[Lancaster] Fwd: help wanted for linux user in lancaster

[Darren Poulson]

Hi,

He could always try Ubertechs. (www.ubertechs.co.uk) - The guy who runs it 
knows linux (bumped into him on various mailing lists including Asterisk and 
MythTV) so could well be up for supporting linux too. Good prices too!

- Posted to the list for free advertising, tho' ubertechs is nothing to do 
with me!

Darren.

On a totally unrelated note, Kubuntu 6.06 installs great on a G4 iBook and the 
wireless even works now (after downloading a firmware).



On Monday 05 June 2006 16:05, Martyn Welch wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Anyone willing to help?
>
> Martyn
>
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> Subject: help wanted for linux user in lancaster
> Date: Monday 05 June 2006 16:00
> From: Steve Alexander <steve at canonical.com>
> To: lancaster at lug.org.uk
>
> Hi linux people,
>
> My name is Steve.  I used to live in Lancaster, but now I'm in Vilnius,
> Lithuania.
>
> A few months ago, I was in Lancaster.  I visited my friend Neil, and
> while I was there I saw that his Windows machine had all sorts of
> keyloggers and spyware on it.
>
> It wasn't possible to recover the system, because he had no original
> CDs.  He uses the system only for the web, so I bought him an adsl
> router to replace his USB adsl modem, and installed Ubuntu instead.
>
> Everything was fine.  Neil found the system straightforward to use, and
> didn't have any problems with firefox, even though he'd been used to the
> AOL version of internet explorer.
>
> When I spoke with Neil on the phone last week, he said that the computer
> wasn't connecting to the internet anymore.  It could be a physical
> connection problem, or it could be a configuration problem.  I asked him
> to find a friend with a laptop to plug that into the adsl router, and
> see if the laptop works.  That would tell whether the problem lies on
> his ubuntu machine or if it lies elsewhere.
>
> Neil doesn't know much about computers of any kind.  I mean, he knows
> how to plug them in, and run programs from menus, use the web, and so on.
>
> I want to help him out, so I'm looking for someone who would pop around
> to Neil's house and find out what the problem is, and try to fix it.
>
> So, is anyone interested in helping Neil out and getting his computer
> working properly again, for some reasonable fee?
>
> Mail me if you think you can help.
>
> --
> Steve Alexander
>
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