Thanks for the information. Mike :) On Mon, 2005-03-28 at 11:50, Bryan.ONeal@asu.edu wrote: > You may want to sign up for the ASU LUG list, while we have a few kids that > try to posture, most of us are either students, who have to ask > "dumb" questions all the time, or are staff/faculty in an academic > environment, so we are also used to answering question knowing that no > question is dumb... > > I my self have two degrees, and I am president of ASULUG, but recently I was > giving a presentation (using Knoppix) and I forgot how to launch something > from terminal (I forgot the need for the . in ./app Perhaps I am getting > too used to my Mac ;) > > Even though I felt like a total idiot everyone treated it like it was an > honest mistake (which it is, particularly when your don't commanding launch > apps very often). The point is we try to encourage open communication, and > while we do have some people who like to posture, and a few who are lacking in > social skills, we treat no question as dumb... Particularly if your NOT a > system administrator ;) > > We hold one meeting a month and we do two major events (Installfests) a year. > > To join the mailing list send mail to listserv@asu.edu with the following > command in the body (not the subject) of your message: "subscribe ASULUG > " , where is replaced with your first > name and is replaced with your last name. Unfortunately the > listserv requires two names :(. > > And you business skills may prove invaluable to a number of our members :) > > > On Sat, 26 Mar 2005, mike enriquez wrote: > > > I need a linux "Buddy". A buddy for me is someone who can help me learn > > Linux without thinking my questions are dumb. I am a total dummy when it > > come to Linux. To learn Linux I am taking a class at a community college > > and I am setting up 4 dual boot computers with 4 different distros. I > > learn by doing and "seeing". Just verbalizing it does not do it for me. > > Some people answer a question by trying to prove how stupid it is to ask > > the question. Well I am dumb and stupid when it comes to Lunix. So I > > need a Linux buddy who is beyond that attitude. Over the phone and > > internet help is all I need. > > In exchange I can help my buddy in a few areas. First I have "never" had > > an employer and now I am mostly retired except for my hobbies and > > managing my investments. I have always owned my own business. > > So if you want to own your own business I will be a good buddy for you. > > I also I did my graduate work at Harvard Business School. So if you want > > to know how to make "money" I am your buddy. I owned a seminar business > > where I taught people how to price and market their products and service > > a lot of computer people could use this help. Also I own an Intel > > dealership so if my buddy needs computer parts thats available. I have a > > computer for kids program where I rebuild computer and donate them for > > free to single parent families, so I want to learn all about linux so I > > can distribute these computers with my own "kid" type of distro. > > So I need a "Buddy" to ask my stupid questions and then if I have to I > > will post my questions to list like this one. > > Thanks > > Mike Enriquez > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss