From smittysmit at ameritech.net  Sun Sep  9 18:21:20 2007
From: smittysmit at ameritech.net (Michael A. Smith)
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 18:21:20 -0400
Subject: [mdlug-newbie] Looking for assistance
Message-ID: <EEEKKNNNBKNBLEJGBFCGAEOCCCAA.smittysmit@ameritech.net>

Hello all,
            I stumbled on your site while trying to find Linux drivers for a
Toshiba laptop.  Most of the searches show that Toshiba is tricky to load
Linux drivers for audio & network.  Your site is local to me (I?m in
Westland) and am interested in going to some meetings (hopefully on a
regular basis (pending work schedule)).  I have since returned the Toshiba
laptop (courtesy of Sam?s Club?s easy satisfaction policy).  There are
several more questions I have and hopefully your staff/guests might me help
with.  I now have an HP laptop that can be used for the ?guinea pig? for
training since there is no ?mission-critical? data on it.

BTW, when I got this HP laptop, I have been so frustrated getting rid of all
the ?shovel ware? that they choke down on us just to get it to boot in a
timely fashion.  It has Vista (world?s most pathetic joke) and am still not
pleased.  I have used a couple of distros but mostly with Ubuntu 7.04.  I
have had years of computer building/repairing but am stuck in a window?s
world so I need to break all my old habits. That is one of the many things I
like about Linux in that when you install the OS
you get just that.  The
hard part I have is loading drivers.  There is a great wealth of info on the
web but unfortunately; I need to have someone show me due to my old windows
mentality.

Thank you in advance,
Michael Smith (Smitty)
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From gib at juno.com  Sun Sep  9 18:52:33 2007
From: gib at juno.com (gib at juno.com)
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 22:52:33 GMT
Subject: [mdlug-newbie]  Looking for assistance - we want to help
Message-ID: <20070909.185233.1876.0@webmail02.vgs.untd.com>


Welcome to the Metro Detroit Linux User Group. We just had an install fest near you (Inkster Road Just North of Michigan Ave). We will have meetings every month on the second Saturday.  We'd love to help you get away from your foolish addiction to Windows.  We'll give you free bootable CDs with Linux and help you with problems.  

Another group that many of us belong to is Mug (http://www.mug.org).  The meeting for this group is the second Tuesday (hey, that's in just a few days).  We typically have more formal presentations.  Someone may be willing to help you there as well.

Hope to see you at either or both meetings.
_____________________________________________________________
Upgrade your kitchen or bath with beautiful new countertops. Click now!
http://3rdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/Ioyw6iiewq7kwpT6FsXTvT4K0MiUmnO6i5S9xrSuCWyhUKyhFN1KO3/




From eaglecoach at wwnet.com  Thu Sep 27 09:19:01 2007
From: eaglecoach at wwnet.com (Robert Meier)
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:19:01 -0400
Subject: [mdlug-newbie] MDLUG usage reminder
Message-ID: <46FBADC5.mailJ8Q11T7A2@freehold.wwnet.com>

This is the monthly reminder of
     mdlug List Guidelines.
Please send comments to eaglecoach at wwnet.com
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From smittysmit at ameritech.net  Sun Sep  9 18:21:20 2007
From: smittysmit at ameritech.net (Michael A. Smith)
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 18:21:20 -0400
Subject: [mdlug-newbie] Looking for assistance
Message-ID: <EEEKKNNNBKNBLEJGBFCGAEOCCCAA.smittysmit@ameritech.net>

Hello all,
            I stumbled on your site while trying to find Linux drivers for a
Toshiba laptop.  Most of the searches show that Toshiba is tricky to load
Linux drivers for audio & network.  Your site is local to me (I?m in
Westland) and am interested in going to some meetings (hopefully on a
regular basis (pending work schedule)).  I have since returned the Toshiba
laptop (courtesy of Sam?s Club?s easy satisfaction policy).  There are
several more questions I have and hopefully your staff/guests might me help
with.  I now have an HP laptop that can be used for the ?guinea pig? for
training since there is no ?mission-critical? data on it.

BTW, when I got this HP laptop, I have been so frustrated getting rid of all
the ?shovel ware? that they choke down on us just to get it to boot in a
timely fashion.  It has Vista (world?s most pathetic joke) and am still not
pleased.  I have used a couple of distros but mostly with Ubuntu 7.04.  I
have had years of computer building/repairing but am stuck in a window?s
world so I need to break all my old habits. That is one of the many things I
like about Linux in that when you install the OS
you get just that.  The
hard part I have is loading drivers.  There is a great wealth of info on the
web but unfortunately; I need to have someone show me due to my old windows
mentality.

Thank you in advance,
Michael Smith (Smitty)
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From gib at juno.com  Sun Sep  9 18:52:33 2007
From: gib at juno.com (gib at juno.com)
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 22:52:33 GMT
Subject: [mdlug-newbie]  Looking for assistance - we want to help
Message-ID: <20070909.185233.1876.0@webmail02.vgs.untd.com>


Welcome to the Metro Detroit Linux User Group. We just had an install fest near you (Inkster Road Just North of Michigan Ave). We will have meetings every month on the second Saturday.  We'd love to help you get away from your foolish addiction to Windows.  We'll give you free bootable CDs with Linux and help you with problems.  

Another group that many of us belong to is Mug (http://www.mug.org).  The meeting for this group is the second Tuesday (hey, that's in just a few days).  We typically have more formal presentations.  Someone may be willing to help you there as well.

Hope to see you at either or both meetings.
_____________________________________________________________
Upgrade your kitchen or bath with beautiful new countertops. Click now!
http://3rdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/Ioyw6iiewq7kwpT6FsXTvT4K0MiUmnO6i5S9xrSuCWyhUKyhFN1KO3/




From eaglecoach at wwnet.com  Thu Sep 27 09:19:01 2007
From: eaglecoach at wwnet.com (Robert Meier)
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:19:01 -0400
Subject: [mdlug-newbie] MDLUG usage reminder
Message-ID: <46FBADC5.mailJ8Q11T7A2@freehold.wwnet.com>

This is the monthly reminder of
     mdlug List Guidelines.
Please send comments to eaglecoach at wwnet.com
Meetings are monthly (http://www.mdlug.org/meetings/meetings.html).

*Courtesy:*
Do unto others what you would have them do unto you in their place.

See /Emily Postnews/ (http://www.templetons.com/brad/emily.html) and
  /Netiquette Guidelines/ (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html) for details.

If you find something objectionable or off-topic, please send a courteous
  note offlist to the author (and/or postmaster at mdlug.org) rather than list.
  (The rule is simple, do not be easily annoyed or annoying.)

Please post messages in plain text (rather than html or rich text).
  See http://expita.com/nomime.html for instructions for your browser.

Please remove References: field when starting a new subject.

Please trim your replies so that you only quote the parts you are are
  replying to, rather than the entire original message , and
  prefix with '>'. (Most mail clients do this part automatically.)

Please do not cross-post, and if you feel you must, please direct
  discussion to one list with a reply-to; field

*Lists:*
 mdlug-admin    mdlug administration

 mdlug-newbie   questions/answers with explanation of concepts
                assume the questioner was unaware of the
                man/info/... pages
                initial configuration of ???

 mdlug          ANNOUNCE: announcements only, no discussion

 mdlug          questions/answers using jargon
                assume the questioner has read the man/info/... pages
                technical (e.g. howto, perl scripts)

 mdlug-discuss  politics
                Microsoft-bashing
                my disto can beat up your distro, and other flames
                anything else

*Filtering and Security*
If you lack time or interest to follow some of the topics, ask
 mdlug-newbie for suggestions on filtering mail automatically.

We welcome the many who listen silently, and invite them to post when
 they wish to contribute either questions or answers.

We strip the reply to addresses from the headers of messages before putting
 them in the archives.

Likewise, our archiving software quashes email addresses in the body of
 messages, to make them difficult for spammers to harvest. However they
 will still be human readable so you might want to consider this before
 posting personal email addresses.

Have fun!


