[norcal-hug] Re: Time to plan our next meeting?
- From: "scott mc" <scottmc2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: norcal-hug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:40:26 -0800
SCSI = Still Can't See It. old joke.
On Jan 31, 2008 1:04 AM, William Tracy <afishionado@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Jan 30, 2008 10:21 PM, scott mc <scottmc2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > correct site is norcal-hug.org
> > I'm in Rohnert Park, so not too far from Santa Rosa when you're up this
> way.
> > Have you ever been to any of the NBLug meetings? I go to about 2-3 a
> year,
> > when I'm not busy with other things.
>
> I found out about norcal-hug through the NBLUG mailing list.
>
> I haven't been able to make very many of their meetings, though. :-(
>
> > Did you take any classes at SRJC?
> > I've taken quite a few computer and math classes there the last few
> years.
>
> I got an associate's degree there. :-)
>
> I'm trying to place whether or not I might know you. I knew a Scott
> through the math lab, but I'm pretty sure that wasn't you.
>
> > I switched over to using Ubunutu on my home laptop a few months ago and
> am
> > happy with it for the most part. I have an older laptop so luckily
> Haiku
> > runs on it just fine. I need to check newer builds on my newer laptop
> to
> > see if it boots on that one yet. I last checked it a few weeks ago and
> it
> > was still a no go, although it works in a vm on there. I'm guessing
> it's
> > the IDE driver.
>
> I have one of Dell's "n series" laptops, with Ubuntu factory
> installed. I'm pretty happy with it.
>
> I also have an old Apple G3 tower with a bizarre SCSI hard drive
> configuration. It took me about a week to get it to boot Linux. :-P
> (It would install just fine, but Grub wouldn't boot off the drive.) I
> think I'll stay away from trying to put any Haiku PPC builds on it.
> ;-)
>
> --
> William Tracy
> afishionado@xxxxxxxxx -- wtracy@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Assembly language experience is [important] for the maturity and
> understanding of how computers work that it provides.
> -- D. Gries
>
>
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