[SC.LUG] Re: fw message: crewe

[David Holden]

On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 11:45, Richard Smedley wrote:
> Steve Rodin said:
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > Sorry for this semi-direct communication, but I haven't had much luck
> > getting in touch with anyone so far.
> 
> Hello Steve,
> 
> Details of South Cheshire LUG at the bottom of
> this e-mail.
> 
> > I live in Crewe and would love to get involved with a LUG in my local
> > area. I have 'played' with a number of installations and have so far
> > enjoyed all of them.
> 
> > I have just been given an old laptop and was hoping to install Linux on
> > it but need some ideas from others as to what distro and how to go about
> > it. I would be grateful if you or someone you might be able to think of
> > can contact me and help me out.
> 
> Happy to help :-)
> We have a meeting on 14 May, Wheelock, Sandbach,
> which you are welcome to attend/ bring along your
> laptop.
> 
> Meanwhile I've cc'd the SC.LUG mailing list, in
> case there is anyone else living in Crewe who
> may want to contact you directly.
> 
> We could do with more info on the laptop, for
> an indication of what would be best. 'Old' covers
> quite a range. Eg, if it's a 386 with 6MB of RAM
> you need to go a fairly customised route, if it's
> a pentium you can use a regulaar distro but
> have to be careful about package selection.
> 
> My mother has a Toshiba laptop with a P120, 32MB RAM
> and a 5GB HDD running Debian GNU/Linux. My wife's
> Thinkpad (P133/48MB) runs Debian, too.
> 
> Many people have found Peanut GNU/Linux a good distro
> where HDD space is limited. If you have less than 64MB
> RAM, then it is in the choice of GUI and browser that
> you need to be careful.
> 
> > I can be contacted on steverodin@clara.co.uk
> 
> btw you will need to subscribe to the mailing list
> http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/sc
> in order to post there.
> 
> Regards,
> 
>  - Richard

I could bring a copy of redhat 9 to the meeting, I also haved burned the
current debian release to cdrom but I've not tried this distro.

 Dave.



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