E-mail me off list, and we can see what's a good afternoon for you to borrow the disks. Are you going to the meeting Sat? Cheers, Phil M On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Matt Waters wrote: > >From: Philip C Mendelsohn <mend0070 at tc.umn.edu> > >Reply-To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >Subject: RE: [TCLUG] New to linux > >Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 08:02:03 -0500 (CDT) > > > >On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Matt Waters wrote: > > > > > BTW, any of you guys know of a place around the Dakota > > > county area where I can get 2.2r2 binaries for Debian? (I have a helluva > > > slow connection and don't want to spend the next 2 months downloading > > > debian.) Anyway, I've probably rambled on long enough. Thanks again for > >your > > > help. You guys are great. > > > >You can just order them online, too. I forget who I got mine from, but > >I'll look -- it was way cheap, and they're great. > > > >If I had a CD burner, I'd do copies for you. (That's potato, right?) Or > >you can borrow the disks for an afternoon. I'm not in Dakota county, but > >52 ends a stone's throw from my place in St. Paul. > > > > > Now for the hardest part of any Linux installation: Getting my > > > windows-addicted family to learn how to use Linux without constantly > > > complaining about it. =) > > > >Nah, just make sure you install something like Star Office or WordPerfect > >so they don't have to *start* with emacs. It's easy to find bells and > >whistles (sloppy focus in X) that will win them over. > > > >-- > >"To misattribute a quote is unforgivable." --Anonymous > > > >_______________________________________________ > >tclug-list mailing list > >tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > I've got a CD burner and some free disks. If you could lend me the disks for > an afternoon, that would be great. As for a good word processor, I'm sure > either of those would prolly work for them, since they don't demand much. I > suppose I could bribe my sisters with WordPerfect by threatening to make > them use emacs if they get on my nerves. =) > > BTW, there was some talk earlier of some dude offering some cheap radio > connections to his 2mbps pipe. I must say, I find this most cool. I > apologize if it's already been said, but how much is he charging for > hardware and monthly access? > > > > > The Fishy One's Infinite Wisdom #28: "Life is anything that dies when you > stomp on it." > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- "To misattribute a quote is unforgivable." --Anonymous