[Techtalk] Wanted: Help in New Mexico

[Diggy Bell]

There have been some really good suggestions in here, but one is missing...
We've been using stuff like Ximian Red Carpet to make things easier for the
non-technical person.  Ok, I admit, I've even used it myself when I'm lazy.
:-P  Given all of the troubles that can arise with RPM installs and
dependencies, it's a lot simpler for the end user to use something like Red
Carpet.  If she's also an Outlook (blech!) user, something like Evolution
would make her transition a bit smoother.

As far as distro's go, I'm pretty firmly in the Red Hat camp myself, but my
girlfriend uses Mandrake (pre-9.0) and loves it.  My main motivation for RH
is that there are simply more people aware of it in case someone needs help
downstream and I'm not around.  The chances are that someone can find a
local RH user just about anywhere these days.  If nothing else, the Linux
Counter may be a good resource for finding people in the local area.

BTW...greetings to West Seattle from SeaTac. :-P

Diggy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wendell Cochran" <atrypa at eskimo.com>
To: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:21 AM
Subject: [Techtalk] Wanted: Help in New Mexico


> Does anyone here live in the American Southwest, or have Linux contacts
> there?
>
> An old friend & long-ago colleague is living near Santa Fe, fed
> up with WinDOSe, & contemplating Linux.
>
> She's no geek, but neither does she fear hardware or software.
>
> Mandrake, maybe.  Or Lycoris.  Or Lindows . . . .
>
> Alas, I'm not proficient enough to help her enough, not from here in the
> Northwest.
>
> I've enquired at area LUGs & computer-science departments to no avail.
> Few answered.  One or two did suggest that she haul her computer all
> the way to night meetings in Albuquerque; that isn't practicable.
>
> Now I hope to find a woman user of Linux in or near Santa Fe for a bit
> of first-hand help.  Sure, a man would do -- if he's sympathetic to the
> aims of this list.
>
> Can anyone volunteer?  Recruit?  Advise?
>
> Wendell Cochran
> West Seattle
>
> If I should have posted to newchix instead, please say so.
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