[HLUG] Special Meeting 'Beginners Linux' June 24th, Leominster

[Paul]

Being a REAL beginner (well almost), I wonder if some people ( and this 
is NOT aimed at Steve) over think things.
I guess there are two "starts",  one is having a windows PC and wanting 
to partition it to take Linux and the second is buying a pc with no 
system on it and installing.  I have done both, once! and whilst i do 
know how to find some answers online, I am not really the person with 
the inside track.   Both situations went relatively smoothly, although 
the first attempt to install Ubuntu on my windows system in a virtual 
set up resulted in me partitioning the disk and having dual boot up, so 
perhaps I should stay away on the 24th!!  The new machine install with 
Linux Mint, off a magazine cd was heaven!

But well done to Julian for setting this up, looking forward to see how 
it all comes out in the wash


Cheers,



*Paul*


/_Sent from my desktop - can't afford A-Phone_/

On 02/06/15 23:26, Steve Horsfield wrote:
> *We plan to show how easy it is to install Linux by doing this on the
> evening as part of the event,*
> Ubuntu remains the most popular distribution and has been characterised
> recently by two different known and acknowledged installation faults*. *In
> the first fault the automatic scripted partitioning process fails and it is
> necessary to use GParted manually from the files available on the
> installation USB stick and that means you need to understand the
> partitioning process first*, *because Ubuntu no longer manages it for you.
> Should you have the misfortune to attempt to use the automated partitioning
> process you might find you have a very long wait.
>
> In the second known fault the USB stick boots to "Not a COM32R image"
> and leaves
> you high and dry until someone with the inside track tells you to hit the
> TAB key.
>
>
>
> Steve Horsfield
>
> On 2 June 2015 at 22:28, Julian Robbins<joolsr1 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Shame, whenever we hold it someone wouldnt be able to go though ..
>>
>> I've added a few ideas about the evnt and what we need to do on the
>> etherpad - so please take a look and help if you can -
>> https://pad.odoo.com/p/hlug-note.note-STR1TPSCJR
>>
>> Julian
>>
>> On 2 June 2015 at 22:26, Tim Spivey<tim.spivey at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> I won't be able to make it, having said I would. I am going on holiday
>> the
>>> day after so shall be packing I am afraid.
>>> On 2 Jun 2015 10:23 pm, "david winterton"<davidwinterton at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Count me in
>>>> On 2 Jun 2015 22:16, "Julian Robbins"<joolsr1 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone
>>>>>
>>>>> As previously agreed at discussed at our last LUG meeting last Weds,
>>> our
>>>>> survey pointed to a strong liking for the topics 'Beginners Linux'
>> and
>>>>> 'Linux distro choice', so we will have a special event with both of
>>> these
>>>>> topics later in the month. Charlie has agreed to host this with help
>>> from
>>>>> others on the evening. We plan to show how easy it is to install
>> Linux
>>> by
>>>>> doing this on the evening as part of the event, amongst other topics
>> so
>>>> it
>>>>> will be aimed at real beginners to Linux and Open Source perhaps keen
>>> to
>>>>> move from Windows, or new to computing entirely.
>>>>>
>>>>> The plan is to hold this on our normal 4th Wednesday of the month, ie
>>>> June
>>>>> 24th.
>>>>>
>>>>> We considered holding it in the usual place at the Courtyard, but on
>>>>> occasion it can get a bit noisy, so we decided to hold it at another
>>>> venue
>>>>> instead.
>>>>>
>>>>> The previous event on 'Open source and the professional audio/visual
>>>>> environment '
>>>>> we held in Leominster at Grange Court went well with great
>> facilities,
>>>> but
>>>>> unfortunately due to a glitch with the lug.org.uk mailing list, no
>>> mails
>>>>> reminding everyone of the event and on the day itself went out to our
>>>>> members so we had a reduced turnout for this reason.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have emailed the Grange Court folk if we can book the same room
>> last
>>>>> time, which was fine for us, not too big and not too small.
>>>>>
>>>>> All the organisation details for the event I have started on this
>>>> Etherpad
>>>>> here :-
>>>>>
>>>>> https://pad.odoo.com/p/hlug-note.note-STR1TPSCJR
>>>>>
>>>>> Ie event details, publicity, what's happening on the night, etc etc.
>>>> This
>>>>> is meant to be an open and collaborative space to concentrate our
>> plans
>>>> and
>>>>> ideas for the event - so please click the link and help. There is a
>>> chat
>>>>> facility too
>>>>>
>>>>> We are looking for *any* help that anyone can provide to help
>> organise
>>>> the
>>>>> event and make it a success both in the prep and during the evening.
>>>>> Hopefully we should be able to use the brilliant flashy large
>>> touchscreen
>>>>> we used last time which worked great with linux too.
>>>>>
>>>>> If anyone is able to publicise the event to other groups they are
>> part
>>> of
>>>>> please do. The entry is open to anyone not just LUG members and will
>> be
>>>>> subject to a small charge, to cover the hire of the venue only.
>>>>>
>>>>> Further details to come shortly
>>>>>
>>>>> Julian
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