> >OK - but in Wins, I can manage most things, and visit a friendly >professional for paid help when I'm really stuck. Where do I find a >similar expert in linux, where I could take my box in on a Saturday >morning and spend an hour or two watching, talking, listening and learning? > >Perhaps we need some sort of directory of such help. There must be >someone here in West Yorkshire, but I've not come across him/her. > >Anne > > Well this might not help you right away but the growth rate of Linux seems to be fast enough that that local professional help should be avalable soon, just a matter of time. Maybe any day or maybe a few years. If you do a search and find the statistics for linux growth and extend the curve into the future a bit I think that you will see that more local help is not to far off in the future. Maybe it's time to start a local users groupe in your area.
Marc
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