Matthew Daubney wrote: > On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 17:40 +0100, John wrote: > <snippy snip snip> > > >> >> Hi Neil, >> >> thank you for the links, they are really useful, I keep forgetting about >> those. I do already have those, and have looked through a few of them. I >> learnt how to add Root Nautilus Launcher to the panel, and a few other >> things as well. What I really need is to be shown how to use the >> terminal, different commands and things. For example, I have an orange >> dongle, and need to compile something in it and it says that I need to >> do it to file on my desktop, but first I need to cd to it. Well, for >> some reason, I just cant work out how to get it to work. Things like >> that, if you understand what I mean. Sorry for being so dense. :( >> >> John >> >> > > Hi John, > > In a couple of months, there will be an Ubuntu Global Jam, the places > have yet to be decided, but there will be a meeting on IRC to discuss > these things at some point. No doubt Daviey, our glorious leader, will > appear at the appropriate time with some more information :) > > The reason I bring this up is that there will be a wealth of people who > are interested in problems like yours and looking at ways to help. If we > could get a few people together and sit down with you and jot down what > exactley are your needs/wants, maybe we could come up with a set of > screencasts or similar to help people in your situation? The people who > most need this kind of help are sometimes the less vocal in explaining > what help they need, so this would be of immense use. I intend to go to > this Jam, and would certainly be interested in your PoV, as I imagine > would be a few others. > > Hopefully you can see where I'm coming from here? It may be a bit > daunting, but we don't bite, honest! > > -Matt Daubney > Oh wow, that would be really useful. I have not been to one before. Would it be in London, or somewhere else.
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