Since you're in the NY/NJ area, I would suggest that you get in contact with the New York Linux Users group (NYLUG). You can get a lot of help and learn quite a bit from joining a LUG (Linux Users Group).
The website is: http://www.nylug.org Rick On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 11:20, Joe Harkins wrote: > > As a newbie who is impresssed with and wants to learn Linux Mandrake but > remains totally at sea due to more than 20 years of DOS and Windows, I would > find it a great help if I could find classes or seminars or whatever > that would get me sufficiently grounded to start real learning. > > Right now, after weeks of installing Linux Mandrake 8, I am still dealing > with the facts that I cannot install my printer, the sound system works for > the CD player but for nothing else, I can't install downloaded programs, have > not a single clue as to what all these file names and acronyms mean (and > since I can't print I have no way of making reference docs and like many > people I am screen-dyslexic but can do fine with hard docs) and so on - all > of which stand in the way of actually learning and enjoying the system. > > As I said, if there is a tutoring venue in the NY/NJ area that would > ground me in the basics, I'd sure appreciate knowing about it. > > TIA > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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