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