On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 11:26:19PM +0000, d922989 wrote:
Hi Rob,
Nice to meet you :)
So to Linux. If you haven't realised by now, I am one of the very few (?) non-techie people on the list but perhaps a laugh at my newbie naivete may be warming on a cold winter evening.
I wouldn't say that you are in a minority, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that more than half the subscribers are non-techy, just maybe they aren't as vocal as the technical people :)
I only started with Linux in December 2004. Maybe in desperation for some visible nuts and bolts, I have ignored advice about difficulty and gone straight for Debian (3.0 r3). I've got a dual boot working with XP as I only
Good man, Debian is a sensible choice, one that many of us will approve of and be happy to help with anyway ;)
That's it. My appreciation to all who contribute to making this an interesting list, especially to the kind folk who run it all. Perhaps look forward to meeting some of you one day; do you really venture down to the Billy Bluelight sometimes?
The "City Gate" on Dereham road is where we meet, once a month on the 2nd Thursday of each month from 8pm onwards. It would be great to see you come along and meet up with us. Also given that you teach/lecture at the UEA you could always help us to organise a weekend meeting at the UEA if you wanted ;)
Thanks Adam