Re: [Hampshire] Home user Linux Support opportunities in Southampton/Eastleigh area?

2017-09-20 Thread Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire
On Wed, Sep 20, 2017, at 06:27 PM, Paul Tansom via Hampshire wrote: > Sounds good to me, we have a gap next month I'm trying to fill - or any > month after that if anyone is interested. Any talks most welcome ;-) I can't make the October meeting, unfortunately. I think I can make November, but

Re: [Hampshire] Home user Linux Support opportunities in Southampton/Eastleigh area?

2017-09-20 Thread Paul Tansom via Hampshire
** Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire [2017-09-20 08:22]: > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017, at 09:06 PM, Imran Chaudhry wrote: > > Since everyone has a phone > > or tablet these days it might be more traction. Lets see. > > Yes, anecdotally it does seem like many people are using

Re: [Hampshire] Home user Linux Support opportunities in Southampton/Eastleigh area?

2017-09-20 Thread Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017, at 09:06 PM, Imran Chaudhry wrote: > Since everyone has a phone > or tablet these days it might be more traction. Lets see. Yes, anecdotally it does seem like many people are using phones & tablets at home now rather than desktops & laptops. I'm thinking of offering to do a

Re: [Hampshire] Home user Linux Support opportunities in Southampton/Eastleigh area?

2017-09-19 Thread Peter Collins via Hampshire
Hi Imran On 10 September 2017 at 14:25, Imran Chaudhry via Hampshire < hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > > A few months ago I helped out a local Linux user with their laptop > problems. I left them a very happy customer with a much more modern, > up-to-date laptop running Debian with their

Re: [Hampshire] Home user Linux Support opportunities in Southampton/Eastleigh area?

2017-09-19 Thread Imran Chaudhry via Hampshire
Correction: flyer detail https://photos.app.goo.gl/4ecCUe8AiFJ226KL2 On 19 September 2017 at 21:06, Imran Chaudhry wrote: > Hello Thomas, > > Yes, please do. From the website it looks like general helpers are welcome. > > As for the Linux/laptop course, I'm making people

Re: [Hampshire] Home user Linux Support opportunities in Southampton/Eastleigh area?

2017-09-19 Thread Imran Chaudhry via Hampshire
Hello Thomas, Yes, please do. From the website it looks like general helpers are welcome. As for the Linux/laptop course, I'm making people aware through the Facebook pages of my local areas and I've approached my village parish council with a bunch of flyers which they have kindly displayed

Re: [Hampshire] Home user Linux Support opportunities in Southampton/Eastleigh area?

2017-09-19 Thread Imran Chaudhry via Hampshire
Hello Roger, Likewise, it would be good to catch-up after a while. I'll make a note to drop a note here closer to date to confirm I am really going along. On 15 September 2017 at 11:51, Roger Munford via Hampshire wrote: > Imran, Thomas, > > I was very pleased to

Re: [Hampshire] Home user Linux Support opportunities in Southampton/Eastleigh area?

2017-09-14 Thread Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire
On Thu, Sep 14, 2017, at 08:44 PM, Imran Chaudhry wrote: > Thanks for that Thomas, this is the first I've heard about the Repair > Cafe concept but I fully support the idea.> > I will try to pop along to the next one in October. Cool! Shall I put you in touch with the organiser? > In the

Re: [Hampshire] Home user Linux Support opportunities in Southampton/Eastleigh area?

2017-09-14 Thread Imran Chaudhry via Hampshire
Thanks for that Thomas, this is the first I've heard about the Repair Cafe concept but I fully support the idea. I will try to pop along to the next one in October. In the meantime I've decided to try and run a local "setup your own Linux laptop" course to generate my own clientele. I'll report

Re: [Hampshire] Home user Linux Support opportunities in Southampton/Eastleigh area?

2017-09-10 Thread Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire
Hi Imran, It's not a business, but I recently started helping at the Southampton repair cafe, which runs monthly on the first Saturday of the month. Among other things, people bring in computers and electronic devices to be repaired. There's an explicit aim to help people keep using stuff rather

[Hampshire] Home user Linux Support opportunities in Southampton/Eastleigh area?

2017-09-10 Thread Imran Chaudhry via Hampshire
Hello all, A few months ago I helped out a local Linux user with their laptop problems. I left them a very happy customer with a much more modern, up-to-date laptop running Debian with their (non-trivial!) e-mail system up and running. It took probably 4 visits and 5+ hours to sort everything