Re: LUG: 10 years and I am still a noob! - Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:35:25 -0500

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

From : Jeff Laiosa <jeff_laiosa@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:35:25 -0500

NCSU Surplus sales

Fridays @ 8:00 a.m. Get there early

http://www7.acs.ncsu.edu/materialsmgmt/MaterialsSupport/subs/default.asp

Address: 3240 Ligon Street. Raleigh, NC 27695
Phone: XXX-515-2197
Location: Surplus Storage Warehouse, Building 161 on the campus map
<http://www.ncsu.edu/campus_map/cvm.htm>.

Richard Carter wrote:
> 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 from books is also not a good idea, as books are often out of date by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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Jeff Laiosa
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