[Gloucs] Another newbie lurking

[Matthew Phillips]

Glad linux rescued the laptop for going into the bin.

There are plenty of free programs you can install ontop of linux.

I haven't played with mint but in ubuntu it's as easy as going into the
ubuntu software centre and clicking what you want.

Let us know if you get stuck and hopefully we'll see you at the next meet.

Matt

On 20 October 2010 10:37, Bob Henson <robert.h.henson at gmail.com> wrote:

> I thought I'd just say hello to everyone from sunny Tetbury. I've joined
> the mailing list to see what you all get up to - it all seems a way
> above my head at the moment.
>
> I've just rescued an old laptop by installing Linux Mint (Ubuntu) and
> was pleasantly surprised to find a huge improvement, so I'm trying to
> find out a bit more about Linux. The laptop was all but useless running
> Windows XP (I got tired of having to go and make a cup of tea to pass
> the time whilst it booted) and since I've just retired and don't need it
> for work any more, I thought there was nothing to lose. With only a slow
> Celeron processor and 512Kb memory, I wasn't too optimistic, but it
> runs a treat and, so far, I haven't found anything that I can't make
> it do. It's all very different to Windows, of course, and my old
> geezer's brain isn't what it used to be - but I'm learning slowly.
>
> Maybe I can pick your brains if I get stuck anywhere? My only
> problem so far is nothing to do with Linux. Because I only use Gmail on
> the laptop, my posts to mailing lists don't seem to get echoed back to
> me, so if anyone has a second or two to reply, I'll know this arrived
> OK.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob
>
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