Wil Pike wrote: >Newbie here... I've been to 3 installfests so far with limited success at >each and attempted a Beer-Meeting (ugly results - had the wrong night or >something....). The last 2 Karl (Carl?) has assisted me (quite well, I might >add) - no, I don't know his last name, but the red-headed one. > >Anyway... I've watched the 'switch' Apple commercials for too long as I sit >thru yet ANOTHER 'download the Winders drivers' nightmare on a 'new' box >I've put together... I'll not bore (or would that be entice?) you with the >details at this point except to say it's pretty close to top-shelf >components across the board... Exasperation (being the combination of >'expitives' and 'perspiration') finally set in when I was unable to get the >thoughtfully-included software to operate either the CDRW OR the DVD drives. >I've been working under the mantra of 'Micro$oft-free by the end of 03', >trying to slowly slide into a comfort zone with Linux (started with >Mandrake, more recently with RH) doing dual-boot setups... (I HAVE >successfully setup an older 400Mhz machine as a RH-ONLY system, but that is >the extent of my 'good' luck with Linux so far... *sigh*). > >So (for the few of you that may still be following this rambling...)... it >now comes to this. My immediate past results have me ready to jump into the >great by and by of Linux where I will either fall to my death on the >rocks... or learn to fly. As it currently stands, however, I am seeking a >guru who works for pizza-and-beer prices to do a little tinkering on this >box to get it Linux-enabled dual-boot... I have no 'release-loyalty' that >couldn't be swayed by much more than 'my favorite release is...' as I REALLY >want to get this going!! (and, IMHO, it's a pretty cool stash of parts I've >acquired to make this thing go, so there'd be the fun of playing with it >once it was working...). > >I'll open the bidding at a 6-pack of your favorite barley-pop and (at least) >a small size of your favorite pizza... any takers? IF it matters to the >bidders, I live near 169/62 just outside Hopkins... *crossing fingers and >sitting back to wait on the bidding now...* > >Wil > >"If you are in that trade of helping others to laugh and to survive by >laughter, then you are privileged indeed." - Chuck Jones > > >_______________________________________________ >Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > exactly where by 169 & 62? I live in the 67XX block of Vernon ave, and can see the 169 + 62 junction from my sidewalk. ( from Norht-East section)