different post, but interesting What i love about FreeBSD and OpenBSD is the documentation. Time consuming to learn but well worth it; and I just do it all for fun. What was the name of that new Linux meetup group? On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 9:40 AM, Marc Thomas <jazzyflute at gmail.com> wrote: > >To that end I would suggest the recently resurrected Northfield linux > >users group (norlug). > >They meet weekly at the Hideaway in Northfield- coffeehouse coders- and > >are starting technical meetings this month. First one is on Raspberry > >Pi. > > Harv, thanks for the NORLUG recognition! > > >Would anyone be willing to host a beginners Free BSD class? > > Paul: Great to see that your interested in Free BSD. I am the organizer > of the Northfield Linux User Group. While I myself know very little about > Free BSD, you are welcome to come to one of our weekly coffee house coders > groups, or one of our technical meetings. Perhaps some other members may be > able to help you. We meet every Monday evening at The Hideaway in downtown > Northfield for some social time. Everyone generally brings projects they > are working on, usually code or graphic design stuff but it's whatever you > want. We also host technical meetings. Our first one since the group > revived is this next Thursday. Perhaps we can look into hosting a Free BSD > class at some point. > > Meeting up with people in person is definitely a valuable experience. When > I first began learning Linux (Ubuntu) I was on forums, IRC, and mailing > lists for a while before attending my first user group. It can be hard to > learn something new when you don't know what questions to ask and what > software and resources are available. > > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 5:10 PM, harv <42dch42 at gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 12:00:02 -0500 >> tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org opined: >> > From: paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> >> > To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> >> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Ping paul g >> > Message-ID: <BAY175-W2263FB6B2AB158A7342D399720 at phx.gbl> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> > >> > Thank you I am sorry to cause a problem I know I ask alot of questions >> and I am very dumb. >> > >> > >> NO! >> You completely misunderstand my intent of initial post. >> Probably partially my fault- communication skills not the best. >> >> First, if you are causing anyone problems, it certainly isn't me. ;) >> >> Second, asking questions on a list designed for the asking and >> answering of questions can hardly be considered "dumb". >> >> Third, the only dumb question is the one that is NOT asked. >> >> What I was trying to do- as I stated- was give you another option for >> quenching your thirst for knowledge. >> >> I find asking questions of like-minded individuals in a relaxed >> environment- preferably over beverages- much more satisfying and in >> some cases more productive than posting a question to a list then >> waiting for a reply which may never come. >> I thought perhaps the same may true for you so pointed out the norlug >> option. >> >> -- >> harv >> >> > > Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 01:23:08 -0500 >> > > From: 42dch42 at gmail.com >> > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> > > Subject: [tclug-list] Ping paul g >> > > >> > > Hey Paul, >> > > Hope I'm not out of line here but you seem to be about where I was >> > > 10-12yrs ago. >> > > I bothered lists and forums across the 'net learning my way around but >> > > what was most helpful to me was face-time with knowledgeable folks. >> > > >> > > To that end I would suggest the recently resurrected Northfield linux >> > > users group (norlug). >> > > They meet weekly at the Hideaway in Northfield- coffeehouse coders- >> and >> > > are starting technical meetings this month. First one is on Raspberry >> > > Pi. >> > > >> > > http://www.norlug.org/ >> > > >> > > Certainly not trying to dissuade you from posting here just pointing >> > > out another helpful option for your quest for knowledge. >> > > >> > > harv >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > > > -- > Website <http://mathomaste.ch> : Google+<https://plus.google.com/u/0/103260909450809151378/about> > : Twitter <https://twitter.com/mathomastech> : GitHub<https://github.com/mathomastech> > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20140320/64848337/attachment-0001.html>