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This query comes from Vasco. Any help would be appreciated. Stanley, are
you on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa ? FN

On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 23:38 +0530, Stanley Thomas wrote:

> damn i keep dreamin tht some day i’ll be able to use linx as
> efficiently as i use windows. i kno nuts so far. i dont even kno how
> to go about to choose a linux distro (thats a term i learnt recently.
> hope i’m usin it right) they say u need to kno commands, there r
> different desktops, and all that jazz.
>
> so far what i have been able to do is to collect all possible distros
> of linux i cud. that includes xandros linux, ubuntu linux 5.04, ark
> linux 2005, vector linux 4.3, gentoo linux 4.2, fedora core 2 and
> fedora core 4. all these r on DVDs and i dont have a dvd drive.
>
> all i cud find on cd was a redhat 9. sure i did install it. it does
> not detect my ntfs partitions. they say i cant mount (thats another
> term i learnt) it. i’m a huge music freak with around 24 gb of mp3 and
> around 20 gb of divx music videos and i havent heard or seen a single.
> i cant even connect to the net. finally one day i saw my cd rom
> drives. i put a cd in to it and waited for 20 mins to only see the
> contents. damn right i never saw it.
>
> all the information i find on the net seems alien to me.
>
> i approached a friend who showed me a PCQlinux distro that detected
> all the ntfs partitions. but thats an easy way out and i dont wanna
> take it. i want to learnt how to fix these probs on redhat 9. I WANT
> TO LEARN. and learn right from scratch.
>
> yeah sad story i kno. all that im askin from u guys is to forward this
> mail to all those people who u think cud help me. i’m from vasco. sure
> wud be glad to find someone nearby. cuz travellin in these rains is
> quite a job.
>
> thanx a lot guys. hope u will help me. hope i dont get frustrated till then.
>
> stanley

Kiran Mesta of Vasco has been long keen to set up a user-group in Goa’s
port town. He has been phoning at regular intervals, to check out this
possibility.

Most recently, he mentioned that a friend — Microchip Computers,
Opposite the Tourist Hostel/Sanman — was willing to offer a setting for
the meetings.

Vascokars, if you are keen to have a LUG in your own town, please talk
to Kiran on 9822 181579. We’d surely like to follow-up on this activity.
Looking forward to meeting Kiran in Vasco this week, and making
something happen.

As Kiran said, “We’d like to learn about (GNU)Linux.” I agree. Having a
local LUG (GNU/Linux User Group) and sharing information is the best way
of making that happen. We learn, we share, and everyone learns! FN