[ale] Removing the windisease from netbooks (another one cured)

[arxion]

This person contacted me directly with the request below.
Was about to forward it to the list when I noticed his
second email. Seems he was successful in curing his new
Gateway netbook of windisease without us. :-)

======== first email  =======
On 2009, Nov, 27, , at 10:34 PM, G Irwin wrote:
> I just bought a new Gateway netbook and want to install Ubuntu Remix.
> It does not have a DVR/CD drive and I don't have a clue how do it from
> a USB drive. Who can you recommend to talk me through this or do it
> for me. I don't mind paying a reasonable price for the help. I have
> been uning Ubuntu for a while, but consider myself a novice since I
> have to Google every time I do something and this time I may be too
> far out of my league. I'm in Alpharetta for the weekend at my
> daughter's house,
>
> Thanks,
> Gordon Irwin
> 865-268-9898


=======  second email =======
On 2009, Nov, 28, , at 1:06 AM, G Irwin wrote:
> Never mind my request. It took me about three hours, but I actually
> have Ubuntu 9.10 up and running thanks to the great on-line community
> support forums that already had all of the answers I needed to put
> Ubuntu on a USB flash drive and install it including the wireless! To
> my continued amazement every thing seems to be working perfectly!
>
> I'm going to be living in the Atlanta area in the near future
> part-time and might be interested in the Linux Group after I retire
> next summer and will be here more.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Gordon Irwin


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