[HLUG] New member information

[Ann Tether]

Thanks Julian
That sounds good, I will give it a couple of months then come along, I 
look forward to meeting you all.
regards
Ann
On 04/04/14 15:26, Julian Robbins wrote:
> Hi Ann
>
> We have one or two members who live near Leominster, so perhaps someone
> could give you a lift ? Otherwise the railways station isnt too far from
> the Courtyard, and its not so bad with the lighter evevnings now
>
> Regards
>
> Julian
>
>
> On 3 April 2014 15:22, Ann Tether <catether at talktalk.net> wrote:
>
>> 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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