Re: [Hampshire] Killer Apps for Linux

John , thank you for your words. I will certainly try to attend one of
the meetings. I did just that a couple of months ago, in Portsmouth, all
the attendees were very helpful towards my problems.

I blame my son for all this, three months ago he gave me a copy of a
program called Ubuntu 6.01, I had never heard of it at the time, I then
went on to install it, and I have never looked back, why? I do not know,
it must be because I like a challenge.

I still have my trustworthy copy of XP pro in the background, just in
case, you now what I mean..................

My background is not exciting as yours, I work for a Microsoft driven
NHS, I must not complain, I bought Microsoft Office 2003 Professional,
under NHS license for less than £ 20, not bad at all, don't you think.
Mind you I use Open Office a lot and I think is as good as the Microsoft
product but free.

My next move is to try to get linux on my USB pen, I may attempt this
during my short Christmas break.

My son is looking at the possibility of putting Linux on his PSP, I
thinks this is well out of my league. Who knows maybe someone in the
forum knows how to accomplish this.

Cheers

Luis




On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 19:42 +0000, john lewis wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:08:20 +0000
> luis <luis.castilla@???> wrote:
>
> > Thank you for all your replies and comments to my original mail.
> > First of all I would like to apologize if I have in any way offended
> > anyone in the Linux user group , it was not my intention.
>
> I am sure you didn't really upset anyone
>
> > I have read some of the replies and I must admit I was rather upset
> > with some of the comments, after all I am entitled to my opinion.
> > But obviously some users felt somehow offended, again sorry for
> > this.
>
> Most of the regular contributors to this list are well aware that it
> is more difficult to say things in an email than it is face to face.
>
> It is much easier to get the feel of a conversation when you can
> see facial expressions, hear tone of voice etc.
>
> So be aware that it is very unlikely anyone set out to deliberately
> upset you, and there have been several more conciliatory emails to
> offset the perhaps harsher ones.
>
> It might be true to say a thick skin is a necessary requirement for
> joining a mailing list like this where strong feelings/opinions
> abound.
>
> > I am very new to Linux and perhaps my frustrations were vented in
> > the wrong way. I have just bought a marvellous book called Linux
> > Bible, hopefully this will keep going for some time.
>
> I used to have a copy myself when I was learning and found it very
> useful, so start enjoying the Linux experience.
>
> > P.D I am certainly a coffee man
>
> Me too , I haven't drunk the abomination called tea for many years.
> I was cured of any liking I may once have had for it whilst serving in
> the RAF, cookhouse tea was truly an appalling beverage.- even if it
> didn't contain the sex-urge depressant chemicals rumour alleged it
> contained.
>
> I do have to admit that when offered a drink from a dirty bottle that
> one of our labourers had carried around in his pack all day whilst we
> were fighting a heath fire on a bombing range in Northern Germany,
> the liquid it contained tasted like nectar despite being a strong
> black brew of tea that I'd have considered un-drinkable in normal
> circumstances. :-)
>
> --
> John Lewis
> Debian Linux with Geneweb genealogy application
>