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Author: Joshua Bryan
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Subject: Re: PLUG-discuss digest, Vol 1 #5460 - 3 msgs
I would have to agree with stu on this note... I am still really new
to this forum and I do not post often as a lot of stuff on this forum
is business related... There has been one issue that has kept me from
switching to Linux for good and that is Multimedia support... I have
got all that to work fine as well except for backing up my commercial
DVD's. I have not found a program that will do something like say DVD
Shrink for linux yet. That is why I think stu is right about what we
need to do with the meetings. I would never miss a meeting if I were
going there to get some information that I could use with my personal
computer at home. Anyway just thought I would throw in my two cents
and say that I would be a linux convert for life if I could just have
some people to help me through the transition.

~wd0mkr

On Apr 12, 2005 12:00 PM,

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> Subject: Re: West Side Meeting ... What Topics ... Who is Willing
> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:33:46 -0400
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> Just as a suggestion, I think there's a need to attract more new users to
> these meetings. One way to do that might to take a closer look at some of the
> newer desktop distros aimed at the typical windows user, like MEPIS and
> UBUNTU. I currently run MEPIS on my HP Laptop, and UBUNTU running on a
> desktop, and I'm hard pressed to say which one I like more. Both of them are
> of DEBIAN variety, fast, secure, and they are incredibly easy to load,
> update, and add packages to. Even easier than windows, IMHO, (The only thing
> I miss is "Clippy" reminding me I only have "X" days left to register my
> software before it goes belly-up!).
> I love this stuff! I've been using it exclusively for over a year now, and I
> still barely know what I'm doing!
> I realize the meetings are aimed at more professional users, but I think the
> Pros will follow with a growing base of home, SOHO, and casual internet
> users.
> If you can get people interested in using *any* Linux OS, there would also be
> a lot of growing interest in meetings about archiving .tar, .bz files, home
> networking (which is almost automatic with MEPIS), getting xine and gmplayer
> to read DVD and .wmv files, and migrating to Linux apps like Firefox, Gimp,
> Blender, Open Office, and all the other types of (free) software people would
> like to have on their windows machines, but cant afford to pay for.
> Most of the people I talk to have an interest in trying Linux, but they're so
> used to running windows they're "afraid to learn a whole new OS", or they
> seem to think their computers will implode if they try out any of the Live
> CDs I hand out to them. If they had a chance to learn just a little, and try
> it out risk free, they might jump into it like I did.
> Would this be a direction PLUG would be willing to take?
>
> Stu
>
> On Monday 11 April 2005 08:51, G Gambill wrote:
> > Does anyone have a topic they would be willing to talk about (maybe
> > facilitate - or hear about) at this months West Side meeting?
> >
> > One thought of mine is to start defining the direction of the west side
> > meetings.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > George
> >
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:14:39 -0700 (PDT)
> From: ec <>
> Subject: Re: West Side Meeting ... What Topics ... Who is Willing
> To:
> Reply-To:
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> Even tho I personally cannot get home safely from
> either east or west side meetings due to riding a
> bike/bus...mostly due bus schedules into Downtown
> Scottsdale, I think the following item by Stu would
> get me VERY interested.
>
> I too, need some 'coaching' via informative type
> meetings to do much more than just install whatever is
> on the cd's and then stumble around. I have a messed
> up Mepis install that is 'limping' along and have
> forgotten what I did to mess it up!
>
> This is being written from a knoppix 3.6 release live
> cd and 2.6.7 kernal. Just because I happen to have
> that running, the Mepis is the usual version I am on.
>
> I guess I am in the 'middle' between a serious linux
> user home user and a 'fraidy cat' type. I really wish
> I had a close friend to help me break thru in
> understanding some of the stuff he mentiones.
>
> --- stu <> wrote:
> > Just as a suggestion, I think there's a need to
> > attract more new users to
> > these meetings. One way to do that might to take a
> > closer look at some of the
> > newer desktop distros aimed at the typical windows
> > user, like MEPIS and
> > UBUNTU. I currently run MEPIS on my HP Laptop, and
> > UBUNTU running on a
> > desktop, and I'm hard pressed to say which one I
> > like more. Both of them are
> > of DEBIAN variety, fast, secure, and they are
> > incredibly easy to load,
> > update, and add packages to. Even easier than
> > windows, IMHO, (The only thing
> > I miss is "Clippy" reminding me I only have "X" days
> > left to register my
> > software before it goes belly-up!).
> > I love this stuff! I've been using it exclusively
> > for over a year now, and I
> > still barely know what I'm doing!
> > I realize the meetings are aimed at more
> > professional users, but I think the
> > Pros will follow with a growing base of home, SOHO,
> > and casual internet
> > users.
> > If you can get people interested in using *any*
> > Linux OS, there would also be
> > a lot of growing interest in meetings about
> > archiving .tar, .bz files, home
> > networking (which is almost automatic with MEPIS),
> > getting xine and gmplayer
> > to read DVD and .wmv files, and migrating to Linux
> > apps like Firefox, Gimp,
> > Blender, Open Office, and all the other types of
> > (free) software people would
> > like to have on their windows machines, but cant
> > afford to pay for.
> > Most of the people I talk to have an interest in
> > trying Linux, but they're so
> > used to running windows they're "afraid to learn a
> > whole new OS", or they
> > seem to think their computers will implode if they
> > try out any of the Live
> > CDs I hand out to them. If they had a chance to
> > learn just a little, and try
> > it out risk free, they might jump into it like I
> > did.
> > Would this be a direction PLUG would be willing to
> > take?
> >
> > Stu
> >
> > On Monday 11 April 2005 08:51, G Gambill wrote:
> > > Does anyone have a topic they would be willing to
> > talk about (maybe
> > > facilitate - or hear about) at this months West
> > Side meeting?
> > >
> > > One thought of mine is to start defining the
> > direction of the west side
> > > meetings.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > George
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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