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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Martin McGrath <mcgrath.martin@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Discussion list for the Electron Club <members@electronclub.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Saturday, 11 September, 2010 10:01:13<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [ELECTRON] Frozen Ububntu.<BR></FONT><BR>Bob,<BR><BR>Perhaps that would be a good idea. We could cover basic Linux installs, post OS installation tweaks, installing software using the package manager or from source code and some basic trouble shooting.<BR><BR>Is this the sort of thing you had in mind?<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On 10 September 2010 23:06, Bob <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:bob@citystrolls.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:bob@citystrolls.com">bob@citystrolls.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote>Can we not organise a few evenings or something and do installs and some basic open source stuff. Intro workshops or whatever, like its been talked about but never really happens? My knowledge is about as basic as Johns and I have been a member for club for years. Any takers? Bob
<DIV class=im><BR><BR>On 10/09/2010 21:45, JOHN COUZIN wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=im>Thanks everybody for your responses, I'll try to work through them later and see<BR>how I get on. John.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>________________________________<BR>From: Clive Mitchell<<A href="mailto:bigclive1@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:bigclive1@gmail.com">bigclive1@gmail.com</A>><BR>To: Discussion list for the Electron Club<<A href="mailto:members@electronclub.org" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:members@electronclub.org">members@electronclub.org</A>><BR>Sent: Friday, 10 September, 2010 16:31:41<BR>Subject: Re: [ELECTRON] Frozen Ububntu.<BR><BR>You can set your computer to check if there's a CD ROM present at<BR>boot-up and use that before the hard disk. That gets done in the BIOS<BR>settings, I'll not try and explain it here because the way it's done<BR>depends on your system.<BR><BR>If it's any consolation I too "upgraded" to Ubuntu 10 and it took ages<BR>and rendered my
system completely unusable (ACER laptop). I managed<BR>to salvage some files with a copy of the earlier Ubuntu run from the<BR>CD ROM then reloaded my system with the earlier version from scratch.<BR><BR><BR>Other than that and the lack of proper support by the printer<BR>manufacturers, I've been very happy with Ubuntu.<BR><BR><BR>On 10 September 2010 12:37, JOHN COUZIN<<A href="mailto:john.c.at95@btinternet.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:john.c.at95@btinternet.com">john.c.at95@btinternet.com</A>> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote>It doesn't have windows, when I start it up with the Ubuntu disc in, it stll<BR>seems to boot up from the hard drive.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV>
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