Re: [SLUG] Capturing high school graduates for Linux?

2011-03-12 Thread elliott-brennan
Hi James, Re: [SLUG] Capturing high school graduates for Linux? James Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:43:07 +0800 > Patrick your response was kind and graceous I try! I was hazarding a guess that Mike was 15-16 as he said he was in year 10 and I didn't want his parents to think that some strange

Re: [SLUG] Linux for Seniors

2011-03-12 Thread James
On Saturday 12 March 2011 09:00:03 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: > As a 77 year old I have some idea of the needs. > > The most important need is some kind of community. As we age, the > chances of panic--what do I do now?--increase. Certainly at my age I > found contemporaries using Linux a r

Re: [SLUG] Linux for Seniors

2011-03-12 Thread David Kidd
Geoffrey, I (and perhaps others here) would be interested in understanding more about any unique Linux-related issues that seniors face, as well as better ways to offer help. After all, that's the reason these mailing lists exist. Cheers, Dave On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 05:00, Geoffrey Cowling wrote: