> The local LUG here has a reputation for being incredibly condescending to
> newbies, especially women, and just plain rude. I'm told it's gotten
> better since I was involved a couple of years ago, but at that time they
> were not exactly good representatives of the community.
as is the reputa
> question they can't answer and give up: do your LUG members go round and
> help newbies through the installation if they have problems, then get them
> started with Gnome/KDE??
sure do .. it was always an asset to have my laptop with me at the
meetings to show new desktops or whatever .. like
in response to the idea of bringing linux into the mainstream ... i've
found that LUG participation focuses in almost all cases primarily on this
cause. the majority of time i've spent at lug meetings has been educating
the new comers to linux or else thinking of ways to invite more people.
one
two isps i know of support linux as far as tech support goes ..
abe
> > How many tech support departments are going to switch
> > their company over to a system that requires all the
> > work of installing, and then walking all the users
> > through how to use the new system a million times?
>
> I'm going to tackle this from two angles: First, 90% of computer users
> can't
> install *any* operating system. They buy their system with the OS
> preinstalled. This is why getting Linux-based systems into stores is so
> critical. IMHO, the semi-savvy non-geeks who actually try to insta
well, from a man .. i can say that i'm here just as any other mailing list
... to educate myself through reading about other problems and their
solutions .. and mostly to help others when i can.
the fact that this is a linuxchix mailing list has nothing to do with it
really. i'm just really glad
