[ELECTRON] Frozen Ububntu.

[Martin McGrath]

Ok,

I'll have a think about when I've got a spare few hours and report back.

On 11 September 2010 12:52, Bob <bob at citystrolls.com> wrote:

> 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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