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On 16/11/10 11:46, Rob Beard wrote: > Quoting Vivi Griffin <vivi.griffin@xxxxxxxxx>: > >> I have been very quiet for some time for various reasons, including >> working >> on a contract job and having spent some months organising a house >> move. Now >> installed in my new home, I have been spending some time installing a >> new PC >> for a good friend of ours, as a Christmas present. She currently uses >> Suse >> but, I have installed Kubuntu 10.04 for her as all the new things I >> wanted >> her to be able to do seem to work well. >> >> Some of the new functionality she will have with the new PC includes : >> >> A webcam and skype >> Team Viewer remote control (so, I can help her with any issues more >> easily) >> DropBox for online backups (currently she doesn't backup at all & she >> doesn't have anything very confidential on her PC) >> >> I found that turning a barebones install into a fully working desktop / >> laptop system with all useful software installed and working is quite >> a time >> consuming process. In the past, I have done this over time but, doing >> it all >> in one go was quite different. In the process of installing & testing the >> PC, I found out lots of useful information about what works well and what >> doesn't. It occurred to me that sharing this information could save >> others >> doing an install lots of time, searching it out. >> >> Therefore, I thought it may be a good idea to have a workshop on this >> topic >> where members could share their knowledge on this subject. >> >> I now live in Moretonhampstead so, Newton Abbot is not far for me to >> get to. >> However, if just a few people are interested, I would be happy to host >> such >> a workshop at my home although numbers would need to be fairly limited as >> our house is not huge. >> >> Initially, I just wanted to test the water to see if anyone would be >> interested? >> >> Viv >> > > Sounds good, although it might an that everyone argues the best way of > doing things :-) > > Still I guess it's something that can be discussed so we can come up > with some ideas. > > Rob > Well if this can be aimed at new users, then surely having a talk on how to get round some of the more common issues that come up is a good thing. thinking ahead to software freedom day 2011 (which we still need a venue for), this could make a good talk during the day On the subject of SFD can we look in to getting this on the agenda as once we have a venue we can plan better for the day Paul -- Paul Sutton Cert SLPS (Open) http://www.zleap.net 17th September 2011 - Software freedom day -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq