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On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 12:01 +0000, Grant Phillips-Sewell wrote: > Sent: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:39 > Subject: Re: [LUG] torplay centre > > Overnight accommodation in a room for 12 or more, now there's a vivid > imagination!! > I will get a short article written up for the Upottery parish magazine > with the intent if enough interest is shown to set up a Saturday > around > March time. Being new to linux/Ubuntu myself and without serious > computing skills, will be wording it to encourage those with a > obsolete > or spare computer to give open source systems a try. It would be > helpful > to know if the practical exercise of partitioning is a sensible route > to > include in such meetings? > > Guy > ---- > If they're using a spare or obsolete computer, are they likely to need > much by way of partitioning? Do you need a good grounding in > partitioning in order to install other mainstream operating systems as > the sole operating system? I think perhaps for absolute beginners, > some demo sessions and basic guidance before diving into more > technical topics. > > Grant > I mentioned it in a bid to consider all likely requests that may come up and I take your points - best avoided perhaps. Guy -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq