[brlug-general] newbies group was Re: The size of the botnet

[EdsLinuxBox]

On 01/28/2007 08:27 am, John Hebert wrote:
> Phil,
>
> You don't have to ask permission, you just have to get involved.

Phil, John is absolutely correct. You are welcome to join up with the BRLUG 
Newbies/Cajun Clickers Computer Club Linux Desktop Special Interest Group. 
Membership in the Cajun Clickers Computer Club is not required although it is 
encouraged. 

We meet the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month at 6 pm in the Cajun Clickers 
Computer Club computer lab. Where practical, the workshops are hands on using 
the lab computers which dual boot with Windows XP and Xandros Linux Version 4 
Open Circulation Edition. If you have a laptop, you are encouraged to bring 
it and us it for the workshops as we usually have a capacity crowd. 

>
> Could somebody remind me what the URL for Ed's Newbies wiki is? 

The Cajun Clickers Computer Club Linux Desktop SIG Wiki can be found here: 

http://cccclinuxsig.pbwiki.com/

The mission of this group is to help the Windows refugee migrate to Linux. The 
workshops are facilitated by desktop users, for desktop users. Whenever 
possible the  workshops are "hands on" and EVERYTHING is "Point 'N' Click". 
Contrary to popular belief, there are VERY few tasks in Linux, including the 
installation and configuration, that can not be done with a few mouse clicks 
and the number that can not be done "Point 'N' Click" are decreasing almost 
daily. The workshops are currently facilitated by Will Hill, Joe Zachary and 
myself with the hopes of recruiting other members to facilitarte various 
workshops, in particular those that have to do with using specific open 
source programs like Open Office, Blender, Audacity, Firefox, The Gimp, Nvu, 
etc. We focus specifically on USING Linux rather than administering and 
managing Linux. In fact, with the exception of Will, the rest of us have VERY 
limited knowledge of the command line, and none of us are "Linux 
Professionals". 

> Dustin, 
> could you update the list of Linux Users Groups on the Links page for
> www.brlug.net with that URL.
>
> Also, when and what is the next event for the Newbies group?

The next workshop will be an InstallFest on Monday, February 5th at 6 PM in 
the Clickers computer lab. If you would like to have us help you install 
Linux on your computer, bring just "the box", monitor, keyboard and mouse are 
not needed, and we can set you up. If you wish to dual boot with any version 
of Windows through XP, we can help you do that as well. If your machine has a 
DVD-ROM drive, we will help you install Xandros Linux version 4.1 Open 
Circulation Edition. If you have only a CD-ROM, then we will help you install 
Xandros Linux version 3.0.2 Open Circulation Edition. Version 4.1 is the 
latest and is what we run in the computer lab, but is only available as a DVD 
download. If you wish to install a different version of Linux, then please 
download the desired ISO through 

http://distrowatch.com 

burn the ISO to the appropriate media, bring it with you, and we will help you 
get it installed. 

We have standardized on Xandros Linux because it is, in our opinion,  the 
easiest version of Linux for a Windows refugee to migrate to, as it was 
designed from the ground up with the Windows refugee as its target market, 
but there are many other fine desktop Linux distrbutions available if you 
wish to use a different one. 

If you wish to dual boot with Windows, prior to the workshop, please boot the 
machine into safe mode and run both scandisk and defrag. If you have the 
time, run them twice. It is also recommended that you back up your Windows 
installation. If you need help with this, we can also provide that help, but 
please let us know at the very beginning of the workshop, as this requires 
additional time. 

Again, welcome aboard and I look forward to seeing you on the 5th. 

Ed Richards

John,

You and the other BRLUGgers are welcome to come by and see what we are doing 
any  time that you want. 

Ed