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
> <first_name> <last_name>" , where <first_name> is replaced with your first
> name and <last_name> 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
> >
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