Hey I am close to you at 101 in Minnetonka. if you get someone to come over,
I can bring my machine over and both of us can pick the fellows brain.  I had a
stroke but am using LINUX. Is this like a Linux block party? *smile*

Wil Pike wrote:

> Newbie here... I've been to 3 installfests so far with limited success at
> each and attempted a Beer-Meeting (ugly results - had the wrong night or
> something....). The last 2 Karl (Carl?) has assisted me (quite well, I might
> add) - no, I don't know his last name, but the red-headed one.
>
> Anyway... I've watched the 'switch' Apple commercials for too long as I sit
> thru yet ANOTHER 'download the Winders drivers' nightmare on a 'new' box
> I've put together... I'll not bore (or would that be entice?) you with the
> details at this point except to say it's pretty close to top-shelf
> components across the board...  Exasperation (being the combination of
> 'expitives' and 'perspiration') finally set in when I was unable to get the
> thoughtfully-included software to operate either the CDRW OR the DVD drives.
> I've been working under the mantra of 'Micro$oft-free by the end of 03',
> trying to slowly slide into a comfort zone with Linux (started with
> Mandrake, more recently with RH) doing dual-boot setups... (I HAVE
> successfully setup an older 400Mhz machine as a RH-ONLY system, but that is
> the extent of my 'good' luck with Linux so far... *sigh*).
>
> So (for the few of you that may still be following this rambling...)... it
> now comes to this. My immediate past results have me ready to jump into the
> great by and by of Linux where I will either fall to my death on the
> rocks... or learn to fly. As it currently stands, however, I am seeking a
> guru who works for pizza-and-beer prices to do a little tinkering on this
> box to get it Linux-enabled dual-boot... I have no 'release-loyalty' that
> couldn't be swayed by much more than 'my favorite release is...' as I REALLY
> want to get this going!! (and, IMHO, it's a pretty cool stash of parts I've
> acquired to make this thing go, so there'd be the fun of playing with it
> once it was working...).
>
> I'll open the bidding at a 6-pack of your favorite barley-pop and (at least)
> a small size of your favorite pizza... any takers? IF it matters to the
> bidders, I live near 169/62 just outside Hopkins... *crossing fingers and
> sitting back to wait on the bidding now...*
>
> Wil
>
> "If you are in that trade of helping others to laugh and to survive by
> laughter, then you are privileged indeed."  - Chuck Jones
>
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