[Sussex] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - June 17th IRL

[Paul Feakins]

Dear Elio,

Fantastic to be using Linux at 86!

My first thought would be to sell the Chromebooks on Ebay and buy 
laptops that are easier to install Linux on, is that an option?

Kind regards,
Paul Feakins

On 29/06/2023 23:15, Elio Crivello via Sussex wrote:
>
> Dear Lug,
>
> I am a 86 yrs old Linux user living in Hastings. I have used Linux for 
> the last 15 years e possibly more. I do not intend to return to the 
> "Blue Screen of death".
>
>
> Unfortunately I have a very busy life and cannot dedicate the time to 
> Linux that I would wish, as a result I am a permanent beginner, 
> although I manage to do all my computing work using Linux.
>
>
> At present I have a pressing problem to solve that is why I write to 
> you asking for assistance.
>
> By mistake I bought 2 Asus Chromebooks (one for myself and one for my 
> wife) when they were on offer at half price with Lidl, some 18 months 
> ago.
>
> The mistake was/is that I did not realize that the chromebooks are 
> Cloud based and that it is not easy to install a linux distribution on 
> it. Also I do not wish to dual boot the Asus, but replace the OS with 
> Gallium. Also do not wish to use the cloud and prefer to save all my 
> work on flash drives.
>
>
> I wonder if there would be someone in the Lug who would be able to 
> patiently dedicate the time to help me in installing Gallium OS on the 
> machine so that I can finally be able to use the Asus Chromebook and 
> in such a way as to enable me to install Gallium OS on my wife's 
> machine, as I would greatly appreciate learning how to deal with the 
> problem.
>
>
> As the old Chinese saying goes "please do not give me a fish but teach 
> me how to fish", however as beggars cannot be choosers, I would 
> appreciate any help that I get.
>
>
> Thanking you.
>
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Elio Crivello
>
> PS: I came once to the LUG in Hailsham and was assisted/helped by Alex 
> Colquhoun, with FixParts, that must have been more than 10-12 yrs ago.
>
>
> On Fri, 16 Jun 2023 at 12:32, Paul Tansom via Sussex 
> <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>
>     This month's meet will be at Broad Oak, with the usual IRL start
>     of 1pm,
>     and sandwiches will be available.
>
>     I will be back as my dad died on 19th May, my current challenge is a
>     trapped sciatic nerve, but I'm reasonably mobile so trying to get out
>     and back to some form of normal.
>
>     See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary,
>     but
>     we still don't bite and we have no plans to. (I think this still
>     works
>     with me not there!).
>
>     Keep safe.
>
>     Thanks,
>     Paul
>
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