Re: [BLUG] newbee

On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:15:19 -0500, Sidarth Dasari <Sidster802@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Ive heard Linux Mint is also quite user friendly for new users, and of
> course if there is always Ubuntu or Kubuntu which your distro is based
> off of

Alright, that's it, I have to throw in Slackware here. :) The installer is
a little intimidating if you don't know how to use an ncurses partition
utility, but other than that, Slackware is great for the starting user who
wants to learn about Linux. On the other hand, if you don't want to learn
a different modus operandi from Windows, other systems might work better
for you. :-)

Aaron W. Hsu

--
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its
victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis
_______________________________________________
BLUG mailing list
BLUG@linuxfan.com
http://mailman.cs.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/blug

Re: [BLUG] newbee

On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 09:25:56PM GMT, ted mishler [tmishler@yahoo.com] said the following:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to linux, and downloaded XPressLinux as an iso, and it works great. I'd like to learn a few things though, and wondered when the group is going to get together? Or is it that everyone just emails questions now?
>

Hello Ted, welcome to the list and to the group. I think you'll find
lots of friendly help here. Hopefully we can get a meeting together
soon, perhaps a meet and greet would do well.

You are welcome to choose your own distribution of course and I don't
think any of us are criticizing your choice of XPressLinux, but there
are some things to watch out for. Since there are so many distributions
available for Linux, it can be confusing. You will probably be ok with
most of the distributions available, but this particular distribution
seems to no longer be maintained as the download link is no longer
available and the domain for the distribution seems to have expired and
taken over by an advertiser.

Because of this, It would be a good idea to ensure that what you
downloaded was indeed XPressLinux and not something else. Do you
remember when you downloaded it and from where?

Mark

--
Mark Krenz
Bloomington Linux Users Group
http://www.bloomingtonlinux.org/
_______________________________________________
BLUG mailing list
BLUG@linuxfan.com
http://mailman.cs.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/blug

Re: [BLUG] newbee

Ive heard Linux Mint is also quite user friendly for new users, and of
course if there is always Ubuntu or Kubuntu which your distro is based
off of

On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Mark Warner <markwarner1954@att.net> wrote:
>
>
> ted mishler wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am new to linux, and downloaded XPressLinux as an iso, and it works great. I'd like to learn a few things though, and wondered when the group is going to get together? Or is it that everyone just emails questions now?
>
> XPressLinux is one I hadn't heard of. Appears to be an old (circa 2006,
> perhaps abandoned?) Kubuntu derivative.
>
> That being the case, I can probably give you some general tips and
> pointers from a relatively new user's standpoint, but won't be able to
> address that distro specifically.
>
> If you'd like to try something else, something that's current but
> similar, I would recommend you take a look at SimplyMEPIS v8:
>
> https://www.mepis.org/
> http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/index.php
>
> Like Kubuntu, it's based on Debian, uses the KDE desktop (the tried and
> true version 3.5.10), and is geared to the newcomer.
>
> http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/40264:
>
> "SimplyMepis - This is one of the Debian derivatives that takes a stable
> base and builds it into one mighty fine desktop distributions. It was
> one of the first to offer one of those install and go solutions. It was
> the first to include that proprietary code others avoided for legal
> reasons. They offer paid support options, but not on the scale of
> Novell, Red Hat, or Mandriva. And it always looks pretty too.
> SimplyMepis is another one that pops into mind if I need a quick, easy,
> and guaranteed successful system."
>
> --
> Mark Warner
> MEPIS Linux
> Registered Linux User #415318
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> BLUG mailing list
> BLUG@linuxfan.com
> http://mailman.cs.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/blug
>
_______________________________________________
BLUG mailing list
BLUG@linuxfan.com
http://mailman.cs.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/blug

Re: [BLUG] newbee

ted mishler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to linux, and downloaded XPressLinux as an iso, and it works great. I'd like to learn a few things though, and wondered when the group is going to get together? Or is it that everyone just emails questions now?

XPressLinux is one I hadn't heard of. Appears to be an old (circa 2006,
perhaps abandoned?) Kubuntu derivative.

That being the case, I can probably give you some general tips and
pointers from a relatively new user's standpoint, but won't be able to
address that distro specifically.

If you'd like to try something else, something that's current but
similar, I would recommend you take a look at SimplyMEPIS v8:

https://www.mepis.org/
http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/index.php

Like Kubuntu, it's based on Debian, uses the KDE desktop (the tried and
true version 3.5.10), and is geared to the newcomer.

http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/40264:

"SimplyMepis - This is one of the Debian derivatives that takes a stable
base and builds it into one mighty fine desktop distributions. It was
one of the first to offer one of those install and go solutions. It was
the first to include that proprietary code others avoided for legal
reasons. They offer paid support options, but not on the scale of
Novell, Red Hat, or Mandriva. And it always looks pretty too.
SimplyMepis is another one that pops into mind if I need a quick, easy,
and guaranteed successful system."

--
Mark Warner
MEPIS Linux
Registered Linux User #415318

_______________________________________________
BLUG mailing list
BLUG@linuxfan.com
http://mailman.cs.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/blug

Re: [BLUG] newbee

On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:25:56 -0500, ted mishler <tmishler@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'd like to learn a few things though

What would you like to learn?

Aaron W. Hsu

--
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its
victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis
_______________________________________________
BLUG mailing list
BLUG@linuxfan.com
http://mailman.cs.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/blug

Re: [BLUG] How do you listen to music?

I listen either through last fm or through Songbird. Love all those
great addons for songbird. There are some that give it great
integration with last fm

On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Simón Ruiz <simon.a.ruiz@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Jeremy L. Gaddis <jeremy@evilrouters.net> wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Ben Shewmaker <ben@shewbox.org> wrote:
>>> Sitting here listening to some music this morning and got to wondering, how
>>> do other people listen to music?  All on the computer?  CD's?  LP's?
>>> iPods?  How does everybody else listen to music?  Here's how I do it:
>>
>> For me, it's Pandora.  At home, at work, and in the car.
>
> Lately, I've been playing it on the speaker of my new HTC Hero. It's
> like a little boombox in my pocket that follows me around the house. I
> can plug headphones in when I don't wanna bug people.
>
> There's also a Pandora app for Android. ;-)
>
> Simón
>
> _______________________________________________
> BLUG mailing list
> BLUG@linuxfan.com
> http://mailman.cs.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/blug
>

_______________________________________________
BLUG mailing list
BLUG@linuxfan.com
http://mailman.cs.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/blug

[BLUG] newbee

Hi,

I am new to linux, and downloaded XPressLinux as an iso, and it works great. I'd like to learn a few things though, and wondered when the group is going to get together? Or is it that everyone just emails questions now?

Thanks...Ted

_______________________________________________
BLUG mailing list
BLUG@linuxfan.com
http://mailman.cs.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/blug

Re: [BLUG] How do you listen to music?

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Jeremy L. Gaddis <jeremy@evilrouters.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Ben Shewmaker <ben@shewbox.org> wrote:
>> Sitting here listening to some music this morning and got to wondering, how
>> do other people listen to music?  All on the computer?  CD's?  LP's?
>> iPods?  How does everybody else listen to music?  Here's how I do it:
>
> For me, it's Pandora.  At home, at work, and in the car.

Lately, I've been playing it on the speaker of my new HTC Hero. It's
like a little boombox in my pocket that follows me around the house. I
can plug headphones in when I don't wanna bug people.

There's also a Pandora app for Android. ;-)

Simón

_______________________________________________
BLUG mailing list
BLUG@linuxfan.com
http://mailman.cs.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/blug