FW: joining (fwd)

[Chuck Peters <cp@ccil.org>]

Anyone interested in doing a dual boot system for Russel.  He has NT on
the machine and wants to keep the system intact.  

Chuck

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 09:27:28 -0400
From: Russel Lavery <rlavery@argo.pnr.com>
To: cp@ccil.org
Subject: FW: joining

Thanks for calling and thanks for your offer to post this where it mighbe
read by somone whit NT and Linux experience.

Russ lavery

-----Original Message-----
From: Russel Lavery [mailto:rlavery@pnr.com]
Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 5:23 PM
To: Chuck Peters
Subject: RE: joining


Lets talk about helping me walk through the set up.  I'm maxed out and
floundering is not the way I want to go.

Work 215-886-1376
Home 610 645-0735 - near the Ardmore train station

The schedule for the week is:
I'm home late tonight 10:45.
I'm home at about 9:15 tomorrow and helping an old student till 11PM
Wednesday is very late
Thursday - home about 8:30
Free Saturday After 1 PM
Free Sunday

Russ Lavery

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Peters [mailto:cp@ccil.org]
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 5:13 PM
> To: Russel Lavery
> Subject: Re: joining
>
>
> On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Russel Lavery wrote:
>
> > I am a complete novice and am looking to learn Unic/Linux.
> >
> > I'm oging to have a local store do the installation and should
> be running in
> > two weeks.
>
> I would suggest doing the install yourself, it will take more time but you
> will learn a lot along the way.
>
> I also suggest using a removable hard drive tray and installing Linux on a
> seperate hard drive.  That way you keep your working system and can take
> your time learning and configuring your Linux system.
>
> > I live in Ardmore and am interested in your group.
> >
> > It's going to cost me 200 dollars for the install.  Would anyone in your
> > group like to walk me through the install for a simimlar price?
>
> I would.
>
> If you go to www.debian.org, you can download and install linux yourself
> for free.  Installing by CD is much easier and I have a recent version on
> CD.  I also have recent versions of Redhat, SUSE and Caldera.
>
> Redhat is considered to be a bit easier to install.  But I use Debian.
> Some of the reasons I prefer Debian are: it is easer to maintain, it's the
> only distribution which tells you what is free and non-free software, and
> is done by a non-profit organization.
>
> > How much does it cost to join the group?
>
> Free
>
> > Where do you meet?  How often?
>
> They meet in Philly at the Cyberloft 1525 Walnut on the first Wednesday of
> the month.  Check out the web page at http://plug.nothinbut.net.
>
> Chuck Peters
>
>
> >
> >
> > thanks in advance
> > Russ lavery
> > h 610-645-0735
> > w 215-886-1376
> >
> >
>
>


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