[Lincs] New member introduction

[Dave Rice]

Hi Mo,

welcome!

I too am a Mint user - a good all round distribution!

Also, guys, if you haven't already don't forget to join the latest website
at:

www.lincslug.org.uk

as well as on IRC.

Cheers,

Dave

On 8 September 2014 21:56, Mick Sulley <mick at sulley.info> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> Re your comments on Ubuntu 14.04, I moved to Linux with Ubuntu 8.10 I
> think it was, upgraded at each release until they created the Unity
> desktop, which I hated.  I then moved over to Debian, which is good and
> stable but unfortunately is slow to move to new package releases, so a
> couple of years back I moved to Linux Mint, which is based upon Ubuntu and
> follows their release schedule but, in my view, has a much better desktop.
>
> I definitely recommend that you have a look at it, certainly the best
> distro I have used.
>
> Cheers
> Mick
>
>
> On 08/09/14 15:57, Russell wrote:
>
>> Hi Mo.
>>
>> Just to let you know that I received your email no problem. I live in
>> Scunthorpe and run a dual boot system on Windows 7 Professional and Ubuntu
>> 14.04. I also run a couple of other machines on Ubuntu 13.10.
>>
>> I must confess that although a big fan of open source software I am not a
>> great fan of 14.04 it has been a major headache to set up cleanly and has
>> lost the graphic drivers on more than one occasion. Compared to earlier
>> renditions I feel it has been rushed in its development and shows it.
>>
>> I trust that I may hear from you again sometime.
>>
>> Yours
>> Russell
>>
>> On 07/09/14 13:15, Mobeen Iqbal wrote:
>>
>>> Hello folks.
>>>
>>> My name is Mobeen Iqbal, though i'm known as Mo to most people. We
>>> recently moved to lincolnshire, and i'm based about half an hour away from
>>> skegness in a small hamlet called hannah. I'm a visually impaired user of
>>> the linux operating system, and am currently trying to build a custom
>>> talking distribution of linux based on either arch or Ubuntu for the
>>> visually impaired. I just wanted to check if my message reaches the list,
>>> and also to begin networking with people around lincolnshire. I believe
>>> strongly in the strength of open source software, and have worked for many
>>> years to supply computers with open source software to the blind across the
>>> country. i hope to hear from some of you in due course.
>>>
>>> thanks for reading,
>>>
>>> Mo.
>>>
>>>
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