Re: OCLUG needs a newbies night
Charles MacDonald <[email protected]>
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The Linux Doctor wrote: > Still!?!?! ALWAYS! I agree with Ian! that this is a vital need. I don't know where/how to send someone after I convince them that they should "look into" using Linux (or BSD , or even any FLOOS on a closed OS) I try hard not to set myself us as a resource as I do know a few things but my Knowledge of computing in this day and age has gaps you could FLY a 747 through without violating FAA clearance rules. We have come far from the install a thon days when folks juggled big stacks of diskettes and several long bearded geeks took a couple of hours to turn an old windows box into a doorstop. :) > On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 14:36:15 -0500 > "Ian! D. Allen" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I would recommend that the current Tuesday meetings be clearly branded >> "for experienced Linux users only" until such time as OCLUG decides >> if/how to cater to the new users. >> >> OCLUG needs to figure out if it wants to cater to new Linux users who >> have issues. The current masthead "Serving the Linux community in >> the Ottawa area for 12 years" might mislead people with minimal Linux >> knowledge into showing up for an OCLUG Tuesday and being completely >> lost. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario [email protected] Just Beyond the Fringe http://www.TelecomOttawa.net/~cmacd/ No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- OCLUG general discussion list [email protected] http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/oclug