install parties?

[Jim]

At the east side meetings (second Thursdays of the month) all the true geeks 
sit at the back of the room and download and install stuff from the Internet. 
 Almost anyone back there will be more than happy to help you get your system 
up and running.  Dont look for me back there tho ;)

On Monday 23 July 2001 21:43, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have heard rumors that you guys throw installation parties every so
> often...is this true?
>
> I would love to have someone help me get my system working right...I just
> need all of the hardware set up so it works....for some reason Mandrake
> wouldn't install, so I had to go with Slackware.  Slackware is nice as it
> has all of the latest stuff, but it doesn't quite work "out of the box"
> like Mandrake does, and after spending two solid days with it I just got
> frustrated, I'm sure if someone else knows what they are doing better
> perhaps they could help me with all my hardware?  I would /really/
> appreciate it.
>
> I'm not a newbie, but this is the first time I've gone after replacing my
> whole desktop system with Linux; I have set up dedicated systems before,
> but this is my first attempt to really make the switch to Linux and stop
> using Windows on my home desktop system....so I would like things such as
> my scrolling mouse wheel to work, sound, USB keyboard, etc.  Perhaps also
> my scanner/digital camera/printer as well, but what I really need is to
> just be able to get to a stage where I can use Linux for all of my regular
> computing needs (web development, email, IM'ing, playing mp3, and browsing)
>
> Anyway I just joined this list, so hopefully I can start figuring
> everything out and make some meaningful contributions.
>
> Thanks,
> Tara
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