[ale] Re: [ale-admin] New User.

[Geoffrey]

You should find all the help you need here.  As Larry has offered
assistance, so do I.  Moving forward, you'll want to post to the group
list (ale at ale.org) rather than to the admin (ale-admin at ale.org).

Although an install fest is the perfect solution, you can get assistance
via the list sufficiently to get things going as well as address
problems you might have in the future.

I'd suggest you provide the specifics of your hardware and the
distribution you're attempting to install so that others might assist. 

There are a number of excellent web sites that provide extensive
documentation as well.  Start with http://www.linuxdoc.org .  Do your
homework first, then when you're stumped, post to the list.  Folks here
are willing to assist, but there is an expectation that you do some
upfront research.  It sounds as though you've made some attempts
already, so you're moving in the right direction.

Welcome.

Larry Grenevitch wrote:
> 
> I would be glad to try to help you as much as I can.  As a group we want to
> help you get Linux installed and running.  We had an install fest last month
> which was the ideal time to get a distribution on your PC if you could drive
> to Atlanta on a Saturday.  I am hopeful we will  have another sometime
> between now and June of next year.
> 
> 1)Modems are a problem because Win modems are only partially supported in
> some distributions.  If you have an external modem it will more than likely
> work.  If you get an internal modem it needs to not be a win modem.
> 
> 2)What distributions have you tried to load and what hardware are you
> loading it onto -- video card, processor, memory, network card, hard drive?
> 
> Larry Grenevitch
> larry_grenevitch at hotmail.com
> 
> From: Jamarr Henry <onechet1 at yahoo.com>
> To: ale-admin at ale.org
> Subject: [ale-admin] New User.
> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 21:00:09 -0800 (PST)
> 
>   Hey, there. I am a new to the community. I signed up for your news letter
> and things of that nature. I have been trying to find a internet group or
> society to learn more about linux. I have tried several times, some
> successfully and some unsuccessfully to run the operating system. but in all
> cases, I had bad results in the end. So I was trying to get ahold of some
> real people first before, I dive into by myself. I do have a pretty tech
> savy background in my favor, but from what I saw on the times, I actually
> got it to work. It was a different kind of animal. I have probblems getting
> my modem recognized and just general use. I was wondering if you could help
> me or maybe forward this on to someone who can help me real-time or through
> emails. I have Instant Messenger and ICQ. if you could help, I would greatly
> appreciate it.
> 
> My Instant Messenger Screen name is: Yulookin2
> 
> and my ICQ number is : 27166329
> 
> Jamarr Henry is my name btw and I live in Jasper, Al.
> 
> Thanks alot,
> 
> Jamarr
> 
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