[ELECTRON] Frozen Ububntu.

[JOHN COUZIN]

I'll look forward to that. Thanks.   John.


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From: Martin McGrath <mcgrath.martin at gmail.com>
To: Discussion list for the Electron Club <members at electronclub.org>
Sent: Sunday, 12 September, 2010 10:57:01
Subject: Re: [ELECTRON] Frozen Ububntu.

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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