[brlug-newbies] August 7th Linux SIG Workshop

[Dustin Puryear]

Looks awesome.

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Monday, July 31, 2006, 9:34:49 AM, you wrote:

> The next Linux SIG Workshop will be Monday, August 7th at 6 PM in the Club Computer Lab.

> With many of our membership upgrading, or about to upgrade, to
> Version 4 of Xandros, in this workshop we will learn how to create
> and restore an image of our existing Xandros 3 or Windows
> installation.  Every attendee will receive a complementary copy of
> RIPLinux [(R)ecovery (I)s (P)ossible Linux]. RIPLinux is a Live CD
> that includes a collection of maintenance, repair and recovery
> programs that run on a very light weight desktop called FluxBox.
> Some of the programs included are GParted, a partition management
> programs similar to Partition Magic for Windows and partimage, a
> partition imaging program similar to Norton Ghost, and many others. 

> If time permits, we will also look at a version of Ubuntu Linux
> called Xubuntu, which has been tweaked to run on older, less capable
> hardware, but still offer a somewhat user friendly experience. I
> have it running on my old Compaq Presario 1825 laptop which has an
> Intel 366 MHZ Celeron processor, 192 meg ram, and a 6 gig hard
> drive. It seems to run pretty well and is fairly snappy considering
> the hardware that it is running on. It has given a new lease on life
> to an old laptop that was sitting in the corner gathering dust. I
> just gotta figure out how to get the wireless card working.... :) 

> I look forward to seeing everyone there. 

> Ed Richards



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