[Blackpool] Python intro

[Les Pounder]

Hi James, I get what you mean :D

Ubuntu comes with python, as lots of the interface is made with it. So
perhaps Ubuntu is the way to go? I think that the majority of our LUG use
Ubuntu on our machines, Tony is our resident Linux Mint expert, he uses it
on most of his machines.

Lets try Mint and Ubuntu next week. Virtualbox is great to use, but I agree
that it can be a pain at times. Dual booting is how most of us got into
Linux, but before you make any radical decisions, spend a week with a live
CD, and see how you get on.

Great to meet you and see you next week.

Les

On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 3:30 PM, James Page <jmsp.1983 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yep, nice to meet the little crowd down there, too.
>
> I'm thinking more about which distro would be practical for these Python
> sessions and some of the other stuff you guys do - I mean, I'm guessing it
> helps if everyone's running a familiar environment and it's easier for me
> to follow someone else's lead if they're running the same distro? I know
> there are some nuanced differences between RHEL/ CentOS and Ubuntu, so it
> doesn't bother me too much about transitioning between them. Mint and
> Ubuntu just look a bit easier to get to grips with - especially with things
> like dual boot. I've looked at VirtualBox, but it's a pain to get
> networking set up with that.
>
> I'll take a look a bit more at those three and maybe get some live discs
> set up in time for Saturday?
>
> Carrying on with the Python stuff would be great!
>
>
>
> J
>
> On 17 March 2012 15:10, Les Pounder <lespounder at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi James, nice to meet you today!
> >
> > Glad you enjoyed today's meeting, my thanks to Jon for leading the
> session,
> > I found it an excellent intro to python.
> >
> > Regarding the best distro for your laptop, the best suggestion I can make
> > is to try them both via a Live CD/USB stick, we can take a look at next
> > weeks LUG if you like?
> >
> > Also, if you are familiar with Centos, then perhaps you may be interested
> > in using Fedora, they are both based on the same install base so it might
> > make the transition more comfortable?
> >
> > Jon, can we please continue the Python lesson next week?
> >
> > Thanks to all for today.
> >
> > Les
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 3:02 PM, James Page <jmsp.1983 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everyone!
> > >
> > > Great to (finally) make it down this morning and do some Python-y
> stuff -
> > > really enjoyed it.
> > >
> > > I'm running Python on my Windows laptop at the moment, but I can
> > appreciate
> > > that Python might have a more natural home in Linux, so I'm looking at
> > > distros to install. I run a VPS with CentOS 5, so I'm more used to
> > working
> > > with that on the command line (to a very limited extent), but I've been
> > > looking at Mint and Ubuntu to put on my laptop - can anybody help me
> > make a
> > > decision between the two?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > James
> > >
> > > On 16 March 2012 18:23, Simon Carr <simonjcarr at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I don't think I will be there tomorrow. I am being IKEA'd tonight to
> > > > replace the computer room furniture. Since everything will be ripped
> > out
> > > > tonight I probably won't be on the hangout either.
> > > >
> > > > Jon Chamberlain <jonachamberlain at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >for those who are interested, I will running a Python primer at
> > > tomorrow's
> > > > >LUG meeting.
> > > > >
> > > > >This is intended to be for anyone who is new to Python and
> programming
> > > in
> > > > >general and therefore will be looking at the basics, of syntax,
> > > commands,
> > > > >formatting, etc. and we will probably not go into object-oriented
> > stuff
> > > in
> > > > >this session.
> > > > >
> > > > >Cheers
> > > > >Jon
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