Re: LUG: 10 years and I am still a noob! - Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:16:51 -0500

Subject : Re: LUG: 10 years and I am still a noob!

From : Richard Carter <rwcarter@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:16:51 -0500

NCSU surplus sales? My ears (eyes?) perked up with that one... Where are
these surplus sales?

Jeff Laiosa wrote:
> Yep, forums and hardware compatibility guides -- such as Ubuntu's HCL
> <http://www.ubuntuhcl.org/> -- are a big help. If you're having a hard
> time with a piece of hardware, it is okay to flip $50 for the card
> that's known to work. My Frankenchine at home runs Ubuntu and consists
> of both old hardware (accumulated from the NCSU surplus sales) and new
> hardware from newegg.
>
> What's the machine your using?
>
> ~Jeff
>
> Ed Anderson wrote:
>> Those distros you're using are really, really old. Learning linux
>> from books is also not a good idea, as books are often out of date by
>> the time they get published. I would recommend trying the latest
>> versions of those distros you were talking about. When looking for
>> help, online forums and Google are typically good sources of help. If
>> your hardware is really old, you also might try some smaller distros
>> like DSL or Puppy.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:07 AM, iyare omoruyi <iyare1@gmail.[redacted]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> i need help. i have been messing with linux for years but dont seem
>>> to be
>>> able to make any improvements. either i have problems intalling
>>> (RedHat
>>> 7.1) or the installation cds are compatible with the hardware I have
>>> (suse
>>> 9,10.1 and knoppix) or I just cant seem to make it usable (Kubuntu
>>> Fiesty
>>> Fawn).
>>>
>>> I have books but it always gets to a point where i need applications of
>>> software that I cant get to work!
>>>
>>> help!!
>>>
>>>

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