[HLUG] New member information

[Ann Tether]

Hello Julian
Thank you for making me so welcome to this group, I just thought I would 
do a search to see if there was a local linux group, and there you were. 
Mint - Mate edition does seem to be doing the trick for me, but there 
are so many distros that it was more by chance than anything else that 
it was Mint I chose. Everything else seems good at the moment - 
especially as I can still run some of my games via Wine, and Libre looks 
just as good if not better than OpenOffice. Hope I will get chance to 
meet up in the future but I don't drive so will have to sort something 
out. I mentioned on the FB Linux Mint group that I had found you and the 
members there were quite jealous I think (they are from all parts of the 
World) and none have local groups.
Kind regards
Ann
On 03/04/14 11:57, Julian Robbins wrote:
> Hello Ann
>
> Firstly, welcome to the Herefordshire LUG.  I hope you will get something
> useful out of joining our group.
>
> Thank you for post about using Linux Mint.  Normally I send an introductory
> email to new members of the LUG,  asking them to post about themselves and
> what they want to get out of the group,  but you beat me to it ;-)
>
> I'm pleased Mint is working out so well for you.  It's an ideal win XP
> replacement,  and for many existing Windows users ideal for many purposes.
>
> You're welcome to come along to our regular monthly meetings usually held
> fourth Weds of each month,  with a few special events taking place
> throughout the year too.
>
> If you get stuck please just ask for help.  We all try to help Linux
> newcomers as much as we can.
>
> Equally I'm pleased you're all set with your sound and printer now.  We had
> a recent thread about some printer manufacturers being more if a pain
> properly supporting Linux than others,  come in Canon ..  So if you're on
> the look out for any new hardware asking the group first for their
> experiences can be very useful to avoid problems later on.
>
> Please tell any windows xp owning friends about Linux and Open Source,  as
> I'm sure you're aware windows will be stopping security updates for XP very
> very soon,  whereas Linux Mint and others can provide new life for older
> laptops secure and completely fully up to date.
>
> Again many thanks for joining our group.
>
> Regards
>
> Julian Robbins
> Herefordshire LUGMaster
> On 2 Apr 2014 22:50, "Ann Tether" <catether at talktalk.net> wrote:
>
>> I live in Leominster and use Linux Mint 16 - Mate. I am new to Linux as I
>> was an XP user, but wish I had migrated much earlier. I have found a good
>> support group on Facebook who have helped me with teething problems, ie:
>> sound issues and printer drivers, but now all is well.
>>
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