[wellylug] Next Wellington Installfest?

[Damon Lynch]

How much RAM does her machine have, and does it have a network card? 
Also, are you recommending sawfish over metacity?  Personally I find
sawfish powerful but totally overwhelming!  Metacity is so much simpler,
and does all I need ;-)

Damon

On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 15:42, Klenner, Colin wrote:
> WellyLug is certainly a good place for newbies - hell I am still one after
> all this time ... 
> 
> First thing may be to improve HDD space, though?
> Colin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David McNab [mailto:david at rebirthing.co.nz]
> Sent: Tuesday, 22 October 2002 2:53 
> To: wellylug at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [wellylug] Next Wellington Installfest?
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Can anyone tell me when the next GNU/Linux installfest is scheduled for?
> 
> A friend of mine, Keri, a total computer newbie, has just bought her
> first PC, a P133 with 1GB drive, and after telling her about GNU/Linux,
> she's pretty keen to go in that direction.
> 
> (IMO, her hardware should suffice for X, OpenOffice, sawfish and
> gnome/kde libs, giving her basic web access and WP).
> 
> And, are WLUG meetings a friendly place for newbies? Or are they best
> for people with good GNU/Linux experience?
> 
> Despite being a total newbie, Keri packs a decent IQ, and is keen to
> ramp up to the point of learning programming, website development etc.
> What's the possibility that she might find support and encouragement
> within the WLUG community?
> 
> Cheers
> David
> 
> 
> 
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