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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%">Dear Lug,</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%">I am a 86 yrs old
Linux user living in Hastings. I have used Linux for the last 15
years e possibly more. I do not intend to return to the "Blue
Screen of death".</p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%">Unfortunately I have
a very busy life and cannot dedicate the time to Linux that I would
wish, as a result I am a permanent beginner, although I manage to do
all my computing work using Linux.</p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%">At present I have a
pressing problem to solve that is why I write to you asking for
assistance.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%">By mistake I bought
2 Asus Chromebooks (one for myself and one for my wife) when they
were on offer at half price with Lidl, some 18 months ago.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%">The mistake was/is
that I did not realize that the chromebooks are Cloud based and that
it is not easy to install a linux distribution on it. Also I do not
wish to dual boot the Asus, but replace the OS with Gallium. Also
do not wish to use the cloud and prefer to save all my work on flash
drives.</p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%">I wonder if there
would be someone in the Lug who would be able to patiently dedicate
the time to help me in installing Gallium OS on the machine so that I
can finally be able to use the Asus Chromebook and in such a way as
to enable me to install Gallium OS on my wife's machine, as I would
greatly appreciate learning how to deal with the problem.</p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%">As the old Chinese
saying goes "please do not give me a fish but teach me how to
fish", however as beggars cannot be choosers, I would appreciate
any help that I get.</p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%">Thanking you.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%">Kind Regards
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%">Elio Crivello</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%"> PS: I came once to
the LUG in Hailsham and was assisted/helped by Alex Colquhoun, with
FixParts, that must have been more than 10-12 yrs ago.
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</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 16 Jun 2023 at 12:32, Paul Tansom via Sussex <<a href="mailto:sussex@mailman.lug.org.uk">sussex@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">This month's meet will be at Broad Oak, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, <br>
and sandwiches will be available.<br>
<br>
I will be back as my dad died on 19th May, my current challenge is a <br>
trapped sciatic nerve, but I'm reasonably mobile so trying to get out <br>
and back to some form of normal.<br>
<br>
See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but <br>
we still don't bite and we have no plans to. (I think this still works <br>
with me not there!).<br>
<br>
Keep safe.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Paul<br>
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