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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 -- 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