[ELECTRON] Frozen Ububntu.

[Bob]

Hi M
Yes just that. I mean it wouldn't have to be a big organised thing either. 
Folk could just say I have a few hours next Thursday or whatever and I 
could talk about or do this or that - see how it goes:) B.

On 11/09/2010 10:01, Martin McGrath wrote:
> Bob,
>
> 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.
>
> Is this the sort of thing you had in mind?
>
> On 10 September 2010 23:06, Bob<bob at citystrolls.com>  wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> On 10/09/2010 21:45, JOHN COUZIN wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks everybody for your responses, I'll try to work through them later
>>> and see
>>> how I get on.     John.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Clive Mitchell<bigclive1 at gmail.com>
>>> To: Discussion list for the Electron Club<members at electronclub.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, 10 September, 2010 16:31:41
>>> Subject: Re: [ELECTRON] Frozen Ububntu.
>>>
>>> You can set your computer to check if there's a CD ROM present at
>>> boot-up and use that before the hard disk.  That gets done in the BIOS
>>> settings, I'll not try and explain it here because the way it's done
>>> depends on your system.
>>>
>>> If it's any consolation I too "upgraded" to Ubuntu 10 and it took ages
>>> and rendered my system completely unusable (ACER laptop).  I managed
>>> to salvage some files with a copy of the earlier Ubuntu run from the
>>> CD ROM then reloaded my system with the earlier version from scratch.
>>>
>>>
>>> Other than that and the lack of proper support by the printer
>>> manufacturers, I've been very happy with Ubuntu.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10 September 2010 12:37, JOHN COUZIN<john.c.at95 at btinternet.com>
>>>   wrote:
>>>
>>>> It doesn't have windows, when I start it up with the Ubuntu disc in, it
>>>> stll
>>>> seems to boot up from the hard drive.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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