Re: Appeal for help

Mathew,

I (and others) could also provide you with a Knoppix disk too.

That might be a good way to start.

At 03:59 PM 11/03/2004 +0800, you wrote:
>Dear Linux People,
>
>I am considering switching to Linux and as I live in Beijing, this list
>seems an obvious place to start (I was alerted to your existence by the ad
>in 'That's Beijing' magazine).
>
>To begin with, does anyone know a supplier of cheap, legal, English-language
>Linux in BJ? I don't have a CD-writer & therefore downloads are useless.
>I realize that this is a very basic question, but I need to begin somewhere!
>Please accept my apologies if you have just covered this ground in your
>'Install Fest', but I only accessed the website today.
>
>A second and rather optimistic request: would you be willing to help me set
>up a Linux installation in English? If so, read below* for more details.
>
>Many thanks for your help,
>
>Matt Forrester
>
>*Last year, I bought a Chinese desktop PC. I asked the company to install
>TurboLinux, but they installed illegal Windows XP. I am looking for someone
>who knows Linux to help me move to an easy version of Linux, and the other
>software I need to use: basically OpenOffice, Netscape and some multimedia
>players. I have more than ten years' experience of DOS/Windows systems (and
>a little Unix at my last university), but my last attempt to install Corel
>Linux failed. I can't afford to pay commercial prices for this (I'm a
>university teacher), but I would be happy to take you to a hotpot/minority
>restaurant afterwards...
>
>
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Regards,

Graham Brown

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