[GTALUG] hoping for help

[Bob Jonkman]

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> As a note to everybody else, it would be a good  thing if we all 
> posted install instructions.  It will be a resource for all the 
> newbies out there.

Here are the instructions I used for a Linux Mint Installfest I ran a
few years ago. Specifics may have changed, but this might still be useful.

https://sobac.com/LUGs/bitsnbytes/Workshop2/

Feel free to copy / repost as desired.

- --Bob.


On 2017-07-15 11:41 AM, Howard Gibson via talk wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 22:23:05 -0300 Ann Pohl via talk 
> <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hi. Anyone want to do their bit for the environment by helping
>> me get set up? I am not wanting to be an OS computer whiz. I have
>> a full plate already doing environmental protection'defense 
>> work-activism, and being a grandmother etc..
>> 
>> ...I am currently shopping for a new not-fancy computer and need 
>> some recommendations on which would be best for installing 
>> Linux-Ubuntu in a dual boot, and I also need an affordable 
>> technician to help me do that when I get the computer.
>> 
>> Usually I am in eastern NB but am in the GTA for the summer. I 
>> have technical support down there, but not up here. My kids are 
>> buying me a new computer and I need some guidance. I use the 
>> Linux - Ubuntu side mostly for my work because it deals with a 
>> lot of security issues.
>> 
>> Thanks for considering this request. Ann Pohl
> 
> Ann,
> 
> I post my Linux installation instructions on my website. Installing
> Linux is not difficult.  I run mostly Fedora, but I have installed
> Ubuntu and Slackware, and my instructions are up there. Being able
> to install your own OS is good.  It keeps your computer out of the
> hands of repair technicians.
> 
> As a note to everybody else, it would be a good  thing if we all 
> posted install instructions.  It will be a resource for all the 
> newbies out there.
> 

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