[Tfug] Next Meeting
Bill Maginnis
tfug@tfug.org
Sat Sep 7 10:41:02 2002
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Adrian,
> Message: 12
> From: Choprboy <choprboy@dakotacom.net>
> To: tfug@tfug.org
> Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:06:08 -0700
> Subject: [Tfug] TFUG Meeting Sunday, Sept 8
> Reply-To: tfug@tfug.org
> Meeting reminder:
>
> TFUG will be meeting this Sunday, September 9th, 2002, at 6:00pm. The =
location=20
> is St. Gregory School, 3231 N. Craycroft Road. Subjects to include =
BYOB and=20
> yaking about *nix stuff.
I'm the recent recipient of a laptop (EMachines, given to me by a woman =
at work who
had "problems" with it (??)) I have tried in vain to load any of the =
Linux distributions (Mandrake,
Red Hat, Debian) I have on it with no luck. Tried booting from CD and =
booting from each disto's=20
boot disk--no go. I resorted to putting Win98 back on it.
My wife will probably use the laptop to do her PowerPoint demonstrations =
for her teaching, but
I would like to see if any of the Linux "office" products will open =
original Office XP (or 2000 or 97)
PowerPoint and Excel files. If a Linux office product can do that, then =
I'll make the laptop a=20
Linux only box. Not a huge internal hard drive, so I don't know if it's =
feasible to make this a dual
boot PC.
With that said, could somebody jump-start my installation at this =
Sunday's meeting? I'd appreciate
any and all help. Would anybody like to split the cost of a no-cheese =
(or soy cheese), vegie pizza?
I can't do the cheese thing.
-*-Bill
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<DIV><FONT face=3DGaramond>Adrian,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DGaramond>> Message: 12<BR>> From: Choprboy =
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href=3D"mailto:choprboy@dakotacom.net"><FONT=20
face=3DGaramond>choprboy@dakotacom.net</FONT></A><FONT =
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To: </FONT><A href=3D"mailto:tfug@tfug.org"><FONT=20
face=3DGaramond>tfug@tfug.org</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=3DGaramond>> =
Date: Fri, 6=20
Sep 2002 11:06:08 -0700<BR>> Subject: [Tfug] TFUG Meeting Sunday, =
Sept=20
8<BR>> Reply-To: </FONT><A href=3D"mailto:tfug@tfug.org"><FONT=20
face=3DGaramond>tfug@tfug.org</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT =
face=3DGaramond>> Meeting=20
reminder:<BR>><BR>> TFUG will be meeting this Sunday, September =
9th, 2002,=20
at 6:00pm. The location <BR>> is St. Gregory School, 3231 N. =
Craycroft Road.=20
Subjects to include BYOB and <BR>> yaking about *nix =
stuff.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DGaramond>I'm the recent recipient of a laptop =
(EMachines, given=20
to me by a woman at work who</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DGaramond>had "problems" with it (??)) I have tried in =
vain to=20
load any of the Linux distributions (Mandrake,</FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=3DGaramond>Red Hat, Debian) I have on it with no =
luck. Tried=20
booting from CD and booting from each disto's </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DGaramond>boot disk--no go. I resorted to putting Win98 =
back on=20
it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DGaramond>My wife will probably use the laptop =
</FONT><FONT=20
face=3DGaramond>to do her PowerPoint demonstrations for her teaching,=20
but</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DGaramond>I would like to see if any of the Linux =
"office"=20
products will open original Office XP (or 2000 or 97)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DGaramond>PowerPoint and Excel files. If a Linux office =
product=20
can do that, then I'll make the laptop a </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DGaramond>Linux only box. Not a huge internal hard =
drive, so I=20
don't know if it's feasible to make this a dual</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DGaramond>boot PC.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DGaramond>With that said, could somebody jump-start my=20
installation at this Sunday's meeting? I'd appreciate</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DGaramond>any and all help. Would anybody like to split =
the cost=20
of a no-cheese (or soy cheese), vegie pizza?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DGaramond>I can't do the cheese thing.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DGaramond></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DGaramond>-*-Bill</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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