Hello Judy, Welcome to the Linux Group. We're a friendly bunch and there's a lot of expertise amongst us - which actually doesn't include me. I've been using Linux for several years now and I still don't know enough to fill a postage stamp.
However, that may be because I don't use it as my main OS. I abandoned Windows (never to return) in late 2009 when I bought an iMac. So with iPhone, iMacs and iPads my wife and I have become part of the Apple ecosystem (except her phone which is Windows - don't ask). However, I do have an HP laptop which came originally with the awful Vista which was so bad I eventually formatted the hard drive and put Ubuntu on it in order to dabble with Linux. To be honest I haven't made much progress - but it's enjoyable fiddling about with it - and in fairness I haven't spent enough time on it. I tried Mint which I liked but two things spoiled it for me. It didn't seem to like my graphics card so a couple of programs didn't run. And also, it doesn't seem to have an upgrade path. You seem to need to install each version afresh and this messes up your stuff unless it's on a separate partition which is beyond my abilities unaided. I'd personally recommend coming along to the monthly sessions at Linx in Peterborough where we spend a relaxed evening sitting about chatting and fiddling with any computer kit we've brought along. Or just looking and chatting if you haven't brought anything. Coffee and Cola is also there for small price. You'd be welcome. We rarely have speakers or teaching sessions though we're open to them when offered. But if you don't fancy the face-to-face, or if you can't get into town, this list is a relaxed place to find answers. Though probably not from me! Best wishes, Brian Sent from my iPad > On 16 Jan 2015, at 16:14, Judy Peterson <speak-2-j...@virginmedia.com> wrote: > > > Hello Tony, > > Thank you for your welcome. > > Re Fonts, the only problem I had with fonts was a crossover from windows > version of Gimp to a 32 bit Linux version last year, and Gimp did not > like one of the old font formats and fell over. lol But Linux Mint was > fine. However, since I upgraded my PC and installed Linux Mint 17 > Cinnamon 64 bit I have had no problem in Mint, Gimp, or Libre Office, > just downloaded the TTF's. That could be due to fact that I don't use > any Microsoft at all now, in fact I don't use Google, Yahoo, Farce Book > or Twitter either (grin). > > Apart from my said new home PC, I have a HP Ubuntu laptop which runs > very slow and as I prefer Mint to Ubuntu, I thought I might do a > complete install of Mint. However, would I need to install or manually > configure the existing Grub Boot Loader first, before I overwrite the > Hard-drive with Linux Mint? Or does the Linux Mint ISO have its own Grub > boot loader built in? > > Kind Regards, from > Judy > > On Fri, 2015-01-16 at 12:00 +0000, peterboro-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk > wrote: >> Send Peterboro mailing list submissions to >> peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> peterboro-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> peterboro-ow...@mailman.lug.org.uk >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Peterboro digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Hello from Judy - a newbie to PLUG (Judy Peterson) >> 2. Re: Hello from Judy - a newbie to PLUG (Tony Vroon) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 08:25:24 +0000 >> From: Judy Peterson <speak-2-j...@virginmedia.com> >> To: Peterborough Linux User Group <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> >> Subject: [Peterboro] Hello from Judy - a newbie to PLUG >> Message-ID: <1421396724.4027.2.camel@pc-TA970> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> Hello everyone at PLUG >> My name is Judy and whilst I have used Linux for a year and love it, I >> am still a newbie. >> >> I am using GNU/Linux Mint 17 ? Qiana, Cinnamon (LTS) - 64 bit. The thing >> I like most about Linux Mint (Cinnamon) is the smart, easy desktop, how >> smooth it runs and the fact I dont have to worry about cloud based virus >> checkers every year. Plus everything I could do on MS I can do in Linux >> i.e. mind-maps, gimp, emailing and databases etc. Its great (smile)! >> Lets put it this way, I will never go back to Microsoft. However, as I >> still have much to learn and would like to communicate with other Linux >> users, I thought it a good idea to join this local mailing group. So >> hello. >> >> Kind Regards, from >> Judy >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 09:30:44 +0000 >> From: Tony Vroon <t...@vroon.org> >> To: peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk >> Subject: Re: [Peterboro] Hello from Judy - a newbie to PLUG >> Message-ID: <54b8da44.9090...@vroon.org> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >>> On 16/01/15 08:25, Judy Peterson wrote: >>> I am using GNU/Linux Mint 17 ? Qiana, Cinnamon (LTS) - 64 bit >> >> Good choice really. We use the slightly more conservative MATE edition >> for some of our staff laptops. Our servers run Gentoo (the >> security-hardened version of it). >> The only software issues we really struggle with relate to Office, >> particularly font mismatches between PowerPoint and LibreOffice Impress. >> >> Welcome to the list :) >> >> Regards, >> Tony V. >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: signature.asc >> Type: application/pgp-signature >> Size: 246 bytes >> Desc: OpenPGP digital signature >> URL: >> <http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/peterboro/attachments/20150116/5905c409/attachment-0001.pgp> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Peterboro mailing list >> Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro >> >> End of Peterboro Digest, Vol 494, Issue 2 >> ***************************************** > > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
