Skip candidate check request

2008-02-02 Thread John Rye
Hi all Having noted that this appears to be season during which skip candidates are offered for re-cycling. I'm on the hunt for a duplexer for a Lexmark 4039 laser printer as the magic smoke appears to have escaped from the circuitry on mine. Cheers John

Re: Tuesday 12 Feb: Is Linux Right For Me?

2008-02-02 Thread Nick Rout
yuri wrote: On 03/02/2008, Nick Rout wrote: yuri, please update the Planned Meetings page on the wiki. *blush* not sure how :-) click "edit" and follow the examples given by the existing code. As for advertising - yeah, I was hoping folks would invite their linux-curious friends.

More stuff to give away

2008-02-02 Thread Nick Rout
Clearing out continues Chez Rout. To give away to caring homes or mad junk collectors. Email me offlist. Be quick, Molten Media beckons. Collect from Lyttelton or I can drop off on this side of town. * Axis NPS 550 Risc Print Server: Undoubtedly an expensive item in its day, although of limited ut

Re: Tuesday 12 Feb: Is Linux Right For Me?

2008-02-02 Thread yuri
On 03/02/2008, Nick Rout wrote: > > yuri, please update the Planned Meetings page on the wiki. *blush* not sure how :-) As for advertising - yeah, I was hoping folks would invite their linux-curious friends. Now I sound like a pastor telling his congregation to bring their friends to church :-)

Re: Tuesday 12 Feb: Is Linux Right For Me?

2008-02-02 Thread dave
On Sunday 03 February 2008 1:44:13 pm Nick Rout wrote: > Dunno, but should we also be advertising Mike Culver? Person opinion here, I think both should be advertised perhaps on radio ie talk back 3ZB (chris hint hint don't ya just love it chris). Told my wife averil about his talk and she said s

Re: Tuesday 12 Feb: Is Linux Right For Me?

2008-02-02 Thread Nick Rout
Dunno, but should we also be advertising Mike Culver? Christopher Sawtell wrote: Budget for Press Advert? On 2/3/08, Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: usenet, geekzone.co.nz, Press, pubic libraries, microsoft.co.nz :-) But someone will need to pull finger and do it! Otherwise I fear Yu

Re: Tuesday 12 Feb: Is Linux Right For Me?

2008-02-02 Thread Christopher Sawtell
Budget for Press Advert? On 2/3/08, Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > usenet, geekzone.co.nz, Press, pubic libraries, microsoft.co.nz :-) > > But someone will need to pull finger and do it! > > Otherwise I fear Yuri will be preaching to the converted. > > > On Sun, February 3, 2008 12:53 pm,

Re: Tuesday 12 Feb: Is Linux Right For Me?

2008-02-02 Thread Nick Rout
usenet, geekzone.co.nz, Press, pubic libraries, microsoft.co.nz :-) But someone will need to pull finger and do it! Otherwise I fear Yuri will be preaching to the converted. On Sun, February 3, 2008 12:53 pm, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > It seems to me that this talk would have appeal to a much

Re: Tuesday 12 Feb: Is Linux Right For Me?

2008-02-02 Thread Christopher Sawtell
It seems to me that this talk would have appeal to a much wider audience than just the list members and the occasional wiki visitor. Thus I wonder if it's sensible to advertise Yuri and Julia more widely than just the list and wiki? If so, I wonder what medium? On 2/3/08, Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: Tuesday 12 Feb: Is Linux Right For Me?

2008-02-02 Thread Nick Rout
yuri, please update the Planned Meetings page on the wiki. On Sat, February 2, 2008 10:32 pm, yuri wrote: > On Tuesday 12 Feb, > Julia and I will be presenting a talk aimed at Linux-curious folk > entitled "Is Linux Right For Me?". > I will be presenting some pros and cons and considerations to

Tuesday 12 Feb: Is Linux Right For Me?

2008-02-02 Thread yuri
On Tuesday 12 Feb, Julia and I will be presenting a talk aimed at Linux-curious folk entitled "Is Linux Right For Me?". I will be presenting some pros and cons and considerations to help people decide whether Linux is the right choice for them. Julia will be talking about her experiences as a non-