* Kevin Saenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > This stuff???? Do you mean computers and linux? Like windows, linux > has a hardware compatibility list. Do you know what he wants to do > with Linux? The way I started out was playing with DEC unix at uni way > back when win3.0 was out, I hated using windows since the release of > win95, and found Linux a happy medium, for programming and gaming. > I first got linux in a redhat unleashed it was a pretty comprehensive > book. He could also look at linux.org, linux.com and read the > documentation. Again - starting by reading reams of doco and trying to figure out something you want to do isn't as interesting (IMO) as having a bunch of people to talk to about it who say "I did this really nifty thing the other day, why don't you try it?" enthusiam (especially about such a nebulous group of stuff as "linux" or even "open source") generally is infectious and spreads better the more people you can get in close-contact with. :) I gues I was mainly wondering if such a group already did exist, specifically with youth in mind... I'm already planning on dragging him around the generic haunts... > The other thing is that you could install a program called vmware if > feel nervous about installing linux on your computer. <grin> have been running debian for several years now .... and recently changed over to ubuntu (though I should have stuck with Warty - changing over to Hoary killed my printer-driver somehow... :P ) and his dad has been using linux - though for less time... though he insists that he wants to run gentoo - though it's taking him ages to get it actually in a running and stable state :P
Anyway, he has a Mac laptop of some descript and I think he's using whatever the latest Mac OS is (don't know much about 'em myself). I handed him the ubuntu cd-set a week or so ago though I haven't heard back about it just yet. so no problem with having a machine up and available... Cheers, Taryn -- This .sig temporarily out-of-order. We apologise for any inconvenience - The Management -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html