[aklug] Re: Potential new Linux user in Homer

If he happens to be in Anchorage on a Friday evening, we can likely give
him a hand over at Hiland Tech...

Jim G

On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Kevin Miller <atftb2@alaska.net> wrote:

> I'm down in Juneau, but have a friend that just wrote that his XP takes an
> hour to boot up because of all the antivirus and anti-malware junk on it.
> His son (also here in Juneau) told him to use Linux. He asked me how you
> get it. I wrote him a quick reply, but he's probably not going to be able
> to install it himself.
>
> I asked if he had any Windows programs he can't live w/o, explained that
> Linux doesn't run Windows programs as a rule (didn't mention Wine) and that
> it works differently so there is some learning to be done.
>
> Anyway, long story short, I told him I'd write the AKLUG and see if
> there's anybody in the Homer area that might be willing to help a poor soul
> better them self, and shake off the shackles of bondage from Redmond. <g>
>
> Thanks...
>
> ...Kevin
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> Kevin Miller - http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
> Juneau, Alaska
> In a recent survey, 7 out of 10 hard drives preferred Linux
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Received on Sun Mar 10 00:38:48 2013