Re: Greetings from a new list member

2009-05-11 Thread Paul Gear
Morgan Storey wrote: > I find it is best to go slow with those not overly enthused. > My missus ran Xp for a long time, and wanted office so I installed open > office, wanted to edit photos so I install the Gimp, wanted a multi-chat > client, so I installed Gaim (as it was known at the time), and C

Re: Greetings from a new list member

2009-05-11 Thread Morgan Storey
I find it is best to go slow with those not overly enthused. My missus ran Xp for a long time, and wanted office so I installed open office, wanted to edit photos so I install the Gimp, wanted a multi-chat client, so I installed Gaim (as it was known at the time), and Clamwin for av. Then she start

reminder: aussie team meeting tonight

2009-05-11 Thread peter baker
hey guys just a reminder, there is an aussie team meeting tonight (tues 12 may) 9pm aest at #ubuntu-au on freenode. agenda items can be added at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Meetings peter -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/u

Re: Greetings from a new list member

2009-05-11 Thread daniel sobey
While mentioning books take a look at the ubuntu pocket guide. avalable in downloadable pdf and dead tree formats. http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/index_main.html --- On Tue, 12/5/09, opm595 wrote: > From: opm595 > Subject: Greetings from a new list member > To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com >

Greetings from a new list member

2009-05-11 Thread opm595
Hi Guys, Rob here, out in Sydney's sunny South West. I thought, as a new list member I'd drop you a line to say 'howdy doody' etc. I jumped ship about two years ago from that other OS that Bill and his mates created, and I've been absolutely wrapped with Ubuntu ever since. Truthfully, I had very l