[oclug] OCLUG needs a newbies night

[Charles MacDonald]

The Linux Doctor wrote:
> Still!?!?! 

ALWAYS!

I agree with Ian! that this is a vital need.  I don't know where/how to
send someone after I convince them that they should "look into" using
Linux (or BSD , or even any FLOOS on a closed OS)

I try hard not to set myself us as a resource as I do know a few things
but my Knowledge of computing in this day and age has gaps you could FLY
a 747 through without violating FAA clearance rules.

We have come far from the install a thon days when folks juggled big
stacks of diskettes and several long bearded geeks took a couple of
hours to turn an old windows box into a doorstop.  :)


> On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 14:36:15 -0500
> "Ian! D. Allen" <idallen at idallen.ca> wrote:
> 
>> I would recommend that the current Tuesday meetings be clearly branded
>> "for experienced Linux users only" until such time as OCLUG decides
>> if/how to cater to the new users.
>>
>> OCLUG needs to figure out if it wants to cater to new Linux users who
>> have issues.  The current masthead "Serving the Linux community in
>> the Ottawa area for 12 years" might mislead people with minimal Linux
>> knowledge into showing up for an OCLUG Tuesday and being completely
>> lost.


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