[TriLUG] Need Help

[Mike Johnson]

S.W. Bobcat [swbobcat at hotmail.com] wrote:
> To Whom It May Concern:
> 
> I have a brother in Asheville, N.C. ... REALLY GREEN  -- has troubles even 
> with Windows (he has REAL BASIC knowledge -- "this is a computer; this is 
> an icon, this is a mouse..."). Normally I could help him, but I live in 
> Tucson, Arizona. He wants and needs a computer so I rebuilt a hand-me-down 
> Compaq Presario which has been maxed out with 80 MB RAM, and Std. 200 MHz 
> processor, into a duel boot, Windows '98 / Linux machine (Mandrake 8.2).  
> As long as he is soooo green, I might as well have him learn Linux as well 
> as Windows, as they are not that much differnt, at least at the general 
> level, at a more advanced level Linux offers way more options. I am hoping 
> that someone is this LUG can direct either to another LUG in the Asheville 
> area, or who is already in the Asheville area who might be willing to help 
> my brother and take him under their wing and help him learn at least the 
> basic ropes of both Windows ( :-(   -- a necessary evil)  and LINUX  (  :-) 
> ).  I could normally do this myself, but living in Tucson, AZ makes gives 
> "remote" help new meaning in this situation.

You might try the list of LUGs at:
http://www.linux.org/groups/usa/northcarolina.html

Looks like there's a LUG in Asheville.  I'm not sure how active, or how
large they are, but it's worth a shot.

Mike
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