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On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 13:24 +0000, Grant Sewell wrote: > Are we ready to give plenty of time and help to those newcomers? I would > think so, yes. This is a must to be just. > Certainly I am trying to find out about the possibility of > "hiring" one of the larger computing labs (sans expensive College > equipment) here at College on a regular basis - say once every 3 months. If we could help in some way by using it and getting people in, youo might be ablke to justify a Linux lab - with some standard setups - for a school, and a small business. > If this was successful then it would potentially be a major boost - the > College is in a well know, very accessibly location with good parking > facilities (on a Saturday :p) and these regular events could be for taster > sessions, advice sessions, task specific session (Asterisk, anyone?), etc. WCBN might publicise an event that could be tailored to the needs of SME's as this is their remit. > > I do agree, to some extend, with your sentiments regarding VirtualBox. > Unfortunately I believe one of the first hurdles is to try and get people > to accept that Linux is not Windows and activities/habits brought across > from Windows may not work under Linux. The Linux Format special edition on web design had a Virtualbox install guide, followed by Ubuntu and various web creation tools to run from Windows, thus leaving the owner with a working Ubuntu for future use and possible migration. -- james kilty http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk -- 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