[Nottingham] Newbie intro

[David Aldred]

Just found this group and signed up...

A brief intro: I've worked though CP/M, DOS (various), Windows (various, 
ending up with XP Pro) - no serious beef, really, but just the general 
feeling that there's something better Out There...

Having wondered about trying out Linux before, and needing more computer 
power for the household (me, plus four computer-literate kids in the 
house, and my wife now also starting to take an interest, is overloading 
my network of two PC's!), I've bought a laptop from someone on Ebay, and 
it arrives later this week.  It has Linux on it.

Oh, all right, I'm still a bit of a chicken - Linux and Windows dual 
boot.  The Linux is SUSE 8.2.  If I can get it to talk to my Windows 
network and the networked printer and Internet connection, and if the 
kids can cope with an OS change (I think they will - or at least the 
older ones, who have the homework assignments!) then I'll remove the 
Windows bit fairly soon.  Give me a fair few months and it might just 
replace Windows in the house entirely.

So you can expect lots of questions, soon, on a fairly basic level, if 
that's OK!  Be kind.... :-)

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