I assisted my cousin (never used a computer before mid 30's y.o.
builder) with his Windows install and it has OpenOffice.org and Firefox.
Whilst installing these I introduced the concept of open source. He was
receptive in regards to not having to pay for software.
Because he had just
Hi everyone,
In a couple of weeks I'll be traveling to a country on the other side of the
digital divide where I plan on setting up an Ubuntu machine for a non techie.
And bandwidth is very expensive over there so I wanted the DVD install edition.
The Ubuntu website links to Amazon but that says
quote who=Dimitri Koussa
Does anyone know where I can obtain an Ubuntu install DVD?
Your best bet is to download and burn one (or find someone to download and
burn one for you).
- Jeff
--
Open CeBIT 2007: Sydney, Australia http://www.opencebit.com.au/
GNOME, launched
On 22:09 Mon 04 Dec 06, Jeff Waugh spake thusly:
quote who=Dimitri Koussa
Does anyone know where I can obtain an Ubuntu install DVD?
Your best bet is to download and burn one (or find someone to download and
burn one for you).
I was hoping it wouldn't come to that. I have to pay ~5.5
On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 10:28:51PM +1100, Dimitri Koussa wrote:
I was hoping it wouldn't come to that. I have to pay ~5.5 cents/Mb here at
USyd
so that's $175 for the DVD...I guess I'll start emailing my friends asking if
they've got some bandwidth they can spare.
That's astonishing, surely
On 23:14 Mon 04 Dec 06, Matthew Hannigan spake thusly:
On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 10:28:51PM +1100, Dimitri Koussa wrote:
I was hoping it wouldn't come to that. I have to pay ~5.5 cents/Mb here at
USyd
so that's $175 for the DVD...I guess I'll start emailing my friends asking
if
they've
Sydney Linux User Group,
We need some advice and perhaps help!
Our Computer club for seniors is based in the Anglican Retirement Villages
at Castle Hill with about 200 members at this site. We often refurbish old
computers for those of limited means and have considered using a Linux OS
and
Hi,
--- Sonia Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
able to submit documents to councils - I haven't
been able to pin down
the format required by councils yet.
Use .odp or .pdf formats.
Do I install and teach him 'doze/M$ Office or
Ubuntu? Or, setup dual
boot and teach him both? Or, install
The Sydney PostgreSQL Users Group will meet on December the 5th, 6:30PM,
at Fujitsu Australia in North Sydney.
Gavin Sherry will be giving a talk on GIS and PostgreSQL as well as
introducing PostgreSQL 8.2, which is to be released on the 6th of
December. To celebrate the imminent release, free
Hey all,
for anyone not on announce.
Cheers,
Pia
- Forwarded message from Gavin Sherry [EMAIL PROTECTED] -
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 12:47:19 +1100 (EST)
From: Gavin Sherry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [SLUG] December 5th meeting: GIS, PostgreSQL 8.2 and free beer
The Sydney PostgreSQL
Dimitri Koussa wrote:
There have been some mirrors and proxies set up by different departments and
societies at some point in time. Nothing (I know of at least) that lasted and
certainly nothing organised by the university as a whole. Which would have been
useful.
In the spirit of Christmas
quote who=Pia Waugh
for anyone not on announce.
The announce - slug alias is fully functional these days. :-)
- Jeff
--
linux.conf.au 2007: Sydney, Australia http://lca2007.linux.org.au/
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am: Stuck in the
middle with
* On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 09:09:58PM +1100, Sonia Hamilton wrote:
Here's an ethical question for you. I have a middle aged friend who
wants to learn computers; he's never used computers before (he's a
Thanks to everyone for the many and varied answers to this question!
Lots of things to think
* On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 02:43:09AM -0800, Shakthi Kannan wrote:
The Linux lover and advocate in me says Linux, of
course, but is that
ethical? What I mean is that some time in the future
I mightn't be
around to help him,
You don't just teach him how to use it, but, also
teach him
On Tue, December 5, 2006 2:22 pm, Sonia Hamilton wrote:
* On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 09:09:58PM +1100, Sonia Hamilton wrote:
Here's an ethical question for you. I have a middle aged friend who
wants to learn computers; he's never used computers before (he's a
Thanks to everyone for the many
My fathter wants an inexpensive computer which will connect to an ADSL
broadband connection, He also wants to do video editing so it has to have
some reasonable specs.
Where can I get an inexpensive (I think it will have to be Linux) computer?
Or how can I get some broadband connectivity on 8
Hi Stephen
in many regards wanting an inexpensive computer and wanting to do video
editing are mutually exclusive.
nevertheless basic machines will have power enough to do some video
editing even if its not able to throw around huge files and edit them in
real time.
an 8 year old machine
On 12/5/06, Stephen Black [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My fathter wants an inexpensive computer which will connect to an ADSL
broadband connection, He also wants to do video editing so it has to have
some reasonable specs.
Define inexpensive.
You can buy complete PC's from Dell these days for
On 12/5/06, Stephen Black [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My fathter wants an inexpensive computer which will connect to an ADSL
broadband connection, He also wants to do video editing so it has to have
some reasonable specs.
You will be able to edit videos for the web, eg. Google Video,
YouTube,
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