > I am new to the group and will be coming from Taunton, should anyone > need a lift I will have some space in my car. > I am not a programmer but a very keen computer user who works via the > internet from my home. I was introduced to Ubuntu the other year but > only had a very short time to look at it and no time to practice. I have > installed it on my laptop but can't get it configured properly and don't > really understand how it works, so don't use it. > I was hoping that by joining the group and attending the meeting I might > get my laptop set up properly, as I have no sound with Ubuntu, and would > get to know how to use the various linux software as I have only ever > used windows. > > Neil > >> Hi >> >> Just wondered who was actually going to the meet saturday, apart from >> myself, I am still going >> >> Paul >> - -- >> Paul Sutton >> www.zleap.net >> Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf >> http://www.odfalliance.org >> Next Linux User Group meet : Feb 7th : 3pm, Shoreline Cafe Paignton >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org ...I know this probably won't be of much help to you but I used a cover disk of ubuntu from linux format megasine and it worked/is working with very little configuration on my laptop. All I had to do was install some java packages from synaptic to get youtube working. It shouldn't really be too dificul of a transition from Windows. What you might require is a slight perceptual shift about what an OS is and how it's licenced/developed and distributed though. Cheers, JonDavey -- 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